The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 516 My Aunt's Request

Grandma Wang said she would take Xiao Ayu to see a play, and she really did take her out.

Little Ayu was really too playful to sit down and listen to the opera singing.
"Tired?" Grandma Wang asked. "Yes, I'm sleepy. I'll lean against Grandma and take a nap."

To avoid going back and seeing your family showing off.

When she saw those little rascals with their tails sticking up in the air, she wanted to pull them down.

We should make them happy, otherwise they might be too discouraged to get back up, so it's better to just ignore it.

"No, it's just that I can't understand it." Xiao Ayu scratched her head and said honestly, "If I could understand what they were singing, I might like it."

Grandma Wang hugged her and whispered, "This play is called 'Looking Homeward.' It tells the story of a loving mother who sends her child to an academy to study for the sake of his future. To ensure that her child studies well, the mother forbids him from returning to his hometown. Years later, the child becomes the top scholar in the imperial examination and returns home in glory, only to find that his mother had died many years ago because she missed him."

Little Ayu exclaimed, "Ah!" with great regret: "The child must be very sad, right? Doesn't his mother miss him?"

“Yes, what mother doesn’t miss her child? But for students from poor families, returning home is extremely difficult. The travel expenses might be the family’s savings for several years.” Grandma Wang never hesitated to reason with Xiao Ayu. “Students from poor families lack food and clothing. The journey is long. If they get sick on the way, they might lose their lives or never be able to return to the academy.”

Now, Xiao Ayu understood. It wasn't that they didn't want to meet, but that it was very, very difficult for them to meet.

"Is studying expensive?" All she knew was that her family was well-fed and clothed, and she could go wherever she wanted.

They also had servants.

But what about the other companies?
There are many other children in the village, and many of them have never left the village.

Little Ayu once asked them why they didn't go out to play, and they replied, "Father and Mother won't let us go out."

So the reason they wouldn't allow it was because they didn't have the money?

Little Ayu said thoughtfully, "Grandma, I want to open a very cheap girls' academy, and also a free orphanage. I also want to build a big schoolhouse so that their mothers can live in the academy too. Is that alright?"

She spoke very sincerely, and she was even thinking to herself that she would start making money now so that she could hire more female tutors in the future.

Grandma Wang neither said yes nor no, she just patted little Ayu on the back and said with a smile, "Mm."

That's a great idea. When I was little, I once saw a beggar and even said I wanted to set up a charity hall so the beggars could eat there. And then what happened?
Later, the charity hall frequently spent large sums of money, yet few beggars went to eat there.

Later, she even discovered that the people eating at the charity hall were not beggars at all, but rather the children of servants and even slaves from wealthy families.

Even worse, some of them aren't even children.

She then realized that wanting to do something, doing it, and consistently doing it well are two different things.

After watching the play, Xiao Ayu accompanied Grandma Wang for several more days, and Grandma Wang would explain the play to her each time.

Little Ayu listened to a lot and learned a lot.

In the evening, I would go to Tuanzi's place to listen to stories and ask her many questions.

Before we knew it, it was April.

Prefect Wei personally wrote letters of recommendation for the Wang family students, and the brothers, along with Wang Chuangui, all entered the Xingzhi Academy in Wangbei County.

Little Ayu didn't go to the academy with them. Old Mrs. Wang hired two female tutors for her, who taught her at home for three hours every day.

In early May, Wang Aibao, Liu Shi, and Old Wang all arrived in the prefectural city together.

Liu's abdomen was slightly protruding, and her pregnancy was beginning to show.

After a welcome dinner for them, everyone went to sleep.

In the middle of the night, Wang Aibao knocked on Xiao Ayu's door.

Little Ayu rubbed her eyes, looked at Wang Aibao outside, and asked sleepily, "Auntie, is something wrong?"

Wang Aibao knelt down in front of Xiao Ayu with a thud, her sobs barely concealed: "Ayu, I beg you, please ask the Qin family to save your little brother Zao'er's life!"

Little Ayu was confused by this series of actions and quickly pulled Wang Aibao up: "Auntie, get up! You're my auntie, you can't kneel before me! Who is Zao'er, little brother?"

(End of this chapter)