Eating big melon is so refreshing

"Grandpa, grandma, hello!"

"Hello, uncle and aunt!"

"Hello, Uncle Four and Aunt Four!"

The babbling little Qing'er shouted along with his older brothers and sisters. The little guy had a loud voice, and Zhao Bei and Zhao Yang were very happy.

"Sister Chun'er, brother Qiu'er, brother Daqing, brother Xiaoqing." After studying in school for a few months, Daniu has become more stable.

"Brother Danniu."

Zhao Dalang and Zhao Wulang took their luggage out of the car. The weather was hot, and they planned to stay here for two days before returning to the village, so a change of clothes was essential.

"Fat sister."

On the other side, Zhao Silang carried Erniu and Sanniu out of the car, and the two little guys couldn't wait to run to play with their younger siblings.

"Brother Sanniu, you have to call me Fat Sister. I am one year older than you."

Zhao Silang looked at the silly Sanniu and chuckled. He turned around and helped Gao get out of the car. Wang looked at him with a sour look on her face.

Xiao Qiulin looked at Gao's face and blinked. Sure enough, she saw the two fetuses on Gao's shoulders, which were chubby and cute.

"Congratulations, Fourth Uncle, you're going to be a father."

"Xiao Qiu'er, did you figure it out?" Zhao Silang knew that his nephew was good at reading faces, so he asked happily, "Is it a girl?"

"Two...sons."

"Two daughters?" Zhao Silang was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. The next second, his expression changed and he said, "What?"

Zhao Bei gave his son a slap in the face, saying, "Sons and daughters are the same, they are both Zhao's children!"

He wished he had more grandchildren. His daughter-in-law had been married for almost a year and still hadn't gotten pregnant. He had already secretly told his wife that he wanted to go to the temple to worship.

There is no need for that now. The daughter-in-law is very blessed as she is pregnant with two sons.

Wang's heart sank even more. She knew that she held an important position in her mother-in-law's eyes, mainly because she gave birth to three sons.

My second brother's sister-in-law, Mrs. Jiang, only gave birth to a son, and she was unable to have any more children after being drugged.

My third brother's wife, Mrs. Du, didn't like her. Although she gave birth to two sons, they were both thin and small, not as strong and good-looking as her own three sons.

The marriage of Gao, the fourth brother's sister-in-law, to Zhao Silang could be considered a marriage of low status. Her dowry was twice as much as Gao's, and her mother-in-law looked up to her.

Wang thought that Gao was infertile and smiled secretly in her heart. What’s the use of having money without a son?

She never expected that Gao had been pregnant for a long time but had just kept it a secret. It must have been intentional to reveal it at this time!

Gao felt something was wrong these past two days, but how could she say it out loud before seeing a doctor and getting confirmation?

Now Xiao Qiulin said that she was pregnant with twins and they were boys, and she couldn't help but be overjoyed. Although her husband wanted a daughter, she wanted a son as the first child, and she slapped those who whispered behind her back and said that she was a hen that couldn't lay eggs.

Wang’s contribution is indispensable here. Just wait, one day it will be returned to you.

In just two minutes, Wang and Gao exchanged several moves without anyone noticing.

Zhao Bei saw the chessboard and chess pieces under the osmanthus tree and asked, "Who is playing chess?"

"My brother and I." Xiao Chuner said, "We are playing Gobang. Grandpa, do you want to play with us?"

"Grandpa doesn't know how to do that." Zhao Bei felt timid when looking at such an elegant thing.

“It’s not difficult.”

Gobang is indeed not difficult, but for the rough man Zhao Bei, these elegant things are too brain-intensive, so he decided not to learn it.

Only then did Wang notice the pearwood chessboard and the black and white chess pieces polished with pebbles. She happened to have seen such things in the village when she returned to her parents' home. At that time, the village chief's daughter-in-law said with envy that the cost of this set of chess equipment was five taels of silver.

"This chess piece is really beautiful."

"The things in Master Mingyue's house should all be top-quality." Xiao Qiulin said casually.

I borrowed it for a few days, but it's too expensive, so there's no need to buy it."

"How much does this cost?" Zhao Bei asked

"The most common one is five taels of silver, and this one is more expensive than twenty taels of silver."

"Wow, this is equivalent to a farmer's two years' income." Zhao Bei asked them to be careful when playing chess and not to break it, as they could not afford the compensation.

Wang didn't want the two siblings to take the spotlight, so she took the opportunity to say, "Danniu only knows how to study, and doesn't even know how to play chess."

Zhao Yang asked Zhao Erlang, "When will you send Xiao Qiuer to school?"

"At least six years old, too young to even get up in the morning." Zhao Erlang said, "It's okay in the summer, but it's a pain in the winter."

The most important thing is that the fat girl told him that she has already learned "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Names", and is now learning "Thousand Character Classic" and "Rules for Being a Good Pupil and Child". She will learn more enlightenment books next year, and when she is six years old, she can learn "Four Books" and "Five Classics". She doesn't need to take the imperial examination and can just live her life casually.

Zhao Erlang felt that his son would take the imperial examination in the future, so it would be best to send him to the county school where there were scholars teaching. Most importantly, the county school had girls' classes where they could learn a lot. The tuition for girls was one-third less than that for boys, so if you don't take advantage of this opportunity, you'd be a fool.

Zhao Bei disagreed with his son's point of view. He said,

Erlang, you see, Ming Ge started studying at the age of seven, and it took him eighteen years to pass the examination. This shows how difficult the imperial examination was. Later, the village chief secretly asked people and found out that his son started studying late. Children in the county town usually start studying at the age of five and pass the examination at the age of eighteen or nineteen.

Zhao Erlang decided to give his father some science. "Father, no matter if you start school at the age of five or seven, less than one out of a hundred people can pass the exam. It has nothing to do with starting school two years earlier. The most important thing is your talent and luck."

"How to say?"

"Talent refers to memory. Very few people can remember most of the content in a book after reading it once. Most people forget most of it after reading it once. As for luck, people with bad luck may have diarrhea before the exam, or they may fall ill and miss the exam. People with good luck can do everything smoothly and their wishes will come true."

Zhao Erlang said, "We don't know how Xiao Qiu'er's luck is, but his talent is unmatched. He has a photographic memory."

Zhao Bei took a deep breath and said, "Photographic memory, I thought it was just a legend."

Zhao Erlang did not tell anyone that his fat daughter had the ability to remember everything she saw. He had heard his fat daughter say that she wanted to be a poor student. As long as his daughter was happy, she could be a poor student if she wanted to, or a top student if she wanted to, and she could have fun however she wanted.

At this moment, Daniu felt that he was jealous of Xiao Qiulin's talent, which was the kind that people often forget after reading it once. At the beginning, he thought he was quite smart, but after two months of study, he found it difficult to keep up with the progress.

Children in the village basically start school at the age of seven or eight. They are too young to know how to cherish opportunities, but even if they know how to cherish opportunities but don’t have the talent, it would be helpless.