The casual life of the flat space

The village chief motioned for everyone to be quiet and continued:

"She doesn't understand the rules of our village, so there's no need to scold her anymore. I already scolded her with Grandpa Wu this afternoon. But people should be trustworthy. If you promise to do something, you have to do it. How much mountain products can a girl like her pick? Besides, many mountain products are not picked yet!

So what I mean is that each family should help these two sisters one more time, and go home to see what mountain products are left from last year. If they don’t want to eat them at home, they can send them to her and let her fulfill her promise.

Of course, let me say it again here, the village rules of our Xianhe Village are: help each other, do not betray the village, do not go into the mountains for more than one day, and do not kill at will!

You all go home and tell your children not to cause any more trouble for our Xianhe Village. Those who don't understand what's going on have been taught clearly. Isn't the lesson learned at the cost of human lives enough? Okay, that's all I have to say, so go ahead!"

The village chief summoned his grandson to carry the table and stool back, and returned the remaining three taels and five cents after the account was settled, along with the IOU, to Bai Tieying. This time, Bai Tieying did not refuse and accepted it directly. The village chief also asked Grandma Wang to give Bai Tieying the remaining mountain products. The two sisters thanked the village chief, carried the mountain products on their backs, and supported Grandpa Wu as they walked back.

Along the way, Bai Tieying asked everyone she met to send her the mountain products or ask her to pick them up if she had time tonight or tomorrow morning, so that everyone could have some more food to eat after selling them. Everyone agreed with a smile, and it was not known whether they took it to heart.

After passing Grandma Hu's house, which was the third to last, Bai Tieying asked about the doubts in his heart.

"Grandpa Wu, how did you learn to read? Can you teach me and Tiexiong? We are not greedy, we just want to learn some common characters and avoid being cheated by others."

"Hehe, I was wondering why you kept looking at me just now! It's about this! None of my children have learned anything from me, so why do you think I would teach you?" Grandpa Wu might have been drunk, and although his words were unpleasant, his tone was much more friendly.

"Oh, I really don't know about this. You must have your reasons! I'm just asking. If you want to teach me, that would be even better. If not, I plan to take Tiexiong to the county town to study in a while.

If it weren't for my plan to sell mountain products, I actually didn't want to come back. Why come back? My family only has a small mud house and not an acre of land. How much hardship will Tiexiong have to endure when he grows up to build a family business similar to that of the villagers? What's more, maybe everyone will be better off by then?

So I wanted to take a shortcut. No matter what you do, educated people and uneducated people are definitely different. How many families in our village have the same conditions as yours? The more I get to know you, the less I believe that it is because there are too many able-bodied men in your family. "

"Hahaha, you are such a smart girl! I made a mistake!" Grandpa Wu stroked his beard and suddenly laughed. "Oh! It's a pity that there is no smart person in my Wu family! It's really frustrating to compare yourself with others!"

"Grandpa Wu, I have to refute you if you say that. My three brothers, North, South, and West, are all good. Aren't we all doing a good job at home and outside under your command? Even Dongzi is very good! When he played games with Tiexiong and a bunch of other kids at my house before, Dongzi won more!"

"Haha, Dongzi is indeed a little better than those three, but not by much. When I say smart, I mean a brain like yours, you can say one thing to one person and another to another, you can understand what someone says, and you can think a few steps ahead. Tiexiong? I haven't figured it out yet."

"Our Tiexiong is not bad at all. He is thoughtful, serious, patient, kind-hearted, and nimble..."

"Oh, that's enough, I didn't say I won't teach you, no need to praise him like that, or else if you find out he's stupid later, you'll have a ready-made excuse!"

"What? Grandpa Wu, have you agreed to teach Tiexiong? Thank you, Grandpa Wu!" Bai Tieying said as he pulled Bai Tiexiong to his knees, kowtowed three times, and Grandpa Wu, who had no support, almost fell down.

"Hey, kid, I just praised you for being smart! Ouch, if I wasn't afraid of hurting my waist, I would beat you both up!"

"Grandpa Wu, beat me, beat me!" Bai Tiexiong said.

"Why call me Grandpa Wu? You should call me Master!" Bai Tieying took advantage of the situation.

"Well, what else? Aren't you two a generation apart? I'm not your master either. You two should just call me Grandpa Wu from now on. Don't tell others what I taught you two... Well, just say that I went to teach you how to grow vegetables!"

"Grandpa Wu, I'll listen to you and I won't say much. Don't worry, Tiexiong is also tight-lipped!"

After hearing what his sister said, Bai Tiexiong pursed his lips tightly and nodded repeatedly.

"Oh, I've drunk too much! How did I fall for your tricks? But this Mengyao wine is really good!"

"Grandpa Wu, I have two more jars. I'll send them to you tomorrow! Also, can't Grandma Wu know about what we're learning from you?"

"I didn't even teach my own children, what do you think? Let me tell you first, I teach you two mainly because I'm watching you, Tiexiong, just follow along and learn. If I find that you're too stupid, I won't teach you anymore."

"Grandpa Wu, why don't you have the same thoughts about girls as other people do?"

"What kind of idea? What's wrong with a girl? If it wasn't for the previous dynasty... Never mind, I'm drunk, just treat it as drunken talk and forget it!"

"Okay! Ah? What did you say? I didn't hear you!" Bai Tieying put his hands to his ears and pretended to speak, which earned him a slap on the head from Grandpa Wu.

"Ouch! Grandpa Wu, you used too much force on me. What if I get knocked silly?"

"Humph, if you're stupid, that's easy to deal with!"

"Hey, you're right! So when can you teach us?"

"It won't work tonight. Let's try at the beginning of the morning."

"What? So early?"

"Haha, you don't have to learn. Although I don't have to go out to work, I still have to get up at 5:00 pm every day. Your uncle Wu and the others get up at 11:00 pm every day."

"Yes, yes, we can definitely get up!"

"If I go to your house at the beginning of the morning hour and find that you are not awake... hehe, after this happens, you won't have to learn it anymore!"

"Okay, Grandpa Wu, you've been tired, so we can't just sit there and do nothing!"

"Okay, I'm home now, you two can go back!" Grandpa Wu stepped into the courtyard. "By the way, next time you two start crying, stay away from my house! Besides, my kids are very cute too!"

"Uh... yes, Grandpa Wu!" Bai Tieying and Bai Tiexiong looked at each other and answered in unison.

"This old man eavesdropped on people's conversations so confidently! Well, it's my own fault for being careless! I was so busy coaxing Bai Tiexiong that I forgot how far I had walked from the other side! Be careful next time! Be careful next time!" Bai Tieying couldn't help but secretly complain.