The casual life of the flat space

The sun rose and the sky became bright. Grandpa Wu blew out the oil lamp on the table and pinched it with his hand, and the green smoke that was originally lingering and trying to rise immediately stopped.

Bai Tieying was also distracted by the sound and action of him blowing out the oil lamp. Looking up at the smoke that was cut off, Bai Tieying felt that that would be the "leisure" in her future life when she had money and free time.

Grandpa Wu stood up and said, "Let's stop here for today. I'll check today's homework tomorrow morning."

The two sisters hurriedly stood up to see them off. Bai Tiexiong also wanted to go out, but Grandpa Wu told him not to move, but he did not refuse Bai Tieying.

Bai Tieying and Grandpa Wu walked to the oak tree. Before she could figure out how to start, Grandpa Wu spoke up: "You don't need to say more, and you don't need to think too much. I teach you because I don't want you to waste your time. If your parents were still alive, you and I might not have this fate. Was it your mother who taught you to hide your shortcomings?"

"Ah?" Bai Tieying didn't quite understand what Grandpa Wu meant.

"Haha, remember to do this in the future." Grandpa Wu looked at Bai Tieying with a look that said "I'll just watch your performance quietly."

"As for the mountain products...just let nature take its course. I've put them in front of the gate for you." Grandpa Wu added meaningfully.

"No need to see me off, let's go back!" Grandpa Wu said, and walked away with his hands behind his back.

When Bai Tieying got home, she saw a bag lying on the right side of the courtyard gate behind the two basin racks. The bag was too big, and Bai Tieying couldn't lift it up completely. It must have weighed about 70 or 80 kilograms!

Looking up, Bai Tieying saw that Bai Tiexiong was still writing seriously. He secretly admired him and put the bag into the space.

Bai Tieying was reciting the article silently while cooking... She has graduated from college for three years! Why does she still need to recite and write it down? Knowing and being able to write are two different things, okay? The article must have hundreds of words! The old man is forcing her to learn!

The thought of herself being like a plucked seedling, frightened her so much that she quickly scooped a bucket of water from the water tank and gulped it down. "Why did you lose focus? Where were you reciting just now?" Bai Tieying calmed down after drinking the water, and continued to recite while cooking.

"Huh?" Bai Tieying exclaimed in his heart, "That's not right! I lost my concentration when I was reciting this part just now because I couldn't remember how to write this word. How come I can remember it now?"

Bai Tieying hurriedly recited it from beginning to end again. She remembered exactly how each word was pronounced and what it looked like. She even remembered which line and which word it was in the book!

"Is this the legendary photographic memory?"

Bai Tieying didn't even bother to cook. She hurried into the house, picked up the book and continued reading - she didn't read the first article because she was very sure that it was correct!

She finished the second article quickly, and when she closed her eyes and recalled it, she still remembered clearly what each one looked like and where they were!

"Oh my God! I might as well quit my courier business and switch to selling magic water!" Bai Tieying felt that there were no words that could describe her current feelings. If she had to use three words, it would be - thinking back to the past... Bai Tieying hurriedly turned around and went to the kitchen to scoop half a bucket of water for Bai Tiexiong.

Bai Tiexiong saw his sister suddenly come into the room to read, and secretly told himself that he should study hard like his sister and read books immediately when he didn't understand something. As a result, his sister brought him half a bucket of water to drink. Although he was puzzled, he had learned to do whatever his sister asked him to do in the past few days, so he took it and drank it all.

Bai Tieying said to Bai Tiexiong carefully, "Tiexiong! Do you understand what Grandpa Wu taught you just now?"

"Yes, I do!"

"Oh, then can I give you a test?"

"Row!"

"How do you write the third to last word in the first sentence?"

Bai Tiexiong was stunned for a moment, but as his eyes gradually widened, he pointed from bottom to top with his little hands, and then looked at his sister!

"Shh..." Bai Tieying signaled Bai Tiexiong not to speak, and then whispered: "Tiexiong! This is a secret, you can't tell anyone, it's a secret only the two of us know, can you do it?"

"Yeah!" Bai Tiexiong pursed his lips and nodded in response.

"Also, you only need to remember this much every day with Grandpa Wu. If he wants to teach you more, just pretend you can't remember it. If you want to learn more, I will teach you after class, but you can learn how to write the characters first." Bai Tieying said, pointing to the first sentence learned today.

"I didn't expect to find a master to learn from so soon. I haven't bought any brushes, inkstones, or even good paper. What a mistake!" Bai Tieying said to himself, "Should I go to the county town?"

"Hmmmm" Bai Tiexiong immediately signaled from the side.

"You can talk now. Are you saying you want to go too?"

"Sister, I want to go. I want to see Uncle Dafu and Uncle."

"Then let's see how many people come to deliver mountain products today. If there are fewer, we can wait a few days before going again. After all, when we just started learning from Grandpa Wu, we ran to the county town, and they thought we were scared away!"

"If there are more, we won't be able to carry them!"

"Haha, don't worry, I have my own way! Oh, my pot!" Bai Tieying smelled a smell of dry burning oil smoke. Fortunately, she was thinking of opening the pot again and didn't put anything in it, but the bottom of the pot was already red hot, and she was also scared.

She removed some firewood, and when the pot returned to its dark blue color, she put more firewood in and started the pot for the third time. She couldn't get used to the boiled food here, so she thought about cooking for a few days after she came here. She could cook anything! She could even cook vegetables that she didn't like!

It takes a while for the iron pot to absorb the oil, so this morning's breakfast is naturally the work of the pottery pot. The multi-grain bean porridge is ready, and the buns are steamed with the lid, plus the wild vegetables mixed in the morning, it is another nutritionally balanced meal!

I don’t know if it was because she got up early or because she was studying, but Bai Tieying ate two buns this morning and drank a large bowl of porridge. She and Bai Tiexiong each had half of the wild vegetables, and there was no leftovers. It was a perfect meal!

After they returned to the main room and "copied" the book for a while - Bai Tieying felt that their brains were just like the copy of space - they both yawned at the same time. It's too early to get up! I'm still sleepy after eating. Bai Tieying immediately decided to go back to the room to catch up on some sleep!

"Tieying! Tieying? Are you home?"

Bai Tieying seemed to hear someone calling him in a daze, and suddenly woke up. Was it someone coming to deliver mountain products?

She hurriedly put on her shoes while answering, "Hey! I'm here. Who's here?" Then she tidied her hair which was a little frizzy from sleeping and walked out of the west room.

As soon as she arrived at the door of the main room, she saw Zhuzi standing at the gate of the courtyard with his hands holding something on his shoulders.

"Zhu Zi is here! Come in quickly. Why didn't I see you at the sacred tree yesterday?" Bai Tieying applauded in her heart for the first, oh no, the third person who supported her.