I want to ruin the country

Next to the earthen platform stood a tattered little dining table, with two small stools, a stool, and three or four tree stumps next to it, which seemed to be used as small stools.

There was nothing else in the outhouse.

I lifted the door curtain and entered the inner room. On the south side was an earthen kang with a mat on it, the edges of which were torn.

There were several quilts stacked on one end of the kang, some of them torn and the cotton showing through, and there were also a few torn pillows on top of the quilts.

There is a three-legged eight-immortal table against the north wall. It looks so old that there are holes in the boards on the table top.

There were no chairs on either side of the table, only two round stools, which were made extremely crudely and did not seem to be made by a proper carpenter.

A bamboo pole was hung from the beam, with two pitch-black coarse cloth towels placed on it.

There was nothing else in the room.

Yining walked to the west room and saw that it was similar to the east room, except that there were only three quilts and three pillows on the kang. He guessed that Shitou and Xiaohu were the two brothers living in this room.

Yining felt upset and said to Du Shoutian,

"It's so dark in the room, let's go sit outside for a while!"

Wang Yujin, who was following behind, said hurriedly,

"Okay, I'll move the table!"

Arriving in the yard, Yining asked the two young men,

"Shitou, Xiaohu, you are really great. You are so kind, loyal, and responsible at such a young age!"

Shitou and Xiaohu became shy when they were praised, and they didn't know what to say.

The little boy next to him, who was about ten years old, glared and said,

"I won't sell Xiaoling either!"

Yining smiled and turned around to ask him,

"Yes, you are very brave too. Tell me, what is your name? It's not Little Leopard, is it?"

The little boy looked confused.

"how do you know!"

Yining smiled and said,

"How would I know? I was just guessing!"

The little boy tilted his neck and said,

"Forget it, who are you trying to fool? You're quite good at guessing!"

A little girl of about six or seven came over and said with her big black eyes,

"If you can guess my name, I'll respect you!"

Yining thought for a moment and said,

"Your name isn't Xiaofeng, is it?"

The little girl's eyes opened wide instantly.

"You're such a good guesser!"

Yining smiled and said,

"I guessed right, from now on you have to listen to me!"

Xiao Feng admitted defeat, wiped his nose and said,

"Okay, whatever you say!"

Yining said to himself, you guys just give names like Feng, Ling, Hua, Cao, is it difficult to guess correctly?

Wang Yujin had already placed the small dining table in the yard. Shitou and Xiaohu quickly brought small stools and mats and placed them around the small table.

"Benefactor, please sit down!"

Iraqi defense put the small stool in place,

"Master, please sit down!"

Yining and Du Shoutian sat down and waved to Xiaoling.

"Come to me!"

Xiaoling was too embarrassed to come over.

Xiao Lingniang, who was boiling water, said,

"Shitou's father, go borrow some tea leaves!"

"Hey!"

Yining said,

"Don't bother, just drink some hot water!"

Wang Yujin

"No trouble, no trouble!"

Having said that, he left.

Yining looked at Shitou, Xiaohu and Baozi, and saw that these three children were chubby and well-proportioned, so he liked them.

"Shitou, Xiaohu, and Baozi, can you read?"

The three of them shook their heads.

"Would you like to go to school with me?"

The three children were dumbfounded. Studying was something they dared not even think about!

Shitou's expression suddenly turned from sunny to cloudy, and he said,

“We can’t afford to go to school!”

Yining Road,

"Your family will no longer be short of money, and you won't have to support them. Why don't you follow me to learn to read and contribute to the country?"

Shi Tou was a little confused and didn't know how to answer.

Wang Yujin came back with half a handful of tea leaves in his hand. He walked to the stove, lifted the lid and put the tea leaves into the pot.

Then he came out, filled his pipe, handed it over, and said,

"Benefactor, smoke!"

Yining smiled and shook his head.

"I don't smoke, you can smoke it yourself!"

Wang Yujin handed the pipe to Du Shoutian again. Du Shoutian took out his tobacco pouch and said,

"I have!"

He asked Yining to defend himself again, and Yining said,

“We don’t smoke!”

Yining asked a few more children,

"How about it, have you thought about it?"

Xiao Feng next to him said,

“I want to study!”

Yining was stunned.

"Do you want to study?"

Wang Yujin glared,

"Go away, what the hell are you reading?"

Yining was a little angry and said,

"She's still a child. Why are you yelling at her? Is there anything wrong with wanting to study?"

Wang Yujin was silent, and lit his pipe awkwardly and started smoking.

Yining smelled the smoke and asked,

"What kind of tobacco are you smoking? Why is it so choking?"

Xiaohu said,

"It would be strange if it didn't choke me. It's half castor bean leaves mixed in!"

Wang Yujin glared at him.

"Get lost! You're the only one who talks too much!"

Yining did not ask any more questions, and then asked Xiaofeng,

"Would you like to study?"

Xiao Feng glanced at her father and whispered,

"I can read!"

Yining was happy.

"Haha, you can read!"

Xiaoling was afraid that he would not believe her, so she wiped her still wet eyes and said,

"My sister can recite!"

At this time, the water was boiling. Xiao Ling's mother took a large coarse porcelain bowl, filled it with water from the pot, and brought it to Yining.

"Benefactor, have some tea!"

Then he said to the children,

"Go play somewhere else!"

Yining stopped him.

"Xiao Feng, recite your text for me!"

Xiaofeng looked at her parents and didn't dare to say a word!

Wang Yujin was about to scold her when Xiao Ling's mother said,

"Shitou's father, why don't you go get some wine and meat to entertain our benefactors? It's getting late!"

Yining looked at the sky and saw that it was already past noon. Then he said to Yi Fangfang,

"Go buy some delicious food to satisfy the children's cravings!"

The Iraqi defense ordered,

"Go quickly!"

Wang Yujin said hurriedly,

"I go!"

The Iranian Defense Minister pointed out that Iran's nuclear program is a threat to the United States.

"You guys go together!"

Yining no longer cared about that and said to Xiaofeng,

"Don't be afraid, I want to hear it!"

Xiaofeng finally made up her mind and started to recite it.

"At birth, human nature is good. Natures are close, but habits separate them. If left untaught, nature will change. The way to teach is to be focused...

Uh-huh……"

I can’t recite any further after getting to this point!

Yining asked,

"Can't remember?"

There were tears in Xiaofeng's eyes, as if she felt very sorry for others.

The stone spoke,

"My benefactor, the teacher in the private school only taught up to this point, and the little wind below has never heard of it!"

"Xiaofeng is attending a private school?"

"No, Xiaofeng needs to watch Xiaoling. He heard it every day outside the private school window!"

Yining felt a pang in his heart, and finally understood that when a private school teacher taught the Hundred Family Surnames, students not only had to memorize them, but also had to write them down.

Students who have just started school read and write over and over again, and this is all they learn in more than a month.

It is not easy for Xiaofeng to recite so much after eavesdropping, for a six or seven-year-old child!

With moist eyes, he asked,

"Can you write?"

Xiaofeng shook her head.

Xiaohu said,

"She's short and can't see inside!"

Yining's mind flashed with a scene of a little girl leaning on the school window with her feet raised and peeking inside. Her heart ached and tears were about to flow!