Quick Transmigration: When Can I Just Lay Down and Wait to Die?

Chapter 293 The Little Deaf-Mute of the Era 9

What followed was a series of experiments by the family, since being completely deaf is a completely different thing from having poor hearing.

Liu Yuxi had no choice. Her body was too small, and there were still so many things she hadn't learned. If she followed the original owner's experience exactly, the most reasonable outcome would be that she would still become mute.

During her stay, she didn't dare utter a single new word. One or two family members might not even notice, but try saying a few more and see what happens.

This is a kind of helplessness that you can't understand unless you experience it yourself. She is most grateful that she has mental strength, otherwise, she might have to go missing.

If she doesn't leave the familiar faces of the original owner's family, she's not sure if she can live to the original owner's age.

I don't remember who said it, but the quote, "I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the light!" perfectly describes her current feeling.

As an able-bodied person, she really couldn't adapt to this life where she couldn't hear or speak at all. During the two days she lost her speech, she could still hear and write.

Fortunately, current medical standards are inadequate, and fortunately, the family's financial situation doesn't allow them to take her to Beijing or Shanghai for treatment.

By the time she came of age, it would only be the beginning of the reform and opening up. In small villages like those in Anhui Province, little change would occur until the 90s.

It's just that the family will have to work harder in the future, since speaking loudly is very tiring on the voice. Fortunately, there are many people in the family, and Liu Yuxi reacted when the family's voices increased to the volume of Zhang Dani's cursing.

The whole family was overjoyed, and Niu Xiaolan cried uncontrollably. For more than half a year since her youngest daughter's accident, she had not been able to sleep well every night and was always filled with regret.

Others might lament that Er Yatou had bad luck, since the incident had already happened; it was caused by the medication, and it was a matter of probability.

But she hated herself for not being more careful, for not noticing that Er Ya had a fever sooner. If Er Ya's fever hadn't been so high, she wouldn't have needed an injection, and she wouldn't have gone deaf.

When she first learned that her second daughter had become deaf, she simply couldn't accept it. This deafness would last a lifetime, and her second daughter was still so young. She didn't know how her second daughter would live in the future.

Thank goodness, thank goodness, thank goodness God has eyes. It's okay if my hearing is a little impaired, as long as I can hear, that's enough. My family will teach me slowly, and even if I can't go to school, at least I can make a living.

From that day on, Liu Yuxi's three older siblings had an extra task every day when they took care of her: teaching her to speak. Liu Yuxi cooperated very well, and she remembered the unfamiliar words her siblings taught her after hearing them only once.

Children love to teach, and if Liu Yuxi performs well, they will only think they are amazing because they are good at teaching, which is why Liu Yuxi can "learn everything after just one lesson".

This further motivated them, and they were eager to teach Liu Yuxi everything they knew. As a result, the teaching content expanded from everyday language to elementary school knowledge.

Liu Yuxi welcomed everyone who came, and while the children were still interested, she made sure they learned as much as they could. She would also occasionally offer some compliments to keep them motivated to teach!

Otherwise, what if they become unwilling to teach in their spare time after they start school? Fortunately, children's tendency to "like to teach" generally doesn't disappear until they enter society.

With the cooperation of both parties, Liu Yuxi mastered most of the daily phrases in less than a month, and could count from 1 to 100. The adults would also take some time to chat with Liu Yuxi after work. Such communication made the family accept Liu Yuxi's progress well.

After Liu Yushan and his classmates started school, the weather wasn't so hot anymore, and Liu Yuxi started going to work with her mother.

With the autumn harvest approaching, no one was left at home. Zhang Dani would go home early every day to cook, and she would bring Liu Yuxi back with her. Although the hottest days of summer were over, there was still the "autumn tiger" (a period of hot weather in late summer), and she was afraid that Liu Yuxi would get sunburned if she stayed outside all the time.

Every day after lunch, Liu Yuxi was scheduled to take a nap until her older siblings got out of school or Zhang Dani came back to cook dinner. Of course, this time was deliberately controlled by Liu Yuxi.

With the sun shining so brightly outside, Liu Yuxi didn't want to spend the whole day sunbathing. Why are there so few farmers with fair skin? Are they naturally dark-skinned? No way, they get it from being in the sun all day.

After school, her older siblings would take Liu Yuxi to dig for wild vegetables, gather firewood, and collect river clams. As for homework? There was no homework! At that time, teachers were mostly the targets of criticism and struggle sessions.

Although it's not as serious in primary school, children nowadays generally start school later, especially in rural areas. It's considered that families value their children's education if they start first grade at eight or nine years old. So, fifth graders are already half-grown boys, and teachers don't dare to discipline them, fearing that they might be targeted by the students if they're not careful.

Furthermore, schools nowadays don't have academic classes all day. Most schools have half-day academic classes and the other half-day is for practical classes. So, where does the homework come from? Anyway, getting into high school and university depends on recommendations.

Therefore, at that time, most children relied entirely on their own initiative to learn; either they loved learning, or their parents were closely monitoring them. You can understand the situation of students at that time by looking at the level of the first college entrance examination after its resumption.

The Liu family values ​​their children's education; otherwise, they wouldn't have sent all their children to school. But given the prevailing circumstances, whether a child does well in school ultimately depends on themselves.

Liu Yushan and his siblings originally followed the crowd in their attitude towards going to school. They even had an uncle who only graduated from junior high school, but he couldn't find a job and stayed at home farming.

Therefore, the attitude of the three of them towards going to school was always: if there was school, they would go; if there was no school, they would go back to the village to farm.

But ever since they started teaching Liu Yuxi, as Liu Yuxi has learned more and more, the three children, while marveling at their teaching skills, have also felt a sense of urgency. "Sigh, am I teaching too fast? I feel like my knowledge base will soon be insufficient."

So this time, the three siblings' attitudes toward going to school have changed. The most knowledgeable people they can come into contact with are their teachers. In order not to embarrass themselves in front of their younger sister, they have to study harder!

However, their learning speed was not as fast as Liu Yuxi's. But Liu Yuxi always controlled her own pace and kept up with her second brother Liu Yuhe. When Liu Yuhe couldn't teach them, Liu Yushan and Liu Yumei would teach them together.

This way, the three of them won't feel too frustrated, but they will still feel a sense of urgency. After all, when the college entrance examination was reinstated, the three of them were not very old, so they should be given some room for choice.

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