Otoharu

Chapter 287
Li Meier showed off her new clothes, and then had breakfast with Mrs. Li.

After breakfast, the group boarded the ox cart to Wei's house.

Li Meier was quite sleepy before leaving the house, but as soon as she got in the car, she became insane, singing ditties for a while, and pulling Jiang Shanqing to talk for a while, which annoyed Jiang Shanqing.Li Mei'er didn't care, she had been bored at home for more than half a month, and now she was finally going out, so she was naturally very excited.

The ox cart soon arrived at the alley where Webster lived. Because the alley was narrow, the ox cart couldn't get in, so Li Yan parked the car outside the alley and walked with his wife and children.

Wei Shi's house was at the innermost part of the alley, and when the group stopped outside the door of that house, Li Yan turned around and asked Jiang Shi, "Is this here?"

Mrs. Jiang looked around, nodded, and said, "It should be here." After speaking, she stepped forward and knocked on the door.

After knocking a few times, a girl's voice came from inside, "Who is it?"

"Is it Yaya? I'm your aunt of the Li family." Jiang Shi heard the girl's voice and replied with a smile.

As soon as the people in the room heard Jiang's reply, they immediately opened the door, and a young girl walked out from the door. The girl was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with a delicate appearance, especially her eyes, which seemed to be able to speak.

"Auntie, why are you here!" Liu Daya looked very surprised when she saw Jiang and the others, and hurried over to pull them in.

Entering the door is a small square courtyard. Although it is not big, it is very clean. Everything is neatly placed where it should be placed, which makes people feel very comfortable.

"Mother, Auntie Li is here." Daya Liu shouted into the room, and soon a woman in a blue cloth dress came out from the kitchen, naturally it was Webster.

"Why did my sister come here and didn't say hello in advance? You see, I'm in a mess here, and I don't have any preparations." Webster was obviously cooking, and her hands were still stained with oil. She quickly wiped some oil on her apron. After a while, he came forward to meet her, and at the same time called Daya Liu to pour tea as soon as possible.

"Sister, don't be busy, it's our fault that you came here without notifying you in advance, but my husband just came back from the state capital last night, and he knew that it was Chen Pi who helped out when the pirates broke out a few days ago, so I decided to come here to thank you in person. "Jiang stepped forward with a smile and held Wei Shi, and said apologetically.

"What am I supposed to do? Api should help you guys. If it wasn't for your help from my younger sister, we wouldn't be here today." Wei Shi and Jiang Shi walked into the main hall together, and said with a smile.

"One yard counts for one yard. I helped you back then with little effort. Chen Pi is a real life-saving grace this time. Our whole family must thank him very much." It was because of the poor mother and son Wei that they helped each other, and they didn't want them to reciprocate.

After saying this, Mrs. Jiang looked around and asked, "Isn't Chen Pi at home?"

"Api doesn't live with us on weekdays. He lives in the workshop, and it's cheap to work on weekdays. He only comes back to live for a day or two when he's resting." Webster replied with a smile.

Mrs. Jiang didn't expect this, she felt a little regretful, but Chen Pi and Wei Shi are biological mother and son, giving Wei Shi as a thank you gift is the same as giving Chen Pi.

While the two were talking, Daya Liu had already brought in tea and snacks, and behind her was Liu Fa, Webster's youngest son.Liu Fa is no longer the starving little radish he was two years ago. At the age of ten, he is almost as tall as his sister, and he must be a burly man in the future.

The two children didn't need Wei Shi to greet them, so they took the initiative to go forward to salute Li Yan and his wife.

Jiang gratified and took Liu Daya to look carefully, and praised: "Daya is also a big girl, and she should reach her age next year."

"She will be born in June next year." Wei Shi looked at his slim daughter with joy on his face.

"Then you must invite me over to drink Jiji wine, and I will prepare a generous Jiji gift for you." Jiang Shi said.

Wei Shi quickly declined when he heard the words, "We are a small family, and Jiji is just treating the neighbors to a drink, and we will give some gifts wherever they are."

"Yes, yes, a girl's family will get married once in her life, so it will naturally be a lively event." Jiang Shi pulled Liu Fa and praised a few more words, and Webster asked Liu Daya to take her younger siblings out to play. Adults are free to talk.

Li Mei'er is a self-acquaintance, and soon became acquainted with sister Da Ya. The two talked about the clothes and dresses that their daughter's family cared about, and they didn't care about the two boys behind.

Because of what happened to Liu Fa when he was a child, he was a little timid. He didn't go out very often, and he didn't have many friends. It was rare for him to meet a friend who was about his own age. You can call me Ah Fa, what is your name?"

Although Jiang Shanqing didn't really want to play with the little kids, but they were here as guests, so it was natural not to lose face to their master, so he replied, "Jiang Shanqing."

"Your name sounds really nice, like the name of a scholar." Liu Fa said enviously, no matter how he looks like him, just hearing the name, he knows that his family is poor and all are rough people.

Jiang Shanqing looked at Liu Fa and asked with a complicated expression: "Do you really want to study?"

Liu Fa replied with some low self-esteem, "Reading is something people like me can't think about. I only know a few characters and can write my own name, but my elder brother can read and he will teach it when he comes home." My sister and I, but he doesn’t know much, and he went to the printing workshop a few days ago, and only then did he become more literate.”

"Then I'll teach you how to read." Jiang Shanqing showed a rare kindness, and pulled Liu Fa to the side of the mound, and wrote on the ground with a branch in the sand.

Liu Fa read it very seriously, seeing Jiang Shanqing wrote "The heaven and earth are mysterious and yellow, the universe is prehistoric..." He said excitedly: "I know these two words, read heaven and earth." But he didn't know the last few words up.

After Jiang Shanqing finished writing a row, he sighed: "The handwriting you wrote is so beautiful, what is it?"

"Thousand-Character Essay, scholars are just starting to study, and they are all learning this. After two days, I will send you a copy." There is limited writing on the sand, Jiang Shanqing got up and patted the mud on his hands and said.

Liu Fa's eyes lit up instantly when he heard the words, but his mouth stuttered, "Really? I... I can learn this too?"

"Why can't you learn? The sage Confucius said that there is no distinction between teaching and learning. As long as you have a heart to learn, the road to learning will open to you." Jiang Shanqing's tone was gentle, and he looked at Liu Fa with encouragement.

"But I'm stupid, I'm afraid I won't learn it." Liu Fa's eyes brightened, but he still said hesitantly.

"If you can't learn it once, then learn it a few more times. Diligence can make up for your stupidity, but if you don't take that step, you will always be stupid." Jiang Shanqing said very seriously.

(End of this chapter)