I am Fugui

Chapter 126 The Peasant's Request

July of the lunar calendar.

In the midsummer of July, there is no cloud in the blue sky, the hot sun is scorching the earth, the water in the river is hot, and the soil in the field is smoking.

At around 05:30 in the morning, when the sky was still bright, Xu Fugui and Laishun were wearing long sleeves and wide-brimmed straw hats, walking through the cornfields.

"The corn grows really tall this year." Lai Shun said with a smile.

Xu Fugui nodded, these corns are generally two meters high, and the two of them standing inside are inconspicuous.

While talking, his hands kept moving, and he peeled off the yellowed corn one by one from the corn stalks. He didn't rush to remove the corn leaves that wrapped the corn, and put them directly into the basket behind him.

The two moved swiftly, filled the basket in a short while, quickly went home and dumped it in the yard, and then rushed to the field to continue breaking corn.

They got up before dawn for two days, in order to take advantage of the low temperature in the morning to transport the corn back from the field earlier.

When the sun is rising and it hurts, you can remove the bract leaves at home, throw them in the yard to dry, and then peel them off after drying.

Although the two moved quickly, when the sun rose, they still only plowed half an acre of land, even so, they piled up a lot of corn in the yard.

"Brother Fugui, Laishun, rest, eat your meal first." Liu Cuiping said with a smile on her face.

Xu Fugui responded, and He Laishun walked into the thatched hut, wiped off the hot sweat from his forehead, and washed his face with cold water.

Then he took off the clothes on his upper body and wiped it well with a linen cloth in cold water.

Working in the cornfield was very uncomfortable, with constant itching and sweat, the two wanted to come back a long time ago.

When Liu Cuiping brought the bowls and chopsticks to the table, Xu Fugui and Laishun immediately started eating.

Liu Cuiping had been married to Laishun for about half a month, and she was quite restrained in the first two days when she came here. Later, she gradually got used to the life rhythm of Xu's family and quickly integrated into it.

This girl is not only quick in movement, but also likes to laugh, and she is very happy to get along with.

After breakfast, the two sat under the eaves, lit the dry cigarette, and smoked one after another.

"Uncle Gui, Uncle Shun." A crisp voice sounded, and Chen Yunsheng's daughter, Chen Daniu, bounced into the yard.

Xu Fugui smiled, "The big girl is here, have you eaten yet?"

"Ate."

"Go in and play with Fengxia."

Chen Daniu walked into the thatched cottage, and after a while, there were two clear and loud reading sounds inside, which echoed the birdsong outside.

Liu Cuiping glanced at the room, and lowered her voice: "Sister Jiazhen is really amazing. I don't think those gentlemen can teach her as well."

Laishun shook his head triumphantly, "That's right, Miss used to go to night school, and almost went to the provincial capital to study."

After smoking the tobacco, Xu Fugui got up and prepared to break some corn back. When the sun was shining, he would sit and peel the corn leaves slowly.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he got up, a large group of villagers rushed into the yard, shouting Fugui one after another.

Xu Fugui looked at them and asked puzzledly, "What's the matter, big guy?"

The few leaders said shyly: "Fugui, I heard that Jiazhen is teaching Fengxia and Chen Daniu to read at home?"

Xu Fugui nodded, and pointed to the room, "Hey, I'm studying now, why, do you want to learn?"

These peasants quickly waved their hands, "How can we have the fate to read and write?"

"That's right, it's not that we want to study, it's the children at home who come to study when they are making a fuss. This is not to ask if Jiazhen can teach together."

Xu Fugui nodded suddenly, a little confused: "Let me ask Jiazhen."

Teaching two children is not a big problem, but teaching a group of children is different, taking up a lot of time and energy.

Moreover, their house is so big, there is no room for so many people, and he doesn't want Jiazhen to be so tired.

Walking into the back room, I told Jiazhen about it, but Jiazhen happily agreed, "If you dare to entrust the child to me, I will teach you."

Xu Fugui opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say much, and agreed with a smile.

Jiazhen looked at him with a smile, and said softly, "Fugui, when I was in night school in the city, I always wanted to be a teacher."

Xu Fugui blinked, but he didn't know Jiazhen had this idea all along.

So he turned around and walked out of the thatched hut, "Jiazhen said, whoever wants to study, just come and learn every morning."

These farmers immediately went back happily, and after a while, they brought their children.

Not only that, but these peasants also carried the so-called apprentice ceremony!
Some are half a piece of bacon, some are ten eggs, some are two handfuls of vermicelli, some are ten catties of grain, and there are all kinds of them.

"Fugui, Jiazhen, don't dislike them, we can't offer anything better." These peasants said a little ashamedly.

In their eyes, studying is not an easy task. They also want to send their children to schools in the city, but the tuition fees of the schools are beyond their imagination.

But the children wanted to study, and they couldn't stop them. Knowing that Jiazhen was willing to teach their children, they naturally wanted to express their feelings.

Jiazhen generously accepted these teacher apprenticeship gifts, "There are already a lot of these things, and I'm not a serious gentleman. It would be good if I can make the dolls recognize words."

These peasants grinned their big yellow teeth, "It's already amazing to be able to read."

Afterwards, they took their children's clothes and said viciously: "From now on, follow Jiazhen to study hard. If you dare to be disobedient, I will break your dog legs."

After speaking, he said to Jiazhen: "If the dolls are disobedient, you beat them hard, these little bastards are very skinny, you can't beat them."

Jiazhen nodded dumbfoundingly, walked over to help one of the dolls tidy up her clothes, and said softly, "The dolls are very good."

The peasants didn't stay long, it was the busy time of farming, so they left their children here and hurried home to work.

Jiazhen looked at these dark-skinned, withered and yellow-haired, skinny, and worn-out coarse clothes, and called them into the house with distress.

After a while, the sound of Lang Lang's reading came from inside, and Xu Fugui shook his head amusedly. He didn't expect Jiazhen to have the talent to be a teacher.

But what he didn't expect was that after other people in the village heard that Jiazhen was teaching, they sent their children here one after another, and there were a lot of teacher apprenticeship ceremony.

Not to mention anything else, the bacon alone weighs a full ten catties!

Because there were too many people to fit in the thatched hut, Jiazhen simply moved the podium in the yard and taught the children to read and write every morning.

The teaching aids are also very simple, black charcoal, wooden boards, straight bamboo sticks, and the ink in Jiazhen's stomach are enough to teach these children.
(End of this chapter)