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Chapter 65: Is it great to be able to read?

"The lychee trees in the mountains are not taken care of and have no fruit. Everyone is tired from working every day, so we don't want to waste time fertilizing and let the lychee trees grow freely."

"There are some families whose lychee trees grow more lychees. If you want to eat lychees, you can make deals with them."

According to them, the fruit is not enough to fill the stomach, so why bother taking care of a tree that only grows fruit once a year?
Eat it when it grows, don't eat it if it doesn't.

Zhou Shitang nodded.

Ah Huai said the same thing as the aunt said, so the aunt didn't lie to her.

When the lychees are ripe, she will find a way to exchange them with her aunt.

……

Zhou Shimu had decided not to learn the trade, but he still had to go and tell Zeng Chusheng in person. After all, they taught him for a long time, and he said he would not go. It would not be good not to tell him in person.

When he went to fetch water this morning, he met Zhou Mingyi and agreed with him to go to Zeng's house together.

Zhou Shimu came to his uncle's house in advance and saw Mrs. Zhou sitting at the door of the house. He quickly walked over and shouted: "Grandma."

Mrs. Zhou raised her head when she heard the sound, and when she saw Zhou Shimu, a smile instantly appeared in her old eyes, "Ah Mu is here. I heard your elder brother said that you don't want to learn crafts anymore. Is it too difficult to learn?"

Zhou Shimu squatted down next to Mrs. Zhou, "Yes, it is too difficult to learn. I studied for a long time and only learned how to cut bamboo strips. After thinking about it again and again, I decided not to learn."

Mrs. Zhou lowered her head and saw the scars on Zhou Shimu's hand. She quickly took his hand and held it in her hand. She said distressedly: "Are these all injuries caused by learning crafts?"

"I accidentally got poked. Grandma, don't worry. It doesn't hurt. The scars will be gone in two days." Zhou Shimu was annoyed that he didn't hide his hand, which made his grandmother even more worried when she saw it.

Mrs. Zhou waved her hands repeatedly, "I won't learn anymore. We won't learn anymore."

"Ayi is more talented. He can just learn. You brothers are all good at different things. Just do what you are good at."

Mrs. Li was pulling weeds in the vegetable garden when she saw Zhou Shimu coming. She pretended not to see him and continued to pull weeds, but when she heard Mrs. Zhou's words of concern about Zhou Shimu.

I began to feel uncomfortable again.

Zhou Shimu's hand was injured, but her son's hand was not injured?

Also, what does it mean for her son to just learn?
Could it be that her son, who had worked so hard to learn a craft, would still work for their second house in the future?

If she remembered correctly, these crafts were learned by lower-class people. Now that their family was in poverty, there was no point in learning them.

But what Mrs. Zhou said made her feel very uncomfortable.

She felt that the old lady was despising her son both in her words and in her words.

Her son is more talented in learning these crafts. Isn't it just mocking her son's inferiority?
Yes, her natal family is not as good as Shi Qingxiao.

But the fact that the old lady is so partial is also chilling.

Li plucked out a piece of grass, tore it into two pieces, and then suppressed the thoughts in her heart.

She couldn't show it, couldn't let the old lady discover her thoughts.

The second room has sent meat and eggs over the past two days. I don’t know how they got these things.

If her family wants to eat good food, they have to rely on the second room, so she can't offend the people in the second room, otherwise there will be no good food to eat.

Zhou Mingyi went to the mountain to pick up a bundle of firewood and came back. When he found that Zhou Shimu had arrived, he quickly put the firewood down and said, "Second brother, let's leave quickly."

They had previously agreed with Master Zeng that they would go there this afternoon to continue learning the craft.

Zhou Shimu stood up slowly and said to Mrs. Zhou: "Grandma, if you feel uncomfortable, you must tell us. You can't hold it back, you know?"

He was really worried about his grandmother being old. He was afraid that in order to save money, she would endure her discomfort alone.

Mrs. Zhou was very happy to be cared about by her grandson. She nodded with a smile, "I know, are you coaxing a child?" "A child is not a child." Zhou Shimu made a joke, and then continued to warn, "Tangtang has seen a lot of things before. The book comes in handy now. She knows many medicinal materials and knows the functions of those medicinal materials, so she can treat minor illnesses."

Madam Zhou looked proud, "Our Tangtang family is really good."

Hearing this, Mrs. Li couldn't help complaining in her heart.

Is it great to be able to read?

Haven't you been exiled here?

Zhou Shimu waved to Madam Zhou, then said hello to Mrs. Li, and went to Zeng's house with Zhou Mingyi.

When Zeng Chusheng saw Zhou Mingyi and Zhou Shimu coming, he said calmly: "I'll start learning as soon as I come."

Zhou Shimu took a step forward and said, "Uncle Zeng, I am very grateful to you for your patience in teaching me to learn crafts yesterday. After I went back, I thought about it for a long time and felt that I was not suitable to learn this. I didn't want to waste your time, Uncle Zeng, so I decided not to learn it." ”

Zeng Chusheng was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "It's okay if you don't want to learn anymore. To be honest, I've never seen anyone as difficult to teach as you."

He almost couldn't help but chase people away yesterday!

He taught Zhou Shimu several times but still couldn't learn it, and he wasted a lot of bamboo sticks. He was so angry.

He finally understood why Zhou Yatou gave him so many things. It was to make him embarrassed and drive Zhou Shimu away.

He was really embarrassed to chase people away.

This is something Zhou Shimu himself decided not to learn, and he did not chase people away.

When Zhou Shimu heard this, he didn't feel embarrassed. Instead, he smiled and said, "My eldest brother is more suitable. Then I will ask Uncle Zeng to teach my eldest brother patiently."

Zeng Chusheng nodded readily, "Mingyi is indeed more talented than you, don't worry, I will teach him well."

He walked over and packed some mushrooms and medicinal materials and handed them to Zhou Shimu, "Your sister gave this to me. Since you don't want to learn it, take it back."

"Only one of you can learn from it, so I only charge half of it. I don't like to take advantage of others."

Zhou Shimu refused to accept it, "After my third brother recovers from his injury, he may come to learn from you, so I can't take back these things. There is no reason to take them back after they have been given away."

Zeng Chusheng frowned, "Your brother won't be like you. He won't be able to learn no matter how hard he learns."

Zhou Shimu suddenly felt embarrassed. He coughed lightly: "Yes."

Zeng Chusheng was so frightened that he quickly waved his hands, "I can't teach you anything. I only have half a bucket of water, so I can't teach you."

"When Mingyi learns it, if your brother wants to learn, let Mingyi teach him." Zeng Chusheng turned his eyes to Zhou Mingyi.

Zhou Mingyi thought this was an idea and nodded, "No problem, I will teach my third brother in the future."

Zeng Chusheng breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, he would rather fight a wild boar for [-] rounds than teach Zhou Shimu.

Too difficult to teach.

too tired.

Zhou Shimu had no objection.

When Zeng Chusheng saw that Zhou Shimu was unwilling to accept the mushrooms and medicinal materials he returned, he stopped forcing him. He was quite rare about these things.

In fact, he was quite reluctant to go back.

From now on, he will teach Zhou Mingyi patiently, so that he can be worthy of what Zhou Shitang gave him.

(End of this chapter)