Ugly peasant girl in space

Chapter 3 Literacy with Daddy

"I heard that the genius doctor in the capital has a medicine that can remove scars, and even the empresses in the palace use it." Mo Qingqiang heard it from Mo Qingdai, the cousin of the second uncle's family. Mo Qingdai worked as a helper in the family of a wealthy family in Fengyang City Every time I come back, I will bring the two sisters some fashionable gadgets in the city, such as silk flower clay figurines, and I will also talk to Mo Qingqiang about what I have seen in the city. She specially asked someone to inquire about this scar removal cream. I heard that it costs 100 taels of silver for a small box.

100 taels, Mo Qingqiang gasped for air-conditioning, the grandpa house of the richest patriarch in the village, the big brick house, I heard that it only cost 80 taels, sister Qingdai can earn [-] taels a month as a helper. One year is six taels of silver, so it will take more than ten years to save, but it doesn't matter, anyway, Qingli is still young, she has to work hard to make money, and she will never let her sister bear the reputation of such an ugly girl for the rest of her life!

Seeing that it was noon, the sun was already hanging high above the head, and the small yard of Mo's house was illuminated by the warmth. Mo Qingli was bouncing and playing in the yard, pulling the third brother Mo Zisong to kick the shuttlecock together, which was made of shuttlecocks. It's very simple, just three copper plates stacked together, with a few pheasant feathers strung on it, but it still looks pretty. In order to make her small body more flexible, she has been doing exercises every day since she was able to get up.

"Little sister, you are getting better and better, and you can do tricks."

Mo Zisong watched Qingli kicking and kicking, and suddenly changed the feather shuttlecock to his left foot, then drew a flower out of thin air, bent down after a while, kicked the shuttlecock high, and let it land on his back, There are so many tricks, looking novel and interesting, I can't help but gear up and want to try my skills.

"Here, third brother, play a few times like me."

Mo Qingli saw that her third brother's eyes were bright, staring at the shuttlecock fixedly, thinking that when he was 11 years old and still escaped, his third brother had no fun in the town other than going to school and picking branches. When the time is right, hand him the shuttlecock and let him learn to play for a while.

Mo Zisong is really smart. Back then, his legs were not very flexible, and he was not easy to bend. His movements were always half a beat, and the shuttlecock often fell to the ground when he couldn't kick it. Slowly, he began to master some tricks, and his strength was not small. With fewer people and more flexibility, he did all of Qingli's poses, and happily called Mo Ruhu, who was chopping firewood, "Father, I can do all the tricks of my little sister!"

"Well, our three boys are the smartest."

Mo Ruhu put down the ax in his hand, and gave Mo Zisong a thumbs up, then looked at Mo Qingli, who was blinking and innocent, and said encouragingly, "Our girl Li is a good teacher, and she will soon be able to be a teacher." Mr. Little."

Mo Ruhu has just passed his thirties now, because he was not a regular farmer because of his studies in his early years, he looks fair and gentle, his eyes are not big but he is very energetic, and his demeanor is calm and measured. A countryman, he piled the chopped firewood in a frame made of branches, shook the soil on his chest with his hands, pulled Mo Qingli over, and asked, "Does Li girl like red-headed ropes? Your elder brother copied books for others in exchange for it."

Mo Ruhu still loves his children, but he also has the arrogance of a scholar. If his family was not too poor and did not have the money to study for the exam, he might be a candidate by now, so now he would rather suffer a little bit by himself, and have high hopes for his son , the special boss, Mo Zigui, has always been good at learning, and the teachers in the school have been praising, and even asked if there is any engagement. In the countryside, there are many people who get married at the age of 15. It is too late if they are not engaged, but Mo Zigui is this year I have just passed the Tongsheng Examination, and I am thinking about taking the Xiucai exam next year. I am afraid that I will be distracted by it. Besides, if I pass the Xiucai exam, I will be able to say that I am a good relative, but recently my son has been helping others to copy books. Xiu Mu also went to the street to set up a stall and write letters for others. Even though he lost the character of a scholar, he felt that it was good to know the ways of the world. .

"Daddy, Qingli also wants to learn calligraphy. I am the daughter of a scholar, and I don't want to make people laugh if I don't know big characters."

Pretending to be a child is really tiring, Mo Qingli groaned inwardly, it’s okay to grow up like this, but after listening to the third sister, you can still buy the ointment from the miracle doctor to remove the scars, but it costs a lot of money. At present, the family doesn’t have the ability at all. It's really sad to look at the face of an ugly girl and then become an illiterate who can't read big characters.

"Really? How did our Li girl change her mind?"

Mo Ruhu was a little surprised. He also wanted to teach his daughter to learn Chinese characters before, but every time this girl saw him, she hid herself. The more times she saw him, the more he stopped thinking. Anyway, her daughter’s family didn’t have to hurry up for the exam, so she didn’t have to. Talking about this matter, unexpectedly, this girl became more sensible after falling once.

"Because elder brother can read and write books to make money for others, Qingli also wants to make money to buy eggs."

Mo Qingli rolled her eyes and chose the simplest answer.

"It turns out that our Qingli is greedy for eggs." Mo Ruhu rubbed Qingli's yellow hair and messed up the newly combed hair a lot. Her daughter is so cute, and because of this scar on her face, many girls in the village The boy whispered behind his back, and he also felt a little distressed. It seems that only by working harder can he make his daughter live a better life. In the future, she will have the support of her mother's family when she gets married so that she will not be too disgusted by her husband's family.

"Yeah, Qingli wants to earn money to buy eggs for daddy, mother, elder brother and younger brother."

Mo Qingli's eyes were earnest, and she talked about so many people, but she didn't mention herself. Father Mo Ruhu softened his mind when he saw that his daughter was so sensible, so he wrote a few simple words on the dirt with a branch as a pen. Character.

The characters in this time and space are actually the same as the characters in the 21st century where Qingli lives, except that many of them are in complicated traditional characters, but it doesn’t bother her because she works in a company run by a Hong Kong person and can speak and write. , Not particularly complicated words are basically no problem.

Seeing that Mo Qingli learned quickly, Mo Zisong, who was squatting beside him, was also very surprised that his younger sister was so smart. When he was enlightened, he had learned these words for several days. He didn't believe that his younger sister could remember such words Quickly, he jumped and asked the words again, but Mo Qingli still answered without any mistakes, which made him a little unconvinced, thinking that he would have to work harder in the future, and he couldn't be compared by his younger sister.

Farmers usually only have two meals, and three meals during the busy farming season. Usually, the second meal is eaten around Chenshi in the afternoon. At the beginning, Mo Qingli would be hungry at night and growl, so he could only rely on drinking water to satisfy his hunger. , but often wake up in the middle of the night, tossing her second sister can't sleep well, and now she is very used to it.

Mother Liu has a way of cooking farm dishes. She picked some beans that were about to grow old from her yard. The beans inside had grown into big ones. She cut a few potatoes and stewed them with water and miso. Add some minced garlic, and put some corn tortillas on the side of the pot, and there is an aroma coming from the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)