Fish Leaping Farm Gate

Chapter 8
Du Wenyuan didn't teach her how to write recently, Du Xiaoyu was very depressed, although she wanted to ask this second brother directly, but these questions are beyond the reach of a seven-year-old child, so she can only keep them in her heart, but she found one thing, There are different books in Du Wenyuan's room every few days, probably exchanged with friends, so that the amount of information will be large, and the more you read, the better you will understand the world.

So she didn't plan to borrow others' hands, anyway, she had plenty of opportunities to sneak into the room to read.

It's getting hotter every day, and the summer is tough, but the country is still good, the land is open and the wind is always blowing, so it's not so hot.

One day, Du Xian and Mrs. Zhao went to water the fields, and Du Huanghua was embroidering in the room. Seeing her eyelids getting heavier and crooked on the recliner, Du Xiaoyu quietly ran into Du Wenyuan's room and closed the door Only a slit remained.

There are three or four books on the desk, and the pages are a little yellowed. When Du Xiaoyu saw these thread-bound books for the first time, he was a little surprised. The quality of these papers is very good, and the color is also white. She is well-developed, and she has read the post-Tang book before, and she is sure that there was an era in Tang Dynasty in history.

She looked at the three lines at a glance, and although it was in traditional characters, she understood the general meaning, but the expression on her face became weirder the more she looked down.

That's right, this country is still China. Earlier, there were Spring and Autumn and Warring States, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, or Tang and Song Dynasties. However, the major events recorded in these books did not match the historical knowledge she had learned, such as the founding of the Western Han Dynasty The emperor was supposed to be Liu Bang, but in this era, he was replaced by a man named Wu Zheng. The strange thing is that the trajectory of history is the same and terrible. The length of time the emperor ruled for each dynasty is the same, exactly!
What a strange thing!

Du Xiaoyu closed the book, and the current dynasty is also called the Ming Dynasty, but it was founded by a person named Chen, and the name Zhu Yuanzhang was never mentioned at all.

But that’s all, anyway, I know what period this country is in. If we look at the previous comparison, then the Ming Dynasty she lived in should be in a prosperous and prosperous state, comparable to the era known as the "Rule of Renxuan" in history. This undoubtedly made her happy, otherwise she, as a commoner, would have suffered in times of war!
After reading it, she sorted out the books on the case table. This case table is probably the most valuable furniture in the house. It looks like sour pear wood, and it feels smooth. Besides the books, there is also an inkstone inkstone on the top, which is not cheap. look.

The Du family really invested a lot in Du Wenyuan, she sighed, if the second elder brother fails to pass the examination as a scholar in the future, I'm afraid that the family will be so angry that they vomit blood!Thinking about it again, she cursed herself crow's mouth. As a younger sister, she had to pray that Du Wenyuan won three yuan in a row, and then she would be promoted step by step in the future.

When she went out, she closed the door and slipped back into her room lightly.

It wasn't until her back disappeared that Du Wenyuan came out of the shadows with deep doubts on his face.

He came back early today, and saw Du Xiaoyu going to his room, wondering what he was doing, but found that Du Xiaoyu was reading those books with a rare concentration, but the problem was, she only knew a few words ah?How is it possible to understand these books?However, her expression clearly told him that she understood. In that short time, the way she flipped through the book shocked him, as if seeing another strange person there, separated by countless mysteries.

Looking back on the past, he could only clearly remember that the night before Du Xiaoyu recovered from his illness, there was an earth-shattering thunder...

At this moment, Du Huanghua just woke up, rubbed her eyes and turned to look for Du Xiaoyu, seeing her staring out the window in a daze, she smiled, "But want to go out to play?"

Du Xiaoyu shook his head, pouted and said, "It's always fun, sister, I'm not a three-year-old anymore!"

"In my eyes, you are a three-year-old doll." Du Huanghua glanced at her sideways and picked up the embroidery shed. Recently, she was embroidering pillow flowers. Also go to a private school to study? I heard that there is a master who accepts girls to study, and the second brother doesn't have much time to teach you."

Du Xiaoyu was stunned, she didn't expect her to have such a proposal, but seeing Du Huanghua's usually calm eyes seemed to be shining in that instant, she suddenly understood a little bit, and quickly shook her head and said, "That's not as good as sister Go, my sister is smarter than me and learns quickly."

Du Huanghua showed a melancholy look, lowered her head, with a wry smile on the corner of her mouth, "I'm so old, and I'm too late to learn now... what my second brother said is, it's good for girls to be able to read more, I'll find a chance to talk to you Mother said, now that Dad's back disease is almost healed, I can embroider more things."

It's no wonder that mother agrees, Du Xiaoyu thought, maybe the burden is not too big now, but if Du Wenyuan is admitted to a scholar, he might have to change to a private school, and he has to go to the provincial capital or the capital to be a Jinshi, which will cost a lot of money, where? Have money to send her to a private school?Even if there is, it must be kept.

Also, she didn't want Du Huanghua to go up and hold her sister's hand because of this matter, and she would go up and hold her sister's hand, "I don't want to go, seeing how tired my second brother is from studying, he gets up early and comes back late every day, and he doesn't play all day long. Don't do this, sister, don't mention it to your mother!"

"Little slacker, what's so tiring about studying, it's so interesting." Du Huanghua patted her on the head, "Don't worry, I'll talk to Mom."

Completely ignoring her reaction, Du Xiaoyu twitched the corners of his mouth, and simply grabbed the corner of her clothes to play tricks, rolling over on the bed, "I don't want to go to school, sister, I don't want to go, don't go, don't want to go..."

Unexpectedly, Du Huanghua became angry all of a sudden, she lowered her face, and reprimanded, "You mess with me again! Get out of bed!"

Honest people usually don't get angry, but when they get angry, they scare people to death. Seeing her face, Du Xiaoyu was really startled, and immediately crawled out of bed obediently, never daring to mention the matter of not studying again.

At night, Du Xiaoyu was worried all the time, afraid that Du Huanghua would really mention that to Mrs. Zhao, but luckily it didn't happen, so she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When several people were having dinner, Mrs. Wu came over with a snack box and a package in her right hand.

"Brother, where is sister-in-law eating?" She looked extremely cautious, making her look pitiful.

But Du Xiaoyu just found it strange, so why should he look scared?They don't know how to eat people. Besides, they don't hit the smiling people with their hands, but they still come with things.

Mrs. Zhao invited her in and asked if she had eaten.

"I just used it." Mrs. Wu put the food box on the small table, "I know you guys always eat late, so mother said to bring some food for you, and said that the three children are still growing, so I can't... "She paused, and apologized, "Mother asked me to come here, but I'm sorry to bother you, this package is also from Mother."

Zhao's complexion was already sour, and she said calmly, "Thank you for your kindness, mother. We can't accept this package."

Du Xian hesitated beside him, wanted to say something but didn't dare to say it, Du Xiaoyu felt uncomfortable for him.

Wu looked embarrassed, "If you don't accept it, I'll go back... Sister-in-law, you know my mother's temper," she said in a pleading manner.

"If mother blames you, just say that I insist on not wanting it, how can I blame you?" Mrs. Zhao said in a cold voice, and stuffed the package into her hand, "We still have to eat, so we won't send it away."

Du Xian finally spoke, "Third brother and sister, you, you can go back, please take this trip."

Wu had no choice but to stand up, pick up the package and leave.

Mrs. Zhao glanced at Du Xian, opened the food box and placed it in the middle of the table, "Eat what you want."

Du Xiaoyu poked his head to look, and found all the things that he would never even dare to think about, such as five-spice chicken feet, spicy chicken diced, bean sliced ​​meat, etc., they are worth a lot of money, and they are delicious, especially the The taste is rushing back and forth in front of the nose, and it is really uncomfortable to hold back.But the others really didn't stretch out a chopstick, as if they didn't see it at all.

Then, how dare she go to pinch her, because if she pinches her, she will have trouble with Mrs. Zhao!

Du Wenyuan spoke at this time, "Mother, Xiaoyu is still young, so let her eat if she wants."

Mrs. Zhao put down her chopsticks, said with a cold face, "Who won't you eat? Eat as much as you like!" After speaking, she stood up and left.

Du Huanghua frowned, bit her lip again, and finally left the table without saying anything.

Du Wenyuan sat over, put a piece of meat in Du Xiaoyu's bowl, "Eat it while it's hot."

Du Xiaoyu is really greedy, but she has a lot of questions for a while. Sometimes it seems that Du Wenyuan is very obedient to Mrs. Zhao, such as really working hard at school, but sometimes she disobeys her, such as secretly going to see Mrs. Zhao. Grandma, what was he thinking?He raised his head and asked, "Why don't everyone eat it, and you don't eat it, second brother."

"Just eat the little fish." Du Wenyuan patted her head, he was just a child, how could he know these things, and he wanted to live a hard life, but in a flash he remembered the scene of reading a book, and he was stunned. He only looked at Du Xiaoyu with complicated eyes.

Du Xian sighed beside him, but at least there were still two children with him. Seeing Du Xiaoyu eating with relish, he finally smiled and asked, "Is it delicious, Xiaoyu?"

It's good to be a child, and it's good to be ignorant of human affairs. Du Xiaoyu nodded repeatedly, "Well, it's delicious." It's really delicious. She hopes to eat it every day in the future, but it's obviously a good dream for now.

"Then eat more, hey!" Du Xian looked at her lovingly. He is also a hard-working child. He has suffered a lot in the past few years, but it is a pity that his wife is too stubborn and does not want to be with the Du family again. There is no involvement, otherwise it must be another scene now!The three children will probably live better, so why worry about the little money?He even regretted it a little. If he hadn't made that choice at the beginning, would everything have been different?

But there is no medicine for regret in life, Du Xian has no choice but to sigh.

(End of this chapter)