Xiao Hei was so frightened that he shrank his neck and did not dare to say a word. He secretly stepped back behind Wang Hong's body.
Wang Hongquan raised his hand to protect Xiao Hei like a barrier, "Mei'er, if you have something to say, please speak it carefully. Don't just throw yourself around and scare the child..."
"Dad, have you ever seen a child with such strong limbs and a simple mind?"
Yang Huamei pointed at Xiao Hei and Wang Hongquan and shouted.
"Eating and studying, eating and studying, do we have the gold and silver to provide for him like this?"
"You don't need money to eat? You don't need money to study? You can't imagine that! Damn!"
Wang Hongquan was questioned by Yang Huamei and was unable to refute.
In recent years, the family's money has indeed been spent on their two children, and my health has been getting worse day by day, and life has become more and more difficult.
Wang Shuanzi spoke again at this time, "Meier, stop talking and concentrate on your business."
Yang Huamei glanced at Wang Shuanzi and suppressed the 10,000 curse words that were stuck in her throat.
"Xiao Hei, pick up the rolling pin and give it back to your mother."
"Dad, I, I don't dare..."
"Hurry up!"
Xiao Hei hesitated and saw Wang Shuanzi's gloomy and cold eyes illuminated by the firelight at the stove. Xiao Hei walked out from behind Wang Hong, picked up the rolling pin on the ground and moved it to Yang Huamei with small steps.
Yang Huamei glared at him fiercely, took off the rolling pin, turned around, and went to the water tank to scoop out water for cleaning.
Xiao Hei also hid behind Wang Hong's body again, hiding himself until only his head was exposed.
At the entrance of the stove, Wang Shuanzi looked at Xiao Hei, and then continued the previous topic.
"Xiao Hei, I am your biological father. Of course I hope that you will be successful in your studies."
"You are promising, and the glory and happiness in the future will be your own. So no matter how difficult it is for your family these years, we have to grit our teeth and support your education."
"It's just that judging from your results over the years... you may not be suitable for taking the imperial examination."
"Dad, how do you know I'm not suitable? But I think I am already suitable? I have good food and housing in the school..."
Especially during class, when the master is talking babblingly, the wind blows in from the window, and it feels so good to sleep there with a book blocked!
When I wake up, I go to eat. After eating and drinking, I play with my classmates. On the holiday, I go to town to go shopping and buy some things...
"Eat, eat, eat, keep eating. Were you a pig in your last life?" Yang Huamei couldn't help but curse again.
If this kid wasn't his own son, I really wanted to put him in a water tank and wash his big, stupid head.
Xiao Hei hid like an ostrich, but muttered something in his mouth: "Books say that food is the most important thing for the people. As long as a person can breathe while alive, he must eat and drink..."
"What are you talking about? Are you still talking about eating? Can you try saying something again?"
Yang Huamei raised her rolling pin and shouted harshly.
Xiao Hei was so frightened that he almost got under Wang Hongquan's crotch.
Wang Hongquan protected Xiao Hei behind him while scolding him: "You little bastard, please stop saying a few words and just listen!"
Wang Shuanzi coughed.
Yang Huamei received his hint and had no choice but to take a deep breath, turned around and angrily returned to the pot table and continued to roll out the noodles.
All things have spirits, and the lump of dough on the pot table bears an undue weight.
Wang Shuanzi didn't intend to be tactful with Xiao Hei anymore. Originally, he was afraid that going straight to the point would hurt his self-esteem and self-confidence. But now it seems that this kid doesn't have those things.
"Xiao Hei, dad, let me tell you this."
"As for you, there is no chance of being designated for the scientific examination, and your parents can't afford to pay anymore. There are two ways in front of you now. One, go home and help your father with the farm work. While your father is still able to move, let him He will take you by his side to teach you for two or three years, and you will naturally be able to farm on your own."
"Second, you can learn a craft, whether it's carpentry or masonry. In the future, you'll be able to earn a living by crafting without starving to death. Just choose one!"
Xiao Hei's face was confused and his eyes were straight. Doesn't this mean that I should drop out of school?
Wang Hongquan was also a little shocked.
These plans of Wang Shuanzi and Yang Huamei had actually been angry with Wang Hongquan for a long time, and Wang Hongquan did not object.
But when he heard that Wang Shuanzi was really having a showdown with Xiao Hei, the grandfather still couldn't bear it.
You know, two precious grandsons are more precious than his own pair of eyes. Let’s not talk about Dabai, let’s talk about Xiaohei.
Since birth, this hand has been used to hold spoons and food, and later to hold pens.
For such a big boy, his hands were as smooth as those of a big girl. It made Wang Hongquan feel sad just thinking about it.
"Shuanzi, are you too hasty? How about we give Xiao Hei another year to try..."
Xiao Hei nodded repeatedly in his mind.
One year is not enough, three to five years is best, and ten years is not too much.
"No, you can't give more than one day!" Wang Shuanzi flatly rejected Wang Hongquan's proposal.
"But Shuanzi, even though the little black cow is tall and strong, his hands are still thin and tender..."
"Dad, I know you feel sorry for him, but you can't protect him forever!" Wang Shuanzi interrupted Wang Hongquan.
"If he has that good condition, I also want him to live his whole life as a silly son of a landlord and wait for death without having to worry about it, but can we do that?"
"You are getting older day by day, and my body is as good as today. Mei'er, a woman, can't be counted on. As for Dabai...heh, I won't talk about it."
"Dad, let's make Xiao Hei suffer a little now. If we are gone in the future, he won't starve to death!"
Wang Hongquan's voice weakened, "I understand the truth, but I just feel sorry for him, his shoulders are tender..."
"Dad, those shoulders of his are not only used for wearing clothes, but also for carrying responsibilities!"
"Raising a son for old age, he can't even support himself, how can he support Meier and me until we die in old age?"
"So, whether it's from him or our elders, he must drop out of school, and then come back to me and learn how to support his family!"
What Wang Shuanzi said made Wang Hongquan completely speechless.
Yang Huamei also had tears in her eyes.
A man is a man. Compared with the things he yelled and cursed before, Shuanzi didn't hit or scold him. He just laid it out one by one as if he was making sense. The effect was far beyond her!
Even Xiao Hei lowered his head and stood there calmly.
"Xiao Hei, you choose, do you want to come back and learn to take care of crops with your father, or learn a trade?" Wang Shuanzi then asked.
Xiao Hei thought for a while, tilted his head and asked: "Dad, if you want to learn a craft..."
"Let me first tell you what it is like to learn a craft. Listen to me and then you decide what to choose."
A son is like a father, so Wang Shuanzi could guess what Xiao Hei was planning as soon as he saw Xiao Hei's tilted head and eyes rolling around.
"If you go to learn a craft, we must first pay a sum of money to the master who will teach you the craft. It is best to find a master in our village or the next village to take you. The kind that leaves early and returns late."
Xiao Hei was still very excited when he heard that he would leave early and return late. He would go to the master's house to eat during the day and come home to eat at night.
"You eat at home in the morning and night, and follow your master for lunch. You eat wherever he eats."
