Qiuniang knows that Xie Chuntao is the most sincere person, and she can say whatever she thinks in her heart.
Xie Chuntao thought for a while and said: "My second brother and sister and I are thinking about you and are afraid that you will be alone. Don't think that this means that the family cannot tolerate you. Don't think too much."
Xie Chuntao was worried that Qiuniang would misunderstand Mrs. Bai and others.
Qiuniang said: "Sister-in-law, I know."
While the two were talking, they saw Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Zhen coming back.
Zhen held little Fuyuan in her arms, and she was almost asleep.
"Auntie. Let me do it." Qiuniang stepped forward and took Xiao Fuyuan into her arms. Xiao Fuyuan rubbed her eyes and continued to close them.
The door opposite opened with a creak, and A Zhen's small figure stood at the door, bathed in the moonlight.
"Hey, A Zhen, you're not asleep yet." Zhen asked.
"Auntie." A Zhen said softly, "Is my sister asleep?"
Xiao Fuyuan was dozing off, but when he heard A Zhen's voice, he suddenly woke up and lost all sleep.
"Brother Azhen, I haven't slept yet." Xiao Fuyuan said.
A Zhen looked at her and smiled under the moonlight, and Xiao Fuyuan was about to slip out of Qiuniang's arms.
"Azhen, it's getting late, can you play with your sister tomorrow?" Madam Zhen coaxed him softly.
A Zhen's eyes were filled with disappointment, but he still nodded and said yes.
Little Fuyuan slipped off Qiuniang's body like a loach, ran to A Zhen and said, "Brother A Zhen, play with me for a while."
Mrs. Zhen chuckled and looked at the two children with a doting look on her face.
"Come and play in my yard." Xiao Fuyuan pulled A Zhen through the door.
Bai Banban and Bai Dazhuang came back from the school preparation and organization office, both of them were sweating.
He Shun cut up the big watermelon floating in the well and brought it to him personally. He also brought a light cloak to A Zhen, lest he might get blown by the wind.
Xiao Fuyuan and A Zhen were sitting on the bamboo bed in the yard eating watermelon.
Bai Zhaomei and Dalang caught a lot of fireflies. Qiu Niang was clever and took a piece of transparent gauze, tied it with reeds, and sewed the surroundings to form a circle. Then she put the fireflies in and closed them, turning it into a sparkling firefly lamp. .
Xiao Fuyuan held it in her hands, very happy, it was more beautiful than any electrified lamp in her previous life.
On a summer night in the countryside, summer insects are whispering, and the fragrance of soil and flowers wafts from a distance.
The stars in the sky are so bright that they seem to fall into the Milky Way when you look up.
Little Fuyuan held a firefly lantern and lay side by side with A Zhen on the bamboo mat to watch the stars.
"That's Weaver Girl."
"That's the Cowherd."
"That's the Milky Way. They meet once a year. They need magpies to build a magpie bridge to meet each other."
Xiao Fuyuan told A Zhen with a smile.
"Brother Azhen, are you worried today?" Xiao Fuyuan asked.
A Zhen shook his head gently.
Xiao Fuyuan put the firefly lamp into A Zhen's hand, and A Zhen held it. The firefly illuminated his eyes, and his black pupils were so bright that he wanted to cry.
Xiao Fuyuan gently covered his eyes and felt the warmth in her palms.
Azhen was originally in a good mood during the day, but when he received the news from Beijing in the evening, his mood suddenly dropped.
It is said that after his mother had a dispute with his father, he ran to the lake in the middle of the night and caught the wind and cold.
The next day, the imperial concubine went to visit the patient and said some disrespectful words. His mother was so irritated that she became bedridden.
He had originally written a note to his mother, hoping that she would persuade the Queen Mother to dissolve his marriage with Feng Zhiheng, so that he would not bother her now.
"In the Lotus Festival in a few days, we will enjoy the flowers until night and continue to enjoy the lanterns," A Zhen said.
"There are no lights at the Lotus Festival. There were no lights last year." Xiao Fuyuan looked surprised.
"There will be lights this year." A Zhen said firmly.
A Zhen has asked Wu Xiaoying to arrange that the riverside will be lit with lanterns, and the river will also light up the lotus leaves with lanterns.
The two of them were laughing and talking quietly.
It was already dark, and Xiao Fuyuan yawned and fell into a deep sleep. She didn't even know how she was carried back to the house or how A Zhen got back.
…
The village-run private schools in Shenshu Village are in full swing.
The young and middle-aged laborers were led by Bai Dazhuang and Xia Qingpi to paint the walls, to erect the beams, and to lay the tiles.
The white board took people to the mountains to chop wood to make tables and chairs. Xie Xiaolian and Wu Xiaoying actively followed them into the mountains.
Qiuniang and Xie Chuntao took the girls and wives to set up a battle array in the Bai family's courtyard, kneading noodles, steaming buns, cutting vegetables, and preparing meals for the men who were repairing the private school.
You Qingya took a bag of noodles from home and volunteered to join.
In anger, her father-in-law, Mrs. Qian, scolded her: "It's none of your business to run a private school in the village."
You Qingya said: "I also want to learn how to read."
She handed the face to Xie Chuntao and rolled up her sleeves to chop wood.
You Qingya is the only You family member currently welcomed by the Bai family.
You Mazi was exiled. His wife came to the house several times to beg for help, but the Bai family remained unmoved.
Now Eugene Gui's biological father hated the Lao Bai family and scolded the Lao Bai family for causing the You family to die off their descendants, but Mrs. Bai scolded him back.
Old Mrs. Bai looked at You Qingya's hard-working figure and sighed that she had been entrusted to the wrong family.
"Sister Qingya, drink water." Xiao Fuyuan saw You Qingya covered in sweat and handed the water to her.
"Thank you Yuan Bao." You Qingya smiled and took the water and drank it in one gulp.
"Xiao Yuanbao heard that you also want to go to a private school to learn how to read, right?" You Qingya asked.
"Yeah." Xiao Fuyuan nodded.
"I want to go too. I don't know if someone as big as me can accept it." You Qingya said.
"They will definitely accept it. If not, we will go find A Zhen." Xiao Fuyuan patted You Qingya's hand and said, "Sister Qingya and I will be classmates by then."
"Then don't think your sister and I are stupid." You Qingya said.
"Sister Qingya, why do you want to read?" Xiao Fuyuan asked, tilting her head.
It seems that the female dolls in the village naturally think that they are girls, so it is natural for them not to be literate.
"As Grandma Bai said, you shouldn't blind yourself with open eyes." You Qingya said seriously.
Bai Sanzhuang can read, and so can Tian Maimiao. The last time she went to town to buy pork, she saw Tian Maimiao keeping accounts.
Wu Xiaoying also knew how to read. Once, Wu Xiaoying drew a talisman on the river beach and said it was her name, but she didn't even recognize it.
Maybe Wu Xiaoying was writing to scold her.
So she wanted to learn how to read, and she had thought so ever since she learned that a private school was going to be set up in the village.
If the private school did not accept female students, she planned to ask her second brother-in-law to take over the cleaning of the private school, as long as she could listen to the class through the window.
Mrs. Zhen passed by and heard the conversation between Xiao Fuyuan and You Qingya. She pursed her lips and smiled and said, "It's good for Qingya to learn to read. Auntie supports you in reading."
You Qingya smiled sheepishly, feeling grateful to Mrs. Zhen in her heart.
Mrs. Zhen is a kind person. She has always been kind to You Qingya despite the You family's scheming towards Bai Erzhuang.
Eugene Gui was disgusted when he saw that Xiao Fuyuan was usually so cold towards her second sister-in-law, but was so passionate towards her sister.
He walked over from a distance with a pot of beans, and while picking, he abruptly inserted himself into their chatting camp.
"Qingya, do you want to study? Why are you a girl studying?" Eugene Gui curled his lips.
"It's none of your business if I read it." You Qingya and Eugene Gui faced each other and said confidently, "Xiao Yuanbao can read it, why can't I."
You Jingui raised his eyelids and said, "You can compare with our sister-in-law. Your daughter is worthless, so naturally she doesn't need to study."
Xiao Fuyuan: "..."
This second sister-in-law stabbed her own sister without mercy.
"You are the one who is worthless." You Qingya said with integrity.
"I'll tell you the truth, you're getting older, don't think about useless things like studying, it's serious to find a good wife as soon as possible."
You Qingya didn't want to pay attention to You Jingui, handed the drinking bowl to Xiao Fuyuan's hand, and said, "Sister Yuanbao, stay away."
After saying that, he lowered his ax to chop firewood, and the wood chips splashed all over Eugene Gui's head and face.
(End of chapter)
