Master Zhou looked serious and said: "He has been living in the school recently, and I found that he is not serious about studying. He sits under the lamp every night instead of reading, but drawing some strange pictures.
My mentor and I asked him several times, but he was vague.
He will take the provincial examination next year, and I still hope he can focus more on studying.
I heard that he is more obedient to you in the Xiao family, why don't you come and ask him. "
"Drawing weird pictures?" Ye Luoxin was also a little surprised.
"Yes, that's it!" Master Zhou said, "I can't tell what he is painting!"
Ye Luoxin heard the words and immediately agreed.
"Okay, I'll ask him."
After saying that, she left the corridor and walked a few steps forward to the room where Xiao Jing lived.
Ye Luoxin raised her hand and knocked on the door. Xiao Jing answered from inside: "Master? Please come in!"
"It's me!" Ye Luoxin said and pushed the door open.
He saw Xiao Jing standing in front of the case, frowning and thinking about something.
"What are you drawing?" Ye Luoxin leaned over as if it was normal.
Xiao Jing saw Ye Luoxin and shouted in surprise: "Sister-in-law!"
Then he didn't hide it, and generously gave up half of his body to let Ye Luoxin see the picture he drew.
I saw a long iron pillar drawn on the white paper. The iron pillar was pointed at the front and had two handles at the end.
Like a farm tool.
"What is this?" Ye Luoxin asked, pointing to something on the paper.
Xiao Jing said with some embarrassment: "It's for sowing seeds, but I haven't figured out yet how to control the amount of seeds falling."
"For sowing?"
Ye Luoxin had no actual farming experience in her previous life, and had never seen such a seeder.
But looking at how detailed Xiao Jing's painting was, it seemed like it was almost done.
"Are you studying this every day now?"
Ye Luoxin asked.
"Sister-in-law, am I not doing this right? I should study hard!"
Xiao Jing seemed to know what Ye Luoxin was going to say, and lowered his head after finishing speaking.
"No!" Ye Luoxin touched his head.
"I'm just happy that our little Jing has grown up and knows how to share the worries of the family!"
"Yes!" Xiao Jing became interested, "I just think it's too tiring for everyone to farm. Every time when sowing, you have to bend down to dig out the soil and cover it with soil. If we use a tool to plant the seeds directly, If you go in, you will definitely save a lot of effort.”
"Let me take a look!" Ye Luoxin said and looked at Xiao Jing's picture again.
"Well, I seem to understand the principle of your diagram.
Insert the pointed beak into the soil and plant the seeds. When the pointed beak is pulled out, the seeds have already been buried, right? "
"Yes!" Xiao Jing was even more happy.
He knew that his sister-in-law would definitely understand what he was making.
"As for the number of seeds, I think you can set up a drain here. If you want to scatter as many seeds as you want, leave a few holes. Every time you push it hard, the seeds will fall down by themselves, but once you lift it up, the holes will It can be sealed automatically.”
Ye Luoxin suggested.
"So it can be like this!" Xiao Jing suddenly felt enlightened, and with a few strokes, he filled in the missing parts.
"I will give this picture to my second brother tomorrow and ask him to find someone to try it." Xiao Jing gently fanned the paper and tried to make the ink on the paper dry as quickly as possible.
Seeing that he was now calm, Ye Luoxin said again: "I must have spent a lot of time studying this recently!"
"Sister-in-law, did Mr. Zhou say something to you?" Xiao Jing seemed to realize something.
Ye Luoxin nodded.
"Master Zhou said that you haven't been paying much attention to your studies recently. He is worried about your provincial examination next year."
Seeing that Xiao Jing was a little stunned, Ye Luoxin added: "Xiao Jing is a smart child. I think you must have put a lot of thought into studying. My sister-in-law is not here to lobby for Master Zhou.
If you are really bad at studying, Master will naturally punish you.
Since he didn't punish you, it means your homework is not too bad. My sister-in-law just wants you to think about a problem. "
"What's the problem?" Xiao Jing looked up, with a confused look in his eyes.
"What is your main goal for the next step? What kind of efforts do you need to make to achieve this goal? If you feel that being distracted now will not affect your county examination next year at all, then ignore what I am saying now. If you feel that you are not sure, We must follow Master’s request.”
"Sister-in-law, I understand!" Xiao Jing said.
"I will finish the day's studies on time every day, and then study other things when I have free time."
"Yeah!" Ye Luoxin nodded.
"Sister-in-law is waiting for your good news."
After seeing Ye Luoxin away, Mr. Zhou had been waiting for news in the corridor.
He was distracted when he suddenly heard a small voice from behind: "Master, the corners of your clothes are a little torn. Why don't you take them off and I'll sew them up for you."
Master Zhou looked back and saw a fair and clean little girl.
She looks young, with a bit of childishness on her face.
Master Zhou looked familiar and vaguely remembered that the girl in front of him was the maid next to Ye Luoxin.
"No need." He tugged on the hem of his robe somewhat embarrassedly.
"It's just a little torn. Besides, my sister-in-law from the Li Zheng family helped mend my clothes. I can just look for her later!"
Dahua secretly clenched her fists.
She was very nervous. It wasn't until she felt her nails digging into her flesh that she stabilized her voice and said, "Master, you are the great benefactor of our Qingshan Village. Anyone can help with such small things."
Master Zhou didn't take her words to heart. When he saw Ye Luoxin coming out, he hurriedly greeted her and asked in a low voice about Xiao Jing's situation.
Dahua sees all this.
She was a little disappointed and a little unwilling.
She looked in the direction of Master Zhou again, and her gaze happened to be caught by Ye Luoxin.
Dahua immediately lowered his head and turned back to the classroom.
"Master, Xiao Jing and I have finished talking. This child is sensible and he will pay attention to it in the future."
Ye Luoxin said to Master Zhou.
Master Zhou was very happy when he heard this: "Then thank you Hui Ruren. This child is the most enlightened among the children of his age. I can't watch him go astray."
Ye Luoxin smiled.
"Master misunderstood. Xiao Jing didn't go astray. What he drew before was actually farm tools. He just wanted to help his family share some of the burden."
"It's actually like this!" Master Zhou was very surprised.
"Then when I asked him before, he didn't say anything!"
"Maybe the child is more conservative. I hope to tell my wife after I succeed."
Ye Luoxin explained for Xiao Jing.
"That's good!" Master Zhou finally felt relieved, "This kid has a good heart and cares about his family. If he becomes an official in the future, he will definitely be a good official!"
