Sun Bomin and Mrs. Su returned to the house and covered themselves with quilts. Mrs. Su had no status in the family and could not be the master. Thinking that her eldest aunt, Brother Jin, was about to have a child test, she asked tentatively: "Master, tell me, do we want to be married?" Send Shanzi to study?"
Shanzi is short and thin. He eats a lot, but he is not fat. Before he was 3 years old, he was sick every day. He has only gotten better in the past two years.
From the looks of it, he is not as capable of farm work as his boss.
It's better to read some books and find a job as a clerk. It's better to work for an aunt in Fucheng. It's easy and has an aunt to take care of you. It's much better than staying at home and farming.
Sun Bomin also thought about this problem. He must study, and he still has a little money at home, so he can definitely afford it.
The biggest fear is that Shanzi is weak and cannot bear the hardship of studying.
I remember that when my father was still alive, I was sent to study at Zheng Tongsheng's house in the next village.
But every time, Zheng Tongsheng slapped him, which made him miserable. Thinking that my son might suffer, I felt a little worried about sending him there so early.
He said hesitantly: "Is Shanzi too young? Should he be older before sending him to Zheng Tongsheng to learn how to read?"
Su didn't know about Sun Bomin's childhood shadow. After thinking about it, Shanzi was indeed a bit smaller, half a head shorter than his peers.
He said hesitantly: "Shanzi is indeed a bit young, but I heard that you should study as early as possible. The older you are, the harder it is to learn. Brother Jin, I heard from my eldest aunt that he became enlightened at the age of 3. Shanzi is 5 years old, which is quite late." It’s been 2 years.”
Sun Bomin sneered, feeling that Su Shi was thinking too much, and said rudely: "How can Shanzi compare with Brother Jin? Brother Jin will be an official in the future, and Shanzi knows a few words so that he can work at the eldest sister's house."
The eldest sister has long said that it is best for the male children in the family to be sent to study and become literate. If they work like this, some people will want them.
She also secretly told Sun Bomin that she had already arranged Shanzi's future. When she grew up, she would go to work in Fucheng. Don't stay in Sunjia Village. There would be no future and no hope.
The eldest sister also said that she could not guarantee the children of other brothers, but Shanzi would definitely make arrangements.
When Mrs. Su heard her boss talking about her son, she was a little unconvinced, but she was cowardly by nature and did not dare to refute her son, so she had to get sulky: Although our Shanzi is not as good as Brother Jin, he is also calm and will definitely do so in the future. Have a good future.
The two couples chatted casually for a few words and fell asleep peacefully. It was cold outside and the quilt was covered in the room, which made them sleep particularly well.
Sun Shan wiped his eyes. It was dawn, so he lifted the quilt. It was so cold, so he hid in it again, unwilling to get up. I turned around and looked at Grandma's bed. No one was there. The sun shines in through the small window in the bedroom, it must be getting late.
After struggling for a while, I quickly opened the quilt, quickly put on my big cotton-padded jacket, then my socks, and my small cotton-padded shoes, which made me feel warm instantly.
Walking out of the bedroom and walking through the main room, it was quiet outside. It seemed that the adults had all gone to work.
Life in the countryside is dull and depressing. Over the course of the year, the only leisure time is only a few days during the New Year.
"Shanzi, you little lazy pig, you finally woke up." The eldest sister's voice came from the kitchen. A 14-year-old girl, not tall, thin, with a pointed face and yellowish hair.
"Sister, I need to rinse my mouth and face." Sun Shan walked into the kitchen. He fell asleep as soon as winter came. It may be due to his weak body. He was born prematurely and often got sick after birth.
"Here you go, I'll prepare it for you." Sun Guyu knew that his younger brother loved to be clean and used salt water to rinse his mouth. He even bought a brush to brush his teeth. He was the only one who was particular about it in the family.
She brought the things to him, got some hot water from the cauldron, put it aside and said, "Use hot water to wash your face."
Then he took out a bowl of rice porridge from the small pot and added some brown sugar to it.
He smiled and said, "After washing, let's have breakfast." There are two meals a day at home, breakfast and dinner.
But my brother is different from my grandma. After breakfast, I have to cook some sweet potatoes at noon to feed them.
Grandma said that whether we four sisters can have a good natal family depends entirely on our brother.
Hello brother, you can only have confidence after marrying into your husband's family.
Sun Shan finished washing up quickly. He had to work hard to obtain such simple washing conditions.
Sun Bomin felt that his son was very difficult to take care of, so he even used salt to wash his mouth. If he hadn't been the only one in the family, he would have been served with a wooden stick. And that brush costs 20 yuan a piece, which is enough to buy 2 pounds of pork.
Alas, it is difficult to give birth to a prodigal son.
Sun Shan took the brown sugar porridge and squatted on the small wooden stool in the kitchen to eat. It was warm in the kitchen, and the eldest sister was cooking pig food. The red firewood crackled loudly, and Sun Shan fell into a trance while eating.
Gu Yu saw that his younger brother was in a daze again and shook his head. He was used to his younger brother's dazed look.
But just stay at home in a daze, and don't go out and be seen in a daze.
Many women with long tongues saw their younger brother sitting alone on the ridge of the field, lost in thought. He actually called his younger brother a fool, and said that the place where he was born was unlucky, so he became a fool.
After my father and mother heard about it, they confronted those talkative women and had a big quarrel. If the village chief hadn't arrived in time, there might have been a fight.
Guyu sighed, feeling vaguely that they were right. His younger brother was really different from other boys. How should I put it?
His eyes are often dull and dull, much like the fool in the next village.
Thinking of this, Gu Yu quickly shook his head, why is his brother such a fool? My younger brother is just dull and doesn't like to talk.
Sun Shan, who was well fed and drunk, had no idea what his eldest sister was thinking. As for being called a fool by the village, he had also heard about it.
I don't want to argue. He knows best whether he is stupid or not.
When he was about to take the dishes and chopsticks out to wash them, Gu Yu quickly stopped him, grabbed the dishes and chopsticks, and said with a smile: "A grown man, how can you do such things as washing dishes? Be careful of being laughed at. Let me do it, and you can go out and play." Just grab the dishes. The chopsticks went out to the well to be washed.
Sun Shan sighed. Under the brainwashing of Boss Sun and Su Shi, the four sisters in the family were dominated by Sun Shan and had developed in the direction of Voldemort.
Walk out of the kitchen and take a look at the Sun family's farmyard.
The place is so big, the Sun family has a concave shape. All houses with blue bricks and large tiles. There are three rooms in the main house, one for the living room, one for Huang's bedroom, and one for food storage.
There are three rooms in the left wing, a bedroom for Sun Bomin and his wife, and a bedroom for the four sisters. One of them is empty. If relatives come to stay, they can stay.
The right wing also has three rooms, two utility rooms, a kitchen and a bathroom.
There is an open space in front of the main house, and across the open space, there is a well in front of the gate. To use the house, you don't need to go to the big well in the village to get water.
Next to the Sun family compound, two yellow mud houses were built specifically for raising pigs and cattle.
Realize the separation of humans and animals, unlike other homes where humans and animals live together.
The Sun family is considered a wealthy household in Sunjia Village. Just these nine large brick houses outstrip 99.99% of the families in the village.
At this time, Guyu came out with pig food and wanted to feed the pigs next door.
Sun Shan quickly went up to help.
Guyu pushed him away, waved his hand and said, "No need for you, I can do it myself. You can go and play." The younger brother was weak and did not dare to do such heavy work for him.
Sun Shan sighed and said nothing more.
Every time he wanted to do something, the men and women at home would push him away. In their eyes, they are just porcelain dolls that cannot be touched and must be raised with care.
If you insist on doing it, if something happens, it will be the four sisters who suffer.
Sun Bomin and Ah Nai Huang didn't say anything. But Mrs. Su, despite her cowardly temperament, scolded her four daughters very harshly.
Why do women bother women? The preference for boys over girls is often more severe in women.
Sun Shan no longer forced himself to work, and looked at the sun. It should be around 10 o'clock. The weather is very comfortable today, and the sun is warm on his face.
When Sun Shan walked out of his house, there were pig pens and cowsheds on the right side.
I raise 2 pigs at home and plan to kill them during the Chinese New Year. The cowshed is empty, so the second sister should take him out to eat grass.
The houses in Sunjiacun are distributed in tic-tac-toe. The village road is straight, and the villagers build houses along both sides of the village road.
Sun Shan's house is located in the center. The neighbors in front and behind are all yellow mud houses. Sun Shan's big blue brick house looks particularly solemn and solemn.
Crossing the village road and walking out of the village entrance, there is a farmland. The people of Sunjia Village are working in the fields. Although the rice harvest is finished, some villagers will choose a place to plant some vegetables, and there will be some to eat during the Chinese New Year.
Sun Shan came to the place where he usually squatted and sat down next to Xiao Jinhe. Pick up the stone and throw it into the river out of boredom.
Looking up, I can't see far away. There are endless mountains connected by gray mountains.
Sunjia Village belongs to Huangyang County under Zhangzhou Prefecture in Guangnan Province and is under the jurisdiction of Mingyang Town.
There are about 30 households in the whole village, with a total of about 500 people.
The entire village has the surname Sun and worships the same ancestor.
Neighbors on the left and right are related by relatives, and intermarriage is not allowed in the village.
Men marry outside their families, and women marry outside their families.
