Child Bride’s Peaches and Plums Are All Over the World

Li Baolu had a brief understanding of the situation of this village and this family.

The village is very poor, only four houses are brick and tile houses, and the rest are thatched houses, which are low, narrow and even damp.

The family’s surname is Qu. This surname accounts for 60% of the village. It is a common surname. Because of the accumulation of several generations, they just built these three brick houses three years ago, and the two sides are still a mixture of yellow mud and thatch. , Therefore, the family may not have much accumulation, and the children have not eaten meat for a long time, so they are drooling.

According to Shun Xin, when he got up this morning to make medicine for Zhao Ning, the hostess drove the girls out to work. The older one braved the rain to fetch water, the second child made breakfast in the kitchen, and the third child Then go to the vegetable garden to pull vegetables...

Only at this moment did Li Baolu deeply appreciate the painstaking efforts of her grandmother and the generosity of the Qin family.

As a child bride-in-law, it is very rare for her to be able to live in peace and contentment and grow up without lack of food and drink. Moreover, she can also read, practice martial arts, and learn all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. As long as she is interested, Uncle Qin and Aunt Qin will love her. Try to satisfy her and teach her.

Seeing the five children looking up at her, Li Baolu patted their heads and smiled, "I'm going to make lunch, can you help me?"

Zhaodi was very embarrassed, because she was about the same age as Li Baolu, so it was a bit ashamed to be treated as a child at this time.

Li Baolu turned around indifferently and said, "I want to make a sweet and sour pork tenderloin, a stewed pork ribs, and two vegetarian dishes. I need you to help me cook the fire and wash the vegetables, is that okay?"

"Your Madam needs us to do whatever you want," Pandi glanced at the shy elder sister and second sister, and stepped forward and said, "We don't know how to cook the dishes that the nobles eat, but we can still help."

"That's really great." Li Baolu handed her the spatula, and said with a smile, "Will you wash it for me, I'll use it later."

The five siblings breathed a sigh of relief. Father and mother were called to the village chief's house. Before they left, they were strictly ordered not to disturb the distinguished guests, but the room was too cold and it was leaking, even under the quilt. until the cold seeped into the bones. There was a fire burning in the kitchen, and Pandi went out to walk around and then pulled everyone into the kitchen to keep warm.

They didn't dare to touch the meals of the nobles, but they could use the stove to drive out the cold. If the mother was at home, she would definitely be reluctant to part with the firewood, but now the nobles are the ones who light the fire.

It's great to have noble people in the family. Although they have to live in a cold and leaky wing room at night, the family's daily income is almost equal to half a year's harvest in their fields, and sometimes the distinguished guests will give them rewards.

It's a pity that only two days have someone staying here. It would be great if there were such good things in the past and in the future.

Li Baolu didn't know what they were thinking. After cutting the meat and vegetables, she fried them in the wok. Seeing the five children who were clearly greedy but trying to look away, she thought for a while and poured out a bowl of white noodles and water. Cut some green onions and stir them into pancakes.

The baked pancake was placed on a large plate beside her, and she quickly cut a strip of pork belly and stewed it in the pot, added a large amount of ingredients and stewed it for a long time before taking it out of the pan, chopping it up, wrapping it in the pancake, and giving it to them with a piece of lettuce , smiled and said: "Give you something to eat."

The five children were all tied up and did not dare to move, so Li Baolu simply asked Erlin to take out the prepared meals, and she squatted down with them with a piece of pancake, saying, "Let me eat with you."

Li Baolu wrapped a piece for them by herself, took a bite first and said, "Eat it quickly, it won't taste good if it's not cold."

Xiao Bao opened his round eyes and said: "My father doesn't tell us to eat the food of distinguished guests, it's not good."

Pandi said seriously: "Our family has food."

"But I want to make friends with you, don't friends want to share good things with each other?" Li Baolu asked, "Or do you not want to be friends with me?"

The five people shook their heads quickly, and Zhao Di whispered: "Madam, you are a noble person, how can you be friends with us?"

Pandi frowned and didn't speak, Li Baolu saw it and asked her, "Do you think your sister is right?"

Pandi pursed her lips and did not speak, her eyes stared straight at the corner of the stove.

Li Baolu said to herself: "I don't think it's right. This world divides people into different classes, but in my heart, everyone is the same. Whether you can be friends depends on temperament and fate, not on status."

Pandi turned to look at her, and asked in a low voice, "Is that woman the same as a man?"

Li Baolu looked at her, and Pan Di also looked at her with piercing eyes, and asked, "Are women also human beings like men? I mean can they also be like men?"

Pandi bit her lips in distress, as if she didn't know how to explain her problem accurately, she frowned and thought for a while before she said: "Eat two bowls of rice like a man, work in the fields like a man, take money by yourself like a man , do whatever you want like a man, can a woman do the same?"

"Third sister!" Zhao Di anxiously pulled her, and Laidi also looked at her anxiously.

"I can," Li Baolu said softly, "As long as your heart is strong enough and your ability is big enough, of course, it would be more convenient if you have the support of your family, but it's okay if you don't have it, people grow through constant struggle. "

Pandi looked at her with bright eyes, "Can the wife be her own master?"

The corners of Li Baolu's lips curled up slightly, and he said, "I have a heart yearning for freedom, and I have a family member who supports me, so I think I can be my own master."

Pandi looked at her enviously.

Li Baolu pushed the wrapped cakes towards them, and said in a low voice: "Eat it, let's drink bone soup after eating, it can just dispel the wind and cold."

Now the five people didn't refuse any more, took the wrapped pancakes and ate them in big mouthfuls, Xiaobao ate his mouth full of oil, this was the first time he ate such a delicious thing, he took a sip of the bone soup, Both eyes are smiling.

Dai Di was similar to Xiao Bao, who was so absorbed in eating that she almost couldn't lift her head up.

Zhaodi and Laidi couldn't help but shed tears. Although they didn't fully understand the conversation between Sanmei and Li Baolu, they couldn't help being sad. The more delicious the food was, the more uncomfortable it was.

And Pandi lowered her head, wondering what she was thinking.

Li Baolu and the others wiped out all the pancakes and meat, and finished drinking the bone soup. Then they patted their buttocks and wanted to go back. Xiao Bao wiped his mouth and asked, "Madam, can I go and play with the young master?"

"Which son?"

"It's the big brother who taught me to read this morning," Xiaobao said with bright eyes, "I like to listen to him read."

"Then do you understand?"

Xiao Bao shook his head, "But I will recite it."

"Oh?" Li Baolu who was about to leave stopped, raised her head slightly and said, "Then you recite it to me."

Xiaobao just imitated the way he did in the morning, putting his hands behind his back, shaking his head and starting to recite the "Three Character Classic", but he only read to the fourth verse in the morning, so now he only recites to the fourth verse.

Li Baolu patted his head and said: "If you want to play, go to him, you are so smart and big brother will definitely like you."

When Li Baolu returned to the main room, they had just finished their lunch. Gu Jingyun turned to look at her, "How is the chicken soup for the soul?"

"Delicious."

"Sometimes sobriety is more painful than ignorance. If they can't find a way out, I'm afraid they would rather never be sober."

"If you don't even have the chance to work hard, it's not only painful, but sad." Li Baolu said seriously: "Everyone has the right to choose. If I don't see it, forget it. If I see it, I have to stretch out my hand." .”

Gu Jingyun was distressed, "Then what do you think we can leave for them? Money can't reach them, and they can't read books. As for skills, they can't learn anything in a short time."

"I decided to give them a hope." Li Baolu looked at the gray sky outside and said, "What do you think of me asking the emperor and the crown prince to repay my life-saving grace?"

"Um?"

"I think women's education is a very good thing. At least it can improve the status of women as quickly as possible in a short period of time. After a long time, maybe one day women can really stand on an equal footing with men."

"Well, that's a really good idea, then do you think the Qu family will send their daughter to school?" Giving their daughters such a name, instructing them to work in the rain without mercy will send their daughter off by staying in the house go to school?

Does the Women's Society give money to female students who go to school?

Zhao Ning coughed lightly, and raised his hand to interrupt the gentleman's venomous tongue, "Sir, I chatted with Qu...Brother Qu last night, his family is saving money to send Xiaobao to school in a few years."

Li Baolu: "You can call him uncle if you want, you don't have to wrong yourself like this."

Gu Jingyun said: "It's really a lofty ideal, and it deserves encouragement. Xiaobao's memory is very good, at least from this morning, he still has a talent for reading."

"I'm more curious about what qualities you value most in him, so that you will teach him to read early in the morning." Although Gu Jingyun is a good teacher, he is very picky. If he only knew how to read, he would never take the initiative to teach Xiaobao to read. .

The corner of Gu Jingyun's mouth twitched slightly, and he looked towards the yard. The five siblings were running back from the kitchen to the wing room just as the rain stopped. The five-year-old Xiaobao didn't want to be held by the elder sister, so he ran back on tiptoe first, and turned around. I took two stones from the eaves and put them in the two deepest places for my sisters to step on.

Gu Jingyun said: "He is very caring, isn't he? With a pair of parents who are extremely patriarchal and eccentric, he can maintain a pure heart even in an environment where his parents treat his sisters like livestock. When he first saw the candy, he didn’t keep it privately, nor gave it to his parents for distribution, but distributed it to his sisters himself, and would stare at them and stuff it into his mouth; he knew that his sisters only had a pair of cloth shoes, and if they got wet, they could only Wet clothes, so I ran out first to find stones for my sisters to step on..."

Gu Jingyun regretted, "If it wasn't for the wrong location and time, I would almost have stayed to teach him. He is the first student I want to accept after excluding all external factors."

Zhao Ning covered his chest sadly, "Sir, I am your great apprentice!!!"

"Yeah, I'm not denying that."

"What external factors affected you when you accepted me?"

"We have been together for too long, so that I have feelings for you. Under the control of emotions, I don't want you to take detours, so even if you don't satisfy me in various fields, I will still accept you as a disciple. As for Your second senior brother," Gu Jingyun pouted, "I wouldn't have accepted him if he wasn't the grandson."