Fourth Master's childhood sweetheart

Chapter 401
Jinan Prefecture is close to the Yellow River, and there are many lakes and springs outside the city.This point, after Tong Jia Xili went out to go shopping, she had already experienced it.

Here, she felt a bit like a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

"It is said that places with a lot of water raise people, and it seems to be true."

Tong Jia Xili looked at the pedestrians coming and going on the street, and everything that was bustling, couldn't help sighing from the bottom of her heart.

"Hey... the pancakes sold there seem to be delicious."

Tong Jia Xili, who smelled a smell of brown sugar, looked in the distance, and sure enough, he saw an old man baking sesame seed cakes by the side of the road.The sweet and greasy fragrance came from a distance, and Tong Jiaxi's pears were so hungry.

"Ma'am, it's better to eat less of these things outside." Caiwei said: "If you like to eat, you can ask Mrs. Wang to make it for you."

When he was away from home, this title naturally had to be changed.After Caiwei finished speaking, she tugged on Tong Jia Xili's sleeve, trying to pull Tong Jia Xili in another direction.

But Tong Jia Xili's legs seemed to be filled with lead.Looking at the delicious pancakes, it seemed that he couldn't walk, so he walked straight there.

"Is there anything I can't eat? Food is the most important thing for the people. I can't eat anything that the common people can eat."

Tong Jia Xili was unhappy, and said, "It's a big deal...I allow you two to eat together."

...

Caiwei was at a loss for words, and thought: "It's not a question of whether they eat or not!"

At the door of the pancake stand, several people were already standing there waiting for the pancakes to be baked.Everyone was holding a paper bag in their hands, looking eagerly at the biscuits in the oven.

Really fragrant!

Tong Jia Xili thought, just as she was about to go up to ask the price, a little doll ran over.

"Madam, do you want sesame seed cakes? One for three Wen, two for five." After the little boy finished speaking, he took out a gong.It means that if you want to eat, put the copper plate on the gong.

Tong Jia Xili hurriedly took out ten Wen coins from her purse and put them in the gong.Accompanied by the sound of "clang, clang, clang" as the copper plate fell into it, Tong Jia Xili said, "I want three."

One for her, one for Caiwei, one for Taoyao, just right.As for Mu Sang, who took care of Honghao and Yuyu in the other garden... I guess I won't be able to eat it.

Baked biscuits don't taste good when they cool down.Instead of eating cold ones, it is better not to buy them for Musang.

Thinking in this way, just as Tong Jia Xili was about to reach out for the paper bag that was lying on the side, the little boy took out two copper coins from the gong and gave them back to Tong Jia Xili.

"Three sesame seed cakes, only eight renminbi..." The little boy said, "If there are two more, return it to Madam."

Seeing the little boy's sincerity, Tong Jia Xili touched his head and said with a smile, "I'll give you the extra two essays to buy brushes and paper for reading and writing, okay?"

Hearing this, the little boy tilted his head.

"Little Hutou, why don't you thank this lady soon?" Seeing the little boy's hesitation, the old man who baked sesame seed cakes spoke up.

The little boy named Xiaohutou nodded quickly after hearing this, and said, "Then... thank you madam! I'll ask grandpa to put more brown sugar in your biscuits later, shall I?"

The second half of the sentence was quietly told to Tong Jia Xili by the little tiger head.

After all, in business... it's not good to favor one over another.This little boy also didn't want other customers to be psychologically unbalanced.

The little tiger head is so "smart" and cute, Tong Jia Xili couldn't help but smile.Waiting for the old man to bake sesame seed cakes, he asked the old man, "Little Tiger looks like he is six or seven years old, doesn't he go to school?"

At the age of six or seven, he can already go to a private school.After studying for a few years, if it is effective, after passing the children's examination, you can be a scholar.

Although a scholar is nothing, at any rate he can be regarded as famous.It will be easier to find a job in the future.

"Ugh."

However, as soon as this matter was mentioned, the old man had a bitter face and said: "Little Hutou's father is not in good health, and his mother can barely do some embroidery and help people wash clothes to earn some money to support the family. Reading or something... afraid I can't."

After hearing this, Tong Jia Xili felt a little embarrassed.

The family is poor, and it is true that there is no way to study.Especially in a place like Jinan Prefecture, it may be more difficult to go to a private school.

It is also very difficult to pass several exams and become famous just by reading books by yourself without the teacher's teaching.

The world says that ten years of hard study.As everyone knows, in fact, many people can't even reach the threshold of studying hard in this cold window.After all... not everyone can afford the opportunity cost of studying hard for ten years.

Thinking of this, Tong Jia Xili took another piece of silver from her purse, handed it to the old man, and said, "I'll give this to you first. No matter whether Xiao Hutou can read or not, your family's situation will be better after all."

"You don't have to refuse. Every day in the future, I will come to you to eat sesame seed cakes."

A small piece of silver can be equivalent to a family's income for a month or two.Tong Jia took out the pear and gave such a promise all of a sudden, the old man was at a loss for a while.

When the little tiger saw it, he quietly leaned into the old man's ear and said, "Grandpa, take it, my father is not in good health, but he can eat well. From now on, we will get up early every day to bake big and fragrant pancakes for my wife! "

Children are simple-minded, so of course they don't know that Tong Jia Xili actually just wants to give them some money to make their lives better.

Seeing what Little Tiger said, the old man had no choice but to take the money.

"Thank you, Ma'am." The old man handed the baked pancake to Tong Jia Xili, thought for a while and said, "If you want to eat pancakes in the future, come over anytime."

"Okay." Tong Jia Xili nodded in agreement, divided the three pancakes into two for Taoyao and Caiwei, and then left.

While eating pancakes, Tong Jia Xili, who was wandering by the river, suddenly asked Taoyao and Caiwei, "Do children nowadays only go to private schools?"

Caiwei was a little confused by this question, not knowing what Tong Jia Xili meant.Immediately nodded, said: "If you don't go to a private school, you can only read at home by yourself. Of course, you are going to a private school."

In ancient times, there were no public schools.Even if there is, most people can't afford it.

"I saw that little tiger's head just now. It's really pitiful. He's smart and quick-witted, but he can't read."

PS: I checked a lot of information about ancient schools.It is mentioned that starting from Kangxi, Yongqian, and Qing Dynasty, academies began to increase widely.In this article, things about running a school will gradually be mentioned.

In ancient times, private schools were generally based on the ethnology of the family, which was more expensive, and only rich children could go there.It is not that there are no government-run academies, but it is difficult for ordinary people to study, so the probability of illiteracy in ancient times was very high.

　These two days have been good for Calvin, I don’t know what to write, I’m depressed. . .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)