Rebirth: The whole family travels through time together: Fubao Koi is busy eating melons

The little girl in the house, although she found it difficult to understand the deeper meaning behind the verbal confrontations in the adult world, she captured every word of the conversation between the two without missing a single one.

When Mr. Zhou walked into the room, she immediately blinked her big eyes and asked curiously and innocently: "Uncle Xiucai, your brother is here, you don't look happy, right?"

Mr. Zhou was busy hanging a heavy fox fur coat on a hanger. Hearing this, he paused for a moment, forced a smile, and asked in a nonchalant tone, "How am I unhappy? How could you tell that, you clever little devil?"

"Youniang's two big eyes are so bright. Youniang can sense a little bit of what Uncle Xiucai is thinking."

The young girl sat comfortably on the chair, swinging her legs leisurely, looking like a little adult, "Uncle Xiucai, don't you like your family?"

Zhou Xiucai's hand suddenly stopped in mid-air, and a complex emotion surged in his heart. He was amazed at the child's sharpness, and was also surprised that his thoughts could be seen through by a little girl.

"Hey, little guy, are you going to persuade me to reconcile with my family too?"

As soon as I finished speaking, regret surged into my heart like a tide.

How could he treat an innocent child with such negative words?

What's more, what's the point of discussing these adult troubles with Xiao Youniang?

She is just a child, how can she understand and enlighten herself?

Just as this thought flashed through Mr. Zhou's mind, Xiao Youniang's soft but resolute voice rang out: "If Uncle Xiucai is unhappy, then there is no need to force reconciliation!"

These words were like a heavy hammer that hit Zhou Xiucai's heart. He turned his head abruptly and fixed his eyes on the young girl's tender but resolute face.

It was a face that had not been polished by worldly experience, but his eyes sparkled with a courage beyond his age.

Little Youniang spoke word by word with an unusually firm tone as she continued to express her own views: "When my nanny beat me in the past, I was sad, but because she was the one who took care of me, I would still stay close to her. But my mother and father told me that relatives can be good or bad. We should treat those who are good to us well, and stay away from those who are not good to us! Youniang knew that my nanny was not good to me, so I decided not to stay close to her anymore!"

Xiao Youniang said the last sentence almost with certainty. Although she could not fully understand the emotional entanglements in the adult world, she learned from Xu Liyun and Zhang Laoer that there is not complete dependence and love between relatives, and sometimes there will be harm and even mutual exploitation.

When blood ties only mean pain and restraint, choosing to stay away is not an escape, but a kind of protection for yourself.

In my memory, no matter how much blame and indifference Xiao Youniang suffered every day, she always endured it silently because they were the so-called "relatives", and forced herself to approach those who gave her fear, such as Old Lady Zhang.

But now she is different.

She learned true "love" from the care of Xu Liyun and others, and no longer blindly craved the illusory emotional comfort from Old Lady Zhang and others.

After that, Xiao Youniang jumped down from the chair, and the sound of her brisk footsteps echoed in the room. She ran to Mr. Zhou, stretched out a small hand, handed him her clean handkerchief, and said softly: "Uncle Xiucai, don't be sad, I will help you wipe away your tears."

"What are you talking about, kid? I'm not crying." Zhou Xiucai pursed his lips, trying to cover it up with a smile, and explained softly.

However, the little girl shook her head and pointed at the corner of his eyes stubbornly: "I saw it, your eyes are quietly telling me that they are very sad."

Mr. Zhou tightly grasped the handkerchief with slightly curled edges, his back looking lonely and resolute. He slowly turned around and hid himself in the arms of the old rocking chair.

The rocking chair creaked slightly, as if expressing the helplessness in the owner's heart.

He gently picked up the handkerchief embroidered with tiny flowers, the pattern was delicate and vivid.

No one could see whether tears were really falling from those eyes hidden under the veil.

The little girl pinched the corner of her clothes, and the concern in her heart was like a stream, quietly lingering around her fingers.

Just as she was about to go forward to offer more words of comfort, she was suddenly interrupted by a question that Zhou Xiucai seemed to have thrown out unintentionally. "Three Character Classic, Thousand Character Classic, have you memorized these classics? Come on, recite a passage for me."

"Hmph! Uncle Scholar is really the best at spoiling fun!" Little Girl pouted, turned around, picked up the little white cat that was curled up and dozing by the fire, and plunged into the colorful world of comic books.

Mr. Zhou rocked gently in the rocking chair, a gentle smile unconsciously appearing on the corners of his mouth. The unhappiness and resentment of the past gradually dissipated into thin air.

"How am I annoying? Isn't it for your own good to teach you to read?"

He paused for a moment, his eyes firm, as if he was determined to find out the truth behind his little apprentice's reluctance to learn. "Didn't I tell you a long time ago that reading can open your wisdom and distinguish right from wrong? If you don't study hard, what will you do if you are deceived in the future?"

Little Youniang didn't look back, but just gave Zhou Xiucai a round back of her head, with a hint of stubbornness in her tone: "Youniang has to work hard to make money to support the family, so she has no time to study. Besides, studying takes a lot of time!"

"Silly child!" Zhou Xiucai's voice was gentle but full of power. "There are endless treasures hidden in books, such as beautiful women and golden houses. Only through reading can you have more ability to earn wealth. If you can't read and understand agricultural books, you can't grow better crops than others; if you can't read business books, your store won't be prosperous; if you don't even understand the most basic legal knowledge, how can you know what you can do and what are the taboos that you must not touch?

Without this knowledge, even if you hold gold and silver in your hands in the future, you are only paving the way for others to scheme against you, and it is even more likely that someone will easily cheat you out of your hard-earned money. Are you willing to let the money you have worked so hard for fall into the hands of others so easily? "

When Xiao Youniang heard this, her pupils suddenly shrank, as if she was touched by Zhou Xiucai's words. She hurried to his side, her face full of surprise and sudden enlightenment.

“Is studying so important?”

"Of course it is important, otherwise why would your brother get up at dawn every day and persist in reciting until sunset?" Mr. Zhou pulled down the veil covering his eyes, and his peach blossom eyes flickered slightly.

The little girl, who was immersed in her own thoughts, did not notice all this, but after this conversation, the picture of the future in her mind quietly laid out a bright and broad road.

After hearing this, she clenched her little fists quietly.

There was an unprecedented light flashing in her bright eyes. She raised her head suddenly, looked directly at Mr. Zhou, and said in a sonorous voice: "Uncle Xiucai, I will never go out to make money again. I want to study and be like you, with a belly full of ink and wisdom!"