coobybook Chapter 139 1 mountain is higher than 1 mountain
Chapter 139 1 mountain is higher than 1 mountain
It was evening and the sky was not yet completely dark.
The children from every household in the village have already put on their schoolbags and are heading towards the farm.
Bao Erya and her younger brother Bao Xiaoyong walked together for a short distance and arrived at the gate of the old manor.
Bao Erya stopped and watched her younger brother Bao Xiaoyong run into the old manor, then she walked towards the gate of the new manor not far away.
I met several young ladies from the same village on the way.
"Er Ya, do you remember the two words I taught you yesterday? Oh, I have forgotten them all!"
"Er Ya, don't listen to her. This girl is very naughty. She says every day that she has forgotten everything, but when Mr. Su Mei asks a question, she can answer it and even write it down!"
"That's right, Qingqing is trying to trick us into thinking that she doesn't work hard, so that we won't study hard either, and then she can beat us in the exam!"
"Nonsense! I, I really forgot!"
The little girls were laughing and joking, but they were also a little cunning.
But once they entered the gate of the manor, they all kept quiet and behaved themselves.
The classroom was a back room at the gate of the manor. Six candles were lit in the classroom, and several large bronze mirrors were hung on the wall, making the room bright.
Ms. Sumei was standing at the door. This young lady was wearing a light blue long skirt, a scarlet short jacket, and a simple and elegant bun on her head with only a star-shaped hairpin. She was holding a scroll in one hand and an iron ruler in the other.
"Hello, sir!"
"gentlemen!"
"gentlemen!"
The voices of greetings from the little girls were endless. Su Mei smiled and nodded to every student.
Some of these female students were married women whom she had known for a long time, and some were the daughters of tenant farmers.
But at this moment, she treats everyone equally.
Several little girls filed into the classroom.
I saw that someone had already arrived in the classroom.
The person who arrived first sat in the corner of the last row.
Because there were no candles in the corner, the light was dim and no one could see the man's appearance clearly.
They looked at each other and understood each other.
The one who comes first must be the born-in-law of the noble family!
These housewives' families are not short of money, and what they eat and use are better than those of the tenant farmers' daughters.
But so what?
When it comes to recognizing words, they are no better than people like us!
Look, you live so close, but when you come here you don’t know to sit at the front so that you can hear and see more clearly. Instead, you sit at the back. Doesn’t this mean you don’t intend to study well?
In the corner, Sister Shan, who had double buns on her hair and was wearing ordinary indigo cloth, seemed to feel the scrutiny and could not help but lower her head even more.
Although I feel a little uncomfortable, this feeling of secretly hiding my identity is so novel and interesting!
Several little girls sat down according to their usual habit.
No one dared to make a noise, so they all took out their notebooks and pens in silence.
He Shan glanced at the girl closest to her and saw that the girl carefully opened the notebook and read it carefully from the first page, mumbling something to herself.
The other girls' actions were similar to that girl's.
He Shan looked at the small notebook in front of her again.
This little notebook is really very simple.
The paper was all rough with yellow edges. Although the third branch of their family was the least powerful in the Duke's Mansion, she, the daughter of the third branch, had never used this kind of paper.
The binding is also very casual, just ordinary twine.
Looking at the charcoal pencil next to it, she had seen this kind of pen before. It was said to be used by carpenters. The writing effect of this pen could naturally not be compared with that of a brush.
But looking at the girls in the literacy class, they cherish these two things so much, as if they were some invaluable treasures.
As she was thinking about this, she heard two familiar voices calling from the door.
"Hello, sir!"
"Hello, sir!"
These two voices belonged to Zhou Erni and Su Sanmiao, who had just played with her today.
She quickly lowered her head a little more.
Zhou Erni and Su Sanmiao entered the classroom and looked around.
Su Sanmiao and Zhou Erni looked at each other.
Both of them couldn't help but think.
These tenant farmers always want to be better than them!
Even when coming to class, these people always come early!
Just come early, if you want to. Why do you have to pretend and talk about it as if you are working so hard?
Humph, isn’t it for Mr. Sumei to see?
Let’s wait until the end of the month exam to see how they beat these guys!
Eh? Is the person sitting in the corner new?
Ah! No, this is clearly...
Zhou Erni, who had sharp eyes, was about to shout when she heard Su Mei at the door cough and ordered, "Why don't you two go sit in your usual places? Class will start soon!"
Su Sanmiao nudged Zhou Erni with his elbow, and the two of them sat on the right side of the second row.
There were about thirty girls attending the class.
The number of children born to the tenant family and the family of the rich each accounted for about half.
In fact, there are a total of twenty-three or twenty-four born-again girls of appropriate age under the name of Old Lady Su.
But some girls still live with their parents in Qingshui Lane in the city. The journey is too long, so they naturally cannot come here.
As for those who came to the village, no matter whether they were happy or not, they were sent by their parents to learn to read.
As for the tenant households, there were twenty-two people of the right age.
There were fourteen children sent to the literacy class.
Those who don't allow their daughters to come either expect their daughters to do the work or think that there is no use in knowing how to read.
Today’s lesson is also very simple.
It's just learning two new words.
One is water and the other is mountain.
He Shan had no idea how many copies of the sutras she had copied. She could write such simple characters with her eyes closed.
But Sister Sumei’s lecture was very interesting and the students in the classroom listened attentively.
He Shan didn't remember how she learned these two words, but she felt that today's literacy class was an extremely unforgettable experience.
She had never seen so many people learning to read together, nor had she ever seen anyone slacking off throughout the entire class.
Su Mei took out two sentences that she had written long ago.
One sentence is like the gurgling water of a brook, and the other sentence is like a mountain higher than another.
After she led the students to recite it several times, she picked out a few girls and asked them to stand up and explain the meaning of the two sentences.
Although the girls stuttered a little, they were able to answer the questions.
After all, these two sentences are just ordinary plain words and have no profound meaning.
He Shan saw them holding charcoal pencils and carefully writing the two sentences in their little notebooks.
Sister Sumei asked everyone to stand up one by one and said some sad words.
This is naturally very simple. Some say it is river water, some say it is sugar water, and some say it is spring water, well water and rain water.
Another one got up, and the usual ones had all been said. She held it in for a long time and finally said something swill, which made the whole audience burst into laughter...