Chapter 878: The feeling of being ashamed

In this era, people with a little culture follow a saying: "Looking at the handwriting is like looking at the person."

Simply put, if a person's handwriting is very ugly, then this person is not very good.

But if the person's handwriting is upright and good-looking, then this person is not bad.

Of course, in Wang An's view, these are relatively bullshit sayings.

Because Wang An himself is a bright example. The handwriting Wang An writes, no matter who looks at it, cannot say it is ugly, but in fact, Wang An himself is truly not very good.

Hearing Wang An's words, Wang Dazhu looked at the wall clock in the living room and said:

"Then why wait until tomorrow? Write it for him now. It's something that can be written in a while anyway. Since he has nothing to do this summer vacation, just practice calligraphy at home."

After Wang Dazhu finished speaking, Liu Guilan interrupted:

"Yeah, write it for him now, let Xiao Yi start practicing calligraphy tomorrow. I feel that with this summer vacation, he can at least practice his handwriting to a decent level."

It must be said that although Wang Dazhu's couple only recognize some common words because they attended literacy classes, they are 100% supportive of children's learning.

Actually, when Wang An was studying, Wang Dazhu's couple fully supported him, but Wang An didn't study well at all—to be precise, he didn't study well at all—which led to all the support of Wang Dazhu's couple being wasted.

Fortunately, Wang Dazhu's couple had another younger son, and most importantly, the younger son's academic performance had always been very good, which gave Wang Dazhu's couple spiritual comfort.

Wang Yi heard this and said very sensibly:

"I was thinking of going to the fields to weed and hoe with you, otherwise my big brother will enter the mountains, and my sister-in-law is still pregnant, so those old crops at home won't be handled by you two."

Farming in this era doesn't have those herbicides of later generations, so the weeds in the fields can only be removed by manpower.

Actually, Wang An's crops should have been weeded long ago, but Wang An's family had been busy building houses, so it was delayed until now.

However, Wang An's crops were not very desolate, because Wang An had simply handled them with a cultivator pulled by a four-wheeled vehicle when he was free before.

"Desolate" is an adjective used locally; desolate means a lot of grass, not very desolate means not too much grass.

It's just that the grass in the furrows of the crops handled this way cannot be hoed, and still needs secondary manual processing.

It must be admitted that what Wang Yi said makes any parent who hears it feel very moved; no matter what, just Wang Yi's intention is not something an ordinary child can do.

So after Wang Yi finished speaking, the whole family was stunned.

Especially Wang An, who suddenly had a feeling of being ashamed.

Mainly because in his previous life, every time Wang An followed to weed and hoe in the fields, it was under the orders of Wang Dazhu's couple. As for the word "active," it didn't exist at all.

Comparing this, the gap between Wang An and Wang Yi, these two brothers, is how much.

After a while, only heard Wang Dazhu say to Wang Yi:

"You don't need to work in the fields, just study well and practice your calligraphy."

Liu Guilan also added:

"Yeah, as long as you study well and get ahead in the future, you'll have everything. Farming work doesn't need you."

It must be admitted that although Wang Yi is very sensible, Wang Dazhu's couple is also quite impressive.

Just saying this, it is absolutely something that the vast majority of parents in this era cannot say. Of course, it is also something they cannot do.

Wang Yi listened to the words of Wang Dazhu's couple and scratched his head, saying:

"Studying doesn't have much pressure, our teacher said, only in labor can one understand many truths that are not in books."

Wang Dazhu's couple heard this and couldn't help but look at each other. Mainly because there are very few people with culture among parents in this era, so in the eyes of many parents, teachers are cultural people in name and reality.

And how could what cultural people say be wrong?

At this time, Wang An said on the side:

"It's okay to let Xiao Yi work in the fields for a few days, let him experience the hardship of farming, so he can study harder in the future."

Wang Dazhu's couple heard this and nodded.

It's just that although Wang An said so, he was thinking in his head about how to hire a few people to work in the fields, and then let them weed and hoe.

In this way, not only can Wang Dazhu's couple be much more relaxed, but the hired people can also earn some pocket money, which can be considered killing two birds with one stone.

However, hiring people for this matter must be agreed upon by Wang Dazhu's couple.

Otherwise, judging by the frugal nature of these two people, Wang Dazhu's couple would absolutely not be willing to spend this money.

After a while, Wang An said to Wang Yi:

"Xiao Yi, go get me a few sheets of paper and a fountain pen, I'll write it for you directly to save trouble."

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"Hey, alright, Big Brother."

While answering, Wang Yi turned and entered the room again.

After Wang Yi entered the room, he quickly came out with a white paper notebook and a fountain pen.

Thus, Wang An started writing all the inspirational poems he could think of on the white paper.

Things like "The sharp edge of a sword comes from sharpening, the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold," "As long as the effort is deep, an iron rod can be ground into a needle," etc., etc.

It's just that although Wang An's handwriting is very impressive, his cultural level is truly limited, so as soon as he finished writing, he saw Wang Yi frown and say:

"Big Brother, this is 'sharpening,' not 'grinding,' this is 'iron pestle ground into a needle,' not 'iron rod ground into a needle'..."

Wang An heard this and blinked, asking with a confused face:

"Is it? Did I write it wrong? Which 'li' is 'li'? The 'li' in 'lihai' (fierce), or the 'li' in 'rili' (calendar)?"

As he spoke, Wang An also wrote these two words he said on the paper.

It must be admitted that although Wang An also attended junior high school, before he was expelled from school, he was also a famous academic scumbag. He couldn't say he knew nothing, but he truly didn't know much.

It's just that Wang Yi was quite patient, personally took the pen and wrote on the paper.

At this time, Wang Dazhu couldn't help but say to Wang An:

"You say you studied, but you studied into a dog's stomach, not even as good as Xiao Yi, who graduated from elementary school. If I were your teacher, I would beat you eight times a day."

Wang An heard this and said while writing:

"When I was studying, I was holding a shovel and hoe to work for the production team every day, so I didn't attend class properly."

It must be said, what Wang An said, although he was finding an excuse for himself, was actually the truth.

Because before the division of land to households, it was about half-work and half-study. If you went to school, you only had half a day of class, and you had to work for half a day in the afternoon.

Unfortunately, Wang Dazhu wouldn't spoil Wang An, and said directly:

"So what? Before working, everyone else attended class, why were you the only one working?"

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