Chapter 1546

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Dashan handed the small river fish to Yao Aina to process, then he brought Wang Dujin into the firewood room, saw that Zhang Jiajun had already washed the lettuce, and Wang Dashan took the initiative to stir-fry the vegetables.

Then he let Wang Xiaojin and Zhang Jiajun go play in the courtyard outside.

Wang Dashan finished stir-frying the lettuce, discovered there was still a piece of leftover meat on the side, so he heated the meat up as well.

By the time the dishes were done, Yao Aina had finished processing the innards of the small river fish.

Yao Aina's face wore a simple, honest smile:

"How embarrassing, originally I had you come to my place to eat, but instead you're the one helping out!"

Wang Dashan said generously:

"No problem, no problem, what's with the politeness, let's not make congee with these small river fish, it's too late, congee is comparatively harder to cook well, just pan-fry them and it'll be fine!"

"Okay okay, I'll tend the fire!" Yao Aina hurried off to start the fire.

Wang Dashan hadn't cooked in a long time, but the pan-fried small river fish came out golden yellow, golden yellow, looking pretty decent.

When Wang Dashan and Yao Aina carried the rice and dishes out of the firewood room, they discovered Zhang Jiajun and Wang Dujin were already playing together.

Zhang Jiajun was letting Wang Dujin play with glass marbles; Wang Dujin's clumsy hands and feet played with the glass marbles, having a wonderful time.

"How are you this clumsy? You can't even aim this!"

Zhang Jiajun shouted laughing.

Wang Dujin also laughed: "Big brother, you're so amazing!"

Zhang Jiajun then said: "Watch me, flick like this, one flick, one bullseye!"

Sure enough he really was accurate, hitting the target from several meters away!

"Say, you city people, don't you all play this?"

Wang Dujin shook her head.

"Then what do you play?"

Zhang Jiajun pressed.

Wang Dujin then said:

"I have a Grandmother, she teaches me to play building blocks, play one plus one equals two, and also A-B-C-D, and also also......"

"Wow? You know how to count already, and you even know A-B-C-D these phonetics? Say, what are building blocks?"

"It's a pile of wooden pieces, can be assembled, one plus one equals two, can assemble A-B-C-D-E-F-G, super fun!"

"Fun my ass, that's going to school, that's studying, I hate that the most!"

Zhang Jiajun's face was full of disdain.

Wang Dujin, however, wore a face full of puzzlement:

"Is school not good? My mommy says there are lots and lots of little friends at school who can play games together, I'm too little so I can't go yet, I really want to go!"

Zhang Jiajun rolled his eyes:

"What's fun about school, when I have time I'll take you up the mountain to pick wild fruits, now that's called fun!"

Wang Dujin was bewildered, not understanding what going up the mountain to pick wild fruits meant.

This is the differentiation that education manifests, right?

Zhang Jiajun living in Shangou Village isn't much different from the free-range kids of the 80s and 90s of last century.

Full of wild nature, mischievous and fun-loving, uninterested in learning even resistant to it, not wanting to go to school only thinking about playing.

While Wang Dujin, under Du Xiaojuan's careful nurturing, has been given all kinds of early education since childhood; phonetic alphabets and arithmetic problems that only start being touched upon in primary school have already been integrated into early education, unknowingly learned through playing games.

So if you ask what 3+4 equals, Zhang Jiajun who's already in primary school might not be able to answer, but Wang Dujin can already blurt out equals 7.

So-called education actually has a huge relationship with resources, and with money.

You have to admit, children raised by families with both money and love are just much more well-rounded than children who grow up in hardship.

Yao Aina shouted at this time:

"Jiajun, bring little brother inside to eat!"

"Okay okay, in a bit!"

Zhang Jiajun put away the glass marbles:

"Come on, let's go eat!"

Zhang Jiajun grabbed Wang Dujin's hand to go.

Wang Dujin saw his hands were grimy black, face full of disdain:

"Your hands are so dirty! Mommy says wash hands before eating!"

Then Wang Dujin ran to the tap, turned on the tap to wash hands.

Zhang Jiajun didn't mind in the slightest:

"What's a little dirt got to do with anything, eat all the same!"

His face full of craving:

"There's fish to eat today, I'm gonna eat more!"

Zhang Jiajun ran to the living room.

Yao Aina was serving rice, Zhang Jiajun's dirty hands directly reached into the dish plate, grabbed one of the small river fish Wang Dashan just pan-fried, put it in his mouth and ate!

"Wow, delicious!"

Yao Aina scolded, "Don't pick up food with your hands, you have no manners at all!"

Zhang Jiajun didn't listen, and picked up another small river fish, eating it with a crunch.

Wang Dashan looked at Zhang Jiajun, not only did he not feel disgusted, but he couldn't help laughing out loud.

Because from Zhang Jiajun, he saw the shadow of his own childhood.

Didn't he used to be like this too?

When Niu Chunsheng came to eat at home, he even disliked that Niu Chunsheng ate his chicken leg!

Yao Aina then said to Zhang Jiajun:

"Go call your dad out to eat, hurry up!"

Zhang Jiajun picked up several more small river fish, then ran to the room next to the living room and knocked on the door.

"Dad, Dad, come out to eat! Hurry out to eat, today there's small river fish, smells so good!"

Zhang Jiajun's voice was loud, but there was no movement inside.

Yao Aina said to Zhang Jiajun again:

"Tell your dad, Dashan is here, tell him to come out!"

"Dad, Dad, Grandma says Dashan is here, wants you to come out for a bit!"

Zhang Zhiqiang's voice came from inside:

"I'm not eating, you all eat!"

Hearing this, Yao Aina couldn't help but sigh.

She knew, Zhang Zhiqiang didn't want Wang Dashan to see his crippled appearance, that's why he wouldn't come out to eat.

So she didn't insist, only called out:

"Fine then, I'll leave you some food, I have to go work at the farm in a bit, you come out and eat yourself!"

Yao Aina had to go to the farm in a bit, and Zhang Jiajun after eating lunch, before long also had to go to school for afternoon classes.

Yao Aina said to Wang Dashan:

"Dashan, eat, don't mind him!"

Yao Aina served two bowls of rice, one for Wang Dashan, one for Wang Dujin.

Wang Dashan picked a few small river fish for Wang Dujin to eat.

Wang Dujin ate but didn't like it very much.

The meat on the table that had been returned to the pot who knows how many times, he liked even less.

This isn't the same taste as the food he usually eats!

So he only eats white rice and greens!

Yao Aina saw this, couldn't help but praise:

"This child, so sensible, willing to eat white rice and greens! My Jiajun, he doesn't eat greens much!"

Zhang Jiajun chimed in:

"Every day it's either lettuce or water spinach, can't Grandma buy more meat?"

Yao Aina said:

"Isn't there meat right here! Eat more!"

Zhang Jiajun said:

"This pork gets stuck in my teeth, my teeth hurt!"

Yao Aina said:

"What toothache does a child have, just eat!"

Wang Dashan said:

"Might really be a toothache, children get cavities easily! Jiajun, open your mouth let me see!"

"Ah..." Zhang Jiajun opened his mouth.

Wang Dashan saw at a glance the rotten teeth in Zhang Jiajun's mouth.

"He really has cavities, Shenpo Aina, when you have time take him to see a dentist!"

Yao Aina's expression changed slightly, she laughed embarrassedly:

"Child doesn't need to see, almost time to change teeth, once they change they'll be fine!"

How would changing teeth fix it, the real reason is no money!

Dental care is so expensive now!

Yao Aina's monthly salary might not even cure one tooth!

So she can only tell outsiders, wait for the teeth to change and they'll be fine.

There's only one disease in this world, and that's the disease of poverty.