Chapter 15: The Honest and Clumsy Da Bao

  She waved her hand and said with a smile: "Come on, go to the yard to get some soil, pick up a few branches, we'll teach you how to read..."

  "Human's initial... looking at me how to write ah, no no no, the pen-holding posture is wrong, it should be like this..."

  "This is a character, can you write it?! From now on, I'll teach you 10 characters every day. If you don't remember them the next day, I'll definitely hit the board, one strike for each mistake. Do you understand?! Pay attention, no daydreaming..."

  "...Three brothers were in tears, although they didn't know how she could read and write, but one by one, under her stern gaze, they didn't dare to speak out, of course Shen Sisi beat them with a board without hesitation, it was so shocking that they didn't dare to resist, they could only hold back their tears, with tear-stained faces, continuing to write..."

  This incident made the three brothers resent and fear her even more. Shen Sisi silently looked up at the sky, deeply reflecting on herself, wondering if she had really suppressed them too much?! Would this leave behind aftereffects, such as them being afraid to see women in the future or none of them daring to marry her?!

  It turned out that the three brothers were really afraid of her, and this incident left a deep impression on them, but it was not enough to make them fear all women. As a result, no one treated her as a woman, let alone as a wife...

  Although literacy has changed their fate, they are grateful but also deeply fearful of her words. They can treat her as a superior or boss, but cannot put her in the position of a wife.

  So her upbringing was overdone and naturally ended in failure, but that's another story.

  That night, Shen Sisi found that Dabao was too honest and seemed to have average talent. He wasn't very interested in recognizing characters either. On the other hand, Erbao and Sanbao had some spirit, especially Sanbao. Although he was a bit mischievous, he indeed had a natural talent for writing. Basically, after being taught once, he would remember it, and his memory was good too. He could even recite the Three Character Classic.

  The second treasure is slightly inferior, but it's also considered diligent, and after teaching a few more times, it will be fine.

  But Dabao didn't just stop at being a little worse, after being hit with several slaps on the face, his expression was really quite bitter, and he couldn't help but say: "Tutu, Tutu, I really can't learn it, let my younger brothers learn instead, is that okay?!"

  Looking at his pitiful appearance, Shen Sisi couldn't bear to scold him anymore. She couldn't help but sigh, was it because of his old age that he couldn't be disciplined?!

  But she still didn't want to let him off easy, especially since he wanted to change his fate and needed to learn some characters; going out into the world wouldn't be so dark then.

  However, she changed the most basic policy. It seems that Da Bao is getting farther and farther away from the path of a scholar. She had to say: "No matter how difficult it is, learn first. I will teach you some basics, but forget about complex characters. You can use them in your daily life, study hard, and later I will teach you accounting. If you learn well, becoming an accountant in the city is better than digging for food in the soil..."

  Dà bǎo yì yì de kàn zhe tā, zhè xiē tā yuán lái shì cóng lái xiǎng dōu gǎn bù dǎn xiǎng de, tā niè ruò zhe dào:“…… wǒ, wǒ néng xué dé huì ma？”

  Translation:

  Da Bao looked at her in surprise, these were things he had never dared to think about before. He stuttered and said: “...... I, can I learn it?”

  "Are you a pig?!" Shen Sisi exclaimed in exasperation.

  "I, I'm not..." Da Bao's face turned red as he said.

  "It's not a pig, eat some bitter, learn a few more times and you'll be fine, what's there to be afraid of?"