Zhou Xiaoyun knew that there was no way to explain the matter clearly, so she simply changed the subject: "Xiaoxia sister, come and take a look at this letter, ask my brother he won't be able to read it either, you must know how to read it, come teach me."

  Zhou Xiaoxia was delighted, rarely had someone asked her for advice, and she thoroughly enjoyed playing the role of teacher.

  Listening to Zhou Xiaoxia's not-so-standard pronunciation, Zhou Xiaoyun regretted why she had suggested such a bad idea. The most painful thing was that she still had to pretend to be impressed and look up at Zhou Xiaoxia with an admiring gaze.

  Zhou Xiaoxia would have been furious if she had known what her cousin was thinking, and with a self-satisfied smile, she began to teach Zhou Xiaoyun pinyin, intentionally speaking much louder than usual, attracting the attention of several nearby children who gathered around to watch the commotion.

  Xiao Bao and Shi Tou also mispronounced it in a strange tone, turning "AOE" into "A Ya E", which made Zhou Xiao Yun laugh so hard she couldn't straighten her waist.

  Zhou Xiaoxia saw two more students and taught with even greater enthusiasm. Zhou Xiaoyun followed behind, suppressing a smile.

  The lively and extraordinary teaching time passed quickly, it was almost noon, Zhou Xiaoyun reminded the absent-minded Zhou Xiaoxia.

  "Little Xiaojie, the sun is high up in the sky, it's time to go home and have lunch."

  Zhou Xiaoxia was a bit reluctant to leave: "I'll come back this afternoon to teach you, don't take that broken book of Dabao's again, he tore out many pages in the middle, I'll bring my own textbook for you to see."

  Still teaching in the afternoon?

  Zhou Xiaoyun didn't know how to refuse Zhou Xiaoxia's enthusiasm, thinking that having a companion wasn't bad either. She could show off her diligence and positivity in front of her parents when she got home, so she agreed.

  As expected, when I got home and told my parents, Father Zhou immediately praised me: "Not bad, Xiaoxia is much better than you at studying, Da Bao. You should learn from her, it's not bad to have a companion for raising ducks."

  Zhao Yuzhen liked Zhou Xiaoxia very much, after all, her family's big girl had been wearing other people's old clothes for a long time, saving a lot of money, and also showing approval. She also instructed Zhou Xiaoyun to play with Zhou Xiaoxia more often.

  To be honest, Zhou Xiaoyun and Zhou Xiaoxia were not close in their previous life. They didn't have a particularly good or bad relationship, they just existed as ordinary sisters. She remembered that after growing up, Zhou Xiaoxia became very beautiful and loved to dress up, she was famous for being a beauty, many boys followed her around, and at the age of 20, she married into a wealthy family in the county town. The two led different lives and rarely interacted with each other.

  Then, Zhou Xiaoyun began to get close to her cousin Zhou Xiaoxia and quickly integrated into the circle of girls who were two or three years older than her. The sweet and clever Zhou Xiaoyun after giving birth also won the favor of everyone, including her uncle Zhou Guofu.

  Zhou family has three brothers, the eldest Zhou Guofu is a carpenter, with one son and one daughter. Zhou Xiaoyun's father is the second child, with the most children in the family, four in total, and they have always been the poorest. Zhou Xiaoyun also has an uncle named Zhou Guomin.

  This third uncle is quite impressive, he has the highest education in the family, having graduated from a vocational school and working at the post office in the city, belonging to the category of intellectuals. He also has a three-year-old son, and his wife is a middle school teacher. The whole family lives in the city and only returns home for two days during holidays.

  Oh, right, Zhou Xiaoyun also had an aunt who married into a neighboring village. Her uncle drove a tricycle to run around the city and countryside to make money by carrying passengers. The family was quite well-off. Compared to San Shu's home, Zhou Xiaoyun's home couldn't compare, but compared to her aunt's home and Eldest Uncle's home, their own home was much stronger.

  Zhou Guofu and Zhou Guoqiang's two families were originally close together, separated only by a courtyard, just a few steps away. Zhou Xiaoyun became a frequent visitor to the Zhou Xiaoxia family, and later even became a regular at their dinner table.

  Zhou Xiaoxia's family was one of the wealthy families in the village. From the beginning to the end of the village, there were only three households that had built tile-roofed houses, and Zhou Xiaoxia's family was one of them. The three high tile-roofed houses also came with two rooms for the kitchen and toilet, and Uncle's house had a lot of furniture. Look, there were five or six long benches, and large tables that could seat ten people. Not to mention the many small stools and the two small tables prepared for the children.

  Zhou Xiaoyun especially liked those two small tables, the wood was just ordinary, it was made from the leftover scraps of materials that her uncle had used to make furniture for others.

  However, the elder sister's craftsmanship is good, and the small and delicate ones she made are seamless. They were also painted with bright red lacquer, just reaching her waist, and the work was done perfectly.

  Zhou Xiaoxia saw that Zhou Xiaoyun liked it and said straightforwardly: "In the future, you can come to my house and do your homework with me, we can share a desk."

  By the way, Da Bo was very supportive of Zhou Xiaoyun's desire to go to school at a young age and announced that Hai Zi would also attend school with Zhou Xiaoyun. Hai Zi strongly opposed it, but his opposition was ineffective, because:

  "Look at Dàyà, she's even younger than you by a year, but she voluntarily asked her family to go to school. You're already seven years old and just play at home every day, what are you like? Hurry up and go to school. Look at how diligently Dàyà studies with Xiǎoxiá every day, from now on you should follow them and learn too."

  Hai Zi joined the army of learning with a desire to cry but no tears. In his heart, he couldn't stand Zhou Xiaoyun at all. He resented Zhou Xiaoyun for dragging him down and every day quarreled with her, grinding his teeth in various ways to bully her.

  Zhou Xiaoyun wouldn't even bother with his little tricks. With just a few words, she refuted his childish provocation and at the same time showed off her cleverness in front of her uncle, earning his endless praise, making Hai Zi so angry he was about to choke.