Seventy-year-old book: The villain Zaizai’s best mother

Miao Miao taught addition and subtraction within ten to Zai Zai, and Zai Zai learned it instantly.

He could master it just by fiddling with his fingers.

Miaomiao: "Let's learn these first."

Xiao Zai Zai: "A little more."

He wanted to learn a hundred, so that he could help his mother settle accounts. My mother works in a supply and marketing cooperative, and those uncles and aunts are very busy, especially at the end of the year. When they are too busy, they call my mother and Wang Jinling to help, and Wang Jinling can't settle the accounts!

Miaomiao saw that Zaizai was so curious about knowledge, so she taught him two-digit addition and subtraction, that is, teaching him about addition and subtraction with borrowed positions.

In the eyes of modern children, this is a very simple knowledge point, but in this era, everyone has limited knowledge and rigid thinking, so it is really difficult to learn.

Some children cannot learn the 26 pinyin letters in one year, and some are in the second grade and are not good at addition and subtraction within twenty, let alone borrowing and the like.

Some children in third grade now can’t understand it, so when they get older and can work to earn work points, they will basically go home and stop studying.

The little Zaizai could learn it instantly and draw inferences from one instance, which shocked Miao Miao, Da Zhuang and Yang Weidong.

Isn't this too...smart?

Yang Xiaofang heard it and ran over to see it, praising Zaizai for being smart.

She asked in surprise: "How old is Xiao Zhuang? Is he four years old?"

Xiao Zai Zai: "Yes."

He is four years old this year, so he will be five years old after the Chinese New Year.

People here habitually say that one is one year old when he or she is born, and one year older during the New Year, not one year old.

This is also related to social habits. Nowadays, everyone likes to be more mature. When you are older, you can earn work points earlier, get married and have children. Unlike modern times, people like to talk about being young to appear young.

In fact, little Zaizai's birthday is on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, which is almost a month away. To be precise, he is not yet three years old, and he will only be three years old after the fifth year of the lunar month.

The three-year-old children around me are all running around with their brothers and sisters, crying or rolling around all day long. Even if they are able to sit still and are willing to learn something from their brothers and sisters, they can only recite quotations and count, say and do things. There is almost no arithmetic, addition and subtraction.

Children may have very good memories, but mathematics requires logical thinking, which most children have not developed at all.

Everyone was very surprised that little Zaizai could do arithmetic.

Zhang Honghong listened secretly on the side and sneered repeatedly, "You're just showing off, it must be an act."

As a child of a cadre, she had a lot of experience and had relatives in communes and counties. She had also seen a lot of deceitful practices, so she felt that Xiaozhuang must have been taught by Miaomiao in advance and then came to school to put on an act, hoping to be praised. Maybe he wants to gain some benefits. She heard some things from the discussions of the adults at home, and under the influence of the adults, she felt that Xia Mingshuang went to work at the supply and marketing cooperative through the back door, and now she instigated Zaizai to show off like this. She didn't know what she wanted to do.

Yang Xiaofang came back and glanced at her, "Tsk, tsk, why do you always want to bully Gu Miaomiao? Where are they in your way?"

Zhang Honghong: "Stop talking nonsense, why did I bully her?"

Yang Xiaofang: "Gu Miaomiao and her brother are smart and good at studying. They can't accept it."

No matter how jealous you are and exclude others from caring about Miaomiao, they just study better than you.

Zhang Hong's face flushed red, and he sat down on the stool with anger, making the stool creak.

Yang Xiaofang doesn't like her. She is the daughter of the captain, and her grandfather is also the branch secretary. Besides, Gu Miaomiao's father is a college student and a great engineer. What's wrong with him studying well? Why does she, Zhang Honghong, always want to step on Gu Miaomiao?

Something is wrong!

When class resumed, Zaizai didn't memorize the text or do the questions. He was tired.

He is still young, has weak bones, and gets sleepy easily. He usually goes to the supply and marketing cooperative with Xia Mingshuang, where he does nothing but plays and eats. Xia Mingshuang is still afraid that he will be tired, so he tries to let him take a nap at noon.

Today, he was paying full attention to the class. He was memorizing the text and trying to remember the new words. He was also learning mathematics and arithmetic, and his little brain felt sleepy.

Seeing that Xiao Zaizai didn't behave anymore, Zhang Honghong couldn't help but tease Miaomiao, "Why don't you teach me more? How can I show off just by teaching you a little?"

Miaomiao frowned and whispered, "What are you talking about?"

It's so weird and annoying.

Zhang Honghong sneered: "You know it yourself. Let me tell you, cheating will not end well."

Miaomiao was too lazy to talk to her.

After school ended at noon, Da Zhuang still carried Xiao Zai Zai on his back, and he met up with Er Zhuang and went home together.

Miaomiao: "Why don't I let my little brother go to the mistress's house in the afternoon? The kid's waist is weak and he won't be able to bear sitting for a whole day."

Da Zhuang agrees very much!

Er Zhuang didn't care. He kept asking his little brother how he was doing in class and whether he was praised by the teacher for being good.

Miaomiao: "The teacher not only praised him for being good, but also praised him for having a good memory, being able to recite the text, and being good at arithmetic."

Er Zhuang opened his mouth wide, "Really or not, are you smarter than me?"

Miaomiao: "Yes!"

The little Zaizai was lying on the big brother's back and laughing. He was a little sleepy.

Miaomiao was afraid that he would catch cold while sleeping on the road, so she teased him to talk.

Erzhuang: "Come on, let me teach you how to memorize multiplication tables. Most of our class can't do it. I can learn it in no time."

The little Zaizai became energetic and recited, "One to one makes one, one to two makes two, two to two makes four..."

Zhang Honghong heard from behind, and became more and more sure that it was Miaomiao who cheated, teaching her brother in advance and letting him stand out.

She ran home angrily, just as her eldest sister was returning to her parents' home from the county, bringing a pound of cooked pork head meat wrapped in newspapers.

Her eldest sister smiled and said: "Honghong is out of school, wash your hands and eat pig head meat."

Zhang Honghong pouted, "Your pig head meat is not as delicious as our commune's."

Xia Mingshuang and Fatty Aunt made braised pork for the supply and marketing cooperative. In addition to benefiting themselves, they also sold it twice. Captain Yang Jiawan happened to be at a meeting in the commune and bought a pound back, which made Zhang Honghong delicious.

Of course she didn't know that Xia Mingshuang made it, but Captain Zhang said it was made by the fat aunt in the kitchen of the supply and marketing cooperative.

Her eldest sister took out the pig head meat and asked her mother to cut it into plates and save it for her father to cook with wine.

Zhang Honghong leaned over to take a few bites. Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at the photos in the newspaper and accidentally saw two familiar yet unfamiliar names.

She wondered: "Who are Xia Mingshuang and Gu Qingbo?"

Her mother smiled and said, "Isn't Xia Mingshuang the daughter-in-law of Gujialing? Her husband is an engineer."

Zhang Honghong almost stared out of her eyes, "She? She can write articles?"

She pointed at the newspaper and said in disbelief, "No way!"

Her elder sisters, who were both illiterate and illiterate, were also attracted to watch.

Zhang's mother said casually: "Maybe I asked someone to help me write it."

This kind of thing is not uncommon now.

Her second daughter-in-law and her son-in-law are educated youths. They used to do a lot of activities when they returned to the city in order to recruit workers, but it didn't work out. After they married her daughter, they were recommended by the brigade to study at the Workers', Peasants' and Soldiers' University.

He has some level of education. In college, he met many workers, peasants and soldiers college students who could not read a few words. He had to ask him to help with homework and exams. This shows how someone got in.

It wouldn't be difficult for Xia Mingshuang to find someone to buy an article.