Quick travel to save a miserable life

Although Ziming returned to school, some of the habits he had developed in the past remained unchanged, including tidying his room, washing his clothes, and occasionally cooking.

In fact, he wanted to cook three meals a day for his family, but Lin Hui stopped him.

Seeing him studying so hard every day and forgetting to eat and sleep, studying until late at night every day, I really can't bear for him to waste time on such trivial things as cooking.

However, when it was time to eat, he would help carry the food from the kitchen to the main room and set it up. After the meal, he would also help clear the dishes and take them to the kitchen and clean the dining table.

The school has a break every ten days, and Tian Ziming will be responsible for cooking at home during the break.

This was his strong request. Lin Hui did not argue with him over such trivial matters anymore, but she thought it was very considerate. After all, this cheap son was not in vain.

One day in early July, it happened to be Ziming's school break. He wanted to go shopping to buy some paper and pens. Lin Hui's [-]-year-old painting was about to be finished, and she also needed to mend some embroidery thread. In this way, the family of three went out together. .

A family of three were walking and shopping. When they were about to reach East Street, there was a sudden commotion on the street. The crowd was swarming around and a galloping horse suddenly rushed out from behind the crowd. It was about to affect the three people walking in the middle of the road. people.

Lin Hui also realized that the situation was not good at this time. Even if he saw that danger was coming, there were either vendors or crowds on the left and right. It was almost difficult to dodge without exposing his skills.

The horse she saw was almost there, so she had no choice but to push Ziming in front of her toward the crowd on one side and away from the center of the road.

But she could only pick up Yao Niang beside her, roll on the spot, and narrowly passed under the hooves of the galloping horse!

When the out-of-control horse was finally restrained by the arriving police, Lin Hui was already at the hospital with her two children.

Although they had tried their best to avoid it, she and Ziming still had some scratches on their bodies, and only Yao Niang was unscathed.

Fortunately, the scratches they suffered were only on some joints and were not serious. They neither affected writing nor embroidery. As long as the wounds did not become inflamed, red or swollen, they would scab over and recover in a few days at most.

Compared with those people who were stepped on or kicked by horses, they were already lucky.

Two people were trampled in the stomach by the crazy horse. It is said that they are no longer alive. The other two, one had a broken thigh and the other had a broken finger bone.

There was also a man who was unlucky enough to be stepped on. Fortunately, he was already married and had children, otherwise he would have nowhere to cry!

Because they had experienced such an incident for no reason, the three of them had no intention of shopping any more, so they hurriedly bought something and went home.

After arriving home and putting down the things she bought, Lin Hui put Yao Niang on her lap and asked her to call "Mother" again.

It turned out that at that thrilling moment when Lin Hui rolled Yao Niang under the horse's belly, Yao Niang suddenly shouted "Mom".

It was just that the situation was critical at that time, and Lin Hui had no time to react. Later, it was inconvenient to talk at the hospital. Now that she was home, she had to communicate with Yao Niang.

Both Lin Hui and Ziming had tried various methods to get Yao Niang to speak. Yao Niang understood what they meant, but she didn't respond.

Later, when there was really no other way, they no longer tried again and again in vain, but turned their guidance into subtle hints, thinking that one day Yao Niang might be willing to speak.

I didn't expect that this day would come so suddenly, or in such a critical situation.

But when Yao Niang got home, she covered her mouth shyly and refused to speak anymore. It wasn't until Lin Hui pretended to walk away angrily that she took it seriously and called out "Mom" again in desperation.

Lin Hui almost cried when she heard the word "Mother" in her ears.

It has been almost a year. I have been taking care of this child day and night, and finally got a "mother" in return.

With this opening, the rest seemed much easier.

Before dinner, Yao Niang was already calling "brother, brother" and could also say simple words such as "eat", "want" and "sleep".

Perhaps because she had accumulated enough in the past, Yao Niang learned to speak very quickly. By the time Lin Hui handed over the "[-]-year-old picture", Yao Niang could already speak like a normal child, and even spoke more clearly than ordinary children. , express more fluently.

Moreover, Yao Niang could express her wishes more directly and clearly now that she could speak. When she saw Ziming reading and writing, she asked to write and draw like her brother.

If she were an ordinary woman, she would probably just laugh it off as a child's joke.

But Lin Hui had seen those genius children in later generations, and she felt that Yao Niang was similar to those geniuses in some aspects.

So, she took the three hundred thousand from Ziming Enlightenment and taught Yao Niang to recite it. She did not deliberately ask her to recite it, but usually after four or five times, she could basically recite it.

It's just that her hands are small and she can't hold a pen well, so she can't write yet, but she likes to hold a pen very much. But her so-called writing is just a gesture, and she doesn't pay attention to the shape and structure of the characters.

Lin Hui was afraid that incorrect holding of the pen would affect her future calligraphy practice, so she asked Ziming to take some time to teach her, assign her homework every day, and check it after school in the evening.

In this way, by the time the Mid-Autumn Festival passed, Yao Niang could memorize the three hundred thousand words very fluently, and she could also recognize the characters on it.

It’s just that I can’t write that many characters, but I can still write hundreds of large characters that I can read.

The [-]-year-old painting that Lin Hui embroidered last time was novel in concept and auspicious. The old lady celebrating her birthday liked it very much, and the gift-giver Mr. Su also received a wave of praise.

Following this, Lin Hui received a lot of rewards. She received a total of seventeen taels of silver, plus the ten taels she got last time for the screen. Even if Lin Hui did not take any jobs this year, these twenty-seven taels would still be enough. Two silver dollars is enough to last until the middle of next year.

However, Ziming plans to take the county examination after becoming a filial piety. Mr. Liu also said that according to his current progress, there is no risk of being a child by then, and he may even try to become a scholar.

In this case, Lin Hui must prepare the money for the exam first, so she took on the job of embroidering screens.

That is to say, because Lin Hui is a widow and is currently observing filial piety, she cannot take on wedding-related work, otherwise she would definitely be able to do more work.

However, Lin Hui felt that it was pretty good at the moment. She was not too tired, and the money she earned was enough to support her family's expenses. She could also gradually make a name for herself. It was like killing two birds with one stone.

The screen job that Lin Hui recently took was not from an ordinary family, but an order from a family in Fucheng.

This family's surname is Lu. Most of their ancestors were officials abroad in the early days, so they can be called an official family. However, the descendants of this family did not become officials in the past two or three generations, so they stayed in their hometown to study and lived off the ancestral property.

However, there are many descendants of the Lu family who are well-educated, and there are many talented people. It is impossible to say that one day they will be appointed as officials. Moreover, many of the Lu family's in-laws are officials, so they are still considered to be a wealthy family in the city.