Why marry someone when you are reborn?

In the end, Xu Yun said nothing and just followed Aunt Deng around.

When Auntie Deng finished counting the cloth and eggs, she heaved a sigh of relief, sat down to rest for a while and drink some water. Then Xu Yun spoke softly, "I see that almost all the men in the village are not here. Did they go to the war? Is the man in charge of the accounts a villager?"

Aunt Deng laughed and said, "That's right. All the suitable men have gone to fight in the war. Many women have gone too. People like us don't have any skills and were not selected, so we can only do these things."

"Tan the Accountant is not from the village. He was originally from the county town. He was sent here because no one here can read and do accounting."

Speaking of Accountant Tan, Auntie Deng spoke with great respect: "When Accountant Tan was free, he taught the children in the village to read. He was amazing!"

After hearing this, Xu Yun became even more certain that it was right for him not to say anything.

She smiled and said, "Then Accountant Tan is indeed very good."

After resting for a while, Aunt Deng took Xu Yun to deliver meals to various places, including accountant Tan.

Everyone else had mixed-grain rice and vegetarian dishes, but accountant Tan asked for an extra boiled egg.

From this boiled egg, we can see the status of Accountant Tan here.

In the afternoon, Xu Yun also saw how Accountant Tan got along with the children. It must be said that Accountant Tan was very kind to the children, and his loving eyes were very moving.

Xu Yun even saw Accountant Tan take out an egg from his arms and share it with the children.

Just one egg, shared by everyone, made these seven or eight children as happy as if it were New Year's Day.

Xu Yun watched for a while and then continued to work with Aunt Deng.

After most of the day, she was almost familiar with this small village.

There are actually not many original residents in the village. Most of them moved here with the army - especially Aunt Deng and her group, who all moved here half a year ago.

The few remaining men in the village are either disabled, weak or old.

Even young men over the age of fourteen went out to help with the escort work.

Women, in addition to farming, growing vegetables and raising livestock, also weave cloth, make clothes, and help buy food.

There was fighting on the front lines and food was consumed quickly, but the north could produce only one crop of food a year, so they used various channels to buy food from the south.

Aunt Deng and her friends used this method of buying 100 to 200 kilograms each, and they could bring back several thousand kilograms of food at a time.

And when these several thousand kilograms are gathered together, it is also a considerable number.

As Xu Yun listened and watched, he became more and more impressed by these hard-working women.

They are tenacious and hardworking, and are not afraid of getting tired at all.

Aunt Deng looked at Xu Yun and smiled widely: "What's that? It's just a small matter, a small matter."

But the tone was clearly one of complacency.

Xu Yun couldn't help but smile: "It's a great achievement."

Aunt Deng was stunned: "Have you ever been to school?"

"Yes, my mother, Hongyu, and I have all been to school. It was my mother who taught Hongyu and me. But Hongyu can only recognize words. My mother... can write poems." Xu Yun said slowly, being particularly careful in his words.

But it's not an exaggeration.

Her first teacher was indeed Xie Wanqing. As a prominent family, all the members of the Xie family were educated.

Aunt Deng's eyes sparkled, and she even reached out and held Xu Yun's hand: "Really?! You can all read!"

Xu Yun nodded.

Aunt Deng rolled her eyes, but hesitated and didn't say anything immediately.

However, during dinner, Auntie Deng's attitude towards Xie Wanqing improved a lot. How should I put it? There was a sense of respect -

He also asked Hua Niang to cook some egg custard for the three of them tomorrow morning to nourish their bodies.

The distress on Hua Niang's face was obvious: "Mom, Tie Niu hasn't eaten for a long time."

Hua Niang was reluctant to give the eggs that she had saved with great difficulty to three outsiders!

Even if you give me money, it won’t work! Money can’t buy these things now!

Aunt Deng glared at her daughter-in-law and said, "They have been educated!"

Hua Niang was stunned and opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but seeing the expression on her mother-in-law's face, she didn't dare to say anything.

After dinner, Xu Yun and Xie Wanqing took the initiative to wash the dishes.

After washing the dishes, I passed by the window and heard Hua Niang's aggrieved voice: "Mom, what's wrong with them having studied? We have to hand in ten eggs to keep one. Tie Niu is greedy for eggs every day, but I can't bear to give him any."

Why should we give it to outsiders?

Auntie Deng's tone was a bit disappointed: "You are stupid! They live here and eat our eggs. It would be great if they could help teach Tie Niu a lesson!"

Xu Yun and Xie Wanqing looked at each other. Xie Wanqing was about to leave, but Xu Yun grabbed Xie Wanqing - it wasn't like she wanted to listen on purpose, but since she had heard it all, why not listen a few more words!

Xie Wanqing felt a little uncomfortable and tried to pull Xu Yun away, but Xu Yun's feet seemed to be rooted, so she couldn't pull him away and glared at him angrily.

Xu Yun only listened to the conversations in the room.

Hua Niang's voice became more aggrieved: "Don't we have Mr. Tan to teach the children? We take turns to provide eggs, and it will take seven or eight days before it's our turn - isn't that more appropriate!"

There was a "bang" sound, and no one knew what was being hit in the room. Aunt Deng said angrily, "How many hours does Mr. Tan have in a day? Mr. Tan teaching seven or eight children by himself, how can it be compared with three teaching one? You are stupid, you have not made any progress in all these years! You are not like me at all!"

Hua Niang was silent. No one knew whether she heard it or just dared not say anything.

Xie Wanqing dragged Xu Yun away. As soon as they returned to the house, Xie Wanqing scolded with a stern face: "Ah Yun, did I teach you not to do such sneaky things?"

Xu Yun was very calm: "We just happened to pass by and overheard a few words. It can't be considered eavesdropping. Besides, mother, don't you want to know how to repay Aunt Deng? How can it be considered sneaky to know the needs of your benefactor!"

Xie Wanqing couldn't think of any rebuttal for a long time, but she always felt something was wrong.

Hongyu came up curiously: "What did you hear?"

Xu Yun quietly repeated what he had overheard, and asked Hongyu to help take care of and teach the child when she was free.

Among the three of them, Hongyu's arm is injured, so everyone takes care of her more. No one dares to let her do more work, as she has the most free time.

Hongyu nodded quickly: "Okay, then I'll start tomorrow morning."

After a pause, Hongyu lowered her voice and said, "Young lady, are you greedy for someone's eggs? Didn't the lady say that scholars should have integrity?"

Xu Yun said calmly: "If I can use what I have learned to earn a living, why not? Do scholars not have to eat?"

Hongyu thought about it and said, "Then I'll listen to the young lady!"

Just studying can't solve the problem of hunger! The elder lady also weaves cloth to earn money to buy meat for the younger lady!

Xie Wanqing heard it clearly and wanted to say something to Xu Yun, but she opened her mouth and finally closed it - forget it, Ah Yun has grown up and has her own ideas. It's useless to say anything.

However, the next morning, when Xie Wanqing got up to help make porridge, she asked Tieniu about his studies. When she learned that Tieniu could recognize three words, she nodded and praised him: "This boy is smart. Who knows, he will become a great man in the future."

Hua Niang's stern face suddenly relaxed, and she chased Xie Wanqing and asked several questions about how her son was so "smart".