Rebirth: Finding Happiness

When I came to the front door, I saw that the land in front of the door was divided into two parts. The part near the door was a very flat concrete floor. From my memory, I saw that this land was used for drying the rice after the family harvested it, and it was not for drying the rice. At that time, because there are relatively few people with concrete floors in the village, the children around usually like to come here to play, but now that the summer vacation has just started, most of the children have gone to school, so there is no one to play here. It feels very deserted.There are also some vegetables that are often eaten at home and two orange trees in the smaller part of the land. When the oranges are ripe, you can eat oranges without going to the orange orchard.Next door is Xiaomei’s house. Xiaomei’s grandfather and great-grandfather are cousins. I should have been called Aunt Xiaomei, but because I’m about the same age and I don’t pay much attention to seniority now, we usually call each other by our own names.The front door of her house is surrounded by a fence without watering the concrete floor. There are many vegetables, orange trees and peach trees in it. I saw my grandpa (our great-grandfather is usually called Taigong) pouring vegetables in it. I walked over and talked to him: "Grandpa , is pouring vegetables, is Xiaomei at home? I'll come and play with her."

"Oh, Xiao Ting, Xiao Mei is not at home. She went to grandma's house with her mother and she will come back later. I heard that you caught a cold. How do you feel now? Are you alright?"

"Grandfather, I'm fine. If Xiaomei isn't at home, no one will play with me. It's so boring."

"It's boring, why don't you sit down and wait for the grandpa to finish pouring the dishes, then I will teach you how to read with a book, okay?"

"Okay, I want to learn to write, thank you grandpa." Taigong is a retired teacher. In the past, there were few teachers who had to teach everything. Now the grandpa's youngest son is taking over to teach mathematics in the village primary school.The best thing about Taigong is his good calligraphy. Usually, people in the village will ask Taigong to write couplets during Chinese New Year or family affairs.After waiting for a while, the grandpa poured the dishes, took out a Chinese book from home, and started teaching me the first Chinese pinyin. In my previous life, I was a smart child. You will remember it three times and you will understand it after reading it four or five times. It may be that you have taken those pills in this life to improve your body. I found that now I can remember and understand what the grandfather said just once.The grandpa saw that I was learning fast and taught more and more seriously, so Xiaomei came back before I knew it.

"Grandpa, what are you and Xiao Ting doing? I didn't see it when I came back. They ignored you."

"Xiaomei is back. It's because grandpa is too serious to teach you. I didn't even notice that you came back. Xiaoting, let's go here first. Anyway, the old man is bored at home. Come back tomorrow and the grandfather will teach you. Now you and Xiaomei can go play together, but you can't go on the road, you just have a cold and it's windy there, you know?"

"Grandfather, I understand that we will play at my house instead of going on the road. Grandpa, let's go and come to you tomorrow." After speaking, he dragged Xiaomei away.

"Xiao Ting, what were you doing with my grandfather just now?"

"My grandpa is teaching me how to read. It's very interesting. Do you want to learn with me tomorrow?"

"I don't want it. What's so fun about it? It's better to go to the factory with my mother to play." Just playing house with Xiaomei for a while, I feel so childish, I decided not to After playing this, I should study hard with my grandfather, and when my mother comes back, I will tell my mother to let her send me to school.

In this way, during the day, I would study with Taigong in the morning and learn the scriptures of Nine Yins in the space in the afternoon. I'm not particularly attached to this either, just take it slowly and don't force it.If the grandfather has something to teach me and has no time to teach me, then I will go to my grandma's house to play with my cousin in the morning.Such days have entered November, and the weather has turned cold.Today, I still study mathematics with Taigong at Taigong’s house. After learning for a while, I heard someone calling me. I turned around and saw a smiling woman, about 1.6 meters tall. , seems a bit malnourished.When I saw her, I happily ran over and hugged her, and then I didn't know when the tears flowed down by myself. "Mom, where have you been? It's been so long since I came back. Xiao Ting misses you so much."

"Hey, Xiaoting don't cry, isn't mom back? Dad got hurt and mom went to take care of your dad. Come and hug mom to see if Xiaoting has gained weight."

"I don't gain weight, I don't look pretty when I get fat, I want to become beautiful."

"Okay, I didn't gain weight, but our Xiaoting has become more beautiful, and she has grown taller." Mom hugged me and talked to me for a while, and then said to grandpa: "Grandpa, I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you? Thank you so much for helping me look after Xiao Ting."

"What is there to be thankful for? You also know that I, an old man, have nothing to do at home, and my Xiaomei doesn't like to follow me. Now that Xiaoting is willing to accompany me, I'm too happy. By the way, let me tell you. , You gave birth to a good daughter. Recently, I was teaching Xiaoting to read and found that she is very smart. I taught her once and she could remember it. When I asked her the next day, she could answer it. She is so good at reading. Don’t waste your talent.”

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"Mom, I want to go to school to learn more, can you send me to school?"

"But you are not old enough to be accepted by the school."

"Xiaofang, you can tell your third aunt about this matter. Isn't she the principal of our village primary school? Go tell her that she might agree, but you may not be sure."

"Okay, I'll go and talk to her in a few days to see if it's okay. If it's okay, I'll send Xiaoting there next year. If not, then I can't help it. Can Xiaoting know when the time comes?"

"Understood, I know that my mother treats me best."

"Okay, grandpa, let's go home first, and we will play again tomorrow." After bidding farewell to grandpa, mother hugged me and went home.

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