284 Headache
“It’s good to have a more literate person at home. We can ask him to write whatever we need.” Xue Sifu laughed.
While they were talking, Xue Yan finished grinding the ink. He put down the grinding tool and picked up a big brush from the brush rack. He was going to write a banner, so the characters had to be big and thick. A small brush was not enough to make an impact.
Seeing Xue Yan pick up the brush, Jiang Yue thought that it would be best for him to write if he kept grinding the ink, so she picked up the grinding tool and started grinding it again after Xue Yan began writing.
Xue Yan glanced at her before writing.
His every stroke was extremely powerful, elegant, and steady. Sometimes he was still like the mountains and rivers.
“Woah!” Xue Wufu couldn’t help but shout. “Xue Yan’s handwriting is really good. Although I can’t read, I know it’s good! It was much better looking than the words on the signboards in the town! Take a look! Take a look! Xue Yan, no wonder you can make so much money just by copying a book!”
Xue Sifu beckoned, “Come, come, come. Take a look. Look at these three words. Remember them. This way you can still find my stall when I’m not around.”
Xue Erfu and the others were immediately amused by the writings.
“By the way, Xue Yan, I heard from Yuxuan that Jiang Yue also knows how to read. You taught her, didn’t you?” Xue Wufu turned around and asked Xue Yan.
Xue Xiao felt guilty about lying, but after glancing at the calm Jiang Yue, he still answered, “Yes.”
“Why?!” Xue Wufu shouted again. “Why did you only teach Jiang Yue how to read and not me?”
“Will you learn if he taught you?” Xue Sifu laughed. “If you’re willing to learn, I’ll get Xue Yan to teach you now.”
“Forget it.” Xue Wufu immediately laughed as his body swayed. “It’s just that I get a headache whenever I see words, haha.”
Xue Erfu and the others were even more amused when he rejected the idea.
After a while, Xue Sifu said to Xue Erfu, “Erfu, come to town with me and buy sixty kilograms of early rice first. If we don’t have enough rice in the future, we’ll buy more. Yifu will probably be done with the wooden cart soon. When that time comes, our family will have an ox cart. We won’t have to carry it anymore and can put it in the cart next time.”
“Alright,” he said. Xue Erfu agreed readily.
Liu Guixia quickly said to Xue Sifu, “Let’s go tomorrow. It’s already late. Erfu has been working hard the whole morning. He’ll be too tired to go now. If we go now, we’ll definitely be back very late. If you really want to go now, go and borrow an ox cart from Tian. I don’t think he went into town today.”
Xue Erfu smiled. “There’s no need to rush. It’ll cost a dozen coins to borrow an ox cart. Tian’s family will definitely be unhappy if we just borrow the wooden cart for our cow to pull it. Forget it, Sifu and I will walk. We don’t have to be afraid of coming back late. The moon is bright at night and we can still see the road. Besides, we’re not buying that much. Sifu and I can split the weight. It’s not like I’ll be carrying everything.”
With that, he took the carrying pole and followed Xue Sifu.
However, before they left, they felt a tug at their pants. Xue Erfu and Xue Sifu turned around to see the two precious children, Jiang Yue and Xue Yan, each holding onto the hem of their pants. They were looking up at them, clearly not letting them walk. Xue Sifu laughed immediately. “Fine, Erfu, let’s go borrow the ox cart. Otherwise, how can we leave?”
“Alright, alright, alright.” Xue Erfu was also overjoyed. He patted Jiang Yue and Xue Yan’s heads with his big hands.
Their two precious children did not like to talk much. In this aspect, they had always relied on their actions.