Chapter 4: Peaceful Egg Giving

Back to the point, when the meal was almost over, there was still one piece of scrambled egg left, and the grandmother habitually put the egg into Zhu Pingjun's bowl. As a result, the egg was loose, half of it was picked up on the chopsticks, and the other half fell on the table. The grandmother gave the half on the chopsticks to Zhu Pingjun, and the other half fell on the table. When she was about to marry Zhu Pingjun, she saw that Zhu Pingjun seemed to dislike the egg that fell on the table. Maybe she thought of the scene before the meal, or maybe it was for balance, so the grandmother put the small piece of egg that fell on the table into Zhu Pingan's bowl.

I was really flattered!

This was the first time that the grandmother picked up food for herself, even though it fell on the table.

"Thank you, grandma." Zhu Pingan smiled at Mrs. Zhu innocently.

Her grandson was so sensible, which touched the biased grandmother a little. Of course, it was only a flash, because in her heart, her eldest son and youngest son were the flesh and blood of the family. The eldest son had a good future in studying and taking the imperial examinations, the youngest son was considerate, and the remaining two sons all married and forgot their mothers, especially the second son's wife was the most troublesome, and the instigating second son almost forgot his father and mother.

Zhu Ping'an didn't plan to eat this piece of egg himself, not because the egg fell on the table. You know, since he came to this life, if he wanted to pay attention to hygiene like in the previous life, he would be starving to death. The conditions were there. Besides, the countryside was pure and pollution-free, and it would be fine if it fell on the ground.

The main reason was the little girl Zhu Pingyu who was sucking her fingers next to him. This life was an era of favoring boys over girls. Although he was not favored by his grandparents, as a boy, his grandmother took more care of him than Xiaoyu'er.

Moreover, before the meal, his mother secretly gave him an egg.

"Give it to my sister." Zhu Ping'an used chopsticks to pick up the egg and put it in Xiao Yu'er's bowl, saying in a gentle voice.

Zhu Ping'an's action attracted the attention of everyone at the dinner table. Everyone was very curious. You know, fried eggs are not common in farmers' homes. They are usually saved to sell for money. Especially in the Zhu family, fried eggs are a rare dish. Even if there are, most of them are from Mrs. Zhu who favors her uncles. Zhu Ping'an and his family basically can't eat them. So now it's rare to have an egg, and Zhu Ping'an actually gave it to Xiao Yu'er. This is much more difficult than Kong Rong giving up his pears. Kong Rong was a rich family at that time, and pears were common. Unlike the Zhu family at this time, a plate of fried eggs was not seen for a month or so, and even if they were seen, they could not be eaten.

Zhu Ping'an was able to give the egg to Xiao Yu'er, which refreshed everyone's three views! Zhu Ping'an is really sensible!

Xiao Yu'er stared at the fried eggs with big eyes, staring at them without blinking, drooling.

But at this time, Aunt Zhang put the egg back into Zhu Ping'an's bowl, "Come on, Yu'er, thank you brother Zhi'er, Zhi'er is so good, but Zhi'er should keep it for himself. This egg is given to Zhi'er by grandma. Zhi'er should eat it quickly and grow up to be filial to grandma."

Although little Yu'er was greedy for the scrambled eggs, she still drooled and thanked Zhu Ping'an, "Thank you brother Zhi'er, Yu'er, Yu'er doesn't eat scrambled eggs."

She said she didn't want to eat it, but her eyes were hooked at the scrambled eggs, and her mouth was drooling.

The little Lolita is so cute, a little kid thought, but forgot that he also has short legs.

Zhu Pingan picked up the egg again, raised his little arm and put it into Xiao Yuer's mouth, very much like a brother, and said, "I love watching my sister eat scrambled eggs."

The egg was soft and fragrant, and how could a child not eat it? Besides, it was already in his mouth, so he could take it out and give it to others.

After eating just a small piece of scrambled egg as big as a fingernail, Xiao Yuer showed a very enjoyable and happy expression, and licked her lips cutely with her tongue sticking out, like a kitten drinking water.

"Is it delicious, sister Yuer?" Zhu Pingan asked Xiao Yuer with a puffed mouth while eating the multi-grain bread in his hand.

"It's delicious, thank you, brother Zhuer." Xiao Yuer answered in a baby voice with her eyebrows bent.

The scrambled eggs had been eaten, so Aunt San had to accept it. She felt that the chubby Zhu Pingan was sensible and cute, especially compared with the eldest brother Zhu Pingjun who only ate alone and had a temper.

Auntie San touched Zhu Ping'an's head with envy, turned around and smiled and joked with Chen, "Second sister-in-law, I really envy you for having two good sons. Zhu'er loves his younger sister, you taught him very well, he will definitely be a filial and good child when he grows up."

No mother doesn't like others to praise her son, especially Chen, who has a little problem of showing off. Naturally, she is very happy. She waved her hands and said no, but the pride on her face could not be concealed, and she laughed and joked with Zhang.

Ahem

The eldest aunt on the side was not happy. In her heart, her son was the best, but he had to study and enter the school to take the exam for a scholar. The fortune teller in the town had seen that her son was the incarnation of Wenquxing.

Thinking of this, Auntie Wu rubbed her husband with her legs, indicating that he should talk to Mr. Zhu about letting Zhu Pingjun go to school.

The uncle lowered his head to eat and ignored his wife's signal. He felt that his wife was short-sighted. After the brothers and sisters made such a fuss today, it was obviously not a good time to bring up this matter. Moreover, he spent a lot of money on studying for the imperial examination. His brothers already had opinions. If his son also wanted to go to school, it would be difficult to say. He should discuss it with his parents while his brothers were away. After the fait accompli, it would be useless for his brothers' families to have opinions.

The eldest aunt was a farmer's wife, but she was not as cunning as the eldest uncle. Seeing that her husband did not speak up, she was still thinking about her son becoming the top scholar, so she couldn't hold back and spoke up, "Dad and Mom, you see Jun'er is seven years old, and he is old. It's not a good thing to keep wandering around like this. I thought that our neighboring village Shanghe Village Sun Lao Xiucai's private school opened a school for elementary school. Why not let our Jun'er go to elementary school as well, so that he can bring honor to our old Zhu family in the future."

Such a speech made Zhu Ping'an prick up his ears. Going to school was also what he particularly needed. On the one hand, you can study the Four Books and Five Classics for the imperial examinations, and on the other hand, it is also a way of disguising yourself, hiding your experience and ideas that are hundreds of years ahead of others. After all, there are beautiful women in books. In this era, people highly respect scholars. After entering school, if you have any understanding and knowledge beyond ordinary people, you can attribute it to your study.

All things are inferior, only reading is superior, which is an unshakable truth in this era. Even a wealthy man with a lot of money would not dare to fight back if he was scolded by a poor scholar in this era. Moreover, reading is the main way for poor children to advance in this era, and it is also the most effective way.

So, Zhu Pingan also raised his fat paw, "I want to go to school too."

"Why do you want to go to school when you are so young? Besides, not everyone can go to school. You have to be the Wenquxing in the sky. Our Jun'er has been told by a master that he is the Wenquxing in the world." The eldest aunt was the first to oppose Zhu Pingan's admission to school. She also knew that the family's money was not enough for two people to go to school. Now they are already eating grains, porridge and vegetable leaves. If both of them go to school, the family will definitely not be able to make ends meet.

The eldest aunt's words were all about belittling Zhu Pingan and praising Zhu Pingjun, which made Chen very unhappy, but Chen was more concerned about her eldest uncle's family. Her eldest uncle was a scholar. If he passed the imperial examination and became a scholar or a juren, the family would still have to rely on her eldest uncle. So Chen just frowned, thinking that even if she didn't speak up, someone would speak up, and there was no need to offend her eldest uncle's family.

Sure enough, before Chen spoke up, someone couldn't help it, and the fourth aunt immediately expressed her opposition.

"Sister-in-law, our family is almost broke, and we don't have enough money to support another scholar, right, mother? I think we should wait until our family saves some money before sending Jun'er to school." Aunt Xiao Si's speech was quite good, and she even knew to bring in Old Lady Zhu as an ally. She expressed opposition to the elementary education, but she was not completely opposed, and left room for maneuver. On the one hand, she said that the family had already supported the eldest uncle to study, and on the other hand, she said that now because the family was broke, Jun'er would not be allowed to go to elementary school, and would be allowed to go to elementary school when the family had extra money. As for when the family would have extra money, it was hard to say. Anyway, since Aunt Xiao Si entered the Zhu family, the Zhu family had never had extra money.