Chapter 519: Little Aunt’s Request
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Old Madam Wang said that she wanted to bring Little Ah Yu out to watch a performance, so she really brought her out.
When Little Ah Yu was in a playful mood, how could she sit down and listen to the opera?
“Are you sleepy?” Old Madam Wang asked. “If you’re sleepy, lean on Grandma and sleep for a while.”
She did not want to go back and see her family being smug.
Seeing those brats’ tails sticking up to the sky, she wanted to pull them off.
It’s also good to let them be happy. Otherwise, if she tried to control them they may be so demoralized that they won’t be able to stand up again. So, it’s better to just turn a blind eye and let them be.
“No, 1 just don’t understand.” Little All Yu scratched her head and said honestly, “If I knew what they were singing, I might like it.”
Old Madam Wang hugged her in her arms and told her in a low voice, “This scene is called ‘Visiting Home’. It’s about a kind mother sending her child to the academy to study for the sake of his future. In order to let the child study well, the mother did not allow the child to return to his hometown. Many years later, the child became the top scorer and returned home in glory, only to realize that his mother had already died many years ago because she missed her child.”
“All!” Little Ah Yu exclaimed. Then, she said sadly, “The child must be especially sad, right? Why didn’t his mother visit him? Doesn’t she miss him?” “Of course. How can a mother not miss her child? However, it’s extremely difficult for a poor student to return home. The journey might cost a few years of family savings.” Old Madam Wang was never stingy with her words. “A poor student lacks clothes and food. The journey is long. If they fall sick on the way, they might lose their lives or never return to the academy.”
At this moment, Little All Yu understood. It was not that they did not want to meet, but it was very, very difficult.
“Is studying very expensive?” All she knew was that her family could fill their stomachs and dress warmly now. They could go wherever they wanted.
Their family even had servants.
But what about the other families?
There were still many friends in the village. They had never left the village.
In the past, Little All Yu had asked them why they did not go out to play. They had replied, “Father and Mother don’t want us to go out.”
So it turned out that they did not allow it because they did not have any money?
Little All Yu was deep in thought. “Grandma, in the future, I want to open a very, very cheap women’s academy. 1 also want to open a children’s center that doesn’t cost money. I also want to build a huge schoolhouse so that their mother can live in the academy. How about that?”
She said it very sincerely and even thought to herself that she wanted to earn money from now on and hire more female teachers in the future.
Old Madam Wang did not say yes or no. She only patted Little Ah Yu’s back and said with a smile, “Mn.”
It was a good idea. Back then, when she was young, she had seen a child beggar when she went out. She had also said that she wanted to set up a charity hall and allow the child beggars to go to the charity hall to eat.
But in the end?
The charity hall often spent a lot of money, but not many beggars went to eat.
Later on, she even realized that the people eating in the charity hall were not beggars at all, but the children of some servants or even servants of aristocratic families.
Moreover, they were not even children.
She knew that wanting to do something and doing it well were two different things.
After watching the show this time, Little All Yu accompanied Old Madam Wang for a few more days. Every time, Old Madam Wang would tell her about the show.
Little All Yu heard a lot, and understood more now.
When she went to listen to Meatball’s stories at night, she could ask many questions.
In the blink of an eye, it was April.
Magistrate Wei personally wrote recommendation letters for the Wang family’s scholar candidates, and the brothers, along with Wang Chuangui, all entered the Xingzhi Academy of Wangbei County.
Little All Yu did not follow them to the academy. Old Madam Wang invited two female teachers to teach her at home for six hours a day.
At the beginning of May, Wang Aibao, Liu Shi, and Old man Wang all arrived at the prefecture capital.
Liu Shi’s abdomen was bulging slightly, and her pregnancy showed.
After welcoming them, everyone fell asleep.
In the middle of the night, Wang Aibao knocked on Little Ah Yu’s door.
Little All Yu rubbed her eyes and looked at Wang Aibao outside. She asked in confusion, “Little Aunt, what’s the matter?”
Wang Aibao knelt down in front of Little All Yu with a plop. She could not hide her tears at all. “All Yu, Little Aunt begs you to ask the Qin Family to save your younger brother Zao’er’s life!”
Little All Yu was stunned by this set of actions and hurriedly pulled Wang Aibao up. “Little Aunt, get up quickly! You’re Little Aunt.. You can’t kneel to me! Who’s Little Brother Zao’er?”