Su Grandma felt much more at ease after hearing what Grandpa Su said.
In the past few days, to improve her family's living conditions, Grandma Su had risked danger by taking out the money and coupons that Su Xiaotian had given her.
However, she was constantly worried, what if someone saw through the deception!
Grandpa Su's plan would have to be used.
"Old man, you saved so many people before, and not one of them thought of you. Now you have to let them do good deeds for nothing."
Thinking of the people Grandpa Su had helped in the past, Grandma Su felt a little indignant!
Grandpa Su said, "When I saved people back then, I didn't think about them repaying me. It was enough to accumulate virtue for myself."
Years ago, when their old Su family had a string of boys, the villagers were so envious.
At that time, some people said that the prosperity of the old Su family was all due to Grandpa Su's good deeds in his early years.
Even Grandpa Su himself felt that this was possible.
Because of this, there weren't many people in the village who committed evil deeds, and they were even willing to help others when they could.
"It's already a great fortune that the children in the family are healthy. In the past few years, which family didn't have children die young? Only our children have all grown up safely. What more could we ask for?"
"Besides, our Xiaotian is such a smart child. What more could we be dissatisfied with?"
With Grandpa Chi's affirmation of Su Xiaotian, Grandpa Su felt even more that his past good deeds were the right choice.
Grandma Su didn't know the twists and turns in her old man's heart. She just sighed and said, "I'm just saying it out of turn. It's worth it to use their names to keep us safe."
"Go to sleep. It's getting late, and there's a lot to do tomorrow."
The old couple, tired from a day of work, soon fell asleep.
In the cowshed, the Chi family grandparents couldn't sleep.
Su Xiaotian had shocked them immensely, especially Chi Yiyuan.
"Grandpa, do you think Su Xiaotian is really that smart?"
It wasn't doubt, but disbelief. Was there really such a smart person in the world?
"It's too late to study in this life; Su Xiaotian might be that kind of person!" Chi Ge said leisurely.
No one knew that besides his academic pursuits, he had also learned some physiognomy.
Earlier, he had seen the girl so doted upon by the old Su family and knew that child had a difficult fate.
But seeing her again today, her appearance indicated a change in destiny.
However, these words could not be told to his grandson.
"Now that I am teaching her, it will also be of help to you."
Chi Yiyuan fell silent. What did Grandpa mean?
Why did he feel that Grandpa was paving the way for him?
Could it be...
"Grandpa, has your illness worsened?" Chi Yiyuan's tone was filled with anxiety.
Grandpa had always had stomach problems, and in recent years, with insufficient food, his stomach problems had become increasingly severe.
Many times, he had seen Grandpa break out in a cold sweat from pain, almost rolling on the ground.
"This is an old problem of mine, you don't need to worry." Chi Ge quickly said, afraid his grandson would worry.
His stomach problems were getting worse and worse. Several times, he had worried that he might faint from the pain one day and never wake up again.
If he could have some connection with the villagers, perhaps Xiao Yuan would have someone to rely on.
Although Xiao Yuan was smart, studious, and sensible, he was still just a boy of ten years old.
He couldn't rest assured leaving him alone in this world.
Fortunately, the old Su family were all kind people. He believed that if such a day came, they would take care of Xiao Yuan a little.
The next day.
During breakfast, Grandpa Su lectured his grandsons at length. In essence, it was that they had wasted their years of study and were not as good as the little child Su Xiaotian.
In response, the Su brothers were unconvinced. Their sister was smart, but she had only studied for less than a year. How could she be better than them?
But when Grandpa praised their sister, they all suppressed their dissatisfaction.
She was their only sister, and it was fine for Grandpa to praise her a little.
"I see you brats are unconvinced, so that old man will test you." Grandpa Su took a newspaper out of his pocket and handed it to Su Shouwen first.
Su Shouwen looked at Grandpa Su, not understanding.
"Big brother, Grandpa wants you to read the newspaper." Su Xiaotian couldn't help but chuckle.
Her own Grandpa was truly a cute old man, learning and applying on the spot.
"Read the newspaper?" Although Su Shouwen didn't understand why Grandpa wanted him to read the newspaper, he obediently picked it up and began to read.
Su Shouwen's reading of the newspaper was relatively fluent. Su Xiaotian listened, and apart from a few incorrect characters, the rest was fine, so she felt a little relieved.
However, when it was the second son, Su Ciliang's turn, it was completely different. He stumbled through his reading, and there were many characters he mispronounced, either reading wrong characters or mispronouncing them.
Su Xiaotian couldn't help but shake her head as she listened.
The third son, Su Sangong, was a little better than his two brothers. As far as Su Xiaotian could tell, he read them all correctly, without a single wrong character.
Then came the fourth, fifth, and sixth brothers...
By the time the ninth brother read, he was basically getting eight out of ten characters wrong. It couldn't be helped; Grandpa Su's eighth son was two years older than Su Xiaotian and was only in the second grade.
"Good girl, you read it for them, let them hear what reading a newspaper is like!" Grandpa Su stroked his goatee and said proudly to Su Xiaotian.
"Grandpa, little sister has only been studying for a few days. How can she recognize the characters in the newspaper?" Su Ciliang was the first to express that Grandpa was asking too much.
He even looked at Su Xiaotian with concern. What if his little sister couldn't read and lost face and cried?
Should he skip school today and go to the mountains to find wild fruits to cheer up his little sister?
Su Ciliang's words were exactly what the other brothers were thinking.
The ninth son, Su Jiulian, quickly nodded emphatically and said, "Grandpa, little sister has been reading for even less time than me. The characters I don't recognize, little sister definitely won't recognize them either. Let's not have little sister..."
He didn't finish his last word, for fear that his little sister would hear it and be even more upset.
"Hmph, do you think my good girl is as useless as you disobedient little brats?" Grandpa Su snorted heavily.
Su Xiaotian hesitated. If she read too well, wouldn't it make her brothers lose face?
Su Xiaotian didn't know that her hesitation gave her brothers the wrong impression that she couldn't read at all.
The brothers exchanged glances and, risking being beaten with a broom by their grandfather, strongly requested that their sister not read the newspaper.
"Hmph, good girl, you don't need to save face for them. Just read it directly and let them know how bad they are. Maybe they'll study hard."
Grandpa Su's last sentence made Su Xiaotian feel that it was very reasonable.
Her goal was to make her brothers cherish the opportunity to study, learn more, and become useful talents in the future.
However, their current studies were not good, with only the third brother being slightly better. This wouldn't do.
As Su Xiaotian was contemplating, Anna's voice appeared in her mind.