Evening, in Yang Gang’s room

When Yang Liuliu was sent back by Yang Dong, Yang Gang’s wife hugged her daughter and asked, "Girl, tell mother, what did your fourth uncle want you all to do over there?"

Yang Liuliu sat in her mother’s lap and said naively, "Fourth uncle wanted sister and brother to teach him how to read. I was just watching from the side."

"Learning to read?" This surprised Yang Gang’s wife. She couldn’t quite believe it, as her fourth brother-in-law had always resisted learning how to read.

He always said he didn’t need to learn how to read. If it weren’t for the third sister-in-law saying that he’s going to do big things in the future and that if he can’t even count money, doesn’t recognize silver notes or contracts, he’d be easily deceived, he probably wouldn’t learn a single word.

It was only after persuasion that he learned a bit while Li Fugui was around, but as soon as Li Fugui left, he was no longer interested in learning.

What happened today? Did the sun rise in the west?

Why did he suddenly have a whim to learn how to read?

She asked Yang Gang, "What’s going on with your fourth brother?"

Yang Gang was lying there after a hard day’s work, completely exhausted, with no mood to care whether the fourth brother learns to read or not. He replied impatiently, "How would I know." 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Yang Gang’s wife was thinking about it. The topic of learning to read was brought up at noon while asking Li Chuntao what she could do. Could it be that the fourth brother wants to learn because Li Chuntao mentioned she can read and write?

Thinking about this, she put Yang Liuliu down on the bed, "Go find your dad."

Then she walked outside. Yang Gang noticed and shouted, "Where are you going this late?"

"You all sleep first, I have something to discuss with the third sister-in-law." Yang Gang’s wife said without turning her head and went next door. This matter wasn’t something she could discuss with Yang Gang; explaining it to him was also pointless.

Xiaoxiao had just coaxed the child to sleep when she heard the door knock. She went outside and saw it was her second sister-in-law, "Second sister-in-law, what’s up? What is it?"

Yang Gang’s wife directly pushed Xiaoxiao into the room, looking very mysterious, which left Xiaoxiao quite puzzled.

After entering the room, Yang Gang’s wife opened her mouth and said, "Third sister-in-law, guess, what did fourth brother ask the three kids to do?"

This question left Xiaoxiao scratching her head. What could they do?

Probably play with the kids. Maybe fourth brother suddenly realized what it’s like to be an uncle and wanted to play with them alone.

Seeing Xiaoxiao’s confused look, Yang Gang’s wife stopped making her guess and directly said, "Fourth brother asked the three kids to teach him to read."

Xiaoxiao was really dumbfounded this time. What’s happened to fourth brother? Suddenly he’s interested in learning to read?

As she was thinking, she heard the second sister-in-law say, "Third sister-in-law, do you think the fourth brother has a crush on Li Chuntao? Li Chuntao just said today at noon that she can read and write, and fourth brother wants to learn how to read at night. Does he feel a bit unmatched for Li Chuntao?"

"No, could it be?" This question truly stumped Xiaoxiao.

She couldn’t explain why fourth brother wanted to learn how to read. But if it really was because Li Chuntao can read and write, and that made him want to learn...

Thinking about this, her mind buzzed. If it’s just because Li Chuntao mentioned reading and writing at noon, it wouldn’t be enough to make him learn.

The reason is likely what they said in the kitchen, maybe fourth brother overheard.

They had often said things like how a mudman like fourth brother wasn’t worthy of Li Chuntao.

Could it be that these words had incited him?

If that’s the case, doesn’t he already know about her matchmaking plan for the two of them?