756 Animals That Understand Spoken Language
“Mom, do you want to be an accountant?” Qiao Mei asked.
Li Gui waved her hands nervously and said, “Do you know what you’re talking about! I’m illiterate and you want me to be an accountant!”
“Since you’re so good at calculations, why can’t you be an accountant? If you can’t read, you can learn. During the day, when you’re free, I’ll get my grandfather to teach you. At night, when Zhang Wei comes back, then he can teach you. You’ll definitely be able to learn in half a year. Look at how many words Wang Qin knows. She had studied for a few years, but she doesn’t really know much,” Qiao Mei bluffed.
Wang Qin had graduated from junior high school. At that time, anyone with such a certificate was considered very capable. Li Gui had never gone to school at all and it would be difficult for her to catch up with Wang Qin in half a year.
However, nothing was impossible to a willing heart. As long as Li Gui was determined, she would definitely be able to become an accountant.
Although the position of director of women’s affairs was still available, the person who took up this position needed to write a report every year. Li Gui was not qualified for this position, but she could stand a chance with the village accountant position.
“I… I’m stupid. I don’t think I can do it,” Li Gui said fearfully.
“Didn’t you do similar work in the county city back then? What’s so different?” Qiao Mei said.
Li Gui quickly corrected Qiao Mei and said earnestly, “Back then, I was a piece-counter. I just needed to count things and then write down the quantity in the book. It doesn’t involve things like being able to read and write at all. I’m not that capable.”
Seeing that Li Gui did not have such ambitions, Qiao Mei did not mention this matter anymore. In the future, if there were other suitable positions in the village, she would ask Li Gui to give it a try. When the village was able to produce better agricultural products, they would definitely be able to form a working relationship with the county’s supply and marketing cooperative. When that time came, she could get Li Gui to do the liaison work.
Li Gui was definitely good at this! However, the prerequisite was still that she had to be literate. After all, Li Gui had to take down the amount of things that every family sent over and write down their names.
“Even so, you still have to learn how to read. It will definitely be useful in the future. You can only earn more money by studying and becoming literate. Otherwise, you can only make those few dollars every day,” Qiao Mei said as she pointed at the vegetables in the courtyard.
Li Gui nodded in a vague manner. Anyway, she agreed with whatever Qiao Mei said. It was a matter of learning to read! She would give it a try!
“Alright! I’ll ask Xiao Wei to teach me. I’ll definitely try my best, but I’m stupid. If I can’t understand it, don’t blame me,” Li Gui said embarrassedly.
“You can definitely do it! It’s settled then. I’ll go back and get my school books for you. I’m already done with them. Take them and let Xiao Wei teach you,” Qiao Mei said.
Qiao Mei brought Li Gui back to her own house and gave her many chicken eggs, duck eggs, two pieces of cured meat and a bag of rice.
If she did not give these things to Li Gui, they would rot in her house. Every month, the number of chicken eggs and duck eggs she had at home equated to the amount produced by the entire village in a year. They could not finish them at all!
The other families had given her rice in exchange for eggs for their children. Basically, everyone would barter using different things. Qiao Mei did not care about what other people gave her in exchange. It was more important for her to give away all the things in the house.
Recently, she went to Uncle Wang Wu’s house at the entrance of the village and made an exchange for a crock. This crock was perfect for marinating duck eggs. If she marinated the eggs now, it would be ready when it was time for her to go to the capital.
In her other life, she also loved to marinate duck eggs the most. This was her specialty. The duck eggs that others marinated were salty and hard and not delicious at all. The duck eggs that she marinated were all filled with golden oil and smelled so fragrant!
When she was not at home, she could teach Li Gui this technique so that Li Gui could earn a few hundred dollars by marinating duck eggs.
Recently, there was also something else that had been bothering her. In the morning, the chickens at home would group together and make a lot of noise. Sometimes, they would wake her up before dawn. One morning, Qiao Mei yelled at the chickens and told them to stop making noise.
From then on, the chickens really did not make any noise again. Qiao Mei had been puzzled about this for a long time. Every day, she would sit in her room to observe the jade pendant on her neck. Could it be that it could also allow her to communicate with animals?
However, she had never heard what the animals were thinking, nor could she carry out any energy exchange with them. After repeated experiments, Qiao Mei confirmed that the animals in the house could really understand human language. It was such a magical thing.
