What is the biggest difference between reading and not reading?

At first I thought it didn’t matter whether I studied or not, but it wasn’t until I came from Suzhou that I truly discovered how many benefits reading has. I stayed with my sister for more than ten days, and I learned from my brother-in-law that the biggest difference between studying and not studying is the amount of literacy.

My brother-in-law has not gone to school for a few years and does not know many words. During the few days I stayed at his house, I finally discovered the differences between people. He was chatting with his sister that day and kept sending voice messages. I asked my sister, why not send Chinese characters? My sister's answer was that he didn't know the Chinese characters, and he knew some characters but didn't know what they meant. I was quite surprised when I heard this, because as a Chinese, I have not even learned my own mother tongue and have been living outside for so many years.

My sister told me that every time the two of them quarreled, he would post some heartfelt emotions in the space. The purpose was to let his brother-in-law comfort him after seeing it, but After several attempts, my sister discovered that all her efforts were in vain because she didn't understand it at all.

After arriving in Suzhou, one day I asked my sister to accompany me to the hospital for a review. At that time, neither of us knew the way. My sister called my brother-in-law to ask for directions. You have no idea how he got along with me. My sister explained for a long time, but we didn't know what he was talking about. He didn't understand the road signs and didn't know the words. When asked if there were any landmark buildings nearby, he couldn't name them.

?Maybe he can only find the right place by walking by himself. My sister took me with her at that time, but she got angry, so she found the hospital based on the route she remembered, and finally successfully conducted a reexamination. Then that night, it happened that my sister's factory was not working overtime, and then my uncle and aunt both said they would take the whole family out for dinner. The funny thing about their family is that except for my uncle and me, my sister can read, but neither my brother-in-law nor my aunt can. There is also an uncle who knows how to read, but not very much. At that time, my sister chose the place to eat. She found a delicious place on her mobile phone, then navigated and asked her uncle to take us there. After we went to the restaurant, we ordered.

? The menu in the restaurant at that time did not have a picture for each dish, but the names of rows of dishes. If my uncle couldn't understand it, he would give it to his sister and brother-in-law to order. Do you know how embarrassing it is when ordering food? At first, my brother-in-law brought the menu down, and then my sister reminded him to order later. Sister, she didn’t read the name of a dish and asked us if we like it. If we like it, just order it. When the elder sister read the name of a dish, the brother-in-law took a pen to tick off the next dish. In the end, the elder sister had no choice but to tick it off herself.

When I got home in the evening after dinner, my sister and brother-in-law had a great plan. They bought milk powder for the children and then paid wages to the brother-in-law’s boss. My sister has to send all the messages because my brother-in-law doesn’t know how to type. Auntie, whenever she has something to do, she will hold her mobile phone and ask her sister, what do you pronounce this word and what does that word mean? His family runs a woolen factory, so naturally, many people will call or send messages to Auntie. You said that someone who can't understand the information still acts as a boss lady, isn't it a bit funny?

There are a group of illiterate people in his family. Seeing the embarrassing scenes everywhere in their lives, I want to tell many people that if they have the opportunity, they must go to school well. Even if you can't learn much in school, at least you can learn a few more words to avoid making a lot of jokes when you join society in the future.