Take away the melted snow salt. Old lady: I ??am illiterate. Do all Chinese aunts like to "pretend to be stupid"?

As for whether the Chinese aunt who took the snow-melting salt was pretending to be stupid when she said she was illiterate, there is no absolute yes or no, there are both possibilities.

01

It is human nature to quibble and defend oneself

When everyone makes a mistake or is criticized by others, in order to protect themselves, The first reaction will definitely be to find various reasons to refute and quibble. This is a human survival instinct. Everyone wants to maximize profits, so when the incident is exposed, some aunts may be literate themselves, but they may be pretending to be stupid when they say they are illiterate.

And even if some elderly aunts recognize a few words, they may not know the true meaning of the three words "not for food". But "can't eat" is something they can easily understand at a glance.

Of course, this kind of behavior of taking things that do not belong to you without authorization is very immoral. It is called ill-gotten gains in a good way, and "shun" or "stealing" in a bad way. At this point, the aunt's behavior is indeed reprehensible.

02

It is normal for Chinese aunts to be illiterate at their age.

It is unimaginable for children today to be illiterate. But for the older generation, illiteracy is very common. Especially for people over the age of sixty or seventy, a large number of people are illiterate. Of course, in cities, the proportion of illiterate people is very small. But in rural areas, it is very normal for elderly people of this age to be illiterate, and there is nothing to make a fuss about.

I remember when I was a child, the slogan of education was to eliminate illiteracy. My mother often told me that when she was young, she worked in the team during the day to earn work points, and she also had to attend literacy classes in the evening. Even so, many people of their generation were illiterate. My father went to junior high school and graduated from junior high school. According to his peers in the village at that time, he was already highly educated.

So, the education level of these aunts cannot be measured by the current popularity of education, nor can we arbitrarily assume that they are deliberately pretending to be stupid just because they say they are illiterate.

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