Everyone on the island knows about what happened in Shen Guobin's family, and they have been talking about it a lot in the past two days.
Only Lin Tao and Li Chengxi would not talk about this when they were together. Neither of them was the type to talk about others, or to mention them even though they clearly didn't like them. If they didn't like it, they would just ignore it and not mention it.
No matter how Shen Guobin and Lin Hui are doing, it has nothing to do with them.
They were still the same as before. Li Chengxi gave prenatal education to the baby in Lin Tao's belly, sometimes reading Russian books, sometimes reading English books.
Lin Tao wanted to laugh while listening to this. She touched her belly and felt how pitiful the baby was. He had to start learning before he was even born.
School started in early September, and Lin Tao's due date was still more than a month away. The school was short of teachers, so she only taught classes for a few days before her due date and then asked for leave from school.
Xu Yuting gave birth suddenly at that time and did not attend classes for the following month.
However, Xu Yuting was lucky. She went back to school for summer vacation right after she finished her confinement. She rested peacefully for three months and her body recovered well.
But in the later stages of pregnancy, walking more will also be beneficial for giving birth. Even the last time Aunt Fang wrote to Lin Tao, she reminded her to walk more when she has nothing to do and not to sit at home all the time, otherwise it would be difficult to give birth.
Now that school has started, Lin Tao can walk more.
At this month, the weather is no hotter than the previous two months.
After not seeing Teacher Lin for a summer vacation, the students discovered that Teacher Lin's belly was bigger than the previous semester. In order to make Lin Tao's class harder, the two brothers Zhu Jianguo and Zhu Jianye helped to bring the chair from Lin Tao's office to the podium during class so that Lin Tao could sit on it.
After the class, the two brothers worked together to move the chair back to the office, saying that they were worried that she would be too tired from standing during class.
When Lin Tao saw this, she really didn't know what to say and was deeply moved.
She originally wanted to say it was no big deal and there was no need to work so hard, but the students insisted, so she didn't say anything.
As a teacher, Lin Tao is very happy that the students she taught care about her so much.
This made the teachers in the office jealous. They said that the students in Lin Tao's class were really sensible. No wonder Lin Tao was so nice to them.
Lin Tao smiled. She believed that no matter what you do, it is not one-sided. If you give your best, the other party will definitely receive your kindness.
The same is true between teachers and students. The silkworm will not stop spinning until it dies, and the candle will not stop shedding tears until it burns down to ashes. Of course, there are still people who have to score points.
The students in Lintao's class are good people by nature.
But Lin Tao did not agree with some of the students in her former class. When the teacher got into trouble, she cried several times in secret. When she saw her former classmates wearing red armbands and rushing to the teacher's home to criticize him, she could not believe it.
Thinking of her teacher, Lin Tao never forgot to send things to her teacher since she came to the island, such as daily necessities and dried seafood, every few months.
However, Lin Tao was afraid of affecting Li Chengxi, so every time she sent a letter she always wrote to the farm office. The postman just thought that she had a relative who was assigned to work on the farm.
At first, Lin Tao was worried that Teacher wouldn’t receive the chicken. However, half a year ago, she received a reply from the teacher, who also sent her some local specialties. Lin Tao was completely relieved.
I hope the teacher can receive it.
The teacher also said in the letter that Captain Chen over there took good care of him and told Lin Tao not to worry. He was very happy to learn that she was getting married, but it was a pity that he could not come to congratulate her on the spot. He hoped that he would have the opportunity to go back in the future, and then Lin Tao would definitely treat him, her teacher, to a glass of wedding wine.
The sender's name was simply the farm office. The teacher must have known Lin Tao's concerns and did so on purpose.
When Lin Tao received the letter, her eyes were red.
The reason why Lin Tao wanted to become a teacher and engage in education was actually influenced by her teacher. Teacher Liu helped her a lot, and she always kept it in her heart.
She believes that education is not a matter of one generation, but a kind of inheritance, where one generation influences the next. She was influenced by Teacher Liu, so she made up her mind to be a good teacher like Teacher Liu.
She didn't know how many of her students would be influenced by her, but what she could do was to do her best to educate each of her students.
Just a few days after the start of the school year, the school selected the best teacher of the previous semester.
Lin Tao deservedly won the award. The prize was nothing special, just a notebook and a pen, but it was a great recognition of Lin Tao's educational career.
Lin Tao accepted the award happily, and noticed that Jin Pingping had a sullen face, and Xu Yuting winked at her, as if to say, "Look how ugly Jin Pingping's face is," and she laughed even more happily.
When Li Chengxi returned home in the evening, Lin Tao told him about this.
Her fair cheeks were now rounder than they were a year ago, and were flushed with excitement, looking very delicious.
Li Chengxi held Lin Tao in his arms and whispered, "If I had a teacher like you, I would have gotten first place in every exam."
Lin Tao originally thought that he was bragging about his good teaching skills, but when she met Li Chengxi's eyes, she suddenly seemed to understand the meaning of his words.
Lin Tao blushed, stretched out her hand and pinched his waist, snorting, "Captain Li, you are becoming more and more indecent now."
"You are the only one I am not serious with." Li Chengxi's eyes were dark.
I haven't been able to touch her for more than three months. These days are really hard to bear.
When it was time to take a bath in the evening, Lin Tao stepped into the bathtub and Li Chengxi followed in to rub her back.
Lin Tao looked at him helplessly, but she let him do what he wanted. In fact, she took a bath every day, and her body was clean, so why did she need someone to scrub her back?
It's just that this man hasn't had meat for too long, so he's been missing her too much. A while ago, when Lin Tao was sleeping, she heard the noises coming from him. He was taking a cold shower late at night, and he was moving around all the time. She didn't even think about how much pain this man must be in.
But fortunately, he felt sorry for her, so even though he was thinking about it in his heart, he just endured it and didn't dare to really touch her.
Now I am just satisfying my urge to masturbate while giving her a bath.
Lin Tao couldn't help laughing at Li Chengxi sometimes. When she wasn't pregnant yet, he "bullied" her every day, rocking her bed so hard that it creaked every night. No matter what, she couldn't fall too far behind Wang Yuanliang.
But if she really fell in love, he would still be the one who suffered.
It's not easy to live without having enough to eat.
If it was when the two had just gotten married, Lin Tao would have definitely kicked Li Chengxi out. But in the blink of an eye, they had been married for more than a year, and Lin Tao had changed from a little girl who knew nothing to someone who could face it calmly when she occasionally heard Chen Shuifen and the others tell some dirty jokes about couples.
Several days passed, and Aunt Fang and Lin Manman would be here in two or three days.
Lin Tao and Li Chengxi have started to tidy up the guest room these days. They cleaned it again and took out the quilts to dry in the sun while the sun was strong so that they would be more comfortable when they covered themselves with them.
Taking advantage of the Sunday holiday, Lin Tao and Xu Yuting went to the supply and marketing cooperative again to buy some things.
Xu Yuting was the one who bought soy sauce, salt and other things. When Aunt Wang was here some time ago, the family always had the stove on. Aunt Wang cooked different kinds of delicious food for Xu Yuting every day, which kept Xu Yuting in good health, but also made her a picky eater.
Especially after giving birth, you have to breastfeed, drink more soup and avoid eating greasy food.
The food in the army canteen depends entirely on what the canteen chefs prepare. Everyone eats whatever they prepare, and soup is sometimes available and sometimes not.
After Aunt Wang left, Xu Yuting couldn't stand it anymore after a few days and started cooking again at home.
Xu Yuting and Wang Yuanliang's cooking skills are both average, but cooking skills are hard to predict. Some people's food becomes delicious after a few times of cooking, while some people's food is inedible no matter how they cook it.
Fortunately, Xu Yuting and Wang Yuanliang both belonged to the former. Within half a month, their family life was back on track.
Lin Tao came to buy cups. There were only three drinking cups in the house, one each for her and Li Chengxi, and one bought when her father came last time. This time Lin Tao bought two more for Aunt Fang and Lin Manman.
Five cups in the house are like five people in the house.
Although they were not a family of five in the true sense, at least in Lin Tao's heart, she really felt so.
Xu Yuting teased her, "Look at you, you're so happy! Aunt Fang and the others haven't even arrived yet, but you're already so happy. I wonder how happy you'll be when they actually get to the island."
"I'm really happy. I haven't seen them for more than a year and I miss them a lot." Lin Tao said.
The last time her father went to the island, Li Chengxi deliberately kept it a secret from her and didn't tell her the news in advance. Otherwise, she would have been happy for a long time in advance.
"I can tell from your performance that Aunt Fang is a really nice person." Xu Yuting sighed.
Lin Tao nodded: "Yes, I lost my mother when I was young, and Aunt Fang treats me like her own daughter."
After hearing this, Xu Yuting seemed to think of her family and looked out at the distant sea: "I wonder when my parents will be able to come and see me..."
With just one sentence, she expressed the bitterness in her heart.
Even though Xu Yuting is always talkative and cheerful, she actually sometimes feels sad. Lin Tao understands all of this.
Lin Tao shook Xu Yuting's hand and said, "Yes, I will."
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Don't ruin your good mood." Xu Yuting stretched out a hand and touched Lin Tao's belly. "This belly is really big. I really don't know whether it will give birth to a big fat boy or a big fat girl."
Lin Tao: "It's all right. Whether it's a boy or a girl, they are all my children. I like them both."
The two of them were walking on their way home, and when they reached a fork in the road they went their separate ways.
When Lin Tao was about to get home, she saw a man standing at the door.
It was a young man, about 20 years old, 1.80 to 1.90 meters tall, and looked about the same age as Li Chengxi. He stood at the door, with a straight posture and two large bags of fruits in his hands.
Lin Tao walked closer and saw the man's face clearly. He looked quite handsome, but she was sure that she didn't know him, so she asked, "Hello, who are you?"
When the man saw Lin Tao, he was obviously stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up and he called out to Lin Tao cheerfully: "Sister-in-law!"