Chapter 83

Shen Jiaping walked into the office. Xu Yuting was in class at the moment, so Lin Tao asked him to sit in Xu Yuting's chair.

Shen Jiaping sat for a while, and seeing Lin Tao preparing lessons, he did not disturb her, and just sat there quietly. On the childish and cute face, a pair of eyes were clearly black and white, and she sat there, very well-behaved.

When Lin Tao finished writing a part and wanted to rest her wrist, Shen Jiaping asked, "Teacher Lin, can I go see my sister?"

Shen Jiaping looked at Lin Tao with bright anticipation in his eyes.

Lin Tao smiled and said, "Go ahead, but my sister is sleeping, so just be gentle."

"Yeah." Shen Jiaping nodded his head hurriedly, slowly got down from the chair, walked gently to the side of the small rocking bed, squatted there, and watched Yueyue sleeping.

Yueyue didn’t know what delicious food she ate in her dream. She smacked her lips and drooled.

Shen Jiaping used the small handkerchief on the crib to wipe her saliva, but the little girl actually bit Shen Jiaping's finger.

Yueyue has recently started to grow teeth. Her gums are very itchy. She can't help but want to bite things when she is breastfeeding, and she also gets inexplicably irritated. Xu Yuting told Lin Tao that this is what teething is like for children.

Lin Tao took out the dried sweet potatoes she had prepared earlier and gave them to Yueyue to chew.

At first she was afraid that the dried sweet potatoes would be too sweet, so she washed them several times before slicing them. After drying them, she tasted them and found that they were not sweet. Only then did she feel at ease to feed Yueyue with them.

The baby teeth have just started to emerge, they are as small as millet grains and don’t hurt when you bite them.

Shen Jiaping pulled his hand out, silently, and continued to look at Yueyue. He reached out and touched her little hand, with a smile on his face, so cute, my sister is so cute.

Just after class, Shen Jiahao's voice rang out in the corridor: "Shen Jiaping, Shen Jiaping——"

Shen Jiaping was afraid of waking up Yueyue, so he picked up the lunch box and said to Lin Tao, "Teacher Lin, I'm going out." He quickly ran to Shen Jiahao and handed him the lunch box.

Shen Jiahao looked at Shen Jiaping, then glanced at the office, and asked him through gritted teeth: "You went to the office? Who let you in? Don't forget, she is a bad woman."

Shen Jiaping said in his heart, "Teacher Lin is not a bad woman," and said, "I came in by myself. I came too early and there was no place to sit. Do you want to eat or not? If not, I'll take it back."

"Eat! Who said I don't want to eat? You killed our mother when we were young. Do you want to starve me to death now?" Shen Jiahao said, "Anyway, I remind you that your last name is Shen. Think clearly about who you are on the same side with."

Shen Jiaping said "Oh" and walked aside.

Shen Jiahao took his lunch box to the classroom to eat. His classmates all brought lunch from home in the morning, but Shen Jiahao felt that the lunch he brought in the morning would not taste good by noon, so he asked Shen Jiaping to bring him lunch every day.

Every time Shen Jiaping would come a little early, or stand in the corridor and watch the people inside taking classes, listening very seriously. Sometimes when Lin Tao saw him like this, she would simply move a chair for him and let him sit outside to listen, without asking him whether he could understand or not. After all, it was never a bad thing for a child to like to listen to classes.

It’s a pity that Shen Jiaping is a child of the Shen family and Lin Hui’s stepson.

Lin Tao didn't want to have any contact with Shen Guobin or Lin Hui anymore. No matter how much she liked the child, this was the most she could do. She couldn't control anything else.

After Shen Jiahao finished his meal, he threw the lunch box to Shen Jiaping and asked him to take it back.

Shen Jiaping took the lunch box and prepared to leave, when he saw Shen Jiahao calling two male classmates over. The three of them gathered together and whispered a few words. Shen Jiahao pointed at the chalk and the two male classmates shook their heads. Shen Jiahao cursed at them and then hid the chalk where the broom was placed.

Before Shen Jiaping left, he went to the office window and said to Lin Tao, "Teacher Lin, the chalk is hidden under the broom."

After saying this, he said "Goodbye, Teacher Lin" and left with his lunch box.

Xu Yuting and Zhong Jing were both a little surprised and asked Lin Tao: "What is this child talking about? What kind of chalk is hidden in the broom?"

Only Lin Tao looked at the child's thin and small back, smiled, and said, "Teacher Zhong, Shen Jiahao in your class is probably making trouble again. When you go to class later, you may not be able to find the chalk."

As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Yuting and Zhong Jing, who originally didn't understand, also understood what was going on.

Zhong Jing sighed: "This child is really good, but it's a pity that he was born into such a family. I hope he can grow up well and stay clean."

Although this child is young, he is very smart. Sometimes when she is teaching, she would see Shen Jiaping listening to the class outside. He could actually solve the problems that other students in the class could not solve.

When the afternoon class started, Zhong Jing did not expose Shen Jiahao directly, but pretended to know nothing, and finally asked someone to find the chalk. Shen Jiahao refused to say anything, but the two male classmates told him, so Zhong Jing punished Shen Jiahao to clean the toilet at night.

If Shen Jiahao continued to make trouble and refused to attend class, Zhong Jing, as a teacher, would have plenty of ways to deal with him.

At that time, there were many teachers who used corporal punishment. If they met other more severe teachers, they would probably even break several rulers. However, Zhong Jing thought corporal punishment was unacceptable, so he never beat his students.

But if it is punishment such as standing in the corner or cleaning the toilet, then it is a punishment.

Zhong Jing had a headache about this before, but it was just because she felt that Shen Jiahao was not stupid and could succeed if he studied hard, so she just felt sorry for him.

But if he doesn't learn well, no one can help him.

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Mr. Wu, the owner of the photo studio, said that it would take a month for the photos to be developed, but after waiting for more than 20 days, Lin Tao received the photos.

Boss Wu had someone bring the baby to the island, and that person delivered the baby to Lin Tao's home in the afternoon.

Lin Tao was very grateful and even picked some water spinach to give to the person who brought her the photo. Lin Tao's family got all the seeds from Xiangcheng, and she didn't know why, but the vegetables she grew tasted sweeter than the ones here, so the person didn't refuse and accepted it after thanking her.

The photo had been framed and covered with a layer of paper. Lin Tao used scissors to cut a hole in the paper and took the photo out.

She put the paper on the table, but Yueyue accidentally took it in her hand and was about to put it in her mouth.

When Lin Tao saw it, she quickly snatched the paper over, shook her head and said, "Yueyue, this is not edible, this is paper, you can't eat it, come, mom will give you another dried sweet potato."

Yueyue took the dried sweet potato, smiled happily, and immediately put it in her mouth and started biting it.

The little guy has two teeth already, but because they haven't fully grown out yet, it looks like two extra millet grains on the pink gums, which is very cute.

Lin Tao has recently enjoyed observing Yueyue's little teeth. The only bad thing is that after Yueyue started to grow teeth, she liked to bite things and even bit her when she was feeding.

It really hurts to bite in that place.

There was one time when Lin Tao was almost bitten to the point of crying. That time, Li Chengxi slapped Yueyue on the buttocks twice. The force was not strong, but it was definitely the first time he hit Yueyue.

Li Chengxi taught Yueyue sternly: "You can't bite mommy, or I will beat you."

Yueyue cried in grievance, but she never bit Lintao again after that. This shows that children are very smart. Adults think they are too young to understand, but in fact they are very smart.

That night, Lin Tao fell asleep in Li Chengxi's arms and said jokingly, "It seems that in your heart, you love me more."

Li Chengxi was both angry and amused, and he gave her a good beating that night.

After tearing the paper apart, Lin Tao took out the photos. They took three photos in total, two of Yueyue and one of their family of three.

She asked for five photos of Yueyue and three family photos to be developed. Lin Tao planned to send the extra photos to Shanghai and to Aunt Fang in Xiangcheng.

Lin Tao has no doubts about Mr. Wu's photography skills. No matter what you do, if you put your heart into it, it will never be too bad.

And she had seen many photos in the photo studio, and every one of them was beautiful.

However, when she saw the photos that Boss Wu took of them, she realized that photos could be so beautiful.

Yueyue’s solo photo is well taken and very cute, but in other aspects, it is this family photo that attracts the most attention.

Lin Tao and Li Chengxi sat on either side. Yueyue held her father with one hand and her mother with the other. The three of them were smiling, and their smiles were very natural.

At first glance, you won't find it that outstanding except that the family of three looks good, but if you look closely, you can see something different. It's a feeling of quiet time and leisurely passing time. Looking at it more often can calm your mind and slow down time.

Lin Tao was very satisfied with these photos and showed them to Yueyue.

"Yueyue, look quickly, who is in this photo? And this one, isn't it mom, dad and Yueyue?" Lin Tao teased Yueyue.

Yueyue glanced at the photo for a few seconds, but was obviously more interested in the dried sweet potatoes.

Lin Tao smiled and said that Yueyue was a little greedy cat, then she put the photo away and went to prepare dinner.

Today, Lin Manman said that she and her friends were going to the army cafeteria to eat, and would not come home to eat. Lin Manman had been on the island for almost a month, and she only ate at home five or six days a week. Lin Tao always asked her to come over to eat, but she only came occasionally.

Sometimes I come here to buy food.

Lin Tao knew Lin Manman's personality, so she couldn't say anything to her. Because she and Lin Manman had similar personalities, and even if they were close, she felt it was not good to cause too much trouble to others.

However, since Lin Manman came to the island, she has taught several friends. Lin Tao is relieved to have friends to accompany her. Sometimes when she goes to the clinic to see her, she can find that she smiles more often and is not as busy as she imagined.

Besides, the food in the army cafeteria was actually quite good, with meat and seafood, so Lin Tao didn't say anything.

Today I made stir-fried beans, steamed grouper and cold jellyfish at home.

They eat steamed buns. After two years on the island, Lin Tao was not used to it in the beginning, but now she eats steamed buns at least two or three days a week.

The dishes cooked today were quite simple and didn't take much time. Just as Lin Tao finished cooking, Li Chengxi came back, washed his hands, hugged Yueyue first, and then went to the kitchen to help serve the dishes.

Yueyue was already able to sit by herself, so Li Chengxi took out the chair that he had asked the carpenter to make and asked Yueyue to sit at the table with them.

Yueyue also had dinner with them, but she only ate rice porridge.

When feeding Yueyue rice porridge, Lin Tao picked out a small piece of fish for her to eat. Steamed fish has a light taste, so it’s okay for Yueyue to have a little bit.

After dinner, Lin Tao took out the photos and showed them to Li Chengxi.

Noticing that Li Chengxi's eyes lit up when he saw the photo, Lin Tao knew that he must think it was beautiful, so she asked, "Isn't the photo beautiful?"

Li Chengxi nodded and said, "You look good."

Lin Tao was no longer the little girl who blushed when she was praised. She laughed and said teasingly, "Captain Li, you are getting fatter and fatter as you get older."

The word "old" really hit Li Chengxi in the sore spot. Before he knew it, he was already thirty years old, but Lin Tao in front of him was still as beautiful as when he first met her.

After Li Chengxi washed the dishes, they went to hang up the photos.

The family photo was printed in a larger size and was intended to be hung up. Li Chengxi stood on the bed to hang the photo, while Lin Tao held Yueyue and gave instructions below: "It seems a little crooked, move it a little to the left, OK, like this, it's just right."

Li Chengxi took a hammer and nails, hammered the nails into the wall, and then hung the photos up.

The photo was hung in the middle of the head of the bed. After Li Chengxi came down, he took Yueyue from Lin Tao's arms. The family of three stood in front of the bed and looked at the photo.

The light of the setting sun poured in through the window and fell on their bodies, as if they were coated with a layer of light.

Everything here was so peaceful and happy; Lin Tao and Li Chengxi smiled at each other.

As the weather warmed up, Lin Tao changed from helping Yueyue wipe her body to letting her bathe in the basin. The little girl was unhappy at first, but after a while she was so happy that she didn't want to get out of the water and put on her clothes.

However, Lin Tao was afraid that she would catch a cold if she stayed in the bath for too long, so she picked her up, wrapped her in a towel, put clothes on her, and put her in the crib. Unexpectedly, she fell asleep while playing.

Lin Tao and Li Chengxi also went to take a shower. Lin Tao divided the extra photos into three envelopes. One was intended to be sent to Shanghai, and the other was intended to be sent to Xiangcheng. She also wrote letters in them for each one. She was afraid that Li Chengxi would make a mistake, so she would remind him again and again every time, although Li Chengxi had never sent a letter to the wrong address before.

Another copy was to be sent to Hainan to Li Mingcheng. Li Mingcheng had given her many instructions when he left, so she couldn't forget this.

In addition to the photos, Lin Tao also made a pair of shoes for her grandmother. As her grandmother is older, she will feel more comfortable walking in the shoes with the soles she sewed herself.

As for Aunt Fang, Lin Tao prepared something else as a wedding gift for her. Aunt Fang was a special person to her, and she was happy from the bottom of her heart that Aunt Fang was getting married.

After finally getting everything ready, Lin Tao changed into pajamas and went to bed before turning off the lights.

As soon as I covered myself with the quilt, someone hugged me, and my hands started to get naughty.