Chapter 89

"Teacher Lin, Teacher Xu." Zhong Jing smiled at the two of them.

Lin Tao and Xu Yuting nodded to Zhong Jing and did not continue the topic. In fact, this matter has not yet reached that time, and it is uncertain. Discussing it now will make people uneasy.

However, Zhong Jing took the initiative to say, "I heard what you said just now. You said that our school will have a new teacher in September, right?"

"Well, that's what we said at the meeting," Lin Tao said, "but we don't know exactly how many will come. We haven't had any new teachers assigned to our island in several years, so it's hard to say this time."

Zhong Jing knew that Lin Tao was afraid that she would think too much about this matter, so she smiled and said, "Well, it's okay."

Xu Yuting changed the subject and said, "Oh, by the way, did you know that there will be a new movie on our island during the Dragon Boat Festival? Let's go watch it then."

"Okay." Lin Tao agreed immediately.

Zhong Jing also nodded and said yes, and they also planned to invite Chen Shuifen to go watch it together.

When Lin Tao came back from two classes, Lin Changhai was already waiting at the gate with Yueyue in his arms. Yueyue danced with joy when she saw her mother coming back.

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Time soon arrived at the Dragon Boat Festival.

Li Chengxi still remembered what he had promised to the group of soldiers in the regiment last year, so he told Lin Tao about it a few days before the Dragon Boat Festival and also got a lot of glutinous rice.

Lin Manman happened to be on vacation today, so she came home early to help look after Yueyue, while Lin Changhai went out fishing with Zheng Youde.

Chen Shuifen knew that Lin Tao's family would make a lot of rice dumplings, so she specially brought her a large basket of rice dumpling leaves and helped Lin Tao make the dumplings.

"Aren't you making rice dumplings at home today?" Lin Tao asked.

Chen Shuifen said, "We don't make many dumplings at home, so we finished them in the morning. We made a few more last year, and these two brats ate several of them in a row as if they had never seen them before. At night, they complained of stomachaches. They took yeast tablets but still had indigestion, so they finally had to use suppositories. Xiangyang is fine, because he had that incident last time, so he probably won't dare to do it again this year. Hongxing is a brat who only remembers to eat but not to be punished. He suffered a lot last year, but he has long forgotten it this year. If I make more dumplings, these brats will do it again."

After listening to this, Lin Tao couldn't help but smile.

She also knew something about what happened last year. That was the first time Chen Shuifen made rice dumplings in the past two years. She thought that her family hadn't eaten rice dumplings for two years, so she might as well make more while she could.

After the rice dumplings were wrapped and cooked, Chen Shuifen specially hung them in a basket on the beam to prevent the two naughty boys in the house from stealing them.

But Zheng Hongxing had a dog's nose and had smelled it long ago. He waited for his brother Zheng Xiangyang to get home from school. While Chen Shuifen was not at home, the two of them took advantage of the fact that one of them held on to a chair while the other climbed up, took the basket down, and each of them ate several dumplings in a row, almost suffocating them to death.

If it were anything else, it would be fine, but rice dumplings are made of glutinous rice. Adults can’t digest them if they eat too much. They always feel like something is blocking their stomachs.

The two children were even worse. They felt uncomfortable that day and could neither vomit nor defecate.

Zheng Hongxing was also playing with Yueyue in the yard, and was telling Yueyue about a new picture book he had read. The last time he read was Nezha Makes Trouble in the Dragon King, he only had one copy at first. A few days ago, his brother Zheng Xiangyang happened to exchange it with a classmate and got a new copy, so he could continue reading.

As soon as I finished reading it, I hurried over to tell Yueyue.

As he spoke, he gestured: "Nezha is like this, he is like this. Sister, look at me first, I killed the dragon like this. Look at my posture, isn't it majestic?"

Zheng Hongxing held a piece of rag, pretending it was Nezha's Hun Tian Ling, and begged Chen Shuifen to make a circle with branches and hang it around his neck as a Qian Kun Circle. In his other hand, he held a stick, saying it was a fire spear.

Zheng Hongxing twisted his small body and made a pose similar to the one in the comic book, with a 'ferocious' expression on his face.

However, this posture was too difficult to maintain, and Zheng Hongxing became tired after a while.

Panting, he sat down next to Yueyue and asked, "Sister, is your brother awesome?"

Yueyue smiled at Zheng Hongxing while biting a piece of dried sweet potato, which made Zheng Hongxing happy. She said to Chen Shuifen, "Mom, my sister said I'm so impressive."

Then he turned to Yueyue and said, "When you grow up, I will give you the Hun Tian Ling and Qian Kun Circle, so that you can also become Nezha."

This made Chen Shuifen and Lin Tao laugh. Chen Shuifen said unhappily, "When did I ever say you were awesome? I was just laughing at you. I don't want your rags and branches."

Zheng Hongxing snorted: "Sister, you are just saying that I am awesome! Sister, you are just saying that I am awesome! This is not a piece of rag, it is the Hun Tian Ling and Qian Kun Circle, very powerful!"

After that, he whispered to Yueyue, "Sister, I am actually Nezha, but my master hasn't found me yet. When he finds me, I can learn magic. I will only tell you this secret. When I learn magic, I will teach you."

Lin Manman, who was reading a book and watching the child nearby and heard this "secret", said: "..."

Li Chengxi cut the small piece of bacon that he had washed in the morning, took it out and put it aside, and wrapped it into rice dumplings for Lin Tao and Chen Shuifen.

The diced goose meat that Li Chengxi cut out was almost the same size and neatly arranged.

Seeing this, Chen Shuifen smiled and joked, "Teacher Lin, your captain Li is really hardworking. He even helped cut the bacon. Unlike my husband, Zheng, he went out fishing long ago. I am the one who takes care of everything at home."

That being said, Zheng Youde has really changed a lot compared to the previous two years. He came back to help with the housework. Today, after finishing the housework, he made an appointment with Lin Changhai to go fishing.

Chen Shuifen is actually quite satisfied with the current Zheng Youde, she just said it as a joke.

Lin Tao followed her words and said with a smile: "Then you have to be more diligent. We can't eat all the dumplings we make. These dumplings are to be given to their group."

Chen Shuifen said: "Then I have to say something about Zheng Youde. He is not as qualified as the head of the group as Head Li."

The two chatted for a while, their hands did not stop moving. This time, Li Chengxi brought back quite a lot of glutinous rice. Although Li Chengxi promised to send 20 to 30 zongzi last year, Lin Tao felt that 20 to 30 seemed too little and a bit stingy.

She simply used all the glutinous rice. With so much glutinous rice, she could make at least a hundred dumplings.

However, the rice dumplings leaves that Chen Shuifen sent were not big, so the rice dumplings made from them were not big, otherwise she would not be able to wrap so many.

Li Chengxi had some free time and also offered to help make the rice dumplings.

After learning for a while, I couldn't understand the technique at first, which was strange. It seemed easy to hold the rice dumplings leaves in my hands, but when I held them in my hands, it didn't seem so easy.

Sometimes men really can't do this kind of delicate work. When Lin Tao saw this, she stepped forward to teach him.

Fortunately, Li Chengxi was very smart and learned how to make it after being taught twice. However, the dumplings he made were not as good-looking as those made by Lin Tao and Chen Shuifen.

But as long as it doesn't fall apart when cooked, it doesn't matter what it looks like, as long as it tastes good.

A hundred or so dumplings may sound like a lot, but in reality it didn't take too long to wrap them. After the dumplings were wrapped, Lin Tao asked Li Chengxi to light the fire, heat water in the pot, and then throw all the dumplings in to cook.

It takes about half an hour to cook the rice dumplings. After they are cooked, take them out and leave them in a pot to cool for an hour or two.

By the time the rice dumplings were wrapped, Yueyue was already sleepy and fell asleep.

Zheng Hongxing felt bored and went out to play with other friends. Chen Shuifen had to go back to wash clothes for the family of four, so she went back first. When she left, she asked Lin Tao, "Teacher Lin, are we going to watch a movie tonight?"

"Well, let's go after dinner." Lin Tao said.

This time the movie was not an outdoor movie. When the health center was built last time, a "cinema" was also built. It was called a cinema, but there were no movies and few people went there. Today, a new movie happened to be released, so we went to watch it.

Chen Shuifen said, "Okay, then I'll wash my clothes and go to sleep. I'll be refreshed enough to watch a movie."

Yueyue wakes up after sleeping for more than an hour. As she gets older, she wakes up less often than before. Now sometimes, if she doesn't wet the bed, she can sleep through the whole night, so she rarely needs to worry about her.

After the dumplings were cooked, Lin Tao gave Lin Manman a dozen dumplings and asked her to share them with her friends. She also left a dozen dumplings for home and asked Li Chengxi to take the rest to the group.

Lin Manman was just about to go back to the dormitory to rest. Once Lin Manman returned to the dormitory, there were only Lin Tao and Yueyue at home, which was boring.

Li Chengxi simply asked Lin Tao to hold Yueyue and go for a walk with him in the group.

Lin Tao has been on the island for two years and has been to almost all the places on the island, but she has never been to the place that Li Chengxi and his group had seen.

She was looking forward to going there, but she was also worried that it might have a bad impact, so she asked, "Can we go? Can Yueyue and I go too?"

Li Chengxi said, "It's okay to take a break today."