Chapter 334 Bring a Cool Mat
"But you need to earn pocket money through labor."
The three of them were stunned. Niu Niu was still young and didn't quite understand what labor meant. Da Jun and Xiao Jun looked at each other. They all knew what was said but didn't quite understand it.
"For example, whoever helps me sweep the floor can get one cent." Seeing the confused looks in her sons' eyes, Yang Hongmei gave them an example.
Da Jun's eyes lit up and he asked, "What else can we do?"
"I want to do it too!" Niu Niu saw that all her brothers agreed and was afraid that she would be left behind.
"Mom, I'm going to sweep the floor now. Can you give me a penny?" Xiaojun was afraid that his mother was joking, so he ran to grab the broom.
Yang Hongmei did not expect the children to be so active and excited. One cent could buy a piece of maltose, but they were so eager to work that Yang Hongmei began to suspect that Lin Xia had been bribed by them and there was something fishy going on.
Yang Hongmei: “…”
Seeing how her child was so obsessed with money, Yang Hongmei felt helpless. She had never realized that her son was such a money-grubber.
"Are you really giving it to me?" Xiaojun asked anxiously when he saw his mother didn't say anything.
Yang Hongmei didn't expect that he still didn't trust her, so she replied unhappily: "Give it to me, give it to me."
"I'll go right away!" Seeing that she agreed, Xiaojun turned around and started working with a broom.
"You have to clean it up. If it's not clean, you won't get paid."
"Okay!" Xiaojun's excited voice came, with indescribable joy in it.
"Mom, is there anything else you want to do?" Seeing that the job of sweeping the floor was taken away by his younger brother, Da Jun stared at his mother and asked.
Yang Hongmei thought hard, "Weeding is also possible..." She wanted to ask the child to wash the dishes, but she was afraid that he would drop them.
After listening to this, Da Jun turned around and went out to pull out the weeds.
"Mom, what about me? What about me?" Seeing that her brothers all had work to do, Niu Niu couldn't help it.
"Go and put away the toys. Do you want a penny or a candy as a reward?" Yang Hongmei looked at the children working so hard and felt that the money would be gone in a flash.
When Niu Niu heard that she could exchange it for candy, she answered crisply, "Mom, I want candy." Then she walked with her short legs to get busy.
The house suddenly became quiet and lively again, without any of the noise and fighting as before. Yang Hongmei felt completely at peace.
Suddenly I felt that the money was well spent.
An An was also working in the fields with his younger brothers and sisters, working very hard.
"This is for An'an, this is for Lele and Ningning." Lin Xia inspected the fruits of the labor of the three little ones.
An An took the money contentedly, "Thank you, Mom!"
After saying that, he ran upstairs with the two little ones.
Lin Xia knew what they were doing without having to think. These three bags must have gone to put the money into the piggy bank. Ever since An An said she would keep her New Year's money herself, Lin Xia thought it was a good opportunity for them to learn how to manage their finances.
Thinking of piggy banks, Lin Xia asked Lu Yuxiu to make one for each of the three of them out of wood, write their names on them and let them not disturb each other.
An An put a penny into the jar and clapped her little hands.
"Sister, help me put it in." Lele held a penny and tried to put it in for a long time but failed. Finally, he had to ask his sister for help.
From then on, An An started his daily routine of making money with his younger brothers and sisters.
"Old Lu!" Wu Deye stood at the gate of the yard and knocked.
Lu Yuxiu put down the millstone in his hand, stood up and opened the door.
"Are you free? Teach me how to make a piggy bank." Wu Deye was at a loss. The three children in his family kept clamoring for a piggy bank, so he made one for them. But they were not satisfied and said they wanted the same one as An An's.
He originally wanted to educate the two little brats, but his wife asked him to do it, so Wu Deye had no choice but to come to Lu Yuxiu for advice.
"It's no problem." When Lu Yuxiu heard about this, he asked him to come in first, "An An, go get your piggy bank and show it to Uncle Wu."
When the piggy bank was brought out, Wu Deye finally saw clearly what the piggy bank his son had been dreaming of looked like. The small box was square with a gap in the middle. There were eyes and a mouth painted on the front, and two things like ears on it.
"So this is what it looks like." Wu Deye looked it up and down in his hand. No wonder his son disliked the thing he made.
"How do I take the money out after putting it in?" Wu Deye was puzzled as he didn't see any place that could be opened.
An An explained with a serious expression, "Mom said I can only withdraw the money after I save it for a full year!"
In fact, Lin Xia’s original words were that the money in the piggy bank cannot be spent casually, but should be saved for future use when needed.
Wu Deye shook his head, unable to understand this behavior, and he didn't understand why his wife was playing with the children. He had no say in the matter of getting paid for work.
Holding An An's piggy bank, Wu Deye went home to work.
Time flies and it's time for An An to start school. The two little ones are no longer satisfied with just hanging out with Lin Xia and they insist on going to school with their sister.
After the Chinese New Year, the two of them were already four years old. It happened that the school was rebuilt and the preschool was changed into a kindergarten, so these two were just in time to catch this wave.
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The literacy class activities in the family quarters were suspended during the Chinese New Year, but now as the year has passed and the children have gone back to school, the activities have resumed.
When Lin Xia went to the activity room of the Women's Federation, she found that the sisters-in-law were chatting to each other, just like children who had just started school.
It turns out that not only children dislike learning, but adults do too.
After finally waiting until the end of the class, Lin Xia took advantage of everyone else's presence and stood in front to announce, "You won't have to learn to read and do math tomorrow."
"Really? That's great!" Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard that they didn't have to learn to read.
I was feeling drowsy in class just now, but now I feel full of energy after class.
Lin Xia discovered that they really didn’t like studying.
Lin Xia: "Let's talk about something else tomorrow."
Everyone sighed and said, "We still need to learn?"
"You must come tomorrow. For those who didn't come to class today, just notify the nearby students." Lin Xia thought it would be a good idea to change the class style for them.
"Xiao Xia, are you going to talk tomorrow?" Zhou Hong asked Lin Xia.
Lin Xia nodded: "It would be best if you come and listen to my lectures."
When they heard that it was Lin Xia giving the lecture, some people immediately hesitated. What if they wanted to skip class tomorrow?
When others are giving lectures, they can chat and doze off, but Lin Xia stares at them while teaching, not giving them any chance to slack off.
"If you have extra mats at home, you can bring them tomorrow for the exercise class." After Lin Xia gave instructions for the preparations, she went out. She still had to go back to prepare the course materials.
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