After Li Xia came back from get off work, she learned from Mrs. Tao that Su Wenbin and his wife had been busy looking for a partner for Su Wenyan.
"She's very picky, but after searching for a long time, she can only find someone so-so. Su Wenyan is a daughter of a capitalist family. Even if she has a soldier brother, it's hard to find a good one." Mrs. Tao said.
It turns out that she really went on a blind date today, Li Xia thought.
It was a pity that he recognized the wrong person and mistook Song Langqing for Sun Jiamin, and was ridiculed.
Later, after seeing the real Sun Jiamin, she was so angry that she fainted. It was Sun Jiamin who sent her to a nearby clinic, saying that she was suffering from anger and heatstroke.
Anyway, no matter what, it's a good thing that Su Wenyan can go on a blind date. It would be better if she behaves less in the future.
Time flies and school is about to start.
Before that, An An celebrated his fifth birthday.
Li Xia made him a small cake, because she just found out a while ago that there were already cream cakes at this time, but now they only used hard cream.
Looking back at Acropolis’ birthday, she didn’t dare to make a birthday cake because she was afraid that the cake had not yet spread to the country at that time.
If Gu Weicheng asked, she would have trouble explaining.
Since we know that cakes are already available in the country, we can naturally make them.
Li Xia had made homemade cakes at home before. It can be done without an oven and it is quite simple.
After making the cake base, you still have to make your own cream.
Homemade cream is best made with milk and butter, but the supply and marketing cooperative didn’t have butter for sale, so Li Xia could only make it with sugar and milk.
You can make cream without butter, but the process will take longer and be more troublesome.
Spread the cream on the cake base, then peel the mango, cut it into cubes and place it on the cream. A simple cake is ready.
An An had eaten egg cake before, but this was the first time she saw cream cake. She couldn't help but exclaimed "Wow" when she saw it.
The tempting milky aroma seemed to have legs and was drifting into his nose.
After eating the cake and making a birthday wish, An An couldn't help but sigh: "Mom, the cake is so delicious. I really want my sixth birthday to come soon so that I can eat cake again."
Li Xia gently touched An An's nose and wiped the cream off his face.
I couldn't help but say with a smile: "You just had your birthday today, and you have to wait a year before your next birthday. And if you like cake, mom can make it for you at any time, you don't have to wait until your birthday."
"Wow, long live Mom!" An An jumped up happily.
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The day before school started, the Ma family was in chaos.
The reason was that Ma Aiguo and Ma Aidang did not do their summer homework and only started to make up for it when school started.
After Captain Ma found out, he took off the two brothers' pants and gave each of them a meal of stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots.
They said they would remember the beating today, and if they dared to dawdle again, they would be beaten again. Ma Aiguo and Ma Aidang cried like wolves and ghosts, and finally finished their homework while standing.
Li Xia told Gu Weicheng that she wanted to enroll An An in the first grade of elementary school.
"The content taught in the Yuhong class is limited, and the age difference between the children there is also very large, so they can't learn anything at all. I took advantage of this summer vacation to teach An An pinyin and writing. Now An An knows hundreds of words and can go directly to primary school."
The main reason is that there was no age requirement for attending primary school at that time, unlike later when you had to be at least six years old to enter the first grade.
Gu Weicheng felt that what Li Xia said made sense, and he also supported An An going to elementary school.
On September 1st, Li Xia took An An to the elementary school to register early.
Mrs. Tao next door also has to go and register the two brothers Ma Aiguo and Ma Aidang. Ma Aiguo is ten years old and is in the fourth grade, and Ma Aidang is eight years old and is in the second grade.
Seeing that An An was two months younger than him and was about to start first grade, Ma Aimin clamored to go to elementary school as well.
Mrs. Tao had no objection anyway. Ma Aidang leaned close to Ma Aimin's ear and said, "After you start primary school, you have to do homework every day. I'll write you until you cry!"
Ma Aimin became obedient upon hearing this, and got up from the ground: "Mom, I'd better study in the Yuhong class for another year. I think the Yuhong class is also very good!"
Ma Aidang told An An: "An An, if someone bullies you at school, you just tell them my name, okay?"
Mrs. Tao slapped him directly: "An An went there to study, do you think he went there to fight like you? Ma Aidang, if you dare to fight with me again this semester and fail the exam again, I will show you how I will deal with you!"
Ma Aidang runs faster than a rabbit.
An An carried the small schoolbag that his mother had just sewn for him, and holding his mother's hand, he was about to go to elementary school. He was very excited.
"Mom, I will study hard and get a perfect score on the exam!" said An An.
Li Xia pinched An An's palm and said, "Do your best. It would be best if you can get 100 points, but if you don't, Mom won't be angry. Mom's love for An An has nothing to do with scores."
Hearing this, An An smiled brightly.
In his heart, his mother has always been the best mother in the world!
When they arrived at the school, each classroom was separate, and Li Xia took An An to register for the first grade.
The person who registered was a male teacher wearing glasses. After seeing An An's household registration book, his face became long and he waved his hand impatiently at Li Xia: "Our school does not accept your son. Next one."
Li Xia frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"
"What do you mean, you don't know? Your child is only five years old. You should send him to the Yuhong class, not the elementary school. This is not a nursery!" the male teacher said in a bad tone.
Li Xia took a deep breath and gave An An a reassuring look.
She continued to say to the male teacher, "The Education Bureau didn't seem to say that children of this age are not allowed to go to elementary school, right? An An is very obedient, and I have already taught him some basic reading and writing at home, as well as pinyin. There is no problem for him to go to elementary school."
In front of the children, Li Xia tried her best to control her emotions.
Unexpectedly, the male teacher sneered after hearing this and said in a disdainful tone: "You teach at home? Who knows how well you teach? If you can teach, you will be the teacher in school instead of me!"
"If all the teachers in the military primary school are of your quality, then I really have to think carefully about whether my child should go to school here." Li Xia's tone turned cold.
This person is really unreasonable.
She explained to him in a gentle voice, but he looked down on her and refused to make any sense.
Just then, a middle-aged man in a Mao suit came over and said, "What happened? Teacher Zhang, why are you arguing?"
The man with glasses, Mr. Zhang, immediately changed his expression when he saw the middle-aged man and said:
"Principal, this person wants to send her five-year-old son to primary school. We are a primary school, not a nursery. And didn't you say that our school did not win the county primary school last semester? We can't let this kind of person who knows nothing drag our school down."
Facing the principal, Li Xia said the same thing: "Hello, principal, I am Gu Shian's parent, I know my child well, he can definitely keep up with the progress of elementary school.
Every child has a different starting point, and the Education Bureau has not stipulated that children of this age cannot go to primary school. I don’t think there is anything wrong with me wanting my child to go to primary school.”