Eight kilograms of the ten kilograms of pork were used to make pork jerky, and Li Xia planned to make some meat floss with the remaining two kilograms.

Meat floss is not only easy to store, but also easy to eat.

When Ma Aimin learned that Li Xia's family had prepared delicious food, he ran to An An and said, "An An, don't you really want a brother? If someone hits you, I can protect you."

He had a good idea. He really became An An's biological brother, and from now on, he would have a share of An An's delicious food!

An An looked like, "I think you want to eat the delicious food my mom made," and said, "Brother Aimin, no one hit me. But you, the last time I saw you fighting with someone, you didn't beat them, so you hid and cried secretly."

Ma Aimin reached out to cover An An's mouth: "..."

Life is already so difficult, so don't expose some things.

That day, Li Xia packed up the pork jerky and dried mushrooms and planned to send them to Grandpa Gu.

After thinking for a while, she asked An An to write a letter to her great grandfather. It was An An's first time writing a letter. She sat at the desk for a long time without writing: "Mom, I don't know how to write a letter, and I don't know what to write. I have never seen my great grandfather, so I don't know what he looks like."

Li Xia sat beside him and said gently, "Just write according to the format your mother just taught you. Write 'great grandfather' on the top, and then start writing what you want to say to your great grandfather below.

Great grandfather doesn't know yet that dad has a son like you. You can introduce yourself first and tell him your name, how old you are this year, and then ask about his health.

Tell Grandpa that we are doing well here, so that he doesn't have to worry and take good care of himself, right? But this is just my suggestion. If you have anything else you want to say to Grandpa, you can also write it down here. "

After hearing what her mother said, An An suddenly realized.

So this is what was written in the letter!

In that case, it seems like he really has a lot to say to his great-grandfather.

He wanted to ask how old his great grandfather was this year and what he looked like. He also wanted to ask what his great grandfather's father looked like when he was a child. Did he really look like him? Everyone said that he looked like his father...

There were some characters that An An didn't know how to write, so he looked up simple characters in the dictionary and wrote them down according to what was in the dictionary. For characters with many strokes, he wrote the pinyin.

During this period of time he has learned pinyin. When he first saw those aoe words, he thought there were such strange things. But after he really started to learn them, he found that they were not that difficult!

There were both handwriting and pinyin in the letter, and at the end An An even drew a picture in it.

Li Xia did not stop An An, leaving it all up to An An to do on his own.

When she came back in the evening, Li Xia showed Gu Weicheng the things she was going to send and the letter, and asked him if he had anything else to prepare and could send it all together.

Gu Weicheng was deeply moved when he saw the big bag of pork jerky and dried mushrooms, as well as the letter written by An An.

He hugged Li Xia and said, "Wife, you are so thoughtful. Grandpa will be very happy when he sees the letter written by An An."

What Grandpa has been most worried about over the years is his marriage. Although he married Li Xia five years ago, they had no feelings for each other at the time, so he did not tell Grandpa about it.

Now, he not only has a wife, but also a son. His grandfather will definitely be very happy when he knows this.

"Weicheng, actually we can go back to your hometown to celebrate the New Year this year, so we can go visit grandpa." Li Xia suggested.

However, when Gu Weicheng heard her say that she wanted to go home for the New Year, his eyes seemed a little lost.

After a moment, he smiled at Li Xia and said, "We'll see when the time comes."

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That day, An An came back from school and brought a piece of news.

It is said that he was selected by their school's art teacher to participate in the elementary school students' painting competition next month.

"Mom, can I join?" An An asked expectantly.

Li Xia nodded: "Of course, all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor."

Seeing her mother agreed, An An said happily: "The teacher said she will come to our house for a home visit tomorrow."

Want to come for a home visit?

Li Xia raised her eyebrows, thinking that maybe he came to the house to find out whether the parents were willing to let their children study art well.

After all, at this time, many parents believe that students only need to study hard in school, and drawing, singing, etc. are useless.

"Okay, Mom gets it. I'll tell the teacher when the time comes that I support you in learning painting." Li Xia said with a smile.

Next door, the scene at Ma Aidang’s house was completely different.

When Mrs. Tao heard Ma Aidang say that he was selected to participate in the painting competition, she scratched her ears in disbelief:

"What the hell? With your scribbles, you can draw your dad so well that he looks like a dog. And you were selected to participate in the painting competition? What's the level of your teacher? How did you become a teacher? Is there anything wrong with your eyes?"

Mrs. Tao asked three questions in a row.

Ma Aidang's cheeks were puffed with anger, and he said unconvincedly: "Mom, you are looking down on me! Since the teacher chose me, it must mean that I have something outstanding. Can't you look at my strengths instead of always focusing on my weaknesses?"

Captain Ma took off the newspaper covering his face and said, "Oh, you still know the 'outstanding point'. Ai Dang, I find that you are speaking more and more elegantly now. Not bad, you have made progress!"

"Look, dad said I'm capable!" Ma Aidang's little tail was raised.

"You have no skills at all. You just learned it from An An." Mrs. Tao saw through her own boy at a glance.

Ma Aidang took Ma Aimin's hand and said, "Aimin, let's go. I'll go with you and be Aunt Li's son."

Mrs. Tao was amused when she heard this: "Ma Aidang, your farts are so stinky that they can kill a cow. Ma Aimin, you can't wipe your shit clean. When I wash your pants, I always see shit in them. Your Aunt Li would be scared to death when she sees you two naughty boys."

Ma Aidang and Ma Aimin: "..."

Be honest.

"Okay, okay, then just participate. Just don't come back last." Mrs. Tao didn't stop him.

If you are not good at studying, it is good to learn a skill.

The next day, Li Xia left work early and tidied up the yard.

The house wasn't dirty to begin with, and now it's tidier, it looks like it's been well-maintained.

"Mom, Teacher Qi is here." An An pushed open the gate, followed by an elegant man in a Zhongshan suit and glasses.

When the man saw Li Xia, his eyes flashed with surprise and he stretched out his hand to her: "Hello, are you Gu Shian's mother? You look very young, you really can't tell that you are the mother of an elementary school student."

"Thank you. I am An An's mother. My last name is Li. Teacher Qi, please take a seat. I'll go get you a glass of water." Li Xia also extended her hand to Teacher Qi.

After shaking hands, he quickly withdrew his hand.

In fact, Teacher Qi seemed quite polite, but for some reason, Li Xia felt uncomfortable seeing him.

I poured Teacher Qi a glass of water in a guest cup and the two began to talk.

Teacher Qi first introduced himself and showed Li Xia his paintings.

An An said beside him: "Teacher Qi's paintings are very good."

Li Xia looked at the paintings. Although she didn't understand them very well, from an amateur's perspective she felt that they were indeed very well drawn.

"In fact, no matter how good a painting is, it is never as real as a photo." Teacher Qi said modestly, "By the way, have you ever seen a camera? It looks like this."

Teacher Qi took out a picture of a camera and showed it to Li Xia and An An: "The camera is a wonderful thing. It can record many things."

An An shook his head: "I haven't seen it."

He never took a photo, so he had never seen it.

Li Xia said: "I have seen it."

"Have you seen it?" Teacher Qi's eyes lit up, but he quickly calmed down and asked, "Where?"