Chen Guihua hesitated for a while, then smiled at Tian Tian sheepishly, "Tiantian! I wonder how the two of them are doing? Is Bao Bao learning as well as Xiao Zhuo?"
Tian Tian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She knew in her heart that Chen Guihua was worried that she would hide something while teaching Tian Baobao, so she asked her this.
"Second Aunt, they both learn the same thing. Maybe because Bao Bao is a little older than Xiao Zhuo, he learns faster than Xiao Zhuo."
Tian Tian doesn't have any bad intentions towards Tian Baobao and won't deliberately delay him. Tian Baobao is not a bad boy with many ulterior motives.
Besides, if Tian Baobao doesn't grow up well, her father will not ignore her because of his feelings for her second uncle.
Instead of letting Tian Lisong worry about it later, it is better to teach Tian Baobao now.
"Really?" Chen Guihua breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Tian Tian, "Your uncle and I are also stupid, and we're just worried that Tian Baobao won't understand."
"How could that be? Tian Baobao is very smart. He can learn everything I teach him immediately. Besides, you, uncle and aunt, are not stupid either. In our team, few people can earn as many work points as you." Tian Tian said with a smile.
What Tian Tian said was not false. Tian Lilin was one of the best farm workers in their brigade and he could basically earn full work points every day.
Although Chen Guihua is a thin and weak woman and is a bit greedy, she is also a good worker and can earn eight or nine work points every day, which is more capable than some men.
Chen Guihua couldn't stop smiling after hearing Tian Tian's compliments, "Tiantian, you have good taste. When I was a girl, I was one of the most capable girls in our team. I have good taste too. When I was looking for a date, I fell in love with your second uncle at first sight. You see, our family is living a good life after we got married, right?"
Tian Tian looked at Chen Guihua's smug look and thought it was a little cute. "Not bad, not bad! It's more than not bad, it's simply a step up in living standards!"
Old Mrs. Tian's face darkened as she listened to this. "You better shut up! It's better to quickly twist off the corn kernels!"
Chen Guihua shrank her neck, stopped talking, lowered her head and started to twist the corn obediently.
Lin Meiyu was listening at the side, her face turning red from trying to hold back her laughter.
Tian Tian playfully stuck out her tongue at Lin Meiyu and moved a small stool to help them twist the corn.
The room suddenly became very quiet. Chen Guihua had just been scolded by Old Lady Tian and now she didn't dare to speak.
Lin Meiyu has always been a person of few words. She feels more comfortable in a quiet environment, so it is impossible for her to speak actively now.
As for Old Mrs. Tian, she is so old now, she speaks when she wants to, and doesn’t speak when she doesn’t want to.
Tian Tian is a junior and would not be the first to start a topic.
The northwest wind outside was blowing fiercely, making the windows whistle and tear the window paper on the windows. The cold wind rushed in through the holes, and soon the windows were blown open by the wind.
"Why did it get cold so early this year?" Lin Meiyu wrapped her clothes tightly around her and went to close the window that had been blown open by the wind.
As for the holes in the window paper she could do nothing about it.
"Make some paste in the afternoon and seal the windows." Old Mrs. Tian looked up at the window and said.
While cooking in the afternoon, Lin Meiyu prepared the paste.
After dinner, Tian Lisong and his friends went to get the firewood distributed by the brigade, while Lin Meiyu and his friends pasted window paper at home.
The temperature here is low in winter, sometimes even down to minus 30 degrees Celsius.
The original window paper was too thin and translucent, but it could not withstand the biting cold wind at all. In winter, the windows had to be re-pasted with oil paper so that the cold wind would not blow into the house.
People who are reluctant to spend money on oil paper will buy a stack of newspapers from the supply and marketing cooperatives at the end of the year. These newspapers are old newspapers that have been there for years. They are used to paste walls and are cheap. You can buy a large stack for just a few cents.
They would use these newspapers to paste the windows. Although newspapers are not as windproof as oil paper, they are thicker than window paper and can barely block some of the cold wind.
However, both types of paper have a shortcoming, which is that they are not light-transmissive, especially the oil paper. After pasting them, the whole room becomes dark, almost like it is dark at night.
After pasting paper on the windows, you also have to stuff the gaps in the windows with rags. This way, the wind will not blow into the house through the gaps, and the house will be much warmer in winter.
The oil paper in Mrs. Tian’s house was bought a few years ago and has been used repeatedly until now.
Oil paper is inherently strong, and Mrs. Tian is careful with her things, so it has not broken even now.
Lin Meiyu and Chen Guihua were used to doing this job and quickly finished pasting all the windows in the house.
When Tian Tian entered the room, she saw that there was no light at all in the room as it was completely blocked by the oil paper.
"Grandma! It's too dark! I can't see anything." Tian Baobao looked at the darkness and said in the room.
The room was so dark now that he started to feel sleepy as soon as he entered the room.
"It's better to be in the dark than to be cold. Aren't these houses quite bright?" said Old Mrs. Tian, raising her chin.
The kitchen was uninhabited and there was fire burning all day long, so even without any oil paper, it was still quite bright.
Tian Lisong and his two brothers brought back all the firewood distributed by the brigade before dark and filled the entire yard with it, which made people feel at ease.
"These firewoods are enough for us to stay in the house for the whole winter." Tian Lisong looked at the yard full of firewood and felt very satisfied.
After a year of hard work, I can finally take a break.
"Now all that's left is to slaughter the pigs during the New Year and then distribute the money at the end of the year." Old Mrs. Tian was in a very good mood as she looked at the full yard, the corn house, the cellar, and the firewood.
They have been busy all year long, just waiting to have food and clothes during the New Year.
"The pigs raised by the team are all fat this year, and I estimate they can be sold for a lot of money," said Tian Lisong.
As the accountant of the brigade, he was fully aware of all the expenses of the brigade.
The team had to wait until all the pigs were sold and the money was received, and then integrate all the money earned this year before distributing money according to the amount of work points remaining after distributing grain and firewood. This was still a hassle.
"Uncle! When can we eat pork?" Tian Baobao asked after hearing what Tian Lisong and Old Lady Tian said.
"Grandma! Eat meat!" Tian Zhuo was eating an apple with his head down, and he looked up when he heard this.
Tian Tian pretended to be fine, but her ears had already pricked up.
She also wanted to know when she could eat meat. She was almost dying of greed.
Tian Lisong touched Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo's heads and said with a smile, "There is still some time. We have to wait until the twelfth lunar month to slaughter the pigs."
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