Even though their family is large, they have been doing this for a long time.
"It's the same. My eldest and second sons were busy outside the house the other day." Old Mrs. Tian said. "They are all farmers, so it's understandable."
"I heard that Jianjun and Jiandang went to school?" Tian Tian came in from the outer room with a bowl of hot water and asked.
Bai Xiaohua nodded after listening to this. Jianjun and Jiandang are her son and daughter. They just reached primary school age this year, so she sent them to primary school.
"What about the two children of my eldest sister-in-law? Don't they go to school?"
The oldest children in Lin Meishuang's family are the boy and girl born to the eldest daughter-in-law. They are almost ten years old now. Logically speaking, they should go to school first.
When Bai Xiaohua heard this, the smile on her face faded. She shook her head and said, "Sister-in-law didn't send them to school. It's because sister-in-law owes too much money. Two thousand yuan is a burden on them. Now my brother and sister-in-law's family are basically living frugally. They want to pay back the money quickly."
"Although we have the help of Mrs. Lin, two thousand yuan is still a lot of money. My eldest brother and his wife are reluctant to spend money to send their two children to school."
Bai Xiaohua is actually quite annoyed now. She doesn't mind helping her elder brother and sister-in-law pay back the debt, because they have a good relationship and have never quarreled.
Bai Xiaohua just felt a little disgusted with her sister-in-law because she was too thrifty.
It was understandable that my family couldn’t afford those delicious foods before because we were poor and had no money. But the key is that now that my family is making money, we can afford biscuits, cakes, canned food and so on.
She must have wanted to buy more food for the children, either to nourish their bodies or to satisfy their cravings.
But her sister-in-law was not willing to spend the money, and insisted that there was no need for the children to spend so much money on food and that it was enough to have enough food.
Let’s not talk about these for now. Even her sister-in-law was not happy about buying some eggs for the children.
Bai Xiaohua was not very satisfied. Later, she bought a lot of food and kept it at home. She did not bring it to her sister-in-law, but secretly gave it to the children.
But the feeling you have when you eat secretly and when you eat openly are definitely different.
Tian Xiaohua was a little dissatisfied with this, but she could understand it because her sister-in-law owed too much money. If she didn't save a little, she didn't know when she could pay it back.
So Bai Xiaohua couldn't say anything, even in front of outsiders, Bai Xiaohua couldn't say anything bad about her sister-in-law.
But Tian Tian knew some of the things going on in their family, so she could guess the reason to some extent.
"Things are pretty good at Wu Juan's place now. We buy chickens from her, and then make chicken soup and chicken acorn jelly. We can't say that we make a lot of money, but it's something that everyone can make. My brother and sister also buy eggs from Wu Juan, and then go to the county town to sell roasted eggs, roasted hairy eggs, and solid eggs. Next time I'll come and get some for you so you can try it." Bai Xiaohua said.
Her younger brothers and sisters used to make the acorn jelly with her, but later they found that each family got less money because there were too many people.
Moreover, her two sisters-in-law were a little unhappy about it, so Bai Xiaohua had to find another job for her younger brothers and sisters. Now her younger brothers and sisters are doing well in the county town.
The job of roasting eggs was not as technically demanding as making acorn jelly, so it was quickly imitated by others and the business was not as good as before.
But her younger brother and sister can still earn some money, and Bai Xiaohua is already very satisfied with this. As long as they can earn money to support themselves, she doesn't have to worry about anything.
Then, every three of them started making acorn jelly at home and took turns selling it, so that they could earn a little more money than her younger brothers and sisters did when they were in prison.
Finding that they were earning a lot of money, their husbands came home to help, and the money they earned was divided among the three families.
They came in to help, and as men they were strong, they made more acorn jelly than before, sold it farther than before, and did better business than before.
Lin Meixia was no longer as opposed as before, and she even offered to help them take care of the children and cook for them.
Bai Xiaohua is very satisfied with her current life.
"I plan to save money for another two years, then move out, build a big house, and buy a TV. This way, my children won't have to run to other people's homes to watch TV. They can watch it at home." After saying this, Bai Xiaohua looked at Tian Tian and their TV with envy.
"You spent a lot of money on this TV, didn't you? I heard that you brought two TVs from your home to your second uncle's family. That's great. People in the city live better than those in the countryside."
Tian Tian felt inexplicably embarrassed after hearing this. She felt that this sentence made her feel uncomfortable.
"There are many people doing business there, and their lives are no worse than those in the city. Just like you are doing business now, maybe you can earn more money in a month than those of us who work."
Bai Xiaohua smiled, "How can that be possible? We are just doing some hard work here, small business, and we certainly can't earn as much as you people who work in offices in the city, and you have an easy life, without being blown by the wind or rained on, unlike us who have to go out to sell things on sunny days, rainy days, and snowy days, or just sit at home and starve. It's better to have a formal job. Now I just hope to take good care of my children. I don't care about what glamorous jobs they will do in the future, nor how much money they will make, but I just don't want them to be tired."
Tian Tian smiled after hearing this. This was really a beautiful expectation for children. She now also hoped that An An would not be too tired in the future and live happily.
But it is not that easy. Nowadays, no job is simple. Just like Tian Tian’s work, it seems that this job is pretty good, just like what Bai Xiaohua said, it is protected from the wind and rain.
But in reality, only Tian Tian herself knows how tiring the job of a teacher is. Sometimes she has to prepare for lessons until late at night and cannot sleep the next day. She also has to set questions for exams and mark the papers after the exams. After grading the papers, she has to summarize which aspects of the knowledge the students have not mastered well.
And the pressure is very great. Tian Tian feels that she is already a relatively lazy person. But even so, her voice is not very good now. Every time the seasons change from autumn to winter, her voice is definitely the first to have problems.
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