At dusk, another day passed.
After seeing off Sun Bailian and her family, Qi Wanfeng closed the wooden door of the courtyard and bolted it. The two hens in the yard took a group of chicks back to their nest. The two rabbits in the cage leaned against each other motionlessly, as if they were asleep. Her husband was holding the child and talking to him. The child was giggling happily.
At this moment, Qi Wanfeng suddenly felt at ease.
The small courtyard was peaceful and quiet. There was no mother who disliked them here, and they didn't have to listen to the gossips between brothers. The child was not bullied and wronged by the children from the other two families every day. They lived happily.
Qi Wanfeng is now reluctant to recall the days in that compound. He doesn't know how he spent so many years there, but he knows they will never go back there again. He shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
His husband and children are here. Although life is hard, people's hearts are full of hope.
Now the days are long and the nights are short. The sunset time is late. There are still light clouds in the west, and the sky is still bright. After taking a bath, they sat in the yard to enjoy the cool air. Cao Xiangnan finally took a bath as he wished and changed into clean clothes.
People in this era have long hair. Cao Xiangnan found Wanfeng's long hair very pleasing to the eye, but it just felt awkward to have such long hair on his head, and he didn't know how long it would take to dry after washing, so he asked Wanfeng to help him cut his hair.
"Husband, husband." Qi Wanfeng suspected that he had heard wrongly.
"Wanfeng, seriously, just cut it here? It can still be tied up like this." Cao Xiangnan measured the length at the shoulders. It was not realistic to cut it to the buzz cut of the previous life. If it was cut to the shoulder length, it could still be tied up, right?
In the end, Qi Wanfeng couldn't resist his husband, so he took the scissors and cut his husband's long hair. The scissors in his hand cut off his husband's long hair. Qi Wanfeng held the cut hair in his hand and smiled helplessly. He thought about wrapping the long hair with cloth and put it away. Then he turned around and went back to the house.
After his long hair was cut short, Cao Xiangnan felt that his whole head was lighter. He shook his head and felt that it was barely acceptable. It would be better if he could shave it into a buzz cut.
An An bit his little finger and looked at the happy father in confusion. He blinked his big eyes and asked, "Dad, why are you so happy?"
"Hehe." The father grinned, "You don't understand." The
father and son would practice arithmetic for a period of time every day. When Qi Wanfeng came out, he saw his husband and children counting on their fingers. He also curiously went over and became more and more interested as he listened.
The two also talked about setting up a stall in the town. Qi Wanfeng told his husband everything about the trip to the town today, including the stall they found, the things they bought, and the money they spent.
Cao Xiangnan used the arithmetic he had just taught to teach Qi Wanfeng how to count. One taught and the other learned. Qi Wanfeng was a very smart student. After learning arithmetic for a few days, An An was already able to do simple arithmetic, and he could even help his mother answer one.
"Our An An is really amazing." Qi Wanfeng didn't think it was shameful that he was not as good as his own child. Instead, he was proud of his child's intelligence.
When An An heard his mother praising him, he held his little face and shook his head happily. He was very happy.
"Wanfeng, when An'an is older in two years, let's send him to school." Cao Xiangnan scratched the child's nose and said to Qi Wanfeng with a smile.
"Husband." The last time Qi Wanfeng heard his husband say this so quickly, he thought his husband was just trying to make the child happy. This time, he saw the seriousness on his husband's face and knew that his husband was not joking.
"I'm serious, do you still think I'm joking?" Cao Xiangnan looked at Qi Wanfeng's eyes, reached out to hold his hand, and said, "When the child in your belly is born, whether it is a boy or a boy, when he grows up, he will be sent to school. If the child likes to study and take exams, let him continue to study. If he doesn't like to study and learn a few words, let him do what he likes. We just want them to be happy, don't you think?"
As a modern person, Cao Xiangnan thinks that no matter whether it is a boy or a boy, they have the opportunity to study. Just like when he was living with his grandmother, no matter how poor his family was, he was sent to school to see the outside world.
"If a person has some culture in his mind, he can do whatever he wants in the future. It doesn't mean that he has to become a high official just by studying. Wanfeng, I will take some time every day to teach you to read. You will also be able to keep accounts in the future, just like you have learned arithmetic well just now. In the future, all the money in the family will be handed over to you." Cao Xiangnan looked at Qi Wanfeng's ignorant eyes and said to him with a smile.
He would not ask Qi Wanfeng to follow his footsteps step by step. After all, their thoughts were separated by thousands of years, but he would lead this person to move forward slowly. The road ahead is still long, and they can go a long way.
Qi Wanfeng is not a stupid person, he just lacks an opportunity to learn.
"Okay." Qi Wanfeng held his husband's hand and nodded vigorously.
Unknowingly, this family was quietly changing, and everything was moving in a better direction.