Chapter 252
"Could it be Xiao Wu?" Dongliang asked expectantly.
“My grandma said girls can’t go to school!” Dayue retorted.
Da Yue was the little boy who traded his homework for mooncakes with Guan Lingwu.
Dongliang frowned. "But Xiaowu is also a girl, yet she's more capable than all of us!"
"I don't know, anyway, my grandma said that I'm the smartest in my family, and all the other girls are stupid!" Da Yue pouted.
Li Rangqing, who was standing at the head of the class, cleared his throat, which quieted the classroom down.
"Hush—" Da Yue blew a breath.
Li Rangqing glanced at him, then smiled as he looked at Ling Wu, "Welcome to our new classmate, Guan Ling Wu!"
Amidst the bewildered group of children, Li Rangqing pointed to Ling Wu.
"It really is Xiao Wu!"
"Yay! Little Wu can sit inside with us from now on!"
"Xiao Wu, sit with me!"
"Sit with me, Xiao Wu~"
"..."
Considering Ling Wu's small stature, Li Rangqing let her sit in the front row.
The tall, sturdy boy sitting in the last row, looking dejected, slumped over the table, patting his head with a chubby little hand and muttering to himself, "That's what makes you so tall..."
Da Yue, who was also chubby, was a shrewd little fat boy with fair skin.
He bit his pen and then mustered the courage to steal a glance at Ling Wu sitting next to him.
Her fair face instantly turned bright red.
"Xiao Wu's book won't arrive until tomorrow, so Da Yue, lend your book to Xiao Wu to take a look first." Li Rangqing pointed to Da Yue's table.
Da Yue nodded, and his chubby little hand pushed the books on the table toward Ling Wu.
"Thank you," Ling Wu said softly.
The sweet girl's voice relaxed Da Yue's tense nerves.
He secretly patted his chest.
He hid that mooncake because he thought it was too greasy, and no one knows how long it had been hidden in that corner.
If Xiao Wu finds out, will Xiao Wu never play with him again?
Being young, Dayue was distracted for the entire day.
As the sun set, Song Chunhua arrived as promised to clean the school.
Before leaving school this morning, she first went to town to sell the ginseng, then bought two large meat buns and put them in a clean lunchbox, returning them to Qian Wen along with the food.
After buying some things and returning home, she hid all the money, not a single penny, in her tin box.
These are all for the little brat to use when she goes to school.
She glanced at the sky before rushing to school.
After Li Rangqing tried to stop her repeatedly to no avail, he offered to hire Song Chunhua to cook lunch for the students every day.
Li Rangqing did this partly to genuinely reduce his burden.
On the other hand, Song Chunhua has a job at the school, so the villagers in these two villages will at least no longer dare to openly bully the old woman and the young girl.
After all, these days, villagers have great respect for schools.
After school, the children followed Lingwu home in groups of three or five.
"Xiao Wu, I finished today's homework in no time!" Dongliang Chaolingwu boasted.
Lingwu turned around and glanced at him.
Dongliang was tall and strong, and stood out in the crowd.
If Guan Lingwu looks only four years old, then Dongliang looks like he's twelve.
"Yes, Dongliang is really great." Lingwu praised him generously.
Upon hearing this, Dongliang revealed a toothless, innocent, and pure smile.
"I'll go to your house again tomorrow morning to help you and Grandma fetch water!" Dongliang said.
As soon as he said that, one after another the other children chimed in, "I want to go too!"
Ling Wu nodded in agreement.
I still have a deep impression of Dongliang in my memory.
He later joined the army, and when Guan Lingwu buried Song Chunhua in the first life, he happened to be on leave and returned to the village. He was also the first person among all the villagers to help Guan Lingwu bury Song Chunhua.
Da Yue, on the other hand, became the richest man in town thanks to his outstanding intelligence.
However, his values had long been distorted, and he treated women as playthings. Coupled with his violent personality, all the wives he married suffered greatly.
But he was rich, and many poor families kept sending their daughters to him.
Thinking of this, Ling Wu glanced at the chubby little boy who was hesitant and awkward at the moment.
Lingwu asked, "Dayue, what's wrong?"
Da Yue remained shy and silent.
Seeing this, Dongliang answered uncertainly for him: "I think he probably needs to pee."
"You're the one who needs to pee!" the chubby little boy yelled, then glanced at Ling Wu, before finally blushing and pouting.
"Hmph! I'm not telling you anymore! My grandma wasn't wrong, girls are the dumbest in the world!" He turned and left angrily.
Ling Wu rubbed her temples.
Fortunately, the little fat boy is still young, and there is still a chance to straighten him out.
It would be good if it could prevent some girls from poor families from suffering this hardship in the future.
The children around me will grow up to be a mix of good and bad, but thankfully they are still young, and everything can be changed.
In the late autumn nights in the countryside, the sounds of insects and birds, accompanied by a thin mist and a moon as clear as day, are most pleasant.
Song Chunhua followed behind Ling Wu and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Ling Wu casually greeting and saying goodbye to a group of children.
She was worried all day on the little girl's first day of school.
I was afraid that the little kids would ostracize the little girl because of the adults in their families.
Fortunately, this girl is blessed.
As she approached her home, Song Chunhua wiped the smile off her face and reverted to her usual mean and arrogant demeanor.
Just as she stepped across the threshold, a small, thin figure hugged her, and the little girl sweetly exclaimed, "Grandma, I've missed you all day."
Overwhelmed by the straightforward expression of her love, Song Chunhua's face flushed red instantly.
Lingwu looked up, her lovely little face filled with longing and affection in her eyes.
Song Chunhua's hand, which was about to carry Ling Wu away, froze in mid-air. As if possessed, she gently lowered her hand and smoothed the little girl's malnourished hair.
All the day's running around and physical exhaustion vanished at this moment.
"You brat, don't you know any shame?"
However, the warmth only lasted for a moment before Song Chunhua released Ling Wu, saying, "Stop being so mushy, or the dough will over-proof!"
"Hmm? Is Grandma making noodles tonight?"
"I'll make meat buns for you, my little princess, so you won't go to the school next door and bring buns, making your mouth water. People will think I'm tormenting you!"
Song Chunhua was very quick and efficient.
Chop the meat, mix the filling, divide the dough, wrap the buns, and steam them...
Finally, the old man and the young man leaned against the wall in the courtyard as usual, drinking porridge and eating meat buns.
"I don't like meat!" Song Chunhua angrily put the meat bun that Ling Wu had given her back.
Lingwu put the meat buns back into Grandma's bowl. "Teacher Li said that a balanced diet of meat and vegetables is essential for good health. Otherwise, if Grandma gets sick in the future, no one will be able to protect Xiaowu."
Ling Wu lowered her head, her thin and frail appearance successfully silencing Song Chunhua's refusal.
"I'm really scared of you! I'm going to tell your grandpa and your mom tomorrow!"
Every day, Song Chunhua would go to that one and only field and talk to the two graves.
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