"Mom, my brother wants to eat. I'll go feed him!" Duoduo looked at little An'an, whose mouth was drooling with greed. She took a bite of the steamed bun and started talking.
"It's too early for your brother to eat now." Shen Li smiled and said, "Now he only drinks breast milk and formula."
"Okay then." Duoduo felt a little sorry, after all, her brother couldn't eat such delicious food now.
After dinner, Lu Jingchuan and Du Lan went to the kitchen to wash the dishes and chopsticks.
The mother and son were talking and laughing.
"Xiao Li's cooking skills are really amazing. I enjoyed this meal so much. No wonder the children love her cooking."
"Yes, my wife has always been very good."
"You are lucky." Duran said with a smile.
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Shen Li was helping Duoduo clean the shells she had picked up in the kitchen. There was a lot of mud and sand inside, so they needed to be cleaned carefully. Shen Li took out an unused toothbrush and used the bristles on the surface of the toothbrush to remove the mud and sand hidden in the texture of the shells.
After cleaning all the shells, Shen Li sharpened the tip of a sharp wire to a very fine point, put it on the stove to roast it, and then used the red, sharp end of the wire to poke the top of the shells, making round, small holes in them one by one.
There are some clams raised in the front space. All of these clams are grown to large sizes, and there are many natural pearls hidden in the clam meat.
While no one was paying attention to her, Shen Li used her mind to take the pearls out of the bead stick, selected a few pink pearls, pierced the holes in the pearls one by one, and used a very thin thread to string the shells and pearls together. Soon, a string of pearl shells was ready.
The pearl shell necklace exudes a pearl-like luster and fine pearlescent colors under the light, sparkling and shining, very gorgeous.
There were still a lot of shells left, so Shen Li used them to make a long string of shell wind chimes. She opened the window, and the sea breeze blew gently, and the shell wind chimes instantly made a crisp sound of ding ding ding ding.
"Wow, are these the shell chains and shell wind chimes that Mom made for me?" At this time, Duoduo walked over here, and when she saw the long string of shells in Shen Li's hand shining brightly in the sunlight, her eyes widened like black grapes.
"So beautiful! I like it so much!" Duoduo was very happy.
"If you like it, hang up this string of wind chimes." Shen Li said with a chuckle.
"This is a chain I made for you. Try it on and see if it looks good."
As she spoke, Shen Li gently put the shell necklace on Duoduo's slender wrist. Duoduo raised her head and soon the shell necklace made a clear and pleasant sound, shining like pearls under the sun, and Duoduo was very happy.
"Thank you, Mom. I love it!"
"As long as you like it."
The next morning, Shen Li took her two children to prepare for school enrollment.
Originally, they were going to take the military jeep on the island, but Shen Li thought it was too high-profile, so she rode a bicycle to take her children to school.
Lu Minghui sat at the back of the bicycle, while Duoduo sat at the front.
Since the road was built, the island is not far from Dongsheng Primary School. It only takes about 40 minutes to get there by bicycle.
After all, there were no gyms in this era, and Shen Li had no time to exercise every day. Riding a bicycle to take her two children to school every day was a kind of fitness exercise for her.
She really enjoyed the feeling of riding a bicycle with the sea breeze blowing through her hair, which made her feel comfortable and free.
Shen Li also hung small pink love balloons on the handlebars of the bicycle, as well as plush pink doll pendants, making the whole bicycle look very cute.
More than 40 minutes later, Shen Li brought her two children to the gate of Dongsheng Community.
Unlike Shen Li and her two children, the parents who came and went drove to pick up their children from elementary school, and the mothers who got out of the cars were all dressed exquisitely and luxuriously, like ladies.
Shen Li noticed that many of them were wearing Jiao Yan's latest early spring styles, and she curled her lips in satisfaction.
In this era, cars are not as popular as NIO, and few people can afford to buy a car. It seems that the students in this school are either rich or noble.
Shen Li, pushing a bicycle with two children on it, looked a little out of place among the crowd of cars.
Many people around looked at Shen Li and her two children.
"How can this woman afford to go to such a good school when she can't even afford a car?"
"Who would have known? You know, our school is the best in the entire Southern Province! In the past, it was a noble school! The tuition fee is 4,000 yuan. We are a mother and two children, three people, dressed so poorly, and we actually come to such a high-cost elementary school... These people are just pretending to be rich."
"Who says it's not?"
Soon Shen Li arranged Lu Minghui to primary school, and finally sent Duoduo to kindergarten.
"Both of our children are in school, one in elementary school and the other in kindergarten. Isn't the expense very high? Look at this woman who can't even afford a car and dresses very simply, yet she is willing to spend so much money to support two children in school. What's her purpose?"
"You don't have to force yourself into different circles. If they are not the same circle, you can't squeeze in. Those poor people just want to break through the barrier of that class, invest in their children's education, get a bigger return, and let their children lead their family to a new class. They want their sons to be dragons and their daughters to be phoenixes. I guess they are thinking of taking shortcuts. If her daughter catches a rich son-in-law and her son is chosen by a rich girl as a live-in son-in-law, she will make a fortune!"
"This is so disgusting! This is aimed at people like us who have money!"
The big guy looked at Shen Li with disdain.
Several wealthy ladies who were dressed in noble manners looked at Shen Li's hurried back and laughed.
After Shen Li sent Duoduo to kindergarten, she saw some parents who were sending their children to school. Shen Li thought that they were all parents of children, and they would meet each other sooner or later. Having a better relationship with the parents would be beneficial to the child's circle of friends.
Shen Li walked towards them with a smile, "Hello, I'm Lu Duoduo and Lu Minghui's mother."
These rich ladies looked Shen Li up and down and gave a perfunctory "hmm". Some just glanced at Shen Li and rolled their eyes.
"Both of your children go to school here?" One of the parents looked at Shen Li with some sympathy, "The tuition here is not cheap for you, right?"
Shen Li didn't hear the subtle sarcasm in her voice. Shen Li nodded and said, "The tuition is indeed expensive. But I hope it will pay off. I hope the money is not wasted."