Lin Shuang also prepared some for the kids and let them play here.
Xiao Jingyu and Xiao Ce will teach some characters to Li Dabao.
The sky gradually darkened, and Li Dabao was still here. Lin Shuang thought it would be better to send him back, as it was not safe for a child to be alone.
"Xiao Yi, can you take Li Dabao home? It's getting dark now, and I guess Brother Dazhu will be very anxious."
"Okay, Li Dabao, follow me."
Li Dabao ran out happily. He felt that he was very happy living in the Xiao family. They all knew how to read and write, but he couldn't.
The Xiao family's children already had someone to teach them, but how come Shitou became so strong? Li Dabao felt a panic in his heart.
He had a premonition that if they continued like this, the gap between them and Xiao Jingyu might be huge in the future, and by then, he would be embarrassed to be friends with them.
"We're here, let's go back." Before they knew it, they arrived at Li Dazhu's house.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back."
"You little bastard, you should at least come back. It's already dark now."
Liu Chunhua heard Li Dabao's voice and Li Amin yelled.
"I've delivered the child. I'll go back first." Xiao Yi had nothing to say to Liu Chunhua.
"Thank you." Liu Chunhua felt warm in her heart, guessing that it was Lin Shuang calling her.
After Xiao Yi walked away, Liu Chunhua began to ask Shi Tou, who was worried.
"This is..." Li Dazhu, who had come back from looking for someone, walked up.
"You're back. Where have you been?"
"We went to the Xiao family." Liu Chunhua took over.
"What's wrong? Are you not having fun at the Xiao family?" Li Dazhu looked at his son who looked worried and said something.
Li Dabao shook his head. "No, I had a lot of fun at the Xiao family. Auntie gave me food, and Jing Yu and Xiao Ce taught me some characters."
"I just feel that the gap between me and them is getting bigger and bigger. Even Shitou is studying in the academy."
Li Dabao said this with a disappointed look on his face. He suddenly felt like a failure. People older or younger than him were now better than him.
But he wanted to be friends with them. With such a huge gap between them, Li Dabao thought that they might just be strangers in the future.
Li Dazhu pondered for a moment, "Dad will also send you to Baihe Academy to study, but you must study hard and don't let us down."
"Dad originally thought that you could grow up well, get married and have children, and then come hunting with me in the future.
But my son wants to study now, so let him study. At worst, Dad can just do more hunting."
Li Dazhu originally thought that his son was doomed, and he didn't ask him to succeed or bring honor to the family. He just wanted him to live a healthy and safe life. Unexpectedly, Shitou now has such awareness, and Li Dazhu is very relieved.
"Dad, I heard from Jing Yu that Baihe Academy requires 6 taels of silver as tuition fee every year, as well as a gift for becoming a disciple.
"Dad, why don't you just forget it? We can't even use six taels of silver in a year." Li Dabao lowered his head.
Liu Chunhua felt very distressed. It was a good thing that her son wanted to study, but it required so much money. She could not earn money at home, and the family depended entirely on Dazhu for support.
The family expenses are all paid for by Dazhu from hunting in the mountains. This is hard-earned money, and his life is in danger at any time. Liu Chunhua doesn't need to ask Dazhu to take it out directly, as doing so would make Dazhu feel disheartened.
"What are you afraid of? Dad can afford it, as long as you really want to study in the academy."
I still have more than ten taels of silver on me, which is definitely enough.
"Dad, Mom, why are you so nice to me?" Li Dabao cried and hugged Li Dazhu and Liu Chunhua.
"What are you talking about, kid? You are your parents' child, who else should they love if not you?"
"Dad, Mom, I will study hard and become a high-ranking official so that you and I can live happily." Only at this moment did Li Dabao understand that being a parent is not easy and that his parents love him deeply.
"Okay, Dad and Mom will wait for you to become a high-ranking official so that we can enjoy a good life. Tomorrow, Dad will take you to the White Crane Academy to have a look."
"Thank you, Dad." Li Dabao burst into laughter happily. He could go to school now and would not be further away from them.
When Xiao Yi returned, there were already several bowls of noodles on the table.
Shuangshuang and the children sat aside, waiting for themselves to go home.
Xiao Yi felt that this scene under the dim candlelight illuminated his heart deeply. He had never felt such warmth in his previous life. With a smile on his face, he walked towards the table.
"Dad, you're back. Eat the noodles quickly, otherwise they will get clumpy." Xiao Jingyu urged Xiao Yi to hurry up. They had been waiting for a long time and couldn't wait any longer. After all, the noodles mom always cooked were delicious.
Xiao Yi pursed his lips and smiled, "Eat." He sat down and saw that there was instant noodles in the bowl. Xiao Yi knew that this was the one from Lin Shuang, which was very convenient and dry.
There was an egg in the bowl. It smelled delicious and looked delicious.
Seeing Xiao Yi pick up his chopsticks, the kids all started eating.
At night, the cubs quickly washed, closed the door, and went to bed.
When Lin Shuang went to the door of the room, she found that the door could not be opened and there was no sound of talking from inside.
It’s strange to think that the kids went to bed so early.
Maybe he was tired from studying at the academy. Thinking that they still had to go to the academy to study tomorrow, and it would be inconvenient to ask them to get up and open the door for him, he decided to stay in the main hall for a night.
When I turned around, I bumped into a hard chest.
"Hiss, it hurts." Lin Shuang looked up and saw Xiao Yi standing in front of her with an anxious look on his face.
"Shuangshuang, it's all my fault. Does it hurt a lot?" Xiao Yi was at a loss, not knowing how to start.
Lin Shuang rubbed her nose and said, "It's okay, why are you here?" Lin Shuang looked up at Xiao Yi.
"I originally wanted to say something to Xiao Ce, but I didn't expect the door to be closed." Xiao Yi found an excuse to prevaricate.
I was worried because I saw Shuangshuang coming here, but I didn’t expect the kids to be so helpful and pretend to fall asleep.
Xiao Yi secretly hid his little joy in his heart and didn't let Lin Shuang find out.
"So that's how it is. They went to bed early today. They must have been tired from working in the academy. We'd better not disturb them, lest they don't get enough rest."
Lin Shuang didn't let Xiao Yi disturb them. What if they didn't sleep well and had no energy during the day?
"Okay." The two of them went to the main room.
Lin Shuang smiled at Xiao Yi, "Xiao Yi, go and have some rest. I'll sleep here tonight."
Lin Shuang was moving two benches together so that she could lie down.
Xiao Yi frowned upon hearing this, with a look of disapproval on his face, "Shuangshuang, come back to my room and sleep. How can we sleep here? The bench is too uncomfortable."
Xiao Yi immediately grabbed Lin Shuang's hand.
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