When a large family lives together, there are too many conflicts, such as conflicts between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, conflicts between sisters-in-law, and conflicts between sisters-in-law, which can easily overshadow conflicts between husband and wife.
After all, husband and wife are a natural community of interests, and it is best to be united in dealing with external affairs.
Now, all other conflicts had disappeared, leaving only the marital conflict. They argued endlessly over who worked more and who did less. The voices of Zheng Dasao and Zheng Ersao scolding their husbands could be heard almost daily at the same time.
The children are young, so it is definitely not possible to leave them at home. Mrs. Zheng Dasao and Mrs. Zheng Ersao can only take the youngest one to the fields to look after him. This is actually a solution. Everyone can help to keep an eye on him, and the children will not run away, so their safety is guaranteed.
But the problem was mosquitoes. Children didn't understand anything and were bitten all over their faces every day. The itchiness made them scratch constantly, and at night the itchiness was unbearable. They couldn't sleep at all and kept crying. To prevent them from scratching their faces, we wrapped their hands with cloth. The children couldn't scratch themselves, and their crying became even more miserable.
As parents, we feel heartbroken, but we are busy all day and can't get enough rest. We are also very irritable and don't have as much patience with our children as before. We yell at them every day and slap them if they don't listen.
Zheng Xiaomei and Zheng Xiaoju, the two well-behaved girls, were better off, but Zheng Xiaojun, who was at the naughty age, was more miserable and was beaten every few days.
So, in October, when two educated youth from Jinshi were sent to Liushutun, and the loudspeaker announced the establishment of the "Liushutun Nursery", where children aged six months to six years old could be sent to the nursery and be cared for by teachers, with each child paying 50 cents per month, Zheng Dasao and Zheng Ersao were the first to respond and sent their two children who were not even one year old, as well as Zheng Xiaomei and Zheng Xiaoju.
Why is the age range of this so-called nursery so wide? Firstly, they are considering insufficient teaching staff to run a separate nursery and kindergarten. Secondly, they want older children to help care for the younger ones.
Zheng Dasao and Zheng Ersao thought so, so they sent Zheng Xiaomei and Zheng Xiaoju in as well, asking them to help the teacher take care of their younger brother. If they were left alone to take care of him, it would definitely not be reassuring.
The two sisters-in-law had thought about sending the child to Li Aiyun, but Li Aiyun refused to take the child. There was no other way, they had to pay the money.
The two of them opened a daycare center. Later, seeing that their children were well cared for by the teachers, families with childcare difficulties began to send their children there.
At the suggestion of Xie Yun, this nursery referred to the models of later "forest kindergartens" and "farming and reading kindergartens" and set up a large yard where children can grow vegetables, dig the soil, and raise chickens, rabbits and geese. The empty large yard is enough to keep the children busy.
The two educated youths from Jinshi were quite happy with their work, but they often felt a little guilty about employing child labor.
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