Chapter 239: Fantastic
When Linghua saw Xia Daohua turned her gaze towards her, she mustered up her courage, blushed, and said, "Sister, I want to make money, too."
Jiang couldn't help but laugh, "You're the only one who's making money? You're not even as big as a palm, how can you make money? Are you planning to help your sister run the store? The candies and snacks in the store are not enough for you to eat slowly even if you put them on the shelves!"
Linghua stamped her feet in anger: "Mom! How can you say that to me!"
Everyone couldn't help laughing. Looking at Linghua's red face, they didn't have the heart to laugh at her, but they really couldn't hold it back. Their shoulders were shaking.
Xia Daohua smiled and nodded:
"Great! Our Linghua is really ambitious! But, I can't think of anything you can do right now, so can you help me think about it, okay?"
Linghua's face was full of eagerness at first, but after she blurted out what was in her heart, she felt a little uneasy, fearing that her sister would say she was daydreaming.
She had just been bullied by Jiang and her face had turned red with anger. Tears were already welling up in her eyes and were about to fall.
At this moment, hearing Xia Daohua being so easy to talk to and doting on her as always, without being influenced by Jiang at all, Linghua immediately smiled. Her little face was radiant and her big round eyes curved into two sweet crescents.
She held onto Xia Daohua's collar, a tear still hanging on her cheek, but her little face was already smiling like a flower, and her whole body swayed from side to side shyly: "Sister, you are so nice!"
Xia Daohua looked at Linghua who was twisting and turning shyly and couldn't help laughing. She raised her hand and touched her head.
Linghua's hair is well maintained, soft, smooth, black, shiny and thick.
At this time, she tied two small buns on her head, wrapped with light blue ribbons and tied with flowing bows. She looked a bit like one of those cute Q-version cartoon pictures of a little girl in ancient costume.
Since Linghua Liutou was born, the family's living standards have improved significantly.
She eats a lot of nuts like black sesame and pecans, and also has a lot of meat, eggs and milk, so although Linghua is young, she grows well and has a very strong body.
Every time Xia Daohua sees Linghua, the little foodie, she feels a sense of accomplishment and secret pride as if “look how good I am at raising a child”.
Although Linghua is young, she has always been smart and clever, and naturally appreciates Xia Daohua's kindness to her.
Xia Daohua casually rubbed her hair, but she was not angry. Instead, she smiled, looking even more adorable.
Xia Daohua "bruised" Linghua's head twice, then turned to Wulang and Lihua:
"Brother, don't worry about money. Besides staying healthy, studying hard is the most important thing for you. If you are interested, you can come and help me. If you have other ideas, you can also bring them up.
If you don’t have any ideas and just want to stay at home, there’s nothing wrong with that.”
The land bought by the fourth branch of the Xia family has been rented out. On weekdays, Xia Youtian would occasionally go over to check on the planting situation. He was honest and tolerant, but not stupid. He was capable of managing those fields and dealing with those people by himself.
Even Jiang is useless, let alone Lihua?
As for household affairs, the fourth room no longer has to live together with the other rooms. It is equivalent to moving out and living on its own. Naturally, Jiang, the housekeeper, feels particularly relaxed.
The fourth wife and her husband have a good relationship, and their children are all very smart, capable, filial and sensible.
If we talk about the ability to stir up trouble, Xia Daohua is the best among these children. Apart from occasionally worrying about Xia Daohua, Jiang's energy is mainly focused on Dai Huaihua.
At home, apart from doing some housework, Lihua spends most of her time learning embroidery from Jiang.
In fact, Lihua's craftsmanship is already outstanding, but there are some deeper things. Before, her family was always busy making a living and did not have the time to let her learn too deeply.
Now that Jiang and Lihua were both free, they naturally picked up this crop.
But Xia Daohua felt that embroidery alone was still too simple.
Lihua should learn a few more things that the ladies of this era learn.
If Wu Lang passed the imperial examination in the future, Lihua's status would surely rise accordingly. Then, she had to learn everything she needed to learn in order to match this new status.
Xia Daohua had long thought that it was necessary to send Lihua and Linghua to girls' school. If it weren't for Xie Fanglan's incident, Xia Daohua would have proposed it a few days ago.
There are many benefits to attending a girls' school.
In addition to studying to gain knowledge, you can also learn some ladylike skills and make friends with like-minded peers. Xia Daohua has a deep understanding of the charm of friendship in modern society.
As a woman in ancient times who never left her home, it was very important for her to have three or five close friends of the same sex.
Sometimes, these friends can even play a more important role than the wife’s parents’ and husband’s families.
As for embroidery, you only need to set aside one hour every day to study and practice.
No need to invest too much.
Xia Daohua expressed her thoughts, just like dropping a bomb on the calm water.
The water surged up into the air, first pouring down on her head and face: "You kid!"
Jiang was the first to object:
"You've only had enough food for a few days, and you're already thinking about all that nonsense. You've worked so hard to make a few bucks, but it's not enough for you to be so frivolous!"
Xia Daohua blinked, puzzled: "How am I so frivolous? It's just a girls' school, it doesn't cost much!"
Xia Youtian said:
"Going to a girls' school is something that only rich families can enjoy. We are just ordinary people, why would we need such things? If you think Lihua and Linghua need to learn a few words, just ask your brother to come back from school and teach them a little."
Jiang frowned and thought for a moment, then said:
"How about letting your elder sister and younger sister go back to live in the old house, and learn to read and write from your grandfather, and then learn to use an abacus. These are all real skills, aren't they better than those girls' studies?
Those girls' schools are for rich families. Even if we want to let your sisters go there, we have to go through a lot of trouble and ask for favors from people everywhere to study at their homes.
People in this world are full of snobbish eyes. For a child from an ordinary family like us to be together with the daughters of rich families, isn't it like a pheasant among a flock of phoenixes?
I can't bear to see your sister or your younger sister go to someone else's place and be subservient for no reason and suffer that punishment!"
After hearing what Jiang said, Xia Daohua laughed happily.
She found that since Huaihua was born, Jiang had become more and more independent-minded and more courageous in expressing her own ideas. Jiang's concerns were not without reason.
After all, Wulang has not yet entered school, and the road to the imperial examination is a long one.
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