After much deliberation, Mu Lianrong could not resist the expectant gazes of her two grandsons.
"Go if you want to. This year, thanks to your Aunt Yunying, the family has had a lot more income. Otherwise, I wouldn't have the money to send you to school."
Aunt Yang's words were simply to express that she hadn't forgotten Xiao Yunying's kindness, and also to remind her son, daughter-in-law, and children.
"Oh, that's great."
"Luo Li, we can study with you now."
Fang Rou then poured cold water on her two sons: "Don't be too happy yet. Didn't your Aunt Yunying say that if you want to study at Yunshan Academy, you have to take an exam?"
The Luo brothers can all read, but what about you? Your grandfather always complains of stomach aches or bottom aches when he tries to teach you to write, and you still can't even write your own names.”
The Yang family has a long tradition of carpentry, and they often sign contracts with others, so the Yang family members are literate.
If the content of the contract is complicated, a witness can be asked to sign it. It is essential that you know how to write your name; I have also taught two children to do so.
The two children had no interest in learning before, and at the age of four or five, they couldn't sit still. The Yang family couldn't bear to force the twins, so they thought it would be fine for them to learn when they were older.
Upon hearing this, not only the two children from the Yang family, but also the children from the Xiao family instantly lost their earlier excitement.
Luo Chen and Luo Yang, who had remained silent until now, exchanged a glance and then spoke:
“When you have nothing to do, you can come to me and my second brother. We can teach you, starting with the Thousand Character Classic. You can learn some characters so that you won’t be unable to write your own names.”
Xiao Yunying never expected Luo Chen to take the blame for this. She always felt that Luo Chen couldn't let go of what he had experienced in the past, and that he couldn't be warm to anyone except his younger brother and sister.
Xiao Yunying said, "That's a good idea. You can come to Luo Chen and Luo Yang to learn to read whenever you have free time, so you can build a solid foundation first."
The two children from the Yang family said in unison, "Thank you, Brother Luo Chen, Brother Luo Yang."
Mu Lianrong said to her younger grandchildren, "Don't worry, when you grow up, Grandma will send you to school too."
"We're not in a hurry, thank you, Grandma."
Zhang and Wang looked at Xiao Yunying with grateful eyes.
The cost of supporting a student's education is considerable, especially with many children in the family. Even if they get along well with their in-laws, daughters-in-law wouldn't dare to casually suggest sending their children to school.
My parents agreed largely because my sister-in-law brought it up.
While her mother was drinking mutton soup with her head down, Xiao Yunying quickly made a peace sign next to her two sisters-in-law's faces.
Zhang and Wang didn't understand what it meant, but judging from the smile on her face, they guessed that she was happy.
A meal sealed the fate of all three families sending their children to school. The adults discussed what tuition fees to pay, while the children talked about what the school would be like.
The lunch lasted for nearly an hour. After the meal, they cleared the table together, and Xiao Yunying didn't let the two families leave.
"Don't rush off later, let's have dinner together. I'm going to make lamb spine hot pot."
Aunt Yang wiped the table: "This won't do. Our family has already been shameless enough with lunch, how can we possibly include dinner as well?"
Xiao Yunying wiped Luo Xin's face and restyled her little bun:
"This sheep is so big, my children and I can't finish it. Although it won't spoil easily in this cold weather, it won't be fresh if left for too long, so we should eat it as soon as possible."
Besides, I'm usually home alone besides the kids, and it's so boring with no one to talk to. It tastes much better when there are people around to eat together.
Mu Lianrong brought out the brewed herbal tea and hawthorn water: "Stay here, don't be shy. You've already had lunch, so dinner won't make a difference. My daughter needs your help with something."
Aunt Yang wiped the table clean and asked, "What's the matter?"
Xiao Yunying said, "It's about growing vegetables."
She and her mother had discussed this matter and decided that the vegetable planting area must be expanded, especially after Huiweilou reopened. The vegetables from the three acres of greenhouses alone would definitely not be enough.
Her father and brother will be busy with farming after spring, so they won't be able to take care of her. If they want to extend the planting season for vegetables, she, her mother, and her sister-in-law alone can't grow much.
Whether you hire people or buy them back, you need someone to manage them.
She also has to take care of the liquor workshop, the sugar workshop, and the restaurant. She can't handle so many things by herself, and she'll have to find someone to help her sooner or later.
Right now, besides her mother and two sisters-in-law, the only people she can trust are Aunt Yang and Fang Rou. She can only feel at ease entrusting important things like vegetable seeds to them.
"About growing vegetables?"
Fang Rou said, "Mother, Yun Ying mentioned to me before that she wanted me to help plant vegetables and cultivate seedlings after spring. At that time, she said she hadn't figured out the specifics of how to do it and would tell us the details when she did."
Xiao Yunying said, "I know that your family will be planting crops after the spring and also doing carpentry work. They may be too busy. I don't need Fang Rou to spend too much time. I can just have her come over and help me with the seedlings in her spare time."
She was considering hiring people to farm for her family and the Yang family if all else failed.
She could entrust farming to outsiders, but she couldn't entrust vegetable seeds to outsiders; she didn't trust them.
"It's nothing, just come to the eldest son's wife if you need help."
"No rush. I haven't figured out the specifics yet. Let me think about it carefully and make a good plan. We won't talk about work during the New Year. We'll talk about it after the New Year."
"Now, you need to help me make dinner. Fang Rou, come and help me. I'll start by stewing the lamb spine."
Uncle Yang, sipping his herbal tea, asked, "What's 'lamb spine'? A lamb has scorpions growing on its body?"
Xiao Shanhai almost spat out the herbal tea he was drinking: "What the hell? A sheep with scorpions growing on its body? If a sheep has scorpions growing on its body, would you dare to eat it? It's the sheep's spine, and when you take it out, it looks like a scorpion. I don't know where my daughter learned this weird word from. I only found out by asking her."
After the children finished their meal, they followed the Luo brothers to the study, hoping to take advantage of their high spirits and learn a few characters.
Mu Lianrong and Aunt Yang were chatting in the living room when Xiao Yunying pulled Fang Rou into the kitchen to prepare the side dishes for stewing lamb spine.
Her two sisters-in-law finished washing the dishes, wiped their hands, and came over to watch her stir-fry the base ingredients.
Zhang asked, "Yunying, is there anything else you need to do?"
"Sister-in-law, could you help wash some vegetables for hot pot? If that's not enough, have my older brothers pick some from the greenhouse. Just wash them and don't cut them; we'll cut them when we eat them tonight."
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After a while, the group busied themselves preparing the ingredients and side dishes for dinner, and started stewing the lamb spine in advance.
After washing their hands, they returned to the living room, drank tea, chatted, and enjoyed a leisurely time.
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