Chapter 112: It is better to teach someone how to fish than to give him fish
There was a reason why she said she was borrowing it instead of giving it to her.
First of all, Shang Ruoting considered that given the performance of Yangmei siblings just now, giving them gifts would actually put pressure on them.
Secondly, although she felt sorry for the family, she still had to follow the principle that it is better to teach someone how to fish than to give him fish. Now she helped Yangmei find a job that earned 20 work points a day, and the "fishing" was temporarily given away.
What's more, if she gave things to the Yang family without any bottom line, people would think she was stupid and had a lot of money. After a long time, people might take it for granted.
What's worse, what if one day she stops sending gifts and becomes the bad guy...
She can be a kind person here, but she can never be a saint.
After hearing Shang Ruoting's words, the Yang siblings were all shocked. Even Yang Xu, who had his mouth full of snack crumbs, stared at her with wide eyes.
After a long while, Yang Mei recovered from her shock: "Ruoting, I know you are trying to help me. The amount of food for each of us is not a small amount. You are married now. If Tan Chen knew that you lent me food, what if he quarreled with you?"
As she spoke, she waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, you can't make Tan Chen angry because of me."
Shang Ruoting looked at her with a smile. Not to mention that Tan Chen was not such an unreasonable person, even if he was, she had plenty of food in her own space, and she would definitely lend the food to Yang Mei behind Tan Chen's back.
"Yangmei, Tan Chen is a very good person. You don't have to think too much about it. Since I asked, I will definitely do it. I just hope that your brothers and sisters can go to school."
Yang Liu's face was covered with tears, and she knelt down in front of Shang Ruoting with a thud.
"Sister Ruoting, I thank you on behalf of our whole family, wuwuwu..."
Shang Ruoting hated such sentimental scenes, especially when someone knelt on her knees, which made her feel even more uncomfortable.
She lifted Yang Liu up with all her strength and said, "Hurry up, I'm just lending you some food, not giving it to you. Why are you kneeling down?"
Yang Liu wiped her tears with her sleeve and choked up, "Sister Ruoting, you don't know how envious Yang Xu and I are when we see other children going to school."
After hearing what Yang Liu said, Yang Mei burst into tears in front of Shang Ruoting.
Shang Ruoting didn't try to persuade her either. Crying was also a way of venting. Yangmei had been having a hard time recently. If she was suppressed for too long, she would get sick sooner or later. It was not bad to vent like this.
The siblings cried in front of Shang Ruoting. The youngest, Yang Xiu, didn't understand why. Seeing her brothers and sisters crying, she stopped eating the preserved fruit in her hand and burst into tears.
For a moment, the room was filled with crying.
In Shang Ruoting's opinion, the most capable of the Yang siblings is Yang Tao. Although she is young, she is more thoughtful than Yang Mei.
She was the first to stop crying.
"Sister Ruoting, I, Yang Tao, will remember how kind you were to us today. I won't say anything nice either. From now on, just watch my actions."
Shang Ruoting touched her dry and yellow hair: "Okay, Tao'er, Sister Ruoting will remember what you said."
In fact, Shang Ruoting helped Yang Mei's family unintentionally, but she just couldn't bear to see them living such a hard life.
Unexpectedly, her good deed will eventually be rewarded...
The purpose of coming here today had been achieved. Shang Ruoting didn't want to stay here any longer and make the family cry. She stood up and said, "Yangmei, I'll send you some food tomorrow. Eat it first. The children are growing up, so don't be too frugal."
After saying that, she walked out of the house.
Yangmei took her younger brothers and sisters to the gate and only went back when they could no longer see her back.
As soon as they entered the yard, Yang Tao grabbed Yang Mei and said, "Sis, since we've all promised Sister Ruoting, you should take Yang Liu and Yang Xu to school tomorrow before the team starts making tofu!"
Yang Mei looked at her and said, "You haven't finished junior high school yet, so go and continue studying!"
Yang Tao's eyes were stubborn: "No, I want to stay at home and help you. Besides, Yang Xiu is still young. When you go to work in the future, she will need someone to take care of her."
Yang Mei looked at Yang Xiu who looked confused and said: "We have a baby carrier at home. I will carry Xiu'er on my back when I go out to work in the future."
Yang Tao had never thought about going to school again, and was not moved at all when her elder sister said this.
"If Big Sister can carry Xiu'er to work, I can also plant more vegetables in the vegetable garden at home to sell for money. That way, one of us can earn work points and the other a little money. It's better than you working hard alone."
Yangmei knew that Yangtao was stubborn and could not be persuaded at all, so she just let her be.
Shang Ruoting went directly to the chicken coop, collected 740 eggs and sent them to the team, and also brought a gift for Liu Xiaocui.
Tan Chen was not at home because he was in the city, and Old Mrs. Shang was mending clothes in her room. After delivering the eggs, Shang Ruoting had some free time and opened Tan Chen's box full of books.
She wanted to know how the content of textbooks in this era differed from the knowledge she had learned in her previous life.
So, Shang Ruoting took out her first-year high school math book first.
It was obvious that the book was well preserved by Tan Chen. Although it looked a little old, there was not a single corner or dent in it.
She opened the first page and found it was completely different from the high school courses she had studied in her previous life.
Shang Ruoting remembered that the first math lesson she learned in her previous life in high school was about sets of numbers, but the first lesson in this high school math book was to consolidate some knowledge points learned in junior high school.
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