Hao Man is a fashionable woman. She came to Dezao Town Middle School to teach for a year to gain experience. Her grandmother happened to live in Dezao Town, so she came here.
She treated it as a one-year break in the countryside. Although the countryside was large and had plenty of vegetables and fruits, she still wanted to go back to the big city.
Her dress is not that eye-catching in big cities, but in villages and towns, it is indeed easy to stand out.
Most of the teachers in the office are male, and they didn't think there was anything wrong with Hao Man's outfit. Gua Gua is a little girl who likes to compare herself with her mother. Today, she was bragging to other children in the kindergarten about her mother's delicious cooking... Although there is no contradiction between a mother's delicious cooking and what she wears, Gua Gua still felt uncomfortable when she saw Hao Man.
My mother is pretty, so whatever she wears looks good on her. If her mother has little leather shoes, she can brag to everyone that her mother not only cooks delicious food and looks pretty, but also has little leather shoes.
And sister Xixi’s mother also has small leather shoes, so mother should also have small leather shoes.
"You will have small leather shoes in the future. Guagua, just ask your father to buy small leather shoes for your mother." Her mother's small leather shoes were bought by her father.
"My father has no money, but my mother has money." Thinking of his father having no money, Guagua became even sadder.
Xixi: "Guagua's mom is rich, Guagua can just ask her to buy him a pair and keep them at home as treasures."
Guagua: "Sister Xixi, how much are the little leather shoes?"
Gua Gua thought about buying it for her mother herself. Although she had not bought the doll that would not fall over yet, she now had twenty cents, or 20 cents, and she had a lot of money.
I should be able to save enough money to buy my mom some leather shoes.
Xixi remembers it clearly, "My mother bought it for 25 yuan."
Guagua: “How much is 25 yuan?”
25 yuan is beyond the comprehension of little Gua Gua.
Wang Qing is a math teacher and often teaches his daughter arithmetic. Guagua Xixi knows how to answer this question. "25 yuan is 2,500 cents. Guagua, do you know how much one thousand is?"
“…I don’t know.” Gua Gua was stunned when he heard the number 2,500 cents.
Xixi didn't know how to describe it to Guagua, so she thought for a while and said, "Thousand means a lot, a lot, very much... For example, one cent for a candy, and one thousand cents means one thousand candies. If Guagua eats one candy every day, he can eat a thousand candies for three years."
Guagua: “I don’t have any money.”
Xixi: "Of course children don't have money, only adults have money...Guagua, the little leather shoes now should be more expensive than the ones my mother bought. My mother bought them a long time ago, and she had less money at that time."
"I understand." A light suddenly flashed in Guagua's little head.
Xixi: "Guagua, what do you know?"
Guagua: "I know how to buy little leather shoes for my mother."
"Guagua, you are so smart." Although Guagua did not say how to buy it, Xixi assumed that Guagua really knew how to buy it.
...
On her daughter’s first day of kindergarten, Xu Xiangjuan specially cooked glutinous rice balls for her daughter in the evening, with sesame filling and peanuts.
The main dish in the evening is noodles.
She made the dumplings herself and gave them to the children to taste; they were not to be eaten as a meal.
She was cooking dumplings when she heard the father and daughter coming home. She looked outside and saw that they did not come to the kitchen first but went to the inner room, which looked quite unusual.
The father and daughter must have something to say, and she can't hear it... No matter what they want to say, just don't disturb Niu Niu.
Guagua: "Dad, buy some leather shoes for Mom."
Zhou Chengning took his daughter home. On the way, his daughter told him that she wanted to talk to her father about something when she got home.
What are we talking about? Do we need to talk to our dad about things during the day in kindergarten? Should children be too serious?
I was pulled into the inner room by my daughter and heard her say this.
"How much is a pair?" If he was buying it for his lover, he would be willing to do so.
Guagua was afraid that his father didn't understand the yuan, so he converted it into thousands and dimes, "30 yuan, three thousand one-cent coins, three hundred one-cent coins."
"So expensive?" He had two yuan of pocket money every month. During the Chinese New Year, his wife asked him to go out and buy things to pay for them, and she gave him some change. So far, he has saved 10 yuan. He thought he was very rich, but he didn't expect...
Why are leather shoes so expensive?
Gua Gua asked Xixi how much the small leather shoes would cost now, and Xixi gave her guess: 30 yuan.
"Dad lied to Mom and said he wanted to buy some candy and asked Mom for money."
This is the good idea that Gua Gua thought of. If she asked her mother, her mother would definitely not give it to her. If her father asked her mother for it, her mother would definitely give it to her.
Zhou Chengning: "Guagua, you want to eat candy, right?"
My daughter is really coming up with more and more tricks. If she wanted to eat candy, she should just say so directly. Why did she have to go through such a big detour?
Guagua: "The aunt at my dad's school has small leather shoes, and Xixi's mom also has small leather shoes, but my mom doesn't!"
When he talked about the latter part, Guagua's tone became excited.
Zhou Chengning: "Guagua, keep your voice down and stop disturbing Niu Niu... Is it really not Guagua who wants to eat candy?"
Guagua replied quietly, "No...Why do other mothers have small leather shoes, but my mother doesn't?"
Zhou Chengning: "Mom will definitely not believe me if I buy you candy. Dad is an adult and doesn't like to eat candy. Guagua, I'll buy it for mom when I save enough money."
Guagua ruthlessly told the truth, "Dad has no money."
Isn’t 10 yuan money? Despite the huge sum of 10 yuan, Zhou Chengning couldn’t tell his daughter the truth, “Dad has no money, so he can save money.”
Guagua continued mercilessly, "How is Dad going to save money? Dad is a pauper."
Zhou Chengning: "Don't worry about this, Guagua. Dad will find a way... Don't call Dad a pauper, okay? Children shouldn't be so mean."
Some time ago, someone said he was a buzzing bee, which made him depressed for a long time.
I think Niu Niu will be like Gua Gua when he grows up, with a sharp tongue.
I don’t know who he learned this from. My lover is so considerate, but why are the children he gave birth to so sharp-tongued?
Guagua: "So when can daddy buy little leather shoes for mommy?"
Zhou Chengning: "I'll buy it for my mom during the Chinese New Year."
A pair of shoes costs 30 yuan, and I still need 20 yuan. I save 2 yuan a month and save for another ten months. It will be just about the Chinese New Year, so I will buy a pair of leather shoes for my wife.
Guagua: "After the Chinese New Year, Niu Niu will go to kindergarten with me, and Sister Xixi said that small leather shoes are getting more and more expensive."
Zhou Chengning corrected his daughter immediately after hearing what she said, "Niuniu is still young. Only when Guagua goes to primary school can Niuniu go to kindergarten... Dad doesn't have the money to buy Mom a pair of small leather shoes now."
The reason of having no money is a very realistic one, and both the father and daughter are worried.
Just as he was thinking of a solution, Zhou Chengning heard footsteps, "Guagua, cheer up quickly, don't let mom see you unhappy."
Gua Gua had a depressed look on his face, and if you didn’t know him, you would think he was bullied on his first day of kindergarten.
Guagua also heard his mother's footsteps and forced a smile.
Xu Xiangjuan: "What are you talking about? Come and have dinner."
The noodles are ready, and the dumplings are still cooking, but they will be done soon. She came to urge the father and daughter to eat the noodles, so as not to let the noodles sit for too long and become clumping.
"Juan, I understand. I'll take Gua Gua to eat right away." Zhou Chengning held Gua Gua and followed his lover.
Guagua's eyes were always on her mother's shoes, and so was Zhou Chengning. Both father and daughter's eyes were fixed on Xu Xiangjuan's cloth shoes.
The dumplings were cooked. Xu Xiangjuan served two dumplings to Guagua. "Guagua can only eat two dumplings tonight. More is hard to digest. Aning can't eat too much either. We mainly eat noodles tonight... How was Guagua's day in kindergarten today?"
Guagua: "Mom, buy yourself some small leather shoes. Xixi's mom also has small leather shoes."
Zhou Chengning looked at his daughter with an incredible expression.
Isn’t buying small leather shoes a secret between the two of them?
Only Zhou Chengning thought it was a secret, but Guagua didn't think it was a secret. How long should he wait for his dad to save money? It would be better to tell his mom first.
Xu Xiangjuan: "What's the point of buying these leather shoes? They're not as comfortable as cloth shoes. Our family is doing well now, but we can't spend money recklessly. Guagua shouldn't compare himself with others in everything."
I put 1,000 yuan into the savings account before the New Year. After the new year, I only have more than 100 yuan in cash left. I can consider buying a pair of leather shoes for the child's father, but what should she buy?
In her previous life, Xu Xiangjuan lived with two children. Except for the hard work that only cheap labor could do at the beginning, she had decent jobs later on. She had makeup, leather shoes and high heels. She bought leather shoes and tried them on, but they didn't look good until she walked in them for a day to know if they were comfortable to wear.
Now she thinks cloth shoes are pretty good and they are cheap.
Guagua said listlessly, "Oh."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Oh what? Did you hear what mom said?"
Guagua: “I heard it.”
Xu Xiangjuan: "Eat the glutinous rice balls. Mom made them especially for you. Today is your first day in kindergarten. You must have worked hard. Eat slowly."
"It's not hard!" After all, he is a three-year-old child. Although Gua Gua has not let go of the matter of the little leather shoes, he has become happy because of the dumplings.
Guagua is fine now. When Zhou Chengning heard his lover's words, he felt so sad and bitter that he didn't know how to describe it.
Although his wife doesn't allow Guaguati, he will still save money to buy her leather shoes. Now that he has money, he can definitely buy her a pair.
...
Another day has passed.
"What are your names, little ones? Sister will give you some candy." Because there are two little kids living in the office, Hao Man prepared some candy.
Xixi knew Guagua's full name and introduced herself to him, "Sister, my name is Wang Xi and her name is Zhou Yipei."
"This candy is for little Xixi, and this one is for little Guagua." She remembered that Teacher Zhou had mentioned their daughter Guagua, and Guagua should be her nickname.
Both children took the candy. Guagua, who was usually a talkative child, became less talkative. Even the introverted Xixi talked more than Guagua.
Xixi probably knew the reason, and luckily her aunt didn't speak to them after giving them candy.
I don’t know why adults like to be called sister.
Liu Liangzhi didn't have any classes that period, so after taking a break, he returned to the office and saw two children.
"You are Guagua, and you are Xixi."
The two children nodded.
Liu Liangzhi was in the mood to joke with the two kids, "Are you tired of studying in kindergarten?"
"Tired. Every day when she comes home, my mother tells me that I have worked hard, and then she gives me delicious food. My mother's cooking is especially delicious. I had rice dumplings yesterday." Guagua wants to show off his mother whenever he gets the chance.
The child was quite shy. Liu Liangzhi asked, "Uncle knows that glutinous rice balls are delicious. How much did Guagua's father eat?"
Children can't lie.
"My dad ate a lot, including a big bowl of noodles. Dad is a pig."
Phew.
Has anyone ever said this about dad?
"Gua Gua, you can't say that dad is a pig." Xixi didn't think that calling someone a pig was an insult. After all, pork is rare.
But why is comparing dad to a pig so... weird?
"My mother said that pigs are treasures all over. My father is a pig, so my father is my mother's treasure."
Full marks for logic.
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