The third son of the Lin family has been very cocky lately.
Because his family had bought a TV, the village, both adults and children, wanted to come watch TV. In the evenings, after school and work, his father would move the TV directly under the porch, and everyone would come to watch with their stools and bamboo chairs, until the whole yard was packed with people.
If the courtyard wall wasn't covered with broken glass, Lin Shuchao had no doubt that the wall would be full of people.
Adults are better off; at least they go home to make dinner before coming. Sometimes they have something else to do and can't leave, so they just give up. Those with a thinner skin might feel embarrassed to bother them every day.
Children are more straightforward. After school, they rush to the newest, most luxurious and luxurious second-floor apartment in the village with their schoolbags.
Lin Shugan didn't know if it was because of his natural self-control or the pressure of the high school entrance exam, but every time he came home, he would walk past the TV with his eyes closed and go upstairs to do his homework. Only at mealtime would he stand at the kitchen door with his bowl in hand and watch the TV in the yard for a while.
Even when he was eating, his peripheral vision would not even glance at the bowl, but this did not affect his eating speed. After finishing his meal, he put down the bowl and went upstairs to do his homework.
The third and fourth brothers were left to rule the yard.
Chen Chunhua was also sitting at the kitchen door with her bowl of rice. The TV was still replaying this year's CCTV Spring Festival Gala. Soon the news broadcast would start, and no one wanted to miss even a little bit.
He watched his second child put down the bowl from the kitchen and run back upstairs with his eyes closed again, and then looked at Lin Shuchao and Lin Shumei who were surrounded by a group of little kids in the middle of the yard, occupying the best viewing seat.
Chen Chunhua nudged Lin Guoqing, who was sitting next to her, with her elbow.
“Hey~”
"What's wrong?"
"Do you know what your third child has been doing recently?"
Lin Guoqing was full of questions. What else could an 11-year-old kid do besides studying?
"Haven't you noticed that he and Xiaonan have had a lot more money lately?" Chen Chunhua reminded him. Lin Guoqing looked at them and began to recall the past two days.
I seem to often see them bringing snacks back from outside, sometimes sharing them with Liang Shengdi. As for the money… the hair ornament Xiaonan is wearing doesn't seem to be brought back by him, did he buy it himself?
It seems the third child bought another spinning top yesterday. Although it doesn't look expensive, it's impossible for him to buy snacks and toys with his 50-cent allowance per week.
Thinking of this, Lin Guoqing's brows were furrowed into a "川" shape. He stopped eating, put down his bowl and wanted to stand up and pull someone out.
"What are you doing! Go away after you finish eating, you're blocking my view of TV!"
Liang Shengdi, who was sitting diagonally behind Lin Guoqing and blocking the kitchen door, started yelling unhappily when she saw Lin Guoqing blocking her head.
Just now, a group of girls came out to dance the frontier dance. Each of them looked prettier than she did when she was young. She was enjoying herself! But then a big, stupid guy blocked her way!!!
Chen Chunhua quickly pulled Lin Guoqing's arm and asked him to sit down.
"You know what's going on, why are you getting up?!"
Lin Guoqing glanced helplessly at his mother behind him, then lowered his head and spoke to his wife in a low and anxious voice,
"Have they been bullying other kids outside? Stealing people's money?" As he said this, he felt that his anger was getting harder to suppress. He rolled up his sleeves and wanted to stand up again, but Chen Chunhua held him down.
"As a father, how can you look at your own son and daughter like this?!" Chen Chunhua glared at him. "What do you think of them?"
Lin Guoqing didn't want to think too badly of his child, but teenage boys are most likely to learn bad things. There are such little hooligans in the village. They rely on the fact that they are older than other children and their families don't care. They will stop children on the road and ask for money.
Some time ago, a child in the village ran back crying and said that he was robbed by older children. Because he had no money in his pocket, he was beaten before being let go. His parents were so angry that they had to squat on the roadside for several days.
Lin Shuchao was a carefree child, and although Lin Shumei was the youngest, she was the most pampered of the four children. However, Lin Guoqing knew his daughter well. She was more cunning than a sieve, and it was a good thing she didn't bully others when she went out!
The eldest daughter lives in the school dormitory and comes back once a month. The second daughter is preparing for the high school entrance examination and mainly focuses on reading by herself every day. There is no one to supervise these two children, and Lin Guoqing is really afraid that they will learn bad things.
Chen Chunhua looked at the two guys in the middle of the yard and snorted.
"You also said that the younger one is the most cunning. So why would she drag her brother into this matter when it's clear she'll get beaten?"
"Then...then where did you get the idea that they were loose?"
Chen Chunhua pursed her lips towards the children in the yard and said, "Do you know all these children?"
Lin Guoqing cried out, looked forward carefully, and tried hard to recognize the person from the back.
"Youqing's family, Defa's family, this one... I don't know them... Liangen's family, eh, I don't know this one either... This one is, who's the one living at the end of the village..."
After looking around, I found some familiar ones and some unfamiliar ones. Some were definitely from Sihe Village, while some were not sure where they were from.
He felt that there were too many children in the past two days, but he didn't look carefully to see whose children they were. In the end, all the children, big and small, were crowded together, so no one had the time to look at the details. When he saw it today, he was stunned.
"Where do all these children come from?!"
"There are children from the village, their classmates, and their classmates' friends." Chen Chunhua was really impressed when she talked about this.
"Your son and daughter are selling tickets! They're five cents a pop, and the viewing time is limited to after school at nine o'clock in the evening."
"...Why don't they just go and grab it!" Lin Guoqing opened his mouth wide, "Is there really someone who would give it to me?!"
"I haven't finished yet!" Chen Chunhua glared at the impatient man again.
"Five cents is a one-time ticket, a one-time payment of twenty-five cents, good for a week. One dollar is a monthly ticket, with unlimited viewing time from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends."
Lin Guoqing: ...
"Whose kid is that rich? Besides, everyone will come over after dinner, who would be willing to pay this?"
"Oh, by the way, we don't accept money from children in the village, only from other villages. She said that otherwise it would affect our interpersonal relationships in the village."
Lin Guoqing: ...
The more Chen Chunhua thought about it, the happier she became. She couldn't help but laugh out loud twice, but then quickly held it back.
"But those who paid seemed to be treated differently. They would keep the stools for people, and when they came back they would give the best seats to customers first. No matter how late it was, people could come and watch. Village children were free, but if they wanted a good seat, they still had to bribe with snacks."
"As for why we close at nine, it's because we need to leave time for homework. Children from other villages have to rush home, and if we close too late, their parents might worry, and we won't be able to do business for long."
"Oh, and didn't you ask yesterday what that white line on the ground was for? That's the 38th parallel your son drew. He said people who come to watch TV can't cross the 38th parallel, can't come into our house, and have to go to the toilet in the fields outside."
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