And that was the end of it. He could ignore whoever said it, but he had no choice but to accept what the captain said.
After watching the excitement, everyone hurried back to work, afraid of the rain, and worked with great enthusiasm.
Tingting returned before dark. She had been too tired these past few days to cook, so she simply took out the food from her spatial storage and used it as her dinner.
There's chicken soup, rabbit stew with potatoes, steamed buns, and scrambled eggs with scallions—just four simple dishes.
When Jianjun returned that evening, he was followed by five children, all of whom had washed their hands and were preparing to eat.
When Youcai and Chengcai saw such white steamed buns for the first time, their mouths watered. They wondered whether to eat them or not. Such fine grains were too good to eat.
"Eat up, what are you standing there for? It'll get cold and won't taste good," he urged the two of them, afraid that the children would be too embarrassed to eat.
"Auntie, this is the first time I've ever seen such white steamed buns. I don't even want to eat them, they're so lavish," Youcai said, looking at the steamed buns.
"Tingting laughed too. You silly child, don't be reluctant to eat. It's because I see how tired you are from the autumn harvest. Let's eat something good during this time. There are still steamed buns left. Eat more. You must be exhausted after a long day."
As he spoke, he served soup to everyone and gave each of the two children two steamed buns.
"Eat slowly, it's a bit hot. In the future, no matter what you eat, don't rush. This is also a matter of etiquette, especially when you go to a big city."
Tingting said all this because she was worried that if the two children really got into university and went abroad, they would be laughed at by their classmates when they ate together. The more she talked about it now, the less they would be ridiculed in the future, and the more confident they would be. A person's confidence is related to their future personality and social skills.
The more confident a child is, the more cheerful and outgoing they will be, and the less introverted they will be, resulting in better interpersonal relationships.
"Understood, Auntie," Cheng Cai and You Cai also changed their habit of wolfing down their food and began to chew slowly, knowing that Aunt Tingting was doing this for their own good.
Grandpa in the cowshed was very kind to me, always telling me about the outside world. Aunt Tingting also talked about the outside world, wondering what it was like and hoping that I would have the luck to go and see it when I grew up.
This seed, called the outside world, was planted in Chengcai's heart.
Cheng Cai watched Zhu Zi and the others eat so gracefully, as if it were all natural habits, and he was quite envious. But he also felt very lucky to have met a benefactor who would change his life.
After dinner, Tingting brought out books for them and asked Jianjun to tell them stories. The children listened intently, their eyes wide open.
Cheng Cai and You Cai lay in the warm bed, listening to the story, their hearts filled with a mix of emotions. They realized that life could be lived this way, and they felt so happy.
The Guo family naturally knew that Cheng Cai and his brother were sleeping at Jianjun's place again, and they were extremely jealous. Although their mother had scolded them last time, they still felt uneasy.
Jianjun never suggested that his nephew stay for a couple of days; he treated Cheng and his brother almost like his own sons.
After washing her feet, Sister-in-law Guo sat on the kang (a heated brick bed) and said to Guo Laoda, "Your brother is really something. He treats strangers better than his own nephews. Look at Chengcai, they're practically his two sons. He's not even this close to our sons."
“Oh dear, it’s because Cheng Cai saved Zhu Zi. Jian Jun has always been the kind of person who will repay you tenfold if you treat him well. I feel that you didn’t do that. I know my own brother well,” Guo Laoda ignored her and went straight to sleep.
This angered Sister-in-law Guo so much that she smashed the foot basin with a loud bang, which could be heard even in the outer room.
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