Yue Jiuyue didn't need to personally handle things at the school, because everything there was very simple. When learning to write, they didn't need brushes, ink, paper, or inkstones; they just used twigs to write and draw on the ground. The girls learning needlework did use needles and thread, but they were just the ones they usually used at home.
After all, parents have very low expectations for their children. They just want them to be able to read and write, so they won't be illiterate, and for girls to learn needlework and make their own clothes. As for writing and embroidery, that depends on their future performance and whether their families have enough extra money.
Therefore, one's birth is very important, because some people are born already standing on the finish line that others can never reach in their entire lives, while everyone in Linjiagou Village never even thought about that destination that is both the starting point and the end point.
They only thought about surviving, having enough to eat and wear, having enough food and money, and ensuring their sons lived better lives than they did, and not causing trouble for their children...
As for things that are too far away, they really can't imagine them.
To be alive, to be able to live well, is already a very good life in their eyes.
The school was set up, and the soap shop was also open. People sweat a lot in the summer, so they wash their clothes much more often than in other seasons. In addition, Yue Jiuyue stipulated that the shop could sell things not only by charging money but also by bartering. This made many people willing to take a bar of soap home to use, and the sales were much better than Yue Jiuyue had expected.
That's right. Lin Chaodong makes Da Niu and Er Hu go home every day at noon just to deliver things. He takes the things home himself in the afternoon.
The things they brought home included homegrown vegetables, various wild fruits and vegetables, as well as grains, eggs, wild rabbits, wild boar meat, pig's trotters, and so on. If it weren't for the fact that the cellar in their house had been dug again and was very cool inside, all these things would have gone bad.
It's true that there's nothing Yue Jiuyue can't think of that they won't provide. They even let Yue Jiuyue eat wild game for a while, since the vegetables grown at home haven't been on the table for a long time.
"Ugh, this wild boar meat smells too strong! It's not good!"
Lin Chaobei chewed it a couple of times with disgust, then swallowed it whole.
As living conditions improved, Lin Chaobei's palate became more discerning.
In the past, if he could get a bite of meat, he would have swallowed his tongue whole, not caring whether it tasted gamey or not.
"Hmm, it doesn't taste very good."
Yue Jiuyue also took a bite, and it really didn't taste good.
Only Lin Chaonan frowned and ate all the meat in his bowl, bite by bite.
Seeing this, Yue Jiuyue also lowered her head and stuffed her food. If she ate quickly, the muttony smell wouldn't bother her!
What can Lin Chaobei do? His mother and brother have already eaten, so can he throw a tantrum and refuse to eat?
However, he remembered this time and vowed never to collect wild boar meat again, because it really, really doesn't taste good!
To say it's not tasty would be an understatement; to be honest, it's absolutely awful!
However, meat is a rare commodity in this world, especially in rural areas, which is why they politely say it "doesn't taste good."
That night, Yue Jiuyue and her two children brushed their teeth several times, but they still felt a lingering muttony smell in their mouths.
At night, Yue Jiuyue dreamed that she was emitting a strong stench of mutton, which drove everyone away.
Upon waking up, Yue Jiuyue immediately breathed on her palm. Good, there was no fishy smell, only breath.
I quickly went outside and brushed my teeth two or three times.
Yue Jiuyue breathed on her palm again to make sure there was no strange smell before she felt relieved.
Otherwise, she won't be able to eat properly at breakfast later.
"Grandma! Grandma! Grandma!"
Yue Jiuyue seemed to be hallucinating, as she heard a little girl calling her "Grandma." You see, there was no little girl that young in their house, and the little girls in the Zhou family wouldn't speak so loudly, and they all called her "Grandma."
Could it be someone's child who came to visit her?
Their house is far from the village, so if any children were to come, they would definitely have made a special trip to do so.
Yue Jiuyue stood up, wanting to go out and see whose child had run over.
Unexpectedly, this little girl was actually from their family.
"Little Man'er?!"
Why did you suddenly come back?
"Grandma!"
Little Man'er rushed towards Yue Jiuyue, hugged Yue Jiuyue's neck and cried loudly, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
"Oh! Little Man'er, you miss me? It's only been a short time since I left, and you already miss me so much! Sweetie, don't cry anymore. Let me see, Little Man'er, you've lost so much weight! Isn't your dad feeding you?"
Yue Jiuyue tenderly wiped away Xiaoman'er's tears, coaxing her with such gentleness and kindness for the first time.
"Waaaaah! My dad doesn't take care of my little brother. Every day I have to wash his diapers, coax him, and feed him. After he finishes cooking, he just disappears! Waaaaah! He also makes me do housework and complains that I can't cook. He even hits me! He hits my little brother too! Waaaaah!"
After Yue Jiuyue coaxed her, Xiaoman cried even harder, her nose and tears all mixed together, and she even blew a snot bubble. Yue Jiuyue quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe her clean.
Lin Chaodong, who had just arrived, was holding Dazhuang and awkwardly didn't know whether to back out.
This little girl is quite the tattletale!
But is he really as bad as Xiaoman'er said?
He usually has to go out to work and earn money, so he doesn't have time to stay at home and take care of his two children. Since the woman he found doesn't know how to take care of children, and he can't find a suitable one for the time being, he can only make things difficult for his older sister, Xiaoman'er.
Moreover, although he hit Xiaoman'er and Dazhuang, wasn't it because those two kids were too naughty? He was so tired after finishing his work that he didn't even want to move his fingers when he got home, but when he arrived, his house looked like it had been raided by thieves, and he couldn't hold back his temper for a moment.
Later, to appease the siblings, he cooked them delicious meals and bought them snacks. Hadn't they already forgiven him? Why are they bringing up old grievances again!
besides……
"Boss! What kind of father are you? Xiaoman'er is still a child herself, how can you let her look after Dazhuang? If something happens, you'll regret it!"
Yue Jiuyue didn't want to use any harsh words, so she spoke somewhat cryptically, but Lin Chaodong understood what she meant.
He awkwardly put Dazhuang down, who was wriggling and trying to get off the ground, and then explained guiltily:
"Mom, I didn't want to either! But there was no other way!"
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