Wang Yingqiu quickly said, "It won't interfere with your studies. You can just give her a little guidance on Saturdays and Sundays. Tingting has a good foundation and learns quickly."
These words made Lu Xiaomei, who wasn't very good at academics, feel a little uncomfortable. If it weren't for the fact that it was a good day and she didn't want to cause any unpleasantness, she probably would have retorted directly.
Lu Pei'an spoke up: "Xiao Ye, then from now on, we'll leave Diandian and Fanxing here during the week, and have your Aunt Wang help take care of them."
Upon hearing this, Fanxing looked at Jiang Xuan with her big eyes and asked, "Aunt Xuanxuan, are you not going to come home anymore?"
"Yes, of course I'll come back, but I'll be back quite late."
Wang Yingqiu: ? ?
What was this person thinking, letting her take care of those two ancestors while she was heavily pregnant?
Before she could figure out what to say, Lu Shengye spoke up: "No need, I'll have my aunt come over."
Wang Yingqiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sigh, in principle, it's not good to keep troubling our own children, but I'm too heavy. I have trouble walking even a few steps every day. Fanxing is fine, but Diandian is too naughty. I'm really afraid that I won't take good care of her and she'll bump into something."
Wang Yingqiu wasn't entirely exaggerating. She was an older mother, and her pregnancy was already quite tiring. Now that she was in her late pregnancy, her calves and feet were swollen a lot, and she couldn't sleep well at night, needing to go to the toilet after only a few minutes of sleep.
Thinking about this made her feel uneasy.
Others may not know the suffering she endured at night, but does Lu Pei'an not know either?
They also made her take care of the children.
He'd love for her to work herself to death.
It wasn't that he wanted his wife to be exhausted, but he thought taking care of the child would be easier. Lu Pei'an nodded: "That's fine then, let my sister help out first."
After the meal, Wang Yingqiu cleared away the dishes while giving her daughter a meaningful look.
Lu Tingting understood and quickly ran back to the house, preparing to find some spatial geometry problems to ask Jiang Xuan to explain them to her.
But when she had found the topic, she saw that Jiang Xuan had already led Fanxing and Lu Shengye, who was leading Diandian, into the courtyard.
They're going back.
She felt embarrassed to bother them any further, so she quietly put the question down.
*
A large courtyard.
It was right after dinner, a cool breeze was blowing, and bamboo chairs and small stools were placed under the old trees in the courtyard.
Several neighbors gathered together, chatting and enjoying the cool air.
Guo Caiyun came out of their yard carrying a small stool in her left hand and a towel in her right.
She opened the towel and distributed melon seeds to everyone, saying, "Come on, sisters-in-law, have some melon seeds. I just roasted them, they're still warm."
"Hey, have you all heard? Platoon Leader Lu's wife got accepted into Ningzhou University."
Chen Chunxia, who lives in the same courtyard as Guo Caiyun: "Really?"
Ma Jinhua cracked sunflower seeds. "It's definitely fake. You actually believe that? Ning started school early this morning. I even saw her yesterday."
“It’s true, my son Dajiang just came back and told me that it’s spread all over the school.”
Guo Caiyun's husband, He Dajiang, is a Chinese language teacher at the No. 1 Middle School, and his words carry authority.
Zhou Dongmei asked anxiously, "Caiyun, please tell me what exactly happened? Didn't her cousin say she went to Ningzhou University to register a while ago?"
"Her cousin took her place, but the school found out before the military training was even over, and then Ningzhou University's admissions office reissued her an admission notice."
Zhou Dongmei: "My goodness, her cousin's family is really audacious. They dare to do something like this. Does Platoon Leader Lu know about this?"
"I don't know about that. To be honest, knowing about this makes me feel quite complicated."
Ma Jinhua laughed and said, "What's bothering you?"
"During my pregnancy, I couldn't eat anything except her stuffed pancakes. Now that I won't be able to eat them anymore, how can I be happy?"
Ma Jinhua nodded: "Ningzhou University is indeed quite far from here, she will probably have to live on campus in the future. Sigh, poor Platoon Leader Lu."
Guo Caiyun: "Look, look! They're back!"
Zhou Dongmei quickly caught up with her, "Jiang Xuan, I heard you got into Ningzhou University, is that true?"
Jiang Xuan nodded.
Once the person involved admitted it, the others lost all interest in eating sunflower seeds and crowded around, bombarding him with questions.
Dian Dian hates these nagging women the most, so she pouted and went home by herself.
Fanxing quite enjoyed listening to them talk.
Guo Caiyun asked if the egg pancakes would still be sold in the future, and Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone, the egg pancakes will still be sold. However, on weekdays, the time may be a little earlier, from 6:30 to 8:00. After I sell them all, I will go to school."
Guo Caiyun beamed: "That's great! Studies are the most important thing. You don't need to deliver them to me anymore. I can just pick them up at the door myself."
"Okay, thank you, sis."
Zhou Dongmei: "My God, girl, why are you making yourself so tired? You're going to Ningzhou University soon, so you won't have to worry about finding a job afterward. Why bother selling those pancakes?"
She originally wanted to say "speculation and profiteering," but after thinking about it, she felt it sounded bad, so she changed her words and said this instead.
Jiang Xuan said with a smile, "I'm still young, it's not hard. Besides, policies can change at any time. What if they stop assigning jobs after graduation?"
Everyone thought Jiang Xuan was quite down-to-earth, unlike some people in the courtyard who had their children get into a lousy vocational school and still looked down on everyone else.
I couldn't help but like her even more.
Jiang Xuan was still thinking about the design drafts, and worried that Ma Xiaolan had already gone to work the night shift, so she said, "Then you guys chat first, I'll go back first, there are still a lot of things to pack."
"Go quickly."
As soon as Jiang Xuan reached the entrance of the courtyard, she heard Zhang Guiying yelling at Xiuxiu.
"Oh dear, why are you still washing? I just poured out the laundry detergent two days ago, look how much you've wasted!"
"Your mother is unlucky enough that she can't give birth to a son, but she gave birth to a worthless brat like you. She should drown you in a chamber pot!"
"You're so young, yet you wash clothes every day. You'll wash perfectly good clothes until they're worn out, just like your mother, so fussy."
Xiuxiu said softly, "Grandma, I don't wash every day. School is about to start, and I want to wash myself more thoroughly. Besides, I only used a little bit of laundry detergent just now."
"School's starting, school's starting! Studying is a waste of money! What's the use of getting first place? You'll just end up getting married and becoming someone else's livestock."
Xiuxiu felt wronged and started to cry.
Zhang Guiying pinched and twisted the tender flesh on Xiuxiu's inner arm hard, hitting and cursing as she did so: "You little slut, your forehead hurts from crying, huh? Cry, cry harder!"
Xiuxiu cried out in pain.
Still not satisfied after pinching her, Zhang Guiying raised her hand and slapped Xiuxiu three times on the back of the head.
Xiuxiu covered her head and cried even harder.
"All you do is cry, cry, cry. Just like your mother, you're both jinxes."
Jiang Xuan pushed the door open with all her might and saw Zhang Guiying raise her hand again.
On the other side of the courtyard, Sun Juxiang was sitting with his legs crossed, leisurely smoking a pipe.
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