After getting his hair cut, Da Wa looked at himself in the mirror and felt very curious.

Ning Tang gave him a 'bald' hairstyle, which means the sides were trimmed to leave only a little stubble, and the middle was left slightly longer. It looks clean, refreshing and easy to manage.

Summer comes early in Hailang Island. In the hot summer, you will sweat as soon as you exercise, especially for people like Big Wawa who play around all over the mountains and fields. He can squeeze out half a bucket of sweat just by twisting his clothes. This simple "peripheral light" is very suitable for him.

Shen Lie was also amazed, and he pulled Da Wa to look at it non-stop, praising it repeatedly, "Hey, you know what, it's a pretty good haircut."

Just by changing his hairstyle, Da Wa seemed like a different person, looking energetic and fashionable.

Ning Tang snorted, "This isn't over yet, just wait and see."

She put her hands in the basin, dipped her fingers in the water, and scratched the eldest child's hair a few times.

She gave the eldest child a 3:7 split hair style, and the eldest child changed drastically. His soft hair became hard after getting wet, and looked like small pine needles, with a sense of layers.

Shen Lie was convinced this time, and gave a thumbs up, "Comrade Xiaoning, you can open a barber shop with your skills, I guarantee that people will patronize it."

Ning Tang thought, forget it, she knew her own skills, and they were definitely not comparable to those professional hairstylists in the barber shops of the future. This hairstyle that seemed perfect to Shen Lie still had many flaws in her eyes.

Shen Lie asked the eldest child to turn around and asked the second and third children, "Isn't it very beautiful and cool?"

How could Erniu and Sanwa know what was good-looking or cool? They just thought that Dawa looked better than before. Their two little heads nodded and said crisply, "Good-looking!"

Even Erniu and Sanwa said so. Dawa's face, which was thicker than a city wall, rarely showed a blush. He scratched his hair in embarrassment and said, "Oh, it's okay."

"Hey, don't move." Before Shen Lie could stop him, Big Wa had ruined the hairstyle that Ning Tang had given him.

The eldest child didn't react yet, "What's wrong?"

Shen Lie handed him the mirror and said, "Look for yourself."

When Da Wa looked in the mirror, he saw that his originally handsome hairstyle had been made crooked by himself and was no longer as good-looking as before.

He clenched his lips, looked at Ning Tang pitifully, and stretched out his voice, "Stepmother——"

Ning Tang: "Don't act cute with me. Your hair is messed up with water. Even if you don't mess it up, it will still fall apart after it dries."

Da Wa's eyes rolled, "Then catch me another one."

"If you try it now, it will collapse in a few minutes, and your hair will get wet. What if you catch a cold?" Shen Lie said, "Come back before school tomorrow and I'll give you a nice one."

Da Wa thought about it and said, "Okay then." He reminded Ning Tang, "After that, Mom, remember to comb my hair."

"I know, I know." Ning Tang waved his hands impatiently and asked Shen Lie, "You have seen my skills, so do you want me to help you cut your hair?"

Shen Lie sat on the stool, and without Ning Tang's help, he tore off two pieces of old newspapers as a haircut cape, "Of course."

Ning Tang held the scissors and gestured at Shen Lie's head, "What kind of haircut do you want?"

Shen Lie didn't know either. "Just watch and cut. I have confidence in your craftsmanship."

Ning Tang sneered, "Who said to let the eldest child cut his hair first?"

Shen Lie choked and said, "Just pretend I didn't say anything."

Due to the special nature of Shen Lie's job, Ning Tang didn't dare to give him a haircut that was too unusual, so she just gave him a standard buzz cut.

A buzz cut is simple and can be done in about ten minutes.

Shen Lie looked at himself in the mirror for a long time and said, "Not bad, you look quite energetic."

Ning Tang looked at him twice and found him to be quite good indeed.

Shen Lie's appearance is originally that of a tough guy, with thick eyebrows, big eyes, and strong facial features. Other hairstyles are not suitable for him. Only this buzz cut can highlight his iron-blooded soldier aura.

Ning Tang herself thinks that she has done a good job of cutting and is very satisfied with it.

Ning Tang asked Shen Lie, "Do you want to help Erniu and Sanwa cut their hair as well?"

Shen Lie looked down and saw that the two little ones' hair had also grown longer. "Let's cut it."

Sanwa is a boy, and his hair is easy to manage. Ningtang gave him a round bun.

Sanwa’s appearance was already cute, and with the round pot-lid head, he became even cuter, causing Shen Lie to rub Sanwa’s hair several times.

His slightly curly hair was messed up, but the little boy didn't care. He smiled at Shen Lie, revealing a row of white millet teeth.

Finally, it’s Erniu.

Erniu has the longest hair and the worst hair quality.

Perhaps due to long-term malnutrition, Erniu's hair quality is very bad and the ends of her hair are split.

Ning Tang asked Erniu for her opinion, "Do you want to keep your hair long or short?"

Erniu said without hesitation, "Keep your hair short."

It was too hot to have long hair, so she was too lazy to get it cut.

Shen Lie said, "If you cut your hair short, you won't need those two new red hair ties you bought."

That's true. Erniu hesitated for a while, but still said, "Cut your hair short."

She is more afraid of the heat than not having to use a red hair tie. Besides, short hair can be tied into a small braid.

This coincided with Ning Tang's idea. She also wanted to cut Erniu's hair short. Her hair quality was too bad. If she cut it short and then grew it longer again, her hair quality would improve.

After making up his mind, Ningtang started cutting Erniu's hair.

Erniu's hair was the most time-consuming. Ningtang spent more than half an hour cutting her hair, and finally finished it with a simple and elegant mushroom-shaped head with bangs.

It is said to be a mushroom head with bangs, but in fact it is just a student head.

Shen Lie was surprised. "Hey, this is the haircut. I have never seen any child on the island with hair like this."

It is popular for little girls on the island to have straight hair with a side braid, that is, short hair that is parallel to the nose. The bangs on the top of the head are combed into a small side braid and tied with a hair tie.

If Ning Tang were to evaluate it, it would definitely not be in line with her aesthetic taste.

"Just tell me whether it looks good or not." Ning Tang said.

Shen Lie took another look at it, nodded, and gave a positive evaluation, "It looks good."

Erniu looked at herself in the mirror, who had changed so much. She opened her eyes and mouth wide, and was very suspicious. "Is this me?"

Ning Tang helped her trim her hair to a little below her ears, and her bangs to a little above her eyebrows. Overall, she had a very student-like hairstyle.

Erniu has heroic features, and she can pull off this hairstyle. At first glance, she looks like a child star who walked out of a movie.

Ning Tang looked at Erniu's hair and was reminded of the mushroom-shaped hair she had when she was in junior high school.

Mushroom heads and pear-shaped heads were particularly popular at that time. The only common feature was that the bangs had to be grown long enough to reach below the eyebrows, and preferably half-cover the eyes. The same also applied to the hair on both sides of the ears. It must not be shorter than the chin, because if it was short it would make the face look longer and bigger.

Ning Tang still remembers that every time she went to the barber shop, she would ask the barber uncle to cut her bangs a little bit. Her uniform commandment was that it would be best if it looked the same whether it was cut or not.

Now that I think about it, it was so embarrassing and not worth the haircut fee.

So when cutting Erniu's hair, Ningtang specially trimmed the bangs above her eyebrows to reveal her heroic eyebrows.

Facts have proved that Ningtang's decision was correct.

Before the haircut, Erniu's hair was like a bird's nest, messy and her bangs covered her beautiful big eyes. She looked listless, as if she was about to fall asleep at any moment.

After the haircut, coupled with Erniu's heroic features, he looks like a child star who walked out of a movie poster.

Anyway, Ning Tang was very satisfied.

Erniu was also very satisfied and refused to let go of the mirror.

Now the eldest boy was unhappy. He also liked his new hairstyle and wanted to look in the mirror.

The two little kids almost started quarreling. In the end, Shen Lie had to take care of them for five minutes each before he calmed the two kids down.

The next day, Da Wa went to school. Before leaving, he did not forget to pull Ning Tang out of the quilt and style his hair.

Ning Tang really wanted to beat up this guy, but then she thought that Da Wa letting her style his hair was a recognition of her skills, so she endured her sleepiness and styled a handsome hairstyle for him, and Da Wa left with satisfaction.

Looking at his little bouncing steps as he walked on the road, Ning Tang guessed that this boy must be going to school to show off to his classmates.

Ning Tang was too embarrassed to tell him that with that little bit of water, the hairstyle would only last him until he got to school.

There's no way, I can't buy mousse or hair oil for the time being.

After sending the eldest child away, and also sending Shen Lie, who took the third child to the Yuhong class on his way to work, Ning Tang no longer felt sleepy.

Adhering to the principle of not getting up early alone, Ning Tang dug Erniu out from under the quilt.

Erniu rubbed her eyes sleepily with her fists, muttering unhappily, "Stepmother——"

She found that since Ning Tang came home, she got up later and later, and she didn't know if she was infected by Ning Tang.

Ning Tang said righteously: "At your age, how can you sleep well?"

Erniu was speechless, "Why don't you say that when you get up late yourself? You just can't stand seeing me sleeping so soundly."

Ning Tang said seriously, "You found me." Then he broke down in a second and said with a playful smile, "Get up and talk to me. I'm so bored alone."

Erniu: ...

Although she wanted to curse, she still got up obediently and went to the yard to wash up.

After washing up, he yawned and said, "Tell me what I want to talk to you about."

"I'm just kidding. Come on, let's go to the market to buy some vegetables." Ning Tang said.

The mother and daughter went to the vegetable market, where there happened to be a small stall selling breakfast.

A sesame cake for three cents, sweet soy milk for five cents, and fried dough sticks for two cents each, all without a ticket.

Ningtang also bought one and shared it with Erniu, eating till they were full.

Erniu's mouth was greasy from eating so much. She wiped her mouth and said, "Mom, will you come again tomorrow?"

To have such a delicious breakfast, she would get up early every day.

Ning Tang was happy, "It depends on my mood."

After breakfast, Ningtang bought some vegetables and strolled home slowly with Erniu.

When I walked to the door of Mrs. Luo's house, I happened to see Mrs. Luo escorting Zeng Xinlan out. Zeng Xinlan was holding a few books in her hands.

Zeng Xinlan and Luo Saozi also saw Ning Tang and greeted her, "Xiao Ning."

Ning Tang said, "Sister-in-law, Xin Lan."

Erniu didn't need her to teach her, she took the initiative to call people sweetly, "Sister Luo, Sister Xinlan."

Luo Saozi and Zeng Xinlan narrowed their eyes and smiled, "Hey."

After saying hello, Ning Tang noticed the textbook in Zeng Xinlan's hand.

Her eyes moved around the textbook in Zeng Xinlan's hand. Zeng Xinlan took the initiative to explain, "I signed up for the Women's Committee cadre exam and am preparing for the written test. But you know, I only have a junior high school education, and I graduated a long time ago. I have basically forgotten all the knowledge, so I came to Qingqing to borrow the textbook and picked up all the paper and pen."

So that's how it is. Ning Tang nodded and said, "Go ahead and do your best on the exam.

It was obvious that Zeng Xinlan was wholeheartedly preparing for the exam, so Ning Tang decided not to take up her time and waved goodbye to her.

Zeng Xinlan nodded, smiled at Erniu, and walked home in a hurry.

Mrs. Luo asked Ningtang if he wanted to go to her house and have a seat.

Ning Tang had nothing else to do, so he agreed.

Sister Luo brought two glasses of boiled water to Ningtang and Erniu, and said with emotion, "Xinlan is really hardworking. I heard that she stays up late every night studying until midnight. I really hope she can be successfully admitted to the Women's Committee this time."

Ning Tang also said, "Hard work pays off. She will definitely be able to pass the exam."

A lot of people signed up this time, all for the seven yuan salary and the annual benefits of the Women's Committee, as well as the nice title of Women's Committee staff and some small power. It was actually a bit uncertain whether Zeng Xinlan would be admitted.

Ning Tang and Mrs. Luo were both worried about her.

Mrs. Luo said, "By the way, Xiaoning, I heard from Qingqing that you gave her all the money left from buying books, more than two yuan." She disagreed, "It was just a matter of convenience for her to help you buy books. You are her aunt, so it is her duty to help you."

Ning Tang did not answer directly, but asked her, "Sister-in-law, you won't take the money away, right?"

Mrs. Luo paused and said righteously, "Two yuan is too much. She is just a little girl. What is she going to do with so much money? What if she spends it recklessly?"

Ning Tang said, "Sister-in-law, I think you should return the money to her. First of all, I gave this money to her, not to you. Secondly, she deserves it. She helped me find so many books. This is her labor fee, which she deserves. She has the right to dispose of it. It's her own stuff, and she can spend it however she wants."

Mrs. Luo hesitated and asked, "But..."

Ning Tang was amused. "Sister-in-law, just listen to me. Think about it from Zhao Qing's perspective. If you were her, would you be happy if someone took away the labor fee you worked so hard to earn?"

That would definitely not be pleasant.

"Okay, okay, I can't argue with you." Mrs. Luo pursed her lips, "I'll give it to her when she gets home from school."

"That's right." Ning Tang said, "Next time I will ask her to buy books for me. If you take her labor fee and she refuses to buy books for me, I will come to you."

Mrs. Luo also smiled and said, "Then I will personally accompany you to the Xinhua Bookstore in Jiang City."

After chatting with Mrs. Luo for a while, she looked around and saw that it was getting late. It was already half an hour past ten. Ningtang took Erniu to say goodbye to Mrs. Luo.

When I got home, Ningtang had just finished cooking when Da Wa came back.

The third child attends the Yuhong class. He stays in the class for lunch break and has lunch in the class as well.

Ning Tang took the two kids to have a simple lunch. While eating, Ning Tang casually asked the eldest child, "Do the Su family still isolate you because of the twins?"

The eldest child didn't react at first, but later he understood that Ning Tang's isolation probably meant not playing with them. "Well, I guess it's isolation. They and Liu Xiaoliu are the only ones in the class who don't like playing with me. Everyone else likes playing with me."

The eldest child has a good temper, is loyal, and knows how to play a lot. Not only in his class, but all the children in the same grade and even in the upper grades love to play with him.

Ning Tang nodded. She felt relieved after hearing what Da Wa said. It seemed that neither she nor Shen Lie would need to step forward.

"If they don't want to play with you, then they won't play with you." Ning Tang said, "In the future, if they come to you, just ignore them."

Ning Tang doesn't believe in repaying evil with kindness. Since they think Da Wa is stupid and don't like to play with him, even if they come to Da Wa with a smug look on their faces in the future, Da Wa will ignore them.

The eldest child was amused. "They won't come to me. Except for Liu Xiaoliu, they only like to play with those with good grades. Su Guangzong is the funniest. Before making friends with people, he would first ask, how many points did you get in the exam?"

Ning Tang was also amused and picked up a piece of food for Da Wa with chopsticks. "Did he really ask that? How would the kid react?"

Da Wa put the food that Ning Tang picked up into his mouth. When he heard Ning Tang asking the question, he chuckled and almost choked, and coughed several times.

Erniu hurried to pour him some water, and was speechless, "Brother, why are you so excited?"

The eldest boy took the water, drank it, rubbed his chest a few times, and then said, "If you were there, you would also laugh and cough."

Ning Tang's eyes were full of gossip, and she urged him, "Hurry up and tell me."

The eldest boy demonstrated it vividly, "He likes to ask people about his grades. If he's lucky, he'll find someone with good grades, and they'll pay attention to him and tell him everything about their grades. If he's unlucky, he'll meet someone with bad grades, and it's like rubbing salt into someone's wound."

Ning Tang nodded, that's the truth.

Da Wa continued, "A few days ago, he was unlucky. He asked Zhu Dazhu from the next class. Zhu Dazhu did worse than me in the exam. I heard that his Chinese and math scores combined were below the passing line. When he took his test scores home, his parents beat him up. During the Spring Festival, they beat him whenever they wanted."

At this point, Big Boy shuddered, obviously feeling the same way.

"What good would Su Guangzong get from asking others how many points they got in the exam?" said Da Wa. "I heard that Zhu Dazhu thought Su Guangzong was going to mock him, so his face turned sour and he punched Su Guangzong in the nose."

Erniu opened her mouth so wide that an egg could fit in it. "And then?"

"And then...ah." said the eldest child, "and then...he was beaten. I heard his nose was even beaten red."

Da Wa recalled, "It seems that Su Yaozu also went to stop the fight. Zhu Dazhu's physique is twice as strong as mine. There is no way that Su Guangzong and Su Yaozu, who are so skinny, could withstand him. Later, each of the two brothers was hit by a punch and they both cried."

After all, they are just children. Even though there is a conflict, it shouldn't be too serious if they start fighting.

Ning Tang felt that the twins were probably not beaten too badly, otherwise, with Ning Xue's protective nature of holding the twins in her hands to the point of being afraid that they would melt, she would have gone to the school and caused a huge commotion.

Ning Tang really guessed it right. After the twins were beaten by Zhu Dazhu, they only dared to tell Ning Xue when they got home that they fell down the stairs.

Although Ning Xue was also puzzled as to why only her nose was bruised after falling from the stairs, she repeatedly asked the twins, and the twins did not change their story. In addition, since the injuries were not serious, she did not ask any more questions and even covered up for the twins.

She was afraid that if she continued asking questions, it would attract Su Junyan's attention, and she would be blamed for not taking good care of the twins.

In fact, she was overthinking it. Su Junyan would never ask about it. Marrying Ning Xue was like finding a nanny who was on call 24 hours a day to take care of the family. He just left the twins to Ning Xue to take care of them and didn't care about them himself. He was the boss at home and felt very uncomfortable.

Ning Tang felt that the twins deserved it. If she were Zhu Dazhu, she would also beat someone up when she got angry.

But as for Zhu Dazhu beating someone up… Ning Tang raised her eyebrows and asked Da Wa, “Have you ever fought with anyone at school, or been beaten up?”

The eldest child was confused and said, "No."

Erniu quickly responded, "No one else has the right to hit me, only I have the right to hit others."

The eldest child raised his hand to hit the second girl, "Hey, you dare to slander me."

Erniu was not afraid of him, she hid behind Ning Tang and said 'wrongly', "Stepmother, look, look, my brother wanted to hit me, but I told him that he was the only one who could hit others."

Ning Tang stood in front of Erniu. Da Wa was reluctant to move, so he pointed at Erniu and said, "Erniu, wait."

Erniu made a face at him, "Lululu, I'm not afraid of you. If you dare to hit me, I'll tell Dad. Besides, with my mother here, you can't touch a hair on my head."

The eldest child also laughed, "It's impossible for him to be at home every day. Don't let me find the opportunity, or I will beat you up."

Erniu was dumbfounded.

Ning Tang interrupted, "You can show off your power to your friends. Bullying your sister is nothing." Then he said, "Let me ask you seriously, has anyone ever bullied you at school or when you're playing outside?"

The eldest son waved his hands and said, "Oh, really not." Then he asked, "Why is my mother worrying so much?"

He rolled his eyes and said, "Stepmother, are you afraid that others will bully me?"

Did the sun rise from the west? Why would his stepmother actually care about him?

Ning Tang teased him, "Yeah, if someone really beats you up, tell me right away and I'll notify Captain Shen, and we'll grab a small stool and a bag of melon seeds and go watch."

Erniu chuckled and said, "Don't forget to call me. I'll take Sanwa with me."

Da Wa's face fell, "Humph, can't you just hope for me? Even if someone beats me up, I won't tell you."

He? Seeing Ning Tang's disbelieving expression, he frowned and said, "I'm serious."

"What I said is true." Ning Tang said.

The eldest child was furious, "I won't help you wash the dishes today."

Ning Tang had a firm grasp on his lifeline and asked him, "You don't want the penny? When Erniu and Sanwa have saved enough money, I will take them to Jiang City to go shopping, watch movies, and eat snacks. If you don't have enough money, you can just wait for us at home."

As soon as the eldest child imagined that scene, he immediately gave in and took the bowl and chopsticks from her hands, "Oh, how can you let your stepmother do it? Let me do it."

Erniu choked, "Brother, you are such a lackey."

Da Wa glanced at her. He? Is that called a lackey? That's called a man who knows the current affairs? A hero!