Chapter 36
Meng Jinyu coaxed Youyou and Shanshan to sleep before going to the village chief's house. Before they fell asleep, she reminded them to light the kerosene lamp if they woke up at night and felt scared.
When she came back and saw the house was dark and quiet, she knew that the two children were still sleeping soundly.
They are very well behaved and are not afraid to be alone at home. The two chubby kids sleep soundly together and cannot be woken up by anyone.
Meng Jinyu didn't yell at them, but just held up the small clothes and skirts she had just made and tried them in front of them again and again. Although she couldn't see clearly, she could feel with the moonlight that these clothes would look very beautiful when they were put on.
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The next morning, after Jiang Cheng woke up, he gently pulled the curtain on the kang and called Jiang Guo to get up: "It's time to go to school!"
Before, there was a kang and a table in this converted small firewood room, where the four brothers and sisters lived together.
Later, Youyou and Shanshan moved out, and the house became a lot more empty.
However, not long ago, Meng Jinyu said that Jiang Cheng and Jiang Guo had grown up, and it was not appropriate for the two of them to sleep on the same kang, so she asked him to find a curtain to separate the kangs.
Because the kang was very large, after being separated, it seemed like two independent spaces. This made Jiang Guo very excited. She said that she now had her own room like her classmates in the town.
However, Jiang Cheng felt that sleeping on this kang was not very comfortable.
He has been growing taller over the past two years. When he sleeps on the kang behind the partition, his whole body has to curl up, which is very uncomfortable.
But he was willing to listen to his mother.
"Mom said that when she moves to a bigger house, she will take us in to live with her. Then we'll have our own bed and won't have to live in such a crowded place," said Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Guo stretched lazily in her little space and scratched her messy hair: "Even if we move to a bigger house, Mom will only take you to live there. She won't let me go."
Jiang Cheng could feel that Jiang Guo would occasionally feel upset about what he had done before, so he prepared to say a few words of comfort. He wanted to say that a mother is a mother after all, and she would not cut off contact with her daughter forever. As long as Jiang Guo was sensible, the past would slowly pass.
But who would have thought that Jiang Guo would pull open the curtain and said heartlessly: "When you move out, I can sleep on the kang by myself!"
Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes at her unhappily, picked up his washbasin and went to wash up. When he left, he said, "By then, even I will be gone. Don't cry when you are alone at home!"
His brother's words hit Jiang Guo like a thud, and he fell into sorrow unconsciously.
In this family, her grandmother didn't like her, her aunt and second aunt didn't let her eat delicious food, her father ignored her, and her uncle and second uncle probably wouldn't say a word to her for a month...
What would she do if even her brother was gone?
Jiang Guo's mouth corners turned down, and he followed Jiang Cheng eagerly, looking timid.
Jiang Cheng was both angry and amused: "Today is the first day of school for my brother and sister. We are taking them with us. Why don't you go wash your face!"
Jiang Guo immediately stood up straight, ready to go: "I'll be there right away!"
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The commune primary school and the commune middle school were next to each other. Since Jiang Cheng and Jiang Guo could take the two little ones to school together, Meng Jinyu did not ask for leave from the production team.
She put new clothes on Youyou and Shanshan, and couldn't help laughing when she saw the two little kids admiring themselves while holding a small round mirror.
"Shanshan, move a little lower, the mirror can't reflect my little belly." Youyou stood on tiptoe, staring at the small round mirror in her brother's hand with her bright eyes. Sometimes she could see her neck, sometimes she could only see her little hands, which made her very anxious.
Shanshan was also anxious. He jumped around, trying to hold the mirror higher, and kept raising his chin up until his neck was tired from stretching.
"It's Shanshan's turn." After a long time, Shanshan said in a baby voice.
She looked so beautiful in the mirror. Youyou touched her pretty skirt with lingering satisfaction and took the mirror from Shanshan's hand.
"Brother's clothes look nice too!" she said softly.
Seeing the two children so happy, Meng Jinyu smiled with her eyes curved and felt warm in her heart.
It's really worth it to just give them a new piece of clothing and make them so happy.
As a result, she couldn't help but look forward to the future even more. In the future, she would let her children ride in cars, live in small Western-style houses, and take them to the amusement park!
"Youyou, Shanshan...are going to school!" Jiang Cheng's voice came from outside the house.
The two little kids immediately put down the mirror and ran out happily.
The weather is good today, the sun is high in the sky, and although it is autumn, it is still a little hot.
Jiang Guo squinted his eyes, put one hand on his forehead to block the sunlight, raised his eyes and saw his younger brother and sister running out.
Her eyes widened: "Wow! New clothes!"
This new dress looks so nice!
Youyou tilted her head and smiled softly: "Mom said that my brothers and sisters will also have new clothes on the first day of school."
Jiang Guo couldn't help but think of her first day at school.
At that time, her mother asked her and her older brother to go to town to study, but she was afraid and refused to go. After listening to her second aunt, she cried and made a fuss at home, saying that her mother was so cruel.
That was the first time that her mother, who was always easy-going, hit her.
Later, she couldn't persuade her mother, so she had to carry her schoolbag to school, but that day, her mother also prepared a new set of clothes for her.
The new clothes were bought in town. Jiang Guo could no longer remember the style. She only remembered that when she put on the new clothes, she was not as happy as Youyou and Shanshan. She just kept crying. When she left, she still blamed her mother for being cruel.
Later, my eldest brother said that my mother was not cruel and she just wanted them to succeed.
Moreover, she was the only girl in the village who was sent to school so early by her family, and the villagers and her second aunt spoke harshly about her.
This happened many years ago, and when Jiang Guo thinks about it now, he feels uncomfortable.
"Sister, does Youyou's new clothes look good?" Little Dumpling smiled obediently, and his baby voice was sweet and crisp.
Jiang Guo came back to his senses and touched his nose: "It looks good."
…
Nie Xiaojia followed behind Jin Minmin, standing nervously at the door of the first grade classroom of the commune primary school.
Although teachers went to several villages and did ideological work in every household, not many people were really willing to let their children go to school.
There is only one first-grade class in the entire elementary school, and there are only twenty-five children in the class.
Jin Minmin was in charge of teaching the first grade. At this moment, she took a deep breath and was as nervous as Nie Xiaojia.
She really didn't expect that she could become a teacher in the commune primary school. After all, apart from her, all other teachers in the school were educated youth from the city, and each of them had a high school diploma.
But now that she is here, she will be on an equal footing with these teachers from now on, and she doesn't have to compete with other teachers. She only needs to defeat Lin Zhiqing.
She has to stay and become a formal employee of this primary school!
"Xiaojia, Mom can't always take care of you. You have to make friends on your own and take care of yourself, okay?" Jin Minmin squatted in front of Nie Xiaojia and said softly.
Nie Xiaojia nodded gently.
Jin Minmin brought Nie Xiaojia into the classroom and asked her to sit next to a little girl in the second row.
As soon as Nie Xiaojia sat down, he looked at the little girl.
"My name is Wu Shuangxia, what's your name?" Wu Shuangxia said in a lively tone, with two highland red spots on her cheeks.
"My name is Nie Xiaojia." Nie Xiaojia said softly, and pointed at Jin Minmin on the podium, "That's my mother."
Wu Shuangxia opened her eyes wide: "Wow!"
The corners of Nie Xiaojia's tense mouth finally curled up slightly.
Her mother is a teacher, which is indeed very enviable.
Jin Minmin checked the list of classmates: "Are there any classmates willing to go and get textbooks?"
A chubby little boy raised his hand.
Jin Minmin arranged for him and the boy next to him to go get the textbooks first.
Although there are 25 children in the class, there are not many textbooks. Some children who have older brothers and sisters use old textbooks or borrow them from everywhere in the village.
It's understandable to save as much as possible on book expenses.
After distributing the textbooks, Jin Minmin frowned: "Why are there still two students who haven't come? They are late on the first day of school."
Most children of this age listen to their teachers.
As soon as the teacher started to grumble, they would also start to grumble. As a result, even though Youyou and Shanshan had not arrived yet, they had already left a bad impression on their classmates.
"You really have no sense of time." Jin Minmin wanted to deepen their impression again, "How can you let so many students wait?"
However, just as she finished her words, she heard Lin Zhiqing's voice coming from outside the classroom.
"Teacher Jin, the class starts at 8 o'clock, and it's only 7:50 now." Lin Li walked in front, followed by Youyou and Shanshan who were carrying small schoolbags.
Looking at Youyou and Shanshan walking slowly towards the classroom, many classmates raised their chins, wanting to take a closer look.
They look white and tender, just like soft white steamed buns.
"Teacher, we are not late." Youyou said seriously.
After all, it’s the first day of school, and other children in the class are worried about being late, so they come to school early.
But Youyou and Shanshan are different. Jiang Cheng and Jiang Guo are already familiar with the way to school. They calculate the time so that it is neither too early nor too late. After sending their younger siblings to elementary school, they walk to the middle school. The four of them arrive at the classroom in just the right time.
"The class hasn't started yet?" Jin Minmin was slightly startled and smiled in surprise.
"Yeah, did you read the time wrong?" Lin Li also smiled and sent Youyou and Shanshan into the classroom.
Lin Li's words were not meant with malice.
But she didn't expect that as soon as she opened her mouth, Jin Minmin and Nie Xiaojia's faces changed.
Jin Minmin looked at Lin Li awkwardly. When her eyes caught sight of her wrist, she subconsciously touched her own wrist.
She was teaching in school these days and found that many teachers were wearing watches.
But the cheapest watch costs one hundred yuan. How could she afford it when she has no man and no family?
Nie Xiaojia, who was sitting on a chair, also clutched the corner of his clothes tightly under the desk, with a hurt expression on his face.
Was mom bullied by Lin Zhiqing?
Lin Li didn't know what Jin Minmin was thinking, so she just said to Youyou and Shanshan, "You guys go find Teacher Jin. I'm going back to the office."
Jin Minmin is an adult after all, and after Lin Li left, she immediately forced herself to adjust her mood.
She cleared her throat and glanced at the two children: "Now that everyone is here, let's introduce ourselves. You two start first."
Jin Minmin's tone was very cold. She took a step to the side, raised her chin and pointed in the direction of the podium, asking the two children to come up and introduce themselves.
Because she had a grudge against Meng Jinyu before, she disliked these two children from the bottom of her heart and secretly targeted them.
Isn't she quite capable in front of her daughter? Since you are so capable, would you dare to be the first to go on stage and introduce yourself?
But Jin Minmin didn't expect that Youyou and Shanshan were so daring.
The brother and sister were not afraid at all. Whoever stood closer to the podium would go up and speak first.
"My name is Meng Shan, and I'm three years old." Shan Shan tried to say her new name as loudly as possible.
"Why is it so small?" a student asked softly.
"He is from our village. My parents say he is a child prodigy!" said another boy proudly.
Now everyone was even more shocked, and they were looking around to see what the little prodigy looked like.
Shanshan’s self-introduction was very simple, and after that, it was Youyou’s turn.
"Hello everyone, my name is Meng Youyou, I love making friends the most, let's play together in the future!" Youyou said this generously, thought for a while, tilted her head, and the smile on the corner of her mouth became shy and timid, "No, let's study together."
Just now, Youyou was standing at the door of the classroom, facing the light.
Therefore, it was not until this moment that the classmates could see her appearance clearly.
Her face is round and soft, her eyes are as bright as black grapes, and when she smiles, a pair of dimples of moderate depth appear, making her look like a sweet glutinous dumpling.
What attracted more attention was the little skirt she was wearing.
The little skirt is made of soft goose yellow fabric with a few decorative buttons on it. There are pleats on the arms and waist, revealing Youyou's plump and tender arms like lotus roots and her round little belly. She looks cute and very fashionable.
Even Jin Minmin was fascinated. She had never seen such a style of skirt before. Could it be bought in Shanghai?
And the dress Shanshan was wearing was also very unique. The brother and sister standing there looked like spoiled children in the city.
That doesn't make sense. Meng Jinyu is so poor, how could she possibly buy clothes for her children from Shanghai?
"This little sister is so cute."
"She looks like White Rabbit candy, and she smiles so sweetly."
"She is so brave. Even I don't dare to speak on stage. She is so much younger than me, yet she dares..."
Hearing the discussions of her classmates, Nie Xiaojia bit her lips gently.
"Her dress is so beautiful. I also want a dress like that." Wu Shuangxia said enviously as she looked at Youyou on the stage.
Nie Xiaojia looked at Wu Shuangxia and thought to herself how dark this classmate was. She would not look good even if she wore a light yellow dress.
"Then do you think my clothes are ugly?" Nie Xiaojia asked in a low voice, hesitating.
Wu Shuangxia looked at Nie Xiaojia strangely and said in embarrassment: "It looks good, but aren't you hot?"
Although it is autumn now, it has been unusually hot these past two days.
The sun was shining brightly into the classroom, making the children sweat profusely, but Nie Xiaojia was actually wearing a furry sweater.
It looks very hot.
"No, I'm not hot..."
Nie Xiaojia was shocked and lowered his eyes in embarrassment, with beads of sweat oozing from his forehead.
"Next, please ask the other students to come up to the stage and introduce themselves." Jin Minmin didn't want Youyou and Shanshan to steal the spotlight, so she waved her hand and asked them to sit down.
When the brother and sister walked down the podium, they always met the curious eyes of their classmates. Youyou immediately greeted them enthusiastically, and she was so familiar with them, as if she had already become friends with everyone.
Although Shanshan is much more reserved than her sister, because he is young, these simple children compete to take care of him. Some even waved to him and asked him to sit next to them.
"You two siblings should not sit next to each other, or you will start talking during class and disturb everyone."
Jin Minmin pointed in a direction to each of the siblings, both of whom were in the corner of the last row of the classroom.
Youyou and Shanshan put down their schoolbags and sat down quietly.
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There were not so many classes in the school. Jin Minmin cried that day, and finally the principal asked her to teach the first graders first.
In this way, Lin Li had some free time.
She has been in the office organizing materials and preparing lessons. Many days have passed, and she still has no chance to enter the classroom.
At this time, there was no one in the office. Teacher Jiang, who taught the senior grades, tugged at her arm and said, "Are you stupid? Just because someone wanted to teach the first grade, you gave in immediately?"
"The principal said that she would teach for one month and I would teach for one month," said Lin Li.
"After she has taught the class for a month and the children have adapted to the routine, who would be willing to let you teach? By then, you will be kicked out," said Teacher Jiang.
Lin Li realized the problem: "Teacher Jiang, if you hadn't reminded me, I really wouldn't have thought of this."
"So you are stupid. She has planned everything step by step. You have to think of a way to avoid being bullied." Teacher Jiang lowered his voice, "lest she gets the upper hand before the class even starts. If she becomes a formal employee, you can only go back to the village to earn work points."
This job is very important to Lin Li.
She immediately thanked Teacher Jiang and then hurried to find the director.
"Do you mean you want to teach first-year students together with Teacher Jin?" Director Qian asked.
Lin Li nodded and stated her reasons in a soft voice.
Of course, her reasons were very sufficient. It had nothing to do with the competition between the two teachers for the job. She just wanted the two teachers to tutor the children together so that they could adapt to the learning atmosphere as quickly as possible and make progress as soon as possible.
The reason was reasonable, so Director Qian simply agreed and took her to the classroom.
When passing by the classroom door, Lin Li looked through the window and saw Youyou and Shanshan sitting in the corner of the last row.
The two little kids were on each side, and neither of them could see clearly in front of them as the view was completely blocked by the heads of their older brothers and sisters.
Shanshan tried very hard. First she stood on tiptoe, then she lifted her little butt off the stool, and finally she just stood up and listened to the teacher at the podium.
As for Youyou, it was outrageous. She was lying on the desk and sleeping soundly.
"Director Qian, how can we let these two children sit in the last row? Although the school doesn't charge them tuition, their parents send them here hoping that they can learn something. We have to at least lay a good foundation for them." Lin Li said anxiously, "This little girl is usually very studious. If she couldn't see the words on the blackboard clearly, she would definitely not fall asleep on the table!"
Director Qian also frowned: "This is indeed inappropriate." After a pause, she looked at Nie Xiaojia again, "This child is so tall, sitting in the second row?"
Director Qian had met this child before when Jin Minmin brought Nie Xiaojia to ask the principal to waive her tuition.
Although she is only six years old, she is quite tall and taller than many classmates in the class. Why doesn't she sit in the back row?
Is it just because she is Teacher Jin’s biological daughter that she is treated so preferentially?
Director Qian's face darkened and he had a bad impression of Jin Minmin.
During the break, Jin Minmin walked out of the classroom: "Dean Qian, I'm sorry, I saw you early in the morning, but class is more important, so I didn't interrupt the children's enthusiasm for learning."
Director Qian ignored her and walked straight into the classroom. He pointed at Youyou and Shanshan, then pointed at Nie Xiaojia and another taller child, and asked them to exchange seats.
"You are so mean." Jin Minmin's expression changed slightly, and she immediately looked at Lin Li: "What did you say in front of the director just now? Lin Zhiqing, I didn't expect you to go to Director Qian to make a fuss. This is my class, and I have the final say in arranging seats!"
Lin Li's tone was much calmer than hers.
"Since it's a fair competition, don't do so many tricks. Everyone should stay based on their own abilities. It's despicable to cry and act pitiful in front of the principal all day long." After a pause, she continued, "Also, who said this is your class? From now on, you and I will manage this class together."
After that, Lin Li walked directly into the classroom, stood on the podium and said, "Everyone, take a break. You can go to the toilet or drink water first. I will teach you the next class."
"Wow! It's Teacher Lin!" Youyou clapped her hands happily.
Wu Shuangxia whispered to her new deskmate: "Do you know Teacher Lin?"
Youyou nodded vigorously: "Teacher Lin is very nice, and her classes must be very interesting. I won't sleep for a while!"
Little Tuanzi clapped his hands, his clear eyes were filled with surprise. Unconsciously, the other students around him also became extremely expectant.
Is it true that the class taught by Teacher Lin is much more interesting than the class taught by Teacher Jin?
Looking at this scene, Jin Minmin's face gradually turned pale.
Could it be that Lin Zhiqing could defeat her and become a formal employee?
…
Ruan Wenwen stayed in the labor camp for a long time and gradually established a good relationship with the people who guarded and managed them.
She was pretty and usually looked pitiful. She begged them to give her a favor and let her send the letter, and the other party generally did not make things difficult for her.
However, no matter how many letters she wrote, none of them went to fruition.
At the beginning, she wrote with deep emotion, hoping that her adoptive parents would come to pick her up, but gradually, she began to lose hope.
Did they really ignore her?
She really can't take it anymore.
The labor camp is not a place for human beings to stay. She is unwilling to work diligently like other people, but if she does not work, she will be punished, and the labor camp cadres will be disgusted with her and may even extend her labor camp period. Then she will never be able to go back.
So Ruan Wenwen had to work hard.
She was exhausted every day, even more tired than the old oxen working in the fields. When she thought about her life in her previous life, it was like a world of difference.
She planned everything carefully, but in the end, she only ended up falling into the abyss.
Ruan Wenwen regretted it very much, but the one-year labor reform period was neither long nor short, and she would eventually leave this place.
When the time comes, she will go back to find Jiang Huanming.
Maybe with his personality, he would look down on her, but it doesn’t matter, she is pregnant with his child!
Thinking of this, Ruan Wenwen sighed softly.
It's only a year. Just endure it and when you leave the labor camp, you'll be a brave man again.
At that time, she would work hard with Jiang Huanming. Even if the two of them really couldn't make ends meet, she would be able to get half of the property once the supermarket opened.
"Comrade, I want to write a letter to my husband. Could you please help me mail it?" Ruan Wenwen asked softly.
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As the sun was about to set, the commune primary school finally let out classes.
After going to school, Youyou realized how free and easy the days when she played in the fields were.
Although the knowledge the teacher teaches in class is quite interesting, Youyou’s little butt is getting numb from being locked in the classroom all day.
I really want to go back to the ground and roll around and make a little clay figure.
"Shanshan, let's go home!" Youyou stood up, stretched, stretched her muscles, and pulled Shanshan away.
Shan Shan shook her head: "No, wait for my brother and sister."
Youyou slapped her forehead and then she remembered that her mother didn't allow them to go home alone. She said they must follow their older brother and sister, otherwise they would be in danger!
"Then I'll go play for a while!" said Youyou.
"Okay." Shanshan nodded and lowered his head to read his book.
The textbooks were given to them by sister Erni. Shanshan couldn't understand them at first, but fortunately he figured out a way. He learned word by word by following what the teacher read in class and memorized them silently in his heart.
In just one day, Shanshan had taught himself many words from the textbook.
If he continues like this, maybe he will be able to read a whole book proficiently soon.
Youyou asked her younger brother to stay in the classroom and wait for her older brothers and sisters, while she ran out to play.
The commune primary school is very small, but it has an open space which can be regarded as a playground. Several children are running and jumping in it, having a lot of fun.
Youyou originally wanted to join them, but when she went over, she suddenly saw those children pushing a little boy to the ground.
"Go away, my mom won't let me play with you!"
"There's nothing special about city kids. My grandma said you're just a wild child!"
"A child without a father or a mother is a wild child!"
"He has no parents! But his mother ran away. As soon as his father died, she ran away with a wild man!"
Several dark and strong children made faces at the little boy who fell to the ground.
The little boy sat on the ground, with his eyes downcast, not saying a word.
The little boy has fair skin and long eyelashes, and is even more handsome than Shanshan.
His eyes were drooped and his white hands were clenched into fists on the ground. When they laughed at him for being a wild child again, he suddenly stood up.
A little boy of seven or eight years old, with red eyes full of hostility.
He was like a wounded little animal, rushing towards the kids who bullied him.
He was thin and tall, with great explosive power, and he yelled and rammed his head into them.
But how could one person be a match for three or five people? As soon as he rushed forward, his hands were grabbed by other children.
But he refused to admit defeat or show weakness. He struggled and resisted with all his might.
The righteous little boy couldn't stand this scene, he clenched his fists and shouted, "The teacher is here!"
She shouted and rushed forward, pushing away the people who bullied him together with her little brother.
Youyou is only five years old, so she is naturally not as strong as these second and third grade kids, but she has a loud voice. At this moment, the clear and loud voice of a baby echoes in the playground, which is so menacing that it can scare people.
Although the children were naughty, they were still afraid of the teacher. When they heard her shouting, they immediately looked around in panic.
As a result, the fair-skinned little boy immediately got the opportunity. He rushed forward with all his strength and pushed down the others one after another. His movements were quick and smooth and completed in one go.
"The teacher is here!"
"The teacher is here..."
"The teacher is really here——"
Several children fell to the ground in response, with Youyou's little voice still filling their ears. They were worried that if the teacher came, they would be made to stand in the corner as punishment, so they immediately got up and ran away.
Seeing this, Youyou covered her mouth and giggled, running to the little boy and saying, "You chased them away!"
Looking at their backs as they left, the little boy pursed his lips and said, "You scared them away."
"The one who talks nonsense and bullies others is a wild child." Youyou said angrily.
"I'm not a wild child." He said without even thinking, "My father died for the country, it was glorious. My mother - she didn't run away, the organization transferred her to work, she will be back soon."
Youyou didn't really understand what this meant, but she nodded her head like a chicken pecking at rice: "If someone bullies you again, just tell them like this, don't hold it in!"
The boy was stunned for a moment and nodded slightly.
"I will be your friend from now on and I can protect you!" Youyou said proudly, "If you are embarrassed, I will help you shout and scare them away!"
The little guy's expression was firm and stubborn. He patted his chest with his little hands, as if he could really protect this little brother who was half a head taller than him.
But the magical thing is that this determined look made the boy's brows gradually relax.
"Youyou! Go home!" A familiar voice came from not far away.
Youyou looked back and saw that it was her brother coming, so she ran over immediately.
After running for a while, she turned back and said to the little boy, "My name is Youyou. If you are bullied, remember to come find me!"
The fair-skinned little boy stood in the afterglow of the sunset, looking at Youyou's back, lost in thought.
How can she be so imposing when she is so small?
…
Jiang Cheng once again drove his younger brothers and sisters to Fenglin Village like driving sheep.
To say that he was herding sheep is not quite accurate. His younger brothers and sisters were very naughty. They looked around and wanted to stay and play with anything new they saw. The sheep were much more obedient than them.
After finally driving his younger brothers and sisters to the entrance of Fenglin Village, Jiang Cheng wiped his sweat.
Passing by the Jiang family's front door and smelling the aroma of food wafting from their house, Youyou said, "Brother and sister, please go home for dinner. Shanshan and I will go back by ourselves!"
Since they were already back in the village, there was nothing to worry about, so Jiang Cheng and Jiang Guo agreed.
Just as the two were about to enter the house, they suddenly heard Lin Zhiqing's voice behind them.
"Jiang Cheng! Jiang Cheng!" Lin Li trotted over.
Jiang Guo was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat: "Teacher Lin, you have a baby in your belly, you have to be careful."
"It's okay." Lin Li smiled and handed Jiang Cheng an envelope. "I just went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy something and ran into the leader of the supply and marketing cooperative. He heard that I was also from Fenglin Village, so he asked me to bring this letter to Comrade Jiang. It seems that the result of the handling of your father after he was reported last time has come out. You two should take it back quickly and let him have a look."
Lin Li guessed that Jiang Huanming must be getting impatient waiting for the result.
It's not like she didn't hear her husband talk about the reason why Ruan Wenwen had instigated their divorce, but since she no longer had to work, there was no need for her to worry about these little things.
She didn't know whether Jiang Huanming had been fired from his unit, but in her opinion, if he hadn't been fired, it would be a good thing. Jiang Cheng and Jiang Guo were only twelve years old, and they would need money in the future. If Jiang Huanming didn't live a good life, they would probably suffer as well. Meng Jinyu would certainly not be able to bear it if the two of them suffered, and the days that had finally begun to brighten up would be disrupted again.
"Okay, I'll take the letter home right now." Jiang Cheng took the letter and walked into the house immediately.
Jiang Guo said: "Thank you, Teacher Lin."
Lin Li waved her hand and hurried home, thinking to herself, Jiang Guo is always very polite in front of others, why is she so willful only in front of her mother?
She didn't know when the child would grow up. Seeing that the mother and daughter lived in the same village but usually ignored each other, she was really worried.
After all, Meng Jinyu is divorced and her children's surnames have been changed. From now on, the family should live a good life and no one should cause trouble for her.
"Lin Zhiqing!" Meng Jinyu went to work carrying a hoe and saw Lin Li at a glance.
Whoever you think of will come!
Lin Li smiled and said, "Youyou and Shanshan have already gone home. It's the first day of school for these two children. They are very well behaved and are very serious in class."
"Will they be unable to keep up?" Meng Jinyu asked.
"It's hard to tell now. We'll have to wait until the exam to know how much the two children have absorbed from the textbooks," said Lin Li.
"I was too impatient." Meng Jinyu nodded, her eyes glancing at the bag in Lin Li's hand, "What did you buy at the supply and marketing cooperative?"
"It was Zhihong who insisted that our school was close to the supply and marketing cooperative and asked me to buy two doll clothes and put them at home for good luck. But after looking for a long time, I found that the clothes in the supply and marketing cooperative were really ugly, so in the end I only bought a rattle." Lin Li scolded her husband with a sweet smile on her face.
"The clothes for children in the rural supply and marketing cooperatives are definitely not as nice as those in the town. Why don't you go to the town and take a look next time?" said Meng Jinyu.
"The clothes in town are just so-so. By the way—" Lin Li said, "Where did you buy the clothes that Youyou and Shanshan are wearing today? Several teachers in our office have said that the clothes these two children are wearing are really fashionable, and they are styles that we have never seen before..."
Lin Li talked for a long time, which made Meng Jinyu smile from ear to ear.
She was still a little confused. The clothes were nice-looking, but why was Meng Jinyu so happy?
After a long fuss, Meng Jinyu finally said that the clothes were made by her!
"I didn't expect you to be so skillful!" Lin Li's eyes lit up all of a sudden: "Sister Jin Yu, could you please make some baby clothes for me? I have a sewing machine at home, you can just come to my house and make them! When the time comes, it will be like - just like inviting a tailor home, and I will pay you for your work, okay?"
Now it was Meng Jinyu's turn to be surprised.
She opened her eyes wide, trying to suppress the joy that was growing wildly in her heart.
Could it be that she can finally make money?
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