After the parents left, Lin Wei returned home and asked the two children to hand over the New Year's money.
At that moment, Mingming's expression was as if the sky had fallen and the earth had split. He asked in disbelief, "Isn't that the New Year's money you gave me and my brother?"
Ruirui's expression was also dull for a moment, but when she heard her brother's words, she quickly agreed: "Yes, yes!"
"It's New Year's money for you, but you are still young, and I don't feel comfortable with you taking so much money, so I'll keep it for you." Lin Wei coaxed without any guilt.
But the two children were extremely vigilant and said, "I can keep my New Year's money myself."
Ruirui nodded like a chick pecking at rice: "Yes, why is mom worried? I also saved the money I earned from working before, and I already have four dollars!"
Mingming was surprised, turned around and asked in a low voice: "You saved so much money?"
“You didn’t?” Rarity asked.
The two brothers could share everything else, but their slush fund was kept completely secret, so they didn't know how much money the other had saved. However, they usually do things together and go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy food together, so when this was brought up, the two children were shocked.
Especially Mingming, his current mood is similar to "We agreed to eat and drink together, but you saved money without telling me!", so he felt wronged: "I don't have it! I only have fifty cents!"
Lin Wei said, "So, you're given this money. It will definitely be spent soon. Mom will save it for you."
Mingming pouted: "But the New Year's money is given to us, isn't it for us to spend?"
"Who said that the New Year's money is for you to spend? It's just for a good omen. After the New Year is over, of course I will take it back." Lin Wei said, "And mom didn't take the New Year's money back for herself, but saved it for your school tuition."
"What is the tuition?" Mingming asked.
"You have to pay tuition fees to go to school. You will be old enough to go to school next year, and the expenses will be huge. If you don't save money now, what will you do if you can't go to school?"
Although the stipulated age for attending primary school is six years old, this is not strictly enforced these days. Many children in military primary schools are only five years old when they first start school. Of course, there are also children who start primary school at the age of seven or eight. The ages are very uneven.
Ruirui will obviously be five years old in March next year, and will be five and a half when school starts in September, so he can be sent to school.
"If we can't go to school, can't we just play at home all the time?" Mingming didn't think there was anything wrong with not being able to go to school.
"You wish!" Lin Wei knocked her son on the head and said, "If you don't go to school, you will be blind in the future. Which unit would dare to hire you? If no unit wants you, how can you make money? If you don't have money, how can you live? Do you want your parents to support you forever?"
Mingming asked: "Is it not possible?"
"Of course not!"
In order to stop Mingming from relying on his parents for support in the future, Lin Wei forcefully confiscated his New Year's money and told him that she would save all the money for his tuition.
If the elder brother is like this, the younger brother certainly cannot be spared.
However, Ruirui had a large deposit of four dollars, so after his New Year's money was confiscated, he was not as heartbroken as his brother. He just asked with concern: "Can we still spend the money we earn normally?"
Lin Wei said: "That's the income from your labor, you can spend it however you want."
Ruirui breathed a sigh of relief, and Mingming also felt a little comforted, at least he could still make money.
…
After the Lantern Festival, the military primary school started school.
Except for the graduating class, there have been some adjustments to the teachers of other grades in the new semester. Lin Wei is still teaching two classes, but the second-grade Class 1 has been replaced by the fourth-grade Class 2, and she is still the head teacher of Class 2.
Moreover, although there are still two classes, because the fourth grade is a senior grade, the content learned is relatively complex. So although the class hours are about the same, Lin Wei's workload has increased compared to last year, and she often needs to take lesson plans or homework home.
As a result, she didn't have enough time to continue teaching the children every day.
After careful consideration, Lin Wei adjusted her schedule from six days of classes a week to four days a week, with Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday off.
After hearing the news, Mingming was overjoyed and Xiao Shitou also breathed a sigh of relief. Although Lin Wei deliberately slowed down the pace of her lecture, he was too young and his comprehension ability was limited. As the lecture content became more in-depth, he gradually found it difficult.
Ruirui didn't care. Although he was still there when Lin Wei was teaching, he no longer attended the class. Lin Wei bought a set of textbooks for the second grade, second semester from school and asked Ruirui to read them by himself and ask her if he didn't understand something.
The same goes for Chen Bamei. Although she started the latest among the group, she is an adult after all, and learns much faster than children.
Now Mingming and Xiao Shitou can no longer teach her, and the small class has never been held since the New Year. However, because of my experiences in the past few months, although I still don’t like going to school very much, I am more focused in class than before, and I no longer daydream, which is considered a small gain.
Also, because the small classroom is no longer open, Chen Bamei is now mainly self-studying. Lin Wei can't always ask her to help take care of Mingming and Ruirui, so the two children have resumed their life of reporting to school every day.
However, Lin Wei is not as strict with them now as before. Lin Wei teaches them four classes a day and always lets them go out to play for two classes.
Therefore, although he was not too resistant to reporting back to school, for him it was just a change of place to play. After all, he didn't listen very seriously in class.
However, Lin Wei would occasionally trouble Chen Bamei to take care of the children. Because she was the class teacher, Lin Wei would take turns to take labor classes once or twice a month.
Basically the whole school is mobilized for labor classes. Although the school does not require teachers to keep an eye on the students all the time, it is impossible for her to sit in the office all the time. She still has to go out and take a look from time to time and lend a hand.
Because there were too many people in the school and she couldn't keep an eye on the children all the time, she could only send them to Zhou's house and let them play with Xiao Shitou.
After the labor class ended that day, Lin Wei just left the school and ran into Zhao Li and her husband who were returning from outside. She greeted them and asked, "Don't you have to go to work today?"
Zhao Li pointed at Lao Zhang and said, "He's taking a day off today, so I'll take it in."
Because of military regulations, even when each regiment and battalion is resting, there must be an officer who can make decisions. Therefore, officers do not have a fixed rest period, and usually take turns to rest on weekends.
The supply and marketing cooperative where Zhao Li works has a system of adjusted holidays, where staff members take turns to rest, so the couple can indeed take a day off together on Saturday.
But the two of them came back from outside with serious expressions, and it looked like something had happened.
Lin Wei was confused, and after walking together with Zhao Li, she asked in a low voice.
Zhao Li did not answer immediately, but lowered her voice and said, "I will come to see you after dinner and tell you then."
Lin Wei looked up at Lao Zhang and nodded in agreement: "Okay."
After entering the family quarters, the three of them went their separate ways at a fork in the road. Lin Wei first went to Zhou's house to pick up Mingming and Ruirui, then went home to rest for a while. When she saw that it was almost time, she picked up her lunch box and took the children to the state-owned restaurant to get food.
After eating, they did not go back immediately. Instead, they found a seat in a state-owned restaurant and ate while waiting for Zong Shao.
When the state-owned restaurant became lively, Zong Shao also arrived. He walked through each room and found Lin Wei at the table at the back. He sat down and asked, "What did you order?"
"Today we have braised chicken with potatoes and oyster fried eggs." Lin Wei said as she opened the lunch box lid and handed a pair of chopsticks to Zong Shao.
Mingming enthusiastically recommended, "Dad, the fried eggs are delicious!"
"Really?" Zong Shao took the chopsticks, picked up a piece of oyster omelette, nodded and said, "It tastes good. Is your stomach still not feeling well today?" The second half of the sentence was asked to Lin Wei.
Lin Wei shook her head and said, "It's okay if you don't touch seafood."
"How about I accompany you to the hospital tomorrow?" Zong Shao asked.
"It should be fine. Maybe it will be fine in a few days." Speaking of the hospital, Lin Wei remembered something, "By the way, when I came out of school, I ran into Sister Zhao and her husband. They didn't look well."
"What happened to them?" Zong Shao asked.
Lin Wei shook her head: "I don't know, Sister Zhao said she would come to see me after dinner."
Zong Shao had just asked casually before, but when he heard this, his brows furrowed: "Did something really happen?"
"Maybe, but looking at Sister Zhao's expression, it shouldn't be serious." Lin Wei guessed.
…
When it was almost seven o'clock, Zhao Lijiushi Dujia arrived as expected. After sitting down, she started to talk without waiting for Lin Wei to ask, "Didn't you give me advice before the New Year, asking me to persuade Lao Zhang to get a check-up and let the doctor persuade him to quit smoking?"
Lin Wei still remembers this incident, but it had been several months since the incident and she hadn't seen any movement from Zhao Li, Liu Dan and their families, so she thought they had failed to persuade anyone and had put the matter on hold.
But from what Zhao Li said... Lin Wei asked, "Did you go for a checkup today?"
"Yes, I wanted him to go before the New Year, but he didn't want to go. He always made excuses, saying that he was in good health and there would be no problem. It wasn't until I got angry at home a few days ago that he agreed to go with me for a check-up."
Lin Wei hesitated and asked, "Then the test results..."
Zhao Li sighed and said, "The doctor said there is a shadow in his lungs."
Not only Lin Wei, Zong Shao's face also changed when he heard this, and he asked with concern: "Is it serious?"
"Don't worry, you won't die."
After hearing Zhao Li's straightforward words, Lin Wei and Zong Shao didn't know how to react. Zhao Li, on the other hand, saw the two were silent and burst out laughing, saying, "I'm not lying to you, the doctor said so himself, but the prerequisite is that he quits smoking. Otherwise, if he continues to smoke like this, he might die one day."
As Zhao Li spoke, the smile on her face faded: "For so many years, every time I asked him to quit smoking, he didn't take it seriously, and even told me some perverse logic like 'a cigarette after a meal makes you feel as happy as a god.' Now, if he keeps smoking like this, he will really become a god."
Lin Wei knew that although Zhao Li said those words of gloating, she was probably still panicking in her heart. No one would feel good to know that the person next to them had a health problem.
But she was really angry, because smoking, to put it bluntly, was her own fault, and Zhao Li also needed to vent.
When Zhao Li had complained enough, Lin Wei comforted her: "Didn't the doctor say that as long as he quits smoking, he can live a long and long life."
Lin Wei was not sure whether the doctor said this, but since Zhao Li said he would not die, she took it as what the doctor meant. She could not just say, "It's okay, your husband will not die" when advising others.
Zhao Li didn't criticize Lin Wei's words. In her heart, she also hoped that her husband could live a long life. She just said stubbornly, "Who cares how long he can live? If he wants to smoke in the future, I will let him do it. If he wants to die, no one can stop him!"
Lin Wei nodded seriously: "Well, you are still young anyway. If this one is gone, you can always find another one."
Lin Wei's words shocked Zhao Li, who immediately widened her eyes and turned to Zong Shao and said, "Comrade Zong, please take care of your wife!"
"I can't control it." Zong Shao raised his hand and said.
Lin Wei joked, "I was giving you advice with good intentions, but why are you trying to sow discord between us?"
Seeing the couple singing the same tune, Zhao Li said, "Okay, okay, it's my fault." But she didn't say anything bad about Lao Zhang anymore.
Lin Wei didn't dwell on the matter, but suddenly asked, "Come over here, is it okay for Lao Zhang to be alone at home?" Although the shadow in Lao Zhang's lung was not serious, it was found that there was a problem. As the person involved, he must feel even worse.
"When the doctor told him there was a shadow in his lungs, Zhang was really scared. He reached for a cigarette with shaking hands. Director Hu said that if he wasn't afraid of death, he could smoke more. Then he threw the cigarette away."
After adjusting her mood, Zhao Li still had a hint of smile on her face when she talked about this matter. "You didn't see how Lao Zhang looked at that time. He was very cowardly. But after Director Hu told us what happened, he stopped shaking. He was just in a bad mood. He went home and slept in his room after dinner. I guess he needs a few days to adjust."
Lin Wei said: "Being afraid is a good thing. Maybe it can really make him quit smoking."
"I think so too. I'm afraid he'll just be like this for a while, and then he'll be fine." Zhao Li pursed her lips and said, "If he really does that, I won't care about him anymore."
Because Lao Zhang went to bed early and there was no one to take care of the children at home, Zhao Li did not stay long. After she had talked, she felt relieved and prepared to get up and leave.
Lin Wei walked her out the back door. Zhao Li said as she walked out, "No need to walk me out. This isn't the first time I've come to your house."
"I didn't send much..." Lin Wei didn't finish her words when she smelled the fishy smell coming from someone else's kitchen. Her stomach churned. She covered her mouth with her hands, turned sideways and dry-heaved twice.
Zhao Li stopped and held Lin Wei's hand, patted her back gently and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's okay, my stomach just feels uncomfortable recently." Lin Wei waved her hand and said.
Zhao Li looked suspicious: "Are you sure your stomach is not feeling well?"
"Of course." Lin Wei saw Zhao Li's teasing expression and suddenly thought of something. But as soon as the thought flashed through her mind, she shook her head and said, "Impossible!"
"How is it impossible?" Zhao Li lowered her voice and said, "Calculate for yourself, how long has it been since you last changed your clothes?" People at that time were very taboo about the menstrual period. That, the period, and changing clothes were all metaphors.
Although she felt it was impossible, Lin Wei still calculated it in her mind. However, the more she calculated, the colder she felt.
Zhao Li originally thought that pregnancy was a happy event, so she asked with a smile, but as she watched Lin Wei's face gradually lose its color, she couldn't help but feel a little panicked: "Weiwei, what's wrong with you?"
Lin Wei raised her head and gave Zhao Li an ugly smile: "It's okay, Sister Zhao, I just need to calm down now."
"Hey! You should go back soon. I can walk back by myself." Zhao Li said immediately, but seeing Lin Wei's pale face, she was still worried and asked, "Let me take you to the house."
"Need not."
Lin Wei waved her hands weakly, dragged her heavy steps back home, covered her eyes with her arms and lay on the sofa.
She had always thought that she would not get pregnant in the next few years, or at least in the next year. The reason why she thought so was not only because they were taking contraceptive measures, but also because in the novel, she and Zong Shao only had two children, Mingming and Ruirui.
But now, various physical symptoms told her that she might be pregnant.
If she could get pregnant even though she had deliberately used contraception in this life, what about in novels?
Is she pregnant because the future has changed, or because she in the novel is actually a corpse with several lives!
…
Zong Shao walked into the house from the front yard and saw Lin Wei lying on the sofa. He asked in confusion, "Why are you lying here? Where's Sister Zhao? Did she go home?"
But Lin Wei did not answer him. She continued lying on the sofa with her hands covering her eyes.
Zong Shao had a feeling that something was wrong, so he strode to the sofa and pulled Lin Wei's hand away.
When Lin Wei, with tears on her face, appeared before him without the protection of her arms, Zong Shao reflexively wanted to ask what happened. But looking at the girl in front of him with tears in her eyes, he swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth, just reached out and picked her up, patted her back gently and said: "Don't cry, it will be okay, everything will be fine."
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