After using the new benches, Lin Wei began to assign homework to the children.
She didn't assign much homework. All I had to do was write the vowels and numbers taught in class on one side each, mainly to deepen my memory.
After the homework was assigned, Ruirui and Xiao Shitou didn't have any special reaction. They were both able to sit down and writing was not difficult for them.
But he obviously reacted strongly. He felt that listening to the class was already tiring enough, and now he had to write! I immediately discussed with Lin Wei: "Mom, can I not write?"
Lin Wei didn't refuse immediately: "Give me a reason and I'll consider it." Without waiting for Mingming to speak, she said with a serious expression, "Don't lie. If you lie, your homework will be doubled and you will have to write four pages of characters!"
Mingming immediately closed his open mouth and muttered after a while: "Others learn to write at the age of six, and I'm only three years old this year."
Lin Wei said, "Yes, others can recognize words at the age of six, but you can at the age of three. How lucky you are."
Mingming wrinkled his face and asked, "Can I not be so lucky?"
"No." Lin Wei said with a smile.
Mingming sighed heavily and turned to look at the sky outside. He really wanted to go out and play!
Seeing through Mingming's intention, Lin Wei continued, "I don't leave much homework for you. If you work quickly, you can finish it in class and you can still go out to play after class. But if you work slowly, you may not be able to go out in the afternoon."
Mingming continued to sigh: "I know..." It was obvious that he didn't listen much.
This was indeed the case. In the end, Ruirui and Xiao Shitou both handed in their homework before the get out of class ended. Because they had hardly written before, the handwriting that the two children handed in was very ordinary and at a recognizable level.
But this was only the first day, and Lin Wei did not have high expectations for them. As long as they did not make any mistakes, she let them go out and play.
As for Mingming, he was detained for the first time in his life.
When Lin Wei just announced that Mingming would be kept after school, the little guy didn't think much of it. But when he saw his brother and his good friend going out to play hand in hand, he was so envious that he cried.
After looking at Mingming who stretched his neck to look out for a while, Lin Wei asked, "Do you want to go out and play?"
The little guy turned his head back and said with red eyes: "Yes!"
Lin Wei pointed at the notebook in front of him and said, "There's only one page left. You can go find them after you finish writing."
Of course I know, but: "There are so many on one side."
"Why are there so many words on one side? Haven't you already finished writing on one side?"
"But I wrote for a long time." The little guy said pitifully with tears in his eyes.
But Lin Wei was not soft-hearted at all, and said: "It took you so long to write because you were not paying attention. You always wanted to go out and play, so you stopped writing and started writing, so the progress fell behind. But think about it, you got what you wanted by doing this, but did you go out and play?"
Mingming lowered his head and said: "...No."
"Yes, because you didn't study hard and didn't finish your homework, you were kept after class." Lin Wei pointed outside and said, "Look at Ruirui and Xiao Shitou, they wrote carefully, so they handed in their homework before the end of get out of class. Now they can play freely. Are you envious?"
Mingming felt that his heart was about to be broken, and he said with a sad face: "I'm envious."
"Since you are envious, then write well. If you write carefully now, it will take you half an hour if you are fast, and you can go out and play with them for a while. On the contrary, if you are not careful, you will have to write here until you go to bed at night. No, if you are slower, you may have to write until tomorrow morning. By then, Ruirui and I will be asleep and will not be waiting for you."
Mingming immediately shouted: "No! I want to sleep too."
"Then what?"
"I'm doing my homework." The little guy said, and began to concentrate on writing.
In fact, this child is obviously smart, but he has too many little thoughts. No matter what he does, he always wants to be lazy and play more, and his attention is not focused enough.
So after half a month, Ruirui and Xiaoshitou had memorized the vowels and consonants by heart, and could recognize numbers from 1 to 100. But Mingming was okay in math, but he only remembered the vowels and consonants after them and forgot the ones before them. He was definitely a poor student.
Sometimes when looking at this child, Lin Wei couldn't help but feel confused. How did he go from being like this to becoming a replica of Zong Shao?
But even though she will mature in the future, Lin Wei feels that some bad habits, such as the problem of not paying attention in class, are better to be corrected as soon as possible.
Children's education must start from an early age.
…
When Mingming was writing, Lin Wei didn't just sit there doing nothing. She picked up the notebook and started thinking about what to teach tomorrow.
Although it is an enlightenment for the children, Lin Wei has no intention of teaching randomly. The plan is to teach the children the vowels and vowels first, and after they have mastered them, teach them the names of family members and how to write daily necessities. Anyway, start with things that the children are familiar with.
Ruirui and Xiao Shitou listened to the class attentively and have basically mastered the vowels and consonants. According to the plan, we can proceed to the next stage of teaching.
But the problem is that he is only learning carelessly now, and if he goes directly to the next stage, he may not be able to keep up. But if they don't move on and stop here, it's not a solution. Ruirui and Xiao Shitou will definitely find the content boring after a long time.
In fact, there is another way, which is to teach in stages. Simply put, Ruirui and Xiao Shitou will proceed to the next stage of learning, while Mingming will continue to review the vowels and finals.
But separating children in this way can easily have a negative impact on the children. Although Lin Wei is teaching the children to read, her identity is still a mother and she has to consider the children's mental health.
After careful consideration, Lin Wei decided not to proceed with the next stage of the course for the time being. She let Ruirui and Xiao Shitou practice calligraphy first, while Mingming would review what he had learned while practicing calligraphy.
Anyway, she mainly wanted to find something to do, so she suggested teaching the children to recognize words. She had no intention of training them to be geniuses, so there was no need to be so strict on the course.
As for Ruirui, he can wait until the children's books that Zong Shao asked someone to buy arrive and then he can read them slowly. That's it for now.
After making up her mind, Lin Wei closed the notebook and walked to the door, where she saw Ruirui and Xiao Shitoupan squatting in the yard playing marbles.
Marbles are one of the most popular games among children nowadays, and it is not only popular in Stone City, but children on the island also love to play it. If I were to describe it in one sentence, it would be that if a child doesn't have a few beads in his hand, it would be difficult for him to go out and find others to play with.
Compared with the Zong family, the Zhou family lives a relatively simple life. It's not because they are short of money. Zhou Jianhai's salary is more than ten yuan higher than Zong Shao's. The reason is still two words: composition.
When most people wear new clothes, they are at most accused of spending money lavishly. For example, when Lin Wei replaced the curtains for the two rooms upstairs some time ago, some people whispered behind her back, saying that she did not know how to live.
But this kind of thing is generally not said in front of the main person, and even if it is said in front of the main person, if it is said in front of the main person, if it is said by someone with a bad temper, he or she will retort in just a few words.
Whenever Deng Xiangyun wore something bright, people would murmur that she was worthy of being born into a capitalist family, because she had to wear new clothes and eat good food, and it was obvious that she was used to a good life. But Deng Xiangyun didn't dare to argue with others. There was nothing she could do about it. She was born in a lower class than others, so she could only be low-key.
Therefore, Deng Xiangyun's clothes often had patches on them.
However, Deng Xiangyun was reluctant to treat the child badly. Although little Shitou was dressed well, at least there were no patches on his clothes. Deng Xiangyun was willing to buy Xiao Shitou the popular toys in the family quarters.
But before Mingming Ruirui came to the island, Xiao Shitou had few friends, so he played with the toys he bought alone. But games are only fun when played with others. No matter how many toys a person has, he or she will lose interest after a long time.
Therefore, Xiao Shitou's marbles were all new, unlike Mingming Ruirui's marbles which always had bumps and bruises on the surface.
But Little Stone didn’t mind at all that the brothers’ marbles were ugly, and he was always the one who took the initiative to suggest playing marbles. Because there were wins and losses, the three children now have some new and some old marbles in their hands.
Just as she was absorbed in reading, a voice came from behind Lin Wei: "Mom! I've finished writing!"
Lin Wei responded, turned and walked to Mingming, took the notebook and began to check it.
Hmm...
Although Ruirui and Xiaoshitou's handwriting is not very good, if you have to choose the one with the worst handwriting among the three children, it must be Mingming.
Especially the second page, because I was in a hurry, the handwriting was obviously a bit sloppy.
Mingming was still unaware and said expectantly, "Mom, I've finished my homework, can I go out and play now?"
"Wait, here, here, and here..." Lin Wei pointed to a few places, "Erase it and write it again."
"Why? I finished writing it with great difficulty." Mingming was dissatisfied.
Lin Wei pointed at the words and said, "Do you recognize the words you wrote?"
Mingming said shamelessly: "Of course I know them, I wrote them all myself."
Lin Wei immediately said, "Okay, if you recognize it, I'll let you go. If you can't recognize it, you can rewrite it for me. How about that?"
Mingming nodded immediately, and then he saw his mother covering the left and right sides of the notebook, leaving only the words he needed to recognize.
And he really couldn't recognize it.
Seeing Mingming hesitating, Lin Wei put the notebook on his desk and said, "Rewrite it."
Mingming had no choice but to rewrite all the unclear words according to Lin Wei's request, and this process took nearly twenty minutes.
Lin Wei looked at the time on her watch and said to Mingming, "Look, because you didn't pay attention, you fooled around, and you didn't write clearly, you lost another 20 minutes of play time. In total, you lost 50 minutes of play time compared to Ruirui and Xiao Shitou, which is longer than a class. Do you think it's worth it?"
When Lin Wei said fifty minutes, Mingming didn't react at all, because he had no idea how long fifty minutes was. But when Lin Wei converted the time into class hours, she felt that she had lost a lot, and quickly shook her head and said, "It's not worth it."
Lin Wei asked again: "Will you still be serious in class? Will you still be lazy when writing?"
The little guy shook his head like a rattle: "Be serious and stop being lazy."
Although she didn't know if Mingming could do it, Lin Wei didn't continue to embarrass him. She nodded and said, "Okay, go play with them."
As soon as Lin Wei finished speaking, the little guy became excited and ran and jumped outside.
After Mingming went out, Lin Wei looked at her watch again. It was almost half past four. It was a bit early to start cooking at this time. By the time Zong Shao came back, the food would be cold.
But Zong Shao is out to sea today, so they can eat directly after the meal is ready without having to wait.
Lin Wei always felt a little worried when she thought about Zong Shao going out to sea, but then she felt that it was unnecessary. They hadn't just gotten married, and it wasn't his first day in the army. In the past four years, he must have gone out to sea countless times like today.
But how to say it.
In the past, maybe they were far apart, so he would basically write to her about this matter before going out to sea, and by the time she actually received the letter, he had already returned.
Well, don't worry.
At the beginning of the year, the situation in the South China Sea was tense. She heard that war was about to break out, so she was worried for a while. But no more than half a month later, she received a telegram from Zong Shao reporting that he was safe.
The war is over and the motherland has won a great victory.
Not only was Zong Shao not injured, he also made military achievements and was promoted to deputy battalion commander within a few months.
It's fine.
Lin Wei thought, didn’t Zong Shao live to be over fifty in the novel?
…
After dinner, Liu Dan came over and asked Lin Wei if she wanted to go fishing on Sunday.
Liu Dan is a straightforward person. She always feels that if she had not talked to Lin Wei about work matters regardless of the occasion, Lin Wei would not have been reported and subsequently lost her job in the hospital.
Out of guilt, she took extra care of Lin Wei and never forgot to tell her any good news.
Lin Wei was stunned after hearing this: "Can we go fishing?"
Although it is said that those who live in the mountains can eat from the mountains, and those who live in the sea can eat from the sea, but that is a thing of the past. Now we have a planned economy. Those who live in the mountains cannot go up the mountains to hunt at will, and those who live in the sea cannot go down to the sea to fish at will. Otherwise, if they are caught, they will be labeled as the wool of socialism, and no one will be able to bear the consequences.
Therefore, although Lin Wei had heard of going to the beach, she had never thought about doing so.
There are four people in their family, and each person is supplied with three kilograms of seafood per month, which adds up to twelve kilograms. It's not much, but it's almost the same if they save a little. Lin Wei felt that it was unnecessary to take risks just to satisfy her appetite.
"Why not?" Liu Dan knew that Lin Wei had just arrived on the island and didn't understand many things, so he explained, "As long as you don't go fishing every few days and eat lobsters or crabs every day at home, no one will care about this. You don't have to worry about Gao Xiulian. She still goes there every once in a while to get some delicious food for a snack, but she doesn't have the courage to report you."
The downside of having annoying neighbors is that you have to be on guard against everything they do. However, Liu Dan's words effectively allayed Lin Wei's concerns and made her a little tempted.
It wasn't because of the food, but if you come to the island and don't experience it, you will always feel that something is missing, so I said, "Okay, then how about just the two of us go?"
"There are two more people from our yard who are going, Zhao Li from the supply and marketing cooperative, and another one named Yang, Yang Yi. You may not have met her, but she is also easy to get along with."
Zhao Li was the salesperson at the fruit counter at the supply and marketing cooperative. She was a nice person. As for Yang Yi and Lin Wei, she didn't know them either. But with Liu Dan's words, she felt relieved and asked, "When do we leave on Sunday?"
"Around six o'clock, it's better to go fishing early. I'll call you then." Liu Dan remembered something and asked, "By the way, do you have rubber shoes at home? It's better to bring a pair of gloves as well."
Lin Wei was stunned: "Do you need these for fishing?"
"Of course not. The sea water is salty. If you don't wear rubber shoes, you'll have to take a shower when you come back. As for wearing gloves, it's mainly for rummaging around." Liu Dan thought for a moment and said, "If you don't have any, I can lend you a pair of rubber shoes. See if you mind. I have gloves at home too, I can lend them to you."
The rubber shoes Liu Dan mentioned are actually rain boots. They are not very necessary on sunny days, but they can always be used on rainy days. As for the gloves, they were not expensive, and it was the beginning of the month, and she had just received the ticket, so it was not difficult to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a pair.
After thinking about it, Lin Wei said, "I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow to have a look. If they have them, I'll buy one pair each. If not, I'll probably have to trouble you to lend them to me. How high do you want the rubber shoes to be?"
"It would be best if it reaches the knees. If not, it would be ok if it reaches above the calves. Any lower than that is not acceptable. Basically, you can only check for shellfish along the shore. There is nothing good there."
Lin Wei nodded and asked, "By the way, can I take Mingming and Ruirui with me? Zong Shao has gone out to sea, and I'm afraid Mingming and the others will cry when they don't see me when they wake up."
"That's fine, but you'll definitely have to distract yourself to take care of them, and you won't be able to go far, and you may not be able to pick up anything good," Liu Dan reminded.
"It's okay. This is my first time to go to the beach. I may not be able to pick up anything good if I don't bring them with me." Lin Wei had already made up her mind. This time she would bring the children to experience it. It happened that they hadn't gone out to play much since they came to the island, so this beach trip would be regarded as a summer trip.
After talking about this, the two chatted for a while. When it got dark, Liu Dan was worried about his children at home, so he said goodbye to Lin Wei and went back.
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