The phrase "returning home in glory" pleased Cuihua. That's how people are; even when they know someone is just trying to comfort them, they still deceive themselves into believing it. Ye Chenming was certain that these words weren't meant to please, but rather came from the bottom of his heart.
When Ye Chenming came back from work and saw the rice cake on the kang (a heated brick bed), he knew that Chen'er had gone to deliver the hemp rope. He quickly asked, "Chen'er, does Nannan like this kind of hemp rope?"
Ye Chen'er: "Nan Nan likes it, brother. Come on, I have something to tell you."
Ye Chen'er pulled Ye Chenming outside, and after looking around to make sure no one was watching, she said, "Brother, in Mushroom Village, girls have to be matched with potential husbands after they turn thirteen. Nannan will be thirteen after the New Year. What if someone takes a liking to her? Tell me, do you have feelings for Nannan?"
Ye Chenming was surprised that Ye Chen'er asked him this, and said with a smile, "Chen'er, I don't think Nan Nan will get married so early, you can rest assured."
Ye Chen'er was unhappy: "Brother, haven't you noticed that many families have been going to the Yan family's house for no reason? I've looked closely, and the boys in those families are all fifteen or sixteen years old. They must be eyeing Nan Nan."
Ye Chenming also became serious: "Chen'er, Nannan is still young and it's not appropriate for us to talk about this. Also, do you think our current status is worthy of Nannan? We are no longer the shipping family we used to be. I don't want to harm anyone, especially Nannan."
Ye Chen'er's hopes were completely extinguished by these words, and her eyes dimmed instantly. Yes, home was no longer the same home, she was no longer the little princess of the Ye family, and her brother Chenming was no longer the top student at school.
Looking at Ye Chen'er's pale face, Ye Chenming stroked her hair and said, "Chen'er, Grandma said that this is a calamity for my family. It's good that it has come to pass. When your brother becomes strong in the future, I will definitely go to find Nan Nan, okay?"
"What if Nan Nan gets snatched away by someone else?" Ye Chen'er worried.
“Nan Nan has high standards. If the man isn’t capable, she’d rather live alone than get married,” Ye Chenming said confidently.
That's possible," Ye Chen'er nodded in agreement. Just like her aunt, who was already over thirty years old and refused to marry unless she met a good man, preferring to stay and run a clothing shop.
Even though I said that, I still felt uneasy. Thinking about myself, I realized I wasn't young anymore. I'd be nineteen after the New Year. I felt lost and uncertain about the future. I couldn't possibly stay in this little mushroom village forever.
The two men fell silent and slowly walked toward the cowshed. As they entered, a man behind the straw hat stood up. Li Qiang smiled sinisterly. It turned out that the two men had set their sights on the Yan family, the wealthiest family in Mushroom Village.
However, although Yan Xiaonan is only twelve years old, her face is really damn beautiful. She has delicate features and is so pretty that even when you're starving, you can still feel full just by looking at her. What's that idiom again? "Beauty is edible," no, no, "beauty is food."
Since you, Ye Chenming, like her, then I'm sorry, but I, Li Qiang, have to beat you to it. But this girl seems too young. Let's wait another two years. Better safe than sorry. Otherwise, if people find out what I'm thinking, I won't be able to stay here anymore.
Li Qiang made up his mind and went to the cowshed in a cheerful mood. He could finally get a good night's sleep tonight, and his life finally had a goal.
Seeing Li Qiang go in, Li Ping stood up from behind the grass on the other side, her eyes already blurred with tears. Damn Ye Chen'er, damn Ye Chenming, ignoring her and choosing to like a girl who is not yet an adult.
My older brother is the same; his brain is full of shit. How dare he even think about that little girl? Doesn't he know how many men are in her family? One punch from each of them would be enough to beat him so badly that even his own parents wouldn't recognize him?
Yan Xiaonan taught Liu Jin to recognize and write characters at home. Liu Jin learned the characters quickly, but he also forgot them quickly. Apart from the two characters "Liu Jin", he forgot the other characters he learned in the morning by the afternoon. In two days, he will be going to school to teach. Sigh, a twelve-year-old teacher, it's unbelievable.
Since she was in Ye Chen'er's position, and the children were used to hearing Ye Chen'er's stories, she would definitely have to tell her own stories. But what should she tell? Yan Xiaonan picked up a pen and started drawing on the paper.
"Investiture of the Gods" won't work, so we're sweeping away the old. "Classic of Mountains and Seas" won't work either, "Dream of the Red Chamber" is even less so. "Water Margin" might not work either, since I can't even remember it myself. So let's go with "Journey to the West".
Having made up her mind, Yan Xiaonan found a blank notebook, neatly wrote the three characters "Journey to the West" on it, and then started writing from a stone, relying on her memory to begin writing Journey to the West—no, it should be said that she began reciting Journey to the West from memory.
I think there are about a hundred chapters in Journey to the West. If you tell one story a week, you can finish a book in about two years. As for the next story, we'll talk about it later.
Yan Xiaonan buried his head in his work and started writing Journey to the West. He wrote as he thought, and in two days he had written seven chapters, at least making Sun Wukong's origins clear. Grandma Yan felt strange: "My dear, what are you writing?"
“Grandma, I’m writing a story about Sun Wukong,” Yan Xiaonan replied.
"Who is Sun Wukong?" Grandma Yan felt the name was unfamiliar and had never heard of him before.
"Sun Wukong was born from a stone and lived in the Water Curtain Cave of Flower Fruit Mountain. He was ordered by Laozi to serve as the Keeper of the Heavenly Horses, but he felt that the position was too low and wanted to become the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. However, the Jade Emperor disagreed, so he started to make a ruckus in Heaven. He was then suppressed under the Five Fingers Mountain by the Buddha for five hundred years. After listening to the words of Guanyin Bodhisattva, he followed Tang Sanzang to the Western Paradise to obtain the scriptures and eventually became the Victorious Fighting Buddha." Yan Xiaonan gave a brief account of the story.
Grandma Yan's eyes lit up. She looked around to make sure no one was watching, and whispered, "Nan Nan, is it so chaotic up there? It's better to live on Earth. I'm scared just hearing about it. Don't go back to Heaven."
Yan Xiaonan~
The village chief led Yan Xiaonan and Ye Chen'er into the upper primary school classroom. Grades one through four were the lower primary school, taught by Liu Limin, while Yan Xiaonan taught the upper primary school, grades five and six.
The village chief coughed, and the students quieted down: "Teacher Ye can no longer teach you for various reasons. Now, Teacher Yan Xiaonan will teach you. Let's give her a round of applause."
The children all knew that Ye Chen'er had gone to live in the cowshed because of her family situation. Although everyone liked Teacher Ye, they preferred her as their teacher to Yan Xiaonan.
Yan Xiaonan's older brother is the only college student in Mushroom Village. Yan Xiaonan herself is also very beautiful and comes from a well-off family. Anyone who can be with Yan Xiaonan is like a mouse falling into a rice jar, something they couldn't ask for more.
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