Ai Xiaoxia couldn't help laughing when she heard the two brothers bickering.
Lu Jingshen also laughed. He didn't know when it started, but he seemed to have changed. There was a lot more sunshine and warmth in his heart.
Lu Jingyuan pouted: "That's too much. The couple bullied their brother. That's too much."
Ai Xiaoxia smiled and took out a hundred yuan from the envelope and handed it to Lu Jingyuan: "You are about to start school, go buy whatever you need."
Lu Jingshen also said to Lu Jingyuan, "I've asked about the tape recorder for you. There are small, easy-to-carry ones now, but the department store is currently out of stock. You have to wait for half a month. I'll buy it for you when it's available."
The first thing Lu Jingyuan thought of was money. He quickly asked Lu Jingshen, "Brother, is it expensive? If it's expensive, don't buy it."
Lu Jingshen said, "Just study hard, don't ask anything else."
Lu Jingyuan sighed and said to Lu Jingshen, "Brother, I did study hard, but I really have no talent for English. My sister-in-law didn't finish the third year of junior high school, but her English is better than mine. I really am..." He felt a little discouraged when he said this.
Ai Xiaoxia had good intentions and was trying to find a way to help Lu Jingyuan learn English, but she accidentally undermined Lu Jingyuan's self-confidence.
She said to Lu Jingyuan, "Jingyuan, there are indeed talented people, but most people are ordinary people. They have to learn little by little. I may have some talent in English, but my math is not as good as yours. So everyone has their own areas of expertise, but you can't be biased in studying. I have to work harder on math in the future, right? Besides, my English is not a natural talent. After I dropped out of school, many of my books were sold and burned by my family, leaving only a few English books hidden in the warehouse. So I have been reading English for the past two years. This should be practice makes perfect."
Ai Xiaoxia found that with this identity, she sometimes had to tell some white lies, because there were indeed many things that she couldn't tell the truth about.
Lu Jingshen was impressed by Ai Xiaoxia's ability to study despite such a poor environment. He said to Lu Jingyuan, "How much better is your study environment than your sister-in-law's? Work harder in the future."
Lu Jingyuan nodded: "I understand, brother. Then I will help my sister-in-law with math in the future, right?"
Ai Xiaoxia said, "Okay, then I'll ask you for help if I don't know how to do it in the future." She also wanted to use this way of mutual help to make Lu Jingyuan love learning more.
As they were talking, Lu Guojiu and Li Shaofen also came back. Ai Xiaoxia put the money into the kang cabinet, and then followed Lu Jingshen to the east room.
When more people talk, the house becomes lively.
Ai Xiaoxia saw Lu Jingshen still wearing his coat and nudged him, whispering, "You forgot to take off your clothes. Aren't you hot?"
Lu Jingshen lowered his head and whispered in Ai Xiaoxia's ear: "You made it, it's not hot."
Ai Xiaoxia felt a tingling sensation in her ears, and that feeling made her heart beat faster.
She recovered and quickly took a step back. Did this guy do it on purpose? It didn't seem like it. Was she overthinking it?
Lu Jingshen found that he had recently taken a liking to looking at the confused look on this little girl's face. He didn't know what she was thinking, but the way she frowned and tilted her head in deep thought was really adorable.
Knowing that Lu Jingshen would be off tomorrow, Lu Guojiu and Li Shaofen bought some spare ribs when they went out. However, Ai Xiaoxia had never shown her cooking skills until now because Li Shaofen never let her cook. She always said that cooking was something that came easily and that it would give Ai Xiaoxia time to learn more. She treated her the same way as she did Lu Jingyuan. This made Ai Xiaoxia feel the motherly love again. Today was the same and she was kicked out of the kitchen again.
Ai Xiaoxia is grateful to the Lu family because they treat them sincerely. Their family is very grateful and remembers that Grandpa Ai saved Lu Jingshen. So no matter how excessive Ai Xiaoxia's family is, they are still willing to be nice to Ai Xiaoxia.
All Ai Xiaoxia could do for them was to help them live a good life. As for her future with Lu Jingshen, if love truly developed, that would be a good thing. However, if there was only gratitude between them and no love, Ai Xiaoxia could not accept that. She still wanted a true love.
In the evening, Ai Xiaoxia started to study making jeans again. The newspapers all over the kang made Lu Jingshen understand his brother's thoughts at the time.
However, seeing Ai Xiaoxia so focused on everything she did, he felt very happy.
The next afternoon, Lu Jingyuan came running back in a hurry: "Brother, sister-in-law, the brigade is showing a movie tonight. Let's go early after dinner to reserve a spot."
Ai Xiaoxia really had no idea what the brigade was showing movies, but she thought it was fun, so she agreed first: "Okay, let's go after dinner."
Li Shaofen heard about the movie and said, "Then I'll roast some sunflower seeds for you guys to take away."
Lu Jingshen had always thought Ai Xiaoxia was mature and steady, but now she was still a little childish: "How about we go buy some snacks to take with us?"
Ai Xiaoxia shook her head: "No, there will be a lot of people and it will be inconvenient to carry a lot of things."
After dinner, Lu Jingyuan took two benches to the team to reserve a place, and asked Lu Jingshen and Ai Xiaoxia to go quickly.
Lu Guojiu was in poor health, so the old couple did not go.
It was a bit chilly at night, and Ai Xiaoxia put on her new clothes. Lu Jingshen looked at the two of them wearing the same coats, and felt very sweet in his heart.
After leaving the gate, they talked as they walked towards the brigade.
"The staff housing in the bureau has been completed. Our family was allocated a two-bedroom, one-living room apartment on the east side of the third floor. I've seen it and it's pretty good. I could have taken two more days off this time to make up for my unused honeymoon leave, but I thought it would take time to move, so it's better to keep it for the holidays. What do you think?" Lu Jingshen said.
"It's better to save it for the holidays. Then we'll have time to buy furniture and other things. By the way, can we move into the dormitory? Then you have time to measure the window size, and I'll make the curtains in advance, and make a few sets of sheets and quilt covers and other things." Ai Xiaoxia was still looking forward to going to the city, because there, she could start to develop her own design, and she couldn't display her talents in the village.
"Well, I'll take the measurements when I have time. You don't have to be so busy every day. If you're tired, you can just go to the tailor shop to make curtains or something."
"No need. How can such a small job be difficult for me? And to be honest, I don't even think highly of the work done outside. My skills are better. If you don't believe me, just wait and see."
"I believe in your craftsmanship, just don't get too tired."
"knew."
When the two men walked to the brigade gate, they saw Zhang Caifeng and a young man about twenty years old running towards them.
Ai Xiaoxia has memories of this person in her mind. This person was the original owner's classmate named Zhang Dong, also from Dawa Village. There were not many people in the village going to junior high school before, so the two of them would sometimes go to and from school together.
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