Zhao Qinglan took the children on a long journey for several days, and after the Lantern Festival, the children all started school.
However, the start of the school year did not affect her business. She bought two more shops and has already started looking for people to renovate them.
While the shop was being renovated, she didn't sit idle. She would go around looking for suitable people to hire, such as the educated youth office and the neighborhood committee, which were the places she frequented most often.
Although a large number of educated youth returned to the city when the college entrance examination was reinstated, many others returned later.
There are always capable and talented people among them. She often goes there to see if she can find a useful person.
However, this kind of thing really depends on luck, so she went many times but didn't get much. But she wasn't discouraged; you have to be patient to do great things.
Despite being busy with work, Zhao Qinglan still makes sure to go home on time every day to cook for her children.
She is career-oriented now, but family still comes first in her heart.
That day, she prepared the meal and called the children to the table to eat, but none of them came, which puzzled her.
"What are you all doing? Didn't you hear me say it's time to eat?" she said as she came out.
As a result, the children were all glued to the television.
Out of curiosity, she watched for a while and then smiled helplessly.
The TV is currently showing a drama series called "The Legendary Fok Yuen-gap" which originated from Hong Kong.
She still remembered that when this TV series aired in her previous life, the streets were packed with people, and it was later reported in the newspapers.
Children used to watch TV, but they were rarely engrossed in it. It was extremely rare for them to be so engrossed in watching TV that they forgot to eat.
"You can watch TV, but you still have to eat. If you're not going to eat, I'm turning off the TV." With that, she walked up to the TV.
"mom."
"don't want."
"Mom, please have mercy."
Several children shouted nervously.
"If you don't want me to turn off the TV, then hurry up and eat," she threatened.
"Mom, it's at a crucial moment," Xiao Duo, who was always the most obedient, pleaded pitifully.
"That won't do either. Get your food right now."
Under her tyranny, the children immediately got up, but they were all very unwilling, and they kept looking back at the TV as they walked.
When Erwa got to the dining table, he picked up his bowl and chopsticks, suddenly put some of each dish into his bowl, and then, with a big steamed bun in his mouth, rushed back to the TV.
As if inspired, Xiaoduo and Sanwa followed suit and quickly took their bowls back to the TV.
Zhao Qinglan was speechless at the behavior of the three children.
There was no other way, so she moved the dining table in front of the TV, and everyone ate while watching.
To be honest, although Zhao Qinglan had watched countless TV series with far superior production quality than the 1980 version of "The Legend of Huo Yuanjia" in her past life, she gradually became captivated after watching with the children for a while.
When Li Huai returned, he saw his wife and children engrossed in watching TV, probably unaware of what they had eaten.
"What TV series is so good?" Li Huai asked curiously as he washed his hands and sat down.
Well, he soon became engrossed in watching it too.
The whole family's emotions rose and fell with the plot of the TV series.
After watching the second episode, everyone was still a little unsatisfied.
Unfortunately, the TV series only airs two episodes a day, so they can't watch it even if they want to.
However, this did not stop Erwa and Xiaoduo from continuing to discuss the plot of the TV series.
Erwa even complained, "Why can't they show more episodes a day?"
"Show a few more episodes, and go do your homework right now! Otherwise, none of you will be watching TV tomorrow."
Under Zhao Qinglan's scolding, the three children slunk off to do their homework.
After the children left, Li Huai smiled.
"I can see you like watching it too. If you don't let them watch, what will you do if you want to watch?"
Zhao Qinglan glared at her husband. "You want to see it too, don't you? Anyway, no one can see it if they don't do their homework properly, including you."
Li Huai felt utterly innocent; was he being unfairly targeted?
While Zhao Qinglan went to take a shower, Li Huai went to the children and, with his hands behind his back, carefully supervised each of them as they did their homework.
There was nothing he could do; he wanted to watch TV too, but since his wife was the head of the household, he could only come over and supervise the children's homework.
Fortunately, no one in the family, big or small, needs him to worry about their studies or help them with their homework.
In order to be able to watch TV as soon as they get home, Xiaoduo and Erwa and Sanwa finish their homework at school every day.
Some students in the class didn't have a TV at home and didn't know there was such a TV series. But after some students started discussing the plot, those who hadn't seen it became curious.
After the eloquent speaker recounted the plot of the first two episodes, even those who hadn't seen it before were intrigued and rushed to the homes of relatives, friends, or classmates with TVs after school to watch the series.
Some students in Erwa and Xiaoduo's class also asked to come to their house to watch TV.
The children didn't dare to make the decision themselves, saying they would have to go home and ask their parents first.
Zhao Qinglan was a little overwhelmed when she heard this, but she couldn't refuse completely, in case the children were isolated in class. So she said they could bring classmates to her home, but each of them could not bring more than three classmates.
After answering Erwa and Xiaoduo's questions, Zhao Qinglan became curious about her youngest son.
"Sanwa, didn't any of your classmates tell you they wanted to come over to our house to watch TV?"
"have."
"Then why don't you say it?"
"Because they don't want to come anymore."
"Why?" Isn't this TV series incredibly appealing to children? She wondered.
“I told them that my mom only likes kids who do well in school. Only kids who do better than me can come to my house to watch TV. Otherwise, they have to study and do their homework.”
Unfortunately, although Sanwa is lazy, he got first place in the class in the final exam. It seems that none of his classmates meet the criteria for him to take them home.
What nonsense about me only liking kids who do well in school? No wonder none of those kids wanted to come. I bet by now, in the eyes of Sanwa's classmates, I'm already seen as a devilish mother.
Sanwa, do your classmates know you're being so clever? You'll have no friends if you keep doing this!
Zhao Qinglan looked at Xiaoduo and Erwa, then at the composed Sanwa, and deeply felt that her youngest son was probably the most cunning of the children.
She didn't know that Sanwa was just afraid of trouble. He was such a lazy person. If he had to bring several classmates home to watch TV every day, how much more would he have to talk and how much more socializing would he have to do? It was better to deal with it from the beginning.
Seeing that his older siblings were bringing classmates back, the third child started to sigh, "Why can't you be as clever as me?"
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