As soon as the two sisters left, the smile on Su Yonghuai's face gradually disappeared, leaving only endless melancholy.
Su Shengning looked at Su Yonghuai's departing back and felt very uncomfortable.
He stood there for a long time, then gritted his teeth and went to the street.
Lin Qin and Lin Ying returned to the renovated house, and Lin Ying kept talking about fate.
Lin Qin said: "Sister, let's not talk about Teacher Su's family for now. I came here mainly for Ajian and Akang's studies. The two brothers have been in the city for so long, and I have almost figured out their situation.
The teacher said that Ajian has a good lung capacity, so he can learn to play a wind instrument. As long as he is interested and studies hard, he can master a skill in the future. Just like Ping'an and Yaya, they have learned some special skills, and if they don't study well in the future, they can study art.
With your and your brother-in-law's current family background, it's more than enough to support an art student. Akang is a bit jumpy and can't sit still. The teacher wants him to learn calligraphy to temper his temper. It's just right for him to be with Ping'an and have a companion. What do you think?"
Lin Ying was stunned when she heard this, or maybe she never dared to think that her child could learn those talents like the children from rich families.
She suppressed her inner excitement, her eyes rolling, "Did the teacher really say that the two brothers can learn it?"
Lin Qin gently bumped Lin Ying's arm, "Why would I lie to you! If you don't believe me, come with me to the institution and let the teacher tell you in person. By the way, you can also learn about the institution's situation. If you think it's good, then let them learn. Anyway, they are just taking English classes there now.
This money was paid by my father. I think if he knew what the teacher meant, he might even give the money for the child's special classes as well."
Lin Ying shook her head without even thinking, "That won't do! It's not easy for Dad to save some money, I can't let the kids spend it all!"
"It's not that much of a waste. After all, he is raising his grandson, and he is happy about it! Besides, the tuition is not expensive. Now the tuition for English classes is ten yuan a month for one child, and forty yuan for four children.
The calligraphy class costs about seven or eight yuan a month, and the cost of wind instruments depends on what kind of instrument it is, which is probably between eight and ten yuan. For example, learning piano is expensive for Yaya. The teacher also said that she needs to buy a piano, which will cost several thousand or even tens of thousands of yuan. The monthly tuition will double, and I have to support her!
When Ajian and Akang learn their talents, I calculated for our dad that it will cost about 110 yuan a month. Of course, there are more classes during the winter and summer vacations, so the cost will be higher. In total, it will be about 1,800 yuan a year."
After Lin Qin finished calculating the bill, Lin Ying was so scared that she jumped up on the spot. She pointed at her with a trembling finger, "One thousand eight hundred! Not one hundred and eighty! Little sister, you are spending more and more money! Is it easy for our father to save some money? Are you thinking about it?"
Lin Qin rolled her eyes, "Sister, don't get excited! I'm counting the money for raising the child, and I haven't calculated how much money our dad makes in a year! Let alone other things, just the lotus roots and the accompanying aquatic products such as eels and loaches, our dad can earn more than fifteen thousand a year.
We also have taro, sweet potatoes and rice. We keep these three things for our own consumption and can sell them for about 7,000 to 8,000 yuan. Calla lilies are also valuable. Dad planted quite a lot of them. It was the end of the year when the price was good. I don't know how much he earned, at least 5,000!
He earns more than 20,000 yuan a year just from farming. He was struggling to make ends meet before because he had to buy a house for the two of us. Now that our house has been renovated, he has saved all his money. If you didn't give him any motivation, he wouldn't know why he saved so much money!
Previously, because Jian and Kang didn’t learn other talents, Dad was afraid that you would feel uncomfortable, so he didn’t dare to mention it. If several children followed suit and learned other talents, Dad would definitely ask for money to be spent on them immediately. "
Lin Ying really didn't know Lin Yi's family background. After hearing this, her eyes almost popped out of her sockets. Her head was dizzy and she couldn't recover for a long time.
After a while, he said, "Then let our dad really pay for it?"
Lin Qin nodded indifferently, "He can do whatever he wants. This amount of money is just a small amount to him. As long as he is willing to spend it, you should not refuse. I just came here to discuss it with you, otherwise the children will learn skills but you as parents will not know anything. How ridiculous!"
Lin Ying's neck shrank, and she almost lost half her strength. She held Lin Qin's arm and smiled flatteringly, "You are my biological sister, we are at ease leaving the child to you! Well, I will go home and kill a few chickens and ducks for you to take back, and don't touch yours!"
Lin Qin quickly refused, but Lin Ying had already run away in a hurry.
In the evening, Lin Qin returned to Nanyu with several sacks of things.
Lin Yi opened it and was shocked. "Is your sister crazy? Is she tired of living like this? Why did she kill so many chickens and ducks? Will her family have anything to eat during the New Year? Huh? Why is there still half a pig? And it's so intact!"
Huang Yuezhen and Chen Wenjun also came to join in the fun.
Lin Qin wanted to cry but had no tears. "I told her about sending Ajian and Akang to learn talents. She was so excited that she ran home like crazy without caring about anything. I chased her from behind but couldn't catch up with her. I even lost her halfway. I had to go back the same way and go to the town to find my brother-in-law, and ask him to go back to the village to stop my sister.
I didn't expect that the couple would go back for most of the day and bring back so many things for me. My brother-in-law even said that if I didn't take any, I was looking down on him!"
Lin Qin became more and more excited as she spoke. God knew how embarrassed she was to ride in a car with so much flesh on her.
Lin Yi was speechless, frowning as he looked at Chen Wenjun, "We can't finish this much meat, and our refrigerator can't hold it all. We'll probably have to send it to the store, but it's almost the end of the year, and there are so many people buying it, and our store's freezer can't hold it all!"
Chen Wenjun just thought it was funny. "Dad, that's easy! I heard someone in Nangang some time ago that it's popular in the southwest to make smoked meat or cured meat. If we can't finish it, we can make it into smoked meat or sausage. I'll go buy some white wine, MSG, sugar and salt, and sheep intestines."
The so-called sausages are a specialty here. Every year during the Spring Festival, almost every household will make some to entertain guests during the New Year or to give as gifts to relatives and friends.
They were busy before and lacked manpower, so no one was willing to tinker with these things.
This year the situation has improved, and there is pork available, so I would be doing a disservice to this half a pig if I don’t make it.
Huang Yuezhen had only eaten sausages before and didn't know how to make them, so she immediately became interested when she heard this and clamored to help.
So the lively sausage-making activity began.
It was not yet dark, and Chen Wenjun hurried to buy what he needed before dark.
When he returned to Nanyu, Lin Yi, Lin Qin and Huang Yuezhen had already cut two large pots of pork.
Five children sat in a row in the yard, watching the adults work. They looked so adorable.
Chen Wenjun felt itchy and went over to touch them one by one. Then he put the food next to Lin Yi as if nothing had happened. "Dad, how many pounds of meat are these? Don't put too much seasoning. It will be unpalatable." (End of this chapter)
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