Chi Min wanted to help him, but she was so hungry that she couldn't speak. Although she had a few bites of food at Han's wife's house, it was of no use.

Hunger is the most direct and unbearable feeling.

Chi Fengshou even wanted Wu Wenyi to help him get food, "Why don't you give it to me?"

Wu Wenyi: "...You go by yourself, I'm so tired."

The lever won't move.

Others were picking bugs and turning over sweet potato vines, but for some reason he was assigned to dig the ground. The hoe felt like it weighed 20 kilograms and he couldn't even swing it. He thought someone was targeting him, so he kept shouting in the field, but no one paid any attention to him.

How could he have the energy to care about others at this moment?

Chi Fengshou went to find the captain himself, but the captain was not there to sit around and wait for him to find someone, so he couldn't find her.

Chi Fengshou was furious: "You are targeting me on purpose!" He couldn't find the cadre in charge, so he had to go back to the educated youth site, with a sullen face, watching Shen Yu and Huo Hongzhen cook.

No one paid any attention to him.

He suddenly exploded, "I'm warning you, don't bully the honest people. If I don't let me eat, you can't eat either!"

He suddenly knocked Shen Yu, who was still alive, to the ground.

Everyone was stunned.

For a moment, the air was eerily quiet and no one spoke.

Then, as if someone pressed the start switch, screams and roars broke out. Shen Yu and Huo Hongzhen went to rescue the food on the ground, while Wu Wenyi, Xu Dongxing, Zhao Mingjie and others went up to beat Chi Fengshou.

Although they were all very hungry, their anger kept them burning until they beat Chi Fengshou until he was bruised and swollen and lay on the ground unable to get up.

Chi Fengshou wanted to resist at first, but he had no strength and could only scold with his mouth.

In the chaos, someone kicked Chi Fengshou hard in the mouth, causing him to scream in pain and unable to make any other sound.

It's completely quiet.

…

At noon, the children returned home and found that Chifeng's luggage was no longer on the kang. They looked at each other and expressed their happiness, but they did not mention Erwang's visit to the team leader.

Lin Lan was making spicy seasoning for Da Wang, and also made eggplant boxes for them. She was reluctant to use the process of frying them, but pan-frying was still possible.

There was no pork at home, but Lin Lan had stockpiled some lard. She chopped up the chives, mixed them with lard, added some soy sauce, and then put them in an eggplant box, rolled them in batter, and fried them in a pan. The softness of the eggplant mixed with the deliciousness of the chives and the crispy aroma of the fried batter were very tempting to the children.

"Wow, I have an eggplant box. I'm so happy." Xiao Wang took a breath happily. "It smells so good!"

Lin Lan smiled and said, "With your help this year, the vegetables in the garden are growing better than in previous years, and better than other people's. We can't even eat all the eggplants."

Mai Sui brought a large bowl over and said, "Mom, please get a bowl for my dad."

Lin Lan smiled and said, "No, just eat. Eggplant boxes are better when they are freshly made. Mom will make them for Dad tonight."

Han Qingsong had lunch at work at noon. Since the weather had cooled down, he would save the delicious food and bring it back for snacks, and eat it casually at work. Although he didn't have a strong appetite and seemed to be craving for anything, Lin Lan would still cook him delicious food in different ways at night. He would eat whatever she gave him and never waste it. He was more obedient than a child.

During dinner, the children asked about the late harvest.

Lin Lan said: "He made a mistake and he must be punished."

The children looked at each other and nodded, "Mom, I know."

After lunch, people from Shanshui Farm brought two cartloads of materials, saying that Director Han had bought them on behalf of the Shanzui Village Brigade.

Lin Lan and the children went to take a look. Han Yongfang and the team leader also came over. They were so happy to see so much information.

The team leader waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and organize a few members to come and repair the two rooms of the team. Then let them sleep and cook there."

The repair team's rooms are awarded work points. Generally, they are built by skilled bricklayers in the village, and four or five people can finish the repair in a few days.

Han Yongfang saw the children and smiled for the first time on her serious face. She waved her hand and said, "Erwang, come here and talk."

Erwang told his eldest brother that he would go to school later and let them go first.

"Grandpa, have you been worried these days?" Erwang said with a smile.

Han Yongfang held his short tobacco pipe in his mouth, blinked his dry old eyes, and sighed deeply from the bottom of his lungs.

Erwang: "Grandpa, there's nothing to worry about. Just open your eyes to work and close your eyes to sleep." He smiled.

"That's the thing, but it's not a pleasant feeling to have a fire on your forehead," Han Yongfang held the tobacco pot in his hand.

Erwang: "Grandpa, to be honest, I think... you see, these educated youth are all very delicate and tender, and they are not cut out for manual labor."

"Who wouldn't say it? If they weren't forced to go to the countryside and just came to have fun, how could we not serve them well? But we don't know when they will go back, and we don't have any extra food to feed them for nothing." The food in his team was very tight, and if there was a drought or flood, they would go hungry.

Han Yongfang is always calculating every penny every year.

Erwang: "Grandpa, our team is really too tight. Look, we can't even afford to build two houses."

We still have to pay the bills, and every penny of the team has been used.

This is not good.

Han Yongfang was a strong man, and the captain usually listened to him and did whatever he said. Because he was there to support everyone, they didn't have to worry, because there was always someone taller to support the sky. So Han Yongfang had no one to discuss things with, and sometimes he felt particularly stressed, but he didn't like to confide in others, and never complained, and basically kept it to himself.

But there is Erwang who can talk to me.

Han Yongfang muttered a few words, not feeling embarrassed at all, but feeling much happier.

Erwang: "Grandpa, I... have an idea, would you like to hear it?"

Han Yongfang: "You say."

Erwang: "Then don't be angry."

Han Yongfang smiled and said, "Kid, when will grandpa get angry with you?"

Erwang: "Grandpa, look, other teams all have side jobs, we..."

"We have that, too." Han Yongfang said, "Weaving mats and grinding tofu."

"Grandpa, that's not it. This side job is for the convenience of our own members. I mean... to communicate with people from outside teams." He knew that Han Yongfang was a bit rigid. Now that the tail of capitalism was being cut off, he would definitely not agree if he was allowed to make money by doing a side job directly.

Han Yongfang is a domineering and powerful person. He rarely listens to others' opinions on things that are not permitted by policy, or he only thinks that the policy is one way or the other.

Besides, the captain and others don't have as much knowledge as he does.

Furthermore, the most important point is that from the mutual aid groups, to the primary, intermediate and advanced cooperatives, to the people's communes, from the Great Leap Forward, the Great Steel Refinement Campaign, the Cutting of Tail Movements, the Four Cleanups, and the Cultural Revolution, after going through all these time and time again, Han Yongfang has a deep-rooted understanding - farming is useless.

The bosses may not like the fruit trees and cut them down, and they may kill chickens, ducks and geese as they are the tail end of capitalism, but they will not treat crops as such and they are allowed to be planted at any time.

Therefore, he was never keen on doing other things to make extra money, and others did not dare to suggest it to him.

Now that Erwang brought up this topic, he was not angry, but rather a little surprised, "Side job, what can we do?"

Erwang saw what he was thinking and laughed, "That's easy, you can do anything. Grandpa, you see, doing a side job requires thinking, knowledge, and talent, and we have a group of people ready now. It's such a waste for them to do manual labor, one of us can do the work of nine of them."

Han Yongfang thought for a moment, "Oh, it's true."

Erwang: "Grandpa, why don't we make soap first? That educated youth Shen is very good, he knows how to make soap." His mother was always worried about not having enough soap at home, and she had to buy soap even though she felt the pain.

Han Yongfang: "Soap? We country folk don't use this stuff."

"Grandpa, if you don't have it, why not use it? If you have it, why not use it? Besides, we can sell it to people in the city."

Han Yongfang: "…Now the tail is being cut off very quickly. At a meeting a while ago, they said, 'We would rather have the seedlings of socialism than the weeds of capitalism.'"

Erwang: "Grandpa, soap is the grass of socialism. The seeds of capitalism have long been...high-end soap and high-end washing powder."

He heard Lin Lan talking about the laundry detergent and borrowed it to use.

There are some things that are not allowed, but if you put it another way and have a legitimate reason, then there will be no pressure.

Han Yongfang scratched her head and said, "Let me think about it."

Erwang: "Grandpa, take your time to think about it. There is no rush. Let's train these educated youth first."

If they are not trained to obey management, even if they have a side business, they will all be arrogant and disobey orders, and the situation will be even more chaotic if there are too many people.

Seeing Han Yongfang was thinking, he went to find Lin Lan to see who was repairing the house.

Han Yongfang figured it out, his mind became more active, and his steps became lighter.

The captain looked at him, "What's going on? Is there any good news?"

Han Yongfang: “Almost.”

Captain: "Then how about paying for the materials first?"

Han Yongfang glared at him and said, "Do you take that little money seriously? Just owe it to me first." Then he walked away with his hands behind his back.

Captain: “…”

…

Da Wang was leading his brothers and sisters to school. Before they reached the door, they saw Fan Xiao spinning around there.

"Brother Xiaosan, Brother Xiaowang, go to school." Fan Xiao looked weak.

When they saw Fan Xiao, they started laughing, "Sister Fan, what are you doing?"

Fan Xiao: "Can we discuss something?"

Da Wang and Mai Sui also came over and looked at her.

Fan Xiao said, "In the future... can I buy your meals? Just give me a palm-sized cake for a meal, a handful of vegetables and some salted vegetables. I'm not picky about food, really, I'm very simple and frugal. I'll give you one pound of meal tickets a day, and 15 cents, okay? That way, you can save money to buy books and basketballs."

Several children looked at Dawang.

Dawang: "Is this considered speculation?"

Fan smiled righteously: "How can this be considered speculation? Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda."

She also talked about the terrible things that happened at the educated youth site. Because of Chi Fengshou, she had no breakfast to eat, and half of her lunch was ruined by Chi Fengshou's mess. The rest was rescued by Shen Yu, but it wasn't ready yet. She estimated that everyone could have two bites each.

She was going crazy with hunger.

Lin Lan's own path was blocked, so she could only follow the children's path.

Xiao Wang felt sorry for her because she looked so pitiful. "Sister Fan is so pitiful."

Fan Xiao immediately nodded in cooperation, her eyes red.

Mai Sui: "What if others find out and come to buy food? We don't have enough food at home."

Fan Xiao said, "If anyone dares to do the same, I will fight him to death!" She originally complained that the food ordered by the educated youth was not good, but now there was nothing to eat and she was starving to death. She had already left the past far away. It was useless to miss the past. The present was the most urgent.

Mai Sui: "Actually, if you ask me, you shouldn't cook for yourselves. It would be better for each of you to find a partner. I think they would be happy with that." If you can give them money, they will definitely be happy.

Fan Xiao: "Except for partnering with your family, I won't go to other people's houses. Their cooking is terrible and not as good as yours."

The Party Secretary, the Brigade Leader, and Dong Huaihua's families already had old educated youth as partners. The families of other ordinary members ate coarse grains all year round, and occasionally ate fine grains, and some families were not full. In the past, Huo Yuan and others had partnered with ordinary members' families, but their food rations were withheld to subsidize their own children, and the educated youth were so hungry that they had to disband. The old educated youth warned the new educated youth that unless they were partnered with the cadres' families, they would rather take turns cooking at the educated youth point and decide what to eat.

Sanwang: "You don't have lard. My mother saved some."

Xiao Wang: "Because my mother is loving. My mother cooks for us, but meals cooked with love are delicious."

Fan smiled with tears in his eyes: "Brother Xiaowang, I have love too."

Xiaowang: “…”

The children looked to their eldest brother and let him make the decision.

She wiped her tears and looked at Da Wang pleadingly: "Brother Da Wang, please be kind and have mercy on me."

Being away from home and having no one to know, Fan Xiao was willing to give it her all. She thought it was easier to ask a child for help than an adult, and she didn't need to feel ashamed or hurt her self-esteem. Compared to starving to death, self-esteem was nothing. Besides, there was nothing shameful about begging for help from such a group of beautiful children. She was very happy.

Especially since Brother Xiaowang was so compassionate, he almost wanted to take her home for dinner.

Da Wang finally relented: "Okay."

"My savior!" Fan Xiao clenched her fists, "Thank you very much. Then I'll reserve a year's supply first." She pulled Xiaowang back to get the meal ticket and money.

Da Wang: "You... don't be impatient. Let's do it a day first and try it." My parents always said that you can't be impatient when doing things, you have to try it first.

Although Fan Xiao was disappointed, he had to agree and paid one day's money and tickets first. Da Wang only wanted four taels of grain tickets plus five cents for a meal, and dinner would be another matter.

Sanwang volunteered to go home and get her lunch. Anyway, the class hadn't started yet, so the other kids went home together. When they passed by the brigade, they saw Erwang talking to Han Yongfang. Lin Lan was there watching someone repairing their house.

After returning home, Sanwang got two large pieces of 200g of dough, and put some shrimp and scallion stewed eggs and eggplant in the lunch box that Fan Xiao had just bought, filling half the lunch box in total.

Fan Xiao only asked for one piece of cake. "I'm a very poor and simple person. One piece is enough. Thank you." She said goodbye to the children, then hid her lunch box and ran to the river to eat secretly so as not to be seen by other educated youth.

The children stood at the door looking at Fan Xiao's back, speechless for a moment.

Xiao Wang: "He is so pitiful."

Da Wang: "If we didn't have parents, we would be more pitiful than her." She still has money and food.

Xiao Wang: "Then why don't her parents want her?"

Dawang: "Go to the countryside."

"Why go to the countryside?"

“Rules.”

"Who made this rule?"

"School."

Xiaowang: "Does the school require us to go to the countryside?"

Sanwang took it and said, "Yes, but my mother said that going to school is to learn knowledge for yourself, not to go to the countryside. If you have knowledge, you won't be afraid of going to the countryside."

Xiao Wang: "Then they... also have knowledge, why is that so?"

They couldn’t get any work points, couldn’t do farm work, had nothing to eat, and even their parents didn’t want them anymore.

The children were suddenly tangled up.

Yes, the educated youth from big cities are more educated than them, so why do they also go to the countryside?

Going to school is just to go to the countryside?

My mother and teacher said that learning is for oneself, and that being educated will make farming better. But… the educated youth who are more educated than them are not any better at farming, and are worse at farming than the uneducated members.

So... is studying still useful?

Da Wang didn't care. He had his own goals. Going to school was just going to school. He didn't spend any extra time thinking about these issues.

The wheat ears were the most tangled, and Sanwang and Xiaowang were also tangled.

When they couldn't figure it out, they went to ask the teacher.

Han Qingping has been upset about many things in recent days. He was confused himself and was pestered by the children. Before he could answer one question, another one popped up.

Sanwang: "Teacher, you said that learning is useful and that we can farm better than those without education. But you see, the educated youth have education but no strength. They have to rely on strength to farm, and they can't farm as well as the members of the commune. Does that mean education is useless?"

Mai Sui: "Shen Zhiqing is very talented and could definitely go to college, but he was not allowed to go. He is well educated, but he still has to farm in our brigade, so his education is of no help. Why is that?"

Han Qingping's mind was already in a mess and he couldn't concentrate on thinking. Now he was speechless and didn't know how to answer. "Well... it's getting late, let's go to class first and talk after class, okay?" He had no choice but to use the method of going to class to escape.

The children had no choice but to go to class.

When Erwang came over, he saw Mai Sui looking listless and was a little confused about what was going on. Huo Hongzhen's first class was hers, and she was too hungry because she didn't have enough lunch. She was also very nervous, afraid that she would not perform well, and tried hard to liven up the classroom atmosphere, but the children's response was not enthusiastic.

Most children will inevitably compare their new teacher with their previous teacher. At first, they will always miss their previous teacher and reject the new one.

Mai Sui's classmates used to be active and attentive in class, but now she is struggling. Er Wang is not in the mood to listen to the class because he is concerned about Mai Sui. Da Wang doesn't mind, but he is not active in answering questions in class.

Sanwang was also entangled, but he was just joining in the fun.

Because he was not very active in studying, he went to school for his mother and did not want to go to college. He thought he would just go home and farm in the future. But he was worried about the educated youth. There were so many beautiful sisters and brothers, so outstanding and educated, who knew more than the teachers, but they had to go to the countryside to farm with the uneducated members. He was worried about them.

Xiaowang was thinking about the issue of love. Why did the educated youth go to the countryside? Why did their parents not want them anymore? Was it because they were not obedient? Did they not love them? What was the reason?

After all, the only one who is really entangled is Mai Sui himself.

They were the most active ones in the classroom. Mai Sui and Er Wang, the two top students, were not active, and San Wang, the chatterbox, was dull. The other children were too embarrassed to raise their hands to answer questions and too shy to sing in public, so the class was really dull.

After class, Huo Hongzhen was a little dazed. She stood on the campus and stared at a rose in a daze.

Mai Sui ran out and asked her, "Sister Huo, tell me, why do you study?"

Huo Hongzhen was stunned and said subconsciously: "To learn knowledge."

"Then why do you learn knowledge?"

"In order to...well, build the motherland..." Huo Hongzhen brought out what her ideology teacher had said.

"What does our motherland need us to do? Farming?" Mai Sui thought for a moment, "Can students from big cities come to the countryside to farm after they finish their studies?"

Huo Hongzhen and other educated youth were young, inexperienced, and not very knowledgeable, so they were not qualified to be role models. Moreover, since they were at a loss and in a sad mood after going to the countryside, Mai Sui's question reminded them of their own sadness, and they were somewhat speechless.

"The country has many positions and needs different talents..." Huo Hongzhen said reluctantly: "The best ones can go..."

Mai Sui pouted: "But you and Shen Zhiqing are both very good, why can't you go?"

Huo Hongzhen's eyes turned red.

Mai Sui asked again: "We are not allowed to take the college entrance examination, and the city does not recruit workers in the countryside. Only educated youth from the city go to the countryside, and no students from the countryside go to the city."

"No...aren't there still recommendations for admission to universities? Your parents are both cadres, you can definitely recommend them." According to her experience, even those recommended for admission to universities in the city are children of cadres, and the remaining places will be given to advanced elements.

"But those who are recommended for admission to universities have to come back in the future." Mai Sui still couldn't figure it out. The more the teachers talked to her, the more confused she became. She decided to go home and ask her mother.

She said goodbye to Huo Hongzhen and ran away.

Huo Hongzhen stood there thinking about her own future and Mai Sui's problem. She couldn't help but shed tears and couldn't help but find a corner to cry.

Erwang saw that Mai Sui did not return to the classroom but ran out instead, so he said hello to Dawang and ran after him.

Lin Lan had already returned home and was sewing a quilt. She was startled to see her daughter coming back with red eyes. "Daughter, what's wrong? If you have anything on your mind, come and tell me."

She thought that her sons were all in the class, and she would definitely not be bullied. Erwang also gave in to Mai Sui, so she would not be angry with him. She must have some troubles that she was too embarrassed to tell the boys.

Mai Sui couldn't figure it out, so she got anxious. The more anxious she got, the more confused she became. Tears fell like beads from a broken string, and she threw herself into Lin Lan's arms, "Mom."

Lin Lan stroked her hair without saying anything, letting her calm down first. After a while, she said, "Tell me, what happened?"

Mai Sui told Lin Lan the tangled problem and then looked at her with tears in her eyes.

Lin Lan couldn't help but laugh. Seeing the pretty and bright lady with tears in her eyes, she felt sad. She took a handkerchief to wipe the tears from her lady's eyes. "Silly lady, we must not be stubborn at any time. If you have any problems, come back and tell our parents. Do you understand?"

Wheat Ear nodded.

"Mom, what's going on? All the educated youth from the big cities have come to the countryside to farm. The knowledge they learned is of no use at all. They have to rely on their physical strength to earn work points. If this is the case, they might as well not study at all and just rely on their physical strength to work from the beginning. That way they will have more strength."

Lin Lan was very pleased that the children had grown up and were able to think.

She said softly, "I don't want to lie to you about what is happening right now. This is the reality. Country people can't go to the city, and they go home after they finish their studies. There are too many people in the city to find jobs, so they select a group of graduates to go to the countryside to relieve the pressure in the city."

Mai Sui looked at her with blinking eyes, thinking that this statement was very novel since no one else had mentioned it.

Lin Lan smiled and continued, "Aren't we listening to the radio? Hardships are temporary. The eight-year war of resistance was the most difficult and darkest time, but it's over. The three-year disaster was very difficult, but we survived it. After going through a great disaster, there will be blessings in the future, and our country will get better and better."

She paused. "It is precisely because of the lack of jobs in the backward areas that we have to send educated youth to the countryside. This just shows that all walks of life are accumulating strength and society needs a large number of capable talents. When the accumulation reaches a certain level, it will form a state of vigorous eruption. This is the inevitable law of the development of things. By then, the whole society will undergo earth-shaking changes, barriers will be broken, and knowledge will be power. At that time, as long as you go out, you will have opportunities. Educated youth and people in the countryside who have been educated and have culture can go directly to the city or stay in the countryside to build a new world. If you don't study and have no culture, can you still go out well?"

Mai Sui's eyes were filled with flames, so bright that it was almost intimidating. "Mom, you mean the future is bright, right?"

Lin Lan nodded, holding her delicate cheeks, and smiled: "Of course, the future is bright. If reality doesn't seem as good as you think, you must quietly accumulate strength and quietly arm yourself to the teeth. Those who indulge in reality and dare not change will always complain about not making progress. Even if opportunities come, they can only complain about the injustice of society that makes them miss opportunities. And you, those who are well prepared, can fly and rush to the sky and open up a new era."

Mai Sui hugged Lin Lan all of a sudden, "Mom, you are looking forward to that day too, right?"

Lin Lan said seriously: "For my mother, the present is the best. I don't miss the past and I don't covet the future. Every day that comes is the most precious."

Because today is the future of the past, and today is the past of the future.

Mai Sui looked up at her, imprinting these words firmly in his mind.

Lin Lan hugged her and shook her, "We must remember that there is no obstacle that cannot be overcome. We must not get stuck in a dead end. There are always more solutions than difficulties."

"Mom." Mai Sui burst into laughter and said, "I'll remember it."

"Go ahead and think about it yourself." Lin Lan wiped her tears and patted her shoulder. "It's not over school yet."

Mai Sui nodded, and then she saw Er Wang standing in the main hall. She couldn't help but smile and said, "Hey, why are you back too?"

Erwang: "My eggplant box is too salty, I'll come back and drink some water."

Lin Lan gave them a few instructions and then let them go to school.

When Mai Sui and Er Wang left, the haze in her heart was completely dissipated, her steps became especially brisk, and she couldn't help humming a little song: "We are the successors of communism~~"

Erwang smiled and said, "Are you not going to dwell on this?"

Mai Sui was embarrassed, "What are you talking about? I'm not being so picky."

Erwang smiled without saying anything and went to school with her. He first apologized to the teacher and then sat back in his seat to attend class.

Han Qingping called Mai Sui out after class and asked her with concern, "Mai Sui, have you figured it out?"

Mai Sui smiled sweetly, "Yes, my mother told me about it, and I figured it out."

Han Qingping was very curious, "How did you figure it out?"

Mai Sui said, "Teacher, you are right. We study for ourselves. Studying can make me happy, let me know more, let me know how people came into being, how the earth rotates. So, even if studying can't let me go to college and I have to come back to farm, I am also very happy. Because I know what this world is like, and I am not alone."

Lonely? Han Qingping laughed. A child actually said he was lonely, which touched their hearts deeply.

Mai Sui smiled and said, "So, teacher, hope is ahead. We should be prepared at all times. When hope comes, our knowledge can really come into play, right?"

Han Qingping looked at her. Will hope come? How will hope appear? In what form? In what form? When will hope come?

"Did your mother teach you this?"

Mai Sui nodded, "I think my mother is right. I am still young and there are endless possibilities in the future!"

Han Qingping nodded, "Yes, good boy, your mother is right. You are still young. In this world, the most invincible thing is time. Come on."

"Thank you, teacher."

After Mai Sui and Han Qingping finished talking, they went to find Huo Hongzhen again. They found that her eyes were red, so they quickly apologized, "Sister Huo, I'm sorry, I made you sad."

Huo Hongzhen smiled and said, "No."

Mai Sui told Huo Hongzhen about his experience with Han Qingping, and finally said, "Sister Huo, don't be discouraged. My mother said that hope lies ahead and opportunities are for those who are prepared. So, don't be discouraged."

Huo Hongzhen had actually heard what she and Han Qingping said, and had been pondering it over in her heart. She had never expected that Lin Lan, a country woman, and Mai Sui, a country girl, would have such insights and thoughts.

It's really not easy.

She said sincerely, "Mai Sui, thank you so much. Your words suddenly made me feel enlightened."

"That's good." Mai Sui held her hand and encouraged her, "Let's all work hard!"

Because of Mai Sui's matter, Lin Lan went to the intersection after school in the afternoon, hoping to see the children earlier.

Soon, she saw the children going home as usual, Sanwang and Xiaowang chasing in front, they had already thrown the tangled problems into the wind. Mai Sui and Erwang were talking in the back, and Dawang walked beside them, not saying anything but not being in conflict with them.

Lin Lan waved at them.

"Mom!" Xiaowang ran forward first and threw himself into Lin Lan's arms.

Lin Lan held his little hand and went home with the children. After asking, she found out that the children felt such emotion because of Fan Xiao.

Erwang: "Mom, Fan Zhiqing must be a very proud person, but she did that just for a meal... It's really touching. I think her parents must love her very much. If they knew that she is having such a hard time now, I'm afraid they would be heartbroken."

Lin Lan took the opportunity to brainwash her child: "If I were her mother, I would be worried, regretful, and self-blaming now. I shouldn't have spoiled my child and not let her do anything. Your parents can't give you a future, but they can let you learn to wash clothes, cook, and take care of yourself. When you leave your parents in the future, you can take good care of yourself and won't let your parents worry."

The children were all thoughtful.

Xiao Wang said seriously: "Big brother, Little Third brother, so when Dad beats you, it's really for your own good."

Da Wang: “…” Why can’t I forget!

Xiao Wang: "Big Brother, Little Third Brother, from now on, please learn how to cook. Come on!"

Sanwang: "...Ahhh, Brother Xiaowang, you are getting worse and worse."