A month has passed in the blink of an eye. The temperature has dropped significantly in mid-September. When the sun is shining during the day, you have to wear a coat.

Su Wan went back to Shiqiao Village four or five times in the past month, and each time she went back was to deliver supplies to Xu Guixiang and others.

Most of what Xu Guixiang and her family eat and drink now were taken out from the space by Su Wan.

During this period, she went to Lu's house twice. After all, she was Lu's daughter-in-law, and it would be wrong to return to Su's house without visiting Lu's house.

Whenever she goes to Lu's house, she always brings some fruits, snacks, candies, etc.

The fruits were the apples produced in her space, each one was big and sweet, and looked very good. The children all loved to eat them, not to mention the snacks and candies.

After Li Dani knew that Su Wan was pregnant, she suggested that she stop working and return to their Lu family so that she could take care of her.

Su Wan thought it was just a polite remark. The child was enough to keep her busy, so how could she have the time to take care of her?

Besides, rural women in this era are not so delicate. If they do nothing and let others serve them just because they are pregnant, it would be strange if people would gossip about them if the news got out.

So Su Wan refused. She lived alone in a big house, which was quiet and comfortable. Why did she have to live with a large group of unfamiliar people? Wouldn't that make herself uncomfortable?

In order to reassure Li Dani, she assured her that if she felt uncomfortable anywhere, she would go to the hospital immediately for medical treatment. She also said that she lived very close to the hospital and could walk there in five minutes. After hearing what Su Wan said, Li Dani finally felt relieved.

The children were particularly close to Su Wan as soon as they saw her. I don't know if it was because she would bring them food every time she came. Especially Yaya, every time Su Wan went, Yaya would follow her closely. The attitude of the children towards her surprised Su Wan.

She guessed that these children might be missing their mother and unconsciously regarded her as their mother.

After Wang Xiao'e left that day, she never came back.

Although Shiqiao Village is not far from Wang Xiao'e's parents' home, Li Dani is too lazy to hear any more news about her.

Now the children are used to the days without Wang Xiao'e.

Every day when they went to work, the two sons would take the two children with them, along with some food and drinks, and put them on the ridges or edges of the fields, leaving the two older ones to look after them.

At the beginning of September, Shitou went to school, and Yaya was left alone to play with Choudan.

Yaya is more obedient. Although she is only five years old, she seems to know her responsibilities. She always stays by Choudan's side and takes good care of him.

Li Dani and Lu Heping would look back from time to time while working, and would shout out once they were out of sight.

Now that the children are well, they can continue their farm work without any interruption. However, they still have to do housework when they get home, which is indeed more tiring than before. However, seeing that all the children are healthy, Li Dani and Lu Heping are quite content.

After a month of rest, Cao Xiaohua was able to use a cane and move around.

After lying in bed for a month, she felt completely exhausted.

When Su Wan was returning from Lu's house and passing by the gate of Old Lu's house, she bumped into Cao Xiaohua who was walking outside the gate.

"Auntie, it seems you have recovered well recently." Su Wan greeted Cao Xiaohua warmly.

"Su Wan, you're back? How are you doing recently? You're so heavy now, you have to be careful."

Su Wan is now more than five months pregnant. She is afraid that she will become fat after giving birth and it will be difficult to lose weight, so she has recently taken in enough nutrients through her diet and no longer dares to eat or drink anything indiscriminately.

In addition, her frame was slimmer than that of an average person, so her five-month pregnant belly looked similar to that of a four-month pregnant belly. Su Wan had always been worried that people would find out that she was pregnant before marriage, but she had never revealed it, which made her feel a lot more relaxed.

Su Wan nodded in agreement, and when she was about to say goodbye and go back, Cao Xiaohua suddenly opened her mouth and asked her to go into the house. Su Wan could not refuse her kindness, so she followed her in.

Cao Xiaohua's two daughters, Su Jinhuan and Su Yinhuan, were washing clothes in the yard. When they saw Su Wan come in and called her "sister", Su Wan hurriedly took out a handful of candies from the space under the cover of a bag and distributed a few to each of the sisters.

Jinhuan and Yinhuan were very happy. They could only have one candy every year, and now they each got five candies. This was something they could never have imagined in their dreams.

Jinhuan quickly peeled off one and stuffed it into Cao Xiaohua's mouth. Seeing this, Yinhuan took out one and gave it to Cao Xiaohua.

Su Wan had never paid much attention to these two girls before, but she didn't expect them to be quite sensible, at least better than the girls in He Ailian's family. Da Mi was already a fool, but she had never called her "sister" when she saw her.

"Auntie, how old is Jinhuan? Is she old enough to go to school?" Su Wan asked casually because she saw that Jinhuan was taller than Dog.

"Well, she's 18 years old now, and it's time for her to go to school. Your grandma said it's useless for a girl to study, so she didn't send her."

Su Wan heard this and rushed to Cao Xiaohua and said, "Auntie, don't listen to my grandma. Her old concept of favoring boys over girls is outdated. You may not be able to see it now, but I believe that in a few years, China will usher in earth-shaking changes. China will develop better and better in the future. If you grow up without culture, you will suffer a lot in society.

Now, you and grandma have separated, right? The child is yours. It is your business whether you let the child go to school or not. Grandma has no right to interfere."

Jinhuan, who had been squatting there silently washing clothes, couldn't help but brighten her eyes after hearing Su Wan's words.

The girls in the village who were the same age as her went to school last year. After one year of study, they were able to read adult books.

That day, a girl from the village came to play with her, holding a fantasy book in her hands. She was laughing as she read it. She could only half-understand the pictures on it and didn't understand what she was laughing at.

Finally, it was only after her friend read out the following words to her one by one that she understood the funny content.

Originally, she didn't know what benefits learning to read and write could bring. But at that moment, she really understood that learning to read could help her understand many things she didn't know before.

Before, she didn't think there was anything wrong with not studying. Not only did her grandmother not allow her to study, she also didn't allow her second aunt's children, Da Mi and Er Mi, to study. So she didn't think there was anything unfair. She was just secretly envious of others in her heart. She never thought that she would be able to study one day.

Now she heard Sister Su Wan persuading her mother to let her go to school. She gave Su Wan a grateful look, then pricked up her ears to listen expectantly to see if her mother would agree.

Cao Xiaohua sighed, "Originally, I discussed with your uncle that we would send Jinhuan to school next year to teach her a few words, but... you see, there is nothing I can do now. If Jinhuan goes to school, there will be no one to do the housework."

Jinhuan understood that the reason she couldn't go to school was because her mother was afraid that there would be no one to do the housework.

So she plucked up the courage to say to Cao Xiaohua: "Mom, studying won't interfere with my work. I will take time after school to finish all the housework. Is that okay with you?"