Xiao Yutang was already a little nervous, and after being interrupted, he didn't know whether he was angry or relieved.

Shen Huanxi also looked over and found that the person calling Xiao Yutang was Wang Xiaoming. She had seen the child yesterday and heard someone calling him that.

Wang Xiaoming is a chubby boy of eight or nine years old, with a round face and a round body, a bit like Fat Tiger in Doraemon.

He was the leader of the kids in the neighborhood, and there were five or six kids between five and eight years old following him. When they saw Xiao Yutang looking at him, they pulled their mouths and made faces.

"Xiao Yutang, I saw you picking up the glass beads we don't want yesterday. They were all broken. How can the glass beads roll if they are not round? Can we play with them? Or do you like to pick up trash to play with? You pick up trash, lululu..."

Once the leader of the children took the lead, the other children following him also made faces at Xiao Yutang.

"Lilililil, Xiao Yutang is picking up trash, lilililil."

"In addition to glass beads, Xiao Yutang also picked up the broken slingshots we didn't want. Xiao Yutang picked up trash, lululu..."

"Lie le le le le, Xiao Yutang is picking up trash!"

…

"Bang!" Xiao Yutang frowned, picked up the toy gun in his hand, and shot Wang Xiaoming at the foot.

Shen Huanxi was shocked. When the boss bought this toy gun for Xiao Yutang, he didn't tell him that there were bullets inside and that it could be fired.

At first glance, the bullets were plastic beads with a diameter of three or four millimeters.

In the 1980s, the state's control over children's toys was not very strict, and toy guns that could fire bullets were not uncommon. Shen Huanxi was negligent.

Wang Xiaoming was shocked to see a small dent in the floor beneath his feet caused by Xiao Yutang's bullet, and he and his followers took several steps back.

"I have a gun, why would I pick up your broken slingshot? Aren't guns more fun than slingshots?"

After Xiao Yutang finished speaking, he fired another "bang" and hit Wang Xiaoming's feet with a second bullet.

Wang Xiaoming was startled again. He wanted to say something, but he didn't have a toy gun. Having been frightened by Xiao Yutang twice, he was angry and envious, and more importantly, he was unwilling to accept it, but helpless.

"I still have glass beads of all colors, why should I pick yours?" Xiao Yutang took out a few new glass beads from his pocket.

The glass beads that children played with at that time were mostly transparent, with a core of various colors shaped like a tornado. Shen Huanxi bought such glass beads for the two boys, as well as a few new products.

The new product has no core and has a layer of fluorescent color on the surface, which is much more beautiful than those glass beads with tornado cores.

When Xiao Yutang took it out, Wang Xiaoming and other children realized that they did not have such glass beads at all.

It was not the first time that they saw Xiao Yutang picking up the toys they had thrown away, but now they had no proof, as Xiao Yutang's toy gun and new glass beads were in his hands.

"Xiao Yutang, where did you buy these glass beads?" Fang Xiaowan, a follower of Wang Xiaoming, asked when he wanted to buy the same glass beads.

Wang Xiaoming quickly glared at Fang Xiaowan, and Fang Xiaowan stopped talking. Only Xiao Yutang spoke.

"What you buy in a department store is different from what you buy in a toy store. The things in a department store are much better and much more expensive."

Nowadays, department stores are associated with high-end and expensive things, and the things inside are not affordable for everyone.

When the children heard that it was a department store, they immediately became dispirited.

Wang Xiaoming looked at Xiao Yuzheng.

"So you guys went to a department store! Then Xiao Yuzheng, you also bought some toys, right? Did you buy a Barbie doll?"

"Of course, sissies like dolls, sissies sissies!"

"Xiao Yu is such a sissy!"

…

Shen Huanxi became angry when he heard the kids making a fuss.

She was also unhappy when she heard Zhao Qiu'e say that Xiao Yuzheng was effeminate yesterday. But since Zhao Qiu'e was her friend, she didn't say anything, and it was not easy for her to say anything. These children were not related to her in any way, so she couldn't let them go.

"What is sissy? Just because Xiao Yuzheng is cleaner and more refined than you, you are a sissy? If you don't like being clean and refined, why don't you go roll around in the pigpen? Go now!

Being clean and polite are advantages, but you want to be pigs. Then don't take a bath or wash clothes in the future. Just be pigs.

You are still young and still need your parents to take care of you. You are unclean and uncivilized. Are you saying that your parents have raised you to be uneducated and unhygienic? They are raising pigs."

Shen Huanxi was also angry, and the words he said were childish and not polite at all, but they were very destructive.

Several children were stunned after hearing what she said.

They are just kids, how can they have such strong logical thinking? After listening to Shen Huanxi's words and looking at the clean and innocent Xiao Yuzheng, they thought to themselves that they didn't want to roll around in the pigpen.

Moreover, what Shen Huanxi said was really heartbreaking. If their parents knew that they were saying bad things about their parents outside, what would happen then?

"But Xiao Yuzheng likes to draw! He even goes to the flea market to buy tattered comic books to read! Only girls like to draw."

"Yes, only girls read comics, and he is still a sissy."

"He reads comics! He draws. Even if he's not clean, he's still a sissy!"

…

The naughty kids started making noise again.

Xiao Yuzheng had just been called a sissy by that group of naughty kids, and his little face was wrinkled. Shen Huanxi finally helped him vent his anger, making his face look better. Now his little face was wrinkled again.

Shen Huanxi laughed.

"Why can't boys like painting? There are many painters who are men, such as Tang Bohu, Xu Beihong, and Qi Baishi. They are all men. Do you think they are sissy? No, they are very good painters!"

These words made the group of naughty kids afraid to speak.

Tang Bohu and his companions may not know this, but Xu Beihong and Qi Baishi all knew it.

There are many portraits of celebrities hanging in the corridors of school classrooms. Their school has portraits of Qi Baishi and Xu Beihong.

"Our son Xiao Yuzheng has a great dream. He wants to be a painter, so he likes to draw and read comics.

What about you? At your age, do you have a clear dream? Even if you do, have you taken any action?

Our Xiao Yuzheng not only has dreams, but also takes action. He reads comics and draws pictures just to realize his dreams. He will be a promising person, more promising than you, the naughty kids who only know how to say nasty things to attack others."

Shen Huanxi finished speaking in one breath.

Throughout history, human society has always been very malicious towards women, but that doesn't mean there is no maliciousness towards men.

In his previous life, Xiao Yuzheng committed suicide due to depression. Shen Huanxi even suspected that it was because he had been subjected to verbal attacks of this or that kind since he was a child.

In her previous life, she also read a news report online about a young male photographer who chose to end his life at the age of 25 because he was attacked as a "sissy" by people around him since he was a child.

There shouldn't be many children like this.

Wang Xiaoming and his followers were completely stunned after hearing what Shen Huanxi said.

In the past, when the children in Guixiang Village fought with each other, no one would care.

The ones who were mainly bullied were Eddie Xiao and Eddie Xiao. Their father was disabled, and their mother would not help them after they were bullied.

When the parents of other children saw that the ones being bullied were not their own children, they would be even less likely to help. That is why Wang Xiaoming and his friends were so unscrupulous and bullied Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng even more fiercely.

In the past, when they bullied Xiao Yu's cousins, even if Lan Linxiang was there, she would not scold them. She would only scold Xiao Yu's cousins ​​for not making any progress, having no future, and disappointing her.

Their biological mother is like this. Now the one who is with Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yu is their stepmother. She must be like their biological mother and say, "Why do they bully you instead of others? Why don't you look for the reason in yourself?"

But the stepmother did not do so. Instead, she stood up for Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng and even blamed them.

A few younger kids were told that they were not as successful as Xiao Yuzheng, and they were afraid that they would really be useless in the future, so they cried and ran away.

The remaining Wang Xiaoming and a few older children also felt embarrassed and ran away.

Xiao Yuzheng's face, which had just been drooping, finally relaxed completely. He raised his head to look at Shen Huanxi and stretched out his hand towards Shen Huanxi.

"Mom, thank you, Mom."

Shen Huanxi was stunned.

Since she married into the Xiao family, the two stepsons have always been very hostile to her. Xiao Yuzheng's attitude was not as obvious as Xiao Yutang's, but he also never called her "Mom".

Not only Shen Huanxi but even Xiao Yutang looked surprised when he heard this shout.

Surprisingly, Xiao Yutang didn't say anything.

Shen Huanxi squatted down and picked up Xiao Yuzheng, who was only three years old.

"Okay, mom is here. Zhengzheng, did you listen to what mom said just now? You are a promising child. You like painting and want to be a painter. Just do it. Don't care what others say, because we are promising children, much more promising than those children who say you are promising."

"Yeah, thank you, mom." As Xiao Yu was speaking, he hugged Shen Huanxi's neck. The child was only three years old, and his little body was very sticky and soft.

Xiao Yutang thought about it and looked up at Shen Huanxi.

"In the past, when people laughed at us, my mother would scold us for not fitting in, for not being able to socialize, and for having no future... You are different. You will help us."

Xiao Yutang paused for a second and then continued speaking.

"But you're still not as good as my mom, who is a college student."

Shen Huanxi: “…”

She originally thought that Xiao Yutang would say thank you to her like Xiao Yuzheng, but she never expected that this guy would actually give her a pretentious praise?

Seeing that Shen Huanxi didn't say anything, Xiao Yutang wondered if he had gone too far, so he moved closer to Shen Huanxi.

"When you took us to school to pay the tuition and register, I saw my mother, and Zhengzheng and I went after her."

"Huh?" Shen Huanxi looked down at the child. It was not until now that she realized that Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng had suddenly run away that day to look for Lan Linxiang.

So Xiao Yuzheng fell down because he ran too fast?

She was wondering if it was because of her sudden passing that the two children were interrupted from looking for their biological mother, then she heard Xiao Yutang speak again.

"But we didn't catch up with her. My mother took her two stepchildren into a private car. She was very kind to her two stepchildren. Both of her stepchildren were wearing little leather shoes."

"Um……"

Shen Huanxi recalled the day when she took the children to buy leather shoes. Xiao Yutang suddenly said, "You stepmothers, do you all like to buy leather shoes for your stepsons?"

So, this is what it means.

"My mother treats her two step-sons well, just like you treat us well. A stepmother is not necessarily a bad person. You are also very good to Chang'an and Changning, which shows that a woman who becomes a stepmother to someone else will not ignore her own children. So our mother will definitely come to find us. Our mother will not really abandon us."

"Well, there is no mother who doesn't love her own child." Shen Huanxi said calmly.

In her previous life, she had heard Lan Linxiang and Xiao Shanhe talking on the phone at the Su family several times. Lan Linxiang would start by calling Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng "waste", "no future", "useless", "unworthy", "unpresentable"...

She used almost all the words that can be used to scold a child, and her disgust for Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yu was truly visible to the naked eye.

But she also knew that Xiao Yutang was still young, and children of this age would definitely love their biological mother more. She also didn't want to ruin the child's dream, so she didn't say anything.

Why would she be jealous of someone else's biological mother for no reason? She has always been very clear about her position as a stepmother.

She held Xiao Yuzheng in her arms and walked towards home with a few children.

Xiao Yutang followed behind feeling a little annoyed.

He finally said what he had been holding back for two days, but why did it sound different the moment he said it?

He had been holding it in for a long time but couldn't find the opportunity to speak. He just wanted to tell Shen Huanxi that he thought she was a good person, so why did she mention his mother?

Is his mother really that good? She is indeed a college student, but she has never stood on their side. She won't buy them snacks like Shen Huanxi did, and she won't say a good word to them...

Xiao Yutang shook his head and gave up thinking about it. When he followed, he saw that Shen Huanxi had already put Xiao Yuzheng down and was squatting in front of a basket of a small vendor.

There were red beans in the basket, and Shen Huanxi was just grabbing a handful to look at.

"Boss, how much are these red beans?"

"Hey, what are you talking about, I don't like that, just call me comrade, these red beans are eight cents a pound."

"It's so expensive, can't you order less?"

"Oh, this is expensive? Look at these red beans, they are evenly sized and full of seeds. If you buy them at a grocery store, they will cost more than a dime per pound."

"Okay, weigh five pounds for me." Shen Huanxi saw that the quality of the red beans was indeed good, and the boss was not exaggerating, so he wanted to buy some more and store them at home.

The boss quickly took out the weight and weighed five kilograms for Shen Huanxi. After confirming the weight with Shen Huanxi, he grabbed a handful and put it in.

"If you buy five pounds at once, I'll give you some for free."

"Thank you, comrade."

That night, Shen Huanxi took out a pound of red beans and soaked them in warm water.

After breakfast the next day, she put it in the steamer and steamed a large bowl of glutinous rice in addition to the soaked red beans.

When the four children in the family were all greedy, she didn't want them to develop the habit of buying snacks outside.

The times are developing so fast that now all the snacks sold outside are of good quality. But what about a few years later when the assembly line matures and even mechanized production begins? There will be no guarantee at that time.

Chang'an and Changning came in to help her, only to find that there was nothing they could do to help.

Shen Huanxi pulled a few small stools and sat with the two girls.

"Chang'an, Changning, do you mind if you call me mom?" Shen Huanxi remembered that on the way back yesterday, Xiao Yuzheng had been holding her and calling her mom. She was afraid that Chang'an and Changning would be unhappy.

Chang'an Changning shook his head.

"I don't mind. Because we also call Zhengzheng's daddy."

"Yes, mom, he calls us mom mom and we call him dad dad, it's fair."

"Now my younger brother calls me mom, and we want to wait for my older brother to do the same."

"Me too. I don't know when my brother will be willing to call me mom."

…

Shen Huanxi felt relieved after hearing what the two children said.

When rebuilding her family, one of her biggest concerns was that she didn't love Chang'an and Changning enough and had to share the love.

Not to mention that Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng are not their biological brothers. Even in a family with multiple children, the love they can get from their parents will be less than that of an only child.

She was reborn in this life to protect Chang'an and Changning, and she didn't want the two girls to feel that the love they had received was going to be divided.

Now that she saw that Chang'an and Changning didn't mind, she felt relieved.

Chang'an Changning is right. Maybe Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng will take away their motherly love, but they will also get fatherly love from Xiao Shanhe.

In addition to Xiao Shanhe, they can also get care from their grandmother Zhang Guifen, and even Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng will play with them, so they will have the company of their brothers.

When they were in Taolin Village, Chang'an and Changning were always scolded by Yao Cuihong and Feng Shenghui, which resulted in the two children not daring to play with the children in the village. Apart from each other, they had no other friends.

Now that they have Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng to accompany them, the two children can have more fun. Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng even play house with them.

In the past, Chang'an and Changning envied other girls for playing house, but they never found the opportunity.

In short, only children have their own advantages, and multi-child families have their own advantages. Chang'an and Changning are no longer only children, so Shen Huanxi works hard to make their family a better family.

"You two are here. You can't play with fire or get too close to the stove. It's dangerous. Got it? Mom will be back soon."

After Shen Huanxi finished speaking, he went out of the kitchen first and happened to see Zhang Guifen hanging clothes in the yard.

"Mom, last night I asked you if you had a mortar at home, and you said yes. Where is it?"

"Are you going to use it to make snacks? You mentioned that when we were soaking red beans last night. I just washed it for you and put it there." Zhang Guifen pointed to the stone table in the yard.

Shen Huanxi just saw the still wet stone mortar.

She wanted to go over and move it, but Zhang Guifen had just finished the work at hand, so she went over before her and helped her move it.

"Look at you, what can you do with your tiny arms and legs? Let me do it. Where are you moving to?"

"Go to the kitchen. Thank you for your hard work, Mom." Shen Huanxi was also embarrassed, but he could not win over Zhang Guifen.

"Okay." Zhang Guifen said, and moved the stone mortar to the kitchen. Shen Huanxi didn't want to stand by and watch, so he went over and took the wooden pestle from the mortar.

The Xiao family courtyard was not far from the big locust tree in Guixiang Village, and the voices of neighbors chatting could be heard over there.

"Comrade Xiao Shen, can you really stand up and speak to those kids?"

"Isn't it? Fang Xiaowan and Zhou Guoqing were both so angry that they cried. If I were to ask you, it was Wang Xiaoming and his kids who were too talkative. They spoke first."

"That's true, but Comrade Xiao Shen is an adult, isn't it a bit of an exaggeration for her to get involved in children's affairs? They are just children, and she is an adult."

"I think so too. Now it seems that she is doing a good job as a stepmother. She treats the child better than Lan Linxiang, the biological mother. But she is too exaggerated. She wants to interfere in everything. Is she not upright enough to stand up for herself?"

"They just don't know how to do it, that's why they need her help. Lan Linxiang can't lose face, she's thick-skinned."

…

Zhang Guifen also heard the discussions and looked at Shen Huanxi.

"Huanxi, don't take what outsiders say to heart. I also heard what Tangtang Zhengzheng said. I think you did a good job. Why can't adults say anything to children? It was those naughty kids who bullied Tangtang Zhengzheng first. You did a good job."

"Yeah. If it happens again, I will still help you out." Shen Huanxi said.

She doesn't care at all what people outside say about her.

Zhang Guifen suddenly sighed.

"Alas, Dashan and I were really negligent in the past. Lan Linxiang did not let the children play with those toys, and said that only children with no future would do that. She never bought any toys for them since they were young. Dashan and I got used to it, and we didn't even know that the children would pick up toys thrown away by others outside.

We really didn’t pay enough attention to our two children before. I’m not afraid that you will find it corny to say this, but I think it is a real blessing to have you as a stepmother, and our Xiao family should thank you.”

"Mom, please don't say that. We are all family, there is no need to thank each other. By the way, how about being upright? Why don't you see them after breakfast?"

"They took their new toys out to play. They didn't dare to play outside before, for fear that others would say something about them. Now they are much more confident.

I just went to buy laundry detergent, and I saw the grandson of the Qian family who was selling rice wine coming to play with them. The two children didn’t have any friends in Guixiang Village before. ”

"Well... that's good." Shen Huanxi answered, and also wanted to let Changan and Changning make more friends when there was a chance. What about Shanhe?"

"He went out and said that you are going to work as a propagandist for the Sanbei Command. You will definitely need to contact printing factories and newspapers in the future. He first went to find out which printing factory is good, and then contact the people at the newspaper. The Sanbei Command did not have a propaganda department before, and there was no experience related to these things."

"He is really thoughtful... But I may not be accepted. Working for the Sanbei Command is like working for the government, so there should be a lot of people who apply."

"Oh Huanxi, why do you have so little confidence in yourself? Dashan has confidence in you, so he helped you make these connections. Why do you think you may not be accepted when it comes to you?"

"Well..." Shen Huanxi didn't say much. Anyway, it would only take a few days for the results to come out.

When Zhang Guifen and I entered the kitchen, we smelled the aroma of steamed glutinous rice and red beans.

Shen Huanxi opened the lid of the steamer, poked the glutinous rice and red beans in the bowl with chopsticks, turned them over, and found that they were cooked through. Then she and Zhang Guifen took the glutinous rice and red beans out of the steamer.

"What are you going to do?" Zhang Guifen asked.

“Make red bean and glutinous rice rolls.”

Zhang Guifen was confused. She had never heard of this thing before, so she asked Shen Huanxi.

Shen Huanxi told her the steps in detail.

"First, mash the glutinous rice with sugar, then mash the red beans with sugar into red bean paste. Place a layer of glutinous rice on the rolling board and flatten it, then place a layer of red beans, roll it up and cut it into pieces."

"That sounds delicious. How can I help?"

"Help me fry the glutinous rice flour in that can over there. Stir-fry it quickly so that it won't get burnt. The glutinous rice paste is too sticky and will stick to the rolling pin. Sprinkle a layer of cooked glutinous rice flour on it and it won't get burnt." Shen Huanxi pointed to the glutinous rice flour she bought at the grocery store last time.

"Okay." Zhang Guifen was particularly happy to help Shen Huanxi, so she went to wipe the wok and stir-fry the glutinous rice flour.

Chang'an and Changning also wanted to help, so Shen Huanxi put red beans and sugar in a stone mortar and asked the two children to pound the red beans.

Red beans are not sticky and pounding them is not as hard as pounding glutinous rice.

Of course, the two children were too young and not very strong, so Shen Huanxi didn't let them pound the red beans for too long. After they had pounded the red beans a little, she took the wooden pestle and pounded it herself.

Zhang Guifen fried the glutinous rice flour and looked at Shen Huanxi with a smile.

"You are a really good stepmother. Look, you have gained a lot of weight in just a short time since you got married."

"Mom, this is not all my fault. Tangtang has gained weight, but Changan and Changning haven't gained weight either? Changan and Changning have only been in the Xiao family for a short time and have gained a lot of weight. The children are all doing well."

As Shen Huanxi spoke, he stretched out his hand and pinched Chang'an and Changning's chubby little faces. It felt really good, just like pinching jelly.

The two girls were tickled and ran away giggling.

Shen Huanxi pounded the red bean paste, rinsed the mortar, and then pounded the glutinous rice paste. After pounding everything, she went to make red bean glutinous rice rolls.

Zhang Guifen was watching from the side and was stunned.

The people suffered hardship for ten years during the Cultural Revolution. Even though the conditions have improved and people have solved the problem of food and clothing, they will start making snacks, but they are mostly glutinous rice noodles and potstickers.

Shen Huanxi just described the red bean glutinous rice rolls as being very simple, but when it was made, Zhang Guifen found that it was so exquisite, and it looked even better when placed on a plate.

"Last time I passed by a movie theater, I saw a photo of a new movie ad with snacks that foreigners eat, but they didn't look as good as the ones you made."

"Thank you, this is a very simple snack, not difficult to make."

"Hey, don't say that. You really made a great snack. Have you seen Jiang Xiaomei from our village? She's the one with curly hair, lipstick and looks very fashionable.

She married a good man. Her husband runs a canning factory. The family bought a four-wheeled private car. She doesn't have to work. When she has nothing to do, she just makes snacks for her son Luo Chenchen.

When Luo Chenchen had nothing to do, he would take his various snacks to the alley to eat them, and the children in Guixiang Village were extremely jealous of him.

I have seen it too, and I used to think Jiang Xiaomei was amazing, but compared to you, she pales in comparison."

Shen Huanxi felt a little embarrassed by the compliment. This was obviously a very simple snack. In the 21st century where there were countless snacks, red bean glutinous rice rolls could not even rank among the snacks.

Then she remembered that it was 1983, when the people here had just solved the problem of food and clothing for only a few years, and she understood.

She asked Chang'an, Changning and Zhang Guifen to try it first.

The three of them carefully took the red bean glutinous rice rolls and took a bite, praising them repeatedly. Chang'an Changning squinted his eyes happily.

Shen Huanxi looked at the two girls and almost had tears in his eyes.

In their previous lives, these two girls never ate the snacks she made until they died, and it is very likely that they never even had the chance to eat the snacks properly.

She had just finished cutting the red bean glutinous rice rolls when she saw Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yu coming back happily.

Xiao Yutang had a smile on his face but didn't say anything, so Xiao Yuzheng spoke first.

"Thank you, Mom! Mom! We played with the beads and toys you bought for us. Other kids envied us. We were so proud! Hehe."

"Yes. But school is about to start now, so you can't always think about playing. When you go to school, you have to study hard. If you want to play, play to your heart's content, and if you want to study, study hard."

Shen Huanxi said this mainly for Chang'an and Xiao Yutang to hear. Xiao Yuzheng and Changning are so young, they don't need to consider these things when they go to kindergarten.

Who would have thought that, in addition to Xiao Yutang and Chang'an, Xiao Yuzheng and Changning nodded.

Xiao Yutang didn't say anything but just nodded. The other three children said in unison, "I understand, Mom."

"Okay, Tangtang, Zhengzheng, I just made some snacks, come and try them."

"It's red bean glutinous rice rolls! My sister and I also helped!" Changning said proudly.

When Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng just entered the yard, they smelled a sweet fragrance in the air. They thought that the family must have bought some new snacks, but it turned out that they were made by Shen Huanxi himself.

Red bean glutinous rice roll? I've never heard of it before, and this is the first time I've seen it, but it looks delicious.

Shen Huanxi took two pieces and delivered one to Xiao Yutang and the other to Xiao Yuzheng.

"Thank you."

"Thank you, Mom!" Zheng Zheng's voice was much clearer than Xiao Yutang's.

The red bean glutinous rice roll is fragrant and sweet, the glutinous rice is sticky, and the red bean paste is sandy. The red beans have more sugar than the glutinous rice, so they taste sweeter. There is also a layer of fried glutinous rice flour on the outermost layer of the roll, which is smooth...

Eating it this way, it not only has a soft and glutinous texture, but also has a special sense of layers. Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng's taste buds were conquered at once, and they felt that all the snacks they had eaten before could not compare to this.

Xiao Yuzheng kept saying "delicious".

Xiao Yutang didn't know what was wrong with him. His face was red and he didn't say anything. He nodded when Xiao Yu was talking. Finally, his face was so red that he spoke.

"Chang'an and Changning have helped, so we want to help too. What kind of work do you want to do?"

Shen Huanxi was happy to hear him say this, and she didn't even think about letting her two daughters do the work and not letting her stepson do it, even though Changan and Changning took the initiative to help.

After thinking about it, he asked Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng to wash the stone mortar.

I originally wanted to ask the two children to wash the food after they had eaten enough, but the two boys, one of them moved the stone mortar laboriously, while the other held the wooden pestle and went out of the kitchen. After washing the food, they ran back and each took two pieces of red bean glutinous rice rolls.

Xiao Yutang said hello to Shen Huanxi and Zhang Guifen, then ran out with the red bean glutinous rice rolls.

School hasn’t started yet, and the children are taking advantage of the free time before school starts to play. The alleys of Guixiang Village are full of children playing.

Xiao Yutang grabbed the red bean glutinous rice roll and took Xiao Yuzheng to where there were many children playing and started eating.

The sweet aroma of the red bean glutinous rice rolls spread everywhere. The children in the alley had never seen such snacks before, and they couldn't help but look at Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng.

Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng both ate with great relish. The red bean glutinous rice rolls were very soft, and the glutinous rice had a certain viscosity. You could even pull out tiny threads when eating. Several children were drooling.

"Tangtang, Zhengzheng, what are you two eating? Where did you buy it?" a little kid asked.

Xiao Yutang curled up the corners of his mouth, and it took him half a second to suppress his smile.

"My stepmother made this. It's not for sale anywhere else. You can't buy it."

"Does your stepmother still cook delicious food for you? Doesn't your stepmother hit you?" the child asked again.

Xiao Yutang shook his head.

"She doesn't fight. She does a lot more and can cook other things. She's amazing. We can eat more in the future."

As Xiao Yutang was speaking, many children looked at him with envious expressions.

Zhang Guifen went to make lunch. She said that Shen Huanxi was tired from making snacks, so she didn't let Shen Huanxi go to the kitchen.

Shen Huanxi had nothing to do, and seeing that Xiao Shanhe had not come back for such a long time, he wanted to go find him. However, as soon as he stepped out of the door, he saw Xiao Yutang showing off there.

She was afraid that Xiao Yutang would be embarrassed, so she waited in the yard for a while.

Zhang Guifen said that Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng had lived a very depressed life in the past. They had no friends in Guixiang Village, were excluded, and were often laughed at, let alone being able to stand up straight in front of other children.

It is not good for children to be vain and it is not a good habit to like to show off. But thinking of Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng's previous experiences, Shen Huanxi did not say anything about them.

The children have suffered for so many years and finally they have a chance to be proud. Let them be proud.

After Xiao Yutang finished showing off, finished his snacks, and started playing with glass beads, Shen Huanxi went out.

I had only taken two steps when I saw Xiao Shanhe coming back.

"Mom has told me, but you don't have to be so anxious."

"You'll need it someday. Here you go." Xiao Shanhe handed a notebook to Shen Huanxi.

Shen Huanxi took it, opened it and saw the result of Xiao Shanhe's investigation that morning.

There are three printing factories in Yunnan, one state-owned and two privately owned. Xiao Shanhe clearly wrote down the prices and deadlines for printing products in the three factories, as well as the methods and procedures for placing advertisements in newspapers, etc.

The Yunnan Sanbei Command has indeed never done any publicity and has no experience in publicity. It probably has never contacted printing plants or newspapers.

If she can really be hired as a publicist, the information that Xiao Shanhe has collected will be really useful.

"Is there any problem? Or is the information incomplete?" Xiao Shanhe asked when he saw Shen Huanxi staring at the notebook for a long time.

The data he investigated was not much, and he finished writing it on one page. Logically, Shen Huanxi should not have been able to read it for that long.

Shen Huanxi shook his head.

"No problem, these are all very useful things."

The reason why she stared at the notebook for so long was not because there was any problem, but because Xiao Shanhe's handwriting was so beautiful.

The writing is penetrating and the brushstrokes are majestic. Although it is just words, Shen Huanxi can see the feeling of majestic momentum and overwhelming power.

In her previous life, when she was A Piao, Shen Huanxi had seen Xiao Shanhe's handwriting. It was the name he signed on her cremation confirmation form.

At that time she thought his handwriting was beautiful.

However, one's own name is the word that is written most often in one's life. Many people's handwriting is not very good, but they can sign their own name very well.

It was also for this reason that when Shen Huanxi saw Xiao Shanhe's calligraphy in his previous life, he was only surprised and did not stare at it for long.

It’s different now. Now she finds that Xiao Shanhe is not only good at writing his own name, he is good at writing everything!

Reading his handwriting is simply a pleasure, just like looking at his face.

…

On Monday, it was time for the Sanbei Command’s Publicity Department to announce the admission list, and the notice was posted at the front door of the Sanbei Command.

Shen Huanxi was taken to the command center once by Pan Jianguo and Chen Wenfang. He knew the way and knew that it was not very far, so he walked there by himself.

When Shen Huanxi was still about thirty or forty meters away from the headquarters gate, he saw a large group of people gathered at the gate and could hear noise from a distance.

It turns out that so many people are paying attention to this matter. It seems that there should be quite a few people who have signed up.

In the 21st century, Shen Huanxi once heard a saying, "The end of the universe is the civil service exam."

It seems that no matter what era people are from, there are always many people who want to eat the government's food. Even if they can't become rich, who doesn't want the stability of a guaranteed income regardless of drought or drought?

Shen Huanxi walked closer and saw a girl of about 22 or 23 walking out from the bulletin board while wiping her tears. She was followed by a girl of similar age, who was patting her on the back to comfort her.

"Wanjun, it's okay. We can still look for the next unit. You are still so young. I heard that Taolin Experimental Primary School is recruiting substitute teachers. Being a teacher doesn't have to be so hard. There are winter and summer vacations. We don't have to hang ourselves on a tree."

The girl named "Wanjun" was comforted and cried less violently, but Shen Huanxi still saw several other girls coming over from the bulletin board with disappointed looks on their faces.

There were also a few young men who were very happy.