"What did you find out?"

"I found out that a piece of land in the city only costs 800 yuan. Shen Huanxi must have spent more than 800 yuan to build our house.

I am afraid that now that she is living in the city and knows the price of land, she will come back to share the money to buy land and build a shop to rent out, so that she won’t have to get up early and work late to set up a stall.”

"I knew she had bad intentions!" Yao Cuihong was very annoyed after hearing what Li Cuixiang said.

She realized the seriousness of the problem, and to vent her anger, she grabbed the half-washed clothes and started throwing them on the rocks by the river.

"She's very smart. I knew she would come back to get a bargain since she didn't ask for money for the house before! She earned it by setting up stalls in the streets. I was right about this cunning little girl!"

After hearing Yao Cuihong's scolding, the village women who were washing clothes by the river could not bear it anymore.

"Auntie Yao, it's not right for you to say that. You two said it just now, that was the house that Huan Xi earned by working hard from morning till night and setting up a stall on the streets. It should have been her house." Xiao Hua's mother said while squeezing the water out of her clothes.

Yao Cuihong spat into the water, and the women downstream picked up their clothes in disgust. They put the clothes back and continued washing only after her spit had drifted away.

"That was the divorce agreement she signed herself. How come she signed it with nothing left in the house? We didn't force her to sign it by holding her hand. Does she want to go back on her word now?

I tell you, with the divorce agreement, even if the king of heaven comes, the house is not hers. It will be useless even if the judge or the police come!"

"Auntie Yao, don't you know what's going on with the divorce agreement? Huanxi agreed to it in exchange for you helping to take care of Chang'an and Changning for a while, but did you keep your word?

After Feng Shenghui came back, he immediately drove Chang'an and Changning to the old courtyard of Huanxi's mother's home. If Huanxi hadn't come back that day, Chang'an and Changning would have starved." Zhou Ming's wife couldn't stand it anymore and said.

Yao Cuihong felt a little guilty, but she cursed even more fiercely.

"That's because she can't give birth to a son! If Chang'an and Changning had two boys, would we have done that? She's not good enough and married into our Feng family but is just standing in the toilet without taking a shit. Shouldn't she compensate us?"

What's the point of a daughter-in-law who can't give birth to a son? She gave birth to a little girl and still has the nerve to fight for the family property. Shameless, bah!"

"Bang!" Xiaohua's mother angrily threw her clothes on the rocks by the river.

She was also a womanizer, but now family planning does not allow for a second child. Xiaohua is her only womanizer in her life. Besides, she doesn't think a womanizer is inferior to a son, so she would never listen to what Yao Cuihong said.

"Auntie Yao, didn't Huanxi ask you last time? You don't even know who your grandfather's grandfather is. No one three generations ago knows who their ancestors were. And you're still here saying that sons are worse than daughters. You're openly occupying the family property earned by Huanxi. I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone as shameless as you." Xiaohua's mother still couldn't hold back the anger in her heart and shouted at Yao Cuihong.

"You are shameless! I don't know who my grandfather's grandfather is, but my son can take care of me in my old age! What's the point of marrying off a girl?"

Shen Huanxi is not worthy of competing for the family property! Moreover, when she made money, she was still the daughter-in-law of our Feng family. It is the daughter-in-law's duty to respect her mother-in-law and be considerate to her husband. It is also natural to give the money she makes to her husband's family. What did we do wrong?

You guys should stop meddling in other people's business and talking about these nonsense. I think you are just jealous that I have a grandson and that our Feng family has descendants! Don't deny that Xiaohua and Zhou Ming's daughter-in-law are both worthless little girls!"

Yao Cuihong finished her words with a lot of curses and decided not to wash the clothes. They had already been rinsed once, so she picked them all up, put them in a basket, and carried them away.

Xiaohua's mother and Zhou Ming's wife were so angry that their faces turned red, especially Xiaohua's mother.

"She makes women sound so worthless, as if she herself is not a woman."

Yao Cuihong pretended not to hear.

Li Cuixiang walked out not far before she started complaining again.

"I married you because I saw that your family had a house and some money. Shenghui didn't want those two girls. I asked the family planning office a while ago, and they said that we can still have another child. I'm pregnant, so I can probably give Shenghui another big fat son.

Besides, even if I can't have another son, Fulong's biological father is dead, and he has changed his surname to Feng. From now on, he is the son of your Feng family. It's not like you are raising someone else's son. He is the incense of the Feng family. If I run away, you will have no grandson."

"I know, I know." Yao Cuihong was really afraid that Li Cuixiang would run away.

Li Cuixiang brought with her a ready-made grandson. If she passed away, Feng Shenghui might not be able to marry someone who could raise a son or give birth to a son.

Now that we have family planning, we have to be more cautious.

"Don't worry, Cuixiang. Shen Huanxi has been studying outside since she was young. Not long after giving birth to Changning, she went out to do business. She is not as familiar with the village as I am, and her personality is mild. How can I do anything? If she and her propaganda unit come, I will not let her work properly."

…

At the Sanbei Propaganda Office, Shen Huanxi and Li Shaohua borrowed the selected negatives from the newspaper, applied for funds from the unit, and asked two colleagues in the department, Kong Yingyi and Dong Zhenxiong, to develop and print the photos.

It took three days for the printing factory to print the brochures and promotional photos. Director Zhou then sent someone to take them back to the office to assign tasks.

Chen Fugui came to the office again to mark the water, and Kong Yingyi walked over with a stack of brochures.

"Comrade Chen, you are the team leader for this promotional activity. Would you like to check our brochure?"

Chen Fugui is the action leader for this publicity trip to Taolin Village.

The main reason was that no one had any experience. When Director Zhou first said he wanted to select a team leader, everyone recommended Shen Huanxi.

Shen Huanxi didn't want to take the responsibility, so he shirked it. None of the remaining publicists in the conference room were comfortable being the team leader, as they all felt that they were not as qualified as Shen Huanxi.

Seeing that everyone was pushing the issue back and forth, Director Zhou simply chose Chen Fugui, who was not present but had said he would go to the paper mill to investigate.

Director Zhou also felt that publicity was just about distributing brochures and writing slogans, and that these tasks needed to be done by everyone together, and those who were not team leaders would just put their names on the list, so he felt that there was nothing wrong in letting Chen Fugui do it.

However, Chen Fugui felt that he was extremely awesome because of this. These days, he kept bragging to everyone in the publicity department about how successful he was in Yunnan City and how he could accomplish many things with just a few words.

Many people in the Propaganda Department are still relatively young, and after hearing what Chen Fugui said, some of them really believed that he could still get things done, such as Kong Yingyi.

When Shen Huanxi saw Kong Yingyi walking up to Chen Fugui with the brochure in his hand, he became very nervous.

There are photos of Chen Fugui and Li Cuixiang in the brochure.

Fortunately, Chen Fugui waved his hand and didn't intend to look at it.

"There are only a few people in the village who can read and write. We still have to rely on words to mobilize them. I say that I have to do this. I have the final say. You are all stupid people who have read so much that you can only rely on these brochures. Can you return the brochures now that they are ready? You don't have to look at them. Just bring them with you when the time comes."

After Chen Fugui finished speaking, he went out again with a cigarette in his mouth.

…

Shen Huanxi went home from get off work, feeling somewhat regretful as she thought about not being able to personally send her child to school on the first day.

After her rebirth, what she wanted to do most was to accompany Chang'an and Changning to experience every important moment in their lives? As a result, she even missed their first day of school.

Fortunately, she was the only one who felt regretful. Chang'an Changning herself was not unhappy at all and even felt very happy.

"Mom! Our first day at school is also your first day of working for the government. Doesn't this mean we are destined to be together?" Chang'an said seriously.

Chang Ning also nodded.

"Yes! It must be God's intentional arrangement. We are indeed mother and daughter!"

Shen Huanxi listened to her two daughters' comments and began to think that it was not a bad idea if viewed from this perspective.

It's a new beginning for the mother and her two daughters.

"Then mommy will take you to buy new clothes for the start of school. I'll also buy you some new clothes for Tangtang and Zhengzheng. A new semester requires new clothes." Shen Huanxi said when she saw Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng just walk in.

Chang'an Changning shook his head.

"Mom, we don't need to buy new clothes. Didn't Dad just buy them for us?"

Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng also shook their heads.

"What new clothes are suitable for a man? And the hats and scarves you bought for us are also new, which is enough."

"The hat and scarf my mother bought for me are very beautiful! They are also the most expensive hat and scarf! That's enough!" Xiao Yuzheng continued.

Shen Huanxi was puzzled.

"How do you know the hat and scarf I bought are expensive?"

Xiao Yutang pulled Xiao Yuzheng to stop him from speaking.

"No need anyway."

"Yes, it's a new semester, a new weather. I don't have nothing better to do than buy you clothes. You should buy them when school starts. Let's go together tomorrow."

Shen Huanxi insisted, and the children couldn't persuade her, so they obediently agreed to go shopping for clothes with her the next day.

Before going to bed that night, Xiao Shanhe knocked on Shen Huanxi's door. After Shen Huanxi opened the door, he sat at the door of her room and handed her seven big reunion tickets.

"You've been spending a lot of money lately, buying so many things for your four children. You still have to buy clothes for them tomorrow. I'm afraid you don't have enough money. Take these."

"Ah? Didn't you give me all your passbooks?" Shen Huanxi looked at the seven big knots with some confusion.

"This is the extra money I made. I promised to hand over all the money, so I'm giving it to you."

"That's not what I meant..." Shen Huanxi felt that he couldn't explain himself clearly.

She was just confused, not blaming him for having private money.

"I have enough money." Shen Huanxi pushed the money back.

"I have no place to spend it if I keep it, and I can still make money."

"You spend all day..." Shen Huanxi wanted to say that he sat in a wheelchair all day and rarely went out, so how could he make money. But she stopped immediately when she thought that this might hurt him.

"It's okay. I really have enough. I still have 35 yuan a month's salary."

"Just take it when I tell you to. Dashan is your man. If you don't spend the money he earns, who will? Do you still consider him your man?" Zhang Guifen washed her hair and said as she came out of the bathroom while drying her hair.

Shen Huanxi had no choice but to accept the money.

She counted her money when she got back to the house.

When she got divorced, she still had more than 380 yuan in cash and more than 200 yuan in her passbook.

She has spent a lot of money recently, buying stamps and buying so many things for the house. No wonder Xiao Shanhe is worried that she has no money.

Thinking back, she was indeed very extravagant in spending money after her rebirth.

In her previous life, she was too rich and lived a very extravagant life. It was difficult to go from extravagance to frugality, and she couldn't control herself for a while after she came back.

In addition, she knew that prices were rising very fast these days, and a few hundred yuan on hand could buy a lot of things, but in a few years it might only be enough for a few meals. Instead of keeping the money and letting it depreciate, it would be better to spend it.

Xiao Shanhe's worry made her realize that she shouldn't be too extravagant. It seemed that she still had to be careful or find a way to sell the stamps.

The next morning, the family of six went out right after washing up. They had breakfast outside.

There are many breakfast shops on Nanjing Street in the morning, selling soy milk dough sticks, pancakes, chive boxes, wontons, dumplings, noodle stalls... everything you can think of. The aroma of food can be smelled everywhere on the streets.

There were many people eating breakfast at each stall, and the temporary tables and chairs were packed with people.

The four children didn't feel hungry when they went out, but when they saw so many breakfast stalls and so many people eating with gusto, their stomachs started to growl.

Shen Huanxi asked them what they wanted to eat, and the children all wanted to eat wontons, and they wanted big ones with more meat.

Shen Huanxi happened to see a family of five leaving a table at a wonton stall not far in front of him after finishing their meal, so he quickly took the children over and sat down to grab a seat.

Xiao Shanhe was asked to take the children to order food. She went to the soy milk and fried dough stick shop next door and bought six bowls of fried dough sticks. She then took the opportunity to brainwash the children that soy milk is nutritious and that they should not drink Coke all the time.

The wontons arrived very quickly. The thin skin became almost transparent after being cooked, and the rich meat filling could be seen through, which looked light pink. The wonton soup was full of oil and steam, and there were also finely chopped green onions.

A bowl of wontons like this only costs 60 cents. In this era, pigs are not fed with feed, so pork has no fishy smell at all. Shen Huanxi almost drooled just by smelling the aroma of wontons.

The children were also very happy. Shen Huanxi reminded them to eat slowly and not to burn the food. The children nodded and ate carefully.

Changning and Zhengzheng didn't know how to use chopsticks yet, so the two children grabbed small spoons and ate clumsily.

Shen Huanxi did not feed the two little ones, nor did he let Xiao Shanhe feed them. Instead, he asked the stall owner to bring two empty small bowls over, and put the wontons into the small bowls for the two little ones to cool, and then let them eat by themselves.

Chang'an and Changning looked around while eating. After a while, Chang'an suddenly smiled at Shen Huanxi.

"Mom, I saw a lot of families eating breakfast together. Mom and dad brought their children out together, just like us."

Changning also laughed.

“Yes, we are the same as them now.”

Xiao Yutang didn't say anything. Xiao Yu, with a quarter of a wonton in his mouth, nodded vaguely: "Mom and Dad, take us out for breakfast."

"Yeah." Shen Huanxi touched the heads of Chang Ning and Xiao Yuzheng who were closer to her.

Thinking back, before she got divorced, her two children rarely had meals with their parents, and even when they did, it was always unpleasant.

Yao Cuihong always scolded her at the dinner table for not being able to give birth to a son. Whatever she wanted to say, Feng Shenghui would scold her and ask why a daughter-in-law couldn't just give in to her mother-in-law a little more. He would also always label her as "unfilial".

Because of this, she never had a harmonious meal when she was at Feng's house. Chang'an Changning wanted to eat with her, but was afraid to eat with her because Feng Shenghui and Yao Cuihong would be there when they ate with her.

Thinking of this, Shen Huanxi felt sorry for the two children.

Now, the two children have finally escaped from that kind of life.

She didn't think that children really needed a father. A father like Feng Shenghui was worse than not having one.

But if high-quality fatherly love can make children happier, she would still be happy to let them have a father, such as Xiao Shanhe.

Chang'an and Changning had a very happy breakfast. They no longer had to envy others and were no longer afraid of seeing other people's happy family scenes.

Shen was happy to see that Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng were also very happy. He thought that just like Changan and Changning, they had also envied others before.

After breakfast, Shen Huanxi and Xiao Shanhe took the children to Hanlin Street near Taoyuan Experimental Elementary School.

On the streets near the primary school, the shops are either stationery stores, bookstores, or children's clothing and shoes. There are many choices.

Shen Huanxi took a few children into a store called "Happy Childhood" to look at clothes. There was a two-step staircase at the door of the store, and Xiao Shanhe was not convenient to go up, so he waited outside.

This is the largest children's clothing store on Hanlin Street. Nowadays, there are few styles of adult clothing, and there are not many styles of children's clothing either. In addition to those in the brand stores in department stores, the few children's clothing styles on the market are all available here.

Shen Huanxi took a few children to look around and picked out a grass green corduroy jacket set, which was the same style for both men and women. It was quite stylish and the color was very vibrant.

When the shop owner saw that Shen Huanxi took a fancy to the dress, he came over with a smile.

"Comrade, you have a really good taste! I just bought this suit. The manufacturer made it according to the style in the magazine. It's very fashionable.

I'm not saying this, this outfit would look very cool even if you wore it in a provincial capital or the capital.

Our Yunnan city is a small city and it is rare to see this. Our store is the only one on this street that has this product. You won’t find it anywhere else. Besides, I didn’t buy much. Once I sell it, it will be gone.”

After listening to the store owner's introduction, Shen Huanxi took the clothes to Chang'an Changning to compare them.

The shopkeeper said "Ouch" and took the clothes from Shen Huanxi.

"What are you comparing? The effect of this dress can be better seen when it is worn on the body. Let the child try it on directly."

After saying that, he helped Chang'an Changning try on clothes without further ado.

Changan Changning was a little shy to begin with, but the proprietress was so welcoming, and they liked the suit very much, so they went to try it on.

In the end, the boss lady helped Changan put it on, and Shen Huanxi helped Changning put it on.

After the two children put on their clothes, they looked really good.

"Hey, comrade, your two daughters look better in these clothes than the little models in the magazines. I'm not kidding!

When I went to buy goods, I read a magazine in the wholesale market. The little models were not as pretty as your daughter, and they didn’t look as good as your daughter when they wore them. What do you think? If you like it, just buy it?"

"How much is this dress?" Shen Huanxi asked.

"This dress is the most fashionable style. It will not be out of style even if you wear it for ten years. It is not expensive. It costs only twelve yuan a set."

"I feel it's a bit hard and not very comfortable to wear. It affects my homework. How can a twelve-dollar piece of clothing be so hard? The ones we buy for a few dollars are not this hard." Changan said suddenly.

Sister Xiaohua from the village once told her that when buying something, one should not show too much interest in it, otherwise it would be difficult to bargain.

No one knows a daughter better than her mother. How could Shen Huanxi not know what her child was thinking? But before she could say anything, the shop owner spoke first.

"How can it be hard? It's made of corduroy and padded, so it can be worn in winter. If it were soft, it wouldn't be so stylish. Otherwise, look at the cotton shirt next to it. It's soft enough, but it's floppy and not so stylish at all. The material isn't that good either. Those clothes are several dollars cheaper than this one, and the reason they're cheap is because of the style and material."

"How about I buy a few more for nine dollars a set?" Shen Huanxi said.

She had been doing business for two lifetimes, and after she was reborn, she also bought clothes for herself and her children. She was sensitive to prices and could roughly know the actual price of the clothes.

"Oh, you are really bargaining hard. When I do business, I am not like others who raise prices randomly. These are the real prices. Forget it, seeing as I haven't opened the business today, you are the first customer. Since your two children are so well-dressed, I’ll sell them to you for nine yuan. I’ll treat them as if they look familiar. If you want to buy clothes in the future, just come to me to help me.”

"Okay. What about you two? You two can choose one too." Shen Huanxi looked at the two boys.

The proprietress then turned her attention to the two boys.

"Oh, yes, there are two boys. Children, you two can come and choose too. Children of your age love beauty the most. Auntie has all the good styles here, so you two can choose whatever you want."

When Xiao Yutang heard the proprietress say, "Children of your age love beauty the most," he didn't want to pick clothes anymore. He didn't want others to say that he loved beauty, so he said, "Whatever."

"Isn't this the same style for men and women? Why not try this jacket suit?" Shen Huanxi looked around the store and found that the one selected by Changan Changning was good-looking, so he said.

"Whatever, this is it." In order to prevent the landlady from saying that he was "obsessed with beauty", Xiao Yutang pretended to be very impatient.

"Then you two come over and try it on. Tangtang, you put it on yourself, and I'll put it on Zhengzheng."

…

Shen Huanxi was trying clothes on her child in the store when a few women doing small business with baskets on their shoulders saw her not far away.

Shen Huanxi has been doing business in the city for several years. Many businessmen who also do business in the city know her, including these women, and everyone can't help but talk about her.

"Isn't that Comrade Xiao Shen? Those two girls are her daughters, so those two boys are her stepsons, right? I met Qiu'e a few days ago, and she said she has two stepsons."

"Yes, that's her. That's why women really can't get divorced. Divorced women lose their value. They either can't get married, or they can only marry a divorced man with children. It's so miserable."

"That's right. And I heard that the man Xiao Shen just married has both legs crippled. Tsk tsk."

"So as long as you can still make ends meet, don't get divorced easily. People will gossip about you, but it's really too tragic for someone like Xiao Shen."

…

There are not many divorced women in this era. In the eyes of many people, divorce is a shameful and humiliating thing.

When they talked about Shen Huanxi, their faces and tones were full of sympathy, but they did not dare to speak too loudly. After all, "Happy Childhood" was not far in front of them, and it would be embarrassing if they spoke too loudly and the person attending heard it. So they talked in a low voice, as if they were discussing the most pitiful person in the world.

In "Happy Childhood", Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng tried on this dress and it fit them very well.

The same style of children's clothing for both boys and girls, when worn by Changan Changning, they look cute and adorable, and when worn by Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng, they look a little handsome.

Shen Huanxi deliberately asked them to buy the same items in order to enhance the relationship between siblings and to make it possible for the children to be recognized as a family at first glance when they go to school.

Just after coming out of "Happy Childhood", Shen Huanxi saw Xiao Shanhe coming back with a cake.

"Huh? Aren't you waiting outside?" Shen Huanxi asked.

Xiao Shanhe raised the cake in his hand.

"Didn't I come back just in time? I didn't make it difficult for you to find me. I told you last time that you were accepted by the Sanbei Propaganda Department and you should celebrate. You said no, but I still felt it was necessary.

This is the new cream chestnut cake that the 'Wen Xin Cake House' over there has just launched. Consider it a gift to celebrate for you."

"Ah... I thought you were just talking casually that day, but you still remember it." Shen Huanxi smelled the sweet aroma of cream and chestnuts coming from the chestnut cake, and happily took it without saying goodbye.

Western-style snacks were not popular at that time, and imported products like cakes were still new to many people, especially chestnut cakes.

Shen Huanxi passed by "Wen Xin Western Cake House" a few days ago and saw the advertisement they posted, which said that it was a layer of cake stacked with a layer of chestnut paste, and after the stacking, a layer of cream was spread on the outside.

There was no chestnut paste on the cake that Xiao Shanhe bought, but the white cream and the chestnuts arranged in a circle on the cake made people drool.

Shen Huan likes to live a life of wealth and luxury. She doesn't have much desire for consumption and doesn't expect Xiao Shanhe to give her too much money. The little details and care in life make her feel warm in her heart.

When he said he wanted to celebrate for her that day, she thought he was just saying it casually.

Carrying the cake with a smile on her face, she saw several familiar faces, all of whom used to sell small commodities together.

"Sister Zhou, Sister Wu, Sister Zhang, Sister Li, why don't you set up your stall over here? What a coincidence." Shen Huanxi greeted them.

"What...what a coincidence." Several women responded awkwardly. They were just chatting about Shen Huanxi.

"I have things to do and my kids are going to school. I'll talk to you guys again when I have the chance."

Shen Huanxi said goodbye to them, then went back with Xiao Shanhe and the child.

Xiao Shanhe helped her hold the clothes he bought for the child and took the chestnut cake from her hand: "The cake is heavy and the rope will easily strangle your hand. I'll help you carry it."

"Okay." Shen Huanxi naturally handed the cake to Xiao Shanhe, and then went around behind Xiao Shanhe to help him push the wheelchair.

At this point, she was even more curious about what Xiao Shanhe did in the past, what abilities he had, and why he could easily make so much extra money.

…

The women who had been talking about her just now were still staring in a daze after the family had gone far away.

"Alas, I have been married for more than ten years, and my husband has never bought me anything. I have accomplished something, but he never said anything to congratulate me." Sister Zhang said with a sigh.

The other women who had just sympathized with Shen Huanxi's divorce also changed their minds.

"I heard that chestnut cake is very expensive, more than ten yuan each, which is enough to buy several pounds of pork. That man is really willing to treat Xiao Shen well."

"Actually, after thinking about it, there's nothing wrong with Xiao Shen's divorce. Now this man has a big yard in the city, a shop at home, and no worries about food and drink. Even if I didn't divorce in my first marriage and married a healthy man, I might not have such a good life."

"Divorce will lead to gossip, so let them gossip. Those who gossip may not be living as well as she does. Hey, I'm talking about us. How dare we sympathize with her? Do we have the qualifications?" Sister Li said, and no one else refuted.

Sister Zhang put it most exaggeratedly:

"If I could find such a good man, I would divorce my wife right away. What would he do? Not only did he not celebrate for me, he even beat me up."

…

After Shen Huanxi returned home, she rinsed the new clothes she bought for the children to wash away the odor of the dye.

Early in the morning on the first day of school at Taoyuan Experimental Elementary School, she took out the washed and dried clothes, handed the children to Zhang Guifen and Xiao Shanhe, and went to work first.

The Propaganda Department was also making preparations. After Shen Huanxi arrived, Director Zhou told them to wait until nine o'clock, when the peak period of villagers rushing to the city had passed.

The village road is narrow, and they want to drive there. It would be bad if they get stuck in traffic with the farmers who are rushing in.

This news was a great surprise to Shen Huanxi. She had thought she would miss the important day of the start of school in Chang'an and Changning.

She quickly explained the situation to Director Zhou and rushed home. Just as the children had not yet left, she, Xiao Shanhe and Yao Cuihong sent the four children to school.

The four children were wearing the same style of clothes, and they looked very similar. Anyone who saw them would think they were children from the same family.

Taolin Experimental Elementary School starts classes at 8 a.m.; when Shen Huanxi and his friends arrived, it was only 7:30, and there were already a lot of people at the school gate.

There are senior students, freshmen, and kindergarten children.

Not many families have private cars these days, and people still rely mainly on their legs or bicycles for transportation. Therefore, you can hardly see cars at the gate of Taoyuan Experimental Elementary School.

Coincidentally, the only car Shen Huanxi saw was Lan Linxiang's.

Xiao Yutang told her that Lan Linxiang's two stepchildren were also studying at Taoyuan Experimental Primary School, and he didn't know whether he would meet them in the future, and he didn't know what would happen if he met them.

Let’s talk about it when they meet. Shen Huanxi was too lazy to think so much. She saw Lan Linxiang’s car drove away quickly. At least she knew whether Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng would meet their biological mother today.

There were many children crying around.

"I don't want to go to school, I don't want to! I don't want to! Waaaaaa..."

"Mommy, hug me! Mommy, hug me! I don't want to go to school! I don't want to!"

"Wow wow wow mom, I want to go home, I want to go home!"

…

Shen Huanxi looked over and saw that most of those crying were three or four-year-old children who were just about to go to kindergarten. This was a process that almost every child who went to kindergarten for the first time had to go through.

She looked down at Chang Ning and Xiao Yuzheng. Fortunately, the two children did not show any resistance. This might be the benefit of having brothers and sisters around.

The four children were wearing the same clothes, which attracted a lot of attention. Soon, their parents came over to talk to them.

"Are these all your children? Now there is family planning, and each couple can only have one child. Judging from the age of these children, they must have been born before family planning.

You are so lucky to have so many children since you were born early. I am so jealous of you." A young mother holding a five or six-year-old boy said to Shen Huanxi and Xiao Shanhe.

Chang'an and Changning did not deny that Xiao Shanhe was their father.

Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng also did not deny that Shen Huanxi was their mother.

The four children were silent and looked very happy.

Shen Huanxi smiled at the young mother.

"You don't have to envy me. Having many children has its advantages, and having few children has its advantages. Having few children means you can have more experience and care for your children."

"Yeah, that's true." The young mother covered her mouth and laughed, but there was still some envy in her eyes that she couldn't hide.

After sending the four children to school, Shen Huanxi let Xiao Shanhe and Zhang Guifen go home, and she went back to her unit.

The publicity department is also ready.

This was their first time to carry out propaganda work in the countryside. There were 20 propagandists from the entire Propaganda Department, plus Director Zhou, a total of 21 people setting out together.

The purpose of doing this is to accumulate experience, so that everyone can see together how the publicity work should be carried out, and it will be convenient to assign people to each location and go there individually in the future.

Many departments related to the Three Norths Project do not have sufficient funds, and the Yunnan Municipal Office is not well equipped. The unit's buses are small three-wheeled vehicles, and there are five in total.

Normally, whether it is personnel travel or the transportation of saplings and seeds, these small three-wheeled vehicles are relied upon.

This time when they went to the countryside, they applied for the use of four small three-wheeled motorcycles, leaving one at the unit. Twenty-one people set off on the small three-wheeled motorcycles.

Shen Huanxi and the male comrades in the Propaganda Department can all drive scooters. Director Zhou takes better care of Shen Huanxi, so he lets four male comrades, Dong Zhenxiong, Mo Hongwei, Shang Jinhua, and Shan Jianping, drive them.

The road to Taolin Village is not easy to travel on, and it is very bumpy all the way, but with so many colleagues around, we chatted together on the way, and didn’t feel the bumps were unbearable.

Along the way, Shen Huanxi also introduced the situation of Taolin Village to his colleagues, including the topography and places suitable for planting trees.

Chen Fugui was very disdainful and said that all the college students in the investigation team had gone to investigate these things. How could Shen Huanxi understand more than those college students who majored in forestry?

Shen Huanxi didn't bother with him because it was not the right time yet.

When we arrived at the entrance of the village, we saw white smoke rising from the chimneys of every household, and the air was filled with the smell of cooking smoke and boiling sorghum.

The sorghum in the village has been almost harvested at this time of year, and the villagers like to make sorghum wine. The smoke coming out of the chimney is the smoke from boiling sorghum to make wine.

In addition to the smoke in the sky, they could also see many families carrying large pots and working in their own yards. They would cool the cooked sorghum, put a layer of it in a clean pot without water or oil, then put a layer of koji, and then a layer of sorghum, and so on...

Shen Huanxi grew up in Taolin Village. In his memory, the village is filled with scenes of brewing sorghum wine at this time of year. In another month, the wine will be brewed and the aroma of wine will be everywhere in the village.

"The sorghum wine in our village is absolutely excellent. No matter which household's sorghum is produced, it is all very fragrant. In another month, I will take you to taste it." Shen Huanxi said to her colleagues.

Everyone had a look of anticipation on their faces, and Aunt Cao, who had just gone out to herd cattle, happened to pass by here.

"Oh, happy, you're back. Are you back to do some publicity? The news has spread all over the village. I've heard about it too. Congratulations, you're now working for the government. You'll have a stable life in the future."

"Thank you, Auntie Cao." Shen Huanxi said with a smile, "Auntie Cao, we have already informed Director Li in advance. If you are free later, let's go to the village committee to listen to the propaganda."

"Okay, I'll go over after I get these cows to drink some water."

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When Shen Huanxi and his friends arrived at the village committee, many villagers had already come to watch the excitement.

The sorghum has been harvested, so there is not much busy making sorghum wine. Ordinary people don't have many entertainment activities these days. Although everyone doesn't know what the Three Norths Project is, they heard about the publicity and came to see the excitement. Many of them came with their families.

Director Zhou is the leader, so let him speak first. He started by talking about the benefits of afforestation.

The villagers were a little confused when they heard this. They had been growing crops all their lives and knew that they could make money from growing crops, but they couldn't quite understand why they had to grow trees.

Not to mention letting them plant trees, many of them even cut down the trees near their own fields in order to plant more crops.

Director Zhou and his colleagues also knew the difficulties of publicity, so they asked the propagandists to distribute the printed brochures.

Fortunately, people in this era like to collect anything that is free, so