"Hmm? Go ahead."

"My cousin said that raising children in big cities nowadays is very time-consuming. It is not enough to just send them to school. They also have to take interest classes. Some learn piano, some learn dance, some learn violin, etc. They all have special skills.

Children from small places like ours don’t learn anything, and I’m afraid they won’t be able to compare with others when they go out into the world. What do you think? Should we send our children to learn something so that they can keep up with the times?”

"This is something we can consider." Shen Huanxi said after thinking about it.

Indeed, since the implementation of family planning, many couples in cities have only one child. With fewer children, there is more money and energy to invest in them. Therefore, children born after the 1980s will receive better education, unlike before.

In the past, people only needed to raise a child and feed him/her, and the rest was up to the child to fend for himself/herself. This is no longer the case.

"Xiaomei, last time I passed by the Children's Palace, I saw that there seemed to be special classes there. Why don't we go and learn more about it when we have time and enroll our children in a class?"

"Okay. Oh, it turns out that our youth palace has interest classes now. I thought those things were only available in big cities. I almost missed the opportunity to educate my child. It's all my fault. I was busy with kitchen tiles all day and didn't pay attention to these things."

"How can I blame you? You're working in the kitchen for your child. It's good enough that you can think of sending your child to an interest class. I have to thank you for reminding me. I almost let my child lose at the starting line."

"Oh, yes, yes! That's what they said on TV. We can't let our children lose at the starting line! We really have to hurry up. Interest classes have been opened in our Yunnan City. I'm sure many children have already gone to them. Our children can't fall behind."

"Um."

After Shen Huanxi and Jiang Xiaomei had agreed, they went to discuss it with their children.

There is no need to talk about Luo Chenchen. Just look at Jiang Xiaomei's enthusiastic look. Even if the child didn't want to go, he was convinced by her.

Shen Huanxi wants her children to be better, especially Chang'an and Changning. She knows that both children have dreams that they didn't have the chance to realize in their previous lives, so she will definitely support them in this life.

In the evening, I called the four children over to talk about going to the Children's Palace to study, and Changning was the first one to say he wanted to go.

"I want to learn painting! Mom, I want to be a designer, so I want to learn painting."

"Mom, I want to learn English. When I grow up, I want to read a lot of books. I heard that many books are only available in English, so I want to learn English." Changan continued.

Shen Huanxi nodded. She was really happy that her two children took the initiative to learn. What she feared most at the beginning was that her children would want to watch "Huo Yuanjia" on weekends and would not be willing to go to school.

Xiao Yutang remained silent. When Xiao Yu was about to say something, he was stopped by Xiao Yutang.

No matter how you look at it, Shen Huanxi is not their biological mother. Maybe Xiao Yutang is a little embarrassed to spend her money.

Shen Huanxi vaguely guessed what Xiao Yutang was thinking, so he looked at him.

"Tangtang, what about you?"

"I'm not going. The Children's Palace has classes on weekends, and I want to watch Huo Yuanjia, so I'm not going."

"Huo Yuanjia is rerun on Wednesday nights, so you can just watch it on Wednesday. And you like Huo Yuanjia because you like Chinese martial arts, right? There are professional martial arts classes at the Children's Palace, and you can go there to learn professional martial arts."

"I..." Xiao Yutang was moved when he heard Shen Huanxi say this.

But he still shook his head.

"I won't go. TV dramas are all lies. My father said that now is an era where people rely on brainpower and wisdom to survive, not on martial arts. People who do physical work are not as good as those who do mental work."

"I'm not asking you to learn it so that you can make a living from it. If you don't like it, why would you practice kung fu in the yard to learn from Huo Yuanjia after watching the movie 'Huo Yuanjia'?" Shen Huanxi said.

After saying this, she felt that this was too disrespectful to Xiao Yutang. This child was very concerned about his reputation, so she spoke again.

"Don't you always think your stepmother is bad? If you know a little Kung Fu, you can deal with me if I'm so bad."

"Why should I deal with you! I won't deal with you!" Xiao Yutang shouted anxiously as soon as he heard what she said.

After saying this, he felt that he was too impatient and his face turned red.

"I mean, I'm a real man, I won't bully a woman, and I won't bully you."

"That man learned Kung Fu to protect Chang'an and Changning? Wang Xiaoming in the alley always likes to bully you. If you learn Kung Fu, he won't dare to bully you anymore."

"..." Xiao Yutang was silent. It was obvious that he was already moved but just refused to admit it. Now after hearing what Shen Huanxi said, he didn't know how to refute it.

"Chang'an and Changning are going to the Children's Palace to learn painting and English. You are their older brother. If you go with them, you can protect them from being bullied by others." Shen Huanxi said again.

"Brother, come with us." After hearing what Shen Huanxi said, Chang'an reached out to grab Xiao Yutang's arm and shook it constantly, acting coquettishly.

Changning also leaned over stickyly.

"My brother looks so handsome when he's boxing. I want to have a brother who can box."

"Brother, just come with us."

"Brother went to learn, and he can show us boxing when he comes back."

"There's a rerun of 'Huo Yuan Jia' on Wednesday night. Let's watch it on Wednesday night."

…

The two girls sat on Xiao Yutang's left and right and pestered him.

Shen Huanxi was relieved and happy to see this scene.

Chang'an and Changning are both very sensitive and thoughtful girls. If someone dislikes them, even just a little bit, they can sense it and then stay away from them.

Now the two girls are clinging to Xiao Yutang so much, which is enough to show that Xiao Yutang is usually very good to them.

"Okay, okay, okay, can't I go? I'll go, I'll go to learn martial arts!" Xiao Yutang pretended to be impatient and agreed.

Chang'an and Changning were very happy and kept saying how great it was.

Of course the happiest person was Xiao Yutang. He had always wanted to learn martial arts, and now he could go with a legitimate reason. It would be strange if he was not happy.

"What about Zhengzheng? What does Zhengzheng want to learn?"

"Of course my younger brother is with me! He also likes painting!" Changning said.

Xiao Yuzheng nodded.

"They are so small, how can they be bought?" Lin Xiuju came in with a plate of sliced ​​pears. "I bought them from the market. They are crisp, sweet and delicious. Come and have one. I've peeled them for you, one for each person."

"Thank you, grandma."

"Thank you, mother."

Shen Huanxi grabbed a pear and took a bite. It was indeed crispy, sweet and juicy. She looked at Xiao Yuzheng.

"Send them together. Changning isn't much older than Zhengzheng. Xiaomei and I have been to the Children's Palace to learn more about it. They will accept any child as long as they are obedient, willing to learn and not noisy. Our Zhengzheng is so well-behaved, gentle and smart. Those five or six-year-old children may not be able to do what he does. Let's send him together."

"That's fine, let Zheng Zheng go then."

"Okay, you four go play for a while. Your grandma and I will go cook." Shen Huanxi said as he stood up. The four children knew that they could go to the Children's Palace to learn things, so they happily went out holding Xueli.

Not long after Xiao Yutang took his younger brother and sister out, he saw Wang Xiaoming.

Wang Xiaoming was playing with glass beads with the children in the alley.

The boys put their own glass beads on the ground, and other boys squatted half a meter away and used glass beads of different colors to hit them. If they hit the ball, they would win the opponent's glass beads.

Some boys have already won a lot of glass beads in their pockets, while others have lost a lot. It all depends on one's ability. It all depends on whether one can hit other people's glass beads.

When they saw Xiao Yutang come out, several boys said they didn't want to play anymore, and Wang Xiaoming was very unhappy.

In the past, he was the king of the children in Guixiang Village, and the children in Guixiang Village did not like Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng. He often led the children in Guixiang Village to bully Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng.

Everything changed after Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng had a stepmother.

People say stepmothers are bad and vicious. The stepmother of Eddie Xiao and Chris Hsiao is indeed vicious, but she is not vicious to Eddie Xiao and Chris Hsiao, but to the children who bully Eddie Xiao and Chris Hsiao.

A few days ago, he just said a few words about Xiao Yuzheng, and was almost scolded and cried by their stepmother.

Thinking of this, Wang Xiaoming became unhappy.

What made him even more unhappy was that he didn't know when it started, but the children who used to dislike Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng were now willing to be friends with Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng.

"Xiao Yutang, what are you doing here? We don't want to play with you." Wang Xiaoming stood up and said.

Xiao Yutang snorted.

"Who wants to play with you? I'm going to the Children's Palace to learn martial arts. Then I'll be like Huo Yuanjia, knowing kung fu. I won't play with these childish toys with you guys."

"You are going to learn martial arts?" Wang Xiaoming widened his eyes.

"Huo Yuanjia" is the most popular TV series recently. Everyone who has a TV at home is watching it. Even those who don't have a TV will try to go to the homes of people who have a TV to watch it.

Because of this, Huo Yuanjia has become a great hero in the hearts of boys recently. I wonder how many boys want to learn Chinese martial arts because of this.

"Yes, I want to learn Kung Fu!" Xiao Yutang was very proud.

Wang Xiaoming couldn't hold back his expression anymore, and said sourly:

"You...oh, your stepmother asked you to learn it, I thought you were so great. Your stepmother was afraid that others would say she was not good to her stepson, so she just did superficial work. You are so proud of it. Do you think she is really good to you? She is just doing it for her own face."

Xiao Yutang snorted and laughed.

"So what? Anyway, my stepmother sent me to learn martial arts. What about you? Did your mother send you? You can't even learn it."

"You!" Wang Xiaoming's face turned red.

Xiao Yu was looking at the other boys.

"Xiao Wan, Zhou Zhou, Ya Ya, Jia Ming...you can come to our house on Wednesday nights to watch the reruns of Huo Yuan Jia. My mom lets us watch TV on Wednesday nights."

"Okay!" The children called by Xiao Yutang nodded happily.

Wang Xiaoming was very angry. He was the leader of the kids! Why did these people like to play with Xiao Yutang?

But who allowed Xiao Yutang's family to have a TV?

Xiao Yutang didn't say much to them. After he finished eating the pear, he threw the core into the trash can beside him.

He himself did not notice that when he mentioned Shen Huanxi just now, he called her "my mother".

Chang'an Changning and Xiao Yuzheng were playing catwalk with other girls in the alley. Xiao Yuzheng really liked playing these games that girls liked. In the past, when he played these games, people would call him a sissy and laugh at him.

Ever since Shen Huanxi helped him out, no one dared to laugh at him anymore. He was full of hope every day that he would become a painter in the future, and he finally dared to play his favorite games without any scruples.

Xiao Yutang saw Xiao Yuzheng and saw the happy smile on his face, which was a smile that Xiao Yuzheng had never had before.

"Chang'an, Changning, Zhengzheng, you can't play for too long, go home for dinner later." Xiao Yutang reminded.

The three younger brothers and sisters nodded and said yes.

Xiao Yutang went home first. He had just been proud in front of Wang Xiaoming, but he was still thinking about what Wang Xiaoming said in his heart.

Your stepmother is only doing superficial work because she is afraid of being criticized by others for not treating her stepson well...

Do you think she is really good to you? She is just doing it for her own face...

As he was thinking, one of his feet had already stepped into the yard door.

Shen Huanxi and Zhang Guifen were cooking and chatting in the kitchen, and Xiao Yutang could hear them.

"Huanxi, sending your children to the Children's Palace to study must cost a lot of money, right? Tangtang and Zhengzheng have both spent a lot of your money recently, and I feel bad that you are still spending money on them.

Are you afraid that others will say that you, as a stepmother, are not good to your stepson, so you send him to school? Actually, you don’t have to be like this…”

"Mom, why do you think of me like this? You actually think that I am just being honest and upright just to keep it a secret from others? I'm not happy if you think of me like this.

If I really want to be like that, I can just be nice to them outside and stop people from gossiping about them. But I will also be nice to them at home, where no one can see me.

I really treat them as my own children and the Xiao family as my own family.”

"I know, I know. Don't be angry even if I'm happy. I'm just worried that you'll spend too much money."

"It doesn't cost much, and I've never been stingy when it comes to spending money on my children. Alas, I just hope they can treat me as a family member. They feel embarrassed to spend my money now, which makes me worried. I hope my two children won't feel burdened when they spend my money in the future, that's when they can truly treat me as a family member."

…

After hearing this, Xiao Yutang pursed his lips, with an ambiguous expression on his face. No one knew what he was thinking.

After a while, when Shen Huanxi and Zhang Guifen started talking about other topics, he ran into the kitchen.

"Grandma, how can you help me?"

"Oh, you are so sensible and want to help. There is nothing you need help with. The meal is almost ready. Go and call your brother and sister to come back." Zhang Guifen said with a smile.

"Okay." Xiao Yutang agreed and went out. Before stepping out of the kitchen, he turned around and looked at Shen Huanxi.

"I want to buy a pencil case with multiplication formulas printed on it. Can you buy me one?"

"Okay, I'll buy it for you on the way home from get off work tomorrow." Shen Huanxi answered while putting the onion scrambled eggs on a plate.

"Thank you. I'll go call my brothers and sisters." Xiao Yutang said and ran out.

The smile on Zhang Guifen's face was so brilliant.

"Look, Huanxi, we just said that the child is spending your money now, but I don't know when he can call you mom like Zhengzheng."

…

On the weekend, Xiao Shanhe went to buy draft paper, and Shen Huanxi took the four children to the Children's Palace by herself.

Feng Shenghui and Yao Cuihong came to the city to buy some non-staple food as gifts.

All the family's land has been sold, and now the mother and her son and Feng Fulong are living in the Feng family's dilapidated old house, struggling to make ends meet.

Feng Shenghui wanted to earn money to support himself, but he didn't know how to do business, so he wanted to give some gifts to Yao Cuihong's family and ask them to help him find a job.

The two of them had just come out of a grocery store after buying two cans of maltose when they saw Shen Huanxi holding Changning and Zhengzheng, while Changning and Xiao Yuzheng were holding Changan and Xiao Yutang respectively, and the five of them were walking towards the Children's Palace together.

In addition to the five of them, there were many parents who brought their children in, both boys and girls.

When Feng Shenghui saw Shen Huanxi, he wanted to go up and say hello, but then he remembered that Shen Huanxi was already someone else's wife, so he could only sigh. However, Yao Cuihong was very curious.

"What kind of place is that? Why are so many people bringing their children in?"

"Hey, auntie, you don't even know the Children's Palace? It's run by the state. It's a place for children to learn. There are exhibitions and all kinds of training classes." said the young man who was selling roasted sweet potatoes at the stall nearby.

He sells roasted sweet potatoes here better than in other places because this is at the entrance of the Children's Palace and many children come to buy them.

Yao Cuihong found it a little strange to hear him say this.

"To learn something. There are so many people who bring girls there. Do girls have to learn too?"

The young man selling roasted sweet potatoes disagreed when he heard Yao Cuihong say this.

"Auntie, what era is this now? Boys and girls are the same. Besides, according to family planning, a couple can only have one child. There are many only-child daughters. Who else would the parents of those only-child daughters love if not them?"

"Oh." Yao Cuihong still didn't understand. "Without a boy in the family, you can't hold your head up in the village. It's so embarrassing for girls."

"Auntie, you are wrong to say that. Who wants to stay in the countryside all their life now? Times are changing and everyone is moving to the city to live.

There is everything in the city, hospitals, department stores, cultural squares... If you get sick in the village, you can't even get medical treatment in time, let alone other things.

Auntie, are you still living in the past? Anyway, I don't like going back to the countryside. Rural people always look down on others for having daughters. They are not used to others being nice to their daughters, and they don't even look at the life they live.

The city is still better. When I make enough money, I will bring my daughter and my family to live in the city. Anyway, I don’t want to stay in the countryside for the rest of my life. Who cares what the rural people think? I love my daughter. ”

"How much is a roasted sweet potato?" The young man was talking incessantly when someone came to buy roasted sweet potatoes. He did not say anything to Feng Shenghui and his mother.

Feng Shenghui took Yao Cuihong away. Yao Cuihong had just said here that giving birth to a daughter would be looked down upon, and she had already been looked at sideways by several parents with daughters. If she didn't feel ashamed, then he would.

"Hey, Shenghui, slow down. Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Mom, can you please stop talking nonsense outside in the future?"

"Why did I say such nonsense? Having a daughter in the countryside is looked down upon."

"So you don't feel that the sweet potato seller just now looks down on farmers? Some farmers are looked down upon because they have the same idea as you.

I am now looked down upon in the village, not because I gave birth to a daughter, but because I failed to preserve my family's inheritance."

"you……"

"Mom, think about it yourself. Do you feel that you are looked down upon, or do others really look down upon you? Xiaohua's mother only gave birth to Xiaohua, her daughter. Does anyone look down upon her? Except you.

Did anyone in the village say anything about us before? You are the one who thinks others look down on you. Now we are really looked down upon because I was in jail and lost all my property. Do you understand? "

"I..." Feng Shenghui's words left Yao Cuihong speechless.

Yao Cuihong couldn't answer. She only saw parents, one after another, leading their daughters into the Children's Palace, calling their daughters "baby" and "baby".

They were dressed elegantly, their daughters were also beautifully dressed, and some of them even got out of four-wheeled cars.

They gave birth to daughters, but their lives are really no worse than those who gave birth to sons.

Feng Shenghui suddenly became so annoyed that he wanted to shout.

"If it weren't for my son, Huanxi would still be by my side. Maybe she and I would have sent Chang'an and Changning to the Children's Palace together today."

…

Shen Huanxi took the four children to their respective classes and came out of the Children's Palace first.

As soon as I went out, I saw Lan Linxiang.

Lan Linxiang looked very unhappy. She had just seen Shen Huanxi, and also saw Shen Huanxi coming with Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng.

She didn't want to meet Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng, and didn't want to have any more contact with them.

At first she was worried that Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng would be in the same class as Su Qiangwen and Su Qiangwu. She asked the staff and was relieved to find out that one of them was in a martial arts class and the other in a painting class.

Shen Huanxi felt that Lan Linxiang was looking at her, but she did not look back.

In my previous life, I was a sister-in-law to Lan Linxiang for many years. Even though we didn't interact often, we were quite familiar with each other.

But they had never met face to face in their life, and she couldn't show that she knew her.

She didn't want to pay attention to Lan Linxiang, but Lan Linxiang came towards her.

"Are you Shen Huanxi, Comrade Xiao Shen?" Lan Linxiang said directly.

"Hmm?" Shen Huanxi pretended to be confused, "Do you know me?"

"Hello, I am the biological mother of Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng, my name is Lan Linxiang."

"Ah... Comrade Lan, hello." Shen Huanxi tried to act as natural as possible. "What can I do for you?"

"I just want to talk to you about Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng. Did you send them to extracurricular classes? One is in martial arts class and the other is in painting class?"

"yes."

"You can't let them go to those classes. Help them quit."

"Why?" Shen Huanxi frowned.

"I am the biological mother of the child, I understand them. Xiao Yutang has violent tendencies. If you send him to a martial arts class, he will learn martial arts and hurt others. He may even commit a crime in the future.

Xiao Yuzheng has been gloomy since he was young, very gloomy, like a girl. If you let him learn painting or something like that, it will make him even more gloomy, which is not good for him." Lan Linxiang said in a roundabout way.

After hearing what she said, Shen Huanxi's brows furrowed.

In her previous life, she heard from Lan Linxiang that Xiao Yutang had violent tendencies and that Xiao Yuzheng was mentally depressed.

But by that time, Eddie Xiao had already become a murderer, and Chrissie Hsiao had already committed suicide due to depression.

At that time, Lan Linxiang's conclusion was reasonable and well-founded, but now the two children are still so young, why does she have to say that?

Shen Huanxi even suspected that the reason why Xiao Yutang became a murderer and Xiao Yuzheng committed suicide due to depression in his previous life was because Lan Linxiang had been speaking such ugly words to them and giving them psychological hints since they were children.

"Comrade Lan, I think you shouldn't make conclusions about such young children. I am currently taking care of Tangtang and Zhengzheng, and I think both children are healthy, not just physically but mentally. They are definitely not like what you said, one with violent tendencies and the other with dark minds."

"What do you know? They..." Lan Linxiang really wanted to say that one of them would become a murderer and the other would commit suicide due to depression in the future.

But on second thought, she was reborn, but Shen Huanxi was not. Shen Huanxi would definitely not understand what she said, and might even think she was crazy.

"Comrade Shen, I am their biological mother. Don't I know my own children? They have had problems since they were young. You are only encouraging their bad habits. Xiao Yutang really has violent tendencies. He..."

"Comrade Lan." Shen Huanxi couldn't bear to listen anymore and interrupted Lan Linxiang.

She was even a little angry.

Of course, she had just become the stepmother of Eddie Xiao and Eddie Xiao not long ago, so it was impossible for her to say how deep her feelings for the two children were.

But she is also a mother, and she really can't bear to see such young children like Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng being talked about.

"Comrade Lan, you are here at the Children's Palace to send your two stepchildren to study. I don't know if you are telling me this out of concern or if you are just afraid of meeting your two stepchildren here in a dignified manner. But no matter what your purpose is, it is too much for you to say that in a dignified manner.

They are just two children, one is less than nine years old, and the other is less than four years old. How can you say that they are violent and depressed when they are so young? I believe that as long as they are well educated, any kind of children can be educated well. I will pay attention to the two children and lead them to the right path. "

"You?" Lan Linxiang sneered imperceptibly.

She thought of how Shen Huanxi's two daughters in her previous life were both unsuccessful. Chang'an and Changning lived at the bottom of society and had a very bad life. When they were sick, they didn't even have the money to go to the hospital for medicine.

How could Shen Huanxi have the confidence to say these things after raising a child like this?

"A child's character is determined by his age. Don't have too much confidence in yourself... I heard that you've been speculating in stamps to make money recently. You have a good business sense, but don't blame me for not reminding you that a marriage where the woman is strong and the man is weak will never be a good one. An unhappy marriage will have a greater impact on the children. You..."

Lan Linxiang really wanted to say that Shen Huanxi’s marriage with Su Chaoyang in her previous life did not end well because the woman was too strong and the man was too weak.

"Xiao Shanhe is incompetent. Do you want to support him for the rest of your life? The child will definitely be affected if he sees your abnormal relationship."

“First, I never thought Shanhe was incompetent. On the contrary, I am proud of him because what he has done and will do in the future is a sacred and great cause.

Second, I believe that a marriage can survive if there is mutual understanding, tolerance, and support, not a competition of who is better.

Third, Shanhe has been working hard for this family. Even though he is disabled and sits in a wheelchair, he still does his best for his family. Recently, he has been designing drawings for the machinery factory. Many times he is busy until midnight and goes out early in the morning.

Maybe he doesn’t make as much money as I do, but I see his efforts and dedication, and that’s enough. He has been trying to take responsibility as a husband…” Shen Huanxi stopped talking here.

Xiao Shanhe now goes out to earn money, and all the money he earns is handed over to her. Last time, he helped a machinery factory to fix a fault on the assembly line and earned more than a thousand yuan, which he gave all to her.

But after thinking about it, this amount of money is nothing compared to what Su Liming earned. Lan Linxiang would probably be disdainful of hearing this.

Shen Huanxi thought so, but she saw Lan Linxiang looked surprised.

"He...he actually went to the machinery factory to make extra money? Hasn't he always been obsessed with his train power design..." Lan Linxiang's big eyes widened even more when she said this.

Even Shen Huanxi was surprised. Is it really that unexpected?

But soon, Lan Linxiang smiled again.

"How much money can you make by designing machinery? It's better to go into business."

"..." Shen Huanxi didn't know what to say. As expected, Lan Linxiang only cared about money.

"Comrade Lan, I understand you very well. Women have the right to pursue a better life, and I admire your decisiveness and determination. But since you don't want to be dignified and upright when you remarry, don't interfere too much with the education that their father and I give them.

Comrade Lan, on the day you registered for Taolin Experimental Primary School, you met Tangtang and Zhengzheng, right? They called you but you pretended not to hear them, and you ignored Zhengzheng when he fell down. From that time on, you were no longer qualified to care about them.

After saying these words, Shen Huanxi no longer paid any attention to Lan Linxiang and turned away.

Lan Linxiang looked at Shen Huanxi's back and stood there.

She felt that Shen Huanxi seemed to have changed, but she couldn't tell where he had changed.

Two hours after class at the Children's Palace ended, Lan Linxiang did not go back to Su's house, but went back to her mother's house.

When I got home, I saw Lan Zhenhua lying on a mahogany lounge chair basking in the sun. This lounge chair was made by Su Liming using high-quality mahogany imported from Southeast Asia. It could be sold for thousands of dollars, even a house is not worth that much.

Looking at this recliner, Lan Linxiang felt that her choice was absolutely correct.

"Dad, how are the relatives doing? Are there any suitable families to adopt Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng?"

"I'm asking. But do you have to give him up for adoption? I heard that their stepmother treats them very well."

"What do you know? There's no way Shen Huanxi can raise a good child. And as expected, she and Xiao Shanhe will definitely get divorced. Shen Huanxi is not good at managing a marriage..." Lan Linxiang suddenly felt a little unconfident when she said this.

Just now Shen Huanxi told her that Xiao Shanhe went to the machinery factory to pick up extra money...

You know, no matter how she said, urged or scolded him before, Xiao Shanhe was unwilling to go out to earn that money.

"Anyway, you should contact them quickly. With family planning now, there are so many people who have daughters but no sons who want to adopt a son. I'm sure there are some relatives of mine, so you should go and ask them."

…

After Shen Huanxi came out of the Children's Palace, he kept thinking about what Lan Linxiang said.

It turns out that Xiao Shanhe never made extra money before...

She thought about it and realized that Xiao Shanhe was a train power engineer and had once been the chief engineer of a train power design team in the capital.

His designs and drawings are related to the future development of the motherland's train power. In the future, he will be the highly respected "Mr. Xiao". The troops will come to him with respect and obey his orders.

His cause is sacred and great...

However, for the sake of his family, his wife and children, he actually took private work in the machinery factory.

Shen Huanxi felt that this was a blasphemy to his career.

But I still felt a little touched.

She knew that Lan Linxiang and Xiao Shanhe had a bad relationship. Xiao Yutang and Zhang Guifen also told her that Lan Linxiang and Xiao Shanhe used to quarrel frequently. Lan Linxiang always urged Xiao Shanhe to go out and make money, but Xiao Shanhe would only study his drawings in the study.

But now, without her urging or telling him to do anything, Xiao Shanhe would go out to earn extra money and hand over all the money he earned to her.

Shen Huanxi didn't want Xiao Shanhe to continue like this, but she was happy about what he did.

She walked towards the department store opposite the Children's Palace.

After thinking about it, she realized that after she got married, she had bought many gifts for Xiao Yutang and Xiao Yuzheng, and also bought many things for Zhang Guifen, but she had never given anything to Xiao Shanhe.

After shopping in the department store, Shen Huanxi spent more than 200 yuan to buy him a very high-end black casual jacket. She told the clerk Xiao Shanhe's height and weight, and the clerk picked it for her, saying that she could exchange it if it didn't fit.

Shen Huanxi picked up the clothes and went home happily.

Since the first time I met Xiao Shanhe, he always wore the most basic Zhongshan suit, and the fabric was gray-black "Dacron".

If he wasn't so handsome, he would become the most inconspicuous person in no time with his casual dressing.

It was also because he was so good-looking, even wearing a sack, that people ignored the casualness of his dress.

Shen Huanxi saw that whether it was himself, Zhang Guifen, or the four children, their clothes were becoming more and more fashionable and high-end, while Xiao Shanhe always wore those old-fashioned, washed-out Zhongshan suits...

It's time for her to tidy him up.

When I got home, Xiao Shanhe was there. He didn't go to the machinery factories today. Instead, Zhang Guifen went out to buy groceries.

"I bought you new clothes." Shen Huanxi walked into the study and placed the clothes containing the jacket directly on Xiao Shanhe's desk.

As soon as I put it down, I realized that he was drawing something.

Shen Huanxi didn't study mechanics, so he doesn't know much about mechanical things. But looking at this drawing, it doesn't seem to be related to train power, because... the structure looks too simple.

"I didn't disturb you, did I?" Shen Huanxi finally reacted. She seemed to have come in so hastily that she didn't know if she had disturbed his concentration.

"No." Xiao Shanhe put down his pen.

"Hmm? Because the painting is finished?"

"It's not finished yet, but I won't disturb you. You can call me anytime."

"Ah..." It was just a simple sentence, and it wasn't any cheesy love talk, but Shen Huanxi felt his ears burning after hearing it.

"Is this an oil press? I've seen something similar at a peanut oil press, and it looks similar to this."

"Hmm." Xiao Shanhe took the pen off the drawing paper. "The current oil pressing workshops all use wooden presses, which are inefficient. This is a mechanical oil press, powered by electricity, which is highly efficient and easy to operate."

"Yeah. Are you designing this for someone else?"

"Well, a machinery equipment factory wanted to produce an electric oil press, so they asked me to design it."

"Well... you shouldn't design these. You are a train power engineer..." Shen Huanxi said, feeling pity, touched, and guilty.

If she hadn't married him, he would never have taken on these extra incomes in his life.

Her emotions were so strong that regret, emotion and guilt were all written all over her face, and Xiao Shanhe could see it clearly.

The corners of his mouth curled up and he smiled brilliantly.

"Huanxi, drawing these pictures doesn't require much effort or thinking, just like you solving first-grade math problems in elementary school. It won't delay me at all. Just look if you don't believe me."

As Xiao Shanhe spoke, he took the drawings of the oil press aside and let Shen Huanxi see the drawings he had placed underneath.

It was a very complicated drawing, with all kinds of parts, lines, and annotations, which made Shen Huanxi dizzy.

But when Shen Huanxi saw the three words "internal combustion engine" marked on him, he immediately understood that this must be a drawing of a train power plant.

"I have never given up on the career I love. One day, I will return to my post and nothing will hold me back."

"I know!" Shen Huanxi nodded. When she was Ah Piao, she saw with her own eyes what he became after he became successful.

"Ah... I almost forgot, I bought you some clothes, come and try them on." Shen Huanxi said as he took out the high-end jacket he bought from the bag.

"Why buy me clothes? Men don't need to dress up so much."

"I bought it for you, but you don't want to wear it? This is a gift from my heart, come and wear it." Shen Huanxi tried to take off Xiao Shanhe's coat without saying a word.

"I... can do it myself." Xiao Shanhe said, his earlobe slightly