It was not until dinner time that the old lady returned home reluctantly.
Along the way, Fan Chunmei and the mother-in-law were very affectionate with each other, even a biological mother and daughter were not so close.
When she returned home and saw her honest second daughter-in-law cooking in the kitchen, the old lady felt a little guilty. She had just thought that her fourth daughter-in-law was the most filial daughter-in-law.
She pulled away Fan Chunmei's arm and said, "You should go help in the kitchen too. You don't do anything at home every day."
Fan Chunmei was already used to the old lady's disregard for her, so she said cheerfully, "Mom, I'll go right away."
Within a few minutes of entering the kitchen, Lin Guizhi had already brought all the food to the main table. She just helped serve a few bowls of rice and said a few nice words to Lin Guizhi.
No one ever talks at home during meals. The only sound in the room is the clatter of dishes and chopsticks, and today is no exception.
After dinner, the old lady gradually regained her senses and began to settle accounts.
"Old Four, tell me what's going on with that schoolbag."
An Jingzhi had put the schoolbag in the room, and of course it was envied by several children in the family. An Jingzhi generously let them carry it for a while.
An Guorong wiped his mouth and said confidently, "Mom, just tell me whether Jingzhi has brought honor to our An family."
The old lady had droopy eyelids and looked very fierce. After hearing this, she pursed her lips and nodded.
An Guorong continued, "Did you give me this money to spend on Jingzhi?"
The old lady still nodded, and the fourth child took the money to buy books and stationery for Jingzhi's enrollment, which was indeed spent on her grandson.
After An Guochang learned the whole story from Chu Yongping, he remained silent after hearing his fourth brother's shameless words. He knew that his fourth brother was going to start fooling people again.
His mother was fooled by Fourth Brother every time. It would be fine once or twice, but wouldn’t she be alert every time?
Everyone in the family said that his mother loved him the most and valued his third brother the most, but in his opinion, his mother loved his fourth brother and his family the most.
Even he himself tends to favor his fourth brother's family.
Fourth brother's family is so lazy and cunning every day, and he doesn't know why, but he just can't hate them. If he is unsure about something, he will tend to discuss it with fourth brother. If there is really no other way, he will go to the eldest sister instead of the calm second brother.
"Mom, you said that you wanted me to spend the money on Jingzhi. I didn't use it to buy food or clothes. I just bought him a schoolbag to put the stationery and books issued by the school. What's wrong with me?" She emphasized the stationery and books issued by the school.
"Our Jingzhi has earned so much honor for our An family. We can't let him go around carrying a tattered schoolbag and be laughed at by his classmates, right?"
"Why are our schoolbags so torn? Which child in school doesn't use old cloth at home to sew a schoolbag? Some children don't even have a schoolbag." The old lady's tone softened.
"Jingzhi is only ten years old. The fifth graders are all teenagers. He's small to begin with and easily bullied. If he carries a tattered schoolbag with him, how can he concentrate on his studies?"
"Can other children be the same?" He said to his second brother's family with an apologetic look: "Second brother, I'm not saying that our children are bad, but they all study step by step. Their classmates are all the same age. With several brothers together, who can bully who?"
"Jingzhi is different. He is too young, and his children are all in junior high school."
An Guosheng nodded in agreement, while Lin Guizhi remained silent.
Anyway, this money is used for studying, whether it is to pay tuition or buy a schoolbag, and that little money is used.
The old lady looked around at the expressions of the whole family. The second daughter-in-law looked calm and did not show any objection.
The fifth son's wife was still whispering to the fourth son's wife. The two of them were laughing and didn't seem to take it to heart.
At first, the wife was worried that the fifth son's wife would not be able to adapt to life in their family after marrying in.
Although this is an excellent marriage, the daughter-in-law's family is strong, and she, as the mother-in-law, is weak.
Unexpectedly, this daughter-in-law is easier to get along with than I imagined. She usually works in the commune, and if she has time to go home, she will help with housework. She is more diligent than the fourth son's daughter-in-law.
She also showed great respect to her as her mother-in-law and often brought things back to her from the commune.
He just doesn't have any brains. Thinking of this, she looked at the two people who were still whispering with a complicated look in her eyes.
The fourth son's wife is really good at sweet talking. She has made the fifth son's wife willing to tell her everything and help her with housework.
I guess the fourth son’s wife has found out everything about the fifth son’s wife’s family background.
After the fifth brother found out, he found it difficult to control his sister-in-law, and the fourth brother didn't care about it, so the fifth brother could only talk to her. She was too lazy to care about the two sisters-in-law. Since one was willing to fight and the other willing to be beaten, she was too lazy to intervene.
The matter passed, but Lin Guizhi's children who were still in school also received new schoolbags.
This new schoolbag was made from old cloth at home and has patches on it, but it is still newer than the previous schoolbag that was made entirely of pudding, so it can be considered a new schoolbag.
Several children who are already in junior high school were so happy that their teeth were exposed.
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An Jingzhi began his elementary school career.
Every morning he went to the commune with his cousins to study. They sent him to elementary school before sending him to junior high school.
He had to walk for two hours every day, and if he was lucky, he could get a ride on a donkey or ox cart after school.
As soon as he arrived at school, he was treated with great respect by the teacher. At the beginning of the school year, the teacher specially asked him to stand on the podium to introduce himself and then praised him a lot.
Before long, the entire commune primary school knew that a genius had arrived. After a few months of self-study, he was able to read in the fifth grade and even get full marks in mathematics.
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