Lin Dongfang's fist immediately hardened.
Holy crap!
Knowing he had no ulterior motives, Mingzhu wouldn't overthink it, but just hearing it made her quite irritated.
"I would say this is a good backer; he has an older brother and an uncle, both in the military, and they live nearby."
As the saying goes, a local official is more powerful than a distant one. Being so close is like having your brother-in-law and father-in-law under your noses. Who wouldn't think twice about it?
"With just that one flash of light, how many of those with ulterior motives would dare to approach?"
To be honest, even if Mingzhu hadn't said anything, Jian Dan herself hadn't noticed those unseen glances.
"Is there?"
She felt that she was quite out of touch with reality, had a bad personality, and liked to resort to violence; she probably wasn't a good candidate for a wife these days.
"Why not?"
After becoming pregnant, Mingzhu became more talkative.
“You’re always busy with work, and you barely pay attention to anything in the village. Why don’t you care about your own affairs?”
If they were good, that would be fine. But look at those families, all those mothers-in-law are so mean and mean-spirited, how good could their sons be?
"Look at Du Xiuling. She's been getting quite close to a man in the village these past few days, thinking that old woman is kind and gentle, and she's even showing off to them."
Simple looked strange.
"What does it matter to me whether it's good or bad? I'm not looking for a partner."
Lin Dongfang? ???
Pearl?
What do you think we meant?
"Yes, that's true. It's no use no matter how much they think about it, I'm not planning to look for them anyway."
"Xin Xin and I are so free and easy. We can eat meat when we want, fish when we want, without having to worry about anyone's opinion. Why do I need to find someone to serve him and put up with that whole family's temper? Am I crazy?"
"you?"
Is he serious about emphasizing this twice?
"Not many people can be like the two of you, living such a peaceful life after getting married. Lin Dongfang is also considerate, and there are no complicated relationships to deal with."
Look at all those families in the village, isn't every single one in chaos?
The couple exchanged a glance. Now that they thought about it, it seemed to make sense. The two sisters were living a very comfortable life right now. If they were to marry into another family, their standard of living would definitely drop, no doubt about it.
"no,"
Lin Dongfang shook his head violently. How did the topic get so far?
"Stop it. We're trying to advise you to be careful when choosing someone. Now that you have a powerful backer, you might as well take advantage of it."
"I didn't ask you to come here to tell us about the joys of being single,"
"Ha ha!"
Jian Dan and Mingzhu burst into laughter.
"To be honest, I don't even understand myself. How did I suddenly have two more relatives? They even said they'd come over in a few days to fix my house."
"Okay, just let me know when the time comes, and I'll come and lend a hand."
"Yes, given our current relationship, you can't be so formal with us anymore."
They knew very well that they could be with anyone, but there were really no people they were truly close to and trusted. Among these educated youth, over such a long period of time, they were only close to the couple, but they were still very polite to them.
Jian Dan understood this perfectly well, and mainly because she really didn't need to trouble anyone. Since they had already said so, she just smiled and agreed. Anyway, given the relationship between Lin Zhengde and Cheng Jin, barring any unforeseen circumstances, their two families would definitely grow closer in the future.
"Okay, I got it. We won't let this readily available laborer slip by."
After finishing the business, they started talking about Jianxin.
"She has some comic books and elementary school textbooks, etc. You can pick them out yourself if you need them. However, I have already promised Xin Xin that she can arrange those things herself. You have to discuss it with her beforehand. If she cries, I won't take responsibility."
Jian Xin liked Mingzhu, and without Jian Xin even asking, she eagerly handed her the book.
"Sister Zhuzhu, look, look, I'll give you every single one of these pearls."
Mingzhu was delighted and held the child in her arms, cuddling him for a while.
"Look, Xin Xin and Sister Zhu Zhu are still good friends, aren't they?"
"Uh-huh,"
The little girl's face was distorted from being pinched, and Jian Dan watched from the side, heartlessly laughing along.
"The village chief doesn't mean to teach anything too advanced. He mainly wants to teach commonly used characters and arithmetic that we can use in daily life. These are practical things that are easy to learn, since there won't be any exams for now."
"Okay, I understand now. Xin Xin, do you want to learn from Sister Zhu Zhu too?"
"Yes, yes, yes! Can Xin Xin teach Sister Xiao Hua?"
"Yes, yes, you're a little teacher, you have to help Sister Zhuzhu."
It sounds easy, but it's not something that can start tomorrow. Liu Weimin knows his villagers well. Now that spring planting is over, they're not too busy. The children in each family are helping with chores, like gathering firewood and digging vegetables. And the grass is sprouting in the garden, which is also work.
The pigs in the village also need pig feed, which is usually the responsibility of the children in each family.
They can work and earn work points here, but they have to waste time learning to read there. When you add it all up, many families feel they are losing out big time and are very unwilling to do so.
Liu Weimin ignored that and simply said that he wouldn't force anyone to go; those who wanted to go could go.
Everyone knows the benefits of literacy. Although we can't go to university or even attend school now, especially older people, who wouldn't like a child who can read and understand sentences and reason? If there were other options, who would want their child to be ignorant and illiterate for their entire life?
Putting aside everything else, when delivering grain to the state, the accountant must accompany them.
When you go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things, even the smallest things, like 0.8 or 0.8 cents, require you to spend ages calculating them while enduring other people's stares.
Even when exchanging eggs with others, they would scribble on their fingers.
This kind of thing happens in every household, every year, and it permeates almost every detail of life.
Over time, they even got used to it; they just didn't understand anything.
Those with sensible elders in the family naturally responded immediately, but there were also those who were unreasonable and argumentative, afraid that their children would earn less than a single centimeter. Liu Weimin said on the spot...
"You don't need to deliver them anymore. Don't end up losing a centimeter or two and then try to take advantage of the village or the teacher. They don't owe you anything."
Furthermore, they didn't charge you tuition, which means that this benefit was secured by the village. However, the village didn't take anything except for these few centimeters; even the books belonged to the teacher.
Those who are going must behave; if they cause trouble even once, they won't be allowed to go anymore.
Tiger was practically the leader of all the children in the village; with him around, the kids didn't dare to cause trouble.
But Liu Weimin was guarding against the parents.
"And those who usually don't watch their mouths and cause trouble without reason, don't go to that side."
"The parents who stir up trouble, the kids who deliberately cause mischief—we'll settle the score at the end of the year, and the work points will tell."
"What?"
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