Chapter 314 Picking Fruit

There were only a dozen or so, all children around three, four or five years old.

There are not many people, and only one person is temporarily assigned to work, Xu Zhenzhen.

This is a good thing for Liu Yinyin.

As they are old acquaintances, Gu Yanyan felt at ease leaving Liu Yinyin to her.

Xu Zhenzhen stopped Liu Yinyin today to discuss something with her: "The military school is organizing students to go to the orchard to pick fruit, and the children in the nursery must go with them to see it."

"I think the children are young, so it would be safer for you as parents to take them with you."

Otherwise, she couldn't take care of the children by herself. To put it bluntly, the nursery is full of children of military officers, and she couldn't be held responsible if anything happened.

Liu Yinyin was stunned: "...picking fruit? When?"

"Tomorrow."

Liu Yinyin thought it was no big deal, so she said, "I have to go to work tomorrow, how about my son Yanyan ask for a day off?"

Xu Zhenzhen paused, her eyes wandering as she said, "It's better to go. This matter was proposed by Teacher Jiang, and it would be bad if we don't go."

If she could avoid going, she wouldn't have asked Liu Yinyin about it. In fact, Xu Zhenzhen herself didn't want to go either.

Liu Yinyin couldn't remember who it was for a moment: "...Teacher Jiang?"

"Yes..." Xu Zhenzhen said, "It was Commander Wei's wife who said that she wanted the children to experience the hardships of farmers and not forget their roots."

There is no farm on the island, otherwise we would just arrange for the children to work in the countryside.

Liu Yinyin: “…”

What the hell, what activities can a three or four year old do?

Xu Zhenzhen was also speechless about this, but since she was the wife of Brigade Commander Wei and the person in charge of the school, she couldn't directly say that she was doing something wrong.

After thinking for a while, Liu Yinyin said, "I understand. I'll go back and see if I can get some leave from the supply and marketing cooperative."

After returning home, Gu Yanyan's hands were already sticky after eating the mung bean popsicles.

There was no need for Liu Yinyin to teach him. He ran to the bathroom to rub his hands and then fanned himself for a while at home.

After a while, he ran out to play with a basketball in his arms.

Liu Yinyin didn't care about him. The boy was almost familiar with all the children in the compound.

Even if he is not in daycare, he will not be home until mealtime.

I opened the letter I just received. It was sent from my hometown. It said...

The weather in Liujia Village was good this year, and the crops in the fields were growing well. Liu Laifu even planted sweet potatoes in Liu Yinyin's yard.

When the autumn harvest comes, I will make the sweet potatoes into dried sweet potatoes and send them to her.

Also... before the autumn harvest, Mrs. Liu wants to bring the children here to see Brother Liu.

Jiang Cuihua asked if it was inconvenient to rent a house on the island, and if it was convenient, she would ask Liu Yinyin to write a letter back.

Mrs. Liu won't stay too long, she will go back after ten days or half a month at most.

During dinner in the evening, Liu Yinyin talked about this matter with Gu Cheng.

Gu Cheng said directly: "There are so many rooms in the house, let the second sister-in-law live in the house, on the first floor."

Liu Yinyin hesitated and said, "...Will it be bad?"

It's not just a one or two day stay, and what if Sister Liu wants to come visit in the future?

If Second Sister-in-law Liu lives at home, it will be difficult for her to ask First Sister-in-law Liu to move out.

It’s not that Liu Yinyin is stingy and doesn’t want them to stay, it’s just that she doesn’t like having outsiders living in her house. It’s inconvenient.

Moreover, the relationship between people is like this: those far away are fragrant, while those near are smelly.

She was afraid of conflicts after living together for too long. When Liu Yinyin first moved back to the Liu family, Mrs. Liu never treated her well.

Therefore, Liu Yinyin would rather pay for them to rent a house than let them live at home.

It’s just that Mr. and Mrs. Liu treated her well, and there was an empty room in their house, so Liu Yinyin felt embarrassed to not let them stay.

Gu Cheng also thought so: "There is room for it at home."

It's not nice to tell others that we have a place to live but we're asking them to rent a house.

Liu Yinyin said with a headache: "Let's talk about it after she comes. By the way..."

Liu Yinyin asked him, "Did you know that the military school and the nursery organized a fruit picking activity?"

Gu Cheng was slightly stunned: "...Who organized it?"

"I heard it was Commander Wei's wife who said she wanted to let the children experience some labor." Liu Yinyin said, "The children in the nursery have to go too. I was thinking of asking for a day off for Yanyan."

Gu Cheng's expression changed: "You don't have to go. I'll talk to Commander Wei about this later."

Isn't this nonsense? What can such a young child do?

What if something goes wrong?

"Forget it." After thinking it over, Liu Yinyin decided to ask for leave to go. "I heard from Zhenzhen that other parents went and they had no objection. It's not good for you to take the lead alone."

Besides, even if I fail to go this time, there is no guarantee that there won’t be a next time.

Since she can't stop it, Liu Yinyin can only watch it herself.

Gu Cheng didn't know what to say, after all, he was the leader.

After dinner, Liu Yinyin went out to find Ma Guilan to inquire about this matter.

Ma Guilan's two daughters have grown up, and she has no objection to them going to the farm to pick fruit.

Exercise is good for children, and...

Ma Guilan said: "You have to take a boat. It's not far. It only takes half an hour. I heard that the children can bring back the fruits they pick for free."

"Why, your Yanyan is going too?"

The children in the nursery are only a few years old, and some of them can't even walk steadily, so it is indeed a bit inconsiderate to let them pick fruits.

Liu Yinyin smiled wryly: "Yes, I have to take a day off to go with him."

Ma Guilan groaned, and seeing that no one was around, she whispered to Liu Yinyin, "You may not know, but Commander Wei has a little son who is also in the nursery. I heard he's very naughty, and Teacher Jiang doesn't have a good relationship with him."

So, I don’t know if Teacher Jiang wanted to teach his stepson a lesson, so he arranged for the children in the nursery to go to the orchard to pick fruit as well.

Speaking of Brigade Commander Wei's youngest son, he was also a pitiful person. His mother died during childbirth because of her old age.

Before he was a year old, Brigade Commander Wei found him a stepmother to take care of him. No one knows how he got through all these years.

Liu Yinyin really didn't know about this.

In any case, the next morning, Liu Yinyin packed up and took Gu Yanyan to the nursery.

As for going to work, she asked Zheng Qiangwei to help her take a day off.

There were less than ten parents who went this time, because some families had two children in the nursery.

The nursery is run by the military and there is no tuition fee.

Therefore, as long as the children are of appropriate age, families will generally send them directly to daycare centers. Who wouldn’t be happy to have someone looking after their children for free?