Chapter 485 Studying

Gu Cheng has been very busy recently and comes home late at night.

Liu Yinyin served the triplets a full meal, but Gu Cheng had not returned yet.

There was no other choice, so she and Gu Yanyan had dinner first and kept Gu Cheng’s meal warm in the pot.

After Liu Yinyin put the triplets and Gu Yanyan to sleep, Gu Chengcai came back covered in thick snow.

Liu Yinyin asked him to go and warm himself by the stove.

It's cold in winter and the water is icy cold.

Liu Yinyin is afraid of the cold, so when washing clothes and vegetables, she always adds some hot water, which consumes a lot of firewood at home.

In order to save firewood, the food was also heated on the stove and was now being heated.

Gu Cheng rested for a while before eating.

Liu Yinyin took his clothes and put them on the fireplace to dry. Outside, heavy snow was falling.

But inside the house there was a warm atmosphere.

While drying her clothes, Liu Yinyin said, "There's something I almost forgot. I was thinking, at Chen Xiaofei's age... should he be sent to school?"

It was in the afternoon when Gu Yanyan mentioned that Chen Xiaofei loved to read picture books that Liu Yinyin thought of this matter.

No matter what happens in the future, Chen Xiaofei is at the right age to study.

Besides, maybe he himself also longed to study?

Gu Cheng took a sip of tofu soup and lowered his voice, "Talk to Sister Zhou about this some other day."

Whether or not he is willing to study depends mainly on Chen Xiaofei's own wishes.

And he is now living in Zhou Xiaomei's house, so she should go and ask.

Liu Yinyin nodded: "Okay, I'll talk to her tomorrow."

Gu Cheng hummed and changed the subject, "It's estimated that the snow will not stop for a few days. Is there anything missing at home? I'll ask the logistics department to buy it for you."

The snow keeps falling, and I'm afraid the roads will be closed soon, so I have to prepare winter supplies in advance.

Liu Yinyin, however, was not worried at all: "We have everything we need at home, there is nothing to buy."

What he said was true. I brought back a lot of supplies from Qing City last time, plus those that Liu Yinyin smuggled out of the system, and those that Jiang Cuihua sent over.

The cabinets, rice jars and flour jars in the house were all full.

There's almost no room for more.

Moreover, when the weather is good, they can go to Dongpo Mountain from time to time to buy some food.

If vegetables could be grown in a plastic shed...then the family would have everything they need.

Thinking of the vegetables that had just been planted in the shed, Gu Cheng was quite looking forward to it.

After a while, Liu Yinyin said, "There is no shortage of anything else at home. I heard from Mrs. Zhou that she is going to make sticky rice dumplings in a while..."

"We don't need to make sticky rice dumplings at home, but when the weather gets better, I'll buy some glutinous rice and we'll make glutinous rice cakes."

In winter, it is time to eat glutinous rice cakes.

Gu Cheng nodded: "Okay."

The next day, it snowed again, and the snow was quite heavy, but it did not affect everyone's travel.

Early in the morning, Zhou Xiaomei borrowed a bicycle and went to Dongpo Mountain, dragging back two bundles of sugarcane.

One bundle was given to Liu Yinyin.

Zhou Xiaomei: "Few people in the countryside grow sugar cane for food. This is only the second time I've bought sugar cane in all these years."

Liu Yinyin stuffed a handful of money into her hand and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law, for bringing me some good things again."

Zhou Xiaomei waved her hands and said, "Why are you being so polite to me?"

She liked dealing with Liu Yinyin and would not think of taking advantage of her. Moreover, she would often send food to her home.

Every time he said it was for the children to eat, Zhou Xiaomei saw it and kept it in mind.

She is not a person who would just take advantage of others. Every time she goes to Dongpo Mountain to buy something, she would give half of it to Liu Yinyin.

This is how neighbors should be, helping each other.

Liu Yinyin thought about what happened yesterday and couldn't help but said, "Sister-in-law, Chen Xiaofei is still so young, shouldn't we send him to school for two years?"

Zhou Xiaomei was startled: "Well, I mentioned this to Zhenxing yesterday. It's a good idea to send Xiaofei to school so that he won't feel uncomfortable at home."

"I just don't know if he's willing to go. I'll talk to him later."

Reading is a good thing, but Chen Xiaofei probably has never been to school. At his age, he should be in the same grade as other six or seven-year-old children.

Not necessarily acceptable.

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll pay for his tuition."

She didn't mean any other thing, she just thought that Gu Yanyan might go to town to study after the new year.

If Chen Xiaofei had a good temper, or got along well with Gu Yanyan, he could be asked to look after Gu Yanyan.

Zhou Xiaomei said, "Why would you need to pay for that......"

Liu Yinyin interrupted her: "Sister-in-law, please don't argue with me. You provide him with a place to live, so it's only right that I pay for his tuition."

Going to school in town only costs one dollar per semester, which is completely affordable for them.

Zhou Xiaomei thought that Liu Yinyin's family was well-off, so she didn't refuse.

Fan Zhenxing's salary is also quite high, but he has to support a family of five, and the elderly on both sides of the family also need to give some money every month.

If you think about it carefully, you can't save much money in a month.

The two had a good idea, but unfortunately the result was not satisfactory.

Chen Xiaofei really doesn't want to go to school.

Zhou Xiaomei went to Liu Yinyin and whispered, "Maybe he feels uncomfortable and doesn't dare to go to school."

The original family has a great influence on children. The environment in which Chen Xiaofei lived since childhood destined him to be a sensitive person.

Liu Yinyin thought for a moment and said, "Sister-in-law, how about this? From now on, you ask him to come to my house every afternoon and I will teach him the knowledge of grades one and two."

Let him try it first. If Chen Xiaofei really wants to study, he will be willing to go to school in the future.

"What the hell?" Zhou Xiaomei was shocked when she heard this. "You...you want to teach him to read?"

Liu Yinyin nodded and said casually: "When I was in my hometown, I also worked as a teacher in a school for a period of time."

"Besides, I wanted to teach Yanyan originally, so one more person won't hurt."

Zhou Xiaomei really didn't know that Liu Yinyin used to be a teacher. She sighed and said, "Wow, you are really capable."

Zhou Xiaomei herself has never been to school. Of course, she is not the only one. People of her generation are all like this. Few of them have ever been to school.

Liu Yinyin also came from the countryside. Although she looked like a city person,... Zhou Xiaomei never thought that she was actually a cultured person.

However, Zhou Xiaomei came back to her senses and asked curiously, "What did you just say? You want to teach Yanyan to read? How old is Yanyan?"

Liu Yinyin: "I only teach for one or two hours every day. I appreciate the little I can learn."

As for her plan to send Gu Yanyan to study in town, Liu Yinyin did not mention this to Zhou Xiaomei.

Liu Yinyin didn't want to make something that was still uncertain known to everyone.