After Kang Shaojie and Shen Jiayi returned to Zhou's house, they took out their exercise books and started doing them. When they encountered something they didn't know how to do, they asked Cao Muchen for help. At first, Cao Muchen was very patient. After helping the two solve more than a dozen difficult questions in succession, he was almost overwhelmed. He wished he could swallow back all the words he had said before to encourage the two to study hard.
"Can you please look for the answers in the textbooks yourself instead of asking me all the time? You can't even answer the most basic questions. What were you doing in school?" Cao Muchen grabbed Shen Jiayi's ear in frustration.
Kang Shaojie took a pen and imitated Lin Dan's movements to mark randomly on the homework book, sighing: "Oh, if only I could be like Hei Yatou. Write down the answer at a glance, without even thinking, so cool, isn't it?"
Shen Jiayi recalled Lin Dan's swift writing and quickly agreed, "Yes, it's so cool, it's like a superpower. This is the first time I've seen the difference between a genius and an ordinary person."
Cao Muchen let go of his friend's ear and urged, "Since you know you can't compare with geniuses, you should work harder! Hurry up and do your homework, and stop chatting. Do you know the saying that the early bird catches the worm? Also, the director has arranged for us to go to Taohua Town to go to school tomorrow, so we have to get up early."
Upon hearing the bad news, two wails were heard in the house.
The director stood at the door and looked at the three young masters with a very pleased expression. After half a month, we finally filmed them studying seriously. Otherwise, this season of "Where Are We Going, Dad?" would have to be changed to "Journey to the West." These three are Monkey King. Without the power of Tathagata Buddha, you can never make them behave obediently.
A planner came over with an open laptop and whispered, "Director, come here. This is the footage the photographer just captured. I think you really need to take a look."
"What is that?" The director followed the planner into the next room to watch the playback. His expression became more and more surprised, and in the end he was even a little excited.
"I never thought that such a remote place would have such a magical child hidden, and we got to meet him! God is helping us. This season of "Where Are We Going, Dad?" has a lot of gimmicks! What do you think of my eyes? Why didn't I choose the Lin family as our filming base?" The director was surprised and regretful, with complicated feelings.
"The Lin family has only one child and cannot be exchanged with the Kang family, so we excluded his family from the beginning. There is nothing we can do about it." The planner comforted.
"Okay, the girl lives next door anyway, so ask everyone to pay attention when filming and give her more shots. Give the footage shot today to the post-production team and have them figure out how to edit it. I have a feeling this will become a famous scene of our season." The director explained carefully.
"Director, you are wrong. All the shots of the little girl could potentially become famous scenes, really. Look, these are all the shots of the little girl that I had specially edited. You won't know until you see them. You will be shocked. Every appearance of this child is wonderful." The planner pulled up another video.
The director looked at it carefully for a while, with a look of deep joy in his eyes.
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Lin Dan didn't know that she was being thought of. After finishing her homework, she washed her clothes and quilt covers, hung them out to dry at night, and started cleaning the room. Lin Shuanzhu was afraid that she would be too tired, and repeatedly advised her to leave the work for tomorrow, but Lin Dan was the kind of person with great action ability. "Finish today's work today" has always been her principle of doing things, and she just wouldn't listen.
By the time she had finished dressing herself up, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening. Lin Shuanzhu had already been helped onto the bed covered with brand new bedding and had fallen asleep, while she was still in the kitchen boiling water to prepare for a bath. It was almost one o'clock when she finished the bath. There was no hair dryer at home, so she could only fall asleep with wet hair.
The next day, Lin Dan got up at 5:30 in the morning, went to the kitchen, kneaded some dough, and put it on the stove for later use. After that, he rinsed his mouth with salt water and then washed his face with cold water.
Speaking of which, the Lin family was really poor, and Lin Shuanzhu was not a person who knew how to live. He was very careless. The family never bought daily necessities such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, and laundry detergent. They just used a piece of soap to wash everything. There were only two quilts, and the cotton stuffed inside was lumpy and as hard as iron, which could not keep out the cold at all.
The original owner's schoolbag was so tattered that it could no longer be used. The zipper was missing and could only be fastened with a few pins. The straps had been sewn again and again and were very shabby. There was only an almost empty ballpoint pen in the dented iron pencil case. The spring in the pen cap was missing and the refill could not be automatically retracted, so he had to stuff a ball of paper into the pen tube and barely use it.
In contrast, the two children of the Zhou family always had new school bags, new stationery and new clothes to wear every semester, and they lived a very decent life, and all of these were paid for by Lin Shuanzhu. Thinking of this, Lin Dan couldn't help but shook his head, but he didn't blame Lin Shuanzhu for anything. He is a rough man who can only work but not manage the household. It is already good enough for him to raise his granddaughter to this age.
The people in Liuxing Village have a serious phenomenon of favoring boys over girls. After the original owner's parents died, even her grandmother disliked her and thought she was a doomed star who would make the Lin family extinct, so they wanted to give her away. However, Lin Shuanzhu insisted on raising the child. Not to mention that Lin Dan had no right to blame the old man, even if the original owner was still alive, he should not harbor resentment towards his grandfather because of this. Although he made mistakes, the kindness he received was enough to offset the neglect of the past two years.
Therefore, Lin Dan will take good care of Lin Shuanzhu and provide him with support until the end of his life. The past is past, what matters is to live the future well.
How can we live a good life? First of all, you have to buy all the missing daily necessities, such as toothpaste, toothbrush, and shampoo; secondly, you have to buy clothes and quilts. Autumn is coming, and winter is not far away, and you can no longer endure the winter like in previous years. The Lin family is very poor, but they still have to spend the money they need to spend.
After thinking it over and over again, Lin Dan found that he still had too little money and had to find a way to make money as soon as possible. She was young and the boss didn't dare to hire her, so she could only do some small business. What should I do? Just watch this as you walk.
Lin Dan placed the kettle filled with water on the stove and started boiling it. Then he took out a handful of pickled cabbage from the jar and cut it into thin strips. He also cut a piece of washed bacon into cubes and stir-fried them all in the pan, filling the yard with a sour and fragrant aroma.
Take out the fried臊子 and put it in a bowl for later use. Lin Dan cleaned the pot, poured a few scoops of water and brought it to a boil. Then he pinched the dough into pieces little by little and threw it in to cook. When it was done, he took it out, mixed it with the sauerkraut and bacon臊子, and added a scoop of milky white noodle soup. A bowl of sour soup cat ears was ready. According to personal taste, you can add a little sesame oil, pressed chili peppers, chili oil, minced garlic, chopped green onions, and coriander. The taste is fragrant, rich, sour and spicy, it's simply amazing!
Lin Shuanzhu was awakened by the smell. Just as he was about to get up, his granddaughter came over, helped him sit in the wheelchair, brought hot water to help him wash his face and hands, and then pushed him to the dining table, facing a bowl of hot sour soup cat ears.
Being taken care of so attentively by his granddaughter, Lin Shuanzhu's eyes became red again. He is sorry for the child. He was really blinded by greed in the past two years. Why was he so messed up?
"Eat, so I can wash the dishes after you finish. We need to register today." Lin Dan said gently.
"Yeah, I'll eat. I'll eat." Lin Shuanzhu picked up the bowl and chopsticks to eat breakfast. His stomach was warm, but his heart was sour.
Lin Dan returned to the kitchen, washed the rice and steamed it on the short stove, then threw the thinly sliced bacon and sausage into the pot. In this way, when the rice is steamed, the bacon and sausage can be eaten. The grease that has seeped out mixed with the rice grains tastes quite good. Then put a few dishes of jar vegetables on the low table where Lin Shuanzhu can reach them. If she can't get back in time at noon, he won't go hungry.
After doing all this, Lin Dan fished out the remaining cat ears from the pot and ate them with pickled cabbage, bacon and sauce. Just after taking two bites, he heard a voice calling out from outside the door: "Dan, Dan, what are you eating so early in the morning?"
Although the tone of voice imitated that of a local, Lin Dan could tell that it was the big guy next door.
Lin Dan ignored him and continued to eat. After he was done, he took Lin Shuanzhu's bowls and chopsticks into the kitchen to wash them, put on his tattered schoolbag, and said, "Grandpa, I'm leaving. There's food on the stove, and there are a few dishes of pickled vegetables on the table. If you're hungry, you can get some yourself. I've put the spittoon behind the door. If you want to go to the toilet, just use that. I'll come back and wash it. If you need anything, call Fang Bo and ask him to help you. I'll go and tell Fang Bo later."
"Oh, okay! You go ahead and don't worry about me. Nothing can happen to me." Lin Shuanzhu waved his hands repeatedly.
Lin Dan then pushed her bicycle out of the door. As soon as she turned around, she saw three tall and strong teenagers squatting at the door of her house, staring at the direction of the kitchen. When they saw her come out, their eyes lit up at the same time. They looked like weasels, which was actually a bit creepy.
Lin Dan quickly jumped on his bicycle and rode away at a speed comparable to that of Hot Wheels. It is said that the little brats will eat their parents out of house and home. Her family was poor to begin with, but they could not afford these three people coming to eat every day. Jiao Xiao'e took money from the program team, so it was her due to provide them with food and drink. Why should she do that? She herself is still worried about her livelihood.
"This girl is so cruel. She just pretends not to see how big our brothers are." Kang Shaojie complained, but his eyes narrowed with a smile.
"Let's go, let's go. My legs are numb after squatting for a whole morning. I thought you two would not be able to get up so early today, but I didn't expect that Hei Yatou's cooking skills were so powerful that she woke you up." Cao Muchen said with a smile.
"Wait a moment," Shen Jiayi pushed the big iron gate of the Lin family and asked Lin Shuanzhu in the main hall: "Uncle, what did you have for breakfast? It smells so good!" He insisted on asking before he could even eat it. Don't you think it's embarrassing?
Lin Shuanzhu liked the little fat boy very much and said with a smile: "My family eats cat ears in sour soup for breakfast."
"Oh, I see. Thank you, sir!" Shen Jiayi waved goodbye to Lin Shuanzhu, then strode back to Zhou's house: "Let's go, let old lady Jiao make us sour soup cat ears!" He was even more stylish than the landlord.
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