As if she was embarrassed by Shen Mingzhu's gaze, the little girl's gray toes curled up unconsciously.

Shen Mingzhu retracted her gaze and looked at the little girl's thin face. "How old are you?"

"Eight years old."

Zeng Fengxian answered quickly.

Shen Mingzhu was a little surprised because the little girl looked very thin and she thought she was about the same age as Daya.

"Didn't you go to school?"

Zeng Fengxian immediately cried poor, saying that the family had no money and had to raise another child, and it was lucky enough that the family could have food to eat.

I don’t know if it was because she was ashamed of claiming the Mid-Autumn Festival gift package, but the little girl kept her head down from beginning to end, not saying a word, clutching the tattered hem of her clothes with both hands, looking very embarrassed.

"I want to talk to her alone."

After hearing this, Shen Dequan quickly signaled the little girl to go outside with Shen Mingzhu.

Zeng Fengxian looked at the backs of the two people walking one after the other, and smiled flatteringly at Shen Dequan, "Uncle Dequan, what does Mingzhu want to do with my Dani?"

Shen Dequan glanced at her unhappily, "I've already said that only kids who study can get things, why did you call Dani over? Isn't it embarrassing to get such a small thing?"

Zeng Fengxian smiled awkwardly, "If it's given for free, why not take it? He's a big boss, he has plenty of money, and he doesn't mind this."

"That's Mingzhu's gift to her students. What does it have to do with you? If you want to take it, send Dani to school!"

Zeng Fengxian rolled her eyes and said, "It's easy for you to say that. Are you going to pay for the tuition? Her parents don't care about her. I'm raising her for nothing. It's good enough for her to have food to eat."

"You're raising her for nothing? Washing clothes, cooking, feeding chickens and pigs, isn't that enough work for you? You should be content!"

Zeng Fengxian curled her lips and said, "I don't have any money anyway."

Outside the fence gate.

Shen Mingzhu asked the little girl with a smile, "What's your name?"

"Dani."

"Want to read?"

Xu Dani looked at her in confusion and bewilderment, obviously lacking knowledge about studying.

Or maybe, reading has never been an option in her life.

"Can you write?"

Xu Dani still shook her head.

Seeing this, Shen Mingzhu stopped asking questions and reached out to lovingly smooth the grass debris stuck on the other person's hair.

"When you enter school, you must study hard. Only by studying more can you have a way out, a chance to escape poverty, and be qualified to take charge of your own life in the future."

Xu Dani didn't quite understand what Shen Mingzhu said, but she nodded and agreed.

Subconsciously, I think this beautiful aunt is a very powerful person and what she says is definitely correct.

…

As soon as Shen Mingzhu and Shen Dequan left, Zeng Fengxian immediately pulled Xu Dani aside to ask what Shen Mingzhu had said and whether she had given anything.

Xu Dani shook her head.

Zeng Fengxian didn't believe it and searched Xu Dani all over her body, but found nothing. She was so disappointed that she couldn't help but scold Xu Dani again.

After leaving Zeng Fengxian's house, Shen Mingzhu and Shen Dequan learned about the situation of Xu Dani's uncle's family, and then offered to sponsor Xu Dani to go to school.

Shen Dequan was very happy.

Although he was born in the old society, he was not an old-fashioned person with conservative ideas.

On the contrary, he strongly supports the children in the village to go to school, and he often tells the villagers the benefits of reading.

The original owner and Shen Baolan were able to finish junior high school thanks to his long-term persuasion.

After agreeing that the village chief would take care of Xu Dani's schooling, Shen Mingzhu turned around and returned to her parents' home.

I heard Guoguo crying before I even entered the door.

Jia Yuemei held Erya in her arms and stood aside as if watching a show.

"What's wrong?"

As soon as she saw Shen Mingzhu coming back, Guoguo cried even louder, and her tears fell like beans.

"Mom, woo woo, bunny, woo woo..."

Only then did Shen Mingzhu notice the bamboo cage on the ground. The cage door was open and the hare was gone.

Her first reaction was that the rabbit had broken through the cage door and escaped. Just as she was about to say something to comfort her daughter, she heard Jia Yuemei say, "Little sister, you are finally back. Hurry up and comfort your Guoguo. It's just a rabbit. Just kill it. Why are you crying so hard?"

For rural people, game is a delicacy sent by God.

While Pei Yang and his son were playing with Guoguo in the house, Jia Yuemei and Shen Xiangnan secretly slaughtered a wild rabbit, hoping to have a good meal at noon.

"Ziheng, take your sister out to play."

Pei Ziheng obediently picked up Guoguo, who was crying breathlessly, and walked outside.

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After the two children went outside, Shen Mingzhu walked into the kitchen and took out the pot of the almost cooked rabbit meat.

There was a loud "clang" sound.

Everyone was shocked by her temper.

Pei Yang hurried forward and pulled her away from the boiling iron pot and the steaming rabbit meat on the ground to prevent her from getting scalded.

"Little sister, what are you doing? You're wasting a pot of good meat like this."

Jia Yuemei stared at the meat on the ground and was the first to express dissatisfaction.

Shen Mingzhu sneered and said, "Aren't you greedy? The meat is right here, just lie down and eat it! You are such a big person, and you are still missing this piece of meat, right? How come you are not greedy to death!"

Being scolded for being greedy in front of the whole family, Jia Yuemei's face turned red and white, and then white and red again.

Qin Jinlian looked at her, then at the second son's wife, and tried to reconcile them: "Oh, come on, it's just a wild rabbit. Just let Xiangnan go to the mountain and catch one. Is there any need to get so angry?"

Shen Xiangnan and Shen Jianguo also spoke up to persuade Shen Mingzhu to calm down.

Pei Yang whispered: "Forget it, go out, the children are still outside."

Although he was not happy about Jia Yuemei and her husband slaughtering the rabbit without prior notice and making their daughter cry, the rational nature of men made him feel that this was not a big deal, so his emotions were not as intense as Shen Mingzhu's.

Shen Mingzhu pointed at Jia Yuemei and said, "Second sister-in-law, I'm going to say this today. From now on, don't touch anything in my house, even a piece of wool, without my permission. If there's a next time, I won't be as easy to talk to you as I am today!"

Although she overturned the pot and cursed, Shen Mingzhu's anger had not subsided. She stormed out of the yard.

Pei Yang followed behind her.

When I got outside, Guoguo had stopped crying. She was standing under a jujube tree not far away, looking up at the tree with her little head tilted up.

Shen Mingzhu followed her daughter's gaze and looked upwards.

Pei Ziheng stood on the tallest branch of the jujube tree, holding the not-so-thick branch with one hand and reaching towards the bird's nest above his head with the other hand.

The tree branches swayed from side to side because they could not bear his weight, which made Shen Mingzhu tremble with fear.

"Ziheng, come down quickly, don't fall."

"Mom, I'm fine."

Pei Ziheng lowered his head and responded to her, then continued to tiptoe to reach the bird's nest above his head.

Shen Mingzhu turned around and looked at the man behind her.

"Stand here."

Pei Yang was confused: "What are you doing?"

"You are big, if Ziheng falls, you can serve as a cushion for him."

“…”

Don't love me anymore, right? (End of this chapter)