Thinking about the way Lao Xiao looked at his son, Dunzi's father wanted to laugh. The problem was that the two families' children got along well, so Lao Xiao could only glare at him resentfully.
Liu Li rolled her eyes at her husband, "He may be interested, but he has to see if the Xiao family agrees."
Anyway, she, as a mother, didn't have much hope, unless her son could start working hard from now on.
If you ask her if she wants to marry into the Xiao family, Liu Li certainly does, but she also needs to consider her own family's strength. If she doesn't have the strength, how can she expect to marry someone else's daughter? Does she really think the parents are stupid?
"Don't go around telling anyone about the two kids asking me for help, or the surprise will be ruined and I won't be able to explain it to them."
Dunzi's dad immediately nodded and assured him, "Don't worry, I'm not that stupid Dunzi. I'll definitely keep it a secret."
After discussing it for a long time, the siblings decided to tell Xiao Yuheng about it. "Dad, do you have any cloth ration coupons?"
"It's not that I can't give it to you, but I need to know what you need the cloth coupons for. Otherwise, I won't know how to answer if my wife asks."
When his daughter and son asked him for favors, Xiao Yuheng felt he had finally gained some respect.
The siblings exchanged a glance and suddenly realized they had come to the wrong person. They would have been better off going to their grandmother. But now that the words were out, it was too late for them to regret it.
Without a doubt, as long as they don't reveal their purpose, their father will dare to complain to his wife about them.
"I can tell you, but you can't tell anyone else, not even Mommy, okay?"
"That depends on what you're going to do with it. If it's for something improper, I'll definitely have to report it to your mother."
Xiao Erbao was speechless. "Dad, you're a man, can't you act like one?"
"What do you know, you little brat? A real man puts his family, especially his wife, first and doesn't hide anything maliciously."
"Take note! Otherwise, if you can't win over your future wife, don't say you're my son."
Seeing that the topic was getting out of control, Xiao Dabao quickly steered it back on track. "How could we possibly do something wrong behind Mom's back? Mom has an exam, and we were thinking of spending money to make her a new outfit to celebrate. We've already saved up enough money, but we don't have any cloth coupons yet. We can't expect Aunt Liu to pay us out of pocket, can we?"
Xiao Yuheng was surprised that the two children had such thoughts. While feeling comforted, he also felt a sense of crisis. Fortunately, the two children had no cloth ration coupons and had come to him. Otherwise, if he hadn't been prepared, wouldn't he have been outdone by the two little brats?
"Okay, how many cloth coupons do you need? I'll bring them to you tomorrow."
Following Liu Li's suggestion, the two children stated the number they wanted, and the three of them happily settled the matter.
The way the three of them huddled together and whispered to each other made Gu An'an feel that they were hiding something from her.
"What important national affairs were you discussing with the two children just now?"
"What can we discuss? It's just them chattering about what they did outside today."
He spoke frankly, but Gu An'an felt that things weren't so simple. Before he could ask any more questions, Xiao Yuheng, feeling guilty, changed the subject.
"An'an, honey, are you going to read again tonight? If not, then we..."
Feeling Xiao Yuheng's restless hands, Gu An'an wanted to roll her eyes. When she first met him, he seemed like a serious and upright young man.
In just a few years, he has completely changed.
"No, move over there."
Are you sure?
Having spent so much time together, Gu An'an could guess Xiao Yuheng's thoughts even if she just changed her tone, so he was quite certain that he wasn't the only one with ulterior motives at this moment.
What follows is self-evident. Since his wife started preparing for her exams, the two siblings have been sleeping with their mother, so he doesn't have to worry about two unexpected troublemakers appearing out of nowhere.
The night was deep, long, and beautiful.
The next day, as soon as Xiao Yuheng arrived at the office, he knocked on the door of the regimental commander and political commissar, "Regimental commander, political commissar, do you have any cloth ration coupons? Can I borrow some?"
He was a model husband, handing over all his income to the government, so much so that when his children asked him for cloth ration coupons, he had to ask outsiders for help.
Men are all like-minded, so the two of them didn't ask him what he needed the cloth coupons for. They just asked him how much he needed, and after he told them the amount, they immediately said they would gather the money for him that afternoon.
"Ahem, Commander, Political Commissar, don't tell your wife that I wanted these cloth ration coupons."
His two sisters-in-law have a very good relationship with his wife. If his sisters-in-law find out, it's the same as his wife finding out, and then the secret won't be a secret anymore.
But when he added that sentence, the other two became wary. "Why can't we say? Aren't you using these cloth coupons for your family?"
"Xiao Yuheng! Tell me honestly if you've done anything wrong outside. Let me tell you, An'an is a good girl. If you dare to betray her, we won't forgive you."
"Exactly! Look at the life you're living now. You have a capable and beautiful wife, and a cute and clever son and daughter. If you don't cherish this, I really want to crack open your head and see what's inside."
The two were afraid he would make a mistake, and they said one after another, leaving Xiao Yuheng confused. "What are you thinking! How could I do something that would betray my wife? Da Bao and Er Bao wanted to give their mother a surprise. These cloth tickets are for them too, which is why I told you not to tell my wife. Otherwise, she will definitely find out."
"Really?" Commander Zhao couldn't help but ask again, earning a glare from Xiao Yuheng.
Seeing that he didn't seem guilty at all, the two agreed, "Okay, we'll come pick up the tickets this afternoon."
However, Xiao Yuheng forgot one thing: they also had to go home to get their cloth coupons, and if they went home to get them, they would definitely have to have a reason for withdrawing them.
So in the end, this became a semi-public secret, and only Gu An'an and Xiao Ma were kept in the dark.
Gu An'an has a very solid foundation, so she spends much less time reviewing each day compared to others.
Unlike her, Ma Jianbin and Zhao Man were scratching their heads in frustration. Although they had started studying ahead of time, before the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination came, they only hoped that studying more would make life and work easier.
But now they have to compete with millions of people for university places, and the two of them immediately started to nitpick. In this day and age, there are no dedicated teachers to answer their questions, and there is no convenient internet access to help them understand every question, so the two of them became anxious.
Seeing their son/daughter like this, the two mothers immediately thought of Gu An'an. Of course, they didn't directly ask the two children to go to Gu An'an for help, but instead went to her to ask for advice.
"That's easy to solve. Just have them compile a list of the questions they don't understand, and then schedule a time for them to come to my place so we can discuss them together."
Gu An'an really didn't have anything to do. She hadn't even taken on much translation work lately. Since she had time and they were people she got along with very well, she didn't refuse, since it wouldn't take up much of her time anyway.
"Won't this take up your time?"
"It's nothing, just discussing things together. It helps me fill in the gaps in my knowledge, and who knows, maybe the college entrance exam will even test the topics we discussed. Wouldn't that be a bonus for me?"
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