Chapter 176 Two Years (1)
The next morning, Song Zhi packed up the two children and prepared to go to the other house.
Tao Tao, "You went there so early, do you want to be scolded?"
Song Zhi was stunned. "Isn't it... Xiaosui and Xingxing's first day of marriage today? Shouldn't we go over and have some fun?"
——He and Taotao got married in Ruyi Village, their hometown. It was a grand wedding. Almost all of the distant relatives in the family attended. They celebrated together for three whole days...
"So what does it have to do with you?" Tao Tao asked back, "The couple is so loving, what are you doing standing there? Don't you see how small the house here is? It's nothing like the huge house we had when we got married in our hometown..."
Song Zhi understood.
Tao Tao continued, "Just wait and see. My parents will definitely go to the countryside or go on business trips these days! We can just go there for dinner every day! Well, let's go to the cafeteria for breakfast today. They must be there! Then, let's go to the park with Hongdou and Huangdou. Fan Heng left so quietly. Hongdou is unhappy. Let's go out and play together...it's good to relax!"
Song Zhi suddenly laughed.
Tao Tao asked curiously: "What are you laughing at?"
Song Zhi didn't say anything, he just came over and bit her...
What are you laughing at? There's nothing funny about it. I just envy the tacit understanding between Taotao's family, that's all.
Taotao likes Song Zhi's closeness very much.
After being married for so many years, he is now very good at pleasing her, doing everything according to her preferences, and at the same time giving her a lot of wonderful and fragrant aura.
But--
The kids are here too!
Taotao was embarrassed and angry, and pushed Song Zhi away.
Feifei and Momo rushed over immediately, "Mommy, mommy! I want a kiss! I want a hug..."
The whole family laughed and made noises on the sofa.
After making a lot of noise for a while, the family of four went to the canteen in the compound to have breakfast.
As a result, except for Xingxing and Song Sui, the entire Bai family was there!
As expected, there was a small luggage bag at the feet of Bai Zhenggan and Tang Liren respectively.
Tan Fenghui called Taotao's family, "Come here quickly! I've reserved a seat for you!"
Taotao led the two children over with a smile on her face.
Song Zhi was even more amazed at the tacit understanding among his family members that did not require any words.
Tang Liren asked Taotao, "Today we have beef noodle soup! How about four bowls? It's a rare treat... green beans, potatoes! Quick, make four more servings of beef noodle soup for your fourth aunt's family! Run... before they're all sold out!"
Tao Tao knew Song Zhi's appetite and knew that a bowl of noodle soup would not fill him up, so she told Song Zhi, "... go see if there's anything else to eat."
Song Zhi nodded and followed.
After a while, Green Bean and Potato came over with four lunch boxes of noodle soup, and Song Zhi also bought a dozen meat buns and a dozen fried fruits.
The rice noodles are topped with braised beef broth, which is very delicious. The meat buns are very solid, each one is heavy, with lots of stuffing and well-leafed skin... The fried fruit is filled with red bean paste, with a crispy skin and sweet and greasy inside, very delicious.
A bowl of rice noodle soup was enough for each of the female members. They could not finish the meat buns, so every two people had one fried fruit. The rest all went to the men. After finishing the soup and noodles, each of them could get two big meat buns and a fried fruit!
The whole family had a full and comfortable meal.
Tang Liren was full, and said to Tao Tao: "Taozi, your father and I have something to go out today! I am going to the countryside with the work group, and he is going to the provincial party committee for a meeting! I will be back on Saturday, and your father will be back next week! We will not be home these few days, so Hongdou will be left to you!"
Taotao looked at Song Zhi proudly.
Song Zhi once again silently gave a thumbs up in his heart for the tacit understanding between the Bai family.
Tao Tao smiled and said, "No problem! Then let Hong Dou live with me and take care of these two little monkeys for a few days!"
——The house that Bai Dongsheng was assigned was a two-bedroom apartment: he and his wife lived in one room, and the three boys lived in another.
——The house that Bai Zhenggan was assigned had three bedrooms: one for the old couple, and one each for Xingxing and Hongdou.
Now that Xingxing and Song Sui are newly married, their family wants to make some space for them so that they can spend some time alone.
How could Taotao not understand?
but--
Tao Tao said, "Dad, Mom, we'll stay here until the weekend, then we have to go back to Beijing. Song Zhi is going abroad, and we have to go to his unit to take over."
Bai Zhenggan and Tang Liren looked at each other.
Tang Liren said: "Then I will come back on Friday!"
Bai Zhenggan hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll come back on Friday, and I'll go again next Monday!"
"Dad, it's too hard for you to do this!" Taotao said.
Bai Zhenggan frowned, "Your father is not old yet!"
All the children laughed.
Tao Tao and Song Zhi discussed, "Then let's buy tickets for Saturday night, arrive on Sunday, and you go back to work to report on Monday."
Song Zhi nodded.
On this day, Taotao and Song Zhi took the children to the park and had fun all day long.
When I returned to the Bai family, Song Sui was cooking and Xing Xing was sitting on the sofa watching TV.
Taotao looked at her sister carefully.
——Xingxing’s face was flushed, the corners of her eyes were a little red, and there was a spring color between her brows. Her face was red, with a tooth mark on the edge of her lips, and deep and shallow kiss marks on her delicate white collarbone.
This shows how much Song Sui likes her.
Taotao covered her mouth and smiled.
Seeing that Fourth Sister was staring at her, Xingxing's pretty face became even redder. She lowered her head and didn't even watch TV.
Taotao giggled.
Xingxing couldn't stand it anymore, so she picked up the pillow on the sofa and started making trouble with Taotao.
Song Sui heard the noise in the kitchen, and hurried out wearing a spatula and an apron to take a look, then went back into the kitchen with a silly smile on her face to continue cooking.
At dinner time, Song Sui served the fruits of her labor.
—— Braised pork belly with fresh garlic leaves and fried tofu, stir-fried pork with sour beans, stir-fried cucumber with basil, braised eggplant and loofah egg drop soup.
There are four dishes and one soup, but the portions are large and the taste is pretty good.
Bai Dongsheng asked Tan Fenghui to get a few bottles of champagne left over from yesterday's banquet, and filled a glass for everyone for Huang Dou.
Taotao took a small sip and found it sweet with very little taste of alcohol.
But the kids still can't drink it.
Taotao kept shaking her head.
Feifei and Momo felt aggrieved.
Potato quickly ran over and brought over a few bottles of yogurt.
Taotao tried it and although the flavor was quite strong, it was still drinkable.
Then he nodded.
Tu Dou gave Fei Fei and Mo Mo a bottle of yogurt each, and put the remaining bottle in front of himself. Only then did the children feel happy.
Taotao stared at the bottles on the table.
——The political wind has changed recently.
First, all kinds of struggles were completely stopped, then the college entrance examination was resumed, and then major reforms were carried out. This seems to suggest that everything will get better and better.
Look, it’s only been a short time, and the goods on the market have become significantly more diverse.
Take drinks for example, there weren’t so many varieties in the past. Even when city dwellers have a high-end banquet, the men drink white wine and the women drink soda made with flavorings and saccharins...
Now look, there are fruit wine and champagne suitable for women, and flavored yogurt specifically for children!
Brother Dongsheng raised his glass, "Come, let's celebrate. Xiaosui has finally become a member of our family! In the future, you should work harder and complain less. You should love your own wife!"
Everyone laughed.
Tan Fenghui teased, "It rhymes quite well!"
Song Sui and Xing Xing looked at each other.
Xingxing's face turned red and Song Sui scratched her head.
Both the young couple felt a little embarrassed.
The brothers and sisters talked about their plans for the next few days.
It’s just that Song Zhi and Taotao have decided to set off on Saturday and go back to Kyoto, and Hongdou will go with them.
In addition, the summer vacation is almost over, and Xingxing and Songsui need to go back to school - they will be sophomores in the second half of the year.
The two were admitted to the same university in the same year, but in different majors. The school is in the provincial capital of the neighboring province. Xingxing studies business administration and Song Sui studies finance and economics.
For them, the most important thing at the moment is to quickly tidy up their newly bought house. They have to start with how to decorate, arrange and furnish it, so that Tan Fenghui can manage it according to their requirements.
As for Tan Fenghui, she used to be mad at her daughter.
Now Hongdou and Fan Heng have broken up. After being sad for a while, Hongdou is slowly getting over it. Her relationship with her family, especially with Tan Fenghui, has improved.
During this period of time, Tan Fenghui has been in a particularly good mood, and her appetite has also improved. She eats well during the day and sleeps well at night. Her complexion has become much rosier, and she is in better spirits.
In this way, Taotao's family played in Song City for a few days.
On Friday, Bai Zhenggan and Tang Liren rushed back, and the whole family had a reunion meal together.
On Saturday night, Taotao's family and Hongdou went to the train station surrounded by their family members.
Tan Fenghui carefully instructed Hongdou not to cause trouble to Fourth Aunt when she went to Kyoto, and to be sensible and help Fourth Aunt take care of her two little cousins. When I have time, I will go visit my third aunt...
Tang Liren was also telling Song Zhi, "...When you go abroad, you must remember the good things about your country! Don't abandon the country that gave birth to you and raised you just because you see the colorful world outside! Always remember that your wife and children are still waiting for you at home!"
Song Zhi nodded repeatedly.
Tang Liren asked again, "Are your grandpa's family abroad? Go out this time and find some relatives. I think they miss you a lot."
Song Zhi hesitated for a moment and nodded.
In the end, Taotao's family and Hongdou boarded the train back to Beijing amid their family members' tears.
After arriving in Kyoto, Taotao and Song Zhi went to see Guan Qingbai, and then to visit Song Zhi's teacher, Professor Huang...
After being busy for a while, it was time for Song Zhi to go abroad.
Considering that communication might not be convenient in the future, Taotao and Song Zhi agreed to write their own diaries. When Song Zhi returns to China, the two will exchange diaries. In addition, the two of them insisted on taking a photo every month, so that... no one would miss each other's growth.
Taotao and Song Zhi made a table and drew up a study and work plan for the two of them within two years, and also broke it down into three levels: upper limit, moderate, and lower limit.
She and Song Zhi agreed to compete again in two years to see who had completed more projects.
At the same time, Taotao also listed a life plan, one for her personal hygiene survey, one for travel plans, and one for diet and exercise plans...
This was actually arranged by Taotao for Song Zhi personally.
According to Song Zhi's habit, if he left her and the children, he would have no mood to enjoy life. The most likely thing is that he studies day and night. Only in this way can he alleviate his longing for her and the children.
For this, let alone going abroad. The two of them were in the northwest, only 60 kilometers apart, one in an oasis and the other in a satellite city...As long as Taotao didn't bring the children to see him in the satellite city, his single dormitory was just a decoration. He would never go back to sleep and would stay in the workshop to work. When he was tired, he would find a corner to sit and sleep for three or four hours, and then continue.
But when he was in China, no matter what, his assistant would call out to him at mealtime to remind him to eat and rest. Now that he is abroad, who knows him? Who cares about him? If he doesn't live a good life, doesn't eat and sleep well, no one will feel sorry for him.
It would be bad if I exhausted myself.
At the same time, Taotao felt that she should not waste her youth. She decided that when Song Zhi was not at home, she would save up her vacation time and take her children and friends on a short trip across the country...
Taotao and Song Zhi each copied a copy of this life plan and will record it separately when the time comes.
Later, when Taotao was packing luggage for Song Zhi, she also put a photo album in it. She went through all the old and new photos from these years and sorted them by year...
Everything was ready, and it was time for Song Zhi to leave.
Song Zhi was reluctant to leave Taotao.
For several nights before leaving, he asked for big white peaches like crazy.
It was not until this moment that Taotao realized that his needs and hers were completely different.
It turns out that he usually holds it in very tightly? ? ?
But the night before Song Zhi left, he didn't do that again. He didn't sleep the whole night, holding Da Bai Tao and kissing her gently over and over again.
When daybreak came, Taotao discovered that his eyes were red and swollen.
Taotao took Hongdou, Feifei and Momo to the airport to see them off.
The two children also missed their father very much and said in a baby voice, "Dad, you have to come back soon..." It made Song Zhi heartbroken.
He held Feifei in one hand and Momo in the other, and gave the two children many, many instructions in detail: Daddy is not here, and you two little men are the only ones left at home to protect mommy. You must listen to mommy, don’t make her angry, help mommy with housework, and complete the study tasks assigned by mommy… Feifei can write to daddy when she misses him, and Momo can’t write yet, so he can ask his brother to write for him. Daddy will send you a letter every month (in fact, he has already written it in advance and given it to Taotao, who will take it out and show it to the children when the time comes)…
The two children also had tears in their eyes.
Finally, Song Zhi called Taotao aside.
Taotao was also reluctant to see Song Zhi leave.
Song Zhi was the only one who was more reluctant than her.
He hugged her and said in a trembling voice: "I'm leaving... You are not allowed to look at other men."
Taotao: ...
"You are not allowed to talk to other men! Because I will be jealous!" He said capriciously like a child, "... I will not hide it from you. I have many spies around you, in Jingyang and Lingxi. I paid to hire them, and they write to me every month to tell me about your recent situation."
"So, Bai Taozi! Even if you don't care about me and are too lazy to write to me, I will know what you usually do!"
He wasn't so perverted as to want to control everything about her.
Mainly because I was too worried that she would get into trouble...
He then got a number of envelopes with English addresses written on them and enough stamps on them, and gave them to several contacts, asking them to write to him every month, briefly informing them of the situation of Taotao and her son, mainly to report that they were safe.
At the same time, he also left some money for these connections, in case anything happened to Taotao and her son. Although he was far away, the connections could help Taotao and her son solve the problem.
Of course Taotao also knew what kind of person he was.
She smiled, "I'm so sorry! I don't even know the situation over there... What if there's a blonde foreign girl courting you? And what if your uncle and grandfather want to find you a wife abroad?"
"That's impossible!" Song Zhi said anxiously, "I can swear..."
Tao Tao stopped him, "Come on! What I don't believe in the most is this oath thing! Song Zhi, tell me, I'm not afraid of you finding a mistress!"
"I'm scared!" Song Zhi whispered, "It's a pity that people can only live once, otherwise, I want to be locked with you... forever, for eternity!"
Uh, well...
Taotao laughed dryly, "I don't agree! I..."
——How can I, the Saint of Mei Sect, only look for a furnace?
But she didn't dare say anything else, because Song Zhi had already noticed something from her expression and was staring at her viciously.
Tao Tao had no choice but to say seriously: "We are all materialists and atheists, there is no such thing as an afterlife!"
Song Zhi's expression relaxed a little, and he lowered his head to kiss her.
It was time to board the plane, and Song Zhi walked away, looking back every few steps.
Taotao sat in the airport with the children and waited until the plane took off before taking the children back.
Taotao felt a little uncomfortable when Song Zhi first left.
The children adapted quickly because they spent more time with their mother when they were in Lingxi. In addition, there were many children living in the family compound of the retirement home, so Feifei and Momo quickly found playmates and became very happy.
Taotao is not lonely anymore because she has Hongdou's company.
Taotao will not go to Lingxi again this year. She will teach at Agricultural University in the second half of the year.
She took the time to find a primary school for Feifei, allowing Feifei, who was less than five years old, to gloriously become a first-grade student. Taotao went to the government kindergarten to enroll Momo. Momo was two months short of two years old and actually did not meet the admission requirements. However, since little Momo could go to the toilet, eat and dress himself... In the end, Momo became a student in the kindergarten's kindergarten class.
Feifei and Momo both found a place to go, so Taotao and Hongdou discussed it...
Hongdou now has more than half a year of free time. She is quite confident about the college entrance examination and does not want to go to school for tutoring. Instead, she is more interested in social practice.
She told Taotao that she wanted to experience different life experiences, so she wanted to try a few different odd jobs, preferably without any one job lasting more than three months.
Taotao appreciated Hongdou's frank attitude.
——Hongdou is in the rebellious period of adolescence. What Taotao is most worried about is that Hongdou has an idea in his mind but is unwilling to say it out loud, and just does it silently.
Now Hongdou is willing to speak up and discuss things with her, which is good.
The aunt and nephew discussed it for a while, and Taotao investigated the nearby area and found that there was a children's welfare home under the jurisdiction of the Civil Affairs Bureau near the retirement home. Taotao went to Lizi for help, and Lili immediately arranged for Hongdou to work as a temporary worker in a children's welfare home.
Next, Hongdou went to the children's welfare home to work half a day every day, and her monthly salary was eight yuan and fifty cents, plus a lunch.
Hongdou was very satisfied. She did this job to experience life and didn't mind the salary at all.
After settling Hongdou down, the Agricultural University was about to start school.
Taotao went to the Agricultural University to receive a teaching assignment, and she also had to manage the laboratory at the Agricultural Research Institute... She became a spinning top that couldn't stop!
Every morning, Taotao gets up early, prepares breakfast, and then goes out quickly after eating with Hongdou, Feifei and Momo. Hongdou went to work at the children's welfare home. Taotao sent the two children to school and kindergarten respectively, and then hurried to school.
Because she received a teacher's allowance in the past two years but did not come back because she had a child and stayed in the Northwest. Now that she is back, she has to make up for the classes she owed, and there are also new class requirements.
At the same time, she had to go to the Agricultural Research Institute every day to hold meetings with teachers and senior students to study projects...
Taotao is responsible for cooking breakfast and sending the children to school, while Hongdou is responsible for cooking dinner and picking up the two little cousins. In this way, when Taotao rushed home every day, her two sons had been well taken care of by Hongdou and could even have a bite of hot soup and rice.
As for Hongdou, it was when she was at home. Because she was the only girl of her generation, everyone spoiled her. Plus, after what happened to Fan Heng, everyone was a little scared. They wanted to lock her up at home and not let her go out, lest she be kidnapped by some bad people...
It's completely different now.
Taotao treated her as an adult, encouraged her to work, and encouraged her to take on housework and family responsibilities...
Hongdou immediately felt that she was needed and her existence was important!
She really likes this kind of life, and since it’s her first time working, she’s curious about everything… When Taotao comes back, she’ll chatter with Taotao about her work today, what the teachers told her when she went to pick up Feifei and Momo from school, and how the children behaved today…
Taotao watched coldly and felt the change in Hongdou - in the beginning, this child would mention Fan Heng once or twice in every sentence, then she would mention him more than ten times a day, and now, she rarely mentions Fan Heng.
This proves that letting this child change his environment and finding him more things to do is right!
Feifei and Momo also like the new environment.
Because after they go to school and kindergarten, their playmates are precisely targeted as children of the same age, and they have more common language. Coupled with the help of their tutors, Feifei and Momo soon became the most beautiful kids in the kindergarten... The teacher praised them highly, and other children were also willing to play with them...
Taotao had heard many people say that their children were very resistant to school and kindergarten, which led her to collect a lot of experience and prepare to use it to deal with the children. Unexpectedly, Feifei and Momo accepted it without any struggle.
Every day at dinner time, the family of four has time to chat and chat.
After dinner, everyone watched the news broadcast together.
Feifei and Momo can’t understand, so they can play with toys for a while but they can’t make any noise.
From 8pm to 9pm is the public study time, and everyone must gather together to study.
It usually happens like this: Taotao studies lesson plans and professional courses; Hongdou takes out paper and pen to write her novel; Feifei and Momo complete the homework assigned by their mother...
At nine o'clock, Taotao has to take care of the children's bath, wash their hair and go to bed.
Basically after 9:30, Taotao and Hongdou have free time.
Hongdou went back to her room to continue writing her novel, while Taotao went upstairs to correct her sons' homework for tonight and assign homework for tomorrow. Then, she would write a diary and a life plan according to the agreement she had made with Song Zhi...
If there is still time, she can read for a while.
Speaking of reading, Taotao once again felt the breath of reform and opening up.
For example, when Song Zhi was still in Ruyi Village, he had to hide the books he wanted to buy from the town. He didn't dare come back openly during the day, so he had to walk alone on the mountain road in the dark after dark and carry the books back.
At that time, all the books he collected were hidden in the cellar of his home.
Every night when everyone studied together, Tang Liren took the key to open the door, while Bai Dongsheng and Song Zhi struggled to carry the books. After finishing their studies, Bai Dongsheng and Song Zhi moved all the books back to the cellar and hid them, and even covered them with some pickled mustard greens or something... Tang Liren had to wait on the side to lock the door.
Before going to bed, Bai Zhenggan had to check again whether the cellar door was locked.
But those books were obviously normal university textbooks, foreign language dictionaries, etc.
Now what?
There are suddenly more and more books on the market, and the variety is very rich!
Of course, it can be seen that although many classic ancient books have been reprinted at this time, the content is always lacking. There are so many versions. I don’t know if it is because they were not properly protected in the past ten years, so there are always different shortcomings...
But no matter what, Taotao feels that this is an era in which various cultures are growing wildly and savagely.
For Taotao, she is already an adult and has her own goals and direction in life. She is confident and will not be easily influenced.
She was more worried about the children.
Feifei and Momo are still young and do not have the right to choose books. Taotao decides what they study and what books they read, which is not a big deal.
Taotao is more worried that Hongdou will be adversely affected.
However, what makes Taotao feel gratified is that Hongdou has both the flexibility of a woman and the stubbornness of a scholar.
At a time when popular literature had become...almost vulgar, Hongdou was very persistent in writing her fairy tales. In order to encourage Hongdou, Taotao asked Hongdou to organize the more than 100 short fairy tales she had created since childhood, and found the editor of the publishing house that helped Song Zhi publish academic textbooks, and asked the other party to recommend a publishing house of popular reading materials, and submitted Hongdou's manuscripts.
The other party reviewed Hongdou's manuscript carefully and seriously. I heard that Hongdou is only sixteen years old now?
This matter alarmed the leaders of the publishing house, who came to visit Taotao and Hongdou specially and negotiated the publishing fees.
At the beginning of the second year, Hongdou had finished her temporary job at the children's welfare home. She also worked as a cleaner in the hospital for two months, and worked part-time at the largest supply and marketing cooperative in Kyoto for two months...
In these units, Hongdou saw the warmth and coldness of human nature and various aspects of the world in a very short period of time, and couldn't help but feel deeply moved!
She was very grateful for Taotao's help and said that these work experiences gave her endless inspiration.
Not long after, Hongdou's collection of fairy tale poems was published!
In addition, most of her poems and short fairy tales are written in beautiful language and have profound meanings, making them very suitable for children who have just started school. The National Primary School Textbook Group has included several poems about red beans...
Hongdou was so happy!
The family members far away in Song City were also very happy!
Taotao asked Hongdou whether she wanted to go back to her hometown in Song City to concentrate on writing, or follow her to the Northwest?
——Because it is spring, Taotao has to go back to the Northwest to manage her experimental greenhouse.
Hongdou said without hesitation: "Fourth Aunt, I will follow you to the Great Northwest! I found that I am really lucky following you! You see, the three jobs you found for me really benefited me a lot! I also want to follow you to the Great Northwest to have a look... I believe there will be endless hope for me there too!"
Taotao smiled.
She first gave Hongdou a heads-up and truthfully explained the difficult conditions in the Northwest.
Hongdou was unmoved, "So what if there's no water or electricity? When we were kids in our hometown, Ruyi Village, wasn't there no water or electricity? I've lived through that before, Fourth Aunt, I'm not afraid as long as you're here!"
In mid-March, the aunt and niece, along with their children and other members of the scientific research team, began another great migration.
After three or four days of travel, the group finally arrived at Lingxi County.
Deng Gaoyun and Chen Yicheng were worried about the safety of their teachers and fellow students, so they simply hired a transport vehicle to take Taotao and the others, along with their luggage, and dropped them off at one scientific research site after another along the way.
Taotao saw Deng Gaoyun’s experimental greenhouse and experimental field for the first time, and also saw the teacher’s two experimental bases...
Deng Gaoyun’s experimental greenhouse is similar to Taotao’s, but Taotao is just starting out and has not yet set up an experimental field. The teacher’s two experimental bases have been in operation for several years. The area near the oasis is lush and green, producing a lot of fruits and vegetables, which can be supplied to nearby units and the general public.
It's really exciting!
Taotao was very envious, "I want to catch up with my teacher and senior brothers as soon as possible!"
Deng Gaoyun laughed and said, "Come on, don't you see how many years my teacher and I have been working on these greenhouses? Your greenhouse is really amazing! Besides, we only grow trees here, but you also educate people! In fact, we should learn from you!"
Taotao covered her mouth and chuckled, "Then let's all make progress together!"
Two days later, Taotao finally arrived at her experimental base - Lingxi Oasis.
Her return made the people in the oasis ecstatic!
The men have all gone to work and are not in the village. The women gathered around him, with happy smiles on their simple faces.
"Comrade Bai! You're finally back!"
"Fei Fei's mom, we miss you so much!"
"Comrade Bai, please go check on your greenhouse! We took good care of you, nothing went wrong!"
"Comrade Bai, you've worked hard along the way!"
"Ah, Feifei has grown a lot taller! Momo has grown a little bit too!"
Taotao also greeted the women with a smile and introduced Hongdou to Zhou Chunni.
Zhou Chunni looked at Hongdou in surprise and felt very emotional, "Oh my god, Hongdou is so beautiful now! In the past, Hongdou was only so tiny..." As she spoke, Zhou Chunni made a gesture, meaning that Hongdou was very small before.
As she spoke, Zhou Chunni asked her four children to come over and say hello to Hongdou.
Hongdou also greeted Zhou Chunni and her children with a smile.
She also remembered what Zhou Chunni looked like in the past, and couldn't help but sigh that although Zhou Chunni in front of her had been weathered by the years, her personality and temperament had undergone tremendous changes.
In the past, Zhou Chunni was pretentious, gloomy, mean and selfish. Zhou Chunni is now lively, forthright, generous and magnanimous.
However, what really surprised Hongdou was...
Why are the villagers here so enthusiastic about her fourth aunt?
Of course, this poor village... also made Hongdou vaguely feel that the days ahead might not be so easy.
In the evening, the men in the production team returned from work.
When they heard that Bai Taotao had returned, Jiang Hongzhi and Lan Caizhu were overjoyed and rushed to the research station.
The villagers were so enthusiastic. Taotao originally wanted to cook for herself, but Xiao Qingjuan rushed to help her. In order not to consume Taotao's food, she called Niuniu back home to cook, meaning that she and Niuniu would still eat their own food...
At dinner time, the villagers simply lit a bonfire on the sand below the research station. The villagers all came here with their bowls in hand to have dinner with Taotao and her family.
Hongdou was given a large bowl of white porridge, which was made by Xiao Qingjuan, and a large plate of stir-fried vegetables, including beans, loofah, eggplant, etc. It tasted surprisingly good! Zhou Chunni gave each of Taotao's family a big pancake, and Hongdou also got one. Spread some fermented bean curd on the pancake, it tastes delicious, and then drink a mouthful of thick and soft white porridge...
So comfortable!
However, Hongdou was still surprised at how much her fourth aunt was loved here.
In particular, the content of the conversation between Taotao and the two team leaders of the production team sounded very much like a work report.
——How did last year’s cultural subject competition go? Who is the champion and who is the champion? Are you guys here? very nice! Hey, are you interested in applying for correspondence education? It’s okay, if you don’t understand, you can ask me. I stay here for several months every year...
——What was the survival rate of trees last year? real? Not bad! It’s getting better every year! Which areas and tree species have higher survival rates? Have you recorded them? Okay, then I'll take a good look at it tomorrow. Let's improve the nutrient solution and cultivate this year's tree species well. Next year's tree will be better than this year!
——What do you two plant in your greenhouse? Are the dishes provided to everyone enough? I have contacted several tent cloth factories for you in Kyoto. My suggestion is that everyone should work hard for a while longer and sell the vegetables grown in the greenhouses to satellite cities. We will use the money raised to buy shed cloth, build a greenhouse in earnest, grow vegetables on a large scale, and sell them to nearby units! Anyway, they have to come here to fetch water every day, and then take some fresh vegetables back every day. Wouldn't it save transportation costs instead of sending people to town or city to buy them? Believe me, they will agree...
——Brother Jiang, Sister Lan, it’s time to build a primary school in the village. Don't be afraid, my niece and I will be the teachers temporarily. Brother Jiang is well educated and he can also teach. In addition, Sister Chunni and Sister Qingjuan can also teach... Let my niece and I start first!
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After a lively dinner, Hongdou began to understand why the villagers here liked her fourth aunt so much.
Because Fourth Aunt is actually building this village!
From the next day, Jiang Hongzhi and Lan Caizhu began to prepare for the opening of Lingxi Oasis Primary School.
There are two production teams in the village, with a total of seventy children under the age of 13.
Taotao put forward a request: two classrooms, suitable desks and chairs, two blackboards, an appropriate amount of chalk, pencils, and some exercise books, and she would find a way to get the teaching materials.
The classroom is easy to deal with.
——Because the potato production has increased in the past two years, Jiang Hongzhi had a few more warehouses built before the New Year. Now, if we just tidy up the warehouse a little more compactly, we can free up two empty warehouses to be used as classrooms.
As for benches and tables, anyone with children coming to school must bring their own tables and chairs.
blackboard?
Jiang Hongzhi had someone dismantle several wooden boxes, piece them together to make a blackboard, and then paint it black... After it dried, it became a blackboard!
But--
Chalk, pencils, exercise books, and even teaching materials all cost real money!
The villagers have already raised funds to buy soft film to expand the size of the greenhouse, so where can they find the money now?
Jiang Hongzhi was so worried that he was ready to sell his family's potatoes...
Taotao stopped him and stopped him from doing that.
She wrote a telegram and asked Jiang Hongzhi to go to the city and send a telegram to Cheng Zhujun.
About five or six days later, a passing caravan brought everything Taotao wanted.
There were textbooks for all subjects from grade one to grade six, each set of 50 copies; 500 exercise books; a pile of thick letter paper; hundreds of pencils; two large cartons of chalk...
The flowers
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