"Yes, actually school has already started, but I'm young, so I'll go later."
"Young?" Nanqiao asked curiously.
"Well, I should have been in fifth grade this year, but I started school early, so I went to junior high school early this year. However, the junior high school is in town, and it is inconvenient to go to and from school. The school was unwilling to accept me because I am young. My second brother just helped me find a connection, so I should be able to go to school next week."
"I haven't heard your elder brother talk about this. I didn't expect Xiao Taohua to be so smart. Can you keep up with the course?"
"Of course I can, but I just don't have many friends. They think I'm too young and don't want to play with me," Taohua said with a disappointed voice.
"It's okay, Taohua, just be yourself. When they grow up, they will see how good Taohua is," Nanqiao comforted
Taohua nodded obediently, and then Nanqiao asked, "Have you solved the problem of going to and from school? What does your mother plan to do?"
"My mom said my dad and my older brother would take turns picking me up, and I would go by myself when I was older."
"Doesn't the school have accommodation?" Nanqiao asked with a frown. It's inconvenient to run to and from school every day. It's not a problem now that the weather is warm, but if it gets cold... In this northern area, I heard from the villagers that when it snows heavily, it's not a problem to walk half a person's height.
Taohua shook her head. "Most of the students who can go to school are from the town. They don't need to live in the school. The families in the surrounding villages are all poor, so they basically travel back and forth."
Nanqiao nodded, and kept walking, thinking about the feasibility of letting Taohua live with her when she went to school.
She likes Taohua quite a lot. As for foreign language learning... one of them loves to learn while the other is willing to teach, so there is no problem for Taohua to live with her. The only thing is... it will be a little inconvenient for her and Sheng Yanchuan's life... But she still has her own space.
Nanqiao thought of his golden finger, and with an idea in mind, his steps became much lighter.
When the three of Nanqiao returned to Aunt Xiumei's house, the aroma of food was already coming from the yard. Taohua entered the yard, washed her hands actively, and went to the kitchen to help move the table and get the dishes.
Nanqiao put Yaya on the rocking chair, walked to the kitchen door, and asked Aunt Xiumei what she could do.
Hearing Nanqiao's voice, Aunt Xiumei turned around, put down the spatula in her hand, and pushed Nanqiao out.
"Alright, alright, there's nothing more to say. I've almost done it. The chicken and mushroom stew will be ready in a while. You can just play with them in the yard. There's mung bean water in the little teapot over there. You can pour it out and drink it yourself." Aunt Xiumei was instructing Nanqiao as if she was instructing a child. It was not until Nanqiao and Yaya sat down that Aunt Xiumei returned to the kitchen with a smile on her face.
Uncle Sheng and Sheng Yanchuan came back in a short while. They washed up with the basin of water that Nanqiao had just fetched.
Then he walked to the south bridge and asked, "Are you tired this afternoon? I saw you have been working in the fields."
Nanqiao shook his head. "I didn't do anything. I just pulled some grass. I spent most of the time chatting. Oh! By the way, I invited Li Zhuoran and Shen Nian to have hot pot at home tomorrow night. Let's go to the yard in the morning and go back in the afternoon."
"Okay, it will be over by noon."
"Okay then." Nanqiao smiled happily when she heard Sheng Yanchuan's words. She was looking forward to the lively hot pot dinner tomorrow night.
Thinking of hot pot, Nanqiao missed the modern barbecued crayfish. He was waiting to have a meal with Sheng Yanchuan in the space in a few days.
Sheng Yanchuan rubbed Nanqiao's head and went back to the house to change clothes.
Nanqiao turned around and saw Uncle Sheng coming out after putting away his tools. She stood up and called out "Uncle Sheng" in a coquettish manner.
"Hey, hey, hey, Nan Zhiqing, please come and sit down. You don't have to be so polite in your own home." Uncle Sheng waved his hand unnaturally and asked Nan Qiao to sit down and drink some water.
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The sky gradually darkened, and the yard was very cool. Sheng Yanchuan was afraid that Nanqiao would catch a cold, so he took a shirt and put it on her shoulders. When they were sitting at the table to eat, Nanqiao looked at the table with only the tableware for the five of them, and glanced at Sheng Yanchuan unnaturally, thinking, "This is really a separation, they said they would not eat together, so they don't eat together anymore."
Sheng Yanchuan naturally noticed Nanqiao's expression, and he held her hand comfortingly under the table without saying anything else.
Nanqiao also ate obediently. Maybe it was a treat for her today. There were chicken, pork, and fish on the table. The staple food was still white flour buns.
In the past, the Sheng family may not have been able to have such a sumptuous meal during the Chinese New Year, but since Nanqiao came, they have been giving her extra meals from time to time, which can be said to be a gradual respect for her...
The Sheng family here is peaceful, but the couple of another Sheng family not far away are not so peaceful.
The two courtyards were not far apart. In the afternoon, everyone was at work, so who could be stewing meat at home? When the smell of meat wafted over, Huiping wondered who was cooking the meat. Then she thought about Nanqiao coming today, so she went to the gate of Aunt Xiumei's courtyard and, sure enough...
He Huiping thought about her empty kitchen and hesitated. They had already separated. Given the current relationship between the two families, she didn't need to worry about it. Her mother-in-law would definitely not ask them to come over at night.
But smelling the aroma of meat in the yard, Huiping, who had not eaten enough at noon, was even more hungry. She stood at the door and thought about the feasibility of going in to help...
If you help, you can always stay for dinner...
While He Huiping was hesitating at the door, Aunt Xiumei, who was cooking in and out of the house, had already seen her eldest daughter-in-law at the door through the courtyard wall. Thinking about what happened at noon, she was getting more and more annoyed with her eldest daughter-in-law's family. But after all, she was her daughter-in-law, and if she really asked to eat here, she couldn't refuse.
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