Since Han Bin said he would ask Xiaoman when he got back that night, Xiao Qin definitely couldn't let Liu Shufen go out: "Don't let her go out for now."
"OK."
In the afternoon, Xiao Qin and Zheng Jianguo spent the whole afternoon at the farm.
That night, after the children had all gone to sleep, Han Bin asked Xiaoman, "Did the children tell you that they met an old lady at the farm today?"
"I already said it. Xiao Han's mother-in-law."
"Then...should we change their jobs?"
"Let's talk about it later."
"wait?"
Xiaoman nodded: "They might still want to become teachers at schools for children of employees." Some opportunities, once missed, are gone forever.
Han Bin understood. Xiao Man wanted them to face reality: "Then let's wait."
On the other side, Liu Shufen and Feng Bowen sat dejectedly in the room.
Liu Shufen: "Why won't he let us out?"
Feng Bowen: "We are here for labor reform."
Liu Shufen: "But we are related to the deputy division commander."
Feng Bowen glanced at Liu Shufen and said, "Our son has severed ties with us."
Liu Shufen immediately deflated. Her son had severed ties with them; the man was just her son-in-law's brother-in-law. Why should he help them?
Feng Bowen lay down on the kang (a heated brick bed) without even taking off his clothes: "Go to sleep. We still have work to do tomorrow."
Liu Shufen sat for another half hour before lying down: "When will this ever end?"
Although Feng Bowen had already gone to bed, he couldn't fall asleep: "Who knows?"
"If only we had listened to others back then. Look at Qianqian, she wasn't affected at all."
Feng Bowen let out a long sigh. "Go to sleep."
"Um."
The next day, Liu Shufen went to see Zheng Jianguo again, but Zheng Jianguo still wouldn't let them go out.
Meanwhile, Lu Hui's parents sent him a package. The old lady opened it, looked at it, and then put it in a bag.
A moment later, people saw the old lady come out of her house carrying a bag.
Those who knew her well asked her, "Are you going to deliver something to Deputy Division Commander Han's house again?"
"Yes. My Huihui eats at Xiaoman's house every day now. His parents sent him some food, and I'm taking it to Xiaoman."
“Your Huihui is practically living at Xiaoman’s house now.”
"That's right. I can only see him at night now."
"Then you don't miss him?"
Grandma Lü chuckled, "No, I don't want to. I can have some peace and quiet when he's not home." Since her grandson started living with Xiaoman, he's grown taller, improved in his studies, and has become more filial to her and his grandfather. She now wishes her grandson could stay at Xiaoman's house every day. Of course, it would be even better if she could move in with Xiaoman too.
The person she was talking to didn't believe her: "You really don't want to?"
"I really don't want to. Okay, I'm not talking to you guys anymore. I'm leaving."
"Um."
After Old Mrs. Lü walked away, people started talking about it.
A: "Wang Xiaoman is really capable."
B: "Absolutely. Usually, it's the subordinates who bring things to the superiors' homes, but in her case, it's the superiors who bring things to her homes."
C: "What's wrong? Are you envious?"
B: "Aren't you envious? The things Huihui's parents sent are all really good stuff."
C: "Being greedy won't help. We don't have a good cook or a bunch of kids."
On the other side, Xiaoman saw that Grandma Lü had brought a lot of things again and felt a headache coming on: "Auntie, Huihui can't eat this much at my house."
"Why can't you eat?" Old Mrs. Lü put the food on the table. "Where are the children?"
"I'm learning chess from Uncle Shang next door." Old Shang always sets up a chessboard to disguise his lessons with the children. Xiaoman only teaches Lü Hui martial arts. Xiaoman didn't teach Lü Hui anything like metaphysics or formations. Firstly, the current environment didn't allow it. Secondly, these things weren't used in wars anymore.
"Can children sit still? My Huihui couldn't sit still at all when he was their age."
Xiaoman smiled and said, "Yes."
Grandma Lü chatted with Xiaoman for a while longer before leaving. She had only walked a few steps when she ran into Bai Na. Bai Na's parents also knew Commander Lü, but they weren't very familiar with him.
Bai Na wanted to invite Grandma Lü to her house for a visit. Grandma Lü said she had other things to do at home, and then told Bai Na to bring the children to her house to play when she had time before leaving.
At noon, as soon as Commander Bai returned, Bai Na told him that Grandma Lü had delivered things to Xiaoman's family again.
Commander Bai glanced at Xiaoman's house and said, "Commander Lü sends them things every few days, and they have the nerve to accept them. They're raising one of their children, but the things they receive are enough to raise six."
"Yes, that couple is really shameless."
A month later, Han Bin asked Xiao Qin to tell Zheng Jianguo to arrange an easier job for Feng Bowen. As for Liu Shufen, they could talk about it in a few more months.
Afterwards, Han Bin asked Xiao Qin to deliver a beggar's chicken made by Lao Guo to Zheng Jianguo. After Zheng Jianguo finished eating, he kept asking Xiao Qin where he bought it. After learning that it was made by Han Bin's family, he told Xiao Qin, "If there's any heavy work to be done at Deputy Division Commander Han's house in the future, just tell me, and I'll help Deputy Division Commander Han."
Two months later, Han Bin finally asked Zheng Jianguo to give Liu Shufen an easier job. This time, Han Bin asked Xiao Qin to bring Zheng Jianguo a bag of meat buns.
After so much time, Zheng Jianguo and Xiao Qin had become quite familiar with each other. "Brother, I really want to switch jobs with you."
Xiao Qin laughed and said, "Even if you gave me a whole box of gold bars, I wouldn't trade with you for it."
A few months later, Han Bin received a letter. After reading it, Han Bin told Xiao Man that Tian Dahua had a son. The next day, Xiao Man went to the post office to send Tian Dahua a package. It mainly contained supplements and a few pieces of baby clothing.
A month and a half later, Li Qiaoqiao also gave birth. It was a girl. Influenced by Xiaoman, Tang Huihui, and Grandma Han, Li Qiaoqiao no longer favored boys over girls. When Xiaoman found out, she sent her a package. The contents of the package were the same as Tian Dahua's: tonics and baby clothes.
At the end of the semester, Naonao and Tengteng tied for first place again. Lü Hui, for the first time ever, came in tenth. Commander Lü wanted to set off firecrackers to celebrate. When Grandma Lü found out, she immediately packed a bunch of things and brought them to Xiaoman. Now, Xiaoman wants to close the door whenever she sees Grandma Lü.
When autumn comes and school starts, Zuo Zuo and You You will also be going to school. After they go to school, only their older sister and younger brother will be at home. Before, they were always the ones taking their older sister and younger brother out to play. Now…
After Nao Nao, Tengteng, Zuo Zuo, and You You all went to school, Xiao Man called her older sister and younger brother over. Xiao Man looked at her older sister and said, "Your brothers used to take you out to play. Now, your brothers have all gone to school."
Sister: "I'll take my little brother out to play from now on."
Xiaoman nodded in satisfaction: "You're the older sister, you should take care of your younger brother."
Sister: "Okay."
Xiaoman patted her older sister's head: "Good girl."
Then, Xiaoman looked at her younger brother and said, "Even though you're the younger brother, you can't rely on your older sister for everything. Understand?"
"I understand." The younger brother puffed out his little chest: "I'm a boy."
Xiaoman smiled and said, "Let's go out and play."
Younger brother: "Okay."
Sister: "Mom, how long will we be out playing?"
"Come back when it's time to eat."
The older sister looked up at the sun in the sky: "Okay."
"If you dare to sit outside until noon and then come back, I'll throw Meimei away."
Sister: "Mom, you're using this trick again."
Xiaoman smiled and said, "This trick works the best."
"Okay." The older sister carried Meimei on her back and led her younger brother out.
Xiaoman had planned to go out around noon to see how her older sister was playing with her younger brother. But before she even left her house, someone blocked her way.
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