"Okay." Mother Lu also felt that what her daughter said made sense, so she nodded in agreement.
After finishing the meal, we got up, packed up and went back to our rooms to rest.
Starting from the next day, Lu Qingyan translated books in the morning and taught Qian Xiaomei's son Chen Tiedan to read in the afternoon.
As the days passed, and as winter was approaching, Father Lu began to harvest his sweet potatoes and potatoes.
On the day of harvest, the leaders of the logistics department came over to see the big, red sweet potatoes and potatoes, and their faces were full of smiles.
"Uncle, I will hire you to teach our logistics department how to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes in the spring." The head of the logistics department said happily to Father Lu, holding a potato and a sweet potato in his hand.
"No, no, I'll just go over and say a few words, no need to hire me, anyone who knows a little about farming can grow this." Upon hearing this, Father Lu quickly waved his hand and said no
"Okay, we'll go back and study it. We'll come and inform you when we have news." Seeing him like this, the head of the logistics department said no more. He took a sweet potato and a potato, put two cents on the table, and ran away without giving Lu's father a chance to return them.
"Why should I pay for a sweet potato or a potato?" Father Lu picked up the money and said to the old woman.
"Dad, just take it if I give it to you. Soldiers are like this, they don't take even a penny from the common people." Lu Qingyan held her particularly large belly and walked over carefully bit by bit.
"My daughter, please don't come over here. There is dirt all over here. You might fall if you step on it." When Lu's mother saw her daughter was about to come over, she hurriedly stopped her from coming. They had just finished digging potatoes and sweet potatoes, and the ground was all wet. If she stepped on it and fell, it would be really unlucky.
"Okay." Lu Qingyan was now particularly careful about her belly. Whenever she went downstairs for a stroll, she would wait for her parents to come down. If she went down by herself, it would be impossible.
"Xiaoyan, a lot of people have come to me these past few days and asked you to teach their children how to read." Mother Lu said to her daughter while sweeping the floor.
"I don't want to teach them anymore. I'll tell them that it's cold now and my belly is so big that it's not convenient for me to teach a child. Mom, please help me refuse." When Lu Qingyan was teaching Qian Xiaomei's son, she would quietly call him to her house and then teach him behind closed doors.
But not long after the incident, Lin Chunhua found out about it.
She had been holding a grudge against Lu Qingyan since she was rejected repeatedly by her.
So when she found out that Qian Xiaomei's son, whom Lu Qingyan had secretly touched, could read, she started gossiping about him to everyone she met in the staff quarters.
So before long, all the neighbors upstairs and downstairs knew that Lu Qingyan was a high school graduate, was now paying her tuition, and her younger sister and son could read.
They all thought that their children were still young and could not read a single word, and that Lu Qingyan would teach the children to read for free, so they all went to Lu's mother.
Let her ask Lu Qingyan if she can also teach their child to read.
But since the beginning of winter, Lu Qingyan's belly has gradually grown a lot, and it is inconvenient for her to do anything, let alone teach the child to recognize words.
So now, not only does she not teach Qian Xiaomei, her son to learn to read, but she also translates several fewer books a month.
Because her belly was so big, she started to feel uncomfortable after sitting there for a while.
During one of my trips to the city, I told Chen Xuhui about the situation.
Chen Xuhui loved this treasure so much that he told Lu Qingyan that he should focus on translating the important books every month and put the others aside and translate them when he had time.
Lu Qingyan was naturally very grateful to such a considerate boss, so every time she finished translating something important, she would post something else when she had nothing else to do.
"I refused, but they didn't listen. They kept asking me, 'You're just sitting here all day anyway, why don't you teach the kids when you have nothing to do?'" Mother Lu was very angry about what they said and started arguing with the gang.
Later, Qian Xiaomei heard the noise and came over to say that Lu Qingyan's belly was big and she couldn't take care of the child anymore, so she didn't even take care of her own child anymore.
Only then did that group of people gradually come to their senses, but there were still some short-sighted people who kept approaching her, saying that her daughter was just pregnant, so why was she being so pretentious.
She often ignored these words because she felt that those who said them were jealous of her daughter.
She was jealous that her daughter was pregnant and her husband was not only considerate but also obedient to her.
This is something they didn't have when they got pregnant, so they are so jealous of her daughter now.
"Don't pay attention to them. Let anyone who wants to be jealous be jealous. Anyway, we are living a good life. As for others, don't pay attention to them at all." Lu Qingyan doesn't pay attention to those people now. She just sees that she is living a good life, her husband is considerate, and her parents are still around to serve her.
Everyone is jealous when they see how life is going on.
Some people even made sarcastic remarks when she was strolling downstairs.
This group of people have challenged many times, but even if they did, no one would say anything at the time, but someone would come up with something again a few days later.
After a while, she opened her mouth to retort when she heard these words, then turned around and went home, not wasting a minute with them.
"Boom, boom, boom."
"I'm coming, I'm coming." After Mrs. Lu shouted, she put down the broom in her hand, wiped her hands, went to open the door, looked at the people outside and frowned and asked: "Why are you coming here at this time? What's the matter?" Chang Xia, Zhou Xiaocao, Aunt Cao's daughter-in-law upstairs, and Lin Chunhua all brought their children over.
"Auntie, it's like this. We don't want your eldest sister to go for a stroll downstairs after winter. She'll just stay at home anyway, so why not teach our children to read? They're so well behaved and not naughty at all." Chang Xia smiled shyly, stretched out her hand to push her son forward, looked at Lu's mother and said with a smile
"Sister-in-law, didn't I tell you? My belly is getting bigger and bigger, and I can't raise a child at all. Why did you come to ask?" Lu Qingyan heard this in the house, and walked over slowly, holding her belly, frowning at the people at the door and asked
"Big sister, I've been thinking that it's boring for you to stay at home, so why not let the children come over to play with you and teach them a few words? Isn't that great?" Chang Xia was not unhappy when she was rejected. Instead, she showed an expression that said, "I'm doing this for your own good."
"No, I have my parents at home with me, it's fine, I don't need so many children. The house is a bit dirty today, so I won't invite you sisters-in-law to come in and sit down." Lu Qingyan shook her head and said no, and asked her mother to go back to the house to clean up.
"Big sister, you are the only educated person in this army. Moreover, you are the wife of the battalion commander. How come you don't have any sense of dedication to take the lead?" Chang Xia saw that Lu Qingyan said so decisively, so she criticized her seriously, asking Lu Qingyan to have a sense of dedication and not to do those capitalist things every day.