Chapter 490: Passing
After washing up, Qiao Mo went to bed for a nap, while Kang Mingyuan went to the main house. Together with Kang Zhiyuan, they drove to the military compound to deliver some supplies to Ji Ying: because of what happened when Qiao Mo and his friends got married, the old lady had banned her from coming to the old house, so it was impossible for her to come over.
Others may ignore her, but Kang Zhiyuan and his brothers, as her sons, cannot ignore her. Therefore, they would go to see her every once in a while and give her some supplies. As for money, they would not give her any: the support Kang Weimin gave her was enough for her to live on. Any more money would go into the pockets of Ji's family, which would be aiding the enemy.
After Qiao Mo woke up from his nap, Kang Mingyuan and the others had not returned yet, so Wang Meilan went into the kitchen to prepare dinner with Mrs. Wu. Although she wanted to help, the old lady insisted on not letting her into the kitchen. So, with nothing to do, she could only take Xiaojun and Xiaoliang back into the house, gave Xiaoliang a set of building blocks for him to play with, and she gave Xiaojun an English enlightenment: teaching him the twenty letters of the alphabet.
Xiaojun studied very hard and learned all 20 letters of the alphabet after an hour, but he was still not familiar with them.
After resting for ten minutes, Qiao Mo taught him the alphabet song from his previous life's elementary school textbook, and asked him to write the letters twice.
"Xiaojun, that's all we'll learn today. When you have time, you can familiarize yourself with it and try to memorize all the letters as soon as possible. Remember, don't confuse the letters with Chinese pinyin." Qiao Mo instructed.
"Yes, don't worry, aunt." Xiaojun nodded seriously. Today he realized that English letters and Chinese pinyin look exactly the same, but the pronunciation is different.
"Go play with Xiaoliang."
"Goodbye, auntie." Xiaojun closed the book happily and ran out with Xiaoliang.
"He's just a child." Qiao Mo shook his head with amusement, put away Xiaojun's books and pencils, stood up and moved around for more than ten minutes, then sat down and took out paper and pen to start translating.
When Qiao Mo looked up, it was already dusk. Qiao Mo packed up the things on the table and went to the main house.
At this time, Kang Mingyuan, Kang Zhiyuan, Wang Meilan and Mrs. Wu were cooking dinner in the kitchen. Kang Weimin was playing mahjong with the old man and the old lady in the main room, while Xiaojun and Xiaoliang were playing around nearby.
"Aunt, Aunt." Xiaojun and Xiaoliang saw Qiao Mo and ran towards her with their short legs. Each of them took her hand and walked towards the main hall. "Aunt, Grandpa bought a lot of water chestnuts today. Let's go eat some."
"Okay." Qiao Mo led them into the main room and saw that the tray contained not only oranges and grapefruits produced in the yard, but also apples, navel oranges and candied mandarin oranges.
"Momo, come and sit down." The old lady saw Qiao Mo and waved to her.
"Grandma, who won?" Qiao Mo asked after looking at the dimes in front of them.
"Of course it's me, your grandma. I won two dollars this afternoon." The old lady said proudly.
"Congratulations, grandma. Today is the last day of this year. Grandma won the money, which can be regarded as a perfect end to this year." Qiao Mo said with a smile.
"Momo is right. My family is complete today. Next year, Momo will give me a great-grandson or great-granddaughter, which will be another complete family." The old lady looked at Qiao Mo's bulging belly and said happily, "Momo, try that candied orange."
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