From primary school textbooks to junior high school textbooks, the siblings learned quite easily,
Even if they found it difficult..,
It was only during the Chinese New Year that Xue Huahua took over classes for ten days,
Xue Huahua read the examples according to the textbooks. Most of the content was up to them to digest on their own. Those who digested quickly helped those who digested slowly. The progress of Xue Huahua's lectures was very fast,
However, the siblings spent a lot of time discussing before they could keep up with Xue Huahua's pace.
From the high school textbooks,
All kinds of problems came at them,
Even if the after-class questions were listed according to the steps, the answers were very likely to be wrong,
Some of the questions confused Luo Mengying and Li Xuemei,
They had to discuss with the people in the educated youth room before they could be sure of the answer.
The people in the educated youth room were all intellectuals. In the past, they had a sense of superiority in the team, but now, they felt very frustrated,
Among them, not many had finished high school, and even fewer had excellent grades,
At first, Luo Mengying and the others came to the educated youth room with the questions,
All of them were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood,
You said your algorithm,
I said my steps,
You must calculate the correct answer.
But..,
It was a little annoying after too many times,
It was not that the questions were strange, but that they did not know how to do it themselves. They seemed to understand, but also seemed to not understand. The feeling of ambiguity was about to drive them crazy.
He remembered that when Lu Dewen and the others began to eliminate illiteracy, the siblings would immediately ask the nearby educated youth when they encountered something they did not understand. The educated youth would tell them everything they knew. However, since late April, the people in the educated youth room had intentionally or unintentionally avoided the siblings. Lu Mingwen found two educated youth in a row to ask questions, but the other party changed the topic. He vaguely sensed something and returned to his seat to mutter to Lu Mingwen, who was pulling weeds, "The educated youth don't seem to care about me. Jianxun, did I offend them?"
At the beginning of the month, Lu Jianguo brought some people to the commune to carry piglets. After the commune cadres spoke highly of the performance of the Yan'an Village Production Team last year, they added two more pigs to last year's seven pigs, a total of nine pigs. They threatened to transport them to the provincial capital, encouraging Lu Jianguo to work hard. If the pigs were raised well, the advanced production team leader would still be his. In the past, the selection of the advanced production team leader was based on the comprehensive level of all aspects. This year, the cadres directly said that only pigs would be the object of evaluation. Lu Jianguo was overjoyed. After returning, he held a meeting at the pig farm to continue expanding the pig farm and choose a diligent female comrade to help in the pig farm.
This excited the people in the team. The work on the pig farm was easy. They did not have to endure the sun and rain, and they could earn work points in the twelfth month. Which female comrade would not like it? Especially the female "educated youth", they were more or less tempted. The newly arrived "educated youth" disliked the smell of the pig farm and were not willing to work. However, there were many female "educated youth" who were willing to work. They all ran home to ask Xue Huahua for help.
Some gave books, some gave sweets, and some even gave money. All the female comrades in the production team suddenly became active. They surrounded Xue Huahua, which seriously disturbed their work and rest. Coincidentally, the siblings had entered a period of study and became a little impetuous when listening to classes and doing homework. Coupled with the noisy voices of the "educated youth", sometimes they could not calm down, so he shouted a few words. After shouting, he regretted it. Why did he blame the female "educated youth" for his poor condition? After that, he apologized to them. However, looking at the faces of the "educated youth", it seemed that they were very unhappy.
No wonder they did not respond to his questions and were still angry.
Lu Jianxun glanced at the two "educated youth" not far away. The two "educated youth" lowered their heads and whispered something. He comforted Lu Mingwen. "It has nothing to do with you. They clearly saw us doing our homework, but they still deliberately raised their voices. You are just feeling sorry for us. Even if you do not get angry, Big Brother will." Lu Jianxun encouraged Lu Mingwen. "You did the right thing. You stood up for us. Your little brother is grateful."
After saying that, he cupped his hands and bowed like an antique in classical literature. Lu Mingwen was amused and slapped his hands away. "Alright, alright. Are you laughing at me? If they don't tell me, I'll ask the other educated youths." Lu Mingwen raised his head and looked around. In the green wheat field, the male educated youth seemed to have sensed something. He deliberately turned his body and pointed his butt at them.
Lu Mingwen paused, but he still wanted to walk in that direction. Lu Jianxun pulled him back. "Looking at their hiding posture, they do not know the answer. Let's ask Luo Zhiqing after work."
This year, Luo Mengying's place in the University of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers was in the bag. As long as there was a place in Fenggu Township, Luo Mengying would definitely get one. Therefore, even if she taught them, Luo Mengying would not be teaching them for long. Last year, after work, she went home to listen to Xue Huahua. This year, Luo Mengying insisted on teaching them by herself. After work, she would go to the pig farm to study for one hour, half an hour of mathematics, half an hour of geography, or half an hour of language and half an hour of history. She had two classes every day. She was very busy.
"If we ask Luo Zhiqing, it will waste time and affect the class." Lu Mingwen was worried. Luo Mengying would return to the city in August at the latest. She had barely finished her first year of high school. If they dilly-dallied in the middle of the class and delayed her time, what if she could not finish the class?
Lu Jianxun rolled his eyes. "Who said that we will ask her in class? When she finishes, we can ask her questions. She can tell us the answer tomorrow. There is no need to rush."
Lu Mingwen was enlightened. "You are right. Let's write down the questions and ask them after class."
The weather in April was gradually getting warmer. There were people working everywhere in the field. The brothers gathered together and no longer examined the complicated mathematics questions. They were more inclined to memorize the language and history subjects. The difficult part of the language was still the appreciation of classical Chinese and poetry. Of course, after the addition of the sentence structure analysis of the language, almost all of Lu Mingwen and the others were sober. There were all kinds of sentences with different structures. They never knew that they had to follow the order of a sentence. Moreover, spoken language was very different from written language. Lu Mingwen squatted and moved two steps forward. He sighed. "Language is already so difficult. How difficult do you think the mathematics in Grade Two will be?"
He flipped through the mathematics book for Grade Two. It was filled with diagrams and steps. He could not even understand some of them. He was afraid that he would fail the literacy test.
Lu Jianxun threw the uprooted weeds into the basket behind him and said nonchalantly, "No matter how difficult it is, it won't be difficult if we learn it. Didn't you see Luo Zhiqing's Russian book? That's the difficult part. I can't even recognize a single word. No matter how difficult mathematics is, at least you can recognize symbols, numbers, and words. Luo Mengying brought a lot of test papers and books back to the production team. There were two Russian books among them. He flipped through them and felt dizzy. It was too difficult.
Luckily, Xue Huahua was not interested in them, or else he would be sad. Compared to Russian, mathematics was nothing.
Lu Mingwen thought about it and agreed. "In that case, I still prefer mathematics." After pulling up the weeds in the field, the two hurried to work in the field. This year's rain was good, and the weeds in the field had grown crazily. Other than when it rained, they worked almost all day. When Lu Mingwen and the rest arrived at the field, it was bustling. This year, there were more female educated youths assigned to the production team, and with more female educated youths, there were more infighting. Moreover, all of them were not afraid of trouble and often talked back to the older educated youths, making them angry.
Seeing the new educated youth standing up straight and getting angry at the older educated youth next to them, Lu Mingwen pulled Lu Jianxun and walked far away. "We better not provoke her. I heard from Uncle Jianguo that the educated youths are getting more and more difficult to manage. I want our mother to scare them." The atmosphere in the educated youth's room was especially bad. They quarreled every two or three days over trivial matters. Who used too much water for bathing every day, who didn't fill up the water tank, who didn't go to the sink to wash clothes? These were trivial matters that could be tolerated. However, the newly arrived female educated youths gathered together to bully the older educated youths of the previous years. Their words were sarcastic and unkind, making the educated youth's room a foul atmosphere.
Even though Lu Mingwen and the others tried their best to avoid them, the new educated youth's voice still reached their ears. "Comrade Zhou Xu helped you carry water twice yesterday. If you want to date him, just say it. If you don't want to date him, don't ask for help. Is it very satisfying to keep him in suspense?"
Zhou Xu was an educated youth who came two years ago. Lu Jianxun remembered that he first learned Chinese from Zhou Xu. However, Zhou Xu was a dabbler. He only taught him one, two, three, and made him lose face in front of Xue Huahua. Later, when he came to the hospital to visit them for the exam, Zhou Xu tried to pass him the correct answers. Lu Jianxun would not fall for it again, so he did not care about what Zhou Xu said and wrote his own answers.
"Second Brother, Zhou Zhiqing seems to be dating Li Zhiqing, right?" Isn't it natural to work for your partner? Why is the new educated youth angrily questioning him?
The strange thing was that when Li Zhiqing didn't say anything, the new man's voice became even louder. Lu Jianxun couldn't take it anymore and raised his head to speak for Li Zhiqing. "The two of them are dating, so why are they talking to you? I say, comrade, why are you shouting instead of working hard?" Because there were many female educated youths this year, Lu Jianguo was afraid that there would be too many monks and not enough meat. So, he matchmade the members of the educated youth's room every day. The old educated youths more or less knew each other. Seeing that the new female educated youths had bad tempers, they put them together and got together as many as they could. Even the new male educated youths got together with the previous female educated youths.
Pairs came and went from the educated youth's room every day, which made the new female educated youths angry and angry. Lu Jianguo said that he did not do anything wrong. With their temper, if he did not hurry to get the educated youths together, there would be trouble in the future.
How could they wait for the future? Now there was trouble. If the new female educated youth took a fancy to a male educated youth who already had a partner, wouldn't they try to snatch him away?
After Lu Jianxun finished speaking, he lowered his head and said to Lu Mingwen, "If you want to date someone, why didn't you say so earlier? Now that the two of them are dating, you come and ruin their relationship. You are no different from Zhao Wubin. If you ask me, Uncle Jianguo should give them a moral lesson. If they are immoral, they will be hated wherever they go."
"Comrade Lu Jianxun, what are you talking about? You think you are great just because you have learned a few years of knowledge?" Liu Mengmeng put her hands on her hips and stared at Lu Jianxun with a livid face. "Why do you say that they are dating?"
"Why?" Lu Jianxun threw away the grass in his hand and pointed in a random direction. "Team Leader said that to promote harmony in the production team, Team Leader was the one who introduced them. Not to mention their partners, even the educated youth's partners were all reported to Team Leader. Our village is not like the city where there is a lot of emphasis on free love. When we get married, we need someone to introduce us. When in Rome, do as the Romans do, right? Don't glare at me. If you break someone's relationship, you will be despised. Have you heard of Educated Youth Zhao Wubin from the Sunjiacun Production Team?
He snatched someone else's wife, and that's why he ended up like this. "Zhao Wubin's deeds were being talked about by the entire production team. He wanted to live a good life with his in-laws, but his luck was not good. After the Sun family's food was stolen, they blackmailed others to take some back, but it was still not enough. His two brothers-in-law cut off all ties with him and refused to help. After the Sun family's food payment last year, there was almost nothing left. Every day, they had to rob Peter to pay Paul. Perhaps they could not take it anymore, and Zhao Wubin would often beat his wife, even his daughter who was only a few months old. Last year, after the Lu family's incident, all the production team leaders went to each family to warn them not to beat their wives. Under such circumstances, Zhao Wubin still did not know how to restrain himself. The Sun family's production team leader brought Zhao Wubin to the commune, and the commune applied to the county leaders, and Zhao Wubin was sent to a farm in the west.
His location was even more remote than Li Xuemei's grandfather's farm, and it was even more difficult. It was said that in the future, even if the educated youth could return to the city, with Zhao Wubin's situation, no work unit would be willing to accept him. Zhao Wubin was finished.
Of course, Liu Mengmeng knew about Zhao Wubin's fate. When she came to the production team, Zhao Wubin had just left, and everyone was talking about Zhao Wubin. She felt that Zhao Wubin was not worthy of sympathy. She was blind to marry a farmer, and it was only a matter of time before she would be dragged down with him. Even if she was desperate, she would not just randomly marry someone.
Moreover, happiness was something that she had to fight for. Zhou Zhiqing was not married, so what if she fought for her own happiness?
Lu Jianxun saw that Liu Mengmeng was not afraid of boiling water, and he did not want to talk to her anymore. He simply said, "If you want to ruin their relationship, be careful that the team leader will hand you over to the commune and send you to the farm in the west. First come, first served, do you understand? You are from the city, and you don't even have the slightest sense of shame."
Perhaps due to Sun Baoqin's provocation, Lu Jianxun hated people who ruined other people's relationships. It was not like all men in the world were dead, so why did they have to target other people's? So what if they were from the city? Shameless.
Lu Mingwen pulled him back, "Stop talking and get to work. We still have a lot of content to memorize."
Lu Jianxun nodded and continued to answer Lu Mingwen's questions about history, ignoring Liu Mengmeng.
Seeing Lu Jianxun's face change so quickly, Liu Mengmeng was so angry that her lungs were about to explode. She came from a well-to-do family and was used to living a comfortable life. This was the first time she was so angry that she was speechless. She stood there and sulked for a while, then bent down to work, wiping her tears as she pulled the weeds, as if she had been wronged. The people in the field heard her sobbing and couldn't bear to be angry. They comforted her, "Jianxun is a straightforward person. You don't have to be angry at what he said. We don't know about Zhou Zhiqing's situation, but you can't do things that ruin their relationship." The person who spoke was a woman in her fifties. She more or less still had the old feudal superstitions in her heart. She had done bad things and suffered from retribution. Liu Mengmeng was so young that she didn't have to do this kind of sin.
Hearing the criticism around her, Liu Mengmeng felt even more wronged. She went back to the educated youth's room and locked herself in. The educated youth's room was expanded, and the men and women cooked and ate separately. Only a few married couples would sit at the same table, and the rest of the couples would occasionally sit together and chat. Most of the time, they did their own things.
As for Liu Mengmeng, the people in the educated youth's room saw it, but they didn't say anything. Lu Jianguo went to the commune every month to study, and he attached great importance to relationships between men and women. Whoever was caught having a relationship with a man and a woman would probably have a miserable ending. As for whom Zhou Xu liked, the people in the educated youth's room roughly understood. Two women were jealous of each other, and it was fake that they were unhappy. While they were happy, they would naturally choose a gentle, considerate, and good at work. In this aspect, Liu Mengmeng was far inferior. It was impossible for Zhou Xu to choose her.
Therefore, the educated youth were not afraid that Zhou Xu and Liu Mengmeng would do something shameful. They all shouted at Zhou Xu to call Liu Mengmeng out for dinner.
As the saying goes, "Onlookers don't mind if things get out of hand". After work, the educated youth's room was the busiest. Except for a few people, most of them had a partner, so they didn't have to worry about jokes. Occasionally, they would even say a few dirty jokes. They thought it was harmless, but in Lu Jianguo's ears, it was not the case.
Last year, after Fenggu Township's cadres underwent a major change, a new official took over the post, and paid special attention to the production team's style. After the Lu family's daughter-in-law ran away, the commune's cadres specifically talked to Jian She and told him to pay more attention to the villagers' thinking and style. An excellent and advanced production team should not only show outstanding results, but also reflect the villagers' thinking and style. These simple words made him feel ashamed. He secretly made up his mind to pay attention to the production team's style, but he didn't expect that before the villagers caused him any trouble, the educated youth's room would be in chaos.
Seeing Lu Jianguo appear outside the courtyard dam, the educated youths instantly shut their mouths, especially those who came last year. They were afraid of this serious production team leader. According to the older educated youths, the team leader used to be very amiable and approachable, but after a few major events happened one after another, his personality changed. In the entire production team, the only people who could make the team leader smile and talk to were the women who raised pigs in the pig farm.
And among those few people, there was a person who was not even afraid of thieves. Comrade Liang Lanfen, who returned to the city, had suffered at her hands. She wrote a confession letter to the newly arrived educated youth not long ago … "What's wrong?
Aren't you tired after a day of work? You still have the energy to make a fuss? Okay, in that case, from tomorrow onwards, after work, you will have moral education classes. It won't be long, just half an hour will be enough. Pick someone with a high education to teach you. If there isn't one, I will teach you. " In the past, Lu Jianguo always felt a little inferior in front of the educated youth. He was afraid that they would dislike the poor environment of the production team and look down on him, who only had a primary school education. As a result, whenever the educated youth needed help, he would try his best to help them, and if he couldn't, he would find someone else to help.
For example, when it came to building the educated youth's houses, he would teach them how to sow seeds, fertilize, and pull weeds. When it rained, the educated youth had no rain boots, so he would help them weave straw sandals. When the educated youth had to go to the commune to send letters and receive parcels, he would do all the work for those who didn't want to go. Now that he thought about it, why would he feel inferior? He was the leader of the production team, elected by the villagers and recognized by the commune's cadres. When they came to his territory, they had to listen to him. He was the leader of the production team, not the educated youth's mother. It was his duty not to help them. The better he treated them, the worse they would become.
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire educated youth's house fell silent. When this class started, the educated youth would probably lose their face.
Lu Jianguo coldly glanced at everyone's faces. He knew what they were thinking and said in an unquestionable tone, "There's nothing to be ashamed of. You are the leader with the highest education level. With you leading the learning, the rest of the team will have the motivation to learn. From illiterate to being able to write their own names, it's all thanks to you."
The ideological and moral class was advocated by the commune's cadres. He was still thinking about how to persuade the villagers to take time out to learn. With the educated youth taking the lead, the rest was much more logical.
After this, Lu Jianguo asked Zhou Xu and Liu Mengmeng what happened. Zhou Xu hurriedly denied that he had anything to do with Liu Mengmeng. He didn't dare to let Lu Jianguo misunderstand. He didn't say much to Liu Mengmeng. The words that he said he liked her were from Liu Mengmeng. Lu Jianguo looked at the female educated youth's room, as if he was searching for Liu Mengmeng's room. After a moment, he said with a serious face, "You know the situation in the city. Fenggu Township is remote. Many documents and orders can't be sent here. However, the commune's cadres have clearly instructed that anyone who wants to have sex with a man and a woman should be sent to the farms in the west without hesitation. I don't care what happened before, but in the future … tighten your belt …"
When the male educated youth heard the last sentence, they couldn't help but blush, especially those who had experienced it before. Their faces turned red, then white, then green. It was very interesting.
Lu Jianguo said a few words and left. Sometimes, it was better to warn the male educated youth than the female educated youth. Women were easily swayed by their emotions. If the men could control themselves, they wouldn't be afraid of the female educated youth messing around.
Under Lu Jianguo's supervision, the educated youth began to learn about ideological and moral education. After work, half an hour of literacy and half an hour of learning. Since they wouldn't disturb Xue Huahua and the others at the pig farm, they moved the literacy site to the yard outside the storage room. It was called ideological and moral education, but it was basically teaching everyone what they could do, what they couldn't do, and what they should do more.
For the first two days, Lu Jianguo taught everyone. His words were humorous and witty, and the examples he gave were also funny, which made everyone laugh. The sound spread to the pig farm, and Lu Jianguun, who was listening to the class, was interrupted. He unconsciously said, "Second brother, what do you think is so funny?"
Before the last word fell, he was hit on the top of his head twice. "If you have time to care about others, why don't you check yesterday's homework? I think you are getting lazier and lazier. I guess you can't do it even if Xixi knows it."
Lu Jianguun hurriedly stood up straight and stared at the wooden board. The wooden board had been used for a long time, and the color looked very old. When Li Xuemei wrote a little faster, it would slip, so the color of some characters was not the same. They were learning the martial art of the candle, and they were tired together, so they didn't hurt each other …
Classical Chinese was long and difficult. It took two hours to finish a text, and after that, they had to remember the key points. It was too difficult.
But Li Xuemei was very serious. There were some high school textbooks that Li Xuemei didn't know. Whenever she encountered something that she couldn't explain, she would mark it down and discuss with Luo Mengying. Luo Mengying was not good at Chinese, so she wrote letters to her grandfather at the farm. Almost every half a month, there would be letters from the farm. Of course, other than letters, there were also many questions. Why Lu Mingwen's confidence was hit? It was all because of those questions.
Just dealing with the papers and homework brought by Luo Mengying was enough to annoy them. Coupled with the questions from the farm, Lu Mingwen really felt that his brain was not enough. Even Lu Hongying, who was good at Chinese, didn't speak much.
Thinking that there was going to be an exam soon, the siblings felt a lot of pressure. They listened attentively to Li Xuemei's lecture and made notes in their notebooks. Since high school, the number of notebooks and pens they used had increased significantly compared to last year. Just this month, they had used up several notebooks. Before learning classical Chinese, Xue Huahua asked them to copy the classical Chinese on their notebooks first. When Li Xuemei translated, they made notes on the important parts so that they could read it themselves at home. Everyone looked at their own notebooks, and then they exchanged notes to check if there was anything they missed.
According to their intention, the translation of classical Chinese should all be written on the side, but Xue Huahua didn't allow it. She said that if they wrote whatever Li Xuemei read, they would miss the important parts. High school textbooks were long, and they shouldn't memorize everything in their head like primary and junior high school. They should memorize selectively, whether it was Chinese or Mathematics, memorize the key points, and then draw out other knowledge points from the key points.
When Xue Huahua saw the siblings were well-behaved, she went to the side to play with Xixi and the rest. Li Xuemei's son was more than one year old, and he couldn't walk steadily. Xixi was sensible and didn't bully him. Dong Dong was naughty. Xiao Ming was playing by himself. He would pat Xiao Ming a few times and push Xiao Ming a few times. He would only be happy when Xiao Ming cried at the top of his voice.
Seeing that Dong Dong stretched out his hand to pat Xiao Ming's face again, Xue Huahua scolded, "Dong Dong, what are you doing? If you bully Brother Xiao Ming again, I will hit you." While speaking, Dong Dong stretched out his hand to slap Xiao Ming's face. Xiao Ming, who was playing with the wooden pieces, trembled and pouted. He looked like he was about to cry. Xue Huahua carried him and spread out Dong Dong's face. She patted him twice. "Xiao Ming, don't cry. Grandma Xue hit Brother Dong. Brother Dong Dong was disobedient, so he deserved to be hit."
Xiao Ming stopped crying when he saw Dong Dong was crying at the top of his voice. He picked up the wooden pieces on the ground. They were small and were not much bigger than mahjong tiles. Xue Huahua had hired a carpenter to saw them. There were about a hundred of them in the house. There were Chinese characters and Pinyin. Xixi could read and write all of Pinyin. He was learning Chinese characters now and brought them to the pig farm every day. Not only could he learn Chinese characters, but he could also add and subtract. It was very convenient.
After crying twice, Dong Dong squinted his eyes. Seeing that his grandma was ignoring him, he raised the wooden pieces in his hand. "Dong, Dong as in Dong."
Xue Huahua nodded. "Yes, Dong as in Dong. Your name and your brother's name add up to Dong."
Dong Dong did not understand the deeper meaning, but he understood that she was referring to him and his brother. He passed the wooden pieces to Xixi. "Brother, brother …"
Xiao Ming followed and called him brother, but he could not say it clearly. If it were others, they would not know what he was saying. Only those who were with him every day understood. Xixi raised his head and patted the place beside him. "Xiao Ming, come. Brother will teach you how to read. Dad's Dad, Dad, Dad. Where is Xiao Ming's father?"
Xiaoming pointed outside and said, "Ah, ah."
Seeing that the two were ignoring him, Dong Dong was anxious. He moved his butt to Xixi's side and shook the wooden pieces in his hand. "Yue, Yue as in Yue, Yue as in Yue." Xue Huahua could not help but laugh at his jealous expression. Xiao Ming struggled to get down from her arms. Xue Huahua warned Dong Dong. "If you hit Xiao Ming again, your Fifth Uncle will beat you up."
Dong Dong tilted his head and looked outside nervously. He shook his head like a rattle. Xue Huahua pulled a stool and sat down. She taught them how to read the words on the wooden pieces. Her voice was very soft. Xiao Ming could not speak, so he just nodded. Dong Dong was very exaggerated. He opened his mouth wide and shouted with a voice that was comparable to wailing, "Tian, Tian as in Tian, Tian as in Tian …"
Xiao Ming was so scared that he shivered and almost fell back. He turned his head and saw that it was Dong Dong. Then he steadied his body and got used to the sound.
As Li Xuemei finished translating the last sentence of the classical Chinese on the wooden board, Lu Jianxun hurriedly put away the pen and picked his ear. "Mom, can you ask Dong Dong to keep his voice down? I am so scared that I poked the paper." Among the two nephews, Xixi was more like their family. He ate less, was smart, and was polite, unlike Dong Dong who would shout at the top of his voice. If no one paid attention to him, he would pretend to cry. If he pretended to cry and no one paid attention to him, he would immediately shut up and do what he should do. He was so scheming that no one knew who he was like.
Lu Hongying said that Dong Dong was smart, but Lu Jianxun didn't think so. Maybe he was like the Zhao family, who would do anything for food. If Dong Dong grew up to be like that, the whole family would suffer.
Hearing Lu Jianxun complaining about him, Dong Dong picked up the card on the ground and pointed at the words on it for Lu Jianxun to read, "Wen, Wen as in article, Wen as in composition."
Seeing this, Lu Jianxun didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He sighed and said, "Dong Dong, don't be like your grandfather. We all work to eat and live a down-to-earth life. If you are like them, I will throw you out of the house." With Dong Dong's temper, if he wasn't disciplined, he would easily go astray in the future. His words to Lu Dewen provoked Lu Dewen to tease him, "A few years ago, I thought you would go astray. Aren't you doing well? Have you finished your notes? Go home after you're done."
Lu Jianxun clicked his tongue and said, "Big Brother, if you don't believe me, you will regret it in the future."
He finally understood what the educated youth meant when they said they were getting worse every year. Just looking at his two nephews and Xiao Ming, he felt that one was better than the other. He didn't know what they would be like when they grew up. He then said to Li Xuemei, "Sister-in-law Xuemei, your Xiao Ming needs to be taught well too. Otherwise, if he is with Dong Dong in the future, no one will be able to control him." Although Xiao Ming looked fair and chubby, he was more cunning than Lu Jianxun. Yesterday, Liu Yunfang brought three sweet potatoes from home to roast. He said he wanted to eat them, but Xiao Ming didn't let him into the kitchen. When he saw Lu Jianxun enter the kitchen, he cried and pushed him out. At first, Lu Jianxun didn't understand what was going on. It was only after Liu Yunfang explained that he understood.
A child who wasn't even one year old already understood this. Thinking back to when he was one and a half years old, he heard Lu Dewen say that he was grabbing mud and stuffing it into his mouth … Forget it, there was no point in comparing people!
Li Xuemei packed up the textbooks and patted the chalk dust off her clothes. She bent down to pick up Xiao Ming and said with a smile, "Your Fourth Uncle is worried that you will grow crooked. If you follow your Brother Dong Dong, you will have meat to eat in the future."
Xue Huahua asked Xixi to pack up the wood pieces and prepare to go home. Xixi obediently picked them up, but Dong Dong deliberately made trouble. There was a small basket for Xixi to carry the wood pieces. Xixi picked up two pieces, and Dong Dong picked up the ones inside. Lu Jianxun facepalmed, "Big Brother, Big Brother, look, it's starting again. Who does Dong Dong look like?" Xixi was very patient. He didn't get angry when the wood pieces were picked up. He picked up the basket, tiptoed, and lifted the basket above his head to push it on the table. Then, he focused on picking up the wood pieces and put them on the table. When he was done, he stretched out his hand and asked Lu Dewen to carry him to the table and put all the wood pieces on the table into the basket.
Lu Jianxun hugged Xixi and kissed him twice. "Where is Xixi, Fourth Uncle's good nephew? Fourth Uncle likes you. Fourth Uncle likes you. When Fourth Uncle has money, I will buy you sweets."
To a child, sweets were the most precious thing. Dong Dong quickly stretched out his hands and placed them on Lu Jianxun's legs. "Fourth Uncle, Fourth Uncle, hug me. Hug me."
"You are not obedient. Fourth Uncle doesn't like you." He still liked the obedient and sensible Xixi. When he had money to eliminate illiteracy, he would buy some sweets for Xixi. Speaking of which, as an uncle, he had never given anything to Xixi before. He thought for a while and said, "Xixi, do you want to sleep next to Fourth Uncle at night?" For the time being, he could not bring out material things, but he had a way to do it mentally. If Xixi slept next to him, he could teach Xixi how to read and write.
His mother said that she would send Xixi to school in the second half of the year. With his standards, it should not be a problem for him to train Xixi to be the top student.
Thinking of this, he did not ask Xixi and directly said to Xue Huahua, "Mom, let Xixi sleep with me and Second Brother tonight."
Xue Huahua did not know what he was thinking, but both of them were asleep. What if Xixi rolled under the bed? "How about the second half of the year? We will make another bed in your room and Xixi will sleep with you."
Lu Jianxun felt that it was feasible. He carried Xixi and walked out, leaving Dong Dong sitting on the floor moaning. "Fourth Uncle, Fourth Uncle, hug me. Hug me." His voice was shrill and shrill, and Lu Dewen's ears rang for a few seconds. He bent down to carry him and put him on his back. "Daddy will piggyback you."
Dong Dong was still moaning. When he saw that Lu Jianxun did not respond, he burped and pointed to the storage room, wanting to play there. Lu Dewen did not let him. "It's dark. Let's go home."
The sky was dark, and only vague figures could be seen. The study in the storage room had ended, and many people came out. Everyone was carrying baskets and stools. Lu Dewen greeted them and called Xue Huahua and the rest to go home. He and Lu Jianxun walked in front. When they got home, Lu Hongying went to the kitchen to cook, and they tidied the grass in the yard. Xue Huahua washed the wild vegetables that Lu Hongying dug up during the day. The weather was not hot, and their family still maintained the habit of cooking in winter. They cooked more in the morning and ate cold food at noon and at night. Xue Huahua squatted outside the yard, washing the wild vegetables while discussing with Lu Dewen about the private plot. "We did not plant vegetables in the past years, and we relied on Hongying to find them. This year, let's plant some ourselves. What do you think?"
Even if Xue Huahua had an idea, she would still ask Lu Dewen and the rest for their opinion. It was not a hypocritical question, but a question that she did not consider properly.
"Sure. Mum's cooking is delicious. How about we eat it every month for our exams?" Before Lu Dewen said anything, Lu Jianxun said it first. Cooking was a waste of oil. Other than the monthly exams, they did not use oil much at home. There was still a lot of lard and chicken oil left from last year. It should be fine to cook two more dishes every month.
Lu Dewen's eyes lit up, but he hesitated. "Will it be too wasteful?" There were not many people in the production team who grew vegetables. There was not enough food to eat, and there was no space to grow vegetables. If the pests in the vegetables harmed the crops, it would not be worth it.
"It's not wasteful. You all studied hard. Let's eat stir-fried vegetables and steamed eggs every month." At home, they could pick up three eggs every day. If they were to steam eggs, five or six would be enough to steam a full bowl. It was not a problem.
Lu Jianxun was so happy that he almost jumped up. "Okay, listen to mum. Whatever mum says." Listening to his mum was the way to live a good life.
"But …" Xue Huahua changed the topic. "After eating, you have to keep up with your studies. These few days, we saw you all doing your homework absent-mindedly. What's wrong? Do you have no motivation? You don't want your money anymore?"
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