While the two children were crying, Han’s second daughter-in-law happened to be coming in from outside, when she saw her Xiaolei crying, her heart ached. She hurriedly ran up to hug him and coaxed him, “What’s wrong?”
When Xiao Lei saw his mother coming, he complained: “Mom, my grandma doesn’t give me delicious food, she is stingy!”
Han Lao’s second daughter-in-law has always regarded her only son as her darling and could not bear to let him suffer the slightest injustice. After hearing what he said, she looked at Mrs. Han and said, “Mom, son is still young and ignorant, but how can you, a grandma, bear it. It’s just a little food, why are you stingy.”
Does it mean that as a grandmother, she is reluctant to give food to her grandson? Old Mrs. Han was so angry at her words that she didn’t bother to explain, and said angrily: “Okay, okay, I have fed so many good things to the your sons before. I can see clearly now, you guys, eat what I have. If one day I don’t do what you want, it’s all my fault. From now on, I won’t be a good person anymore. You all should stay away from me. Don’t ask me for food anymore. Whoever is looking for me? I won’t give it to you either!”
Han’s second daughter-in-law’s eyes flashed, and she couldn’t bear to part with her immediately. The old lady had money in her hands and often made delicious food. The food was much better than at their home, and the children could eat delicious food as soon as they came. Yes, it saved her a lot of money. If the old lady is really angry and doesn’t feed the child, then it won’t be a loss.
“Mom, look at what you said, I didn’t mean it. You know children are not sensible, so don’t argue with them.”
Old Mrs. Han didn’t take her advice and waved her hand in disgust, “Go, go, go. Get out of here and don’t come here again. I’ll hit anyone who comes again! Don’t think that old lady can’t be cruel.”
Han’s second daughter-in-law didn’t know what else to say for a moment. She was driven away by the old lady and had to walk away in despair, thinking to wait until the old lady’s anger subsided before letting the child come over. As a grandmother, she wouldn’t be so hard hearted to let her grandson go.
After they left, Mrs. Han sighed fiercely, “These two boys were spoiled by their mothers, look what they have become now! They don’t like to be clean at all, and they know how to ask others for things at such a young age, it’s all because adults didn’t teach them well.”
Su Yue also felt that the two boys at home were in great need of discipline, but she was not their biological mother and had no right to discipline them, so she could only say: “When they are older, send them to school. Maybe it would be better to let the teachers take care of it.”
Old Mrs. Han shook her head again after hearing this. “The schools now are just decorations. The teachers don’t teach serious things. The children go to school just to mess around and follow them in the morning. The teacher only recite the chinese quotations and go home to work in the afternoon. So It’s better to be at home.”
Su Yue was helpless when she thought about the current situation of the school at this time and asked: “So Aimin and Hehua have never been to school since they are so old ?”
Old Mrs. Han nodded, “Not many in the village let their children go to school. Our brigade’s primary school only has a few children in total.”
Su Yue frowned slightly, “But if you don’t go to school, wouldn’t you be blind? What should they do if they can’t even recognize the words and don’t know basic arithmetic?”
Old Mrs. Han didn’t know how to answer this question, “Now School is different from before. Now the teachers don’t teach these things when we go to school. The children in our team have been going to school for several years and still can’t write their own names. I really hope Aimin and the others can read, so they won’t suffer the consequences of being illiterate when they go out in the future. But the teachers at school can’t teach them much, and even the teachers themselves may not know many words.”
Su Yue: “I think Aimin’s arithmetic is pretty good. Even during selling cakes he doesn’t miss a count ”
Mrs. Han: “Arithmetic was taught to him by his elder brother in private.”
“Aiguo? ” Su Yue was surprised, “He knows this?”
Mrs. Han said: ” When Aiguo was a child, his father was still here. His father had gone to school to learn these things before, so he taught him step by step. His father taught him the basics, but when I gave birth to his second child, your father He fell ill, so the second, third, and fourth children didn’t learn anything and didn’t understand it. ”
” When Ai Guo was a child, he wanted to teach his younger brothers, but the second and third eldest brothers didn’t like to learn. When it came to studying, they would try their best to run away. Later, they didn’t learn anything. The fourth brother was willing to learn, but his eldest brother went to the army and didn’t have time to come back, so he only learned a little about accounting, but he didn’t have time to learn Chinese characters. ”
Su Yue understood, and couldn’t help but frown and ponder for a moment, and then said: “Mom, it’s okay if you don’t know how to read and write. I think Aimin’s future will be good. We can’t let him be illiterate and if he want to deal with people outside, it is absolutely impossible to be illiterate, and you will not know if you are cheated. So he still have to go to school and learn to read.”
Mrs. Han hesitated, ” Then, you mean to let Aimin go to school?” ”
Su Yue thought for a while, Han Aimin is twelve years old now, and will be thirteen years old soon after the New Year. It is not possible to start from the first grade of elementary school at this age. Instead, he can jump directly to the fifth grade of elementary school, and then After getting the primary school diploma, you can go directly to the commune’s junior high school. The commune’s junior high school is always better than the brigade school, and you can always learn some real knowledge.
But if you want to jump directly to fifth grade, you must have a certain knowledge reserve.
Su Yue thought for a long time and then said: “Mom, I am free at home now. I can teach Aimin first. When Aimin learns it, I will see if I can go to the principal of the school and discuss with him to let Aimin go directly to fifth grade, graduate from elementary school after one year of study, and then go to junior high school for higher knowledge. At the very least, he will still graduate from junior high school. ”
At this time, people study less, especially those in the countryside. They think that graduating from junior high school is a big deal. Mrs. Han also thinks so. She was very happy when she heard that her fourth child could graduate from junior high school, but she was a little hesitant, “Just go to fifth grade directly, can the principal agree? ”
Su Yue: “As long as Aimin studies hard, there will be no problem. At worst, we will just ask the principal to take the test for Aimin.”
Mrs. Han knew that Su Yue was a literate person and was very convinced by her. She nodded immediately, “Okay, I’ll let Aimin learn from you. If the brat doesn’t learn from you, I’ll beat him.”
“Mom, who are you going to beat?” Han Aimin just ran in from outside, grabbed the teapot on the table and drank water.
Han Aiguo also came in behind him.
Su Yue: “You are back, lunch is ready. ”
Han Aiguo glanced at her, washed his hands, and then stood next to her.
As he sat down, his eyes wandered over her from time to time.
Su Yue pretended not to notice his gaze and said: “Mother and I are talking about letting the fourth child learn to read. I will teach him first. After he learns well, we will see if he can directly go to fifth grade and graduate from elementary school. Then go directly to the commune to attend junior high school.”
Han Aimin was stunned, “Huh? You want me to learn to read And go directly to the fifth grade?”
Han Aiguo nodded after hearing this, “Learning is a must. Do you want to be illiterate?”
Han Aimin scratched his head, “But I don’t know how, can I learn well?” In his heart, he didn’t want to be illiterate, but he was afraid that he would be too stupid to learn well.
Su Yue encouraged: “Learning is very simple, as long as you are serious, there will be no problem.”
After hearing this, Han Aimin immediately agreed, “Then I will study hard.”
Su Yue turned to Han Aiguo, “Then can you think of a way to help? Can you find a set of current primary school textbooks? I want to teach based on the textbooks.”
Han Aiguo: “No problem.”
Seeing that she had almost finished talking, Mrs. Han said, “Okay, okay, let’s eat. It’s noon now. The ramen made by Yueyue is delicious.”
Han Aiguo and Han Aimin were immediately diverted and looked straight into the pot.
There is no way, one can resist delicious food made by Su Yue.
When Han Aiguo took his first bite of ramen, he looked deeply at Su Yue, then lowered his head and ate bitterly.
Han Aimin expressed happiness: “Sister-in-law, my eldest brother is really great for marrying you back. From now on, I can eat your food every day. I am so happy~”
The whole family was attracted by his foodie and made them laugh.
After eating, Su Yue boiled Han Aiguo’s leg medicine in a medicine jar and brought it into the room for him to drink. While he was drinking the medicine, she rolled up his pants and looked at his legs. She was surprised to find that the injured leg has recovered a lot and is almost as thick as the other leg. Only the surface is still red and swollen.
Su Yue was happy, “I guess your leg will be completely healed in a few months.”
Han Aiguo looked at her with a gentle smile in his eyes. Because of her, his legs are in good condition.
Seeing that he had finished drinking the medicine, Su Yue said to him: “Lie down and rest for a while, and then go help in the afternoon. I’ll apply a layer of ointment on your legs.”
Han Aiguo then went to the bed and lay down obediently, quietly watched Su Yue apply the ointment to his leg bit by bit. It turns out that having a wife feels so good.
Su Yue remembered what the old lady had just said about the many scars on his body, and felt a little uneasy, so she said, “Take off your clothes.”
Han Aiguo opened his eyes slightly, “Take off your clothes?”
“Yeah. Ah, take it off and let me take a look.”
Han Aiguo’s throat rolled, and his eyes changed when he looked at Su Yue, “Yue’er, are you sure?”
Su Yue didn’t react at first, but as soon as she saw his hot gaze looking at her , he realized that this man was thinking wrongly, and slapped him in the face, “What are you thinking about! Bad guy! I just want to see the injuries on your body. Why are you thinking about other things!”
” Oh.” Han Aiguo blinked, but he was a little disappointed. He really thought she meant that.
Seeing that he was still disappointed, Su Yue was so angry that she slapped him again. As expected, no matter how serious a man is, It’s impossible to be serious about this.
Although it was not what he thought, he did not dare to disobey his wife’s order. Han Aiguo silently took off his upper clothes and let her see his shirtless body.
There are indeed many injuries on his body. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are densely packed. They are deep and shallow, large and small, all over the body. Many of them are even in key positions. Just a little carelessness may endanger his life.
Looking at the scars on his body, Su Yue could think of what he had gone through over the years and what he relied on to get to where he is today.
“How did you get this ?” Su Yue touched the scar on his heart that looked like a gunshot wound, and asked with distress.
Han Aiguo said in a calm tone, “when I went to the border on mission.”
Su Yue knew that the country was not completely stable in this era, and there were still conflicts on the border. Soldiers like them were always needed to take the lead and protect the stability of the country amidst the hail of bullets.
This was his duty as a soldier. Su Yue couldn’t say anything, but felt sad.
Han Aiguo grabbed her little hand and squeezed it, “It’s okay, it doesn’t hurt, this little injury is nothing.”
Su Yue touched the wound again and pouted, “Who says it’s nothing? If you don’t take yourself seriously like this, you have to remember that your body will belong to me from now on. I won’t allow you to get hurt. I will be angry if you get hurt!”
Han Aiguo was silent for a moment and nodded in agreement, “Okay. I will try my best to protect myself in the future.”
“That’s pretty much it.” Su Yue said, taking his clothes over, “Put them on quickly, or you’ll get cold.”
Han Aiguo only put on the vest underneath, and then took the quilt over himself and opened a corner of the quilt, “You come in and take a nap too.”
Su Yue was a little hesitant, “I’m also going to make cakes with mother.”
Han Aiguo: “Mother also wants to take a nap. She will only make cakes after taking a nap, so you should also take a nap.”
After hearing what he said, Su Yue took off her shoes and outer thick clothes, got into the bed, and then rolled into his arms.
He was like a big furnace, his whole body was warm and she felt warm as soon as she entered his arms. It was so comfortable that people couldn’t bear to leave.
Han Aiguo put Su Yue’s cold little hand on his belly to cover it, while his big hand gently rubbed her waist. He knew that he went too far last night and made her suffer.
Su Yue felt so comfortable being rubbed by him that she almost couldn’t help but hum. Fortunately, she held it back, otherwise this person would turn into a wolf again, and she would be the unlucky one in the end.
Just when Su Yue was about to fall asleep after being rubbed by him, Han Aiguo said in her ear: “Yue’er, don’t go to work in the future.”
Su Yue opened her eyes and looked at him.
“It’s almost Chinese New Year, so it’s freezing. You can’t do the work in the fertile fields recently. From now on, you can make cakes with mother at home.”
Su Yue couldn’t do farm works in the first place. From first time she came to now, it has tortured her to death. She has long since wanted to stop do it.
Now when Han Aiguo said this, she did not say hypocritical words like “No need, I’m going to work”, but She agreed with a smile, “Then I won’t go. I’ll just be a lazy wife at home.”
Han Aiguo stroked her hair, “Okay, go to sleep.”
Su Yue fell asleep under his gentle rub.
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Within two days, Han Aiguo borrowed a set of new elementary school textbooks, ranging from first grade to fifth grade. She didn’t know where he got some pencils and notebooks.
Su Yue now only needs to help Old Mrs. Han with housework and making cakes at home, but there is not much to do, so she started teaching Han Aimin how to read.
Han Aimin had no basic skills before, so Su Yue started teaching him from the simplest level. She taught him to read each sentence one by one, and Han Aimin read it after her, and then wrote it twice by himself.
Everyone was curious about the study session, and sometimes they would take a look when they had time, but it was just to see the excitement. For example, the three children, Taohua , Xiaolei and Maomao ran away bored after listening for five minutes. They don’t want to see it anymore.
They feel that studying is so boring and not as interesting as playing.
But Hehua was not like that. She watched her aunt teach her uncle how to read, and she often came to listen while she was working. She was very envious of her uncle, and she also wanted to learn how to read and become a literate person in the future.
When she grows up, she will be a beautiful, gentle and extremely smart girl like her aunt. She just wanted to be someone like her aunt, and it was always right to follow her example.
Su Yue saw Hehua’s longing eyes several times, so she beckoned her and asked, “Hehua, do you also want to follow uncle to study ?”
Hehua bit her lip and nodded cautiously.
Su Yue said: “Then you can learn with your uncle from now on, and I will teach you.”
Hehua was happy at first, then her eyes dimmed again, she shook her head and said, “No, my mother definitely doesn’t want me to learn. My mother asked me to cut grass and collect firewood, and I have to help my brother do housework.”
Su Yue was stunned and then fell silent.
She told Mrs. Han about this and asked: “Mom, can you get the second brother and sister-in-law to agree to this? I think Hehua wants to learn. It is a good thing for children to have a desire to learn. It is always right to learn more knowledge. It just happens there is no comparison when studying alone, but two children studying together can compete with each other and hence enhance their Knowledge.”
Mrs. Han naturally felt that it was a good thing for her children to be motivated, but she also hesitated and said to her: “Now that we are separated, I’m afraid the second daughter-in-law won’t be willing to listen to me. How can she be willing to let Hehua study with you? She just wants Hehua to help her with the work. Now Hehua helps me burn the fire for half a day every day. She is not very happy. She wish the hehua would not rest for a moment every day, if not she will feel that this daughter was not born in vain.”
“This…” Su Yue thought of Han Lao’s second daughter-in-law’s idea of valuing boys over daughters and despising girls in her bones, and maybe she would still feel that it is useless for girls to learn, so they might as well do more practical work.
Even if she and Mrs. Han went to talk, it would probably be useless.
After Han Aiguo found out about this, he said: “If Hehua wants to learn, let her learn. Learning knowledge is a good thing. I will go to the second brother to talk about this matter in person.”
Then he went to the second brother Han and didn’t know. How to tell people, in the end Han Laoer and his wife really agreed that Hehua would study with Su Yue for two hours every morning. Even though Han Laoer’s daughter-in-law was full of reluctance, she didn’t dare to say anything.
Through this incident, Su Yue suddenly discovered that Han Aiguo was really good to talk sometimes, and he spoke better than Mrs. Han. It seems that if I have any problems in the future, i can go to him.
In this way, Su Yue’s small family class officially started. She used the corner of the main room as a classroom and gave Hehua and Han Aimin a pen and a notebook. They shared a set of textbooks and were taught at the big table.
Her education method is as follows: teach on the first day, let them memorize while working, and then test their mastery of yesterday before the start of class on the second day and give scores.
In order to encourage them to study hard, Su Yue also came up with a reward mechanism. She said: “Every time I take a test, I will reward whoever is first with a candy. When it comes to the big test, in addition to having the first place reward i.e candy, i will give a reward of two yuan.”
No matter how sensible they are, Hehua and Han Aimin are still children. Everyone likes to eat sweets. Su Yue took out the candy as a reward, and they immediately cheered up. Finally, they heard that there are rewards for the big exam. With two yuan, they became even more energetic, secretly encouraging themself to do well in the exam and work hard.
When Han’s second daughter-in-law heard about this reward, most of her inner discomfort immediately dissipated. She secretly told He Hua to study hard and try to earn a candy every day for her brother to eat. During the Big Exam, she should work hard to earn two yuan to give at home to supplement the family income.
Hehua nodded silently, In order for her mother to allow her to learn , she studied hard every day. Whether she was feeding chickens, cutting grass, or lighting a fire, she silently reviewed the knowledge she had learned in her heart.
Han Aimin saw that his niece who was younger than him was working so hard, and he was afraid that he would lose face if he failed the exam, so he also worked hard.
Seeing the two children working so hard, Su Yue felt very happy. She took the time to go to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought some coarse cloth. She and Mrs. Han made two schoolbags and gave each of them a schoolbag, which made the two children extremely happy.
