"Mom, how could you do this? My dad also wants to make money for the family, so why shouldn't he invest his capital?" Cheng Xiaolin muttered.
"Besides, what age is this, and you still want to be a free wolf? Is it possible?"
"Linlin, it's not what you think." Cheng Rengui said proactively.
Cheng Xiaolin looked at her father: "What does that look like?"
"Save money." Cheng Rengui said.
"If you can find a way to survive, just do it first. If you sell these five big cows in two months, you will have money to do other things and save the money. How great."
He said: "If you don't think about saving money, you will spend it here and there. No matter how much money you have, it will be in vain. In the end, it will be all in vain."
Cao Shujie always felt that his father-in-law was proud of what he said!
As expected, Cao Shujie saw that his wife was frequently looking towards him, and there was something wrong with her eyes.
At the moment, his mother-in-law was holding Mengmeng and whispering. Cao Shujie looked at his daughter nestling in his mother-in-law's arms, with a naughty smile on her face. He thought that this girl was talking bad about him again.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, her mother-in-law was going to pick up her grandson Dongdong from the kindergarten. Mengmeng was quite curious. She didn't care whether her parents agreed or not, and ran out after her grandma.
Cao Shujie and the others were not in a hurry to leave. Cheng Xiaolin had nothing to do at home. She was afraid that her daughter would become naughty on the way and her mother would not be able to control it, so she followed her over to take a look.
Chengjiapo Kindergarten is just north of Cao Shujie's mother-in-law's house, just a walk away from two small intersections.
After arriving here, there were already many parents waiting to pick up their children.
It's not yet time for school to end in the kindergarten, so these people gather together to chat casually.
When they saw Li Xiaojuan and Cheng Xiaolin, Mengmeng came over together, and many people recognized Cheng Xiaolin at first sight.
They all greeted her warmly.
"Oh, this is Linlin, she's getting more and more beautiful, I don't even dare to recognize her."
"Linlin, when did you come back? I also thought there was a car parked in front of your house, not the one you originally drove. I thought I had made a mistake."
"Linlin, would you like to stay for two more days when you come back this time?"
Before the kindergarten children get out of school, the place is busy.
You guys say something to me, and they keep talking around Cheng Xiaolin.
When Li Xiaojuan saw that they had finished talking, she stepped forward at the right time and said, "No, they have to go back."
"Old Li, they just arrived today. Why are you chasing your daughter and son-in-law back so early? Let them stay for two more days." There is an old lady about the same age as Li Xiaojuan, named Zhao Yinhong, who lives with Li Xiaojuan.
Neighbor.
She looked at Mengmeng and said: "Oh, this is Linlin's daughter, look at the two of them looking so angry and very cute. Life in a big city is different, compared to living in the countryside.
good."
She knew that Cheng Xiaolin and her husband had bought a house in the capital, but she didn't know that they had returned to the countryside from the capital.
Cheng Xiaolin saw her and shouted: "Auntie, we went back to my mother-in-law's place from the capital last year. We were also in the countryside, but the environment there is better."
"Oh, you are no longer in the capital. Your mother never mentioned this." Zhao Yinhong looked quite surprised.
They have been neighbors for many years. Cheng Xiaolin knew that she had a problem, that is, she was garrulous. If she knew something, she would like to announce it to the whole village that night.
Cheng Xiaolin guessed that it must be because of this reason that her mother did not tell anyone.
Li Xiaojuan couldn't see Zhao Yinhong's surprised expression. She said, "Old Zhao, my son-in-law went back to his hometown to work as the village director. I thought it was not a big deal, so I didn't say anything."
"Village director?" The old lady named Zhao Yinhong was particularly surprised when she heard this.
She also walked around Cheng Xiaolin twice to confirm again: "Linlin, is your partner really the village director in the village?"
"Well, I just ran for election this year. Who knew that many people in the village would be willing to let him do it? He's just lucky." Cheng Xiaolin said this.
When the people around heard what she said, some began to praise her: "Oh, I used to look at Linlin's face and knew she was a lucky person. I really caught my eye."
This sentence made the place even more lively, and everyone praised Cheng Xiaolin and her husband.
It wasn't until the school bell rang in the kindergarten that the excitement in front of the kindergarten paused. An old man in uniform came over and shouted, telling everyone to line up and pick up their children later.
Mengmeng looked at the slides, various large wooden building blocks, and various toys in the kindergarten, and her eyes shone.
"Mengmeng, do you want to go?" Cheng Xiaolin asked her daughter.
Mengmeng nodded subconsciously: "Mom, I want to go in and play."
"It's very late now, we have to go home this afternoon." Cheng Xiaolin told her.
"Do you think it's okay if mom takes you to play in the kindergarten in our village before we get home?"
Mengmeng couldn't understand. She looked at her mother and asked, "Can't we stay at grandma's house for one day and go back tomorrow morning?"
Li Xiaojuan, who was standing next to her, was very happy when she heard her granddaughter say this.
"Mengmeng, grandma has made the decision for you. I won't go back tonight. I will go to town later to buy some whole sheep and lamb legs and eat meat tonight." Li Xiaojuan said.
Mengmeng was very happy when she heard her grandma say this, but she still looked at her mother first, wanting to hear what she said.
"Mom, we still have something to do when we go back," Cheng Xiaolin said.
She mainly considered whether her husband had any temporary jobs, but her mother was very domineering at this time: "I will go back and tell Shujie later that you can stay here for one night. Why can't you do that?"
"Okay, okay, grandma, I want to go in and play." Mengmeng pointed to the facilities in the kindergarten and didn't want to leave.
When Cheng Xiaolin saw her daughter like this, she even muttered to her: "Mengmeng, if I had known earlier that you wanted to go to kindergarten, I should have sent you to kindergarten when your Aunt Li asked."
But Mengmeng was still very insistent. She muttered: "I won't go, there are bad children."
"But those bad boys are not in the same class as you." Cheng Xiaolin said.
Mengmeng was a little confused when she heard this. She scratched her hair and asked, "Mom, where did they go?"
As she spoke, Mengmeng still clenched her fist and pulled back her right forearm: "Mom, look, I'm so powerful. I'm not afraid of them now."
"That is, if they bully you again, just beat them hard. We must not let others bully you without fighting back." Cheng Xiaolin said to her daughter: "Mengmeng, remember, no matter who bullies you, you must not be a coward.
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"Mom, what is a coward?" Mengmeng asked. This was a blind spot in her knowledge and she couldn't understand the meaning at all.
Cheng Xiaolin couldn't help but roll her eyes, why does her daughter have so many problems?
When Cheng Xiaolin was about to explain the meaning of coward to her daughter, a group of children ran out of the kindergarten, including her little nephew Cheng Tiandong.
As soon as the little guy came out, he saw his grandmother Li Xiaojuan.
But his eyes were on Mengmeng, the little girl next to his grandma. He had a very deep memory of Mengmeng and immediately recognized that this was his cousin. However, he did not change his old habits much. When he saw Mengmeng,
The first time, I didn’t know what to say.
When his eyes fell on Cheng Xiaolin, he called out to his aunt in a low voice like a mosquito's hum.
"Hey, Dongdong, this is your cute sister." After finishing speaking, Cheng Xiaolin coaxed her daughter to call her brother.
But Mengmeng’s eyes kept falling on the slide in the kindergarten. After calling her brother absentmindedly, she raised her finger and pointed at the topic in the kindergarten and asked her mother: "Mom, can I go and play?"
Before Cheng Xiaolin could speak, Cheng Tiandong said loudly: "You can play, but the teacher won't care after school."
This was great, but at this time there were still students in the kindergarten leaving one after another, and she could only watch helplessly.
After picking up their children, other parents met Cheng Xiaolin and enthusiastically asked her to go play at home.
Cheng Xiaolin also responded casually, and the person who greeted her left the kindergarten.
Seeing that the people in the kindergarten were almost gone, Mengmeng saw a few naughty children climbing up the slide to play. She couldn't hold back and ran directly into the kindergarten.
"Sister Mengmeng, wait for me." Cheng Tiandong also ran in.
Li Xiaojuan and Cheng Xiaolin followed behind and also went in.
But what Cheng Xiaolin didn't expect was that not long after she entered, someone called her: "Linlin?"
The voice was a little unconfident, as if he didn't fully recognize it.
But when Cheng Xiaolin turned around, the other party immediately shouted in surprise: "Linlin, it's really you. I thought I just admitted my mistake."
Cheng Xiaolin also saw the other party at this time: "Yanzi, why are you here?"
"I'm a teacher here, you tell me!"
This is Cheng Yan, her childhood playmate. The two went to different schools together from kindergarten to junior high school. They went to different schools when they were in high school.
Later, Cheng Xiaolin went to Beijing to work as a drifter after college, while Cheng Yan returned to her hometown.
From then on, they saw each other less often, and after they got married, they might not be able to see each other during the holidays.
When they met at this time, the two had endless things to talk about.
Looking at Mengmeng climbing up and down the slide with other children, Cheng Yan asked her: "Is this your daughter? I haven't seen her in two years. How has she grown so big?"
"No, Mengmeng grows up very fast." Cheng Xiaolin felt very happy when she talked about this.
Her daughter can eat. If she can eat at this age, she will grow very fast.
"Yanzi, why do you work in a kindergarten?" Cheng Xiaolin was quite curious.
"Cheng Yan said: "Last year my son came here to go to kindergarten. I had nothing to do at home and wanted to find a job. It happened that others thought the kindergarten salary was low and were unwilling to work, so it was just right for me."
"How much does it cost per month here?" Cheng Xiaolin had a strange feeling.
The problem of low wages in Caojiazhuang Kindergarten was solved by her husband. She did not expect that the same problem existed in her hometown, but she knew that they could not solve it.
Cheng Yan stretched out her fingers: "It's 500 yuan a month. I heard from the principal that it will be increased to 600 yuan next year. It's really not much money."
"That's really not much." Cheng Xiaolin didn't expect that the wages of kindergarten teachers in her hometown were lower than those in Caojiazhuang Kindergarten.
When she went to Caojiazhuang Kindergarten for an interview last year, the principal offered her a salary of 600 yuan, plus a 200 yuan subsidy.
"I have nothing to do. I can look after the children here and get some money, which is pretty good." Cheng Yan said this, her mentality was quite good.
Cheng Xiaolin nodded and did not ask the question in detail: "Where is your partner? Is he still in the provincial capital?"
"Well, he's still working there, but he hasn't graduated from elementary school, can't even read, and can't do other jobs." Cheng Yan said with a smile.
Speaking of this, she didn't feel inferior.
Her partner was really illiterate, but that didn't stop him from making money. He even set up a small team with a few people, and he was considered a small contractor.
"When did you come back? We haven't seen each other for almost two years." Cheng Yan asked her.
Cheng Xiaolin nodded: "It's been almost two years since I last saw you. You weren't at home during the Chinese New Year last year."
"I spent the Chinese New Year at my partner's place last year, and this year I celebrated the Chinese New Year at our house," Cheng Yan said.
The two people were chatting here, and Li Xiaojuan was watching her grandson and granddaughter play on the slide, and the laughter of other children echoed in the kindergarten. This scene seemed particularly harmonious.
Time passed unconsciously until Cheng Xiaolin's cell phone rang, breaking the harmonious scene.
She took out her cell phone and saw that it was a call from her husband, Cao Shujie.
"My husband." Cheng Xiaolin answered the phone.
Seeing that they never went back, Cao Shujie wanted to ask her when she would come back. They went back to Caojiazhuang while it was still dark.
After hearing this, Cheng Xiaolin hesitated for a while and said, "Shujie, how about we stay one night and go back tomorrow."
She said: "Your daughter is playing on the slide here and doesn't want to leave."
"Okay, I didn't have a drink with my dad at noon, so I'm still thinking about the shortcomings and will make up for them in the evening." Cao Shujie said confidently.
Cheng Xiaolin couldn't help laughing and scolding him, but she felt warm in her heart.
When she put down the phone, Cheng Yan asked her: "All three of your family are back."
"Um."
"When will you return to the capital? You work as a kindergarten teacher there, and your salary is quite high, right?" Cheng Yan was a little yearning.
Then I heard Cheng Xiaolin say: "We returned to the countryside from the capital last year and have been staying at my mother-in-law's house."
"The salary of kindergarten teachers in Beijing is indeed higher, around four to five thousand yuan. In some schools, the salary is even higher, but the requirements are also high. You must know a lot of things." Cheng Xiaolin told her.
When Cheng Yan heard this, her eyes widened: "My dear, such a high salary?"
"Then why did you go back to the countryside? What can you do in your hometown?" Cheng Yan became more and more curious.
Cheng Xiaolin said with a smile: "What else can I do? Plant some fruit trees, raise some cattle. When I have nothing to do, I will shoot some videos and buy and sell fruits."
"It's not like working in the capital where someone is in charge. In my hometown, I can do whatever I want and no one cares about me." Speaking of this, Cheng Xiaolin's face was full of happiness.
But after listening to what she said, Cheng Yan still said with a bit of ambivalence: "To be honest, I've had enough of staying in my hometown. I have nothing and can't make any money. I don't dare to buy anything after my salary is paid.
I still want to visit the big places in the capital."
There is no way to explain this. As the saying goes, you are inside and I am outside. I want to go in and have a look, and you want to come out and have a look.
There is another saying, no one's joys and sorrows are connected, nor can one feel the feelings of others.
Cheng Xiaolin felt that this was exactly the case for her and her childhood friend!
I'm asking for leave in advance. Tomorrow is my daughter's kindergarten graduation day. I'll go play with her for a while. I'll write two chapters tomorrow. I'll try to write 10,000.
