After Chen Miao finished speaking, she looked at her younger brother looking at him in confusion.
"Let's put it this way, you can work in the government even if you study hard."
"Really?" Chen Tong exclaimed. To the country people, being an official is like smoke rising from ancestral graves.
"Of course, there will be opportunities to study in the future, as long as you work hard enough and study well, you can."
"Third sister, I want to go to school."
Chen Miao nodded. "You can ask some comrades when they come to our village."
Chen Tong didn't think about that, but was afraid that his parents would disapprove. He knew that it cost a lot of money to go to private school in the past.
Chen Miao smiled. I wonder who this kid Chen Tong has followed? From the first time I saw him, I knew that he was an ambitious and vain person.
If you have self-control, you will definitely succeed in the future.
No matter he was in a daze and kept walking, there were too many people and he was afraid of being blocked if he wanted to buy something.
There is a dumpling restaurant in front. Although it is lively, there are not many people in the restaurant.
Chen Miao stopped the car, and then a middle-aged man came out with a handkerchief tied around his waist. If this was the waiter before, now that he is liberated, he really doesn’t know what to call him.
"Little girl, come to dinner?"
"Uncle, is it expensive to eat dumplings?"
"Haha, it's not expensive."
“Where is my donkey cart?”
Chen Tong's eyes were eagerly staring at the dumpling restaurant. Last time he went to the county town with his third sister to eat sesame seed cakes. Do you want to eat dumplings this time? He can already smell the aroma.
"Tie it to a tree. I'll show it to you."
"Thank you, uncle."
Chen Tong jumped down happily, even if he didn't feel full, he could try the restaurant's dumplings.
The two children were also very curious about this place. "Mom?"
"Let's eat dumplings." Now we don't have to worry about danger if we come to eat.
My family has been eating steamed and boiled dumplings every day for a while now. I really don’t think they are that fresh.
There were not many people eating, so I found a table and sat down.
Chen Miao looked at the menu posted on the wall. "What do you eat with green onion meat, cabbage meat, and pickled cabbage meat?"
Chen Tong swallowed and said, "I eat green onion meat." He knew that he had to be honest in front of the third sister. If he had any ideas, he would say it directly. If you were ambiguous, you would definitely get angry.
"What kind of stuffing do you two eat?" Chen Miao asked with a smile.
The two little ones were so anxious that they couldn't say anything. Chen Miao smiled and said, "Let's try each."
Ask them to sit still and go to the counter to order one pound of pork with green onions, half a pound of pork with cabbage, and pork with sauerkraut.
There were also side dishes to go with the wine. I didn’t order this, so I was just waiting to eat the dumplings. After paying, Chen Miao came back and sat next to the two children with a smile and told them what was available here.
In fact, the surface of the dumplings is quite dark. It is not as good as the ones made at home, but it is just to let the children see it and to stimulate Chen Tong.
This may have two results. The good thing is that he yearns for a good life and works hard. The bad thing is that he loves vanity even more.
"Third sister, I went out to feed the little donkey." Chen Tong said and ran away.
Because there were not many people eating, the dumplings were not slow to arrive. All three kinds of fillings were served in half an hour.
"you eat."
Chen Tong was not polite, picked it up and started eating.
"Third sister, the dumplings are so delicious."
Chen Miao gave each of the two children three dumplings to see what they liked to eat. Sandwiching the dumplings from the middle would cool down quickly and make it easier for them to eat. The two of them could eat by themselves using a spoon.
She likes dumplings fresh out of the pan because they taste better that way, and she still thinks the dumplings with cabbage and pork are the most delicious.
Yun Shan and Yun Xin had five dumplings per person. Their tastes were the same, and the last two wanted pork and cabbage.
Chen Tong ate less than three dumplings a pound and felt not full.
"You can also try these two kinds of fillings." In the end, all the remaining dumplings were eaten by Chen Tong. He drank the dumpling soup slowly. "Third sister, the ones in the restaurant are really delicious."
"Definitely. If you have money and ability, you can eat it often."
Chen Tong squinted his eyes and nodded, thinking that he would have a good talk with his father when he went back, and that if he could go to school, he would definitely go.
After dinner, we drove home directly. On the way, Chen Miao teased the two children and talked to them in case they were sleeping.
Back in the village, many children gathered around. Now Yunshan Yunxin wanted to go out to play.
"Chen Tong, you take the two of them, I'll go see the car and come back in a while."
"Third sister, I will take them to go skating."
"No. We are already sixty-nine now, and the ice particles are standing vertically. We are not allowed to play on the ice in the future."
"Yes, I remember. Let's go to the big willow tree."
After Chen Miao fed the little donkey, she hurriedly found the two children. Although they were liberated now, she was afraid that there were still some bad guys left, but she couldn't rest assured that they were outside.
There was a lot of excitement under the big willow tree. Chen Tong was surrounded in the middle. He was talking enthusiastically, bragging about how delicious the dumplings in the dumpling house were.
Xiaochun's family was collecting shoe soles when they saw Chen Miao coming over: "Are you really willing to spend money and go to a dumpling restaurant to eat?"
"Have you never been to a restaurant? I have a chance to try it this time. It's really delicious."
"Is that delicious? How much does it cost?"
Chen Miao smiled but didn't say anything, thinking that if she said it, the whole village would know tomorrow that she was a loser. In fact, she would think so even if she didn't say it.
I didn't ask Chen Tong not to tell anyone about going to the restaurant, I just let him know the consequences. Now he is still complacent and complacent. I wonder if he can understand what is behind being envied by others.
"Chen Miao, do you want to harvest cotton after autumn?"
"Yeah. I want as many as I want."
"My family has three acres of land and I want to grow cotton this year."
"I want as much as you have. I just want to ask the old man about the weather this year. If there is less rain, will cotton production be reduced?"
"If there is less rain, the yield of everything will be reduced."
Chen Miao stopped talking now. What she said was true.
Zhao Xiaoyun also came to play with Jiaojiao and Zikang.
Yun Shan and Yun Xin didn't even go home. They got off the bus at the entrance of the village. They will definitely sleep well tonight.
"I heard you went to the restaurant?" Zhao Xiaoyun said with a smile.
"The whole village knows this."
"Is it delicious?"
"It's not bad. By the way, there should be job candidates coming to the village to promote the job in a few days."
"What are you promoting? The party makes decisions for the people. We all know this."
Chen Miao shook his head, "I don't know either." It should be publicity again. In fact, ordinary people have known it for so many years.
"You, Xiaofeng's family, go out and bring me back some lamp oil, and I'll give you a bottle and money at night."
"Second Aunt, it's okay. If you have time tomorrow, you can go to the county town. Let me know what you want to bring."
Now the women were chattering about what they needed.
Chen Miao listened and sighed in her heart. These hard-working women wanted to buy nothing but for themselves. Everything they wanted to buy was for the family. It was really not easy, but they thought it was very normal.
