Lin Yuexi: "..."
Is this child's mother serious?
Is this what they call seeing a real-life child-swindling situation?
She took a sip of porridge to calm her nerves. "What else did your mother say?"
The young girl was quite the performer. She immediately took two steps back and enthusiastically began to imitate, and she did it well, giving the impression of a child wearing an adult's skin.
She clearly trusted her mother immensely, and during her performance, she unconsciously displayed clear admiration and faith in her mother.
Mom said: If my younger brother has something, I must have it too. If I don't, it means Dad doesn't earn enough, so Dad can throw it away and get a new one.
Mom said: If the paternal grandparents are not good to Dad, Dad can also be not good to the paternal grandparents, but he must not let others know that Dad is not good to the paternal grandparents.
Mom said: Dad is a dummy, she is a fool, and younger brother is an idiot. Only Mom's brain is useful in the whole family, so everyone in the family has to listen to her.
Mom said: Even if a bad person is a family member, you can't help them, because helping them will spread their badness to you, and you will become a big bad person and be executed by firing squad.
The entire meal was spent listening to Lin Yuexi's mother's sayings.
From these sayings, she couldn't help but wonder if the young girl's mother was like her, having some ideas that, while problematic in terms of worldview, were undeniably progressive, completely contrary to the submissive mindset common among women of this era.
As soon as Lin Yuexi finished eating, Da Ni immediately took the empty bowl to wash it. Lin Yuexi didn't stop her, knowing she was actively earning her future retirement money.
Thinking of retirement money, after Da Ni put the bowl down, she asked with a somewhat 'malicious' smile, "Da Ni, aren't you going to school?"
If you go to school, how will you earn money?
Da Ni, who had just calculated how much she could save in a year, was struck by lightning. Her bright smile froze on her face, and she seemed to be put on pause.
Lin Yuexi almost burst out laughing in real life, the corners of her mouth turned up like an AK, impossible to suppress.
Conversely, Da Ni was on the verge of tears. "Sister Lin, I'm going to school next Wednesday."
Mom said: I'm already foolish enough. If I don't go to school, I'll definitely be tricked by an old bachelor in the future.
There's an old bachelor in the Second Brigade who is dirty and smelly, and often fights with children for food. She absolutely doesn't want to be tricked by someone like that, so she must go to school.
Then she won't be able to earn money.
Today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow... she can only earn four yuan and five jiao.
Four yuan and five jiao was already a lot for Da Ni, but the problem was that she had just calculated the money she could earn in a year: fifty fen a day, for three hundred and sixty-five days, totaling one hundred and eighty-two yuan and fifty fen.
Compared to that, four yuan and five jiao was very, very little.
Lin Yuexi was teasing her, but she didn't intend to make her cry. She put the candy from the table into her pocket, gave her one piece to eat, and then rubbed her little head.
"Once you fill your head with knowledge, you'll earn much, much more money, not just fifty fen a day. But what you said to me today, you can't tell anyone outside, understand?"
"I understand, Sister Lin. Mom said that if I say the wrong thing outside, I'll be locked in a black room."
Hearing that the young girl's mother had given instructions, Lin Yuexi didn't bother to teach her anymore. She figured the child's mother must have had a plan if she dared to teach her child like this.
She understood her own body. Since waking up today, this was the most relaxed she had felt since arriving in this world. She didn't have to force herself to swallow the latter half of the millet porridge with nausea; although it was still difficult and she felt like she might vomit, the situation had clearly improved significantly.
The Chen Family's medical skills are extraordinary!
Da Ni quickly comforted herself and ran over to pat her shoulder. "Sister Lin, put your hand on my shoulder, I'll accompany you."
Lin Yuexi didn't object this time. The girl was about 1.2 meters tall, and with her hand on her shoulder, it was like leaning on a crutch, not too tiring for the girl.
Da Ni was not old, and she often repeated her mother's words, but her heart was very considerate. She had already noticed that Lin Yuexi's movements were very slow and deliberately walked slowly beside her.
This child has potential and can be well-trained to achieve great things in the future.
She has strong observation skills and is already steady and sensible at such a young age. Her brain is also sharp; despite talking so much with her 'Mom's sayings,' she never inquired about Lin Yuexi, not even a casual child's question.
Lin Yuexi, supported by Da Ni, toured the new home, which was about a hundred square meters, with a layout somewhat similar to a Beijing City courtyard house.
In the front, there was a not-small courtyard. A 1.5-meter wide bluestone path was laid in the middle. The areas near the main door on both sides were divided, presumably for planting. The area near the house was left as a 2-meter wide bluestone walkway.
Behind her was a main hall with two rooms on each side. To the left of the compound were a kitchen and a woodshed. Not far from the kitchen door was a well with a triangular roof structure. To the right of the compound were a room and a storage room.
There was also a small backyard in the back. The ground had already been tilled and formed into rows; it was unclear what was planted. On one side, against the wall, a small room was built. Da Ni said it was the toilet.
No wonder Uncle Liu said last night that the other toilet here was inconvenient.
Da Ni said that most houses in their village were like this. If there were many people, they would build more rooms; if there were few people, they wouldn't build on the sides. The ground was paved with underfloor heating, and the living rooms had heated walls, so no matter how cold it was outside in winter, it wasn't cold indoors. This was called hibernation.
Lin Yuexi walked around the house, sweating profusely from exhaustion. Da Ni, clearly having been instructed, saw her forehead sweating and immediately ran to the main hall to push a wheelchair over.
"Sister Lin, please sit."
"Okay, can you push me outside for a walk?"
Although tired, she felt quite energetic. She wanted to see what the legendary rush harvest was like.
She had never seen it in either her previous life or this life.
The young girl, who was saving for her retirement, agreed to everything.
Once Lin Yuexi was seated, the girl pushed her out.
Leng Xingran must have known in advance that she used a wheelchair, as the ground was paved with smooth stone slabs, and there was no door threshold at the main entrance.
As the two of them exited the main door, Da Ni stopped the wheelchair and turned to lock the main door.
"Educated Youth Leng left the key with me this morning. We must lock up when we go out. There are several scoundrels from the Fourth Brigade who always come to our side to steal things during the rush harvest."
From the disgusted tone in Da Ni's voice when she mentioned the Fourth Brigade, it was clear that the Fourth Brigade was not well-regarded by the First Brigade.
After locking the door, Da Ni didn't immediately push Lin Yuexi to leave. Instead, she ran in front of Lin Yuexi and solemnly introduced herself, "Sister Lin, my name is Li Jingjing. Sister Lin can call me Jingjing."
Lin Yuexi smiled and patted her head. Did the girl dislike her nickname?
However, she soon realized she had misunderstood.
One minute later, a young girl carrying a bamboo basket walked by. Her name was Da Ni.
Three minutes later, two young girls carrying bamboo baskets walked by, one of whom was named Da Ni.
Five minutes later, there was still Da Ni.
Understood. In this village, if you call out "Da Ni," more than a dozen girls might come running.
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