Xiaodong watched as Su Changsheng ignored him and walked out. He was dumbfounded.
He looked at Su Ling with a panicked expression.
"Sister, does Father not want to talk to me anymore? Is he really angry with me?"
It was rare for Su Ling to see him like this, so she comforted him kindly.
"It's fine. Father will calm down soon. But you can't sleep in class in the future!"
Xiaodong agreed quickly, nodding his head like a chicken pecking at rice.
"I'll never sleep again."
He was so afraid that his father would be angry.
Zhao Yan stood at the side and watched them talk. He stood up and walked towards the woodshed.
Su Ling jogged over.
"Zhao Yan, it's too dark in the woodshed. Let's write in the courtyard."
Zhao Yan was stunned for a moment before he agreed.
With the two of them as an example, Xiaodong followed suit.
When Xu Fengqiao returned from the fields, she saw the three children sitting at the door writing. She was overjoyed. After putting down her things, she walked over.
Master had taught the first four lines of the Three-Character Classic today and told them to write it a few more times when they returned. They were to memorize it tomorrow.
Su Ling stopped after writing two crooked words. She could not remember how to write the character "Chu".
Zhao Yan glanced at it and handed her the copy he had written.
Su Ling took a look and immediately understood. Then, she did not continue referring to his and continued writing.
When Xu Fengqiao saw this scene, the corners of her mouth curled up. When she looked at Xiaodong again, her face immediately fell.
Good lad. He was still struggling with the first word.
It was just those two strokes and he wrote crookedly. He wrote the word seven or eight times. It looked like he had forgotten what the next word was.
Xu Fengqiao sighed deeply. Just as she was about to speak, she heard the little girl sigh.
She clearly looked cute and adorable, but at this moment, she sighed like an adult. This contrast made people want to pinch her little face.
Xu Fengqiao resisted the urge to pinch her face and watched as she wrote "Zhi" on a piece of paper before handing it to Xiaodong.
"Third Brother, haven't I taught you many times? Why have you forgotten again?"
Xiaodong scratched his head in embarrassment. He was too embarrassed to speak. As if to remember better, he wrote "Zhi" many times again.
Seeing how serious they were, Xu Fengqiao quietly left, planning to prepare dinner first.
She came to the kitchen and saw that Wang Cuizhi had already prepared dinner.
The rice was simmering in the pot, and there was a bowl of egg soup steaming on it.
Xu Fengqiao looked at the bowl of egg soup. Her heart ached, but she had to force a smile. Then, she looked at the other dishes.
For the first time, Wang Cuizhi even made stir-fried garlic sprouts with meat.
The garlic sprouts were planted in the courtyard by Xu Fengqiao. The meat must have been bought by Wang Cuizhi.
The price of meat was especially high now. The Su family had not eaten meat for more than half a year. Xu Fengqiao's heart ached for Wang Cuizhi's money. She wanted to have a good talk with her and plan the following days.
At this moment, Wang Cuizhi happened to enter the kitchen. When she saw Xu Fengqiao, she pulled her with an excited expression.
"Sister-in-law Su, you're finally back. Let me tell you a piece of good news. Remember that I asked the village chief to sell my embroidery in town? I thought that it would be good to sell it for some money to supplement the family. Unexpectedly, the village chief told me that there's a wife in town who especially likes my embroidery and asked me to send it to her directly after I'm done embroidering it. She gave me more money than others. I thought that it had been a long time since I ate meat at home, so I bought some to satisfy the children's cravings."
After Xu Fengqiao heard her words, she immediately understood and stopped persuading her.