Everything is inferior, only reading is superior.
Reading can help you understand things and improve your personal cultural quality and accomplishments.
Books are also spiritual food for human beings. A person’s knowledge and knowledge are learned through reading.
Ye's mother also went to various small villages and schools with the Women's Federation. She knew that many children dropped out of school and were taken home by their parents to do farm work after they learned a few words in the second or third grade. Teachers came to persuade them, and the parents were reluctant to pay for tuition fees to continue.
Send your children to read.
Who cares about whose children she has? She can't care about her grandchildren, but it would be nice if she could help subsidize them a little, which would save them some short-sightedness. In order to save some tuition fees, they don't let their children go to school.
Moreover, this year all the sons bought shops, and Dongzi also bought a boat. I guess they are all strapped for money.
They have already spent all the money that should be paid, and they can only subsidize a little more for the children's tuition fees, but nothing more. The two elderly people also have to save money for retirement.
Maybe if they continue to mess around in the future, the two old ones will have to dig out the coffin book to help. (Emphasis on Ye Yaodong)
The three sisters-in-law were all happy when they heard that the extra New Year's money was reserved for enrolling their children in school. Sister-in-law Ye smiled and said, "Mom is so generous. Things have changed since I started working."
Sister-in-law Ye and Sister-in-law Ye both have three children in school, and they get five or six yuan for registration. This directly helps half of the money. Who would be unhappy?
Mother Ye glanced at her while finishing the red envelope, and said angrily: "When have I ever been stingy? I didn't go to work, and I didn't lose you anything. I didn't give you lucky money any year, and I didn't serve you for a month."
Okay? I never asked you to pay for food or drinks."
After Sister-in-law Ye was stunned for a moment, she also reacted and said with a smile: "Yes, this is not to say that someone who is a grandma in other people's family does not think about paying for the tuition to help share a little bit, and whoever's child is raised, no one is generous."
Lin Xiuqing also helped and said: "That's not all. When we bought the shop, my parents also paid for it. It was 300 yuan per person, which added up to 900 yuan. It's much more."
Sister-in-law Ye also smiled and said: "Yes, my mother has a lot of money after going to work, and she can also help us, both with big things and small things. Now she even helps with children's reading..."
"Don't think about how much I can help. We two are old and don't make much money. We both have to support ourselves in old age. You young ones have to work hard, but you can't expect us old ones to do it."
Although Ye's mother enjoyed listening to them, she still spoke unforgivingly, with a typical sharp tongue and a soft heart.
"Yes, yes, what mom said makes sense, then you and my father will do more while we are still young." Ye Yaodong said cheerfully, and helped her pour the wine.
Mother Ye patted him and said, "Then you wait until I fuck your father until half of your foot is in the coffin, and then you can be the same age as your grandma, and then you can retire and enjoy happiness."
"There's nothing wrong with it. If you don't do anything, you'll feel uncomfortable just sitting there, right? I'm thinking about you."
Mother Ye rolled her eyes at him, but the old lady smiled and nodded.
"That's right, live until you are old, work until you are old, move more, work harder, your bones will not rust."
After saying that, she waved to a few children who were excitedly opening their eyes and closing their eyes to look inside the red envelopes, "Come here, Madam also has red envelopes for you, one for each of you."
The children cheered again. Unexpectedly, the old lady prepared one for them, which was not available before.
"It's one year less. I'm already my age, and I have enough to eat and drink. It's useless to keep the money. I'll give you some New Year's money to buy something to eat."
Ye Chenghai took the lead and was the first to say: "Thank you, Tai. I wish you good health and a long life."
The other children were also shouting behind them.
The house was full of children's chatter, making it extremely lively. Some people who had already had New Year's Eve dinner ran to the windows to look around when they heard the noise.
The old lady's wrinkled face turned into a flower with a smile. She was so happy that she kept saying "good".
A group of children hurriedly ran outside after receiving their New Year's money. At home, all the red envelopes they received in advance were confiscated by their respective mothers.
Although these two red envelopes will be confiscated if you return home later, at least they can stay in your pocket for a while, and you can secretly hide a cent or two, or use them to buy some firecrackers first.
In Ye Xiaoxi's pocket, there was also the New Year's money given by Ye's mother and the old lady. The red corner was still exposed, which was particularly eye-catching. Lin Xiuqing did not stuff all the red envelope into her pocket immediately. It was for the child anyway.
You have to go home and put it away for her.
After the children ran away, although the room was not so lively, it was still warm. Everyone was talking and laughing, and the atmosphere was more harmonious than in previous years.
Maybe it’s because we don’t live together, so there’s no friction. It smells good when we’re far away, but smells bad when we’re close by. It’s rare for the whole family to eat together, and everyone feels close to each other. In addition, the living standards of each family have improved a lot this year.
The New Year's Eve dinner is usually eaten early in the local area. Almost every household starts to eat the New Year's Eve dinner at around three in the afternoon. After dinner, they play cards, and at night, after the incense is burned at the Mazu Temple, they can be warmed up and then have a meal before going to bed.
Ye Yaodong, like all the men in the village, patted his butt and left after eating to play cards with friends.
I waited until 12 o'clock in the middle of the night. After I finished offering incense at the old Mazu Temple, I went to the old house for a late-night snack before returning home.
At this point, the village is still brightly lit. It is rare for the electric lights to stay on until dawn tonight, and the same goes for their house.
He had just locked the door and was about to enter the house when he saw the old lady coming out of her house with a packet of red paper in her hand. She looked at him with some confusion.
"What are you doing? Why aren't you sleeping yet?"
"Come here." The old lady smiled and waved to him, then sat down at the table.
Ye Yaodong was confused. He walked to the table and sat down with a confused face, looking at her, "What are you doing? What is wrapped in the red paper? Money?"
The shape looks very similar, and during the local Chinese New Year, as long as there is leftover money at home, they have to wrap it up in red paper and store it, which means prosperity and happiness, and they look forward to the money rolling in in the future.
What was she doing with the money in the middle of the night?
He looked at the square red paper packets stacked on the table, and seemed to understand something in his heart.
The old lady touched his arm and smiled kindly, "This is for you. You are now earning a living. The money I have saved is too little for you, but at least I can help you a little."
, although you always say that you have enough money, but with such a big stall spread out, how can you not be short of money?"
"Originally, all my money was given to you. In the past few years, you didn't grow up and were like a child. I can only save more and save more, thinking about giving it to you when I can't.
, at least it can make your life easier for a few days."
"Over the years, I have not been willing to give those children lucky money. I just wanted to save more money and leave it to you in the future. Seeing you doing so well this year makes me happy from the bottom of my heart. I will give you this money as soon as possible."
Maybe it can be used for more purposes."
"I don't have the ability. I've only saved so much in half my life, but at least it can lighten your burden. The whole family's burden is on you..."
The old lady was talking nonchalantly, and Ye Yaodong's nose was sore when he heard it, and he was almost in tears.
I also thought of the old lady who paid everyone out before she died in her previous life, and secretly handed him a thick wad of money before closing her eyes.
At the same time, he also understood that the old lady had not given any New Year's money to the younger generation in the past few years. It turned out that she wanted to save more for him.
And this year, she generously gave lucky money to several of the younger ones, because she saw that he had made a lot of money this year, his life was easier, and he didn't need the money she had so much.
No wonder I didn't see her anywhere from noon to the New Year's Eve celebration. After asking, I found out that she was hanging out at my eldest and second uncle's house, probably to give lucky money to some of my great-grandchildren there.
He felt sour and uncomfortable in his heart. He adjusted his mood in silence, and then said after calming down: "You don't have to give it to me. Just like you said, I made a lot of money this year. If I don't miss you, just keep it."
, buy something to eat yourself, or give it to the younger generation if you like it, buy them something to eat, they will be happy, and you will be happy too."
The old lady pushed the red paper bag in front of him and said with a smile: "Yes, I left a little and all the coins, otherwise, if a few kids want to eat, they will have no money.
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"No, I have money. I've earned a lot this year and I haven't borrowed money from outside. I don't need your money. I'll tell you when I'm really short of money."
"Take it, take it, don't care if you are short of money or not, it's all going to be given to you anyway. You spent a lot on buying this and that for me this year. I'm already old, so I have all this money."
It’s useless even at my age. I can’t make any money at my age, and I won’t be able to save much. I’ll give it to you sooner or later, but I have to give it to you. If I give it to you now, I can still help you, so take it!”
The old lady forced the red paper package into his hand and held his hand to prevent him from pushing it away.
"Just take it. If you don't take it, I won't feel at ease. Only by taking it can I feel at ease. I won't worry about being eaten by mice if I leave it there."
Ye Yaodong smiled, "This new house was only built a year ago, where did the mice come from?"
"I said yes, you keep it. Also, you can either take half out and hide it, and then give the other half to Ah Qing?" She said the last half of the sentence in a low voice, for fear of being caught by Ah Qing in the room.
Qing heard it.
Ye Yaodong couldn't hold back anymore and almost laughed out loud.
Is the old lady teaching him to hide his private money?
"Don't laugh, don't laugh. What I said is true. You keep some for yourself and give the rest to Ah Qing. You can keep a little less... This way you don't have to ask her for money all the time..."
"You saw the two yuan left over from buying pork that I hid a few days ago, so you came up with this idea on the spur of the moment, right?"
"Haha, you are a grown man and you don't have money in your pocket. You hide it and put less money in your pocket to avoid losing it. When you come back, I didn't give it to Ah Qing directly. I just wanted you to keep some for yourself."
Chapter completed!