Chapter 12 Jiang Meilan has made progress and holds a full-month banquet for Xiaoxiao
Jiang Meilan is Mr. Jiang's daughter who is born in an old age. Her family is poor, which leads to poor nutrition. She has a petite figure and is a little thin and short compared to her peers.

When she tried to lift the empty baskets, her steps were unsteady and she stumbled.

Aunt Jiang saw it and shook her head mockingly, "Don't pick it up, you are not even as heavy as the basket."

Liu Xihua came over holding Jiang Xiaoxiao and said, "Meilan, why don't you go dig the soil? This basket is full of soil, it weighs more than 100 kilograms, you can't lift it at all."

Jiang Meilan, who is only 1.55 meters tall, showed no sign of weakness and waved her hands with great enthusiasm, "Who said I can't do it? I definitely can!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao smiled secretly in her heart, thinking that Jiang Meilan would not cry until she saw the coffin.

【Come on, auntie, you are the best! 】

Jiang Meilan turned around and saw Jiang Xiaoxiao with her mouth open, as if talking to her. She became more energized and walked out of the door carrying her load.

In fact, Jiang Daguo also hopes to let Jiang Meilan taste the bitterness in this way and understand the hardships of life.

He said nothing, picked up a shovel and followed closely.

Uncle Jiang had difficulty walking and could not do heavy physical labor, so he had to choose to follow other women to do some relatively easy and simple work. He picked up a sickle and hoe and called Jiang Meihua to go out with him and went to the fields.
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By the evening, Jiang Meilan and Jiang Daguo returned.

As soon as she reached the front door, Jiang Meilan collapsed on the threshold like a deflated ball.

Liu Xihua came over holding Jiang Xiaoxiao. Seeing her tired face, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Are you tired? I told you not to carry the basket, but you didn't listen. I'm half a head taller than you, and I can't carry it, let alone your small body."

Jiang Daguo took off the burden on his shoulders and the shovel in his hand, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, smiled softly and shook his head, "Xihua, she didn't carry any soil, she couldn't even carry half a basket."

"Then why is she so tired?" Liu Xihua blinked in confusion.

"I'm so tired after digging the soil, sister-in-law." Jiang Meilan leaned against the door frame and sighed.

Jiang Daguo sneered, his face showing disdain, "How many shovels of soil have you dug? Others dig five times, and you only dig once."

"Ah? Then there are no work points?" Liu Xihua frowned.

"She later followed other women to cut grass, and the team leader gave her two work points," said Jiang Daguo.

Having work points recorded means you can get money.

Jiang Meilan became happy again and asked Jiang Daguo, "Brother, how much money can I get for two work points?"

"10 cents and 2 cents." Jiang Daguo said unhappily, "At your rate, you can only make 30 cents a day, barely enough to keep you from starving to death."

"Ah?" Jiang Meilan was depressed. She thought she could make a lot of money.

[Come on, auntie. Keep working hard to earn more centimeters tomorrow]

[My aunt is awesome. She needs to work harder and try to earn more than my dad.]

Jiang Xiaoxiao grinned and waved her little fists.

Jiang Meilan looked at Jiang Xiaoxiao and scratched her head in annoyance. She didn't want to go to the fields again as it was too tiring.

"Brother, I still have a lot of homework, so I won't go to the fields tomorrow." Jiang Meilan said with a frown, pointing at the schoolbag hanging on the back of the chair.

Jiang Daguo nodded, "Then come with me to the fields to earn work points next week when you have your day off."

Jiang Meilan was so frightened that her face turned pale. She waved her hands hurriedly, "We have a midterm exam the week after next. I have to review at home next week."

[My aunt won't review, she will definitely go out to play] Jiang Xiaoxiao snorted. "No, I will definitely review well, I won't go out to play!" Jiang Meilan turned around and glared at Jiang Xiaoxiao.

Jiang Daguo took Jiang Meilan to work in the fields. His original intention was to let her know that farming was much harder than studying. If she didn't want to be a farmer, she should study hard, go to college, and find an easy job.

Jiang Meilan realized the hard work of farming, so he stopped scolding her and said, "You must keep your word and study hard. If I see you running out with your classmates again, or running out at night, you should stop studying and work with me in the fields to earn work points. If you work harder, you can still earn more work points."

Jiang Meilan worked her butt off this afternoon and only earned two work points. Now she is asked to work harder. Isn't this tantamount to asking her to die?
She was so scared that she waved her hands repeatedly, "I won't go to the fields. I will study hard."

"Okay, remember what you said." Jiang Daguo said in a deep voice.
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The next day, Sunday, Jiang Meilan got up early as expected.

She moved out the small table she used for doing homework and placed it in the yard, spread out her textbooks and homework books, and started writing seriously.

Whenever he encountered something he didn't know how to do, he would go and ask Liu Xihua.

But Liu Xihua doesn't know how to do that either.

But there was Jiang Xiaoxiao, and Jiang Xiaoxiao sighed. Jiang Meilan, who was in the second grade of junior high school, couldn’t even calculate 45 times 3.14. Liu Xihua had only attended literacy classes, so how could she calculate that?

"Meilan, sister-in-law has forgotten. That can't be possible." Liu Xihua looked embarrassed and shook her head.

Jiang Xiaoxiao sighed.

[My dear aunt, you are so stupid. Open the multiplication table and write it down.]

[If you can’t recite the multiplication formula, you certainly can’t calculate]

Jiang Meilan tilted her head and calculated according to the multiplication formula?
Yes, this method is feasible.

She opened the lid of her pencil case and looked for the multiplication inside. Although she calculated slowly, she finally figured it out.

On this day, Jiang Meilan was doing her homework seriously. After finishing it, she did not dare to go out to play. She also helped sweep the floor, hang clothes and feed the chickens at home.
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For two weeks in a row, Jiang Meilan studied hard after returning home and stopped running around.

On this day, the math teacher, Mr. Huang, came to visit Jiang Meilan and praised her for her progress. She scored 65 points in the math midterm exam and was no longer the last in the class. She had improved to the tenth from the bottom. She also said that Jiang Meilan's calligraphy won the third prize in the school.

The Jiang family was very happy and praised Teacher Huang for his ability to teach students.

Teacher Huang smiled and said, "It's not all my credit. Meilan has completed all her homework in the past two weeks and listened carefully in class, which is why she has made such great progress. Keep up the good work and try to get into high school."

[You are great, aunt. Come on, aunt.] Jiang Xiaoxiao was also generous with her praise.

Jiang Meilan became more confident. It turned out that if she worked hard, she could make progress. It wasn't that difficult.
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In the blink of an eye, it has been almost a month since Jiang Xiaoxiao came to the Jiang family.

Jiang Daguo discussed with his family and planned to hold a full-month banquet for Jiang Xiaoxiao.

"Why are you holding a full moon banquet for a girl you picked up? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at? Are you afraid that the whole production team doesn't know that you can't have children and picked up a girl?" Aunt Jiang disagreed. She felt it was shameful.

Liu Xihua looked embarrassed and didn't dare to say anything.

Jiang Daguo was also speechless for a moment.

Jiang Xiaoxiao clenched her fists. Raising an abandoned child is obviously a very loving and praiseworthy thing to do. How can it be shameful?

But considering that Aunt Jiang has serious feudal ideas, she won't listen to what I said.

(End of this chapter)