Chapter 86 Make it clear

The more Tai Wenzhen thought about it, the more unconvinced she became. She walked to the yard, picked up her daughter, and spread out a booklet to teach her how to read.

But Wen Xiucai was only 16 months old and could only recite like a parrot.

When I asked her again a few minutes later, she didn't remember a single word.

Tai Wenzhen was so angry that her face turned black.

She slapped the picture album and scolded her daughter, "How can you be so stupid? She is only one month older than you and can recognize words, but you don't know a single word."

Wen Xiu couldn't understand what her mother was saying. She only saw her mother's ferocious face and her wide-open mouth, and heard the sound that made her ears hurt.

She burst into tears, "Mom, Mom—"

"Stop shouting. I'm so angry." Tai Wenzhen glanced at her daughter and turned her head away.

Seeing that she ignored her, Wen Xiu became even more frightened. She shouted "Mom" even louder and louder, and stretched out her little hands to pull Tai Wenzhen's clothes.

But Tai Wenzhen kept ignoring her.

Tai's father happened to walk in with his two children. He said coldly, "What are you talking about Xiuxiu doing? How old is she?"

He picked up his granddaughter and coaxed her.

Wen Xiucai didn't cry.

When he learned that it was because Wen Xiu had not learned to read, Tai's father severely reprimanded Tai Wenzhen, "Children have their own strengths. Don't envy what other families know and add burden to your child. It's enough for her to know one thing."

Jiang Xiaoxiao came over and pulled Wen Xiu's little hand. Wen Xiu saw her smiling and smiled too.

Father Tai put Wen Xiu on the ground, and Wen Xiu immediately happily pulled Jiang Xiaoxiao out, and the three children played together happily again.

Father Tai pointed outside and said, "Look, what good kids there are. Why do you demand so much from them? How old are they? If they can play, they are not fools. As for learning to read and sing, they will learn it naturally when they are old enough to learn."

These words were spoken to Tai Wenzhen, as well as to Jiang Meihua and Tai Wenguang who had walked into the room.

Mother Tai came out of the kitchen carrying dishes, and Father Tai took the opportunity to ask, "Old Chen, am I right?"

I originally wanted my child to outperform other children, but unexpectedly, he was not able to beat any of them.

Tai's mother looked unhappy. She said nothing and went back into the kitchen.

In order to liven up the atmosphere, Jiang Meihua took the initiative to step forward to help.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was quite lively because of the presence of three grown men, Taifu, Tai Wenguang and Wen Pengyi, who were careless and did not care about trivial matters.

After dinner, Jiang Meihua helped to clear the table before saying goodbye to everyone while holding Jiang Xiaoxiao in her arms.

Mr. Tai liked Jiang Xiaoxiao very much and gave her a small flower basket filled with candies and small dolls.

Jiang Xiaoxiao's face was filled with black lines. What a childish gift.

But she still waved to Tai's father with a smile on her face, "Grandpa." She then called Tai's mother "Grandma" with a professional fake smile, and waved to everyone else one by one.

Wen Yue pulled her little hand, "And me."

Jiang Xiaoxiao hummed in her heart, but also had a fake smile on her face, "Yue."

Wen Yue was so happy that she clapped her hands.

She had a good memory and remembered everyone's name and address without mixing them up, which made Tai's father and Tai Wenguang laugh.

After Tai Wenguang sent Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jiang Meihua away, Tai's mother raised her eyebrows and said, "This Jiang family, you really can't judge a person by his appearance."

Tai's father said, "There is always someone better than you. You think you are great, but there are always people who are even more great."

Tai's mother stopped talking. Although she seemed unconvinced on the surface, she couldn't help but admire Jiang Meihua's family in her heart.
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After returning home, Tai Wenguang sat for a while, then went back home as it was getting late. The Jiang family closed the shop.

Jiang Meilan asked Jiang Meihua about the meal at Tai's house.

Jiang Meihua didn't want to say anything unhappy, so she just said casually, "A few relatives came, Wenguang took me to meet them, and Xiaoxiao also met a few friends. They came back after dinner."

"That's all?" Jiang Meilan was a little disappointed as she didn't hear anything new.

"What else do you want to hear?" Jiang Meihua asked with a blink.

"My brother-in-law has a lot of teachers. I want to find out how many people like me have been admitted to No. 1 Middle School." Jiang Meilan said.

Jiang Meihua thought of the spoiled relative girl from the Tai family, but she didn't say it out loud. She just told Jiang Meilan, "Your brother-in-law's mother is a primary school teacher, and you are a junior high school student. She doesn't know much about middle school."

Jiang Meilan tilted her head and thought for a while, then expressed her agreement.

After not getting an answer, she didn't bother herself too much and turned aside to listen to the radio.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the innocent and carefree Jiang Meilan and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

The high school is located in City A, where most of the students come from urban families with better economic conditions.

Although Jiang Meilan has a boyish and carefree personality, she will definitely notice the differences between urban and rural areas over time.

For example, she might meet many girls like Chen Weiwei.

These things that should have been taught to Jiang Meilan by her mother, are now not taught by anyone, because Aunt Jiang favors her eldest daughter and is indifferent to her youngest daughter, Jiang Meilan.

This made Jiang Xiaoxiao a little anxious.

[My aunt is a heartless tomboy. I wonder if she will be discriminated against by the nice-looking students in the city.]

[Auntie, don't compare your pocket money with the city students. You can't compare with them. If you want to compare, compare your grades.]

[Alas, when she gets to high school, will my aunt still study as hard as before? Will she be looked down upon by the kids in the city?]

[I’m so worried]

Jiang Meilan turned around and saw Jiang Xiaoxiao, whose eyebrows were twisted into a knot, sighing and looking at the sky.

She laughed angrily.

"Jiang Xiaoxiao, you'll get wrinkles if you worry too much." She pinched Jiang Xiaoxiao's pigtails, "Don't worry, I will work hard and won't let the city students look down on me."

Jiang Xiaoxiao grinned, this was the aunt she liked.
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Jiang Daguo felt it necessary to tell his parents that Jiang Meilan was admitted to No. 1 Middle School.

He rode his bike back to the village and returned home.

But I found that there were quite a few people sitting at home.

There was the team leader Jiang Guoping, the team accountant, and two neighboring villagers.

Everyone was looking at the contract and talking about something.

"Dad, Mom, what's going on?" Jiang Daguo looked at everyone and asked Aunt Jiang and Uncle Jiang in confusion.

Uncle Jiang waved his hand and said, "Your mother made the decision, just listen to her."

Aunt Jiang glanced at Jiang Daguo and said, "What does the family's affairs have to do with you?"

Knowing that Aunt Jiang was worried that Jiang Daguo and his wife had not given birth to a child but instead had a baby girl as compensation, and that the relationship between mother and child was very tense, team leader Jiang Guoping was busy trying to smooth things over.

"Daguo, your parents are going to City A to live with Meizhi. Meizhi has a house and a job there and can support your parents, so they don't plan to take the family's land anymore and are transferring it to these two families in the village," said Jiang Guoping.

"Mom, if you don't farm, Xihua and I can." Jiang Daguo stamped his feet anxiously, "We are farmers. What kind of farmers are we without land?"