Rebirth in Famine: She Thrives by Lucky Space-Chapter 600 learning

Sister-in-law Liu came in, saw them studying, and quietly asked about lunch, which was still rice made from mixed grains, with the same dishes as last night.

At eleven o’clock, Jiang Xinyu finished her lecture.

Guodong jumped down and went to fetch water. He thought it was hard work, but actually it wasn’t tiring here. Shang Zhenkun had long wrapped the water pump well with straw and usually covered it with a straw mat.

Shang Zhenkun was quite satisfied with his performance, educating the three young ones, never missing an opportunity to broaden their knowledge.

After lunch, the three of them didn’t sleep but instead reviewed the content taught in the morning.

They felt they had interrupted Sister-in-law Liu’s rest.

"It’s fine, as long as you can study well, missing my nap is no big deal."

People nowadays are very supportive of education. In their minds, educated people are noble.

"I’ll take a nap, wake me up at one thirty."

Wei Kaiyun cared for his wife, but in this regard, he really couldn’t take her place.

"Alright, rest assured, I’ll wake you at the time."

Jiang Xinyu fell asleep quickly; her brain had been working non-stop all morning, which was quite tiring. This was not like teaching children; it really required mental effort.

In the afternoon, she continued teaching. Watching them each with a notebook, she flipped through their notes and praised Zhao Xiaoli, suggesting Guodong and Jing Chu learn from her notes.

In the afternoon, they both improved significantly. Jiang Xinyu was very satisfied.

They wrapped up at three thirty in the afternoon, soon to make dumplings.

Although there were many people eating, there were also many making dumplings; the two girls were quite competent at cooking.

They prepared two types of filling, and in the evening the three of them ate a lot, then stood on the ground listening to the broadcast.

They didn’t know Lv Beiguang was suffering from a toothache, and thus didn’t feel like cooking.

Today, Jiang Xinyu received a call from her friend, and learned about Jing Chu’s response, which made him very sad.

Sending the children away relieved the danger here, but it truly made the children suffer.

He really couldn’t leave; too many people eyed his position, and losing this job would make it very difficult to find another.

Tomorrow, he would try asking for leave from the leadership and take a vacation during the brewery’s off-season; he had accumulated nearly a month’s worth of weekends off, and by summer he could go. As long as it wasn’t during the New Year, leaving after autumn shouldn’t be a problem.

The condition of the two children remained unknown, but with Jiang Xinyu around, there shouldn’t be significant issues.

Thus, the three settled here and remained until the morning of the tenth day. After breakfast, they packed their luggage, preparing to return.

They knew their departure was all thanks to Aunt Jiang’s friend; otherwise, they wouldn’t have been able to leave, let alone stay this long.

Jiang Xinyu initially wanted to prepare some food for them, but Jing Chu refused.

Jiang Xinyu sighed, thinking that Jing Chu’s temperament easily led to hurt; fairness doesn’t exist in the world.

However, since they refused, she gave up, planning to wait until they moved before reconsidering.

"You three shouldn’t leave your textbooks behind; you can start learning and next time, we can teach faster."

After sending them off, Jiang Xinyu also headed to the classroom.

She hadn’t seen them for over ten days. As soon as she stood on the podium, everyone stood up, bowed, and greeted Jiang Xinyu.

Jiang Xinyu also bowed in return, "Thank you all, and happy New Year to everyone." She felt quite touched.

Now she was five months along; wearing thick clothes masked it, but standing for prolonged periods was tiring, so she taught mostly sitting down.

At noon, she returned to eat and rest, also advising everyone to go back and rest.

At dinner, the family ate together, "Mom, soon it will be the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day, can we have Tang Yuan?"

"Yes, I brought glutinous rice flour, enough for one meal of Tang Yuan. But it will have only brown sugar peanut filling, since we lack other ingredients."

"Having food to eat is already good enough."

They certainly weren’t picky.

However, she underestimated the importance of the Lantern Festival here; every household would have Tang Yuan, made with sticky sorghum flour. Though a bit coarse, Jiang Xinyu received a lot of sticky flour.

But on the night of the fifteenth, they still ate Tang Yuan made with glutinous rice flour because it was more delicate.

Wei Kaiyun requested to remove the splint, "My leg has long been healed, even if I remove it, I won’t walk for long periods, you can rest assured."

"Wei Kaiyun, let me tell you, this leg is yours. If you don’t care, my words are futile. If you want to remove it, go ahead."

Wei Kaiyun, hearing his wife’s words, dared not take it off.

Every day was busy, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Wei Kaiyun met with Village Chief Li.

They agreed to dig a cellar on the day of "Dragon Head Raising" in the second month. Though somewhat challenging, over ten households in the village had already dug cellars, making it not too difficult.

The daily wage remained one yuan without meals, from eight in the morning until four in the afternoon, with a one-hour break at noon.

"Village Chief Li, I also want to build three more rooms."

"That’s possible, when it’s warm, you can use the dug-up soil to make bricks; they’ll be useful for building side rooms later."

"Great, that’s wonderful."

"Xiao Wei, can you find ten people?"

"Village Chief, for how many days?"

"That’s uncertain."

"Could that be problematic?"

Li Yungui knew Wei Kaiyun’s concern. After all, the daily wage was one yuan.

"Don’t worry, you can use leftover workers when you build side rooms; I’ll arrange it."

"I appreciate it, Village Chief. Our third child is about to be born, and the second is growing up; it’s not suitable to continue living with us. Also, Old Yang visits monthly; living space is really tight."

Li Yungui understood. "I know, rest assured and build. I’ll take care of the rest."

Arrangements were made, just waiting for the time.

The thawing here begins in late April, so everything can be completed, especially if stones are available; a stone-walled cellar is much safer.

"Village Chief Li, can the cellar walls be built with stone?"

"That would be expensive."

"It doesn’t matter; please help inquire about stones. If possible, use them for the house too; it’s safer and lasts longer."

"That would require many stones."

"It’s fine, please help check and give me a price. I’m mostly worried about transporting stones now."