Transmigrated & Triumphant: Defying Destiny's Chosen One-Chapter 495 - 42: Toy Car Painting_3
When Gu Ping and Gu An return, I must also watch them study hard and help out my aunt.
...
Although I don’t have to bring dinner tonight, Shi Suifeng still needs to go to the hospital to watch over the two kids after eating. He was planning to borrow the commissar’s bike when he heard Chu River say, "It’s almost 9 o’clock; they’re definitely asleep. Don’t go tonight."
"Tomorrow early morning, catch a ride with the military district truck to the city to find Chen Changhai; I’ve ordered two bicycles from him."
Shi Suifeng frowned, "Two bicycles?"
With a few kids coming here, new clothes and bicycles can’t be hidden. If someone asks later...
The thought turned in his mind a few times, and Shi Suifeng then instructed the several children:
"With so many new things at home, surely someone will have a problem with it. If someone asks, either don’t answer or say that it’s savings from Da Dan and Daya’s grandparents for the kids to have a better future here..."
These days, some lose everything just for a job, and there are those who borrow everywhere just for their child’s better future as well.
Shi Suifeng holds a high rank in the army but is low-key outside, and many military wives don’t know exactly what his job is. But no matter what, the children following him are certainly better off than digging in the dirt.
This reason is completely reasonable.
The children aren’t foolish, with new clothes, new beds, new shoes, and even new bicycles...
Uncle’s family really spent a lot of money!
There will definitely be jealous ill-intentioned people!
It wasn’t rare in rural areas for people to be caught and criticized, whether they understood or not, and they nodded at this moment.
Shi Suifeng looked around the yard by the light of the kerosene lamp and only then reacted:
"You want to make toy cars?"
Da Dan immediately came to his senses.
"Aunt, has the paint been applied? I’ll do it!"
It was just that little car, and Chu River was quick; the first coat of paint had already been applied. But it was okay, with today’s heat, it dried quickly, and the second coat could be applied in about half an hour.
Looking at the two enthusiastic people, one big and one small, Chu River was happy to be the boss who didn’t have to lift a finger—
The big one was assembled, and she still had to assemble a smaller one!
If you couldn’t afford the expensive ones, wasn’t there anyone reluctant for the cheap ones?
She wanted to make money on both types, without missing a chance.
"Alright, it’s up to you two now; don’t confuse the red paint with the white paint."
Meanwhile, she went to cut the pile of plastic pieces Shi Suifeng had worked on, ready to attach the windows after the paint was fully applied.
—That’s when it becomes a complete car.
Looking at the poor kerosene lamp protected against the wind, Chu River sighed.
"When can we ever use electricity!"
Shi Suifeng was also helpless.
They couldn’t afford to pull wires; now they’re too afraid to.
The military district had everything though, taps, cement floors, tiles, electric lights, telephones...
But that didn’t mean they’d spend money to equip the family area.
The life here was already much better than countless rural places.
—Only because it’s so poor.
In these times, even those working on nuclear bombs aren’t willing to use an extra pencil lead, and in the relatively comfortable rear, they couldn’t indulge in luxury.
Just look at those professors in the military district research institute. When researching something, they had to apply for funding, apply for some materials, and save at every turn... 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
So, even though speculation was wrong, Little He could make money without letting himself suffer, and Shi Suifeng felt very pleased.
...
The next morning.
The military district’s transport truck left as early as 5 a.m., and Shi Suifeng got off in the city, arriving at the hospital by 6:00.
Despite this, Gu Ping and Gu An were already awake in the hospital ward.
There wasn’t much entertainment these days; the two kids only had a small comic book costing 1.5 cents, thin pages, already read cover to cover many times.
Seeing Shi Suifeng come over, Gu Ping eagerly got off the bed.
"Uncle, are we going to be discharged?"
Gu An also found lying around very boring and showed an expectant face.
The discharge procedures weren’t that strict back then, but since Gu An had a bone injury, it was safer to let a doctor take another look before leaving, so Shi Suifeng reassured:
"Let’s wait for the doctor at 8:00, and I’ll take you to eat for now."
Saying so, he carefully picked up Gu An and took both children to the hospital canteen.
Recently, there were only the two kids and a caretaker who occasionally helped during the day in the hospital. Gu Ping, being considerate, never stayed away from his brother for long, so even the canteen was new to him.
With the faint aroma of eggs in the air, he suddenly remembered the meal he had a few nights ago.
After pausing, Gu Ping asked, "Uncle, is Auntie’s eldest nephew particularly capable?"
After all, the food was cooked so deliciously.
Shi Suifeng stifled a laugh, "Yes, very capable, but you’re not bad either. You’re about the same age as him. I asked the school, and when the new semester starts, I’ll take you to the exams to see what grade you can enter."
"Da Dan has already decided to study slowly at home. Who knows, he might test directly into third grade! Gu Ping, you need to work hard, otherwise if you only reach second grade, you’ll be a step behind him."
Gu Ping: !!!
Absolutely not! He didn’t want to be a grade lower!
"But second grade is good too. By then, Xiao An’s leg should be mostly healed. He just needs to be careful not to run or jump around at school. Xiao An, if you work a bit harder at home and can do the second-grade test paper, you can be in the same class as your brother."
Gu An’s eyes lit up.
Gu Ping, however, was torn—should he comfortably stay in second grade to be with his brother or strive to charge into third grade so he wouldn’t be outdone everywhere?
Shi Suifeng continued to sigh, "But don’t stress too much. After all, you haven’t had proper schooling; maybe you’ll all end up in first grade—how great, the five of you together, how united!"
Gu Ping: ...
Imagining that scene, he was almost driven to tears.
