Chapter 531: Chapter 531: What is this situation? Chapter 531: Chapter 531: What is this situation? Mrs. Zhao learned quite a few things from Grandma Fang.
“Shitou’s mother, you don’t know, when I first ca to Capital City, I was completely stunned. As soon as I got off the train, there was snow everywhere, it was too cold outside, so I just slept on the heated brick bed.”
Snow?
Capital City is also in the north.
The north is colder than the south.
“After the Beginning of Spring in February, it starts to warm up where we’re from, but here it doesn’t get warm until April.”
Sleeping on the heated brick bed?
Mrs. Zhao, though she had heard quite a bit from others,
Had never seen one herself.
“You don’t say, after coming to Capital City, I found it to be much cooler than our hotown.”
Now the house is sowhat stuffy and hot, but in Capital City, there is still a hint of coolness.
“I heard about the agricultural reform of dividing land among individual households, Shitou’s mother, what’s that all about?”
Mrs. Zhao discussed the matter with Grandma Fang.
“Your family of three was assigned land that Da Shuan is farming for you, and when you co back before New Year’s, he will give you a share of the grain.”
Each person received about one mu of land, and for a family of three, that adds up to three mus.
Grandma Fang still trusts Captain Zhao. He is fair and strict.
The allocated land must include both good and poor quality plots.
“Shitou’s mother, Da Bao’s mother has made up a bed for you, let show you.”
A private room.
Mrs. Zhao looked around the room—it was spacious, with a bed, a wardrobe, and a stool.
“Shitou’s mother, you should rest a while, and I will grind so corn.”
Mrs. Zhao was a bit tired too, after all, she was getting on in years.
“Auntie, I will go with you.”
Go together?
“Alright then.”
Grandma Fang knew where the stone mill was.
She took Mrs. Zhao, carrying the corn, to a house.
“Auntie, we’re here to grind the corn…”
“Auntie, where did you buy this tender corn?”
These days it’s rare to eat fresh corn,
And in Capital City, one would have to wait at least another month to eat fresh corn.
“It’s from ho, auntie, I’ll leave you so.”
“Then I won’t be shy.”
This old auntie even helped out, and after they finished grinding, Grandma Fang filled a small basin for her before taking the corn dough back ho.
“Shitou’s mother, go sleep for a bit, Shitou and the others will be back at night for dinner.”
Really, after turning the millstone for half a day, she was quite tired.
“Okay, I’ll rest for a bit.”
Da Bao and Xiao Bao returned first.
“Da Bao, Xiao Bao, your grandma is back, she’s in the room. Are you hungry? Your great-grandma stead so cornbread for you, do you want so?”
What?
Grandma is here?
“We’re hungry, hungry…”
Grandma Fang gave each of the brothers a piece of cornbread to eat.
“But rember to do your howork.”
“Great-grandma, we rember.”
After eating a cornbread, the two brothers went back to their room to do their howork.
Da Bao scored two hundred percents, and the school still assigned him howork over the winter break.
As for Xiao Bao, he didn’t have howork over the break, but Elder Wu had given him assignnts.
When Mrs. Zhao woke up, the first thing she learned was that Da Bao and Xiao Bao had returned, and when she went to see, she saw the two young boys sitting properly and doing their howork.
They had grown taller again.
No wonder she adored these two little grandsons so much: with their fair skin, they were also good-looking.
“Grandma…”
“Grandma…”
They had beco even more refined and polite.
Elder Wu taught them not only calligraphy but also manners and etiquette.
“Good, good, do your howork. Grandma will check the kitchen,” Mrs. Zhao said with a smile that brought out wrinkles on her face as she looked at her two adorable grandsons.
Mrs. Zhao then turned to the kitchen.
Zhao Tianhe also woke up, and through the window, he saw the two youngsters doing their howork.
“Da Bao, how did you do on your exam?”
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