NOVPUBHan Qingsong looked at her, “We’ve always been very strict all along.”
It’s okay for farmers in the countryside to sell some grain, vegetables, etc., but when they headed to the city to exchange eggs for food stamps or sell some cloth; or when the people in the city were selling supplies, the control was quite strict. Lin Mei mainly thrived by making a name for herself. She was good at being a good person and she had a great relationship with people, so she was not really getting much consequences at the moment. At any rate, she weaved her own cloth, so there would be people coming to buy from her without requiring her to step foot outside.
She could just say that her own family needed this cloth and her relatives were the ones coming to get them– who would bother? Even so, Lin Lan was still a bit worried about her Third Sister, so she wanted to at least let her know about it. She
just finished her shower and was about to take the two youngest boys’ soiled clothes to wash.
Han Qingsong said, “Leave them here, I’ll wash it.”
Lin Lan smiled and said, “Well then, thank you very much,” She placed the basin in his hand, “You should go and wash it in the river; I will be splitting some amaranths.”
In the countryside, apart from the thick ropes that needed to be bought with money, smaller ropes could be twisted and made on the villager’s own accords. After soaking the amaranths in water, the skin would split off before they were beaten with a mallet. After they’re cooked, the strands could be twisted together to become a hemp rope.
Han Qingsong did not head to the river to wash the clothes and did it at home instead. He was strong enough to scrub the clothes and was able to do it easier than Lin Lan. After finishing, he hung them to dry in record time. Then, he helped Lin Lan shape the hemp skin and said, “It’s very hot, go and have some melon.”
After a while, the children came back. With their excited faces, it was probably a big harvest.
Lin Lan paid attention to Dawang again and found that he had gone into the house to sort out his little notebook. It was probably not enough for him, so he found a notebook and cut it in half with scissors before threading the lower half with needle and thread. After doing so, he also marked the serial numbers of the books with a pencil.
Lin Lan, “…” Eldest son, you can do it!
While Dawang went out to take a shower, she quietly flipped through his little notebook and found that it was densely packed with knowledge points.
Inevitably, there were errors in it.
Lin Lan thought for a while and then asked Maisui and Erwang, “When you usually do your homework, try to discuss it with your eldest brother.”
Dawang wanted to retain his reputation, so he might be too embarrassed to take the initiative to ask his younger siblings, resulting in him relying on himself. However, if the direction he was headed was wrong, then the greater the effort, the more likely it would be done in vain.
Maisui smiled and said, “Mom, don’t worry.”
Erwang was also surprised, “Mom, my eldest brother has been really odd lately— he’s working really hard.”
