Chapter 60

Except for the new recruits, most of the people on the island know Dongsheng, and many veterans or sisters-in-law have grown up watching Dongsheng

Many veterans or sisters-in-law have watched Dongsheng grow up Therefore, everyone has seen the changes in Dongsheng

In the past, although Dongsheng was adopted by Lu Yuanzheng, but Lu Yuanzheng a large part of the year is outside, even in the compound is also busy with military affairs, and often put Dongsheng foster in the family building

So Dongsheng is also considered to eat a hundred meals grew up

Lu Yuanzheng’s control is strict, Dongsheng is also well-behaved

But sometimes a little too well behaved, talking to people always unintentionally with a few points to please

He is young and does not show it clearly

After Xu Man followed him, most of the time Xu Man brought him up by himself

Xu Man himself was a child who grew up under high quality education, and his concept of bringing up Dongsheng was definitely much more advanced than that of the people of this era

In addition, during the time that Lu Yuanzheng was recovering from his injuries, the three of them were always together

Now Dongsheng is still well-behaved, but more lively children should be a few points less timid

If before is just a eat a hundred rice grew up in the compound mud child, now it is a little bit of the feeling of the luxury family little boy

Dressed as usual poor earth, is the temperament and behavioral changes

There is also a cultural change

Just over four years old Dongsheng understand a lot of should not be his age to understand

He may not be able to memorize hundreds of ancient poems, but he can do simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

He knows some practical knowledge that he should not know at his age

Once Dongsheng was playing with Mrs Li’s son, Gensheng, in the open space of the camp while Mrs Li was doing the laundry

Wang Ying sat down in the shade with her baby and watched Dongsheng and Gensheng laughing and playing

Wang Ying suddenly lamented, “The children brought up by this college student are different”

One of the sisters-in-law didn’t want to hear this, so she asked, “What’s so different about it? Dongsheng has grown up in the compound since he was a child, eating the same rice and playing with the same clay as our children How can Mrs Xu bring up Dongsheng in a few days?”

“That’s right! You’re just taking the bull by the horns Sister-in-law, it’s not that we’re too talkative Although Mr Zhao is a big man, he treats you very well Now that you have a child, you should at least think about your child, right? Thinking about yourself all the time doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll have a better life even if you go to college Look at Mrs Xu’s wife who got into a prestigious university, but she is still suffering on this deserted island with us for her man and child”

“She is who she is and I am who I am! I’m not as aware as she is, okay? Anyway, you don’t like me!” Wang Ying’s eyes reddened in aggravation, and she walked back with the child in her arms

Mrs Li said to the sister-in-law who had advised Wang Ying, “Why do you think you’re messing with her? Now when Gangzi comes back from a long day’s work, he’s exhausted and still has to coax her”

The sister-in-law sighed and shook her head, “I just couldn’t help it You can’t help it We’re just a commoner, but after all his skin, he’s just a poor boy from the countryside, so he has to look forward to a poor man like Wang Ying We have to look forward to a poor phoenix like Wang Ying! He’s living like a dog in a cage every day”

“Forget it! If all phoenixes are like Wang Ying, who’d like a phoenix? Mrs Xu is the only one who deserves to be called a phoenix, right?”

Mrs Li didn’t say anything and looked at Dongsheng and Gensheng in a daze

The sister-in-law next to her touched Mrs Li, “Mrs Li, what are you staring at?”

Mrs Li returned to her senses and rubbed her clothes while raising her chin to indicate where the children were playing, “Take a close look, Dongsheng seems to have changed quite a bit from before Playing in the sand is so much more than just playing in the sand I think Wang Ying was right about one thing Children brought up by college students are not the same”

Gensheng plays in the sand blindly

Dongsheng was different, he would build castles and draw pictures in the sand

He didn’t build castles like Negisen, but planned them carefully and mumbled something in his mouth

What to say about the foundation, what length, height and width

Painting pouting ass pinch a twig one stroke, although the painting is not good, but God-like

Rengsheng, on the other hand, makes a lot of nonsense

The difference was too obvious, the sisters-in-law looked at it and nodded in agreement

“Indeed Dongsheng is now getting more and more of that feeling that Road Camp had when he first enlisted as a soldier Don’t look at the road camp now with these big old men hanging around you can’t pick out people, when he first came here, he was always teased as a ‘little white boy’, although not so much as to isolate him, but there was no shortage of flirting with him”

“But before the road camp also did not teach Tonson to be like this now Dongsheng also came to my house quite a few times before, sometimes I feel heartbroken when I look at this child, so understanding that he doesn’t even look like a child, afraid to cause trouble for us and make us angry”

“Right! This child has changed a lot Now see me still a mouth aunty Sun, come to my home to play also like before to abide by the rules, but not so anyway, not so constrained and especially polite, not move that thank you on the side of the mouth”

Sister-in-law Li nodded: “Look at our island now these children are not too old The oldest is only six years old The older ones stayed in the city or went back home to go to school But they all go to daycare centers now, and we don’t have any here Why don’t we talk to Mrs Xu Man and ask her to help us teach the children”

“This ” The other sisters-in-law were a bit moved, but still hesitant, “That’s good But Xu Man’s wife is also the wife of the battalion commander, can we ask her to be a kindergarten teacher? Besides, Mrs Xu Man has not been idle Look at all the things she’s been working on, which ones haven’t we benefited from? It’s not right to occupy her time, right?”

Sister-in-law Li sighed, “That will definitely cause her trouble However, we don’t want to raise our child as a feral child, right? There’s no telling how long it will take for this island to be built up to popularity Most of the people who come with the army are those who can’t stay at home or don’t want to be separated from their men You can’t just leave your kids alone if you want to, can you? Daihatsu, for example, is six years old and should be in first grade in the fall If he stays here, he’ll go back to his hometown next year when he’s on vacation, and other people’s children will be able to read and write, but we’ll only be able to catch fish in the sea, how can that be right?”

Dafa’s mom sighed, “Who says it isn’t? In the past, it was just a matter of time Boys are just boys! If they are raised in such a haphazard way, they will grow up to be hard laborers, won’t they? They could even be sent to the army But now times are different! The college entrance exams have been liberalized, who doesn’t want their children to be successful? Unlike Niu Niu’s sister-in-law, I’m somewhat educated and can teach Niu Niu how to read, write and count I can’t even compare myself to Mrs Xu’s wife A few days ago, I also discussed with our old Wang, really can’t, so in a few months I will also bring my child back to my hometown”

“You don’t even have a place to live back home?”

Dafa’s mom sighed, “That’s right There are three houses in the old house, and Lao Wang and his five brothers, and now that the fourth one has gotten married, there isn’t even a side room left It’s hard to make ends meet! But we adults can make do with what we have, we can’t delay the child’s future”

“Therefore, we still need to discuss this with sister-in-law Xu Wen Ask her to help teach the child”

There were a total of six children in these accompanying sisters-in-law, and together with Mrs Li’s family’s Gensheng, there were seven

Wang Ying’s family’s youngest was still nursing and could not be counted

There was also a one and a half year old who could not be counted for the time being

The remaining five children, three boys and two girls, are not too old, and should be in kindergarten

A few sisters-in-law discussed, or decided to brazenly go to the door to ask Xu asked

Xu Wen was a bit hesitant

Frankly speaking, she doesn’t really like children

She was just more in tune with Dongsheng, which didn’t mean she was willing to be a kindergarten teacher

But with so many sisters-in-law begging her, she couldn’t face refusing

Sister-in-law Li had dealt with Xu Man a lot and knew that she preferred quiet and didn’t like to make a lot of noise, so she discussed with her, “You can help us out first Take an hour or two out of your day to teach them When the island is ready for people, we’ll find a way to hire a kindergarten teacher Now that we can go to college, no one wants to delay the children It’s only because there’s no other way that I’ve come to trouble you”

Xu Man certainly knew the situation on the island After biting her lip, she agreed

Teaching these children wasn’t difficult for Xu Man, what was difficult was what to teach

Fortunately, there was the almighty Magic Mirror

“What does the Magic Mirror Magic Mirror kindergarten usually learn?”

“Magic Mirror Magic Mirror, how many Chinese characters do three to six year olds generally need to recognize?”

“Magic Mirror Magic Mirror, what kind of books did kindergartens have in the seventies?”

Synthesizing the information given by the Magic Mirror, Xu Wen roughly made a teaching plan, and spent some time every day preparing lessons

When Lu Yuanzheng saw this, he complimented her for solving the problem of the next generation on the island, and was particularly active in supporting her work, not only did he let her have the writing desk, but he also had a movable blackboard made for her

In fact, it is a wooden board with some black paint, but there is no black paint on the island

Lu Yuanzheng had someone get all the used batteries from the aluminum skin flashlight, get all the carbon rods inside, and paint a blackboard for Xu Man in a raw manner

As for the chalk is also no, good thing to pick up a small stone can write on it

But writing on paper and writing on a blackboard were two different things

Xu Wen writing on paper is not bad looking, writing on the blackboard, often slant up

It wasn’t ugly, but it was a bit unattractive

Lu Yuanzheng saw that Xu Man was about to erase the black background that they had managed to blacken, so he had to pick up a rock and write the Chinese characters he wanted to teach her on the blackboard

Xu Man looked at the horizontal and vertical, especially standardized board writing, a little sour: “How come you know everything?”

The slate was all better than her writing

Lu Yuanzheng threw the stone and patted the ash on his hand, “It’s not like we’re always sitting in the office when we’re marching and fighting Sometimes when the conditions are bad, we can still draw maps on the sand! I can still draw straight lines when the ship is so shaky”

“Awesome!” Xu Wen gave a thumbs up, “Speaking of drawing Don’t you know how to draw too? Kids love pretty things” She pointed to the corners of the blackboard, “You’ll paint some more decorations?”

Lu Yuanzheng looked at her askance, and really obeyed, painting some shells and fish

Xu Wen narrowed her eyes

I’m afraid that this painting technique can’t be practiced in a year or two

This man of his own family still had a lot of secrets in him

After seeing Xu Man teaching, each company spontaneously contributed paper and pencils

Xu Man would usually teach for an hour or two after breakfast and before dinner

She teaches character recognition and arithmetic, not dry memorization, but fun

Sometimes she teaches things by playing games

Some uneducated fighters who still wanted to get ahead would spontaneously move a bench and follow along

However, they have to work, can not finish the whole study, often up to learn half an hour

After a few days, when the morning class is over or the afternoon work, the soldiers will run back, want to rush to learn a few more words

Shi Lei is not balanced, pinching the waist and asked Lu Yuanzheng: “We used to be on the shore, when there was no war, from time to time every week to take out two days to teach cultural lessons? Which one of these bastards didn’t pinch their temples and cover their stomachs to take a vacation? Even if they came to class, their snoring was louder than my lectures!”

Lu Yuanzheng lifted his eyelids and glanced at Shi Lei, “Maybe because you’re not as good looking as my daughter-in-law!”