After Jiang Yeqian finished counting the notes, he asked Qi Qingyao, "How about you? What are you planning to do when construction of the house is underway?"
"I'll stay here and teach these three illiterate little kids how to read," Qi Qingyao ruffled Xiaobao's hair as she spoke. Xiaobao was excited, and the eyes of Dabao and Erniu lit up as well. Could they finally learn how to read?
Jiang Yeqian: "..."
He respected this benevolent idea of hers. He also did not bother to ask how and where she had learned to read and write. She harbored a lot of secrets to start with, but he reckoned he would eventually figure out everything anyway.
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The next afternoon, outside the Zhang family house, Zhang Tieyuan was drinking another pot of liquor. While he had his arms around the pot, he saw his son Zhang Tiezhu and daughter-in-law Zhang Caixia in the house, spacing out. Zhang Tieyuan entered the house and barked, "Why haven't you packed up your things yet? What are you waiting for?"
