Chapter 178 – Restless Ji Jianyun

“Mommy, I forgot this word.” Renren came over with a picture book, and pointed to the word “bai”.

Su Danhong looked at it and said, “This word is ‘bai’. Bai in white(baise), bai in beginner(xiaobai).”

Yan’er also brought a picture album and asked, “Third aunt, how do you pronounce this word?” She pointed to the word.

Renren looked at it and said, “I know this one. The word is ‘wang’. Like the stripes1 on a tiger’s head.”

Yan’er was surprised and asked, “Brother, you’re amazing! Third aunt taught me many times, and I keep forgetting.”

“Mommy taught me many times before I remembered it,” Renren comforted.

Yan’er nodded. “I will remember from now on.”

The cousins read the words for a while, and then they drank a cup of malt milk. After that, they practiced counting.

During the busy farming season, Su Danhong would naturally not restrict them. She allowed them both to work with everyone else to get used to a working atmosphere on the mountain. They were on a break, so Su Danhong had them learn something.

Fortunately, they were obedient.

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“Third aunt, I’m here.” Ji Xiaodong’s voice came from outside.

Ji Xiaodong is Hou Wazi. Su Danhong smiled and let him push the door open.

The door was unlocked. They kept it like that since there were many children at home.

“Brother Xiaodong is here,” Yan’er shouted.

“Brother Xiaodong,” Renren also shouted.

“Yan’er, Renren, did you study hard today? Brother is coming to test you,” Ji Xiaodong said.

“We studied hard,” Yan’er and Renren answered very seriously.

Thus, Ji Xiaodong began to test them.

Each kid was randomly tested with ten words. One would answer as the other looked. When one kid was done answering, the other was tested.

Yan’er got six wrong and four right. Yan’er was very disappointed.

Meanwhile, Renren got six right and four wrong.

He did not get all of them right, so he was also a bit disappointed.

Ji Xiaodong, as the eldest brother, naturally comforted them, “You are doing very well. As long as you work hard, you will get them all right soon. I will test your counting now.”

Both Yan’er and Renren could count up to fifteen. They were very accurate and there was no mistake.

Ji Xiaodong praised them and they were very happy. The mistakes they had made were gone.

“Do you want to eat here tonight?” Su Danhong asked as she held Qiqi up.

“Yes.” Ji Xiaodong nodded politely.

“Okay, then look after Yan’er and Renren. I am taking Qiqi out for a walk. I will come back to cook for everyone later,” Su Danhong said.

Ji Xiaodong nodded.

Su Danhong was also relieved. She knew that HouWazi would not let the two little kids go out. If he really let them go out by themselves, then Da Hei would follow them.

Su Danhong pushed Qiqi to the field. There were bok choy growing in the field. They were not big because it had not been long. The weather was also not good, so the bok choy grew slowly.

Ji Jianyun was in the field. When he saw her coming, he smiled and asked, “Where are Yan’er and Renren?”

“Hou Wazi came over and he is doing his homework at home,” Su Danhong said.

Even at home, he always wanted to be held by his dad. In comparison, he did not like being held by Su Danhong.

Ji Jianyun was not busy. Other people were working in the field, so he came over. Qiqi saw him coming and began to move around excitedly in the carriage.

“Little guy, are you so happy to see your dad?” Ji Jianyun held Qiqi up.

Qiqi was happy, although he didn’t know what he was happy about.

“Next year this will be converted to rice fields, and some sesame, beans, and sweet potatoes will be planted,” Ji Jianyun said.

“Even if you plant these, it will be sold out in the college town in the future,” Su Danhong said.

Thirty acres of land sounded like a lot, but in fact, that amount of land was not a lot to Su Danhong.

In her last life, her mother planned to leave her two country mansions as her dowry. The farmland for each mansion was larger than this one, and it was also first-class farmland.

Ji Jianyun laughed. “Some are not easy to sell, I’m just adding variety. You can’t always sell these things.”

“Other people have a hard time selling their goods. Won’t we have an easier time?” Su Danhong looked at him with a raised eyebrow.

Ji Jianyun looked at her and asked, “What if it does not sell well?”

“If it does not sell well, then I will let you do ‘it’ whenever, without resisting.” Su Danhong looked at him coyly.

Ji Jianyun was a little embarrassed. How could she say this in broad daylight?

“If it does sell well, then you have to listen to me in the future. If I say go east, you can’t go west, I say one, you can’t say two,” Su Danhong said.

He knew that his wife would not be wrong. He accepted the loss. He listened to his wife. Whether it was now or the future, he did what his wife said. Yunyun always said that he had become a slave to his wife, but he was not losing out.

After walking around for a while, Ji Jianyun took them back.

“Danhong, the reservoir on our side is not very good. We need to rebuild it,” Ji Jianyun said on the way home.

“Rebuild the reservoir?” Su Danhong asked. “The villagers probably won’t agree to it, right?”

Rebuilding the reservoir must be discussed with the village. And rebuilding the reservoir required money. Su Danhong didn’t even have to think about it. She just knew that the villagers would not agree to it.

“They won’t,” Ji Jianyun said. He knew it as well.

“Are you going to do it by yourself?” This was her husband. Su Danhong understood what he was thinking when she looked at him. It was funny for her to look at her restless man. “You just finished contracting 30 acres of land, and you want to contract the reservoir?”

Ji Jianyun was a little stressed. His family had a lot of things going on, but basically nothing was saved. He spent as much as he earned.

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If he wanted to contract the reservoir, he would probably have to empty out the money left in his family. However, it was still far from enough because the reservoir is not exclusive to their village. It was shared by several villages nearby. If he wanted to contract, the procedures were complicated, but it would be a huge expense to rebuild the reservoir.

“If you want to do it, you can. The contract doesn’t need to be completely paid right away. Remember, you can do credit. We can’t run away after it happens anyway,” Su Danhong said.

Ji Jianyun’s eyes brightened. “Honey, do you agree to it?”