My Happy Daily Life After Being Reborn-Chapter 67 - 4 Flowers

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67 -4 Flowers

“Mr.

Lin, we’re heading back now,” they said, “We’ll come to visit you again.”

“Take care on your way back.”

Lin Xiaoguai’s smile was faint as she watched her students leave the alley until they were out of sight.

These kids were all students from the tutoring classes she had organized, primarily those whose grades were not so good or who were uncertain about getting into their desired schools.

But now, the results of their most recent exams had far exceeded their original levels, and today they came to express their gratitude with gifts.

It wasn’t just today—I’m sure our home won’t have a moment of peace in the coming days.

As soon as she stepped back into her room, she saw Luo Yufang joyfully looking at something on the ground and couldn’t help but ask curiously, “What is it?”

“This is a real treasure,” Luo Yufang replied as she opened the bag to reveal a soft-shelled turtle inside.

“Look at this size, it must weigh at least three pounds, I wonder how it was caught.”

“It must have been caught specially,” she remembered one of her students mentioning they had learned fishing with the adults.

Luo Yufang put the turtle into a basin of water and stood up with a smile, “Ever since you started this tutoring class, we haven’t had to spend money on vegetables during the holidays.” Although not everyone could afford to give gifts as expensive as soft-shelled turtles, there were those who brought vegetables, others who brought eggs, and even some who brought fabric and brown sugar.

Lin Xiaoguai originally did not want to accept these gifts; after all, she never taught the classes for free.

But as it was customary in their community to give teachers gifts for good grades, it was difficult for her to break the tradition.

However, she was adamant about not accepting any money.

After all, she had lived in the future and even had experience teaching as an alien master.

With how hardworking her students were, it would have been difficult for them not to improve after her classes.

Today was still fine, with just a few students bringing a soft-shelled turtle, but after the results came out for the college entrance exam with two of her students getting into university and three into college, one well-off parent had actually brought a bicycle as a gift.

Despite her insistence, they only reluctantly took the bicycle back; however, she couldn’t refuse the radio that followed.

Now, that same radio was given to Shen Zhangming to listen to operas.

He carried it everywhere, wiping it clean multiple times a day, treating it almost like a relic, while Luo Yufang and Shen Xiu quite approved of this.

Thinking about how the refrigerator in the kitchen was treated with the same reverence, Lin Xiaoguai could hardly voice any complaints.

“Let’s make some soup with this turtle and take a bowl over to little aunt’s place,” Lin Xiaoguai suggested.

The youngest daughter of their family, Shen Minying, used to be both beautiful and intelligent and had married Zhao Shuhua, a man from the county town.

But during difficult times, coupled with Zhao Shuhua’s family background, their whole family fell on hard times and ended up being sent to the far northwest to reclaim wasteland until they managed to find their way back last year.

The thing was, both little aunt Shen Minying and Zhao Shuhua had sustained injuries and were in poor health, and their children were not faring much better.

Due to the close relationship between the two families, whenever one made something tasty and nutritious, they would think of sharing with the other.

Fortunately, the two families didn’t live far apart, so it wasn’t too much of a hassle.

“Ok, I’ll take it over later,” Luo Yufang, too, felt sympathy for her daughter and son-in-law, but since they relied on their grandson for support, it wouldn’t be appropriate to be openly giving things to her daughter’s family without her granddaughter-in-law mentioning it first.

Fortunately, her granddaughter-in-law was a kind person and sometimes even more thoughtful than Luo Yufang herself.

“Right, the knee pads I made for little aunt and Zhao Shuhua are ready, as well as the rheumatism ointment and the Poria Cake, with all the directions written down.

Zhao Shuhua can read it, so grandma, please also take these over to them when you go,” said Lin Xiaoguai, who always believed in repaying kindness with greater kindness.

Little aunt’s family was good to her and Little Niangao, so naturally, she intended to reciprocate.

“Great, great, great,” Luo Yufang was so delighted she nearly cried.

Having used the handmade soap her granddaughter-in-law made, and her daughter Min Shu saying the frostbite ointment was effective, she had full confidence in Wanwan’s capabilities.

She was sure that Minying and her husband would suffer less.

“By the way, I made extra Poria Cake, so grandma, keep some for yourself, and the rest we can send to elder aunt and the others.” The aunts who lived far away sent money or other items – not much but always filled with sentiment.

Their letters of greetings never ceased, and Lin Xiao Guai acknowledged their kindness.

“I don’t need it for my old bones; send it all to Minjuan and the others,” said Luo Yufang.

Thanks to her daughter-in-law and grandson, she was well taken care of, her health actually better than her daughters’, aside from those two years when Wang Zhaodi joined the family and angered her into having a stroke.

“Grandma, you shouldn’t be so reluctant; I can always make more for you.

There’s no need to be so thrifty,” Lin Xiaoguai disagreed.

Hearing this, Luo Yufang didn’t insist any further.

Her granddaughter-in-law was truly generous.

At first, they worried about Chi, but after seeing that she knew not only how to spend money but also how to earn it, they relaxed.

“By the way, where’s Xiuwa?” Luo Yufang suddenly remembered that it had been a while, and she hoped her granddaughter wasn’t still lazing around in bed.

“She went to the movies with her friends,” Lin Xiaoguai replied as she lifted Little Niangao from the stroller and began to wipe his face with a wrung-out towel.

“What movie did they go see?

How wasteful of money!?” Luo Yufang complained.

She knew it must have been money given by Wanwan, and that Xiuwa had been spoiled rotten in the past six months, constantly going to the park or to the movies, her character turning wild, not even thinking of coming home to help with chores.

Yet, seeing how Xiuwa had become more and more cheerful and assertive, without the gloomy timidity of the past, she was actually quite happy about it.

Knowing her grandma was just saying it, Lin Xiaoguai smiled, “She’s still young.

If she doesn’t have fun now, should she wait until she’s married and has kids?

By then, she’ll have her mother-in-law to watch over her.

We should let her enjoy herself while she can.”

“Besides, she got into the Medical College, so she deserves some reward, doesn’t she?”

“I can never win an argument with you, anyway, you and your sister-in-law are always in cahoots.” Although Luo Yufang said that, her expression was actually smiling.

Shen Xiu came back from outside, happy and pleased, while Lin Xiaoguai was indoors writing.

Hearing the knock, she didn’t even lift her head and said, “Come in.”

“Sister-in-law, I brought you sunflower seeds and soda.” It was only because Lin Xiaoguai had suddenly given her two yuan that Shen Xiu could afford such luxuries.

“Leave them there.” Lin Xiaoguai finished writing her sentence, put away her pen, and asked, “Did you have fun outside?”

“Of course, it was fun.

Today you could go boating in the park, I’m glad I went.

It’s usually so hard to come by.” Shen Xiu put the sunflower seeds and soda on the table.

Looking at Lin Xiaoguai’s collected manuscripts, her eyes shone as she asked, “Sister-in-law, are you planning to submit another story?”

Last month, Lin Xiaoguai submitted a short family saga story to a social affairs publication in the provincial city, and even earned a fee of forty-six yuan.

Initially, Shen Xiu had watched her sister-in-law write that article of no more than six thousand words in a single day.

It seemed like making money was too easy for writers, earning more in one day than what a worker could in a month.

“No, this is a novel, I’m writing it for fun.” Lin Xiaoguai said, with a light smile.

Shen Xiu muttered a bit discontentedly, recalling that she had also claimed to be writing for fun the last time.

Lin Xiaoguai didn’t explain further.

She really hadn’t planned on submitting this one.

The last story was written on a whim, submitted just to test the waters, and had conservative content.

She hadn’t expected it to get accepted.

While the sisters-in-law were chatting, Shen Zhangming entered frowning.

“What’s wrong with Grandpa?” They looked at each other and asked.

“Ah?” Shen Zhangming was startled, seemingly just noticing them.

His eyes instantly brightened, “I wanted to ask you something.

My memory isn’t good, the daughter-in-law from the Chang family across the street, how many times has she came to ask for flowers from our home?”

The flowers were planted by Lin Xiaoguai in her spare time.

Although they bloomed beautifully, they were still treated as ordinary wildflowers which only looked so vibrant because they were well tended.

“What’s wrong?” Shen Xiu didn’t understand, “Several times, I think.

Didn’t she say she liked them?

Is she asking for more?

We grew them ourselves and they’re not worth much money anyway.”

If they were her sister-in-law’s potted plants, she would be reluctant to part with them because they were not only beautiful but also reputedly expensive.

“I’m so angry!” Just then, Luo Yufang stormed in, furious.

Upon seeing the three people in the room, her eyes widened about to speak, then she seemed to reconsider and deflated.

“Grandma, who upset you?” Shen Xiu was confused.

“Isn’t it the Chang family again?” Before she could finish, she suddenly ran out and came back with two pots of Hang chrysanthemums.

“Hurry up and help me bring the flowers back in.

What are you standing there for?”

The three didn’t understand her intentions but seeing her frustration, they didn’t ask questions and obediently moved the flowers.

“Wife, what on earth are you up to?” After they finished moving them, Shen Zhangming said, puzzled, “Could it be that there’s going to be a heavy rain tonight?”

In the hall, over twenty potted plants were neatly arranged: chrysanthemums, camellias, and peonies—each one lush and spirited, and the few in bloom were particularly bright and beautiful.

Luo Yufang sat on a chair with a mournful face and said, “We’ve been tricked this time.

The Chang family has a dark conscience, daring to ask for our flowers that are worth hundreds of yuan each without paying a dime.”

“What!?” Shen Zhangming and Shen Xiu were shocked.

Lin Xiaoguai wasn’t surprised.

She knew that although she planted these flowers on a whim and didn’t care much about the species, the seeds were bought from an exchange store, planted using soil from the ‘Spiritual Spring’, and watered with spiritual spring water.

So, it was unlikely they were ordinary.

Initially, when the daughter-in-law from the Chang family asked for them, Lin Xiaoguai had been reluctant to give them away due to lessons from her past life.

But since Grandpa and Grandma thought those flowers were worth little, they’d readily agreed.

Lin Xiaoguai, as a junior, couldn’t object.

Fortunately, the pots were obviously expensive, so they weren’t given away as a favor.

“Grandma, are you sure you haven’t got it wrong?” Shen Xiu couldn’t believe it.

“How could I be wrong?” Luo Yufang said, infuriated, “If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I’d still be in the dark.

That Chang family daughter-in-law sneaked our flowers to the flower market and sold them for two hundred yuan—actual money!”

“Afterward, I asked the shop owner.

He said that even though our peony wasn’t in bloom yet, connoisseurs could tell it was a valuable breed, and offering more than two hundred yuan would still be on the lower end.

If it bloomed nicely during the season, someone would buy it for thousands of dollars.”

Shen Zhangming and Shen Xiu looked shocked.

After a while, Shen Xiu asked in bewilderment, “We didn’t even know the flowers were valuable, so how did the daughter-in-law from the Shen family know?

She doesn’t look like someone who knows about these things.”