Life Is Not Easy For Children (1)
On the second day of school, Jiang Xiaoman earned 10 points, and her debt went down to -790 points.
She was ecstatic.
So this was how going to school felt! It was so fun, being able to study, make friends, and earn points at the same time!
She made Zhang Xinhua cry and snatched a little girl’s candy. Although she returned it later, Jiang Xiaoman still made her cry.
Later on, Jiang Xiaoman also threw in two of her own candies to coax her and make the little girl smile again.
She was very generous.
But these two candies were taken from her ration. They were bought by Uncle, not exchanged from the system.
Although the system gave her 100 points as New Year’s money last time, Jiang Xiaoman never exchanged them with candies or biscuits.
Because after the incident with her uncle, Jiang Xiaoman knew that the good stuff needs to be used in the right place. Candies can be bought anywhere, but points could not.
She had to save up points to save herself during danger.
If Uncle became naughty and ran away again, or if she became disobedient and got spanked half-dead, she could save herself.
Jiang Xiaoman felt that her ability to see into the future was too good. She could see so far ahead. What an impressive accomplishment.
Of course, this was also something she learned from Grandma.
After they moved to the city, Grandma couldn’t stay still and always tried to use the plot of land in the yard to grow something. That way, they wouldn’t need to go to the market to buy vegetables and wouldn’t need to spend money on food.
If there was a famine, and there was not enough food to eat, or something extraordinary happened outside, and they couldn’t buy food anymore, they would still be self-sufficient.
They could pick fruits and vegetables in their yard. How beautiful.
Grandma had to keep some food and other necessities at home. Only then would she be at ease. She had always been like that back in the village, having an obsession with stockpiling stuff.
Well, that was just Grandma. Because the size of the yard limited her wishes, she also had to restrain her thoughts.
Uncle said that when he became more affluent in the future, he would make a vegetable garden for her to grow vegetables in.
But Jiang Xiaoman felt that Uncle’s offer was a waste. Land was expensive, and they had to pay a lot of money just to get a small place. It would be a waste just to grow vegetables.
It should be used to raise pigs.
They should raise two pigs as big as Mrs. Flower. The big flowers can give birth to small flowers, so they wouldn’t have to buy meat for the rest of their lives!
Even if you couldn’t finish eating them, you could exchange them with others for food and cloth. In short, Mrs. Flower was very useful. In addition, meat was delicious and tasted better than vegetables.
The more Jiang Xiaoman thought about it, the more she also wanted to ask her uncle for a plot of land to raise pigs.
Jiang Xiaoman happily waited for her uncle to pick her up.
When Jiang Xing came to pick her up, he deliberately looked her up and down to see if she felt unwell or if she would cry again, not wanting to go to school.
Nothing happened.
Jiang Xiaoman smiled and returned to her previous indifferent attitude, smiling very sweetly.
“Uncle, you’re so slow,” Jiang Xiaoman said, “The other kids have all gone home, but no one came to pick me up.”
“Not crying anymore today?”
“That’s something only fools1 do.”
“Oh, so yesterday’s fool is no longer one today.”
Jiang Xiaoman snorted angrily and said nothing.
Jiang Xing said again, “Now the egg has hatched. It’s no longer a fool.”
“Then what is it now?”
“A dumdum.”
Jiang Xiaoman angrily said, “I have become smarter than yesterday.”
“Ok.”
“I’m not a fool anymore.”
“Ok.”
Jiang Xiaoman was very happy. She urged Uncle to go home quickly and asked him to buy more buns. Today, they were going to eat only buns: vegetarian buns, meat buns, and all kinds of buns—buy them all!
Footnotes:
1. Alright, so the original word for fool here is stupid egg. Because the egg has hatched, that only leaves stupid. I chose dumdum since it sounds cuter
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Life Is Not Easy For Children (1)
On the second day of school, Jiang Xiaoman earned 10 points, and her debt went down to -790 points.
She was ecstatic.
So this was how going to school felt! It was so fun, being able to study, make friends, and earn points at the same time!
She made Zhang Xinhua cry and snatched a little girl’s candy. Although she returned it later, Jiang Xiaoman still made her cry.
Later on, Jiang Xiaoman also threw in two of her own candies to coax her and make the little girl smile again.
She was very generous.
But these two candies were taken from her ration. They were bought by Uncle, not exchanged from the system.
Although the system gave her 100 points as New Year’s money last time, Jiang Xiaoman never exchanged them with candies or biscuits.
Because after the incident with her uncle, Jiang Xiaoman knew that the good stuff needs to be used in the right place. Candies can be bought anywhere, but points could not.
She had to save up points to save herself during danger.
If Uncle became naughty and ran away again, or if she became disobedient and got spanked half-dead, she could save herself.
Jiang Xiaoman felt that her ability to see into the future was too good. She could see so far ahead. What an impressive accomplishment.
Of course, this was also something she learned from Grandma.
After they moved to the city, Grandma couldn’t stay still and always tried to use the plot of land in the yard to grow something. That way, they wouldn’t need to go to the market to buy vegetables and wouldn’t need to spend money on food.
If there was a famine, and there was not enough food to eat, or something extraordinary happened outside, and they couldn’t buy food anymore, they would still be self-sufficient.
They could pick fruits and vegetables in their yard. How beautiful.
Grandma had to keep some food and other necessities at home. Only then would she be at ease. She had always been like that back in the village, having an obsession with stockpiling stuff.
Well, that was just Grandma. Because the size of the yard limited her wishes, she also had to restrain her thoughts.
Uncle said that when he became more affluent in the future, he would make a vegetable garden for her to grow vegetables in.
But Jiang Xiaoman felt that Uncle’s offer was a waste. Land was expensive, and they had to pay a lot of money just to get a small place. It would be a waste just to grow vegetables.
It should be used to raise pigs.
They should raise two pigs as big as Mrs. Flower. The big flowers can give birth to small flowers, so they wouldn’t have to buy meat for the rest of their lives!
Even if you couldn’t finish eating them, you could exchange them with others for food and cloth. In short, Mrs. Flower was very useful. In addition, meat was delicious and tasted better than vegetables.
The more Jiang Xiaoman thought about it, the more she also wanted to ask her uncle for a plot of land to raise pigs.
Jiang Xiaoman happily waited for her uncle to pick her up.
When Jiang Xing came to pick her up, he deliberately looked her up and down to see if she felt unwell or if she would cry again, not wanting to go to school.
Nothing happened.
Jiang Xiaoman smiled and returned to her previous indifferent attitude, smiling very sweetly.
“Uncle, you’re so slow,” Jiang Xiaoman said, “The other kids have all gone home, but no one came to pick me up.”
“Not crying anymore today?”
“That’s something only fools1 do.”
“Oh, so yesterday’s fool is no longer one today.”
Jiang Xiaoman snorted angrily and said nothing.
Jiang Xing said again, “Now the egg has hatched. It’s no longer a fool.”
“Then what is it now?”
“A dumdum.”
Jiang Xiaoman angrily said, “I have become smarter than yesterday.”
“Ok.”
“I’m not a fool anymore.”
“Ok.”
Jiang Xiaoman was very happy. She urged Uncle to go home quickly and asked him to buy more buns. Today, they were going to eat only buns: vegetarian buns, meat buns, and all kinds of buns—buy them all!
Footnotes:
1. Alright, so the original word for fool here is stupid egg. Because the egg has hatched, that only leaves stupid. I chose dumdum since it sounds cuter
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