Chapter 31

"What? Xiao Baofeng also went to school? Are you right? The school cost two liang silver last year. Where did they get the money from the second room?" When Wang Mudan was surprised, his eyes stared very big, like a frog with eyes on his head.

"How do I know!" Xiao Baocheng said, "anyway, I'm not wrong. He's a new student. Wang Xiucai of our school brought him in personally and asked us to take more care of the new students."

"Then I'll have a look!" Wang Mudan said.

Wang Mudan went to the kitchen outside the second room. First, she smelled a greedy smell of fish, and then heard Xiao Baofeng and others discussing the private school. She drooled at the door and listened for a while, and then determined that Xiao Baofeng really went to school!

Wang Mudan quietly left the row of earthen tile houses, and then went to the old man Xiao's house.

"Father in law, let me tell you something. Baofeng has gone to school!"

As soon as Wang Mudan entered the house, he first said it.

It was getting dark, and the old man Xiao didn't light the light, so Wang Mudan didn't know what the old man Xiao was doing inside. After he saw it clearly, he found that the old man Xiao had just rubbed the mud in the house.

Old man Xiao doesn't like to take a bath. He seldom takes a bath several times a year. He has a bad smell all the year round.

After Wang Mudan came in, he immediately put down his clothes and scolded fiercely, "can you make a noise before you enter the house?"

Wang Mudan was still careless: "father-in-law, just rub the mud when you rub the mud. What's wrong? Also, did you just hear what I said? Baofeng went to the private school!"

The old man Xiao stared at Wang Mudan and said in disgust, "what's strange about Baofeng going to a private school? He's eight years old, isn't he?"

"Father-in-law, the private school needs to pay two liang of silver a year. What does Baofeng say about going to the private school? It means that their second room is rich."

When Wang Mudan finished, Xiao old Hamilton was stunned.

"The second room has money?"

"No, isn't there a separation between two rooms a while ago? Just after the separation, their family has money. Don't you mean not to share it with us? Dad, don't forget that two rooms still owe you 500 Wen a month."

Lao Xiao immediately tightened his belt and ran to Li Hongmei's house.

The second room has finished eating. Xiao Baofeng and Xiao Baozhu are responsible for washing the dishes. Li Hongmei is cleaning the table. Ye Xiaoxian has gone back to the room. Xiao Baoshan goes to fetch water before it is completely dark.

Seeing the old man Xiao coming, Baofeng and Baozhu called "Grandpa", and their tone was not very enthusiastic.

Baofeng and Baozhu don't like this Grandpa. Both of them were raised by Li Hongmei since childhood. No matter how busy Li Hongmei is, Lao Xiao won't take the lead.

Sometimes when a peddler from the village comes, old Xiao will buy some little sugar people to coax his grandson, but he won't give it to the second room alone, which makes Baozhu and Bao cry.

"Baofeng, I heard you went to a private school today?" Asked the old man Xiao.

Baofeng said while washing the dishes, "yes, Grandpa."

"Who gave you the money?" Asked the old man Xiao.

Xiao Baofeng realized that things were not simple. Grandpa certainly didn't come to ask because he cared about him, so he didn't answer.

Li Hongmei heard it in the room. She knew that the old man Xiao must have come for money. She couldn't help it.

Hum, I didn't see this father-in-law come so fast when I needed his help. Now I hear that they have a few silver coins in the second room, and they run faster than rabbits.

Li Hongmei threw down the rag, endured her anger, and then smiled and said: "father-in-law, Baofeng went to a private school today. Baoshan borrowed the money from her friends. After all, Baofeng is eight years old. Ye also told me that no matter how poor you are, you can't educate poor children, so we bit our teeth and sent it to Baoshan private school."

"Did you borrow the money?" Xiao asked the old man suspiciously.