Chapter 137 : The Good Years

Fang Qiang ate in the fields with the hired workers, while everyone else went home.

Fang Yating and Fang Yamei hurriedly served rice and dishes to everyone.

Fang Xiaoluo boiled water to cook instant noodles.

Zhang Xinyan looked at the meat on the table and asked, “Is it okay to just eat that?”

Fang Xiaoluo tore open the wrapping paper and said with a smile, “Mom, you don’t understand this. Not having to eat home-cooked food all the time is also a kind of happiness. And this is another kind of happiness and satisfaction.”

Fang Xiaoluo asked Fang Yamei and Fang Yating, “Yamei, Yating, do you two want to eat?”

The two little girls looked at each other, both with smiles on their faces, and said in unison, “Yes!”

Fang Xiaoluo cooked a big pot and the fragrance spread everywhere.

The children were not even at the table.

Each person held a bowl, filled it, ran to the yard, found a place to sit or squat, and started eating.

Zhang Xinyan smiled and shook her head. “Xiaoluo, you really understand children better. Last time you told your brothers to buy this thing, they said it was delicious. I didn’t think so. Look how happy they were eating it. It seemed to taste better than meat.”

Shen Haiping, Shen Jinxia, and Yu Xiaopang were eating while sitting on a long wooden bench at the door.

In fact, looking from a distance, Yu Xiaopang seems to be older than Shen Haiping.

However, when you look closer, you can still see that Shen Haiping has a peaceful temperament and looks like a brother.

Wang Hongfang and her friends came back from the fields and saw three children eating noodles outside the door.

She couldn’t help but move closer, with a smile on her face as she spoke, “What are you eating? It smells so good?”

Shen Haiping didn’t like Wang Hongfang and never said a word.

Yu Xiaopang didn’t know Wang Hongfang. He was always talkative. “It’s instant noodles. Very fragrant.”

Wang Hongfang looked into the yard and found that Shen Haifeng and another child brought by Fang Xiaoluo were also eating this instant noodles. The taste did smell different and was very fragrant.

But she saw that the Fang family gave so much meat to the workers today.

She stood up and sighed deliberately, “Xiaoluo is really something. Even though the child is not your own, you let them eat meat in the house and give you this to eat.”

“What if she gives birth to her own child in the future? You might not be able to eat anything.”

Yu Xiaopang stared at Wang Hongfang blankly, then lowered his head and said to Shen Jinxia, “Why does she talk like that?”

Shen Jinxia pouted and said angrily, “She is so annoying.”

Wang Hongfang pinched her waist and said, “You are such an ungrateful kid. I am telling you the truth.”

Shen Haiping stood up and said, “You look really ugly when you try to stir up trouble.”

After saying that, he pulled Shen Jinxia and Yu Xiaopang into the yard.

Wang Hongfang was so angry. This idiot actually said she was ugly?

After lunch, Fang Xiaoluo called the children over and said, “You don’t have to go to the fields this afternoon. You can play at home or in the village. But you can’t go into the river. You can’t swim. It’s very dangerous. Do you understand?”

Several children nodded seriously.

Fang Yamei said, “Don’t worry, sister. Yating and I will watch over them and make sure everything is fine.”

Fang Xiaoluo naturally believed them. She wanted to go to the Jiangcheng Education Bureau to ask about last year’s college entrance examination admissions.

When she went out, the children were so tired that they fell asleep.

When she arrived at the Jiangcheng Education Bureau, she went to the admissions office to inquire about last year’s affairs. The admissions office staff replied, “We are currently busy with this year’s college entrance examination. If you want to check last year’s data, I’m afraid you will have to wait a few days. We need to look through last year’s collection records.”

Fang Xiaoluo filled out a form and left her information.

The people from the Education Bureau asked her to come back a week later, so she left.

Fang Xiaoluo also knew that now, things were not as simple as before, when there was a computer system and everything could be easily checked. Now, it would definitely be much more troublesome.

After Shen Haifeng and his friends woke up from their sleep, they played at home for a while.

Later, all the children in the village came out and ran off to play together.

The kids got to know each other very quickly and soon became close friends.

Some children suggested, “Let’s go fishing in the river. It’s fun.”

Shen Haifeng remembered what Fang Xiaoluo had said, “No, you guys go, we’ll go somewhere else to play.”

Chen Wei, the recognized leader of the children in the village, crossed his arms and said, “Why don’t you go? It’s fun to go down to the river. If you don’t want to go, are you afraid?”

Yu Feixu was unhappy when he heard this, “What are you afraid of? We have never been afraid.”

Chen Wei snorted, “I think you are just afraid. If you’re not afraid, why don’t you come with us?”

Yu Feixu rushed forward, “Let’s go, there’s nothing to be afraid of!”

Then Yu Feixu noticed that two people were pulling him from behind.

On the left was Shen Haifeng, and on the right was Shen Haiping.

“Why are you two pulling me?”

Shen Haiping said, “Brother Feixu, there’s nothing wrong with being afraid.”

Yu Feixu scratched his head, “Didn’t you hear him confronting us over there?”

Shen Haiping’s face was expressionless, giving people the impression that he was slow in everything he did, and his words were also bland, “Brother Feixu, if you knew it was a tough fight, you wouldn’t go there.”

Yu Feixu was stunned for a moment. Why did he suddenly feel that what Shen Haiping said made sense?

Chen Wei shouted, “Hey, you guys just listen to that brat? It’s really ridiculous! Are you going or not? Just give me an answer!”

Shen Haifeng said, “No.”

As he said that, he took Yu Feixu and the others toward home.

Chen Wei was a little bit incredulous. He chased after them and said, “Hey, you guys are just leaving like this? How shameful!”

Shen Haifeng clenched his fists, Shen Haiping reached out and held him, and he smiled, giving off a sense of peace and tranquility.

Shen Haifeng said, “Chen Wei, you keep asking us to go to the river. Do you have some unspeakable secret?”

Chen Wei was stunned for a moment, and stammered, “What’s the secret? I just think it’s fun over there. If you don’t want to go, then don’t go. Really.”

Having said that, Chen Wei ran off.

Fang Yamei and Fang Yating never got involved in their affairs and just followed them.

Fang Yamei said to Fang Yating, “The children that my eldest sister is taking care of are really sensible.”

Fang Yating, who was younger, wanted to slap Chen Wei twice, “Haiping is really emotionally stable, I can’t do that.”

Fang Yamei was also surprised. When she first met Shen Haiping, he was living in his own world.

After getting better, Shen Haiping was just living a peaceful life. Although he was young, he was really very thoughtful.

Fang Yamei wondered, is it that the more delicate and thoughtful a person is, the more vulnerable they are to being hurt? She couldn’t stand the hurt, so she trapped herself in one place and couldn’t get out for a long time.