The father and daughter, after leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, had no idea that Kang Rende inside had cursed them a hundred and eighty times.
He wished he didn't have them as relatives.
They didn't think about what Kang Rende was thinking at all, but happily dragged their empty cart to the gate of the town middle school.
There were three children from their family studying at the town middle school, and it was a good opportunity to bring them all home together.
Su Shouwen and his two brothers came out of the school gate and saw their little cousin holding their third uncle's hand, standing obediently at the gate waiting for them. They immediately ran over with smiles.
"Little sister, why are you here?" Su Ciliang, who ran the fastest, reached Su Xiaotian, scooped her up, and said cheerfully.
Su Xiaotian was startled when her second cousin picked her up, but she didn't resist.
In her previous life, not only her own brothers treated her well, but her cousins also treated her very well. However, she always felt a barrier because they weren't her biological siblings.
Not in this life. She wanted to lead her brothers to a better life.
"Second brother, what was your score on this exam?"
Su Xiaotian's question was like a silent killer, directly hitting Su Ciliang's weak spot.
"Little sister, can we not talk about that?" Su Ciliang, uncharacteristically, blushed.
"Second brother didn't even pass!" It was Su Sangong, who was more steady, who spoke.
"Sangong, are we still brothers?" Su Ciliang immediately glared at Su Sangong.
Su Sangong smiled gently and said, "Second brother, whether you want to be or not, you can only be my second brother. There's no choice!"
Su Xiaotian knew that no matter how gentle this third brother appeared on the surface, he was actually quite cunning.
But Third Brother was indeed a good student, and he was the first among the Su family brothers to get into university.
"Third brother, from now on, you need to supervise second brother's studies. If he doesn't understand anything, you have to teach him," Su Xiaotian said with a serious expression.
"What? I'm the older brother!"
Su Shouwen poked Su Ciliang's forehead with his hand and said, "Who told you not to study well! I think it's fine for Sangong to teach you!"
"Big brother, you also need to study hard. You'll be going to high school this autumn," Su Xiaotian added.
"What high school? I'm not going. When autumn comes, I'll go to work and earn more work points," Su Shouwen immediately said.
He knew the family's financial situation. It was too difficult to support them all in their studies!
"That won't do. Big brother, you have to listen to me and study hard to get into high school."
Su Xiaotian recalled that in her previous life, her eldest cousin also finished junior high school and went to work in the production team to earn work points. Later, his life was not very good, and he looked old and frail at a young age.
Actually, Big Brother's studies were quite good. If he had studied for a couple more years, he might have become one of the first college students.
The three brothers looked at their little cousin's serious expression, finding it very strange. Why did they feel that their little cousin was a bit different today?
"Little sister, why do you suddenly want to talk about these things?" Su Ciliang couldn't help but ask curiously.
"I want to have capable brothers so that others won't dare to bully me. You all need to study hard. I heard that you can get a job after graduating from high school," Su Xiaotian said with a serious, fabricated reason.
"Since Tiantian has said so, you all must study diligently. Look at Qian Jiefang from our village, he got a job after graduating from high school and is now living well in the city," Su Laosan said, persuading them for the first time in a long while.
The three brothers were silent for a moment, and finally, Su Shouwen spoke, "Alright, we'll study hard, but whether we can get in, I really don't know."
"I will help you study!"
Su Xiaotian said this with full confidence, but to others, it sounded hilarious.
The group of five walked happily towards the village, leaving behind a string of laughter.
When they arrived home, the women in the family had already made preparations. m..oΓg
The dough was mixed, the chives were washed and chopped, and they were just waiting for Su Xiaotian and her father to bring the meat in before starting to chop the meat filling.
They didn't mention their encounter with Kang Rende to the family, not because they didn't want to, but because they had completely forgotten about it.
Because they were going to eat meat pies, the mischievous boys in the family, after school, stayed at home quietly doing their homework and didn't go out to play.
The three older ones also went to study obediently. If their little sister wanted a working brother, they naturally had to work hard.
Su Xiaotian was not interested in watching Grandma Su and the others make meat pies. Instead, she quickly ran to her room, planning to study the tasks issued by the system.
"Anna, what is the content of the task 'In books, there are thousands of grains of rice'?"
"The host needs to study diligently to activate the task. This task has a total of fifty sub-tasks, and the content of the tasks is confidential until activated. The ultimate mission is to ensure the whole family is fed and clothed."
Su Xiaotian fell silent. She had been thinking about tasks, but it turned out they hadn't been fully activated yet.
Never mind, she wouldn't think about it anymore. She should read a book seriously; she hadn't finished today's reading task yet.
These days, Su Xiaotian had been reading storybooks. Although storybooks were good, after reading too many, she found them boring. She hoped to read a different kind of book today.
Su Xiaotian opened the system library and pulled out a book. Unexpectedly, she pulled out a comprehensive guide to raising chickens.
This was a book Su Xiaotian had been thinking about for many days. The chickens at home laid too few eggs.
With six chickens, at most three eggs were laid per day, which was too low an egg-laying rate.
If she could learn scientific methods of raising chickens, it would be great. Her brothers could also have eggs occasionally to improve their diet.
Su Xiaotian thought this book was meaningful and decided to read it carefully, immediately immersing herself in it.
A good book is like an ocean, allowing people to swim in it. Su Xiaotian's current feeling was exactly this, swimming in the ocean of books to earn money and prosper!
By the time Grandma Su called Su Xiaotian for dinner, Su Xiaotian had already finished reading the entire "Comprehensive Guide to Raising Chickens."
She was silently summarizing the chicken-raising techniques in her mind, drawing inferences, and researching which techniques could be applied to her own home at the current stage.
After all, this book discussed chicken-raising techniques from later generations, and many techniques could not be used at the current stage.
Moreover, the chickens now were free-range, not raised in large scale, and it was impossible to achieve large-scale farming.
"Good girl, come and eat meat pies," Grandma Su said with a smile. "Your brothers have already propped themselves up at the kitchen door and are not leaving. Why are you still in your room?"
Ever since the aroma of meat pies wafted out, the male children in the family had been waiting expectantly at the kitchen door, looking like greedy cats, which was both amusing and exasperating to watch.
Su Xiaotian smiled and said, "Grandma, I'm coming!"
The grandmother and granddaughter came out of the side room and saw two tables of people in the main hall.
This was the most sumptuous meal the old Su family had ever had: cold-dressed wild vegetables and small radishes, a large basin of sweet potato porridge, and a large basin of steaming meat pies (although there was more filling than meat, the inclusion of meat made them meat pies).
"Eat, eat!" Grandma Su couldn't help but smile as she looked at her grandsons, who were practically drooling.