Beautiful memories

  Beautiful memories intoxicated Xue Er. Xue Er continued to recall some past events after her wedding night.

  The next morning, Xue Er woke up and saw Zheng Shuang still sleeping with a smile on the corner of his mouth. She sat up, leaned down, and kissed the tip of his nose. Zheng Shuang didn't open his eyes, but turned over.

  Zheng Shuang opened her eyes under Xue Er's movements: "Do you want to have fun?" Xue Er chuckled and shook her head: "It's time to get up. If we don't get up, it will be embarrassing to go out late. Get up, let's go pay our respects to Father and Mother."

  "Should we greet them in the morning? What if we want to sleep in later?"

  "Today is the first day after marriage, this is a courtesy. It won't be needed later."

  "Oh, I'll get up quickly then." Zheng Shuang said as she sat up and patted Xue Er's face, "You should put on your clothes too, don't make me not want to leave again."

  Zheng Shuang and Xue Er dressed neatly to pay their respects to Village Chief Wang and Ah Ma.

  Zheng Shuang offered tea to her father and mother and asked about their well-being.

  "Dad let him and Xue'er sit down, gave a red envelope: "First of all, I wish you two a happy old age. Now, I have another decision to tell you. Zheng Shuang, you don't need to be a private teacher anymore. Your quota will be taken over by Xue'er, the district and township will change the documents accordingly. From now on, you will be the militia commander of the village. Being a private teacher is not a good job, only getting second-class work points from the village, with a monthly subsidy of only 5 yuan, which is not as good as being a village cadre. Besides, even if it's a good job, it's still not worth it to let outsiders benefit. Xue'er is your wife, what do you say?"

  Zheng Shuang heard that Xue Er was transferred from a temporary teacher to a private teacher by Teacher Lin, and he himself could become a village cadre, so he was naturally happy.

  After happily finishing breakfast together as a family, they each went about their own business.

  Xue Er is the only teacher in school, so there's no way to enjoy her honeymoon. Xue Er finished dinner and went to school. Zheng Shuang followed Chief Wang to visit the villagers of the stockade, getting familiar with the situation inside the stockade.

  Xue Er arrived at school with a spring breeze on her face. She saw that all the students were present and rang the bell ahead of time.

  Several students heard the bell and walked into the classroom laughing and chatting.

  "Attend class!" Xue Er spat out two powerful words sweetly.

  "Attention!" shouted Class Monitor Xiaohua in a loud voice.

  Xue Er nodded and bowed, saying: "Classmates, there are still ten minutes before class starts. The teacher is in a good mood today, so she will give everyone candy first."

  Several students cheered up.

  Wang Xiaohua was eating sweets and asked Xue'er: "Teacher Wang, weren't you happier last night than today?"

  "Xiao Hua, how did you know I was extremely happy last night?" Xue Er asked with a smile.

  "My dad told my mom. My dad said, Xiaohua's teacher must be gorgeous at night! I originally thought Dad was talking about the new teacher. My dad said that both the new teacher and Wang Laoshi will be gorgeous!" Xiaohua said excitedly.

  "The new teacher has settled down in our village. However, he won't be teaching, so it'll still be just me giving you lessons from now on. By the way, I was really happy with the new teacher last night. Getting married is a big joyful thing, and of course, it's also beautiful." Xue Er said.

  "Xiao Li, did you hear what the teacher said? Marriage is a beautiful thing, it's a happy event. I told you just now, but you didn't believe me. Xiao Li, let's get married too!" Xiaohua loudly said to his deskmate Xiao Li.

  "I don't want to, after getting married you'll fight and do bad things!" Little Li said with a pout.

  "Who told you that? How can a couple fight after getting married?" Xiaohua looked puzzled.

  "One night I woke up and saw my dad bullying my mom on the bed. My mom was panting heavily. I asked my dad why he was bullying my mom, and he said that my mom didn't listen to him, so he had to bully her. Later, I asked Auntie Li, and she said, 'Your dad and mom are doing something bad!'" Little Li said with a straight face.

  "Stop arguing, you two. Let me tell you, only grown-ups can get married, and it's a happy thing for them to do. Children can't get married, and if they did, they would be naughty kids doing bad things, understand?" Xue Er was at a loss for how to explain, but not explaining might lead the children to do something foolish, so she just said whatever came to mind.

  "Teacher Wang, I still don't understand, can you explain it more clearly?" Xiaohua continued to ask.

  "Xiao Hua, some things can only be understood when you're older. Alright, let's get started with class! Please take out your books and review what I taught yesterday. Later, I'll ask questions, okay? Whoever answers well will receive a lollipop as a reward. I still have some left!" Xue Er said, showing everyone the lollipops again.

  Several students quickly took out their books and started reading.

  Xue Er returned home and had dinner, then told Zheng Shuang about the interesting things that happened at school today. Zheng Shuang smiled and said: "Children's sex education is a blind spot in elementary school. In fact, Western developed countries have been enlightening children on these issues very early on. Hehe, let me tell you about the fun things Dad took me to the villager's house today!"

  "Tell me about it." Xue'er looked at Zheng Shuang.

  "We had lunch at Wang Dagu's house today. Hasn't Wang Dagu been married for just a few years?" Zheng Shuang asked.

  "Hmm, he got married two years ago. Don't you think his wife is pretty?"

  "Pretty can't compare with you. However, that one is quite plump/full."

  "You men always stare at women's private parts!"

  "Haha, your dad saw it too."

  "Go on! What's going on? Quickly tell me what interesting thing happened?"

  "Da Ge's wife is called Cui Hua, right? Cui Hua is really funny! We men were chatting and joking, talking about how men are unfaithful. Dad teased Da Ge and said to Cui Hua, 'Cui Hua, you should keep an eye on Da Ge, he loves going into the mountains, who knows if he'll secretly meet up with women in the mountains?' Guess how Cui Hua responded?"

  "How did you answer? Don't be mysterious, speak quickly."

  Cuihua said, "Men are so infatuated, it's hard to keep up with them. Why not just let him go and save ourselves the trouble?" I'll tell you a story. This is something my cousin told me when I visited her in Maoling Village. There was a man in her village who was particularly popular among women. His wife didn't trust him, so she kept an eye on him all day long. One night, the man got up to relieve himself, and his wife followed him, holding his hand. In their village, just like ours, the chamber pot is placed outside the back door. The man opened the back door, urinated while chatting with his wife, who was distracted by his words and didn't notice anything out of the ordinary at first. But when she asked him why he was still standing outside talking to her after finishing, and why his body was shaking nonstop, the man hastily said it was nothing. The wife became suspicious, went inside to grab a lamp, and shone it on them, only to discover that the man had done something bad with another woman after urinating. In a fit of rage, she slapped him and vowed never to care about him again. And indeed, she didn't bother with him anymore. This person was quite strange; afterwards, he hardly ever cheated again. Cuihua finished her story, and we all burst out laughing. Zheng Shuang laughed loudly after finishing the story.

  "Will you steal again in the future?" Xue Er asked.

  "You're so strict, I'm definitely not going to steal. In this regard, men are like children, the more you don't want them to do something, the more they want to do it. If you didn't care about me, I wouldn't dare to steal and I wouldn't even think about stealing. Hehe, just kidding, Xue Er, with you by my side, I'm content, why would I still want to steal?"

  "I don't have any confidence at all. Men are always eating from the bowl while looking at the pot."

  "Eating from a bowl and looking at the pot, isn't that just fine? For example, today I saw Da Ge's wife. You say, isn't a woman's beauty for men to look at?"

  "I won't tell you, go to sleep! You must be exhausted from walking all day today?" Xue Er said, looking at Zheng Shuang who was full of energy.

  "Not tired, good, sleep! According to your student's words, we're doing something bad!" Zheng Shuang said, and then carried Xue Er onto that thing.