The woman, Zhang Yanshu, was smiling at a bucket of crabs in her living room.

On the sofa sat her maiden cousin, her nephew, her husband, and their son.

It was a young couple in their twenties and thirties, well-dressed, who were holding their son around their son like sandwich biscuits.

It was a six- or seven-year-old boy, arrogant and arrogant, uncomfortable by his parents, trying to break free, but he couldn't resist the adults, so he could only endure it aggrievedly.

Zhang Yanshu's gaze moved from the bucket of crabs to the family of three, and she couldn't hide the joy in her eyes, and said: "Sheng'er, why are you so polite when you come to your aunt's house, they are all relatives, so it's too outward." ”

Zhang Yanshu's voice was so brisk, just listening to the voice, it was impossible to imagine that the hostess who spoke was a fat man of nearly two hundred pounds.

She was very short, only 1.5 meters tall, which made her fat directly crush her waist. Her ears and cheeks were covered by ear-length student hair, and her high, narrow forehead was covered by flat bangs, making her irregularly shaped face look a little snarky.

Sheng's nephew asked for compensation and smiled: "My aunt is willing to help us because of the affection of our relatives, how can we be so unreasonable? Now we all know what we need to do to entrust people to do things, and besides, we young people usually spend money like running water, and we don't care about this money, as long as things can be done." ”

Sheng's nephew and daughter-in-law also said: "Auntie, this bucket of crabs is pure wild, and it took a lot of people to get it, and the crabs raised in the fish pond are easy to buy, but the pure wild ones are not common, so my aunt must eat more, and wild crab stewed rice wine is the most nourishing for the body." ”

"My aunt is so fat, I still make up for it!" the little boy cried innocently.

Sheng's nephew and his wife covered their son's mouth at the same time, but the atmosphere in the living room was still awkward.

The meat on Zhang Yanshu's face twitched, but she suppressed her anger for the sake of the bucket of crabs, and said to the little boy with a smile: "Xiao Ming is very smart, how old is he?"

"I'm seven years old, and I was born in the second half of the year, so I have to put it off for a year, and I have to go to first grade next fall. Sheng's nephew patiently explained to Zhang Yanshu, "It would be nice if my cousin and cousin got married last year......

If Su Liyao and Tang Meijing got married last year, then the couple could send wild crabs to Zhang Yanshu last year.

However, last year's appeal is probably different from this year's appeal.

Because the child was born after September, he was not yet six years old last fall, and he was not yet old enough to receive compulsory education, so he could not register for primary school and could only return to kindergarten to repeat the one-year class.

If Tang Meijing became the daughter-in-law of her cousin Zhang Yanshu last year, they could come to Tang Meijing for help to solve the difficulty of not being old enough to go to the first grade.

Next fall, the child will be six years old, and the age is definitely at the age of compulsory education, why do the nephews and nephews of Sheng still send Zhang Yanshu this bucket of crabs?

In the past few days, Sheng's nephew has made several phone calls to Zhang Yanshu, and before sending this bucket of wild crabs today, Zhang Yanshu has been clear about Sheng's nephew's appeal, and the reason why Sheng's nephew is willing to spend 2,000 yuan to buy this bucket of crabs is also because of Zhang Yanshu's hint, and his appeal has the possibility of being realized.

"My cousin is promising, married such an excellent wife, my aunt is blessed, and she has such a capable daughter-in-law, and our old Zhang family will follow my aunt in the future. Sheng's nephew and daughter-in-law wiped honey on their mouths, and Zhang Yanshu was very useful when she heard it.

"I don't know when Liyao and Meijing will come back. As soon as Zhang Yanshu let out this sigh, the doorbell rang.

Lao Su, who was busy in the kitchen, was faster than anyone else in the living room, went to open the door and welcomed his son and daughter-in-law.

There was an uproar in the living room.

"Coming back?"

"Haruka!

"Cousin, cousin!"

All kinds of warm names filled the living room, and Tang Meijing only felt that her ears were buzzing like bees returning to their nests.

finally introduced everyone's identities, and finally climbed onto the table to start dinner, Tang Meijing was stopped by Zhang Yanshu as soon as she took a bite of food.

Zhang Yanshu said to her husband Lao Su: "Lao Su, go and get two crabs for Liyao and Meijing to eat, the crabs are easy to eat." ”

Tang Meijing noticed that the bucket of crabs in the living room was not very big, they were tied with straw ropes, and they were rustling in the bucket at the moment.

Tang Meijing's slightly dim eyes fell into the eyes of her nephew Sheng, only when this cousin who was older than him was disgusted with the small size of the crabs, and hurriedly explained: "Cousin, don't look at the small size of this bucket of crabs, they are purely wild, because the size of wild crabs is indeed smaller than the crabs in the fish pond, but they ...... It's precious!"

Sheng's nephew almost said, "Burned me 2,000 yuan", but was stopped by a glance from Sheng's nephew and daughter-in-law.

"Meijing, this bucket of crabs was specially given to you by your cousin Sheng......" Zhang Yanshu coughed, and was about to start talking about Sheng's nephew's appeal, but was interrupted by Su Liyao, who only coughed dryly twice.

"If you don't have anything to do, go to the Three Treasures Palace, what's the matter, let's talk about it directly. ”

As soon as Su Liyao spoke, Sheng's nephew was happy: "Cousin, you married an intellectual as your wife, you are literate in speaking, and you can recite poems." ”

This made Su Liyao's face a little embarrassed.

Tang Meijing knew that Su Liyao was most jealous of others praising his wife for being better than him in front of him, which hurt his man's self-esteem.

Tang Meijing smiled gently at Sheng's nephew and said, "Is there something wrong with my cousin?"

After getting married, she was never invited back for dinner, and she entered the house for the first time today, but when she saw that there was an uninvited family of three in the family, she already understood that this was not a free dinner.

Sheng's nephew couldn't wait to cast a look at Zhang Yanshu for help, so Zhang Yanshu took Su Liyao's interrupted words, she took the hand of the little boy on the side, and said to Tang Meijing: "The little guy will be in the first grade next fall, your cousin's household registration is from the countryside, but you want to go to our experimental primary school to study......

The rustling of the crabs in the bucket came to an abrupt halt at this moment, probably because they listened to Zhang Yanshu's account that the mission they were going to carry seemed to be too heavy, so that they themselves were too frightened to move.

At the dinner table, every pair of eyes stared at Tang Meijing, waiting for her reply with anticipation, but Tang Meijing was silent and slowly put down the chopsticks in her hand.

Or Su Liyao broke the silence and said: "Isn't it too early to say what will happen next autumn?"

"My cousin is right, let's not talk about the next autumn now, my cousin just keeps us in mind," Sheng's nephew and daughter-in-law said with a smile, "We are all laymen, we don't know when to do this, just listen to our cousin's arrangement, when my cousin thinks it's convenient to do this, just call us when ......."

Sheng's nephew rounded up his wife's words even more, "After all, it's our children's business, so don't worry, cousin, we will often take the initiative to call our cousins." ”

"I'm just a teacher. Tang Meijing finally spoke.

Sheng's nephew looked understanding, "We understand my cousin's words, my cousin is just a teacher, he doesn't have so much power, and his cousin and sister also have to go to the leader, cousin, don't worry, find someone to spend money, give gifts, give a treat, and don't worry about how much money it is, as long as we can let our children go to the elementary school to study......"

"It's not a matter of finding someone to give gifts," Tang Meijing explained seriously, "There are special enrollment documents for the enrollment of first-grade freshmen in the experimental primary school, which are published on the Internet, and the enrollment objects are divided into several categories, first of all, to enroll children with household registration in the area, and then to take care of the policy. ”

Tang Meijing's businesslike attitude made everyone present a little uncomfortable.

Sheng's nephew said: "Isn't it artificially controllable whether the number is drawn or not?

"Of course not, the lottery has special equipment, and the whole process is supervised by the discipline inspection and supervision department and the Education Bureau, and no one can operate it in the dark. ”

"It's all a family, do you need to say these official clichés?" Su Liyao slapped the table.