A domineering country girl flirts with her son, and Commander Huo can't resist.

Chapter 224 Qiao An's Educational Philosophy

I earned thirty yuan and five jin of flour. When people told me, they were incredibly envious.

"Big sister, this is just a small token of my appreciation. Actually, there's something I'd like to discuss with you."

Qiao An glanced at Huo Jiyun.

Huo Jiyun immediately understood, "Big sister, it's like this, I'm not home during the day, and Qiao An also has her own things to do. We don't have any elderly people to help us at home, so we would like to ask you to continue to stay and help us."

"Salary unchanged, what do you think?"

Su Xiulan's forehead twitched. Could there really be such a good thing in the world?

Is it possible to earn thirty a month just by taking care of children and cooking?

Why wouldn't she be happy about it? She couldn't be happier!

"Okay! My kids are all in school now. Actually, I'm still worried. I'm already forty. If I go to work, I don't know anything. I can't do anything even if I bring my kids home every day."

Su Xiulan pushed the milk powder and animal biscuits back, saying, "I'm so happy that you can make money every month. I absolutely can't accept these things. I'd feel guilty if I did."

"I won't disturb your meal. I'll come again tomorrow during the day as usual."

"Then I'll have to trouble you, elder sister." Qiao An stopped trying to refuse her.

As soon as Su Xiulan left, Huo Fang took her younger brother and sister home.

Huo Chen, Huo Ning, and Wen Xiaoxiao all seemed rather unhappy today.

During dinner, Huo Chen was absent-minded, constantly poking at the food in his bowl with his chopsticks.

"Ah Chen, what's wrong? Is the food not to your liking?" Qiao An asked, looking down.

"Mom, today the kindergarten teacher started teaching us pinyin and writing. It's so hard, we can't learn it." Wen Xiaoxiao answered the question for Huo Chen.

"Is it because you can't learn it that you're unhappy?" Joan found it really strange how children's thoughts could be so complex.

"Hmm, Mom, I don't want to study. I want to play every day." Huo Chen pouted. "Besides, studying is useless. I heard from Xiao Hu that you can become a factory worker or join the army like Dad, whether you go to school or not."

Huo Jiyun felt that he still had to go to school; he had to finish junior high school and learn to read.

He was about to speak when he noticed that Qiao An had put down her bowl and her expression was somewhat serious.

He shut his mouth and waited for his wife to scold him.

"You think going to school is boring and tedious, right?"

Huo Chen nodded. "Yes, it's not fun at all."

"Ah Chen, if you don't go to school and don't even know how to read, what will you do in the future? Want to work in a factory? You can't even read the machine manual. Want to join the army? You can't even write a work report."

"If you don't go to school, you'll only be able to farm. Our family still has an acre of land in Lianchi Village. I can leave it to you, and you can go back to farming. That's fine too."

Huo Chen thought of the people in the village; he didn't want to farm.

"Mom, I don't want to farm, I want to be like you."

"Just like me?" Joanne smiled. "Do you know why Mom can earn so much money? Even the boss at the machine tool factory in town speaks to me so politely. And she can get a car whenever she wants, without even having to pay for postage?"

Huo Chen tilted his head to look at her. He really didn't understand. He only knew that his mother was very capable.

Qiao An looked at Huo Ning and Wen Xiaoxiao again, only to see that they were also completely confused.

Only Huo Fang's eyes were bright.

"Because my mother is educated and possesses knowledge that others don't know, knowledge is power, it is my capital. The leaders of the machine tool factory are polite to me because I can repair imported equipment that others can't. Not to mention Chinese characters, I can also understand foreign characters."

"I can do business in Gwangun City and the capital city of Pyeonggyeong because I have been learning and improving, and I have the ability to make a name for myself in any city."

"Achen, Aning, Xiaoxiao, do you really want to stay in one place for the rest of your lives?"

"Don't you want to go to the capital? Don't you want to go south to see the sea? Don't you want to see the skyscrapers of Haicheng?"

Huo Chen bit his finger and said, "I think I want to go to many places like my mother when I grow up."

Huo Ning and Wen Xiaoxiao nodded in agreement.

"But if you can't even do the simplest thing like learning well, if you lack education, where will you go in the future?"

"Ah Chen, you've always said you want to be a pilot when you grow up, but do you know that pilots need to know a lot of scientific knowledge and operate very precise instruments? You can't even read, so do you think the Air Force will accept you?"

Huo Jiyun felt she could chime in now, "Your mother is right. Not to mention you, I'm studying too. The military is promoting cultural development now."

"Illiteracy will soon be eliminated, and Dad is planning to go to adult university to continue his studies."

"Huh? Dad, you're so old and you still have to go to school?" Wen Xiaoxiao's eyes widened in surprise. She thought only children went to school.

"Yes, Dad isn't as educated as Mom, and I don't want to fall behind her, so of course I have to go to school."

Qiao An glanced at Huo Jiyun, surprised that he was going to attend an adult university.

"Moreover, a few days ago, my mother was chatting with Grandma Shan in the capital, and she told me that the college entrance examination will be reinstated at the end of this year, which means that I can go to university."

Do you know what a university is?

This time, even Huo Fang shook her head.

"There are many majors in university. You can study whatever you want. There are like-minded people there who do research and discuss things together."

"There are lakes and towers on campus. In spring, there are cherry blossoms, and in summer, you can see wild ducks and mandarin ducks. There are all kinds of clubs and organizations in the university. You can act in plays, sing and dance, and play basketball. In short, the four years of university may be the happiest four years of a person's life."

As Qiao An spoke, she reminisced about her college days.

The children listened intently; they had never known such a place existed in the world.

"Mom, can I go to university if I study hard?" Huo Ning asked, hugging her arm with a hopeful look on her face.

"Yes, elementary school, middle school, high school, take the college entrance examination, get good results, and you can choose the city and university you want to go to."

"There are so many universities in the country. As long as you have good grades, you can go to any of them."

After hearing what Qiao An said, Huo Jiyun even wanted to go to the university to take a look.

He stopped going to school after junior high, let alone university; he didn't even know what high school looked like.

"Mom and Dad are going to the capital, Beijing, at the end of the year. Mom will take some pictures of you at Beijing University and Beijing Youth University so you can see what our top universities in China look like, okay?"

"Okay! Okay!" Huo Chen raised his little fist. "I want to see!"

"I want to go to university!"

"I want to take the exam too. I want to go to Heijing."

"I want to go to Guangyun City. My mom says everyone there dresses so beautifully."

The children chattered incessantly.

Huo Jiyun then looked at Qiao An.

She is just so unique.

Other parents, when trying to teach their children to study hard, resort to beatings or scoldings.

But Qiao An was able to spout such profound truths, convincing the children to listen and even planting the seed of going to college in their hearts.