"Don’t mention it, you two sisters go play." Su Wanyu finished speaking and hurried out with her things.
Jiang Mianmian sat on the earthen bed and started chatting with Er Ya, "Er Ya, how are you doing at school? Are you adapting well?"
"Mianmian, the school is really good, I love studying there so much. The teachers and classmates are also very nice." Once they started talking about school, Er Ya talked on and on excitedly.
Seeing Er Ya now full of confidence and sunshine, Jiang Mianmian felt very relieved.
"Mianmian, this is our class’s report card. I got fifth place this semester." Er Ya took out her report card, happily sharing her joy with Jiang Mianmian.
Jiang Mianmian took the report card, and the first name she saw was Zhaodi’s, with Er Ya’s name in the fifth position.
Continuing to browse further, she didn’t see Da Ya’s name before the top ten, and it wasn’t until much further down that she finally found Da Ya’s name.
Although Da Ya’s ranking in this exam wasn’t very good, she had passed them all.
Jiang Mianmian knew that Da Ya wasn’t as passionate about studying as Er Ya and she hadn’t persisted in self-learning, so being able to achieve these results was already very good.
"Er Ya, you got fifth place, that’s really impressive."
Jiang Mianmian sincerely felt happy for Er Ya, knowing how hard Er Ya usually worked at her studies, and now her efforts had finally paid off.
"Mianmian, I came here today to thank you and Uncle, Auntie for supporting my education. Without you, I wouldn’t have what I have today," Er Ya said gratefully.
"Why are you saying such things, Er Ya? We’re all family, we haven’t really helped much. This is all your own effort. Now the chance to change your fate is in your hands, you really need to study hard," Jiang Mianmian encouraged.
"Yes, Mianmian, I definitely will," Er Ya said with firmness in her voice.
Over the past year, with Jiang Changhai’s help, the food at the Jiang Family steadily improved. Not only did Zhiwen and Zhiwu, the two favored boys, grow a lot taller.
Even the several girls from the second household grew a lot taller this year, their faces became fuller, their smiles more frequent than before, no longer looking as gaunt and miserable as in the past.
Not just the children, but the adults also looked much healthier, each one glowing with good health, clearly indicating they hadn’t lacked meat this year.
Even Zhang Guihua, whose face had filled out more, no longer seemed as shrewish as before and had taken on a kinder appearance, treating her granddaughters less harshly than before.
Jiang Mianmian thought to herself, such changes are really wonderful!
"Mianmian, Er Ya, come out to eat," Su Wanyu called the two of them to come out for a meal while they were enjoying their conversation.
"Coming, Mom," Jiang Mianmian quickly stood up and said.
Since it was New Year’s Eve, the Jiang Family’s lunch was exceptionally lavish, with twelve dishes, both meat and vegetables.
Before eating, Jiang Dashan mentioned a few good things that had happened to the family this year and concluded with a summary for everyone to continue working hard next year before they started eating.
Although the living standard of the Jiang Family had improved significantly over the past year, their dining habits had not changed.
Everyone would only start to serve themselves after Jiang Dashan and Zhang Guihua took the first bites— all reaching for the meat dishes first.
After finishing the meat dishes, they slowly began to eat the vegetable dishes.
After the meal, Zhang Guihua directed her daughters-in-law and granddaughters to clean up the dishes and seeing Su Wanyu also stand up to help willingly, she felt quite satisfied.