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Chapter 83 New Year’s Gift
Nian Yunci and Qiao Guowen arrived at the square, which was packed with people.

As they watched the series of New Year celebrations taking place below, they maintained a faint smile on their faces.

Although the residential compound here is a bit poor and the prizes for organizing activities are not much—sometimes it's just an egg, sometimes it's a pound of brown rice—this cannot dampen everyone's enthusiasm for participation.

After all, it was free; an egg cost 15 cents!
Who wouldn't want that?

There was a word puzzle competition ahead, divided into junior high school and elementary school venues.

Some junior high school students who couldn't solve the riddles suddenly saw Qiao Guowen and their eyes lit up.

Their savior has arrived.

A group of people rushed up and pulled Qiao Guowen over to help him guess the riddle.

"Teacher, teacher, please tell me, what is this?"

The students were very excited.

After all, you get candy if you guess correctly.

One candy for each riddle; if they guess a dozen or so correctly, they'll have a dozen or so candies!
Qiao Guowen glanced at the riddle in his hand and said to the students with a smile, "I'm not good at humanities."

The students...

Why am I feeling a little disappointed?

Qiao Guowen continued, "However, I can get you some help. She's very capable; she can solve any riddle."

Who is it, teacher?

"Teacher, please call them over quickly."

The students in the family compound, perhaps because they were managed by the military, showed great respect for their teachers.

The extent to which they fawned over Qiao Guowen reveals the kind of treatment he received at school.

Qiao Guowen nodded with a smile.

He turned and walked towards Nian Yunci, who was outside the crowd.

“Your teacher’s wife graduated from the Chinese Department of Shanghai University. If she were to guess, she would definitely be able to guess correctly.”

In fact, Nian Yunci studied abroad when she was young.

However, Qiao Guowen didn't need to say any of this.

After all, people are now hostile to all foreign things.

He didn't want to cause any more trouble.

When the children heard this, they were amazed. Not only was the teacher highly educated, but his wife was also a college graduate.

How are they all so amazing?
If the college entrance examination is reinstated in the future, will they be able to get into university based on their own abilities?

Everyone couldn't help but let their thoughts wander.

Nian Yunci, at her husband's invitation, stepped forward somewhat shyly and walked into the middle of the crowd under the students' gaze.

She glanced at the students with a very subtle expression, "What riddles don't you know?"

"this!"

"this."

"and this!"

"I don't know this either!"

Each of the children pulled off a slip of paper and held it up high for Nian Yunci to see.

They had no idea what the answer to the riddle was.

Nian Yunci looked at the raised hands and smiled gently, "Okay, don't rush, let's line up and do it one by one, okay?"

The teacher's wife's voice was very gentle.

She also has a very gentle appearance.

Even though she's gotten older and her skin is covered in wrinkles now, you can tell she must have been a very beautiful person when she was young.

These junior high school students aren't as annoying as elementary school students; they are very sensible.

If you say you're queuing, then you queue.

Each person took a riddle and went up to ask Nian Yunci one by one.

Nian Yunci was very patient and told them the answers to all the riddles one by one.

The children, who were initially somewhat confused, suddenly understood after hearing Nian Yunci's answer to the riddle.

"Wow, it's that simple?"

"How come I didn't think of that?" "I kept thinking and thinking, always trying to find the most difficult answer, but it turned out to be the simplest one."

The students who received the explanation happily took the riddle to the school to exchange the answer for candy.

Some guessed multiple correctly and even gave some of the candies they received back to Nian Yunci.

Nian Yunci naturally didn't want their candy.

She patted their heads and told them to go play, study hard, and grow up well.

Outside the crowd, there were also military leaders present.

Looking at all the riddles, none of them could stump Nian Yunci, and they couldn't help but glance at each other.

Are there really such talented people in their family compound?
I'm usually in the office all day and never go out and explore, so I almost missed out on such a cultured person.

"Whose family is this?"

The leader asked.

The other person replied with a laugh, "Who else could it be? Lu Xiao's wife's biological mother."

"Oh, so they're all educated people? I heard his wife works at a hospital and is quite skilled in medicine?"

"If you're not an educated person, how can you go to those remote rural areas in the Northwest?"

The two were talking.

The leader nodded. "If we hadn't discovered such talent, we would have let it go. But since we have it right under our noses, we should make good use of it."

"What kind of position do you think she'd be suitable for? Find her a place."

Leaders appreciate people who are capable and cultured.

They wanted to arrange a job for Nian Yunci.

The old comrade he had instructed smiled and told his old leader not to think about it for the time being.

“Lu Xiao’s twins are only eight months old. Usually, three people in their family go to work while one person stays home to take care of the two kids. If you arrange for Nian to go out again, I’m afraid Lu Xiao will have to carry the babies to work.”

Former boss...

That can't be done.

Let's make a note of this talent and arrange things another day!

Nian Yunci had no idea that she had only come out once to help her husband's students solve some word puzzles, and she was being treated as a first-class talent.

After walking outside for a while with her husband, the two went to Li Ruihua's house.

They're not the type to really enjoy joining in the fun; they'll just watch the excitement and get the gist of it.

Staying here isn't very interesting; I might as well chat with my friends or play chess.

…………

When Qiao Nian woke up, she found the child lying next to her, and Lu Xiao was also there.

She glanced at the window covered by the curtains with some doubt, muttering to herself, "Is it still not dawn?"

Why aren't the children and husband up yet?
She was a little groggy from just waking up, so she didn't think about the possibility that her child and husband might not be still asleep, but were taking a nap.

Qiao Nian didn't care anymore. Her whole body ached and she was starving, so she went outside to find something to eat.

After she finished washing up, changed her clothes, and left the bedroom for the kitchen, the man who had been keeping his eyes closed slowly opened them.

He quickly sat up, took out the New Year's gift he had specially arranged a few days ago, and placed it under his wife's pillow.

Qiao Nian ate the breakfast left in the pot. It was cold outside, and her parents weren't home, so she went back inside.

Seeing that her child and husband were still asleep, she lay down to catch up on her sleep.

I was just about to lie down and was tidying up my pillow when I realized something was wrong.

When did something appear in her pillow?

Qiao Nian reached in and took the thing out of the pillow.

A small wooden box.

She opened the box and saw the bracelet inside.

Qiao Nian...

Her gaze fell on the man pretending to be asleep beside her, and she kicked his shin with her toe in annoyance.

"What are you doing? When did you secretly get this gold?"

You even secretly made her a bracelet?
At this time, if he takes out gold to make bracelets, isn't he afraid of getting caught?