Before Xiaoxiao even reached Li Chuntao’s courtyard, she could already hear the children’s reading voices from afar. Judging by the sound, she could tell how many people there were; it was just too loud.

When she got to the door, she felt her head ache.

Besides the children, there were also plenty of adults gathered at the entrance. Were they here to check on their children’s learning progress, or what? This wasn’t a kindergarten.

She impatiently pushed through the crowd, "Make way, make way, let me through."

Just as everyone was engrossed in watching, they heard this one discordant voice. They were about to curse out loud for the interruption, but when they turned and saw Xiaoxiao’s very serious face, they immediately spoke with a smile, "Yang Ming’s wife, you’re here to watch too."

Xiaoxiao’s mouth twitched, then she saw the path cleared for her. She smiled at everyone and proceeded inside.

The path being cleared unveiled a sea of children’s heads clustered inside.

Gazing down at them, big and small, it was quite a sight!

Some of them she recognized; the youngest was three years old, and the oldest was ten.

Just like Yang Dong said, no wonder he asked her to come and help. With this kind of scene, Li Chuntao probably couldn’t handle it.

With someone as pure-hearted as Li Chuntao, facing these children eager to learn, she probably couldn’t bring herself to turn them away.

Xiaoxiao was speechless. How could she not turn anyone away? Was she planning to exhaust herself?

Taking care of these kids is exhausting, it’s like being a kindergarten teacher. But with so many children in a kindergarten, there are at least ten or eight teachers, yet here it’s just her alone.

How naïve can she be? How naive?

Li Chuntao was still teaching everyone, having them read along. Just as she was about to continue, she saw Xiaoxiao already in front of her. She seemed to see a savior and said, "Xiaoxiao, you’re here."

Seeing Li Chuntao, Xiaoxiao was at a loss for words. She could still manage a smile, but inside, she must be crying.

Faced with such a kind-hearted girl, Xiaoxiao was truly helpless. She sighed, then spoke earnestly to the children, "Kids, your Sister Chuntao will only be in our village for a few days and then she has to go back. She came here because she has other matters to attend to, her time is really limited, and she doesn’t really have time to teach you all. Can everyone understand and be a little considerate?"

The children, hearing this, all looked at Li Chuntao and asked, "Sister Chuntao, is that so?"

"Sister Chuntao, can’t you teach us to read?"

"Sister Chuntao, are you going back?"

"Sister Chuntao, we really like you, can’t you keep teaching us?"

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Facing these innocent children, with their pure eyes, Li Chuntao didn’t know how to respond.

Xiaoxiao sighed inwardly. It wasn’t that she was being cruel or denying the children their education. It was just that things couldn’t continue like this. So, she continued, "Your Sister Chuntao really can’t stay here for long. If she spends all her time teaching you, she won’t be able to do her own things, right? So please can everyone go home for now, and when she has some free time again, she can teach you?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the courtyard fell into silence, but moments later, the courtyard suddenly filled with the cries of many children.

"Waa waa, Sister Chuntao can’t teach us anymore, we haven’t learned enough yet."

"Boo hoo, I want to learn, I want to learn."

"Boo hoo, I just managed to learn how to write my own name." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

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