After staying in the hotel for one night, Su Yan took a taxi with Lu Yiming and his group back to their residence the next day. Although the school was in the city, the house they rented was in the suburbs.

Fortunately, the living environment is not bad and the house is big enough, so there is one room for each of the five students.

Su Yan put the suitcase back into her son's room and asked Lu Yiming, "Is there a grocery store nearby?"

"Mom, are you going to buy groceries and cook for us?"

"Hasn't it been a while since you've eaten my cooking? I see you have a kitchen here, so I'll buy some vegetables and make you something delicious."

"Okay, I'll talk to Brother Xin and the others."

Su Yan had originally planned to go by herself and then find a way to get some fruit out of the space. Now it seems that she will have to prepare some for her son the next time she leaves.

The two of them packed up and took a taxi to a chain supermarket in a town ten miles away. It has to be said that the United States is very advanced. The supermarkets in the 1980s are no different from those in later generations.

Su Yan stuffed everything into the shopping cart as if she didn't want any money. Lu Yiming looked at her strangely.

"Mom, why do I feel like you're very familiar with shopping in supermarkets? I don't think there are such self-service supermarkets in China?"

"Have you forgotten that your mother stayed in Hong Kong?"

To be honest, she seldom goes to supermarkets in Gangcheng, and she doesn't know if there are any supermarkets in Gangcheng. However, there are many fruit stalls, grocery stores and vegetable markets in Gangcheng, so it is very convenient to buy whatever she wants.

"Oh, so that's how it is. Mom, how are we going to carry all the things you bought?"

"Let's take a taxi later. You're so big, you can't even carry three or four bags, right?"

"Of course I can lift it, but don't we have six bags? I should have asked Brother Xin to come over and help."

"Your mom, I can carry two bags. The taxi is so expensive. How can I justify the high fare if I don't buy more?"

Lu Yiming stopped arguing with his mother and followed Su Yan obediently, carrying the bag on the ground.

Su Yan said, "Yiming, when you have time, go get a driving license. Once you get your license, buy a used car first. This way it will be convenient for you to go out, and then sell the car when you return to China."

Lu Yiming's eyes lit up. His mother encouraged him to take a driving test. It seemed that his mother was going to pay for him to buy a car.

"Mom, didn't you tell me to start investing in stocks and make money first? Why do you want me to get a driver's license now?"

"You're already that old, you'll have to take the driver's license test sooner or later. Not only that, but you'll also have to take it when you return to China."

"Mom, if I get my driver's license, will you buy me a used car?"

"Okay, I'll sponsor you 20,000 then."

Su Yan not only supports her son to take the driver's license test, she also plans to take the test when she returns to Gangcheng. Of course, she will go back to Beijing to see if she can pass the test. If she can, it would be best to take the test as soon as possible and get an A license.

After returning to Lu Yiming's residence, Su Yan carried all the vegetables and fruits she had bought into the kitchen, and put the snacks and desserts on the table for the children to eat by themselves.

Hezhou and Xiaoxin were familiar with Su Yan. They went into the kitchen and asked Su Yan if she needed help. Su Yan handed them the washed fruit.

"You guys can take it and eat it. Yiming can just help me."

Lu Yiming cherishes the time he spends with his mother and does whatever Su Yan asks him to do.

The other two junior students who shared the apartment with Lu Yiming in the living room were named Shan Kejie and Qi Jun.

Qi Jun asked Xiao Xin, "Auntie, are you going out to buy groceries and cook for us?"

Xiao Xin took a cherry and stuffed it into his mouth. "Well, Auntie said that we must miss the delicious food from home after not being back for a long time, so she wanted to make us a delicious meal."

"Auntie is so nice. Lu Yiming is so lucky to have such a mother! My mother can't even cook a meal, but luckily there is an old aunt at home who has been with us for twenty years."

Shan Kejie nodded in agreement, "My mom can cook, but the food is just average, not as good as my dad's. I wonder how Auntie's cooking is?"

Xiao Xin laughed and said, "Auntie is so beautiful, her cooking must be delicious. Didn't Lu Yiming say he learned to cook for us from his mother?"

Hezhou glanced at the kitchen without saying a word, then turned around and looked at Shan Kejie and Qi Jun.

"Did you two find jobs?"

"The landlord said Amy's Farm is hiring people to pick raspberries, so we're planning to go to Amy's Farm."

Hezhou knew that Lu Yiming would probably not go to work during the summer vacation. He originally planned to work as a waiter in a Chinese restaurant with Xiao Xin, but now he thinks it would be better to go to the farm to pick raspberries.

"Whenever you go, take Xiao Xin and me with you."

Qi Jun asked back, "Are you going to work on the farm too?"

Hezhou replied, "Picking raspberries is fine. As long as it's not cotton, I have no problem."

Xiao Xin also nodded and said, "Brother Zhou has no problem, and so do I."

Although some farms have harvesters and do not require manual cotton picking, some small farms do not grow much and have to find factories to pick the cotton themselves.

On Saturdays and Sundays, many students go to farms to do temporary work to earn a living. Since there is nothing to do during the summer vacation, they might as well earn some pocket money to save.