"Aunt, it's been almost four years. Who would take so long to collect food?" Zhou Yan reminded his aunt.

"That's right," Zhou Xiang nodded, and began to open the sacks, dumping them into the fence and feeding the land. "It's a good thing you didn't take them out. By the way, didn't Doctor Cao come to ask for the dried fruit?"

"Doctor Cao has passed away." Zhou Yan felt a little lonely.

Zhou Xiang was stunned. "Dead?"

Zhou Yan nodded, "Yes, this spring."

No wonder this ever-more-lively old man didn't show up! It turns out he's no longer alive.

Seeing his aunt in a daze, Zhou Yan took her hand and said, "Aunt, he is aging naturally. My cousin checked him out and said that taking Peiyuan Liquid was useless, so I stopped giving it to him. Before he left, he was still talking about you, Aunt!"

Zhou Xiang sniffed, "Yeah! I'll go see him and tell him I'm back safely."

After Yan'er sorted out all the ring items, Zhou Xiang took him to the medicine garden.

"Return the ring to your mother for safekeeping. We'll get out of here quickly and send you and your father in in a few days."

"Okay." Zhou Yan ran into the medicine garden alone.

Xianxian, who was planting herbs, was naturally very surprised to see her son. Before she could ask a few questions, her son stuffed the ring into her hands and said, "Come back in a few days. I have to go to school."

"Okay!" Xianxian nodded vigorously. Her son was steady yet lively like a child. Now that he had started school life again, he had more classmates and friends. "Listen carefully in class!"

"Yeah!" Zhou Yan agreed and turned to leave. His mother had never been to school, but she knew how to give him this advice. Zhou Yan felt a little upset. His mother was becoming like an ordinary mother.

When Zhou Xiang and his nephew arrived in the living room, Lv Jing and Lv Ying were already waiting there with four other children.

Zhou Xiang looked at Ling Ran and asked, "Shall we take the children to school together?"

Ling Ran nodded, "Let's go."

Zhou Yan exchanged glances with his younger brother and sister, then followed the four adults downstairs.

Since Zhou wanted Ling Ran to follow him, he naturally couldn't run on the way to school. There was still some time before class, so walking was just right.

Turning onto East-West Street and walking east, the street was rather deserted. It was cold, not the weekend, and shortly after lunch, so there were even fewer pedestrians.

Arriving at the east gate of the school, Zhou Yan planned to say goodbye to his aunt, but Zhou Xiang went straight into the main gate and said, "It's a good opportunity to see what the school looks like."

She left in a hurry at that time and didn't prepare the trees, so I don't know what kind of trees she planted.

The one guarding the gate wasn't an old man, but a servant from the post station. Upon seeing Zhou Xiang, he excitedly came out of the security room and asked, "Miss Zhou is back?"

"Yes!" Zhou Xiang nodded. "Do you feel good working here?"

The janitor nodded. "Very good. Changing the working environment makes a real difference."

"Where are those people?"

The janitor knew who Miss Zhou was asking about. "Some of them work as stockers in the supermarket, and some do odd jobs in the cafeteria. They're all very nice."

"That's good, I'll take the kids inside."

"Okay, okay, please come in, Miss Zhou." The gatekeeper opened all the electric gates and welcomed Zhou Xiang and the others in.

Turn right after entering the gate, and you will see big trees with only bare branches on both sides of the Golden Avenue.

"Lv Jing, what are these trees on both sides of the road? Who brought them back?"

"They are ginkgo trees. Uncle Jiang got them. He said that if you call this road the Golden Avenue, you must plant ginkgo trees. He planted pine trees on the green avenue between the elementary school and the junior high school. He said that only pine trees can stay green all year round.

There's only a row of plane trees planted along the path around the wall, with a row of chairs placed under the trees, where one can read quietly.

Zhou Xiang nodded. Senior Jiang knew her best. Aside from the wrong tree species on the green avenue, everything else was just as she had imagined. "Wait until spring or autumn, it will be most beautiful."

As they were talking, a group of people turned left into the green avenue. It was 20 meters long and really not wide. Excluding the trees and greenery on both sides of the road, there were only 8 meters of cement road left.

8 meters is considered very wide in the campus, but it is not wide because more than ten teenagers are lined up horizontally, blocking the way.

Zhou Xiang turned around and looked at Lu Jing, "What does this mean?"

Lu Jing turned to look at Zhou Yan, "You haven't finished yet?"

Zhou Yan looked at his aunt guiltily, "It's already been done. I guess he knew that you're back."

"That's great. As soon as I got back, other students called their parents." Zhou Xiang turned around and looked at the dozen or so students blocking his way. "Are you planning to file a complaint? Or are you planning to fight on campus?"

One of the dozen or so students stepped out and asked, "Auntie is Ling Xiaoyi's mother, right?"

Zhou Xiang nodded, "Yes, I am Zhou Xiang."

"Auntie Zhou, can we give the school a suggestion?"

"Yes, if it's reasonable, I will definitely accept it."

"Fighting is prohibited on campus, but we have a conflict, and violence won't solve it. Since all five of them are skilled in martial arts, do you think there's anything we can do to vent our frustrations besides competing for grades?"

Is this something that neither Wen nor Wu can do to Yan'er and the others? "There are many, such as the land at the back door. Next spring, from digging the ground to sowing and harvesting, all will be planted in the same way. Whoever harvests the most will win.

There's also a handicraft competition, where whoever has the best handicraft wins, and a part-time job competition, where whoever earns the most money in the campus commercial building within a set period of time wins."

Not only the student who stood out, but also the other ten or so students opened their eyes wide.

"Auntie Zhou, we are making a complaint indirectly, why don't you scold the five of them?"

Zhou Xiang smiled and said, "You are all students, each with his or her own personality and opinions. If I scold my own children without knowing the truth, will they get upset and come back to you to settle the score?

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