Chapter 73

I thought that having classrooms and desks and chairs would allow me to start working quickly, but once I actually started the business, I found that there were a lot of miscellaneous things to deal with.

After Han Shuo and Meng Yuxiu returned home, they realized that the classroom only had desks and chairs but no blackboard.

After all, it's no longer one-on-one tutoring; I'll be facing many students in the future, and I can't keep providing solutions and analysis with just a notebook.

So the next day, Meng Yuxiu hurriedly went to the secondhand market to ask the owner of the tables and chairs where he could get a blackboard custom-made.

They were renting an apartment. Although the apartment was in an old tenement building, they couldn't just use the walls as a blackboard.

However, Han Shuo felt that customizing a new blackboard was too expensive. Since he was already buying it from a flea market, he figured he should save money wherever possible.

When the owner of the table and chair shop heard that the two college students were starting a business, he said that in order to get repeat business, he would give them an old board and they could just buy a bucket of blackboard paint and paint it themselves.

Han Shuo was overjoyed upon hearing this and thanked the boss repeatedly.

So the two of them bought a bucket of paint specifically for blackboards and transported the blackboard back to the tutoring center's classroom.

Although the old board had a few cracks, it didn't look too bad after Meng Yuxiu painted it.

So, after the blackboard dried and several boxes of chalk were purchased, it was four days later that Meng Yuxiu's former tutors officially came to give him extra lessons.

"Gao Ze!" After class, Han Shuo urged Gao Ze, "Hurry up and call your roommates over, we need to leave!"

"Okay, okay." Gao Ze packed his schoolbag and hurriedly went to find his seven roommates.

Meng Yuxiu had previously tutored six students. After Meng Yuxiu told them about his tutoring classes, the students told their parents.

Because Meng Yuxiu taught diligently and his teaching was very effective, even the chubby boy who used to be a drag on the class saw his monthly exam score jump to the middle level after half a month of tutoring from Meng Yuxiu.

The parents were overjoyed. Even if Meng Yuxiu charged five yuan an hour for tutoring, they would be happy to pay ten yuan, as long as their children could get into university.

Secondly, the tutoring center is very close to several high schools in Hecheng, so parents can go there for tutoring and then go home for dinner. Furthermore, since Meng Yuxiu's tutoring isn't one-on-one, the fee is two yuan cheaper, so the parents readily agreed.

Meng Yuxiu needed to get to the tutoring class before the high school students got out of school, so after dropping Han Shuo off on his bicycle in the morning, he parked his bicycle in the bicycle shed at Hecheng University.

Because Han Shuo and Gao Ze were going to recruit students at several high schools after class.

Han Shuo was quick-witted. He said, "When we recruit a student, we'll have Gao Ze take him to the tutoring center by bike for a visit. Once they experience the tutoring atmosphere there, I don't believe anyone can resist being tempted."

He then said to Meng Yuxiu, "You have to perform well and teach in a high-class way, so that people who walk into our cram school feel that they will definitely be able to get into Tianjin University after studying here."

"Um."

Han Shuo was going to get his car, and he slowly walked towards the bike shed with his pregnant belly.

Along the way, many students cast their gazes at him. There was nothing he could do; after all, he was the only pregnant man at Hecheng University. In fact, he felt that it might not be limited to Hecheng University.

So he was considered a popular figure at school. However, he had previously assigned handicrafts to others, and because he was handsome, outgoing, and funny, the students who had contact with him all liked him very much.

For example, as he walked from the teaching building to the bicycle shed with his big belly, many people joked and greeted him.

"Han Shuo, are you going home?" Three female classmates saw him and stopped to chat with him.

"I'll just go to the bike shed to get my bicycle and leave."

One of the female classmates joked, "Han Shuo, you have to bring your baby over for us to see after you have one!"

"Sure, I'll bring it over so you can see it all!" Han Shuo joked with them casually. "But I want red envelopes."

"Of course we have to give it to you!"

Han Shuo waved and continued walking towards the carport.

Of course, there were also classmates who didn't know Han Shuo.

After seeing three female classmates finish chatting with Han Shuo, a male student who had finished playing basketball walked over and asked curiously, "Is that male classmate pregnant?"

Female student A: "Yes."

Female classmate B asked, "How many months pregnant is Han Shuo?"

Female student C: "I'm not sure, but I guess it's about six or seven months along?"

The boy holding the basketball looked at Han Shuo's still tall figure despite his pregnancy and shook his head, saying, "What a pity, such a handsome bottom got married so young."

Female classmate A: "What's the pity? Hey, do you know who Han Shuo's husband is?"

The boy holding the basketball shook his head.

Female classmate A: "Her husband is a top student from Jinhua University! He's really impressive!"

Female classmate B asked A, "Hey, have you met her husband?"

Female classmate A: "I've seen him. He picks up Han Shuo from school every day. I'm telling you, his husband is tall and fair-skinned..."

Han Shuo found Meng Yuxiu's bicycle in the bike shed. He took out the key from his bag and squatted down to unlock it, but because of his big belly, squatting was awkward and bending over was too strenuous.

"Oh, Han Shuo."

There was a man's voice nearby. Han Shuo turned his head, saw it, and immediately greeted him: "Teacher Liang."

Teacher Liang walked over with a smile, "What? You're riding a bicycle today? Isn't your husband taking you for a ride?"

Han Shuo: "I'm not riding it. I'll lend this bike to my classmate later. I'll take it out first."

"Then you'd better be careful, with your big belly," Teacher Liang said. "Come here, let me unlock it for you."

Han Shuo handed him the bicycle keys and made way for him.

Han Shuo was already panting heavily after walking just a short distance, but he was still bragging: "Don't worry, I can still run 100 meters without any problem."

Teacher Liang unlocked the door and tossed the key to the somewhat roguish-looking but witty male student. "You little brat, you're just bragging, hahaha. I'm leaving now. You still need to be careful."

"Okay, bye-bye, teacher!"

Han Shuo gripped the handlebars, slowly moved his bottom onto the seat, and then pushed off with his long legs, riding to the school gate.

He parked his bicycle at the door and waited for a moment before Gao Ze led the seven people from his dormitory out.

Upon seeing Han Shuo, they immediately began calling him "Brother Shuo" repeatedly.

Because they had previously worked with Han Shuo on handicrafts, they were already very familiar with him. Speaking of the group of people in Gao Ze's dormitory, Han Shuo couldn't remember their names clearly; he just called them by their nicknames, just like Gao Ze did.

Their nicknames are basically based on their appearance or personality.

A boy who is the same height as Meng Yuxiu is called 1.9 meters tall, a boy who is 1.6 meters tall is called a dwarf, a boy who wears glasses is called a four-eyed boy, a boy with pimples on his face is called a pimple boy, and the rest are called pig head, cow testicles, and there is one guy who likes to dress up and walks in a swaying manner, they call him a sissy.

These people, including Gao Ze, all came from small counties across the country and came from ordinary families. So, in order to earn money, they all worked like oxen.

Han Shuo assigned tasks to these people.

"One-meter-nine and the shorty, you two go to the Second Middle School. Four-eyed and acne-prone, you two go to Zhuiguang Middle School. Pighead and Bull Egg, you two go to Baima High School. The rest, Gao Ze and the sissy, come with me to Xingyuan High School."

Eight people: "Okay! We'll do whatever Brother Shuo tells us to do!"

Han Shuo gestured with his chin at them and said, "Today is the first day, so we have to work hard. You all need to give it your all, understand?"

"knew!"

Since it was a startup, investment was necessary in the early stages, so Han Shuo took out some money from his bag and distributed it to the group as bus fare.

The group dispersed at the entrance of Hecheng University.

“Come on, Gao Ze, take me and the sissy there on your bicycle.”

After Han Shuo finished speaking, he pushed the bicycle to Gao Ze and then sat on the back seat.

The effeminate man frowned and stared at the bar in front of him. "Hey, should I sit here?"

Gao Ze urged him, "Hurry up, don't you still want to make money?"

"Of course." The effeminate man awkwardly shifted his buttocks onto the bar. "Oh dear, sitting like this all the way is too much for my butt."

Han Shuo leaned out from behind and teased, "Can't handle it? Don't make yourself feel good the whole way."

"Hahahahahaha!" Gao Ze laughed uncontrollably upon hearing this.

The effeminate man said coquettishly, "Brother Shuo, you're so annoying!"

The three arrived at Xingyuan High School, just as the students were leaving school.

Gao Ze and the effeminate man didn't need Han Shuo to urge them. As long as they could make money, the two of them were full of energy. They would grab any student they could and start selling to them. If Han Shuo saw that the two of them couldn't sell to someone, he would take out Meng Yuxiu's admission notice and college entrance examination results from his bag.

"If you're still worried and think we're unreliable, I'll have someone take you to our classroom right now." Seeing the student wavering, Han Shuo immediately pushed Gao Ze, urging him, "Go, go, go, take this student there on your bicycle."

"It's okay to just look."

Before the student could hesitate any longer, Gao Ze cleverly pulled him onto the back seat of the bicycle.

For several days in a row, students from several high schools visited the tutoring center. With Meng Yuxiu standing there giving professional lectures and guidance, every senior high school student gained a lot just by standing at the door of the tutoring room and listening for a few minutes. They were all tempted.

So a tutoring center opened nearby, and the news that a top student from Jinhua High School was tutoring the students spread throughout several high schools in Hecheng.

These days, the education and training industry is just emerging. So Han Shuo, Meng Yuxiu, and Gao Ze didn't expect that in just a few days, not only would more and more students come to visit the tutoring center, but even many parents would come to investigate.

Meng Yuxiu was busy tutoring students and didn't have time to meet with them. So Han Shuo stopped going to the high school gate to recruit students and stayed in the classroom in the tenement building to meet with students and parents.

Over the past few days, I've bought a lot more tables and chairs. Now, not only is the small room full of tables and chairs, but the living room is also filled with them.

Several parents came to visit today. As Han Shuo led them inside, he reminded them, "The students are in class right now, so please keep your voices down."

Han Shuo led them to stand at the door of the large room that had been converted into a classroom.

Meng Yuxiu was writing on the blackboard. He was always focused and absorbed in his lectures, so he wouldn't be distracted by anyone coming over.

His voice was slightly deep, but his enunciation was clear. He also had a clean-cut and refined appearance, and he exuded a scholarly air, especially when he touched on areas of interest to him.

Parents who were initially worried felt reassured after seeing the reliable teachers and attentive students and experiencing the learning atmosphere for a few minutes.

Han Shuo led them to the classroom next door to greet them.

One parent said, "There don't seem to be many students here, and the place looks quite small."

Over the past two days, Han Shuo's eloquence has become increasingly sharp. He earnestly boasted, "It's like this, parents. We don't just have educational training institutions in this place; we have several in other cities. Well, one of our tutors got into Jinhua University, so we decided to open an educational institution in Hecheng as well. When we have more students, we'll definitely need to call in teachers or top students from Jinhua University to tutor them."

Parents felt even more at ease upon hearing that it was Jinhua University.

Han Shuo: "Don't worry, parents. When there are more students, we will definitely expand the classrooms so that there will be a place for students to sit."

"Okay, then, Ms. Han, how much does this fee apply?"

Han Shuo and Meng Yuxiu had already discussed it these past few days. The group classes would be charged at three yuan per hour, and one-on-one tutoring at five yuan per hour. Alternatively, they could buy course packages: 20 lessons per term, with group classes costing fifty yuan per term and one-on-one tutoring costing ninety yuan per term.

Several parents who came to visit today had purchased a unit. After Han Shuo collected the money, he registered the students' names, home addresses, school names, and other information.

He looked through the recently entered information in the drawer and found that there were an absurdly large number of students this weekend.

Thanks to Gao Ze and his eight friends' aggressive solicitation, more than fifty students have signed up for tutoring this week, and that's just those who made reservations in advance.

At 8:30, after Meng Yuxiu finished tutoring, the two closed the door of the house. Meng Yuxiu helped Han Shuo carefully down the stairs while listening to Han Shuo say, "Hey Meng Yuxiu, when you go to school tomorrow, you need to find two more teachers as soon as possible. This week will probably be full."

Meng Yuxiu nodded, "I'll ask."

"Um."

The weather was getting colder day by day. As the two walked out of the tenement building, they were greeted by a biting cold wind.

"Quick, quick, quick, hat! I'm freezing!" Han Shuo shivered and jumped up and down.

A few days ago, when he went to the market to buy groceries, he saw people selling woolen hats and gloves at the market intersection. Back in the 21st century, he dressed very fashionably, regardless of the season.

Perhaps it's because there are fewer cars these days, and the Earth hasn't warmed yet. So winters are exceptionally cold, especially in Hecheng, where the damp cold seeps into your bones. He really can't stand it, and when it gets cold, his breasts ache.

So he bought hats and gloves for himself and Meng Yuxiu.

Wearing gloves and a hat made me a little warmer. However, on this bleak night, my exposed eyes and nose were freezing.

Meng Yuxiu pedaled hard, trying to get to the rented house as quickly as possible.

Once inside, it was cold even without heating, but thankfully there was no wind.

Meng Yuxiu quickly grabbed a basin, filled it with hot water, and had Han Shuo wash his face and feet.

Han Shuo ripped off his socks and plunged his frozen feet into the hot water. In an instant, he felt as if the blood in his heart and lungs had come back to life and was flowing slowly again.

"Awesome~~~" Han Shuo gestured with his chin toward Meng Yuxiu, "You should soak your feet too."

"Okay." Meng Yuxiu took off his socks and placed his soles on Han Shuo's feet.

Meng Yuxiu was busy during the day and busy at night. So lately, he only sorted out the accounts when he returned to his rented room at night.

"You must have spent a lot of money during this period?" Han Shuo asked him.

Meng Yuxiu gripped the notebook, his eyes lowered as he focused intently on the accounts, occasionally scratching Han Shuo's foot with his toes.

He nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I bought desks and chairs, and I also reimbursed Gao Ze and the others for their bus fares."

"So how much have you earned these past few days?" Han Shuo tilted his head back and silently did some mental calculations. He mumbled, "It should be quite a bit, right? I've entertained quite a few people these past few days and collected a lot of money. Hey, can you show me your bankbook?"

Meng Yuxiu took his feet out of the basin, put on his slippers, and reached into the snakeskin bag full of clothes. After finding the bankbook, he quickly walked over and handed it to Han Shuo.

Han Shuo's memory is failing these days; he can only vaguely remember how many people he meets each day, how much money he receives, and how much he spends. Therefore, Meng Yuxiu has been managing the finances. Han Shuo gives him the money he receives and tells him to deposit it in the post office savings account.

When he opened his passbook and saw the deposits, he was completely dumbfounded.

Holy crap!!!

He looked at Meng Yuxiu, who was smiling at him, in disbelief, and then looked down at the passbook again.

"How did I suddenly have over 1,600 yuan?!" Han Shuo exclaimed in shock.

Meng Yuxiu looked at Han Shuo's wide eyes with amusement and said, "You're the one handling the tuition fees, don't you remember? These days you and Gao Ze bring more than a dozen or twenty people over every day, and these students have basically all bought the package deals."

Let alone a thousand dollars these days, even in the 21st century, if Han Shuo suddenly had a thousand dollars more, he would be jumping for joy.

He carefully wiped his bankbook like a precious treasure, then kissed it hard on the lips, exclaiming, "I'm rich! I'm rich! I've struck it rich!!! I never thought running a tutoring center would be so profitable! I've made over a thousand yuan in such a short time! Wow! The money just came like a flood! In this day and age, seizing opportunities is all it takes to make money. The ancients were right!"

Han Shuo was so excited that he was incoherent. He said to Meng Yuxiu, "Hey, I feel like if things continue like this, our rented 70-square-meter apartment will probably be too small to fit everyone."

Meng Yuxiu nodded and said, "I'll find some time to inquire at our rented apartment building and see if there are any rooms available for rent there."

"Hey, while you're at it, go get a business license too," Han Shuo said. "If we can get this done so well in the early stages, what will it be like later? We have to make the storefront look high-end."

Meng Yuxiu asked, "Then what should we call our educational institution?"

Han Shuo clicked his tongue: "Why do I have to think of a name again? I'm the one who came up with the child's nickname, and you can run our educational institution!"

Meng Yuxiu lowered his eyes, pondering as he washed his feet.

When the water in the basin was almost cool, Han Shuo asked him to add some hot water.

Meng Yuxiu was still thinking about the name of their organization when he almost subconsciously grabbed the thermos next to him and poured hot water into it after Han Shuo lifted his foot.

"Holy crap!" Han Shuo's eyes widened. "Big brother, are you made of iron?"

Meng Yuxiu then realized it was hot. He gasped for breath, lifted his foot, and then put the thermos flask aside with the stopper in.

"So, have you made up your mind yet?"

Meng Yuxiu frowned slightly, and after a long while, he raised his eyes, his gaze shining brightly.

"What do you think of calling him Han Xiu?"

"Han Xiu?" Han Shuo murmured, "Han Xiu Education and Training Institution... Not bad! That name sounds cool. Okay! Let's call it Han Xiu!"

Han Shuo let out a satisfied sigh. He looked at the bankbook in his hand one last time with great satisfaction before stuffing it under his pillow.

Then he patted his stomach and sighed, "A tutoring package is twenty lessons. They don't have time after school, so they can only have two lessons at most. But on Saturdays and Sundays, everyone has to have at least two lessons, right? Twenty lessons are easily gone in a month! Then I can earn another thousand or so in the second month."

"Oh no! Let's rent a bigger house, then we'll be making a fortune every day! Hahahaha! That's awesome!" Han Shuo was excited and proud, but in his excitement, his stomach started to move, and he groaned twice.

Meng Yuxiu noticed that the child had moved and immediately placed his palm on the child's body.

He was particularly frustrated during his evening routine. Han Shuo had only moved once and then hadn't moved again. Today, he finally felt the unusual sensation under his palm.

This made Meng Yuxiu, who had just become a father, very happy. After there was no more movement under his palm, he immediately bent down and washed Han Shuo's feet again and again.

"Wow, you're so virtuous?" Han Shuo raised an eyebrow. "You've become a foot-washing servant?"

Meng Yuxiu: "I'll give you a foot massage."

"Hehehe, okay, just stop tickling my feet."

"Um."

Meng Yuxiu slowly began to massage Han Shuo's feet.

I just added hot water, so it's a bit too hot.

Han Shuo was in a great mood at this moment. Who wouldn't be in a good mood if they had a husband who was so good at making money?

The key is that Meng Yuxiu is not only good at making money, but also so caring. He even massaged Han Shuo's feet like a treasure, making Han Shuo feel incredibly comfortable all over.

"How's the force?"

Han Shuo, like a lecherous old man in a foot massage parlor, was moaning with pleasure.

"Awesome! Harder, yes, right here." Han Shuo hissed, "Damn! You're making my skull feel like it's going to fly off."

Hearing his strange remarks, Meng Yuxiu couldn't help but chuckle softly.

Han Shuo lazily tilted his head to look at him.

From his angle, he could see Meng Yuxiu's long eyelashes and high nose bridge. Perhaps because his feet were soaking in hot water, his fair skin had a slight rosy glow.

Those hands, with their distinct knuckles, pressed down on his feet, making Han Shuo's mind wander.

He couldn't help but say in a low, hoarse voice, "Damn, you're so good-looking, you've made me hard."

"..." Meng Yuxiu looked up, and when he saw Han Shuo's lustful expression, he immediately stiffened.

Sure enough, the next second Han Shuo started touching him and hurriedly tried to pull at his sweater, saying, "Stop washing, hurry up and dry me off, let's go to bed."

"Now?" Meng Yuxiu's lips twitched twice.

"Nonsense, are we going to wait until tomorrow?"

Meng Yuxiu was acting awkwardly, which puzzled Han Shuo. He asked, "What's wrong?"

Meng Yuxiu pursed his lips before truthfully expressing his concerns: "My father wrote again today."

"Huh?" Han Shuo finally understood why Meng Yuxiu, who was usually as eager as a glutton, wasn't so impatient today. He asked, "Did your dad scold you again?"

Meng Yuxiu nodded dejectedly.

"What did it say? Let me see the letter."

Meng Yuxiu: "It was left at school and not brought back. It's still pretty much the same as last time."

Han Shuo comforted him, "Oh, it's okay. Just let him say whatever he wants."

Meng Yuxiu: "I'm mainly worried about your health."

"I'm perfectly fine, it's okay. I couldn't do it three months ago, but I'm almost seven months pregnant now, what's the big deal?" Han Shuo was now driven by lust, and under his constant urging, Meng Yuxiu reluctantly got into bed.

But now that Han Shuo's belly is big, he can't find the right angle or posture.

Han Shuo watched as he burrowed out a large bulge at one end of the blanket and another at the other, and said irritably, "Are you ever going to stop? All that burrowing around is letting the wind in!"

He waved his hand speechlessly from under the covers, "Just do it on your side, don't bother."

"good……"

...

"..." Twenty minutes later, Han Shuo turned his head on the pillow in frustration and looked at Meng Yuxiu expressionlessly.

Meng Yuxiu pursed his lips and asked in a low voice, "Uh... what's wrong with you?..."

Han Shuo silently rolled his eyes. "What's wrong? I'm about to fall asleep."

"Heh." He chuckled dryly twice. "If you keep crawling around like a caterpillar, I'm going to slap you!"

"..."

In fact, Meng Yuxiu did not want to do this, but every time he made a move, his father's letter from today would suddenly pop into his mind.

It's indeed similar to the content from last time.

The letter said:

Xiao Xiu, this is Dad.

How are you and Xiaoshuo feeling? I heard the weather in Hecheng is colder than here, so please wear more clothes and keep warm.

Xiao Xiu, Xiao Shuo is almost seven months old now. I heard from your mom that babies at this stage can move around.

Dad will say it again: don't do anything foolish. You need to think about it; you're about to become a father.

If you can still lose your composure after the child moves, then you really are...

Forget it, you're a grown man now, Dad doesn't want to scold you. You'd better watch yourself.

Meng Yuxiu's mind was filled with his father's warning.

He closed his eyes to stop thinking about the contents of the letter.

However, as soon as he closed his eyes, through his tightly closed, dark eyelids, he saw his father angrily rushing towards him with a large hand raised.

"You beast!"

"Smack—!!!"

Meng Yuxiu turned his face away and immediately widened his eyes.

He then met Han Shuo's expression of clenched teeth.

Because of the slap from Mencius' father.

he……

It's a snake...