When Huang Zheyue came home from school, he saw Jiang Ci talking to someone. He was delighted to see Jiang Ci home, but he didn't want to disturb them, so he listened from the outside.
Jiang Ci unexpectedly saw him.
Now that she didn't have to worry about disturbing anyone, Huang Zheyue squeezed through the crowd.
Jiang Ci patted Huang Zheyue on the shoulder and invited him into the house, then said to the neighbor, "It's time for my family to eat, I'll stop here."
"Alright, alright, we need to go back and eat now."
"Your husband is truly a master chef; your dishes smell better than anyone else's."
Scallion pancakes are the most fragrant when they're made; you can smell the aroma from far away.
Jiang Ci finished speaking amiably with the others in the courtyard and went back inside to eat.
To celebrate Jiang Ci's return home, Zhou Mingli started preparing dinner at four o'clock. The aroma of meat, scallion pancakes, and other dishes was so strong that it was impossible to resist.
Zhou Mingli opened the master bedroom window and closed the door, and also opened all the kitchen windows to let in some fresh air so that the smell wouldn't linger.
In this way, the aroma of the food can be smelled both on the road and in the yard.
Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli didn't care whether other people were craving food or envious; they just closed the door and ate their own meals.
Huang Zheyue put his schoolbag back in his room, washed up, and came to the kitchen. Jiang Ci looked him up and down and asked, "Does the injury on your back hurt?"
Huang Zheyue nearly stumbled, his face flushed red as he glared at Zhou Mingli.
Zhou Mingli himself remained calm and unaffected.
"It's nothing, just a minor injury," Huang Zheyue said sullenly.
Jiang Ci sneered, "A minor injury that almost burned you to death?"
Huang Zheyue lowered her head, not daring to utter a sound.
She went to look at Huang Zheyue's back injury. Just as Zhou Mingli had said, the wound on his shoulder blade was large and pitted, clearly caused by burns.
Thinking of Zhou Mingli's shoulder injury, she impatiently put down Huang Zheyue's clothes, not lecturing her, but simply asking, "Will you still cause trouble in the future?"
Huang Zheyue answered softly, "No more."
You had better tell the truth.
Jiang Ci tapped his forehead, "You've grown taller, it seems your Uncle Zhou didn't disappoint you."
Zhou Mingli remained silent.
Zhou Yang and Zhou Miao chattered excitedly, "Mommy, have we grown taller?"
Looking at the two children, Jiang Ci smiled and hugged them, saying, "You've both grown taller!"
Zhou Yang and Zhou Miao were just grinning foolishly.
As she spoke, Huang Zheyue dutifully set out the food on the table. The main dish was scallion pancakes, along with pickled fish slices with all the fish bones removed by Zhou Mingli, stir-fried water bamboo shoots with cured meat, stir-fried greens, and mung bean soup, as well as pigeon stewed especially for Jiang Ci.
The family of five finished their meal in less than half an hour. After cleaning up the table, Jiang Ci asked Huang Zheyue if she was getting used to school.
Huang Zheyue said, "I have a few friends in the nearby compound who are also from No. 1 Middle School. I went with them. Shen Ting and I were in the same class, as was Cheng Ke. I'm very used to No. 1 Middle School."
“The teachers at school explained things very clearly. They said my basic skills were solid and no one bullied me.”
Zhou Mingli sat with Jiang Ci, fanning them with a fan as he said, "Shen Conghe works at the Education Bureau now, and Sister Ailian is a teacher at their No. 1 High School, so no one is bullying him."
Jiang Ci nodded and said to Huang Zheyue, "Since you can go back to school, study hard. In a few years, you'll be able to take the college entrance exam."
Huang Zheyue pouted, "You need a recommendation to attend a worker-peasant-soldier university. I don't want to rely on connections. I'm old enough to finish high school, and I'll have to go to the countryside."
Jiang Ci said, "Who says universities have to be worker-peasant-soldier universities? Maybe universities will start recruiting students again in the future, the college entrance examination will be reinstated, and people won't have to go to the countryside anymore."
Huang Zheyue said, "Then I can only dream about it."
Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli each flicked him on the forehead.
Huang Zheyue clutched her head in pain, saying they were bullying her.
It was Zhou Miao, that little girl, who knew how to care for people. She ran over and said in her childish voice that Brother Zheyue didn't hurt.
Before Huang Zheyue could even feel touched, Zhou Miao ran up to her mother and innocently said, "Mom, did your hand hurt? Miao Miao will blow on it and make the pain go away."
Huang Zheyue: "…………"
Huang Zheyue looked aggrieved: No one spoke up for me.
Jiang Ci laughed and fell onto Zhou Mingli.
After talking for a while, Jiang Ci distributed the things she had bought abroad.
Although she only had ten pounds left after buying the watch, the department was understanding and gave her an advance on her salary, which was then converted into local currency. This gave Jiang Ci some spare money to buy gifts for the three little ones, Huang Zheyue, Zhou Yang, and Zhou Miao.
What was given to Zhou Miao was a set of colored pencils with a total of sixty-four colors, as well as a beautiful hair tie with flowers and cute animals woven on it. The little one was so excited when she saw the beautiful colors that her face turned red. She hugged the things and ran around Jiang Ci again and again, overjoyed.
Zhou Yang's set is even easier to buy; it's a set of building blocks that can be assembled in any way. The store provides some diagrams showing the possible combinations, and you can also assemble the blocks yourself, in addition to the shapes shown in the diagrams.
Little boys can't resist these building block toys. Not to mention Zhou Yang, even Huang Zheyue couldn't help but take a few more glances.
Then, he stared at Jiang Ci with sparkling eyes, waiting for his gift.
Jiang Ci handed him a stack of books.
Huang Zheyue: "???"
He was holding the book, and his hand slumped down. Huang Zheyue looked at the words on it, then at Jiang Ci, his eyes filled with shock.
“You are different from Yangyang and Miaomiao. They are only five years old and still playing. Right now, your most important task is to study.”
"Aside from reading materials, these are all basic English learning resources, including dictionaries. You can learn slowly, and you can ask me if you don't understand anything."
"Why should I learn this?" Huang Zheyue said dejectedly.
He couldn't understand any of the bird language on it.
“Because I need it,” Jiang Ci said. “If you don’t want it, give it to me and I’ll give it to your Uncle Zhou so he can learn it.”
"Huh? What's the point of him learning this?"
Jiang Ci then looked at Zhou Mingli.
Zhou Mingli raised his eyebrows and slowly uttered a sentence in English.
Huang Zhe stared at him in shock, his eyes filled with confusion.
Zhou Mingli smiled and said, "Want to know what I'm talking about?"
Huang Zheyue nodded and then asked, "How do you know this language?"
“If you want to know, learn it yourself. I was taught by your Aunt Jiang.” Zhou Mingli lied without batting an eye. “At this rate, your Aunt Jiang said I will be able to communicate normally with foreigners in the future.”
Huang Zheyue was shocked once again.
After Huang Zheyue learned some basic English and remembered what Zhou Mingli had said to him, he realized what word Zhou Mingli was referring to and began to fly into a rage: Uncle Zhou was calling me an idiot!
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