Chapter 217 Fake
Jiang Zhizhi pondered all the way, and when she ran into Sun Xiaoyue again, she decided to test her.
When Fang Hua and Zhou Xiye arrived home, Zhou Chengzhi was back and sitting on the sofa, yelling at Fang Hua: "You spoil him every day! As the old saying goes, spoiling a child is like killing a child. Xiao Chuan is ruined!"
Fang Hua was also angry: "Is it all my fault that the child is like this? He's young, and we couldn't keep the older children, so isn't it right for me to spoil him a little?"
Zhou Chengzhi snorted coldly, not expecting so many things to happen in Beijing while he was out.
When I got home in the evening, I learned that Zhou Xiaochuan was hospitalized. I went to see him and was about to say something to him when I got angry at his attitude. So I came back and lashed out at Fang Hua.
Seeing Zhou Xiye and Jiang Zhizhi enter, his expression softened a bit. He looked at Jiang Zhizhi and asked, "Zhizhi, how are your parents' health?"
Jiang Zhizhi sat down and asked, "My parents are in good health. Dad, when did you get back?"
“I came back in the evening after you left. I went to the hospital to see Xiao Chuan.”
Mentioning Zhou Xiaochuan, Zhou Chengzhi frowned again: "Once his hand is healed, send him to the countryside to experience hardship. Only by suffering a bit can he learn his lesson."
Fang Hua hesitated for a moment, and was about to speak when Zhou Chengzhi immediately glared at her: "Don't say anything about feeling sorry for him. With his condition, he'll never learn unless he suffers! Keep a close eye on him these next few days, and once his hand is healed, send him directly to the new province."
"I refuse to believe I can't handle him!"
Jiang Zhizhi thought Zhou Chengzhi's idea was excellent. In the current new province, many places still live in dugouts, conditions are harsh, and the whole nation is working hard to reclaim wasteland. It is suitable for someone like Zhou Xiaochuan who has never experienced hardship.
Fang Hua finally sighed: "He should suffer a bit, otherwise he'll never learn his lesson."
Zhou Chengzhi sneered: "We'll have someone keep an eye on him, and there'll be no way he can run back halfway. Don't be soft-hearted either. If you can't cure his problem this time, he'll be truly ruined."
Fang Hua moved his lips, but didn't say anything more, frowning as if he was thinking about something.
After resolving Zhou Xiaochuan's problems, Zhou Chengzhi inquired about the situation of Zhou Xiye's family. He wasn't too surprised and concluded with the sentence: "Those who do many unrighteous deeds will surely perish. They deserve it."
After chatting for a while, Zhou Chengzhi and Fang Hua went upstairs to rest. As they went upstairs, they started arguing again about Zhou Xiaochuan.
Then I heard two loud slams of doors closing.
Jiang Zhizhi shrugged. The old couple had quite a temper, and they had been sleeping in separate rooms for years, which was why there were two sounds of the door closing.
After washing up and lying down, Jiang Zhizhi had a chance to tell Zhou Xiye about her visit to Jin Huaiying that day.
She first found a comfortable position to lie down and put her legs on Zhou Xiye: "I feel that if I work harder, Teacher Jin will talk to me more. As long as I persevere enough, I will definitely be able to get Teacher Jin to accept me as his apprentice."
Zhou Xiye massaged her calf muscles: "You're quite patient. What if Teacher Jin still doesn't agree?"
Jiang Zhizhi snapped her fingers into the air: "As long as we persevere enough, we can overcome any difficulty! All difficulties are just paper tigers in front of us!..."
Zhou Xiye chuckled. Jiang Zhizhi has been doing very well in her recent political and ideological classes!
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The next day at noon, Jiang Zhizhi went to see Jin Huaiying again during her lunch break.
The area in front of Jin Huaiying's house was covered with dry branches, withered grass, and some leaves and trash.
The door was locked; Jin Huaiying wasn't home.
Jiang Zhizhi picked up the broom by the door to sweep away the trash. After sweeping for a bit, an idea struck her. She squatted down to look at the withered grass, some of which was moldy, as if someone had played a prank and thrown it there.
But it's not just one type!
I picked it up and looked at it carefully, but I didn't recognize it! I then held it to my nose and smelled it; it had a strange smell.
It smells a bit like mothballs?
Jiang Zhizhi pondered for a while, picked out the ones that looked similar and put them together, sorting them into piles, and then tidying them up in the spot in front of the window.
Once it's confirmed to be a dry branch, pick it out and place it next to the firewood.
After tidying up, he slipped a page of vocabulary notes he had prepared under the door.
He then dusted off his hands and left, satisfied.
Not long after she left, Jin Huaiying returned unsteadily, carrying a winnowing basket. She looked at the neatly arranged herbs at the door and the branches next to the firewood pile, and remained silent for a while. She was quite a clever girl. Although she didn't recognize the herbs, she could identify them all by her intuition, and she got them all right!
He opened the door and went inside. He picked up the papers lying on the ground, squinted at them, and quickly walked to the table, pulling on one leg. He picked up the notebook that Jiang Zhizhi had left behind and began to study it eagerly.
...
Jiang Zhizhi never expected that in the short time she went out at noon, a new classmate would join her class—it was Sun Xiaoyue!
And in such a short time, he had already become close friends with his classmates.
Jiang Zhizhi watched as Sun Xiaoyue was surrounded by several classmates, chatting animatedly, while Sun Xiaoyue maintained a polite smile that revealed eight teeth.
He sat down, puzzled, and whispered to Ge Qinghua beside him, "A new classmate?"
Ge Qinghua put down her pen, nodded, and said in a low voice, "Not long after you left, her mother came with her. She said she was a child from the compound and now lives in a sanatorium. She seemed quite humble."
Jiang Zhizhi twirled the pen in her hand, scoffing inwardly. She was already emphasizing that she was a child from the compound, yet she was still being modest.
However, this behavior of first introducing herself and then making those around her look at her with more respect is still very much like Sun Xiaoyue!
Sun Xiaoyue also saw Jiang Zhizhi, smiled and greeted the surrounding classmates, and walked towards Jiang Zhizhi: "Zhizhi, what a coincidence, I didn't expect that we are in the same class."
Jiang Zhizhi smiled and said, "It is quite a coincidence."
Sun Xiaoyue politely asked the student in front of her, "May I sit here? Jiang Zhizhi and I are sisters, and I'd like to say a few words to her."
Before the student in front of her could stand up, Jiang Zhizhi quickly said, "Hey, wait a minute, we're not sisters. I'm the adopted daughter of the Jiang family, and you're the one pretending to be the biological daughter of the Jiang family. No matter how you look at it, we can't be sisters."
Sun Xiaoyue froze, her hands clenched tightly behind her back to keep from breaking down.
Jiang Zhizhi has shut her up completely. How is she going to deal with Jiang Zhizhi now?
Jiang Zhizhi saw that she was stunned: "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong? Or did my adoptive mother not tell you?"
Sun Xiaoyue clenched her fists, her eyes downcast in a wronged expression: "I don't know, Mom didn't tell me. Zhizhi, is there some misunderstanding? Why are you so hostile towards me?"
Jiang Zhizhi suddenly stood up, took a step closer to Sun Xiaoyue, and stared into her eyes: "You're back. Where's Jiang Donghua? Don't you want to marry him anymore, the future leader's wife?"
Her voice wasn't loud, but Sun Xiaoyue could hear it clearly.
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