Chapter 25 Bounty suddenly took out a wad of money from his pocket
After Dong Taohua left, Xu Heye was depressed for two days. On the third day, she received a call from Gan Province reporting that she was safe, and she cheered up.
The days passed as usual. While attending school, Xu Heye was thinking about finding a way to make money. However, she was a student now and her main job was studying. She still had to do a good job in her career while looking for business opportunities to make some money.
It was 1989, and in a year, the government would order the development of Hudong. Hucheng would then experience rapid development, with housing prices skyrocketing. If I could save enough to buy a house there before Hudong's development took off, my parents would be able to obtain a permanent resident permit and return to Hucheng.
Xu Heye didn't think there was anything wrong with her hometown. Deep down, for decades, past and present, she'd considered Gancheng her hometown. But it was different for her parents. For Xu Hui and Dong Taohua, Hucheng was their hometown. No matter how long they stayed in Gancheng, it was still a foreign land. She wanted to make up for the regrets of her past life in this one.
Xu Heye was thinking when Kong Xiaoyue pushed her arm.
"He Ye, stop being in a daze. The teacher wants you to go to the stage and write on the blackboard."
When Xu Heye came to her senses, she saw her math teacher, Old Wu, staring at her with a dark face.
Xu Heye came to her senses and went up to the stage to solve the problem. Old Wu's frown softened slightly after seeing the correct answer and the complete and smooth steps of the solution.
He looked at Xu Heye, which only made her feel uneasy. He finally let her go and said lightly, "Go down."
He knew this kid. He'd heard he'd gotten into a fight with the dean right after arriving at the school. He'd insisted on not repeating a grade, and even alarmed the principal. Now, it seemed like he had some intelligence, but he wasn't sure if he could maintain it.
"Teacher, I understand. I won't do it again next time." Xu Heye admitted her mistake obediently.
"Yeah." Old Wu responded and continued, "I know some of you students are smart and think you know everything, so you don't want to listen. I want to tell you that students should be humble. The reason why teachers are teachers is because we know more than you."
Then I started to talk about the topic.
Xu Heye returned to her seat, not daring to let her mind wander again. Old Wu was quite capable. Besides the conventional problem-solving methods, he also offered two less conventional ones.
"These two problem-solving methods are just to broaden your horizons. It's okay if you can't fully master them. But the first one is a required knowledge point in the textbook. Everyone must memorize it." After saying this, Old Wu stared at the students below for several times before finally letting go. "get out of class is dismissed now!"
The squad leader immediately stood up: "Stand up."
The whole class said together: "Goodbye, teacher." The last goodbye was full of joy.
After Old Wu finished his class, they could go home.
The last two classes today are math classes.
The bell for the end of get out of class had actually rung a long time ago, but Mr. Wu had not finished explaining the question. He insisted on finishing the class before letting everyone go.
When Xu Heye walked out of the school with her schoolbag, she saw her uncle Dong Fuyun standing at the school gate.
He was wearing a flowered shirt, drop-crotch pants, and a large pair of glasses on his face. With his hands in his pockets and his neck stretched, he peeked into the school with a nonchalant look on his face.
The old man in the guard room stopped drinking tea and reading the newspaper. He stared at Dong Fuyun with his bright eyes, and a pair of fire tongs was placed beside him.
He looked like he would rush out with fire tongs if Dong Fuyun made any unusual move.
"Uncle." Xu Heye called hurriedly.
"He Ye, why did you come out so late today?" Dong Fuyun took off his glasses and smiled with his big white teeth, looking naive and silly.
"The math teacher delayed the class for a while today." Xu Heye found it funny. She could clearly see that the security guard was relieved. Xu Heye walked up to Dong Fuyun and looked him up and down.
"Uncle, you look so cool today. This is it!" Xu Heye gave him a thumbs up.
"I think so too!" Dong Fuyun smiled so hard that his teeth were showing. He reached out to take the schoolbag from Xu Heye's hand, "Give me the schoolbag, your uncle will hold it for you." His eldest sister specifically asked him to help his niece hold the schoolbag.
"Thank you, uncle." Xu Heye did not refuse her uncle's kindness. Thinking of the fact that her uncle was driven away by the security guard the first time he came to pick her up, Xu Heye could not help but want to laugh.
Dong Fuyun obviously also thought of the mistake on the first day and couldn't help laughing.
"You know what? The security guard at your middle school is quite responsible."
"Very responsible." Xu Heye nodded.
The two chatted as they boarded the bus. The main group had already left, so the bus wasn't crowded, and there were seats for both of them. They quickly reached their destination.
The two got out of the car and Dong Fuyun wanted to take her home.
When I reached the entrance of the alley, I saw Lian Jiashu squatting under a big camphor tree, playing with pebbles.
"Lian Jiashu, I'm waiting for your brother again!" Lian Jiashu's brother is a sophomore in high school and has to attend evening self-study classes, so he comes home very late every day. Xu Heye has been renting the house for so long and has never seen Lian's brother.
"Yes!" Lian Jiashu responded, and then said, "You should call me brother."
"Why call me brother? You little brat!" Xu Heye complained.
Dong Fuyun looked back and sighed, "These two brothers have a really good relationship." The younger one was so stupid, but he still remembered to pick up his brother and take him home.
As soon as the uncle and nephew arrived home, Dong Fuyun threw his schoolbag on the table, suddenly took out a wad of money from his pocket, and proudly waved it in front of Xu Heye: "Look, what is this?"
Xu Heye cooperated and asked, "What is it?"
"Money!" Dong Fuyun asked excitedly, "He Ye, do you know where this money came from?"
Xu Heye: "Where did you get this money? Did you earn it doing odd jobs for others, uncle?"
Dong Fuyun shook his head: "Of course not."
"Do you remember your Uncle Lu?"
Xu Heye nodded.
Dong Fuyun said, "The scammers who deceived your uncle Lu's mother have been caught. This is the reward given to us by the police."
Xu Heye stood up straighter: "Really?"
"Really!" Dong Fuyun said, "We brothers have been keeping an eye on those scammers. When they realized they couldn't fool your uncle Lu's mother, they quickly changed their target."
"But, hey, as the saying goes, while the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. We reported this to the police just as they were about to strike. I also told them about what you and I had said, and they sent someone to contact police in other provinces. And what happened?"
"That group of people are truly roving criminals. They've scammed people in several provinces and cities, often under the guise of finding partners for their children. Many people have been deceived, and many families have even been torn apart. The impact is so severe that several provinces and cities have offered rewards for their leads!"
Dong Fuyun danced excitedly, his eyes shining brightly. "He Ye, you know what a reward means, right? It's when the police issue a wanted notice. If the public finds any clues or catches the scammers, they can go to the police station to claim the reward."
"Hey, we got a huge reward. It's from several provinces! My brothers and I discussed it and decided to split it into six parts. This one is yours."
Dong Fuyun said this as he was about to hand the money in his hand to Xu Heye.
"mine?"
"Yeah." Dong Fuyun nodded.
Xu Heye refused: "I don't want it! My uncles worked so hard to keep an eye on me, and I didn't do anything."
Dong Fuyun: "You didn't do anything?
If it weren't for He Ye's reminder, we wouldn't have discovered Aunt Lu's illness, let alone the scammer. If it weren't for He Ye's advice, we wouldn't have called the police, and there wouldn't be these rewards.
Although you didn't personally target those scammers, your advice is also very important. To put it in a more high-sounding way, what is your name? Gu, Gu - consultant, yes, consultant! "
Dong Fuyun said this and forcefully stuffed the money into Xu Heye's hand.
"Keep it."
Xu Heye took the money and counted it, and there were actually three hundred yuan!
"so much?"
"It's not much. If your grandmother Lu wasn't still sick and needed money for treatment, we would have given you more." In addition to He Ye's money, the four brothers each kept thirty yuan, and the rest was given to Lu Jun as Lu's mother's medical expenses.
Hearing this, Xu Heye took out fifty yuan from the three hundred and returned the rest to Dong Fuyun, "Uncle, I'll keep fifty yuan, and you can give the rest to Uncle Lu."
Dong Fuyun refused: "He Ye, your uncle Lu is short of money, so we brothers can help him. You are still a junior, so we don't need to touch your money."
Xu Heye stuffed the money directly into Dong Fuyun's hand and said, "Uncle, if this money was given to me by my mother for tuition and living expenses, I definitely wouldn't give it to you. But isn't this unexpected wealth? Besides, this money was originally earned because of Grandma Lu."
She said, shaking the fifty yuan in her hand, "These fifty yuan are enough to buy a lot of delicious food."
"Keep it. Treating the disease is more important."
"Okay, I'll thank you on behalf of your Uncle Lu." Dong Fuyun finally took the money. Mother Lu's condition was not optimistic, and Lu Jun really needed the money.
After the uncle and nephew finished their dinner, Dong Fuyun gave them a few more instructions before going to Lu's house with the money.
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