Zhou Chengning: "I'm living a good life. Look, I've gained weight, haven't I?"
Yin Yue: "I'm not that fat, I'm not that thin, as long as I live a good life... You don't have to rush to move here. Didn't you say you were planning to take the postgraduate entrance exam for Hua University while working? This place is not far from several schools, so it's quite convenient to borrow books... Are you still planning to teach at Renda?"
Zhou Chengning: "Yes, I haven't touched university textbooks for many years. I will go for the interview and written test for the teaching assistant position first. When I pass the postgraduate examination and get the degree, my professional title will gradually improve."
Yin Yue: "I don't understand why you, Da Zhou, have to teach at Renda University when you are studying at Huada University?"
After graduation, he worked as a high school teacher, mainly because he was not good at academics. But for the outstanding Da Zhou, he really couldn't understand why he had to stay in Hua University.
Zhou Chengning: "You remember our Professor Du, right?"
Yin Yue suddenly got a headache when he heard the last name Du: "I remember... Professor Du's daughter Du Yue is really hard to forget. She has the same pronunciation as my name. She chased me and beat me up all over the street."
Speaking of Professor Du, Yin Yue was more impressed by Du Yue. He was a well-known figure in the department at that time, and Zhou Chengning was more famous than him in the department.
At that time, Du Yue thought he was Zhou Chengning's girlfriend, so she went out of her way to scold him. After finding out he was a man, she didn't let him go and asked him to help deliver a letter to Zhou Chengning.
What kind of letter could possibly need to be sent in this way? It must be a love letter, so he refused.
He was almost beaten up after he refused, luckily he ran fast.
Du Yue also wanted Professor Du to be stricter with him. If his parents were not friends with the president of Hua University, he would have been targeted.
Du Yue pursued Zhou Chengning in the past and pestered her relentlessly, but Zhou Chengning just wouldn't wake up and admitted that he didn't like girls like her.
What kind of girl?
She is spoiled and willful, ignorant of the sufferings of the world, and spends money lavishly.
In short, there is a huge difference between him and a poor boy.
When he saw his lover, he knew that she was his ideal type.
He is willing to spend money on his lover, but he also hopes that his lover can spend more money on herself and not always think about her family.
His criteria for choosing a partner probably have nothing to do with personality and values, he just met the right person.
If you don't like someone, you will find flaws everywhere.
Zhou Chengning: "HuaDa has been flooded with talents over the years, and I don't necessarily have an advantage. At that time, Professor Du liked another student more and was more willing to give the opportunity to that person. I couldn't influence the professor's thoughts. Besides, I was a poor student who just wanted to have a job. RenDa is also a very good university with a good teaching atmosphere... Compared with HuaDa, RenDa has more prospects for me."
Yin Yue listened and felt that the last part was the reason. "Although Professor Du praised you at the beginning, he always mentioned Weng Jiegan. Later, Weng Jiegan married Du Yue. I don't know what happened later. I don't know whether Professor Du retired or not... Compared with Huazhong University, Renda University is more suitable for your development."
He has not forgotten the name Weng Jiegan after so many years. After all, this person is also a celebrity in the school.
She comes from a wealthy family and is good at studying. In short, she is good in every way. Among them, there are mostly girls who study Chinese, and they talk about Weng Jiegan a lot, which makes his ears hurt.
B.U.S., Renmin University of China, Jiangnan University and several other universities are all in the same circle and have formed a school district. Because of the presence of B.U.S., although other schools are also very good schools, their competitiveness is still weaker than that of B.U. Outstanding talents have flocked to B.U., and a group of people are trying their best to get a few positions. It is true that Renmin University of China is better.
Xu Xiangjuan didn't know that her husband had such a past, and she was cleaning the house before the children's father came back.
I'll have to buy some curtains when the time comes. I don't know how long I'll live here, but the kitchen and bedroom must be separated.
The family will have lunch later and then go to the department store to shop.
"Mom, I'm hungry."
Guagua: "Didn't my sister give you an orange to eat just now?"
Niu Niu: "Oranges don't make you full."
Xu Xiangjuan: "When dad comes back, we'll go eat a hot meal."
The house had obviously been cleaned, but not very thoroughly. She had to clean every corner again, and she would let Aning clean the spider webs when the time came.
When I got here, I was unfamiliar with the place and although I didn't know how long I would be staying there, I still had to buy some things.
You can talk about the thick quilt later, but you have to buy a thin quilt and mat, and also an electric fan.
I can't stand the summer without an electric fan.
Niu Niu was hungry, but Xu Xiangjuan didn't want her to eat too much, after all, she still had to go out to eat. She had finished her steamed buns, and they would go bad if she didn't finish them. She also had no dry food left, so she looked to see what was in the small package her mother gave her.
Xu Xiangjuan found the small package her mother gave her, wrapped in cloth.
There was dried meat and some nuts inside. She had already guessed something when she touched the package. She peeled a walnut for Niu Niu and Gua Gua respectively, and then Xu Xiangjuan took out a small bag from the package.
She knew what was inside, her parents had stuffed money in the package.
I'll count how many there are at night.
Zhou Chengning finally came back after twenty minutes.
Guagua: "Dad, why didn't you bring any food? Niu Niu's stomach is so hungry."
Niu Niu followed his sister's words and touched his belly which was not flat but a little protruding: "Hungry."
Xu Xiangjuan: "I can't tell how deflated it is. Let's go eat first, and then go shopping in the department store."
She took the money out of the inner pocket of her clothes, then took out her own handbag from her luggage, and Zhou Chengning quickly handed the money to her lover.
He checked it once before handing it to his lover, for fear that it would fall.
After arriving in Huadu, Xu Xiangjuan's passbook at home was of no use. There were geographical restrictions on withdrawing money from the passbook at home. At this time, cash was a must-have when going out.
Niu Niu saw his mother take out her handbag, and he also took out his own rose-red wallet.
Xu Xiangjuan gave Guagua a wink, and Guagua understood immediately and advised her brother not to take his wallet out. Adult wallets are not easy to be robbed, but children's wallets are particularly easy to be robbed. She never takes her purse with her when she goes out.
Niu Niu was persuaded by her sister and did not bring her rose-red wallet with her when she went out.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, I have to prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination of Hua University this year, and I also have to prepare for the interview for the teaching assistant position at Renda University. I may not have much time... After I am promoted to lecturer, Renda University will allocate housing. The housing allocated by the school has conditions. I basically meet the conditions now, and then our family can move in."
The housing allocated by Renda University is not given away directly, but the price is much cheaper. You can pay monthly until you pay it off. The condition is that you have a spouse and children. Single lecturers cannot be allocated.
Some schools now allocate housing to college graduates, but resources are limited and not every school can do so.
He was a lecturer at Renda University at the time. The threshold for becoming a lecturer at Renda University was not as high as it is now. Although he returned to his hometown not long after starting the job, it was understandable. So many years have passed now, and it is not certain that many of his former colleagues may still be around.
In short, I started from scratch, interviewed for a teaching assistant position at Renda University, took part in this year's postgraduate entrance examination, and got a degree while working.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Does that mean we have to live here for a while? Then you have to treat your old classmate to a meal... Invite their whole family over for dinner someday. Although the place is not big, I think it can still accommodate people."
This room is not an empty room. It has a bed and gas, which means that people have really thought about it. Although they are not that careful, they have really put their heart into it.
Zhou Chengning was moved: "Juan, thank you."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Why are you thanking me? Niuniu is starving, let's go eat first."
When she arrived, she noticed a noodle restaurant with soybean paste. After the whole family went out, she went to find that noodle restaurant with a purpose.
"Three bowls of noodles with soybean paste and two baskets of tofu dumplings." The family sat down and Xu Xiangjuan ordered what to eat for lunch.
After the waiter left, Xu Xiangjuan said, "It's still cheaper to cook at home."
After Zhou Chengning came to Huadu, he decided not to express his opinion on what his wife bought. He used to say that things were too expensive at home, but he dared not say that anymore here.
It is expensive, but he has to wait until his lover says it is expensive before he will agree.
Three bowls of noodles with soybean paste were served with three bowls of egg drop soup. Xu Xiangjuan asked the waiter to bring another empty bowl.
The noodles with soybean paste need to be mixed before eating. Zhou Chengning mixed his lover's noodles first, and then mixed his own noodles.
Xu Xiangjuan will take care of the two children first.
Guagua and Niu Niu were eating a bowl of noodles with soybean paste. The empty bowl was not big as it was for Niu Niu.
After mixing the noodles, she picked up a few chopsticks and put them into Niu Niu's bowl. The rest were Gua Gua's. Xu Xiangjuan fed Niu Niu the noodles with soybean sauce. When Niu Niu was eating the dumplings, she ate her own noodles with soybean sauce.
The main thing about fried noodles is the sauce. The sauce of this noodle shop tastes pretty good and contains meat cubes. Although it is a bit expensive, it is worth it.
Xu Xiangjuan already felt full. "Aning, can you eat more? I'm full. One more steamed dumpling will be enough."
The portion of a bowl of noodles with soybean sauce was quite large. Although Niu Niu had finished her few chopsticks of noodles, Gua Gua had not finished hers. She even ate some for Gua Gua and had half a bowl left for herself.
Zhou Chengning directly moved his lover's bowl in front of himself: "I can eat it."
Based on his usual appetite, he can definitely finish it. It’s no big deal.
The family finished all their lunch and went to the department store.
Niu Niu didn't want to walk after eating, so he was held by his father, while Gua Gua held hands with his mother.
You can still find it if you ask someone for directions in the department store.
The department store in Huadu is much bigger than the one in the county town, and it has a wide variety of goods. Guagua and Niu Niu stared at a crystal ball with a snowman in it.
Xu Xiangjuan thought it was just a glass ball, so the children should just look at it.
She found a salesperson and asked, "Hello, we want to buy a lot of things, can you help us deliver them to our home?"
"You'll have to pay extra for this. Our department store has a delivery truck...I'll go ask for you." The salesperson in charge of furniture went to ask someone.
The room they lived in had a table, a gas stove and gas, but no chairs or cabinets, so they still had to buy furniture.
Furniture is probably one of the items that can be “delivered to your door” in department stores.
Normally, people who come to buy furniture are moving away with their families and do not need a vehicle to deliver their furniture. So the furniture salesperson asked around before coming back to tell them that there was a vacant vehicle that could deliver the furniture, but it would cost 5 yuan per delivery.
5 yuan is not a small amount, but Xu Xiangjuan still booked the car because she wanted to buy other things besides furniture.
As for furniture, Xu Xiangjuan bought a wardrobe, bedside table, shoe rack, desk, four chairs and two small stools, which cost a total of 330 yuan. She managed to bargain the price down to 320 yuan.
Don't underestimate 10 yuan. Delivery costs 5 yuan. The salesperson also has a limit on the amount he can deduct for the customer, and it cannot exceed 10 yuan.
After buying most of the furniture, Xu Xiangjuan saw two children still looking at the crystal ball. The price was 2 yuan, so she waved her hand and bought it.
The salesperson packaged the crystal ball and handed it to the two children. Gua Gua held the crystal ball. Niu Niu wanted to take it, but his sister took it. He could only look at it with longing eyes.
After buying the furniture, Xu Xiangjuan went to buy daily necessities, such as toothbrushes, towels, cups, toothpaste, and shampoo. She also saw spittoons for sale and bought some.
Today was a big spender. In addition to the electric fan, Xu Xiangjuan even bought a bicycle. "The bicycle needs to be registered before it can be used on the road. When the time comes, we will take the purchase receipt to see what other materials are needed to obtain the license. The sooner the better. After all, this way it will be more convenient to go out."
"Yeah, okay." Zhou Chengning's heart was bleeding, but he forced a smile.
After buying a bicycle, you also need to buy clothes, bedding and curtains.
One thousand yuan was missing from my wallet this afternoon.
The two children's desire to leave home has completely disappeared because of their mother's crazy shopping.
The truck bed rented by the department store was already full.
The driver helped them move their things to the small room on the third floor and then left.
Xu Xiangjuan and Zhou Chengning began to sort out.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Guagua, take your brother, sit here and don't run around to disturb mom and dad from cleaning the house, okay?"
Guagua: “I know.”
Niu Niu: “I know.”
Only after the two children agreed did Xu Xiangjuan feel relieved.
Gua Gua and Niu Niu were sitting on a small stool studying the crystal ball. When the elder sister took the crystal ball out of the box, Niu Niu's chubby little hand couldn't help but touch it.
Gua Gua didn't stop his brother from touching the crystal ball, but there was a rule that each person could only touch it three times.
What does three times mean?
Just count one, two, three, and then another person touches it.
One, two, three, Guagua came to count, and he deliberately read fast to Niu Niu and slowly himself. Niu Niu didn't react and treated this as a fun game.
While the two children were playing games quietly, Xu Xiangjuan and Zhou Chengning began to decorate the house.
Before decorating the house, Zhou Chengning also cleaned the cobwebs on the roof.
Xu Xiangjuan chose two curtains, one with two layers and one with one layer. The one layer is a simple thick curtain in dark brown, and the other two layers are apricot thick cloth with a lighter tulle. The tulle also has a hollow design. The dark brown layer faces the outside, which is the kitchen area, and the apricot layer faces the sleeping area inside.
As soon as the curtain was hung up, it instantly attracted the attention of the two children.
Niu Niu was the first to stand up. His chubby little hands wanted to touch the curtain and play hide-and-seek.
Xu Xiangjuan gave the task of educating Niu Niu to Guagua.
Hanging curtains is a technical job, so Xu Xiangjuan handed the whole process over to Zhou Chengning, while she made the bed while giving instructions.
Various cabinets must also be put in place, and once they are arranged, the small room will look brand new.
"Juan, there are public bathrooms for bathing. It costs 1 cent per bath." Zhou Chengning specifically asked Yin Yue about bathing.
"Are there separate ones for boys and girls?" Xu Xiangjuan had been busy for so long and had long wanted to take a shower.
Zhou Chengning: "There are male and female ones."
"Then after dinner, you take Niu Niu and I'll take Gua Gua to wash, and let's rest for a while first." Xu Xiangjuan lay down.
I really don't have the energy to cook for myself tonight, so I'd better eat out.
After the cottage was decorated like this, Zhou Chengning suddenly felt that the more than one thousand yuan he spent was well worth it.
The room is very cozy, and there is a desk lamp on the desk for him to study. His wife took him into consideration and not only provided a desk lamp, but also bought a simple small bookshelf for the desk, which does not take up much space and can hold more books.
The two children were still rolling around on the bed, so Zhou Chengning lay down too.
The bed is not very big, but there is still enough space for a family of four to lie down.
...
Xu Xiangjuan: "Dad has to study, we can't disturb him, let's go out and play by ourselves."
Zhou Chengning raised his head from the book: "Juan, you and Guagua Niuniu, be careful on the road, don't go too far."
"I'm just taking the two kids to buy groceries. Just focus on your studies."
In the past few days, Xu Xiangjuan has taken Guagua and Niu Niu around for a walk and has become somewhat familiar with this place.
It is definitely not easy for her to start her food business, so she needs to observe further.
Huadu is definitely more prosperous than Dezao Town, and its development speed is also very fast. Now almost every household uses gas stoves. Prosperity also means higher prices.
For example, candies in small shops here are two cents each.
The two children must have bought candy when they went to these places, but after knowing the price was two cents, they suddenly didn’t want to buy it.
Xu Xiangjuan simply weighed a pound of sugar at the department store, and whichever of the two children wanted it could buy it from her for a cent.
My mom’s shop sells candies for one cent each. All the kids buy their candies from her shop. Anyway, they don’t dare to go to the shop anymore.
Moreover, the shops here do not welcome children who do not buy anything. Once they shop for too long, the owner will not let them shop anymore, let alone touch anything.
It is one cent more expensive, but in the eyes of children, it is equivalent to the price of a bag increasing from 10,000 to 20,000 in the eyes of adults. Who among ordinary people can afford it?
After settling down at home, Zhou Chengning indeed studied all day long and hardly went out. He had a written test and an interview for a teaching assistant at Renmin University in May, and would take the postgraduate entrance examination at Huazhong University in December.
Her man would concentrate on doing something, and Xu Xiangjuan had never seen him work so hard. She could only cook delicious food for him to supplement his nutrition. If she couldn't stand it anymore, she would take him out to relax, walk for ten or twenty minutes, and then come back to study.
She also bought some flowers and plants and put them on the small balcony so that he could go to the balcony to look at the flowers and plants when he was tired from studying.
For a moment, Zhou Chengning's heart flew away with his lover and children, but he quickly pulled it back and told himself that he had to be responsible for his family and himself.
"Xiao Xu took the kids out to buy groceries again today?"
When she met Aunt Shou on the way to buy groceries, Xu Xiangjuan said: "Yes, I am taking two children to buy groceries. Aunt is back from buying groceries?"
Aunt Shou: "Yes, I bought them. Today's shrimps are very fresh. If you want to eat shrimps, you have to buy them quickly. They are alive and kicking."
Xu Xiangjuan: "My daughter just kept talking about wanting to eat shrimp, so I'm going to go buy some shrimp first."
Gua Gua and Niu Niu said goodbye to grandma together.
The two children have become well-known among the aunties. They all say that the two children of the new family are very well-behaved, smart, and speak clearly, unlike their own little naughty boy who only knows how to cause trouble all day long.
After Aunt Shou left, Xu Xiangjuan led the children to move forward.
Now Guagua and Niu Niu have no friends, and she is worried about the two children going out to play, so she still has to take the two children with her when she goes out from time to time.
"Mom, over there." Niu Niu pointed to a small playground not far away.
There were suddenly a lot of children in this small playground today. Xu Xiangjuan calculated the date and found that today was Sunday, so it should be a holiday. The children came here to play. No wonder the usually quiet place suddenly became noisy.
She is not as careful as Niu Niu.
This piece of housing can be said to be a school district. Although Xu Xiangjuan's family lives in a relatively remote area and the residential building is relatively crowded, it is very spacious when you walk out, and it can be seen that the people living nearby are relatively well-off.
According to Aning, most of the people living here are teachers, and the children are basically the teachers' children.
Just like Aunt Shou whom I met just now, she is 70 years old this year, but still in very good health. Her husband is a retired professor of Jiangnan University.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Niuniu wants to go over and play?"
"Um!"
"Then Guagua take Niu Niu to play. Mom will be watching from the side. You two should not go too far."
"I know, Mom!" Gua Gua was waiting for her brother to speak. It was her brother who wanted to play, not her.
Gua Gua took Niu Niu over there, while Xu Xiangjuan walked around the playground.
There were a group of children there, and if she, an adult, got in, the children might isolate Gua Gua and Niu Niu.
"Who are you two?" A little girl with a ponytail saw Niu Niu and Gua Gua approaching hand in hand.
"I'm Zhou Yipei, nicknamed Guagua, and this is my younger brother Zhou Yilan, nicknamed Niu Niu. We've been living here for a while."
Niu Niu's self-introduction was relatively brief because his sister had already introduced him, "Niu Niu."
The girl with the ponytail was very kind and introduced the other friends to Guagua. "My name is Lou Linglu, her name is Ji Xueya, and her name is... Then do you want to play hopscotch with us? Your brother is too young to play."
Guagua agreed immediately: "Okay."
Lou Linglu: "Can you play hopscotch?"
Guagua looked at the house drawn on the ground and said: "My hopscotch is different from the ones here. If you teach me how to hop, I will learn it quickly."
Niu Niu followed and said, "I can do that, too."
The girls did not directly forbid Niu Niu to play, but still gave Niu Niu a chance and let him try hopscotch first.
Ji Xueya first demonstrated the movements to Niu Niu. Niu Niu watched and tried to imitate his sister, but the child could not walk steadily, let alone hopping on one or two feet. In the end, he just stood by and watched his sisters play.
I can also cheer for my sister.
The two children were having a great time, while Xu Xiangjuan was thinking about what to do next.
Her parents gave her 500 yuan, and she brought 10,000 yuan to Huadu, which was basically earned from running a small restaurant, especially when the grain base was hot.
I can earn two to three thousand a month.
The sales volume was astonishing. Because of this astonishing sales volume, her plan to go to Huadu was also brought forward.
But according to what Aning said, if the school really allocated housing to us, we would still have to pay the mortgage, and running a business also requires capital.
Whether a business can be successful depends on the capital. Ten thousand is not a lot, but it is definitely not a small amount. It can buy a house in the county town back home.
Obviously the houses here are not cheap, and renting one costs a lot of money.
Also, what should she do first?
The consumption level of people in Huadu is obviously higher. If a small restaurant opens, you can consider meat dishes. Malatang is not suitable in summer... or you can just have cold noodles and rice first.
Aning is studying, so it would be a bad idea to disturb her. It depends on how many customers there are. If there are many, she will have to hire more people.
But the most important thing at the moment is the store address. Without space, it’s useless to sell more things.
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