Zhu Yourong's marriage was settled, but for the sake of reputation, the two families had no intention of getting married immediately, and wanted to wait until after the autumn harvest before officially getting married.
Huang Mei was very happy about this and felt that a worry had been put to rest.
Everyone else was also very happy. The only unhappy person was Zhu Xiangxiang. She unilaterally decided to go into a cold war with Zhu Chunhua and Zhu Xingtong.
Zhu Chunhua and Zhu Xingtong didn't care. After all, she was always like that and it would be fine in a few days. However, when they returned, Zhu Xingtong found an opportunity to tell Zhu Chunhua off, telling her not to imitate others and talk about others behind their backs, as it was impolite. Zhu Chunhua had already regretted it and nodded in agreement.
Liang Yuan had been very pessimistic about this marriage before, but her opinion changed somewhat after meeting Yang Guangzhong. She thought to herself, this is the advantage of being good-looking.
After get off work, Zhu Youliang didn't go home. Instead, he took a bottle of wine and went to Sun Shouyi's place. Sun Shouyi and his wife still lived near the cowshed. But they no longer lived in the cowshed. They built three houses nearby and surrounded it with a fence, making it a small farmyard.
When Zhu Youliang arrived, Sun Shouyi was sitting on the doorstep. Seeing him coming, he wanted to get up and go back to the house.
Zhu Youliang pretended not to see anything, but shouted, "Teacher Sun, I'm here to see you."
Wan Fang was cooking. When she heard the noise, she looked out the kitchen window and said, "There's food. Come in and sit down."
Sun Shouyi said angrily: "Why are you asking him to sit?"
Wan Fang said, "Ignore this stubborn old man. If you have food, come in quickly."
"Hey." Zhu Youliang followed him into the yard.
After Wan Fang went to the kitchen, Sun Shouyi looked at Zhu Youliang unhappily and said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"
Zhu Youliang found a bench and sat down. "Teacher Sun, I'm here to apologize to you. I was young before and didn't understand your hard work. Now I really understand. Don't worry, I will definitely follow your example in the future. I remember that you like to drink Zhanggong Daqu the most. You can try it tonight to see if it's authentic."
Sun Shouyi glanced at the wine in his hand and then said leisurely, "I see you don't understand anything, can I have your wine?"
"Okay, then you don't drink it. I'll give it to Master's wife." Zhu Youliang said as he went into the kitchen. After chatting with Wan Fang for a while, he left the wine on the stove.
After coming out, he took out the fifty yuan he had left over from yesterday.
Seeing that Sun Shouyi's face darkened again, he quickly said: "Teacher Sun, don't get me wrong, this money is not for you, I donated it to the school. The school needs to be repaired."
Sun Shouyi looked at him suspiciously and said, "Where did you get this money? You've only been working at the agricultural machinery station for a few months. Your total salary shouldn't even be 50 yuan, right?" As he spoke, he stood up.
"Teacher Sun, please listen to my explanation." Zhu Youliang quickly extended his hand, and when he saw him stop, he hurriedly said, "I just wanted to make more money because my child didn't have money to go to school. After much thought, I finally came up with a good idea to modify the electric fan. I asked someone to pass on the technology to the county machinery factory. They didn't want to use it for free, so they gave me a large bonus. The reason I was able to modify the electric fan was all because of your good teaching and solid physics knowledge. Now, I remembered what you taught me. So I thought of repairing the school. The children will have a better learning environment, and they will be able to study better. It will save everyone from worrying about when the school will collapse and not daring to let their children go to school."
"You! Forget it, I've thought about it over the past few years, and what you said before is not entirely unreasonable." Sun Shouyi sat back in his chair with a complicated expression, thinking about the scene when he went to Wang Can's house before. No matter what he said, Wang Can's mother would not give in until he mentioned Zhu Youliang's twisted logic, which made Wang Can's mother agree to let Wang Can continue to study.
Seeing his dejected expression, Zhu Youliang hurriedly comforted him, "Teacher Sun, don't be sad. Look, I understand your painstaking efforts now. Even if my initial motivation for studying wasn't pure, once I truly immersed myself in the book and understood the true benefits of reading, I knew you were right."
Sun Shouyi was a little happier when he heard this. "You still remember what I told you before. That's quite thoughtful of you. Okay, let's not talk about the past. I'll take this fifty yuan. The school roof needs repairs. I'll give you a receipt tomorrow when I go to school."
Zhu Youliang stood up upon hearing this and said, "Okay, then, Teacher Sun, I'll go back first. I came to your place as soon as I got off work, and my family doesn't know yet."
When Wan Fang heard this, she shouted from the kitchen, "We have food. Let's have dinner here tonight."
"No, next time, I'll go home first." Zhu Youliang said and ran out of the yard. At this time, every household was short of food, and he couldn't add to the burden on Teacher Sun.
Wan Fang came out of the kitchen with a spatula in her hand, "Old man, why don't you take the food?"
"Let him go to his home to eat. There is plenty of food at home for him." Sun Shouyi said with some embarrassment.
"Hey, you old man, don't think I don't know that you must be so happy when food comes. Just pretend. This child is such a good kid. He is considerate of you and me." Wan Fang said and went to the kitchen again.
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Zhu Youliang made his way home, where Liang Yuan and the others were eating. The two children called him, and he answered. Then he took a pancake, sat down at the table, and put a piece of eggplant into the pancake with his chopsticks. Then he said, "I passed by the elementary school today. It was really run-down. I also saw Teacher Sun, who used to teach me. He was a good teacher. Looking at the half-broken thatched roof made me feel sad, so I went to Teacher Sun after get off work and donated fifty yuan. It will be safer when Ah Tong goes to school."
Liang Yuan raised her head and said, "Just donate it. Hey, there is food. Do you think I am too lazy? I should think about what I can do." After she said that, she really started to think about it seriously.
Zhu Youliang swallowed the bread in his mouth and said, "It's okay. I'm here for you. We are one as husband and wife. You have contributed to everything I have done."
Liang Yuan said happily, "I'm glad you said that. I'll think about it these days and think about what I can do. When the time comes, I'll let you take advantage of my help."
Zhu Youliang immediately smiled brightly, "Then I'll be waiting."
"I want to get some of this too," Tongtong said, looking up. The child had dipped the cake in the soup, his mouth full of liquid.
"Cough cough..." Zhu Xingtong coughed violently twice.
Liang Yuan said angrily, "A-Tong, can't you just pretend to be stupid?"
"Hehehe, Atong is envious again. I'm really worried about her future. Where can she find someone like me?" Zhu Youliang said quite complacently.
Liang Yuan agreed, "That's right, I'm worried too."
Zhu Xingtong helplessly looked at the couple who were showing off their love all day long, shook his head, and continued eating the cake.
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