Chapter 155 Song Ying, who loves studying
After the New Year, workers still have to go back to work.
Huang Ling moved to the military family compound, which was located between the cotton mill and the machinery factory. It was a bit far to walk to work outside the cotton mill.
Therefore, the Zhou family’s equipment was also upgraded accordingly.
The family bought an extra bicycle, and Zhou Huailan and Huang Ling each had one, riding to work.
Zhou Huaiyi put soft cushions on the back seats of their bicycles so that they could take turns taking Xiaoting to school.
It will be fine if she is sent to No. 1 Middle School for another year and a half. Once she enters, Xiaoting can go to school by herself, because her home is close to No. 1 Middle School and is only a few steps away from the military family compound.
Although Song Ying was reluctant to let Huang Ling move away, fortunately they worked in the same factory and could see each other every day.
Lin Dongzhe and Song Ying felt the same way. Although Xiaoting had moved away, they were in the same class, so they could see each other every day.
Back home, Lin Dongzhe said to Song Ying and Xiaoting:
"They used to check my homework every night, but now they check it every morning. They even order me to get to school 20 minutes early! They're afraid I'll make mistakes and need to correct them."
Song Ying made a gesture of praying to the gods and said, "I want to treat Xiaoting to a meal."
"Please, but you can't leave me this time!" Lin Dongzhe still remembers that Song Ying left him to eat alone.
Song Ying also remembered the embarrassing scene after she left him and was scolded by him for being "ungrateful and abandoning her husband and children", so she said:
"Wait until the midterm exam results come out. If you improve, I'll take you. If you don't, I won't take you!"
But Song Ying was still a little disappointed.
In the past, when Huang Ling was busy or went on a business trip to Shanghai, she would leave Xiaoting to her, but now with Zhou Huaiyi and Zhou Huailan, it is no longer her turn.
So sometimes when she was taking a break, she would fight for the "feeding rights" and insist on taking Xiaoting back to the alley to have a meal, and would only let her go after feeding her enough snacks.
Xiaoting was picked up that day, and Song Ying asked Dongzhe to call Tunan and Pengfei to come for dinner.
She had just learned how to make fried beef buns. The first time she made it, Dongzhe praised it highly and even showed off to his friends for a long time, so she thought of making it for the children.
Sister Li also came to help.
She and Li Yiming have moved into Huang Ling's house, and their yard has begun to be renovated and expanded in the past two days.
The yard was piled high with materials. When Zhang A-mei passed by, her face was full of envy.
There is a partition in her house, which has been discussed since the New Year until after Qingming Festival, but it has not yet started.
Seeing everyone happily making dumplings in the yard, she asked:
"Yiming! These materials are great! Are you planning to get married and build a new house?"
"Aunt Zhang, the house is too old and very damp, and my mother has rheumatism, so we need to renovate it." Li Yiming gave the reason he had already found.
Huang Ling said, don’t make it public for now.
"Yiming is amazing! Even though he didn't get into college, he was able to build a new house just by setting up a stall! So, it doesn't matter if he doesn't go to college!"
"Then why don't you let Shanshan set up the stall? Wouldn't it be nice to make money in advance?" Sister Li said with a look of disgust.
Zhang A-mei immediately changed the subject:
"Yiming, tell me, I want to separate a room. What material should I use?"
"Of course they use bricks! You can tell by just turning over a wooden board." Li Yiming said deliberately.
He knew what Zhang A-mei was thinking. Using wooden boards would make it easier to dismantle later, so he deliberately said the opposite.
"I think it's better to use wooden boards, as it's faster. If we use bricks, we have to vacate the house like you did. We are not as lucky as you and don't have a house to vacate." Zhang A'mei replied.
"That's fine! If you want to buy wooden boards, I'll give you my boss's address and my name, and he'll give you a lower price." Li Yiming and Song Ying looked at each other.
"No, no, our Old Wu is a carpenter. He has a way."
When Zhang A-mei returned to her home, she was hit by a foul smell.
The jealousy in her heart rose again.
She felt that whether it was Li Yiming, Huang Ling or even Song Ying, their lives were getting better and better, only their family was standing still and not moving at all.
Wu Shanshan just went out.
Zhang Amei asked: "Where are you going?"
"I'm going to return Aunt Song's magazine."
Influenced by Huang Ling, Song Ying wanted to learn how to read and also wanted to guide Lin Dongzhe to read more, so she spent money to subscribe to "Harvest" and "October" at the post office. She often read them and learned new things.
Lin Wufeng even laughed at her, saying that she was the most conscious among the junior high school students.
Hearing Wu Shanshan's words, Zhang Amei didn't believe it. She glared at Wu Shanshan fiercely and said mockingly:
"I didn't see you enough during the day! I want to see you again after taking a break!"
Wu Shanshan knew what she was talking about, and she blushed and couldn't speak. After a long while, she explained:
"What do you mean we haven't seen each other enough during the day? We're not even in the same grade, and there are so many people in school, we can't even bump into each other."
"That's why you're so anxious! Go quickly! See if people think highly of you." Zhang A'mei sneered.
"Mom! What are you talking about! Don't think of people as so dirty!" Wu Shanshan's hands were tightly clenched with two magazines, and her knuckles turned white.
"I didn't say anything. You're on your own. If your overthinking affects your studies and you don't get into high school, don't blame us for not letting you go!"
After just a few words, Wu Shanshan began to sweat.
She slowly walked to the front of Song Ying's yard and looked into the yard through the hole in the wall.
Tunan and Dongzhe are loosening the soil and applying fertilizer to the flower bed, and the roses are in full bloom.
Zhou Huaiyi asked Xiaoting to bring the fertilizer. When he was applying fertilizer himself, he remembered that there was a bunch of roses in the yard, so he asked Xiaoting to bring it to Lin Gong.
Pengfei was learning how to make dumplings.
Song Ying said to Tunan, "Tunan, stop it. Wait until your Uncle Lin comes back."
Tunan raised his face and said, "Aunt Song, I know the dosage. I saw Uncle Zhou use it."
"You have a good brain. Last time, your Uncle Zhou specifically told Dongzhe about it, but when I asked him about it after he came back, he said he had forgotten. Fortunately, Xiaoting just listened and remembered it." Song Ying said with a smile.
"Mom, can you please not step on me every time you praise Tuanan and Xiaoting?" Dongzhe was very dissatisfied with this.
"Okay, Mom was wrong. Our Dongzhe is awesome too! He can even gain weight! So amazing!"
"mom!"
"Aunt Song!"
"What's wrong? Isn't this how your mother praised Lin Dongzhe?" Song Ying asked in confusion.
"My mom said it was okay, but you said it was too scary! Hahaha!" Xiaoting died of laughter.
"You're always like that, Lin Dongzhe!" Pengfei said, imitating Song Ying's tone. "You're always like that."
Wu Shanshan chuckled outside the courtyard before walking in:
"Aunt Song, I'm here to return the book."
"Okay, Shanshan, just put it there! Come and eat the buns when they're ready."
"OK, thanks."
Tunan clapped his hands and looked up: "Is it the latest October issue?"
"Yes." Wu Shanshan replied.
"I haven't seen it yet! Aunt Song, I want to see it." Tuanan asked Song Ying happily.
Song Ying couldn't refuse, so she immediately said, "Then take it back and have a look. I've subscribed to the whole year starting this month, so you don't need to order anymore. You can come and see it anytime."
Tunan went to wash his hands.
Wu Shanshan waited by the side with the book in her arms, and handed the book to him after he dried his hands.
Song Ying looked at Wu Shanshan and then at Tuanan.
After dinner, she said she wanted to see Huang Ling, so she and Lin Dongzhe went to see Xiaoting off.
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