Chapter 225 Tunan's Thoughts
Hongbin doesn’t have many friends, and Tunan is both a brother and a friend.
Before Tuanan moved out, the two of them made an appointment to meet at the Xinhua Bookstore on the afternoon of the 28th, and happened to meet Xie Zheyu who also came to buy books.
The three older boys read for a while and bought some more books. Tunan invited the two of them to have some sweet porridge.
Seeing that Hongbin was in a bad mood, Tunan asked the reason.
Hong Bin looked at Xie Zheyu, not knowing what to say. Xie Zheyu smiled and said, "If he doesn't say it, I'll tell him."
Hong Bin looked at him in surprise: "You know"
"If you look at me, I'll know what's not good for me to hear. It could be Teacher Zhuang and Auntie arguing!"
Xie Zheyu scraped the sweet porridge from the bowl and said to the two brothers:
"You two brothers, take your time chatting! I'm going back now. See you on the fifth day! Happy New Year!"
He ran a few steps, then turned back and asked Tunan: "Tunan, when does Aunt Huang's factory open?"
"We're just taking a break on the 30th and the first day of the month, what's wrong?" Tuanan looked at Xie Zheyu in confusion.
"Oh...it's okay...I...want to go and wish her a happy new year!"
"We're back from Changzhou on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year. Why don't you two come over to our house on the fifth day?"
"Okay!" Xie Zheyu responded and ran away.
Only after making sure that Xie Zheyu would not come back did Hongbin tell Tunan about what happened at home.
"Don't be angry with Dad. He said those harsh words because he was anxious. He knows how good Auntie is to him. Don't worry if Auntie loses her job. We have to study harder in the future. Getting into university means saving money for the family."
Upon hearing that Zhu Xiu Yu lost her job, Tuanan comforted Hong Bin.
Hong Bin nodded: "Brother, I know you originally decided not to move to Aunt Huang's place, it was my mom..."
"Don't let your imagination run wild. This has nothing to do with Auntie. It's my own decision." Tunan interrupted him immediately.
"Brother, my mother..."
"Okay, let's not talk about this. Oh, right. My mom wrote the exercises she gave me on carbon paper and told me to give you a copy. Don't share it with anyone else. Just do it secretly at home. Commander Feng's two children used to have worse grades than you, but now they're both in prestigious universities thanks to my mom's exercises."
Tuanan took out a brown paper file bag and handed it to Hongbin.
Hongbin looked at Tunan in surprise.
Tunan shook his head: "I didn't ask her to do this. My mother gave it to me. She said she hoped you could get into a good school."
Hongbin still couldn't believe it. He knew that Huang Ling had tutored several famous university students, but he also knew that she was very busy and didn't accept ordinary students. She only taught children she liked.
These kids who are considered are undoubtedly rich or noble. They are either relatives of the factory director or sons of the director. Even so, you have to be smart and pass the test before they are accepted.
Obviously, Hong Bin, who was of mediocre talent, was a little flattered.
He took the paper bag and hugged it tightly, then pursed his lips and said in a hoarse voice:
"I will remember all the kindness you have shown me."
"You can thank me in person on the fifth day of the New Year! But you have to finish the questions, otherwise my mother will be unhappy." Tuanan patted Hongbin's shoulder.
"Okay! I'll do it when I get back!" Hongbin nodded heavily.
The two left the restaurant, separated at the intersection, and went home.
Only Tunan knew that there was a reason why Huang Ling treated Hongbin like that.
Huang Ling is a frequent visitor to No. 1 Middle School. She would donate some red scarves, cloth school badges and books to the school from time to time.
At the end of this semester, they imported a batch of desk lamps from Guangzhou. They were of good quality and low price, but the sales were not very good, so Huang Ling gave ten of them to the school leaders.
Everyone's topic naturally fell on Xiaoting.
The teachers praised Xiaoting a lot, saying that she was pretty, sensible, had good grades, and had an energy that other children didn't have.
As they were talking, they mentioned an accident.
It happened in front of the school's mobile bookshelf. A few children were playing and accidentally bumped into the bookshelf. The bookshelf was connected on both sides. Xiaoting was sitting on the other side of the bookshelf with a few girls reading books. At the critical moment when the book was about to fall, someone blocked it for her.
The teachers heard Xiaoting call the high school student "brother".
Huang Ling was shocked when she heard this and said, "Neither of these two children mentioned this to me. Our Tunan, with his small body, must have been covered in bruises. He really risked his life for his sister."
"It's not Tunan, I remember his name is Zhuang Hongbin!" The teacher who saw what happened even asked for the name of the rescuer.
Huang Ling was stunned for a moment before explaining: "Oh, he's also her brother, her second brother. Tunan is the eldest brother."
"Oh, yes. Xiaoting's face turned pale with fright. She insisted on accompanying her brother to the hospital for a check-up. Her brother said there was nothing wrong and told Xiaoting not to tell her parents, for fear that they would worry. You have taught your children very well." The teacher sighed.
The security director continued, "Because of this, we had to rearrange all the bookshelves and nail them against the wall. Boys are really naughty."
Huang Ling then recalled that one morning when Xiaoting went to school, she took canned oranges from home and put them in her schoolbag, and told Huailan that they were for her brother.
She initially thought it was for Tunan, but now she thinks it should be for Hongbin.
Tuanan only found out about this from Huang Ling. Both of them kept their mouths shut and neither of them told their families.
He walked home silently.
During this period, he felt that he had undergone some small changes and began to think deeply about some things.
Like moving in with my mother.
Huang Ling had told him, "Don't feel burdened by this matter. Although your father and I agreed to each take care of one child when we divorced, I definitely have a responsibility towards you. If I can, I will do my best to give you a helping hand."
After hearing what his mother said, he decided to move in with Huang Ling. If he could improve his grades, get into a better school, and make more money in the future, he would of course be able to give back to her better.
His father disagreed, and Tunan understood.
Finally, when Zhu Xiu Yu came to see him, to be honest, the first person he thought of was not Hong Bin, but Peng Fei.
The reason why he changed his mind and decided to persuade his father was because he was afraid that Zhu Xiuyu would once again drive Pengfei to the banker's house in order to compete for the resource of "father".
The reason why he said "once again" was because he had heard his father and Zhu Xiu Yu talking about sending Pengfei to the Zhuang family before.
If Pengfei goes back, everything will be ruined.
He didn't tell these words to anyone. Anyway, as long as his father didn't object anymore, the matter came to an end.
Now, Zhu Xiu Yu has lost his job again. He feels mixed emotions. He feels that his mother really seems to have the ability to predict the future. She thinks that there will be no peace in the next six months, so she wants to take him away.
When he returned home, Tuanan saw Zhou Huaiyi driving back and preparing to return to Changzhou the next day.
He was washing the car with a bucket of water, so Tunan went over to help.
Zhou Huaiyi did not stop him, but quietly went to the kitchen to fetch some boiling water and added it to the bucket.
"Tuanan, have you packed your things? Tell me if you need anything and I'll buy it for you, especially if it's something your mother doesn't buy for you." Zhou Huaiyi said the last sentence while biting Tuanan's ear.
Tunan smiled and shook his head.
"You're saying bad things about me! I saw it!" Huang Ling glanced at the two of them as she passed by.
"No, no!" they both answered her at the same time.
Tunan felt extremely relaxed in this home.
Although Zhu Xiu Yu treated him very well, the feeling he gave her was completely different from that of Zhou Huai Yi.
He was always cautious in that home, but he didn't need to be so cautious here.
He can ask a hundred thousand questions like Dongzhe, chase Zhou Huaiyi and ask strange questions, play chess and poker with him, and stick notes on his face.
Tunan deeply feels that people are different and families are different.
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