Time flies, and it's already the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
He Wenlin and her family will set off back to Shaoxing tonight.
Today, He Shan's family of three, along with He Wenjun and Lin Fei, a total of five people, are also on the train today.
As soon as it was light, Mr. He drove them to the county town so they could take the earliest bus to the city to catch their train.
He Wenlin's family planned to leave after dinner, as driving would take less time than taking the train.
Grandma He and her mother started packing in the morning.
I originally thought that since I wasn't home in the second half of last year, there wouldn't be much stuff.
When they learned that He Wenlin's family was leaving, the neighbors gave them some cured meats and homegrown radishes and greens. In addition, there were the cured meats that Li Jinfeng had smoked last year, as well as the cured meats given by my grandmother. There were still two large bags full, which were extremely heavy.
They also brought two live chickens and two live ducks, as well as a bucket each of free-range chicken eggs and duck eggs.
He Hui's family had half a bag of stuff, He Shan's family had half a bag, Lin Fei's family had half a bag, and Aunt Tang Kai's family had half a bag. The back seat of the car was completely full!
Thankfully, everyone was put on the train; otherwise, there simply wouldn't have been enough room for everyone.
At 7 p.m., He Wenlin's family and He Yongping set off on time.
He's father and He Yongping took turns driving. They stopped at a service station to use the restroom along the way without taking a break, so they arrived at their rented house in Caijiang Village at 10 a.m. the next day.
He Shanlin and her second brother had already arrived and were sleeping.
He Wenlin and her family returned, making quite a commotion, which woke them up.
“Yongping, have lunch here, and I’ll drive you back to the High-tech Zone this afternoon,” said Mr. He. “Anyway, we have all the groceries ready, so there’s no need to buy any.”
“It’s already ten o’clock.” He Wenlin checked the time and said, “I’ll go back to the shop to tidy up first, and you can come over for dinner in a bit.”
He Wenlin called Lin Fei and her second brother, and took some cured pork, sausages, cured pig's feet, sweet potato vermicelli, radishes and cabbage to the fast food restaurant.
After being away for a few days, the kitchen smelled a bit damp.
He Wenlin opened the door and the exhaust fan, and boiled water to scald and wash the cooking utensils.
Tell Lin Fei to wash the cured pig's trotters clean and pressure cook them. If you don't pressure cook them, the pig's trotters won't become tender.
"Sister Linlin." Ruan Min's voice came from outside the door, "Sister Linlin, Brother Fei, Sister Shan, Brother Jun, Happy New Year."
Happy New Year, Xiaomin.
"Did you just get back today?" Ruan Min asked.
"Yes, I just arrived."
"Do you need any help?" Ruan Min asked, rolling up her sleeves to help with the washing.
He Wenlin stopped her, saying, "No need, don't get your hands dirty."
After saying that, He Wenlin remembered that she was about to start school, but she didn't know where to study. She was a transfer student here, so she would definitely have to pay tuition.
But if you get good grades, you might not have to pay the fee.
Currently, her biggest advantage in school is English and Chinese.
Thinking of this, He Wenlin asked Ruan Min, "Is your brother home? School is about to start, but I'm bad at math, physics, and chemistry. Could you go and call your brother and ask him to come and tutor me for a week? I'll give him two hundred yuan for tutoring."
"My brother is home. I'll go back and call him now."
After saying that, Ruan Min ran away as fast as she could.
"Linlin, are you really going to school?" her second brother asked. "I'm really worried about you since you're not at the shop."
"You did a great job those few months last year, didn't you? Besides, if you didn't do well, I would be the one who suffers the loss. What's there to be afraid of? Just do your best. Call me if anything happens."
He Wenlin had also thought about this issue. Fast food restaurants and breakfast shops are relatively mature, so as long as they perform normally, there shouldn't be any major problems.
The food factory is in a growth phase, and that's the real problem.
Therefore, He Wenlin thought about attending a private high school. Private schools are relatively more relaxed in their management, or more flexible, so that He Wenlin would have time to participate in the management and operation of the food factory.
"Linlin, Happy New Year." Ruan Lingfeng arrived, and he wasn't empty-handed. "These are the New Year cakes my family made this year. Please have a taste."
"Thank you. Please take some sweet potato vermicelli back with you later. It's made from our own sweet potatoes and it's delicious."
In return, He Wenlin gave him two jin of sweet potato vermicelli.
"Do you need tutoring?" Ruan Lingfeng asked.
"Yes, I'm planning to go back to school, but I'm not good at math and physics. Can you spare some time to come in the next few days before school starts?"
"Sure, when is a convenient time for you?"
"From 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm every day, starting today, how about 200 yuan for tutoring?"
"The time slot is fine, but there's no need to pay for the tutoring. If I give you the tutoring, I can also reinforce my memory."
Last year, thanks to He Wenlin, Ruan Lingfeng's family had a prosperous New Year. He was so grateful to her that he would never charge her for tutoring.
“We can’t just take up your time for nothing; a top student’s time is very precious!” He Wenlin said with a smile. “Then let’s settle on this for now.”
"Okay, I'll go back and organize some information for you."
As a top student in the elite class, Ruan Lingfeng often explains problems to his classmates, and other students borrow his notes, so he has some experience in this area.
They even gave He Wenlin math problems, just to get a feel for her abilities...
He Wenlin and her friends cleaned up the house, made stewed pork trotters with radish, stir-fried a plate of cured beef with chopped chili peppers, killed a live chicken and made braised chicken, enough for two large bowls, and stir-fried a large bowl of cabbage.
The number of dishes was not large, but the portions were quite generous.
During the Chinese New Year, people tend to have a lot of oil and snacks, so they can't really eat much rice.
After dinner and a few casual words, Mr. He drove He Yongping back to the High-tech Zone.
Grandma He and the younger children cleared the table and washed the dishes, while Grandma He went out to rent a house.
He Wenhua, Xia Lijuan, and Xu Haibo are coming to learn a trade, so they'll definitely need to rent a place nearby. They can't all stay at He Wenlin's house.
Firstly, it would be inconvenient to have too many people, especially Xia Lijuan; He Wenlin didn't want to live with such a troublesome person.
She had heard her second brother say in private that Xia Lijuan had asked him for money and was planning to borrow money from their family.
Secondly, there's not enough room for everyone.
...
Meanwhile, He Wenlin and Ruan Lingfeng were having extra lessons in their room.
He Wenlin didn't attend classes for a semester. She was busy with her business and barely touched her books.
After she basically got rid of the fast food restaurant, she would recite Chinese and history during her morning reading. During the Spring Festival, she also recited chemistry at home. She had completely forgotten her math and physics.
So when Ruan Lingfeng gave her the math test paper, she was completely stunned.
“This won’t work. If you want to get into a good high school, four hours of tutoring a day isn’t enough,” Ruan Lingfeng said frankly.
"Okay, I know. I'll spend time doing practice problems tonight. You can mainly explain math and physics to me, especially the ninth grade..."
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