Chapter 25 Retribution
Chen Fangyang rested his head on his arm, looking at Shen Xuewei, who had a serious expression, with amusement.
"Little Weiwei, are you that worried about your aunt?"
Shen Xuewei paused, then glared at him with displeasure, "Second Uncle, don't interrupt!"
She finished explaining her assessment of Xu Zhiyuan in one breath, then sighed and added one more sentence.
"Second Uncle, marriage is a major life event. It's not that I don't want Auntie to stay single, but I don't want her to marry the wrong person. That's all I have to say. I just hope you can convey my words to Auntie."
The only thing she could change was her own fate; the fates of others were beyond her control.
She would not reveal a word about her rebirth to anyone.
After nearly losing her life while standing atop a tall building and looking down, she realized a truth.
There will be consequences for valuing others more than yourself.
Therefore, she had already suffered retribution in her previous life.
Call her selfish or call her heartless.
She felt that she had done enough to persuade him, and there was no point in trying to persuade him any further.
Some things you only truly understand after experiencing them yourself.
Chen Fangyang noticed Shen Xuewei's seriousness and solemnity, and couldn't help but take it seriously.
He recalled the man's appearance and behavior in his mind, and began to hesitate.
They look so respectable, are they really that bad?
Perhaps he took Shen Xuewei's words to heart, because the next day he got up early for once and left home early, not returning until night.
Shen Xuewei saw this and breathed a sigh of relief.
Hopefully, her aunt will listen to her.
August 31st arrived quickly.
School doesn't start until September 1st, but because she needs to stay at the school, she has to arrive a day early.
Early in the morning, Grandpa Chen put on his Zhongshan suit and, while drinking porridge, urged Grandma Xi to hurry up and fry the beans.
Fried beans were prepared as a small snack for Shen Xuewei.
Stir-fry with oil and salt, then store in a transparent glass jar; it will keep for several days without spoiling.
I usually carry one in my pocket, and if I get hungry or crave something during breaks, I can take it out and chew on it.
Or if the food in the canteen isn't very good, you can eat some with your rice as a snack.
When Shen Xuewei went to Mingda Elementary School, the Chen family gave her twenty yuan a week for living expenses.
Fifteen yuan was for food, and the remaining five yuan was used to buy stationery or for pocket money.
However, since the start of the school year is on a Friday, September 1st, there will only be one day of classes before the weekend.
Considering that students live far away, it's not easy for them to travel back and forth.
Therefore, it was decided that on September 2nd and 3rd, boarding students could stay at school, and the cafeteria would provide special meals.
For this reason, the Chen family gave her thirty yuan when school started this year.
Shen Xuewei quietly took the thirty yuan and stuffed it into the small pocket that her grandmother had specially sewn inside her pants.
Once everything was ready, Grandpa Chen called Chen Fangyang downstairs and had him carry the boxes containing the items.
He wasn't idle either; he was holding a quilt that had been packed in a burlap sack.
Shen Xuewei, carrying her schoolbag, set off with them to the town's primary school.
As they passed by the Wu family's house, Grandpa Chen called out to them.
A short while later, Wu Yuhong and her mother also came out with the things they had prepared, and walked out of the mountain with the others.
After walking along a long mountain road, the village came into view ahead.
Chen Fangli was already waiting for everyone at the intersection; she had also come to accompany Shen Xuewei to the town for the start of the new school term.
Six people filled most of the tricycles waiting for passengers by the roadside.
After the driver waited for two more villagers who were going to town, he drove towards Mingda Town.
Although it wasn't market day, the town's market was still quite lively because the town's primary school was about to start the new semester.
However, the busiest places were not the vegetable and meat stalls on the street, but the stationery stores and small commodity stores in town.
After getting off the bus and paying, the group headed towards the stationery store and the general store with their belongings.
They each bought some stationery for their two children, and also bought mats, buckets, basins, and many other things they hadn't prepared yet at the store.
After buying everything, the group headed straight to the school.
Teachers at the primary school have already set up desks and are waiting on the first floor of the school building to register students.
The group carried a lot of things and stepped into the school through the main gate, where they quickly found the registration area.
After giving their names, the registration teacher quickly found their records.
Both of them were assigned to Class 2 of the fourth grade and were also in the same dormitory.
Seeing this, not only were the two children happy, but both sets of parents were also quite pleased.
In this way, the two of them will have each other's company.
The entire school has only one student dormitory building.
The first floor of the dormitory building houses the canteen and a small shop, while male students live on the second and third floors, and female students live on the fourth and fifth floors.
Not only is there an iron gate on the first floor, but there is also one between the third and fourth floors.
Shen Xuewei and another person were assigned to dormitory 405.
The dormitory, which wasn't very spacious, had a total of eight bunk beds.
Two people share the lower bunk, while one person can sleep alone in the upper bunk.
The beds here are 1.2 meters wide, so it's not crowded for two children to sleep in them.
In other words, this small dormitory needs to house a total of twenty-four students.
Shen Xuewei and her friends arrived at school early in the morning, and only five other people in the dormitory had arrived earlier than them.
Two of them knew each other and chose to sleep in the lower bunk together, while the other three chose the upper bunk.
The school only assigned dormitories, but did not assign beds, so beds were chosen on a first-come, first-served basis.
Considering Shen Xuewei's young age, it would be inconvenient for her to sleep on the top bunk and there was a risk of her falling, so they decided to let her sleep on the bottom bunk with Wu Yuhong.
Wu Yuhong didn't care whether she slept alone or with someone else.
After all, she slept with her sister when her sister was still at home. It was only after her sister went out to work last year that she started sleeping in her own bed.
However, if her sister comes back, the two of them will still sleep together.
She didn't care, but Shen Xuewei couldn't.
She's used to sleeping alone, so sleeping with someone else for one night occasionally isn't a problem, but sleeping with someone every day would be something she wouldn't be happy about.
She spoke softly to Grandpa Chen for a couple of minutes, but he didn't respond.
Shen Xuewei resorted to her old tricks again, sitting down on the ground and throwing a tantrum, crying and wailing. Grandpa Chen had no choice but to give in to her.
Having succeeded, Shen Xuewei chose the upper bunk of the second bed behind the door, while Wu Yuhong chose the one next to hers.
Each dormitory also has a small room specifically for students to store items such as buckets, washbasins, and thermos flasks.
The dormitory building doesn't have water every day; water is only available on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
They come once between 12:00 and 12:30 noon, once between 5:30 and 6:00 pm, and once between 8:30 and 9:30 pm.
So every Tuesday or Thursday, after washing up, I have to fill a bucket with water to save for washing up the next day.
As a result, every student has to carry a bucket downstairs to fill it with water every Sunday afternoon after returning to school.
Grandma Xi patted the dust off Shen Xuewei's bottom, and couldn't help but feel a little worried.
"Weiwei, if you can't carry the water, remember to ask your classmates for help, okay?"
Shen Xuewei nodded.
Wu Yuhong's mother, who was standing nearby, laughed and said, "Weiwei is not very strong. My Yuhong is a few years older than her and is stronger. They go to school together and live together, so let Yuhong help carry the water."
She instructed Wu Yuhong, "Yuhong, you are Weiwei's aunt, so you must take good care of Weiwei from now on, okay?"
Wu Yuhong replied, "Mom, I understand."
Upon hearing this, the Chen family members breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Xuewei looked up and smiled at the two of them, "Thank you, Auntie-in-law, thank you, cousin-in-law."
When no relatives were present, she and Wu Yuhong would call each other by their first names.
When relatives are around, they will call her "auntie".
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