She is deliberately misinterpreting Gu Changzheng's meaning.
Gu Changzheng's tone was somewhat helpless.
The large hand holding hers tightened slightly.
"Jiaojiao..."
His tone was helpless, yet filled with affection: "You know that's not what I meant."
"Alright, I got it. You're worried that people will hold a grudge against me, aren't you? Don't worry, I'm not from your school. Even if your principal wanted to cause me trouble, he wouldn't be able to find me."
Lu Huaijiao naturally knew that Gu Changzheng didn't mean that; he was worried about her.
But how could she not worry about him?
Lu Huaijiao was startled by her own thoughts. She was actually worried about him? When did this start? How come she hadn't noticed?
She thought about it for a while, but couldn't recall exactly when she started to worry about Gu Changzheng.
But since we've already taken him to heart, let's leave it at that. As long as his behavior is barely acceptable, let him stay for now.
When he does something wrong and lets her down, she will kick him out of her heart without hesitation.
Let him stay here for now.
The couple returned home together.
When He Meizhu saw that her daughter-in-law had gone out of her way to pick up her son from school, she found it both amusing and heartbreaking for Lu Huaijiao.
"It's so hot outside, the sun is so strong, what if you get sunburned, Jiaojiao?"
As He Meizhu handed Lu Huaijiao the mung bean soup, she said in a slightly reproachful tone.
Lu Huaijiao smiled and took the mung bean soup: "I'm fine, Mom. I just saw an acquaintance, so I went to Fourth Brother's school to take a look."
"An acquaintance? Who is it?"
He Meizhu also made a bowl of mung bean soup for her son. Hearing Lu Huaijiao say this, she was a little curious.
"From our village?"
"It's Gu Yanping."
Gu Changzheng answered.
Then, in a few words, he briefly explained how Gu Yanping, heavily pregnant, came to the school to find Zhang Qiang.
He Meizhu gasped after hearing this.
He couldn't resist tapping the iron spoon he was holding against the edge of the pot.
“That Zhang Qiang is a heartless bastard. A few days ago, your dad and I were playing with Sanbao in the park, and I said I saw him making out with a woman over in the woods, but your dad insisted that I was mistaken.”
"He also said that she was an educated youth who was already married and wouldn't do such a thing. Pshaw, being an educated youth doesn't mean you have good character."
After saying that, she remembered that her daughter-in-law was also a sent-down youth, and immediately added, "Don't you see? Can everyone be as well-mannered and knowledgeable as our Jiaojiao?"
He Meizhu's praise for Lu Huaijiao was extremely high.
Lu Huaijiao curved her lips into a smile, lowered her head, and sipped the mung bean soup in her bowl. After finishing, she wiped her mouth and looked up.
"Mom, I'm fine. I know you're not talking about me."
"Oh, our Jiaojiao is so sensible."
He Meizhu looked at Lu Huaijiao with affection, and such feelings came from the bottom of her heart.
In Dawancun, there were quite a few women who married educated youth. Back when there was no college entrance examination, although the educated youth weren't very good at manual labor, they could still get by despite the hardships.
However, after the college entrance examination was reinstated, many educated youth tried every means to return to the city. This caused countless disturbances in the village.
Putting aside other things, in their Dawan Village alone, there are more than a dozen cases of wives and children being separated, like Gu Yanping, who was heavily pregnant but abandoned by her husband.
To say that the resumption of the college entrance examination was the cause is definitely not true. Ultimately, it's because those people lacked integrity!
If they are of good character, how could they only share hardship but not prosperity?
With these bloody lessons before her eyes, He Meizhu was even more certain that when choosing a wife or husband, the most important thing is to see the other person's character clearly.
If a person has good character, it doesn't matter if their external conditions aren't good. If the couple works together, they won't starve to death.
If a person has bad character, even if they eat refined rice and white flour every day, they won't live like that for long!
Thinking of this, He Meizhu couldn't help but feel fortunate that her fourth son was so lucky to marry such a wonderful girl as Jiaojiao...
"Mom, Jiaojiao is talking to you, can you hear her?"
He Meizhu was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn't even hear Lu Huaijiao speaking to her.
Gu Changzheng then spoke up to remind him.
He Meizhu snapped out of her daze and glared at Gu Changzheng with annoyance.
"Of course I heard it, I'm not deaf."
After saying that, she turned her head and smiled at Lu Huaijiao, saying, "Jiaojiao, what did you just say to Mom? Mom was thinking about something. Say it again."
Gu Changzheng: ...
So, you still claim you're not deaf?
Even if he wasn't deaf, he wasn't really listening just now.
Lu Huaijiao didn't care.
She smiled and said, "Mom, I was just saying that your mung bean soup is so delicious. Why don't you consider making some sweet soup to sell at Dad's convenience store?"
"Huh? You sell sweet soup?"
This idea is quite novel; He Meizhu had never thought of it before.
"Every household makes mung bean soup, but would anyone buy it if I made it?"
"Yes, it definitely exists."
Lu Huaijiao first confirmed that there were guests, and then gave He Meizhu some confidence.
"Although every household makes it, Mom, yours tastes better than everyone else's! And nowadays, everyone has to go to work or school, so not everyone has time to cook mung bean soup at home."
Moreover, if you can get a bowl of this outside for just a penny or a few cents, who would want to go home and cook it themselves?
In short, a lazy person like Lu Huaijiao would never make something at home if she could buy it with money outside.
She's lazy and hates trouble; if a problem can be solved with money, then she'll just use money to solve it.
Simple, time-saving and labor-saving.
He Meizhu has never run a business before.
Now that Lu Huaijiao said that, she felt a little tempted.
Can I do it?
Her main task now is to send her three grandsons to preschool. Once they are all in school, she will have plenty of time at home.
She's practically turned the vegetable garden in the backyard into a beautiful sight. There's no way around it; she doesn't like visiting other houses in the alley, so she can only keep tending to the vegetable garden and the flowers in the front yard.
She's willing to do other things as well.
When she said that, Lu Huaijiao and Gu Changzheng knew that He Meizhu was interested.
Lu Huaijiao grasped He Meizhu's arm.
"Mom, your cooking is so delicious, it's sure to be a success. Maybe when you make it, the line of customers will stretch from our house all the way to the street!"
"There aren't that many people. All you do is try to make Mom happy."
He Meizhu denied it with a smile, but in her heart she was already planning what to do.
It's almost time to pick up the child, so Lu Huaijiao told He Meizhu to take her time thinking about it while she and Gu Changzheng went to pick up the child.
"Okay, then be careful on the road."
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