"I have to go." There was a hint of reluctance in Dai Donglin's eyes.
Chu Yu suppressed a laugh, pretending not to notice, and said to Mi Fei with utmost sincerity:
"Thank you so much for today. I really don't know what I would have done without you."
Mi Fei scratched his head. "I didn't do anything. You'd better be careful these next few days. That guy called Brother Qiu doesn't look like a good person. But don't worry, Brother Donglin won't let him get away with it!"
Dai Donglin patted him on the back of the head, and Mi Fei knew that he thought he was talking too much.
Are you planning to do it secretly, without letting anyone know?
Donglin is even trying to act all sentimental like other people.
Dai Donglin didn't want Chu Yu to worry about such things. He was taught from a young age that a man should be able to shoulder responsibilities! He liked Chu Yu, so helping her deal with a small fry was nothing. He didn't say anything to avoid making her overthink things.
"Study hard for the exam and don't get distracted. I'll bring you a tape recorder next time, and you can't refuse."
Chu Yu was helpless; he had already said everything, what else could she say?
The button business is as good as ever; customers who bought buttons yesterday even brought their relatives and friends over.
Not to mention quail eggs, the hype hasn't died down yet, and the rumors about their nutritional value haven't stopped. Plus, they're not common; in the whole of Deyang, only Changliu Village in Guanxian County raises quail.
The scale of quail farming in Changliu Village is not large, and it can only produce more than two thousand quail eggs a day. Deyang City is so big, plus its subordinate counties and towns, how can more than two thousand quail eggs be enough for one or two million people?
There are only a few places to buy quail eggs, and they are all sold out as soon as they arrive in the morning. Many Deyang residents have been trying to buy quail eggs for days but haven't been able to.
It's no wonder it's in high demand; it's truly a national staple.
With quail eggs selling like hotcakes, how could the button business be bad?
There are quite a few tailor shops near Deyang Department Store. If a customer can't buy buttons, someone will point her in the right direction and say that there are stalls set up at the entrance of the department store.
Before long, the button business was just as good as on a single weekend. Chu Yu was making so much money that her hands were sore from collecting it. Her little cloth bag was bulging. Before five o'clock, she packed up her stall and went to meet up with Shu Hui.
Chu Chu had just returned from her follow-up check-up when she saw Chu Yu and ran over to hug her tightly.
Chu Yu stroked her hair. "How was your checkup today? What did the doctor say? How long until I can take off the bandages?"
"The doctor said the recovery is going very well, and the gauze won't be removed until the week after next."
My little sister is so good; she always leaps up and hugs me.
Chu Yu smiled and took out a dollar to buy her an ice pop. Chu Chu was so happy she felt like she could fly.
"Thank you, sister!"
Shu Aiguo and Deng Fangping were exhausted after their trip to the hospital. Deyang Hospital is the hospital with the highest medical standards in the surrounding cities. It's always packed with people, and those who come to see a doctor don't like to queue. They rush forward in a swarm, and Deng Fangping's legs were almost broken from being trampled. It was a great difficulty to finally get a number.
When Shu Aiguo heard Shu Hui talk about Zhang Zhihe, he was worried that Shu Hui would make things difficult for her and could barely speak properly when she met strangers. So he asked his niece:
"Chu Yu, a teacher surnamed Zhang came to see you just now and said you got a perfect score on your math test. What's going on?"
Chu Yu then told them what had happened.
Shu Aiguo and Deng Fangping were both stunned.
They knew Chu Yu was pretty, but most boys, even if they liked her, would at most glance at her when buying a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger). What boy would pull an exam paper out of his bag just because he liked a girl?
No one could have imagined this scene.
After Chu Yu finished the test, the boy actually handed in her test paper, and she just happened to get a perfect score!
Shu Aiguo remembered that Chu Yu's grades were quite good when she was in junior high school. Shu Hui always smiled when she mentioned her, praising her daughter as a promising student.
However, after Chu Yu entered high school, her grades plummeted. Not only was her mother, Shu Hui, worried, but even her uncle, Shu Aiguo, was anxious.
People say that girls' grades don't match boys' after entering high school, especially in science subjects where they drop significantly. Shu Aiguo thought Chu Yu was in the same situation, but who would have thought that it was all because of Jiang Meifeng! It must be Jiang Meifeng who kept telling Chu Yu to drop out of school, which affected Chu Yu.
Zhang Zhihe is a renowned teacher at Dezhong School. He personally helped Chu Yu apply for a temporary enrollment, which shows that Chu Yu is a promising student and has the potential to go to university. That's why Teacher Zhang was willing to put in the effort for her!
This perfect score exam paper is the best proof!
Shu Aiguo was incredibly proud that a scholar had emerged from his family, and he urged Chu Yu to go home and study.
"You don't need to worry about the quail eggs and buttons, your second uncle and Chu Xiang will help you sell them!"
Chu Xiang nodded in agreement, but Chu Yu directly rejected her second uncle's suggestion.
“I have never given up studying these past few years, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to get such a high score in math. Being a self-employed individual won’t affect me. My priority right now is to find a place to live so that I have a place to store my goods, and you won’t have to go back to Shanguan Village every day. I can use the time I save to study.”
In the past, Shu Aiguo would definitely have forced her to go to school. What a joke! How can being a self-employed person compare to being a college student?
These days, people value a respectable job. Getting into university, being assigned a job by the government, and obtaining an urban household registration will benefit your children and grandchildren. There's nothing more respectable than that!
However, Chu Yu was a woman of ideas. Selling luminous sand buttons was her idea, selling roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) at home was her idea, and raising quails was also her idea.
Even though Shu Aiguo was more than twenty years older than her, he dared not say that he was more knowledgeable than his niece.
Going to university is certainly good, but Chu Yu can earn four or five hundred yuan a day selling buttons and quail eggs, which is equivalent to a university student's annual salary. If he sets up a stall for a month or two, wouldn't he earn a university student's lifetime salary?
Call Shu Aiguo short-sighted or a country bumpkin if you will.
In short, after calculating the costs, he dared not make decisions for her anymore.
"When looking for a house, look near the German-Chinese area. We'd rather earn less so you don't have to walk so far."
With a high school senior in the family, we have to make the most of every moment. What does it matter if we earn a little less money? If we really want to find a shop in the department store, Chu Yu will have to walk two blocks to get there. It's not much in a day, but it adds up to a lot of time over a year.
Shu Aiguo decided that the whole family should focus on Chu Yu. She could do both setting up a street stall and studying, but not a minute of the remaining time could be wasted. They had to make sure that as soon as the child came out of school, there would be a hot meal waiting for her here.
When Chu Yu went to Baode Button Factory, he asked about the house.
Chen Baifu is a reliable person. Ge Lanzhi went to the housing management office early this morning. She knows the people there well. How could she not?
To help someone find a new house, 12 groups of people were invited to exchange places, and finally, her colleague was able to find the house she wanted most.
Ge Lanzhi frequently visited the housing management office and often offered cigarettes to the staff there. After she inquired about a particular shop, the staff there highly recommended it to her.
Chen Baifu relayed his wife's words to Chu Yu.
"This shop is very good. It's located at the intersection directly opposite the German-Chinese store. It's a small, round building built along the intersection. The east and west roads in front of the shop lead directly to the department store and the municipal hospital, so there's no need to worry about foot traffic. It's just a bit expensive."
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