Chapter 332 Let’s have dinner together (1)

The morning classes ended and it was time for lunch.

The boys are naughty and don't like to eat properly in the classroom.

Some people like to climb trees, sit on the tall tree trunks to eat steamed buns, and catch birds to play with.

Some people felt hot and sweated all over after sitting in the classroom all morning. When they heard the bell, they rushed towards the faucet.

In the classroom and on the playground, the children are bustling with activity.

The hot cicada chirping and the sweaty faces of children echoed each other.

Zhou Xiaochuan and Zhou Xiaohua sat in the classroom and did not go out.

Because it was too sunny outside, Zhou Xiaohua's skin was tender and would turn red when exposed to the sun, so we were afraid she would get sunburned.

Secondly, it’s time to eat!

Today's morning class was too difficult for Zhou Xiaohua, who was on her first day of school. Except for the initial self-introduction, she couldn't understand anything else afterwards.

This is still due to the shortage of teaching resources and insufficient students.

Students of different ages were mixed in one class. When Yang Zhenzhen was teaching, she usually taught the older students in the morning and let the younger ones study on their own.

In the afternoon, I teach the younger ones and let the older ones study on their own.

All teaching is done in batches like this.

So Zhou Xiaohua was drowsy the whole morning, and finally she just fell asleep on the desk.

But the pretty little girl looks beautiful even when she sleeps.

The thick eyelashes like crow feathers hang down, curling and fluttering, making her look even softer, cuter and more obedient.

From time to time, boys would turn around and look at her.

As I watched, I forgot about Teacher Yang who was teaching the class earlier and just stared at it.

In the end, Zhou Xiaochuan glared back at him with cold eyes.

While teaching, Zhou Xiaochuan fanned Zhou Xiaohua gently.

Zhou Xiaohua slept soundly like this. When she heard "It's time for lunch", she rubbed her eyes with her little hands and woke up.

She looked around in a daze.

I saw Zhou Xiaochuan take the silver lunch box out of the net bag.

One, my brother's.

Two, hers.

Three...

Why are there three lunch boxes?

The little girl vaguely remembered something.

Oh, yes!

The third one is for my brother’s friend.

But who are friends?

During the whole morning, apart from Da Huzi and Er Huzi, no one else was close to Zhou Xiaochuan, and it was impossible to tell who were his friends.

Zhou Xiaohua frowned and was thinking.

Zhou Xiaochuan looked up and shouted, "Liu Gensheng, don't leave."

Liu Gensheng?

Who is it?

Zhou Xiaohua looked forward in the direction Zhou Xiaochuan was looking.

She saw a thin and small boy who looked familiar, as if he had always been sitting in front of them.

Is he my brother’s friend?

The thin boy had already stood up from his seat, lowered his head, and covered his stomach, as if he was about to walk out, but was stopped by Zhou Xiaochuan.

The boy's name is Liu Gensheng, he has no surname, only a first name.

He is an orphan.

I don’t know who was so cruel to abandon a child at the roots of a tree. In the end, the child was picked up by an old blind man and taken home.

Gave him a name called "Gensheng".

The old blind man's surname was Liu, so he was called Liu Gensheng.

With the help of the old blind man, Liu Gensheng is now old enough to go to school.

Ordinary farmers in the village are reluctant to send their children to school.

It was this poor old blind man who could barely fill his stomach, yet he insisted that Liu Gensheng go to school.

Even if I can't study, it's good to just lie outside the wall and listen to the teacher's lecture.

The old blind man is blind, but his heart is not blind.

He knew that Liu Gensheng had no father or mother, and there was no other way for him to go except to study hard and make a name for himself.

Usually the old and the young eat together.

They all relied on the old blind man to beg from house to house. Liu Gensheng would also dig wild vegetables, catch fish in the river, and sometimes even eat tree roots and grass.

They suffered from hunger and cold and barely survived.

But as Liu Gensheng had to go to school, he had no time to dig wild vegetables or catch fish. The old blind man was now too old to even go out to beg, and he spent most of his time lying at home gasping in pain.

He barely survived by relying on Liu Gensheng to feed him soup for three meals a day.

Liu Gensheng wanted to take care of the old blind man at home and stop studying to dig more wild vegetables and catch more fish to feed the old blind man.

But when the old blind man heard that he didn't study, he was so angry that he sat up from the hospital bed and almost fainted.

The old blind man asked Liu Gensheng to swear that even if he died, Liu Gensheng must go to school.

Liu Gensheng had no choice but to come to school every day, listen to the lectures carefully and study hard.

When I go back and tell the old blind man what Teacher Yang taught me, he will be particularly happy, as if all the pain in his body is gone.

Liu Gensheng also likes studying.

Moreover, studying is free, and it is an equal opportunity for everyone.

During his school days, Liu Gensheng hated lunch time the most, but also liked lunch time the most.

The reason I hate it is that other children have their parents prepare boxed lunches for them, and even the worst of them still have steamed buns to eat.

Sometimes you can even see pork.

Liu Gensheng has nothing.

When he was extremely hungry, he could only fetch some water to drink. Once he filled his stomach with water, he would no longer feel hungry.

My favorite is... eggs!

The school would give eggs to the children, and Liu Gensheng would get one every half a month.

He counted the days, waiting for the day when he could share the eggs, then came to school early and waited until noon.

After dividing the eggs, he would hide them against his chest and keep them warm with his body temperature.

Then he ran all the way back to his home, a shabby thatched hut.

When we got home, the eggs were still warm.

Liu Gensheng broke the egg and stuffed it into the old blind man's mouth bit by bit, letting him eat it.

Although he is young, he knows that eggs are good for the body.

If the old blind man eats the egg, he will not die, and if he can continue to accompany him, he will no longer be a human being.

But the eggs... too few.

Today is not the day to divide the eggs.

Liu Gensheng was in a hurry to leave because he wanted to go to the river to drink water, and if he was lucky, he could also catch small fish and crabs.

But he was stopped by Zhou Xiaochuan who was sitting at the back table.

Liu Gensheng stopped rushing forward and slowly turned around.

He didn't dare to raise his head, and kept his face down. His overly long black hair covered his eyes, revealing only a little bit of his gaze.

Hesitantly, he spoke softly.

"You...you called me..."