Chapter 50 [50] The eldest lady teases Tang An.
Women always have a high sense of morality.
Although Tang Yuanyuan didn't think she had done anything wrong, she was also very clear that many people would not tolerate her ignoring her brother's difficulties and only caring about her own happiness.
She felt that no matter how much Tang An hated her, he had not actually broken free from the secular framework. She felt that she was not a good role model, nor did she think that outsiders would truly understand her, so she always kept to herself.
She didn't expect that someone would give her such a good evaluation based on such a small thing.
Her always frozen heart finally felt a little warmth.
She took two steps back and coughed, and the discussion inside died down. Then she walked into the dormitory.
She seemed not to hear the discussion, and just brushed her teeth and washed her face as usual, then went to bed.
In the darkness, the corners of his lips finally curled up.
She thought hard about Yu Fangfang, and indeed, she dreamed of Yu Fangfang in her sleep.
In the dream, Yu Fangfang and Tang An are desk mates. Yu Fangfang is as stylish as in reality, but she doesn't look down on Tang An very much.
In the dream, Tang An was supported by Zhou Wei and was not in poverty, but he was still no match for this young lady. Yu Fangfang looked down on his poverty and always liked to bully him.
She ordered him to do her homework, liked to force him to go to the supermarket to buy snacks for her, and asked him to read her love letters written by other boys.
Tang An also indulged her little temper, copied her homework, and ran errands for her, but he never told Yu Fangfang that he liked her like those boys did, let alone wrote her love letters. He often acted like an adult, advising her to study hard even if her family was wealthy.
Although Yu Fangfang didn't like studying and refuted him, she would still curl up the corners of her mouth.
On weekends, they would go boating together. Tang An would subconsciously take care of Yu Fangfang and be responsible for hard work like drawing the lottery. He would even squat down and tie her shoelaces when Yu Fangfang herself hadn't noticed that her shoelaces were untied.
Yu Fangfang was moved, but she couldn't wait for Tang An to confess his feelings.
It was this young lady who spoke first, and her confession was very strong.
"well!"
"You poor boy, you are so lucky. This lady has taken a fancy to you and allows you to pursue me."
Tang An rejected her: "Fangfang, I just treat you as my deskmate."
Yu Fangfang was very angry and started to torment Tang An even more. She supported him in buying snacks for herself during every class, deliberately tore up his homework, and drew turtles on his exercise book.
Tang An, however, always tolerated her and indulged her without getting angry, and even became more attentive to her.
The eldest daughter is picky about food. She eats rice with shredded pork in fish flavor, but doesn't eat carrots or shredded green peppers. Tang An uses chopsticks to pick out the things she doesn't want to eat.
Yu Fangfang cornered him and asked, "Do you like me or not?"
Tang An didn't look at her, but looked elsewhere: "Fangfang, I'm different from you. My family is very poor. My father is just an ordinary laid-off worker. His health is not good. For the past two years, Zhou Wei has lived in my house to take care of him."
"Fangfang, you are a princess. You should be held in the palm of someone's hand. You can't do these things."
"Zhou Wei has been so kind to me. I will marry her after I graduate."
"As for you, you will always be my best, best friend. I will always help you copy your homework."
Yu Fangfang let go of Tang An, and the two seemed to become good classmates again as before. Tang An still took care of Yu Fangfang lovingly until they graduated from high school. Yu Fangfang's family was investigated, her father was imprisoned, and Yu Fangfang disappeared.
It was not until seven years later that she suddenly became a household name and reappeared in Tang An's vision.
At this time, Tang An was already a husband and the son-in-law of the feed factory.
Yu Fangfang's reappearance has become the fuse for the breakdown of Tang An and Chu Bing's marriage. Yu Fangfang feels that Tang An should not be trapped in a small Yucheng and encourages her to develop in Shanghai.
A small feed factory could not possibly satisfy Tang An's career ambition, but Chu Bing was the kind of person who was content with the status quo, content to take care of her husband and children, and liked to stick to her husband. She obstructed Tang An's business expansion at every turn, and was afraid that he and Yu Fangfang would rekindle their old relationship, so she checked his whereabouts. She even rushed up to Yu Fangfang when they were having dinner in a restaurant and slapped her in the face.
The marriage relationship between the two reached a freezing point. Chu Bing later repented and realized that she had hindered Tang An's career and chose to let go.
However, on the night of receiving the marriage certificate, Chu Bing was so heartbroken that she cut her wrists.
Chu Bing is an only child, and Tang An inherited the feed factory with tears in pain.
Later, Tang Yuanyuan woke up.
She remembered that in her first dream, Tang An did not marry Yu Fangfang.
However, when we met again later, Yu Fangfang had changed a lot. She already had more than a dozen companies under her name and looked more like a career-oriented woman.
Tang An was more like her confidant, and they got along very well in conversation.
It’s normal not to walk with Tang An.
From Zhou Wei to Yu Fangfang, then to Chu Bing, and finally to another young and beautiful destination.
"The Return of the Condor Heroes" and "The Deer and the Cauldron", Tang Yuanyuan suddenly realized that how come Tang An is just like the male protagonists in these TV dramas, always accompanied by female confidants?
Yes, there is also Li Mu, the brother of life and death who will always be there for us to reunite.
This... seems like a TV series?
Tang An is the male lead?
It makes sense now.
It’s true, if you talk about love all the way, career and money will come.
There are also beautiful women constantly throwing themselves into his arms.
Now, the plot has deviated. She did not die, but met Yu Fangfang first and became her deskmate.
Now, she is the one helping her copy homework. Can she change Yu Fangfang's fate of falling in love with Tang An?
Tang Yuanyuan decided to give it a try.
Isn't it just being nice to Yu Fangfang? She will do it too.
At the same time, she was also very curious about whether Tang An could succeed without the help of these girls.
"Li Jing, get up."
Li Jing turned over and just wanted to continue sleeping.
Tang Yuanyuan poured hot water from the thermos into warm water, threw a towel in, wrung it dry, and wiped it on her face.
It is very comfortable to put a towel with the residual warmth of hot water on your face. This way of getting up is very comfortable. Li Jing, who is the last one to get up every day, woke up in an instant.
Facing Tang Yuanyuan's face.
Li Jing yawned. She never got enough sleep. Getting up every day was like torture to her. She was the last one to get up, but it was still painful.
It was the first time she knew that she could get up like this and it wasn't uncomfortable at all.
"It's so comfortable, so comfortable, Tang Yuanyuan, how did you know how to get up?"
Tang Yuanyuan always stayed in bed when she was in elementary school, and this is how her mother woke her up.
Li Jing lazily hugged the quilt and stretched her body: "Your mother is too gentle, my mother only knows how to lift my quilt and call me a lazy bug. I really want to exchange mothers with you."
Tang Yuanyuan curled up the corners of her mouth, of course.
Her mother is the best mother in the world.
It has been almost two weeks since school started, and this is the first time Li Jing has eaten breakfast in the cafeteria. She bought three big meat buns to eat.
Tang Yuanyuan bought herself a portion of millet cake sprinkled with icing sugar, a purple sweet potato roll, a fried dough stick and a tea egg, drank a cup of sweetened soy milk, and went into the classroom full of food.
So, today Yu Fangfang became the only girl who was late for morning reading.
However, the teacher also knew that a poor student like her who was bought in with money was just here to pass the time, so he didn't bother with her at all. Yu Fangfang ate as if it were her meal, not feeling embarrassed at all, and walked slowly to her seat and sat down.
Tang Yuanyuan took out the meat buns she had brought and gave them to her.
Yu Fangfang: "I've had breakfast."
Tang Yuanyuan: "Ah, aren't you late? How come you still have time for breakfast?"
Yu Fangfang checked her hair in the small mirror: "How can I delay my breakfast because of something like going to school?"
"Of course I'll ask the school to wait for me."
Tang Yuanyuan imagined the behavior of the eldest lady in the drama, probably drinking milk slowly, combing her hair, not satisfied with the color of her skirt today, and having to find a new one to change into before she is willing to take the bus to school.
The breakfast plan failed.
After the morning reading class, Li Mu, who was sitting in the last row, went to the corridor to get some fresh air as usual, and heard a voice of "Li Mu".
Turning around, he saw Tang Yuanyuan's head sticking out of her classroom window, and he caught the bun with his arm thrown forward.
Li Mu came over while chewing on a bun: "How kind of you to bring me a meat bun?"
Tang Yuanyuan flipped through the book: "The rest, so as not to waste it."
Li Mu was not picky and ate it in big mouthfuls.
Yu Fangfang looked Li Mu up and down and found him to be quite handsome. "Is this your boyfriend?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "I'm not interested in my younger brother."
Yu Fangfang: "Everyone said you were a couple, a refugee girl, helpless and alone, and your childhood friend resolutely took you in, living under the same roof. That's how the story started. The girl cooked and washed the clothes, and the boy felt the warmth of home for the first time in a long time, and his heart was quietly moved."
Tang Yuanyuan: "You're wrong. He didn't accept me resolutely. I forced myself to move in. I paid the rent. Also, I don't cook, he does. It's so hot, and I hate the kitchen."
Yu Fangfang thought about that scene. Li Mu looked a bit uninhibited, yet he could cook in the kitchen, sweating profusely. "Tang Yuanyuan, you are amazing. You actually let a young boy cook for you."
"You're much cooler than me."
She could only get boys to run errands for her or buy snacks.
The most powerful woman is the one who can order a man around.
Envious, she kicked the leg of the boy's chair in the front row and said, "Go buy me two bags of plums."
The third class in the afternoon is physical education, which is one of Yu Fangfang’s most hated classes, but also one of her favorite classes. She dislikes it because she has to run, and she likes it because she doesn’t have to sit in the classroom.
She once again blatantly gave up the task and raised her hand: "Teacher, I'm on my period and my stomach hurts."
Tang Yuanyuan closed her eyes speechlessly. Did she forget? This was the same reason she gave in the last class and the class before that. She hoped the teacher didn't remember it.
Unfortunately, the teacher remembered it clearly: "Yu Fangfang, you had two periods this month. You have a lot of periods, don't you?"
Yu Fangfang didn't blush at all: "Did I say the same thing last time?"
"Then I was wrong last time."
The PE teacher had never seen a girl lie so well: "I'll punish you by making you run around the playground."
Yu Fangfang felt like the sky was falling.
Pouting reluctantly, I could only go jogging slowly.
Tang An stepped out and said, "Teacher, I'll run with her."
Before the teacher could agree, he ran out.
Yu Fangfang turned her head and saw that Tang An had caught up with her and was walking with her.
I'm quite happy.
Here, boys and girls were whispering to each other. In fact, Tang An's action was very unusual. The girls were fascinated and the boys were jealous.
Tang Yuanyuan narrowed her eyes. A month ago, wasn't Tang An still deeply in love with Zhou Wei? But now he is so caring towards Yu Fangfang.
He is also philanthropic.
Taking advantage of the free time, she went to the store and bought a box of Wahaha. She ran fast, and when she came out of the store, Zhou Wei had just finished a lap.
Tang Anzheng took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to Yu Fangfang, asking her to wipe the sweat off her face.
Tang Yuanyuan's voice suddenly interrupted: "Yu Fangfang, do you want some Wahaha?"
Yu Fangfang was thirsty. "Drink."
Tang Yuanyuan took her arm and said, "Let's go to the shade over there. There are two pieces there."
There was no reason for Yu Fangfang to bask in the sun: "Okay."
Yu Fangfang hadn't run for a long time, and she was gasping for breath after just one lap.
Tang Yuanyuan: "Are you so tired? You look like you can't even walk anymore."
Yu Fangfang: "Yeah, I hate running the most. I don't even want to walk."
Tang Yuanyuan squatted down with her legs apart: "Then I'll carry you on my back, you get on."
Yu Fangfang: "You are so thin?"
Tang Yuanyuan: "I can carry 300 kilograms of clothes. Come on and try."
Yu Fangfang tried it out, and then she found that Tang Yuanyuan could actually carry her steadily and walk easily.
"Oh my god, how can you be so strong!"
"I learned it through practice."
"Tang Yuanyuan, you are so strong."
This place was two hundred meters away from the shade of the tree. Tang Yuanyuan carried her to the shade of the tree in two minutes, and Yu Fangfang completely forgot about Tang An running with her.
Under the shade of the trees, several girls sat together, drinking Wahaha and chatting about gossip, having a great time.
Tang An stared gloomily in the direction of Tang Yuanyuan, and could hear the boy's mockery in his ears.
Yu Fangfang's suitors were all very unhappy with him.
"Some people are really overestimating their own abilities. They can't even afford to eat, yet they still want to pursue the factory director's daughter. They're really like a toad wanting to eat swan meat."
"Didn't you act so weak during military training? Now, you can run and load goods with the class beauty."
"Don't you even take a piss and look at yourself? You're not even worthy of supporting Yu Fangfang."
Tang An turned around and glared at the boys.
The boy didn't indulge him: "Why, to be honest, you are still unhappy?"
"Why are you staring at me? Don't you see how poor you are?"
Yu Fangfang has many suitors, and these six or seven people all look disgusted by him, and many of them are not around. Tang An can only swallow his anger and walk away alone.
He was absolutely certain that Tang Yuanyuan did it on purpose.
Just now, Yu Fangfang almost took his handkerchief. The atmosphere was so good just now. As long as she took the handkerchief, they would have physical contact and their relationship would have taken a big step forward.
However, he was interrupted by Tang Yuanyuan.
She also carried Yu Fangfang under the big tree, which made her own running accompaniment seem insignificant.
Why does Tang Yuanyuan always go against me?
It's so hateful.
Tang An didn't know that Yu Fangfang's suitors not only disliked him, but also wanted to beat him up and make him face reality. He was so poor, why did he covet Yu Fangfang?
This is really unpleasant.
Tang An, who had no one to support him, had the worst food and clothing. Even though he was at the top of the class, the boys still looked down on him.
Several people ganged up on him and soaked his bed with water. When Tang An returned to the dormitory that night and saw his bed was wet, he was furious and asked, "Who did this?"
But no one answered him.
Only Xu Ming looked at him provocatively with a smile.
Tang An: "Is it you? You wet my bed?"
Xu Ming raised his fist and said, "Fuck, you dare to wrongly accuse me."
As soon as Xu Ming started to attack, the five or six boys in the dormitory all joined in. Tang An, who had no help, was pinned to the bed and beaten by several people. He could not move at all. He could only protect his head and was forced to let the fists and kicks fall on his body like a doll.
When Tang An was studying at the Cotton Mill Middle School, he had good grades and Li Mu followed his lead. He had never been bullied like this.
For a moment, my heart was filled with hatred and humiliation.
He will definitely succeed and pay back all the humiliation.
The more you think I am not worthy of Yu Fangfang, the more I want to win her over and make her die for me.
Make you people jealous to the point of madness.
Li Mu's dormitory was only two or three rooms away from Tang An's, so he couldn't hide the noise from him.
The next morning during break, I told Tang Yuanyuan about this.
Without Li Mu's protection, Tang An had to rely on a useless group of people. He couldn't stand up and was bullied by others.
When men get jealous, they are really serious and will even use their fists.
Tang Yuanyuan turned around and saw Yu Fangfang still unaware of all this and was asking Xu Ming to buy things for her.
Of course she wouldn't tell Yu Fangfang.
In order to not give Tang An any more chances, Tang Yuanyuan had dinner with Yu Fangfang before evening study.
Yu Fangfang is a day student and eats breakfast and lunch at home. If Tang An wants to contact her, he only has this one chance before evening self-study.
Since I have been with Yu Fangfang all the time, doesn’t he have any chance?
Tang An, who had no one to support him, no longer had as much patience as he had in his dream, so he chose to take the initiative.
I bought two steamed buns in the cafeteria, drank them with the free soup, and waited in the corridor of the classroom.
When class was almost about to start, Tang Yuanyuan and Yu Fangfang walked hand in hand and slowly turned the corner of the stairs.
When the two were about to enter the classroom, Tang An pretended to enter the classroom and stuffed the note into Yu Fangfang's palm.
Yu Fangfang's heart suddenly started pounding.
But she is used to being arrogant and doesn't like to be sneaky.
What's more, Tang An had actually saved someone a month ago, so she suddenly felt that it was not so wonderful anymore.
She is the factory director's daughter, how can she be the same as others?
Although Tang An had some good feelings for her, it was not that much.
She's not that easy to pursue.
So, I gave the note to Tang Yuanyuan as usual, "Please help me see what your brother wrote."
Tang Yuanyuan unfolded it, revealing a neat line of words: "Oh, he asked you to go boating on the lake on Saturday. It seems like he wants to formally pursue you."
Yu Fangfang: “Ah?”
"A boat trip?"
Tang Yuanyuan handed the note back to her and said nonchalantly, "I heard that he could only afford two steamed buns for each meal and even fainted from hunger during military training. If you plan to go to the appointment, remember to bring your own money."
"You have to pay for rowing over there, so it must be you who pays."
"I feel so awkward. You go to the lake with him in the hot sun, but he asks you, a girl, to buy water and rent a boat. How embarrassing."
Although Yu Fangfang didn't mind paying for herself, she paid for the snacks that the boys bought for her. However, Tang An was poor to begin with and his clothes were embarrassing.
She hates poverty, and especially hates poor men.
It would be too embarrassing if I had to pay for it myself.
He immediately said, “I’m not going.”
Tang Yuanyuan was afraid that she might have changed, so she said, "By the way, Saturday is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Come to my shop and I'll braid your hair. Then we can go shopping in the department store."
Yu Fangfang had nothing to do at home anyway, and her mother was still urging her to do her homework or something: "Okay!"
"But don't tell Tang An that I'm not going."
Tang Yuanyuan was puzzled: "Why?"
Of course, Yu Fangfang was acting like a spoiled little girl. She had some feelings for Tang An and enjoyed his active pursuit.
But who told him to be so poor?
So angry.
Who told him that he is not worthy of her? Of course, if he is poor, he has to endure more hardships and try his best to make her happy.
She just wanted Tang An to wait there foolishly, exposed to the sun and bitten by mosquitoes, and then she could enjoy watching his miserable state.
As a man, this is the fun of playing.
Life is so boring.
"Anyway, I have plans, but I won't tell you for now."
Tang Yuanyuan saw the cunning in Yu Fangfang's eyes, as if she was thinking about something interesting.
Why not tell Tang An?
Thinking of her behavior in the dream, he vaguely understood that she was trying to play a trick on Tang An.
Yes, in the first two years of high school, she was always playing with Tang An.
The unruly young lady is not easy to deal with, and Tang An actually took action much earlier than in his dream.
He...isn't he thinking of asking Yu Fangfang to support his studies?
Tang An in the dream has everything he needs. Although he is not richer than other boys, he is materially worse off than others now.
If he wanted to reach out to Yu Fangfang and have material and financial dealings with her, would the relationship between them still be so pure?
What's more, Yu Fangfang is just young now and has no interest in studying. She has watched too many romantic TV dramas and has fantasies about love. She is definitely not a fool who would live and die for a man.
What if Yu Fangfang met Zhou Wei and knew that Tang An not only saved Zhou Wei a month ago, but was also very kind to her?
What will the eldest lady do to Tang An?
Tang Yuanyuan was looking forward to it.
Saturday came in a blink of an eye. Tang Yuanyuan went to see her house in the morning. The house had been mostly decorated and looked quite presentable.
After the National Day, her house will probably be ready. Then she can buy some furniture and soft furnishings and move in.
She has to go to Shanghai during the National Day holiday, and the 20 sets of cosmetics she brought from the store have been sold out.
After looking at the house, she rode her bike to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought eight packs of five-nut mooncakes and peach cakes. The salesperson recommended the Daoxiangcun snacks from the capital, which looked very good, so she took a pack back to try. She also went to the store to buy some melon seeds, candies, fruits, etc.
Zhou Wei and Zhou Li were each given two packs of five-nut mooncakes, and Zhou Wei's father was also given two packs. He kept the other two packs for himself. They were also given a portion of melon seeds, candies and fruits.
During this period, the two of them ran the store very well, the accounts were correct to every penny, and the sales of both cosmetics and clothes were very good.
Tang Yuanyuan is very happy with his job as a boss now, and of course he wants to return the favor.
She distributed all the holiday gifts from the state-owned factory, and also gave another person 50 yuan in holiday money. As for Zhou Wei's father's, she also let him take charge of it.
At this time, five-nut mooncakes are a good thing, not to mention that all the things Tang Yuanyuan bought are good things. Zhou Wei and Zhou Li couldn't stop smiling happily.
Tang Yuanyuan unpacked the Daoxiangcun snacks again, and the three of them sat together on the coffee table.
As expected of a famous dim sum brand in the capital, it is made to look like flowers, making you reluctant to eat it, and it tastes even better.
When Li Mu came to visit, he saw Daoxiangcun, which he had never seen before. He knew it was a good thing at first glance: "Tang Yuanyuan, you have no conscience. You have delicious food but you didn't invite me."
Tang Yuanyuan: "This is expensive, of course I'll give it to Zhou Wei and Zhou Li. There's also a box of five-nut mooncakes for you."
Zhou Wei and Zhou Li looked at each other amusedly. They were two boxes!
And sugar and fruit.
Li Mu snorted coldly and took a piece from the box to eat: "If you don't call me, I have a nose myself, and I still caught up."
“Wow, it’s delicious!”
Tang Yuanyuan saw that there was still one piece in the box, so she said, "Give this one to Aunt Huang."
Otherwise, if they all ate and Aunt Huang was the only one who didn't, it would seem that they treated her as an outsider.
Li Mu: "Keep it for yourself. I will take care of my employees."
Zhou Wei and Zhou Li were naturally not tactless. For such an expensive snack, they were already satisfied with two pieces each and left the last piece for Tang Yuanyuan.
There were not many customers in the morning, and a few people were chatting and laughing together. Soon it was noon, and Tang Yuanyuan waved his hand and decided to go to the state-owned restaurant for a good meal to reward himself and everyone else.
Yu Fangfang, who had nothing to do at home, came to the clothing store after lunch.
I also brought a drunken crab for Tang Yuanyuan.
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