Chapter 47: Damn
"I can do it."
Jiang Zhu quickly waved his hand to refuse. He was following his grandfather's instructions to secretly visit his eldest sister-in-law. If he brought his eldest sister-in-law home without his eldest brother's permission, his eldest brother would be even more angry when he found out.
"Cough cough cough."
"Cough cough cough."
"Can you really?"
Xie Jiaojiao looked at Jiang Zhu coughing non-stop and became even more suspicious of the truthfulness of his words.
Jiang Zhu took a deep breath, calmed his panic, and said calmly: "Xie Zhiqing, I can do it. Ahem, this old illness won't be a problem."
At this time, Jiang Lan, who couldn't stand the two of them wasting time, interrupted and said, "Jiang Zhu, stop talking. Your sister-in-law and I will take you back."
Sister-in-law?
Xie Jiaojiao's face turned slightly red.
"Ahem, no need."
Jiang Zhu felt guilty, with tiny beads of sweat appearing on his forehead due to worry and fear. When Xie Jiaojiao and Jiang Lan saw this, they became even more determined to send him back.
Just then, the horn sounded, signaling the end of work.
Jiang Zhu, who was racking his brains trying to come up with an excuse, felt relieved: "Xie Zhiqing, Sister Jiang Lan, it's time to get off work. You guys go ahead and do your work. I can go back by myself."
This time, Jiang Zhu's body did not let him down. He finished speaking in one breath without coughing.
Xie Jiaojiao and Jiang Lan saw someone walking towards them from afar, and seeing that Jiang Zhu looked much better, they told him to go back alone.
As soon as Jiang Zhu left, everyone lined up in a long queue.
Xie Jiaojiao hadn't taught Jiang Lan yet, so just like in the morning, Xie Jiaojiao was in charge of registration while Jiang Lan was busy collecting farm tools.
In the fields, as soon as Jiang Ye heard the horn signaling the end of work, he stopped what he was doing and strode towards here. However, the west end of the village was a bit far from here, so when Jiang Ye arrived, there was already a long line.
Jiang Ye glanced at Xie Jiaojiao, and seeing that she was in good condition, he felt relieved and ranked last.
The team moved forward at a fairly fast pace, and soon it was Jiang Ye's turn. Like other villagers, he reported his name, ticked a box, and handed in his farm tools. After Jiang Lan checked them and confirmed they were correct, they were put into the warehouse.
Xie Jiaojiao was very busy, so she only glanced at Jiang Ye twice and didn't even have time to say a word to Jiang Ye.
A hint of heartache appeared in Jiang Ye's eyes. He did not leave, but stood beside Xie Jiaojiao. He took out the clean towel he had prepared last night and wiped the sweat from Xie Jiaojiao's forehead.
Noticing Jiang Ye's actions, Xie Jiaojiao smiled at him.
Xie Jiaojiao's smile was playful yet cute. When Jiang Ye saw it, he felt as if his heart was being tickled by a feather, itchy yet surprisingly satisfying.
The corners of his pursed lips curled up, forming a shallow arc.
With the departure of the last villager who registered centimeters, the busy half-hour process came to an end.
"Jiang Lan, see you this afternoon."
After Xie Jiaojiao finished talking to Jiang Lan, she naturally took Jiang Ye's hand and walked towards the educated youth point.
After Xie Jiaojiao took Jiang Ye away, Jiang Lan's straight back finally relaxed.
She muttered.
"Really? Jiang Ye is so fierce, how could Xie Zhiqing not be afraid?"
"But arithmetic is difficult."
"Will Xie Zhiqing despise me for being stupid in a couple of days and stop teaching me?"
"Ahhh! I shouldn't have taken on this scorekeeping job. It's too hard to earn a full centimeter."
......
Jiang Lan scratched her head and muttered all the way home.
However, Jiang Lan vaguely felt that she seemed to have forgotten something important, but after thinking about it carefully, Jiang Lan couldn't remember anything and quickly put the matter behind her.
So much so that in the afternoon, Xie Jiaojiao found something wrong and criticized him.
On the way back to the educated youth point.
"Jiaojiao, how was your morning? Are you tired?"
Xie Jiaojiao shook her head: "It's not that I'm tired, it's just that Jiang Lan is clumsy and a little difficult to teach."
Jiang Ye raised an eyebrow, seemingly not surprised.
"If you can't teach me, then don't teach me."
"How can that be possible?"
Xie Jiaojiao was unhappy. Just because Jiang Lan didn't break up with her and they could continue to communicate in a friendly manner, Xie Jiaojiao would not agree to stop teaching her.
She felt that Jiang Lan looked pretty good at the moment and was someone she could become friends with.
What if...
After teaching her, if she continued to behave like this and did not distance herself from her, Xie Jiaojiao would then plan to make friends with Jiang Lan.
Besides, when you encounter difficulties, you should face them head-on instead of deserting and being shameful.
No matter what, Xie Jiaojiao never wavered in her determination to teach Jiang Lan a lesson.
But this did not prevent Xie Jiaojiao from complaining to Jiang Ye.
"Aye, how can someone not be able to do something as simple as 1+1=2 after studying for hours?"
"If it's Jiang Lan, it's normal."
Xie Jiaojiao tilted her head and looked at Jiang Ye in confusion.
Jiang Ye rubbed Xie Jiaojiao's head and told her about the past.
Jiang Lan is the daughter of Jiang Guo who was born in his old age. Jiang Guo has doted on her since she was a child.
Jiang Lan was sent to school when she was young, but Jiang Lan did not inherit any of Jiang Guo's intelligence. Apart from speaking a little more educatedly and writing beautifully, she failed in all other subjects.
Jiang Guo refused to believe it and gritted his teeth to let Jiang Lan finish two years of elementary school. When he wanted to continue to support Jiang Lan to go to junior high school, the school did not like Jiang Lan's poor grades and refused to accept her.
"Other teachers have been teaching for two years and haven't been able to teach you. Jiaojiao, you've only been teaching for half a day. This result is normal."
"Ah?" Xie Jiaojiao was shocked.
But she was not discouraged, instead she was full of fighting spirit.
"I'll teach her."
Jiang Ye's dark eyes flashed. He didn't want to thank Jiaojiao for worrying about Jiang Lan, so he gave some advice calmly.
"If you're counting by week, it's usually just addition within 100. If you really can't teach me, you can write out all the equations first and have Jiang Lan memorize them."
"That's right." Xie Jiaojiao exclaimed, but soon realized something was wrong and objected firmly, "That won't work."
"Rote memorization is not acceptable; you must thoroughly grasp the knowledge."
"But Jiang Lan learns slowly, so you'll have to teach her for a long time."
Xie Jiaojiao, who didn't understand Jiang Ye's hidden meaning, said disapprovingly, "It's okay if it takes a long time. I don't think Jiang Lan is stupid."
"You don't mind, but I'm afraid others will think too much and say that you are just greedy for Jiang Lan's fame and deliberately don't teach her well."
"How is that possible?"
Xie Jiaojiao's face puffed up, and she was very angry.
"I know Jiaojiao doesn't think so, but since they have mouths on other people, they will definitely talk nonsense."
Xie Jiaojiao, who had suffered from the rumors, frowned and looked very distressed.
"What should we do then?"
"Jiaojiao, why don't you teach Jiang Lan according to the method I teach you first, and then teach the rest in private."
Xie Jiaojiao looked at Jiang Ye with shining eyes.
"Aye, you are so smart."
"Our Jiaojiao is smarter and ranks first in the class."
Xie Jiaojiao, who failed to praise others and was praised instead, blushed in embarrassment.
The two of them didn't say anything else and continued walking forward.
When Xie Jiaojiao was almost at the entrance of the educated youth site, she suddenly stopped when she remembered something.
"Jiang Ye, please don't send me off. Go home quickly and see if your brother is safe."
"younger brother?"
"Yes, Jiang Zhu just came to bring me some water. I saw he wasn't feeling well, so I gave him something. I was going to take him home, but it happened that he got off work, so he went back on his own."
Jiang Ye quickly grasped the key point.
"You gave him something? Did he go back when he got off work?"
Xie Jiaojiao nodded.
"Oh no!" Jiang Ye cursed.
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