Olya smiled and refused, "Junyou's mother, I appreciate your kindness, but forget about the things. You should take them back."

"It's not a valuable thing, just a silver bracelet."

As Wu Mei spoke, she stuffed the jewelry box into Ou Liya's hands, "Teacher Ou, are you not accepting it because you think the gift is too small?"

After hearing what Wu Mei said, Ou Liya accepted the things.

"Thank you very much."

"What are you thanking me for? I'll need you to take care of Junyou in the future. By the way, Mr. Ou, Junyou came home and told me that he couldn't hear clearly in class. Can you help Junyou move to a seat where he can hear clearly? If he can't hear clearly in class, how can his grades improve, right?"

Olya nodded, "Yes."

Wu Mei hurriedly thanked him, and then changed the subject, "Teacher Ou, some parents rely on their children's good grades and don't know their own worth. They don't even think about whether their sons could have gotten good grades if it weren't for your care. In my opinion, the good seats in the first row should be taken by everyone in turn. Why should her son get special treatment?"

…

In a blink of an eye, it was time for the class meeting on Friday.

After hearing the new seat Ou Liya arranged for him, Pei Ziheng packed up his things without saying anything.

At this time, a voice rang out in the class: "Teacher Ou."

More than 40 pairs of eyes in the class looked at the person who was speaking. It was Zhao Xiaotong, the class study committee member.

She stood up straight and said seriously, "Pei Ziheng is short. If he sits in the back row, he will be blocked by the students in the front row and he won't be able to see the blackboard."

This statement was echoed by most of the students in the class.

For a moment, everyone spoke up for Pei Ziheng and asked Ou Liya to arrange Pei Ziheng to sit in the front row.

This was the first time that Ouliya had encountered such a situation in her years of teaching. She was caught off guard and very puzzled.

When did Pei Ziheng become so close to his classmates? As the head teacher, she had absolute authority and could force Pei Ziheng to sit in the seat she assigned.

But doing so would easily cause resistance and rebellion among students, which would be greatly detrimental to her future management and teaching.

Therefore, with the efforts of the whole class, Pei Ziheng still sat in the first row.

Ou Liya acted as if nothing had happened, and even praised several class leaders who took the lead in speaking for Pei Ziheng, but only she knew what she was thinking in her heart.

…

Guessing that Pei Ziheng should be back from school, Shen Mingzhu waited at the entrance of the food factory in advance.

After the parents' meeting, Shen Mingzhu realized that she had been neglecting Pei Ziheng a lot and deliberately reduced her workload, trying to devote more thought and energy to Pei Ziheng.

"Hello, Aunt Mingzhu."

After seeing Shen Mingzhu from afar, the children who were traveling with Pei Ziheng all ran up to greet her sweetly.

Shen Mingzhu responded with a smile.

Zhao Xiaotong and Song Xinru, the student affairs committee member, chattered about what happened in today's class meeting to Shen Mingzhu, "...we all spoke up for Pei Ziheng, so Teacher Ou let Pei Ziheng continue to sit in the first row."

Shen Mingzhu pretended to be surprised and said, "Thank you so much, thank you for helping my Ziheng. You are all kind-hearted and beautiful little angels."

The girls' faces turned red due to Shen Mingzhu's praise.

"You're welcome, Aunt Mingzhu. We are all classmates, and we should help each other!"

"Yes, Aunt Mingzhu, you even treated us to cookies. The cookies you baked are so delicious!"

Shen Mingzhu smiled and said, "If you like it, I'll bake some for you guys next time, okay?"

"good!"

Soon, the children all went home happily one after another, but Zhao Yun was the only one who stood there.

He scratched his head, his childish face slightly flushed, "Aunt Mingzhu, my nanny is busy and can't cook tonight, can I go to your house for dinner?"

Shen Mingzhu didn't comment, "Does your father know?"

"He's out socializing every night and has no time to take care of me."

Shen Mingzhu patted his shoulder and said, "Okay, let's go."

"Thank you Aunt Mingzhu!"

Zhao Yun was so happy that he almost jumped up, and diligently helped Pei Ziheng carry his schoolbag.

Pei Ziheng glanced at him, his face stern and silent, with a look of disgust.

Zhao Yun was very happy, he put his hand on Pei Ziheng's shoulder and walked with him, chatting with him about interesting things in school. From behind, they looked like two brothers.

Shen Mingzhu was walking behind and watching with a smile on her face. At the same time, she became more and more convinced of her previous thoughts that Zhao Yun was not a bad person.

Although Zhao Yun was young, Shen Mingzhu still showed hospitality and asked him what he wanted to eat.

Zhao Yun was not polite and asked for cola chicken wings.

Shen Mingzhu went to the market and bought two kilograms of chicken wings. Not far from the market, she met an old farmer selling river fish who tried to solicit her business.

Shen Mingzhu didn't want to buy it at first. Pei Yang would buy vegetables every day, and she also bought chicken wings, so the amount of vegetables was enough for tonight.

But looking at the old farmer's dark face full of vicissitudes, she really couldn't bear to refuse.

The old wooden barrel was filled with various wild river fish, including two crucian carps, a dozen loaches, and several wild crabs of different sizes with their claws tied with straw.

After a brief chat, Shen Mingzhu learned that the old farmer still had to travel 20 miles back to the countryside, so she simply bought all the river fish in the bucket so that he could go home earlier.

The old farmer took the money, thanked the old man profusely, and left with his load on his shoulder.

Zhao Yun looked at the old farmer's hunched back for several times, then turned back to look at Shen Mingzhu's soft and gentle face, and couldn't help but say, "Aunt Mingzhu, you have a really good heart."

Zhao Yun shook his head.

As they walked, Shen Mingzhu explained to the children, "To put it simply, when you help others, you will also gain happiness and satisfaction. When you give a flower to others, the fragrance will remain in your hands for a long time."

Seeing Zhao Yun's confused expression, Shen Mingzhu said, "But the premise of helping others is that you have to take care of yourself first when you have the energy to do so."

Zhao Yun grinned, "Aunt Mingzhu, I understand what you mean. You just don't want to be a pushover, right?"

"almost."

…

After returning home, Shen Mingzhu and Pei Yang were cooking dinner in the kitchen, while Zhao Yun and Pei Ziheng were doing homework in the room.

While Zhao Yun was looking at the layout of Pei Ziheng's room, he asked curiously, "Where is your brother? He helped me with my homework for so long and helped me get 80 points in the midterm exam. I was planning to thank him very much."

Pei Ziheng stopped writing, looked at him with dark eyes and asked, "How are you going to thank him?"

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Zhao Yun looked like he had plenty of money. "What does your brother like? I'll buy it for him."

"My brother likes money."

"Okay, then I'll give him money. How much?"

"Give it to me as you see fit."

Zhao Yun took out all the money in his pocket. Of the ten yuan pocket money Zhao Dafa had given him a few days ago, there were only five or six yuan left.

“That’s all I have left.”

Pei Ziheng didn't say anything, just stared at him with his dark eyes.

Zhao Yun gritted his teeth and put all the money in front of Pei Ziheng, "Give it all to him, is that okay?"

Pei Ziheng accepted it without hesitation and asked, "Will you still be given the questions for the final exam?"

Zhao Yun nodded, "Of course! My dad said that if I can get 80 points in the final exam, my New Year's money will be doubled."

"Then give me half of your New Year's money."

"Sure!"

Something seemed wrong. "No, if you want to share, it should be your brother."

"Just do what I say. Listen to me and I guarantee you'll get 80 points on the final exam."

Okay.

…

Shen Mingzhu boiled the two crucian carps into a snow-white fish soup, sprinkled with pepper salt and chopped green onions, which was extremely fragrant.

For the remaining river food, the loach was cooked in pepper and salt flavor, the crab was fried with scallion and salted egg yolk, and there was also a dish of cola chicken wings, a dish of sweet and sour pork, and a dish of stir-fried black fungus leaves.

The table was filled with five dishes and a soup. Not only Zhao Yun enjoyed the meal, but Pei Yang and his son also ate with relish.

"Aunt Mingzhu, why don't you open a restaurant? When you do, I'll let my dad eat at your restaurant every day!"

Shen Mingzhu was amused. She picked up a salt and pepper loach with chopsticks, removed the bone in the middle, and put the loach meat into Pei Ziheng's bowl, while curiously asking about Zhao Yun's father's job.

Zhao Yun answered every question and soon revealed his family's situation in detail.

Zhao's father's name is Zhao Dafa. He is a construction contractor, commonly known as a contractor.

When Zhao Dafa was young, he was a peasant. His parents died early and his family was extremely poor. Zhao's mother was so poor that she ran away with someone after giving birth to Zhao Yun.

Zhao Dafa had to be both a father and a mother, and had to go out to work to earn money, so he could not take care of Zhao Yun. He could only ask relatives to help take care of him and he would pay for his living expenses.

Before Zhao Yun went to school, he had been moving around with various relatives. When he was seven years old, he was taken to the city by Zhao Dafa to study.

Zhao Dafa himself was born into a peasant family and had not received much education. He thought that as long as his son was well fed and well clothed, he would be done with it. He lacked control and discipline over his son's studies and behavior, which led to Zhao Yun's wild growth and he became a "bad student" that gave his teachers a headache.

While Shen Mingzhu was listening to Zhao Yun talking about family matters, she continued to pick loach meat. After she had picked the second loach, Pei Yang handed over the bowl of rice.

She glanced at the man and threw the loach meat into his bowl.

Pei Yang laughed happily after eating the loach meat, but Pei Ziheng, who had his food "snatched from the tiger's mouth", was very dissatisfied and glared at him with his dark eyes.

When glared at by his son, Pei Yang did not blush but instead made faces to show off, causing Pei Ziheng's snow-white face to turn as cold as ice.

Zhao Yun watched the interaction between the father and son silently for a while, then lowered his head to eat chicken wings.

By the time Shen Mingzhu had finished picking the meat from the third loach, both the father and the son reached out their bowls at the same time.

Shen Mingzhu didn't give it to anyone, but instead put the loach meat into Zhao Yun's bowl.

Zhao Yun looked up in disbelief, looking flattered, "Aunt Mingzhu, is this for me?"

Shen Mingzhu smiled, "Eat, you're welcome to eat at my house."

"Well, thank you Aunt Mingzhu!"

Zhao Yun was really rude, the bones around the bowl were almost piled up into a small mountain.

…

After cleaning up the dishes, Pei Yang rode his bicycle to send Zhao Yun home, while Shen Mingzhu pulled Pei Ziheng aside and asked about the seat change in the afternoon.

"You always sit in the front row, why did Mr. Ou ask you to sit in the back row today?"