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Chapter 196
Jiang Meishu deposited Hongtai's dividends into the bank, with an interest rate of 3.5%. To be honest, the interest for one year is enough for an ordinary family to live on for a year without eating or drinking.
In addition to the dividends given by Liang Qiurun, Jiang Meishu's own business is also flourishing. The clothing factory is bringing in income, and the street stall is also making money.
Over 40,000 yuan had been deposited into Jiang Meishu's account, and by now, the balance in her account had nearly reached 300,000 yuan. Remember, this was 300,000 yuan in 1977.
When everyone was still proud of being a 10,000 yuan household, Jiang Meishu had already surpassed the 10,000 yuan household and entered the 100,000 yuan household.
In early September 1977, Jiang Meishu started recruiting people to replace Liang Rui and Liang Feng, allowing them to take time out to review individually.
Because she knew clearly that the college entrance examination would be resumed in October, and this was one of the few opportunities for Liang Rui and Liang Feng to change their fate.
Of course, they are not bad now.
However, the first batch of university students from the 77th World was incredibly valuable. If Jiang Meishu didn't know, it would be fine. But since she knew, she naturally hoped that he would seize this opportunity.
So after Liang Rui and Liang Feng finished their day setting up the stall, Jiang Meishu waited for them at home. When they came in, she went to greet them, "I've asked Xiao Xu to take over your shift. You can look after him for the next few days. If it's suitable, Xiao Xu will go set up the stall and you can come back."
As soon as these words fell, Liang Rui and Liang Feng were stunned. They looked at each other, and finally it was Liang Feng who spoke, "Aunt, is there something we did wrong?"
"You're going to change us like this."
Jiang Meishu shook her head. "No, I heard that the college entrance examination seems to be reinstated, so I want you to take some time out to review at home."
Liang Rui was stunned when he heard this. He took off the towel hanging around his neck and wiped his sweat. "Who told you that?"
Jiang Meishu pretended to be calm. "It's news from the capital. I saw that the teachers who were previously labeled as the "stinking ninth" have started to return to their jobs, so I guessed this."
"If you believe me, come back and start reviewing seriously."
Liang Rui didn't say anything, but lowered his head to wipe the sweat off his face. Guangzhou was the hottest in September, and just standing in the house for a while, beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his face.
"Can we review and set up the stall at the same time?" Liang Feng asked. "There aren't many people in the morning, so we can review in the morning and set up the stall at noon. There won't be anyone between noon and around 4pm, so we can review. After finishing those five hours in the evening, we can continue reviewing when we come back."
Afraid that Jiang Meishu would reject them, Liang Feng said bluntly, "Aunt, don't worry, I will definitely supervise Liang Rui and not let him slack off."
"Do you have enough time?"
Liang Feng, "That's enough. We've only been on hold for two months. Reviewing now is just catching up on previous lessons."
"You asked us to bring books, and Liang Rui and I both brought them. Don't worry, setting up a stall will definitely not affect our studies."
Jiang Meishu believed in Liang Feng, but she didn't believe in Liang Rui. She subconsciously looked at Liang Rui, who was standing at the foot of the carved corridor. He tilted his head, his peach blossom eyes slightly closed, and his long, thin eyelashes were raised, as dense as a small fan. "I can do it too."
This is a promise.
Jiang Meishu looked at him for a long moment, "I hope you won't put the cart before the horse and delay your college entrance exams because of setting up a stall."
"You can set up a stall anytime, but you only take the college entrance exam once."
Liang Rui restrained his nonchalant aura and stood up straighter. He hummed, "I know."
"Then Xiao Xu will go to the stall tomorrow. You should take care of him. When you are too busy to take care of him, Xiao Xu will take over."
Xiao Xu is a younger sister introduced by Shen Yinping. She also met her at the stall. She said that she was a poor person who helped her aunt to set up the stall, but the other party did not pay her wages.
They weren't even given enough food to eat.
Shen Yinping had previously shared her own food with Xiao Xu, feeling sorry for him, and the two became familiar with each other. After Shen Yinping left, worried that no one would be in charge of the stall, she introduced Xiao Xu to Jiang Meishu.
When she called out to him, Xiao Xu stood out timidly. He was fair, thin and small, like a stick.
Liang Rui glanced at her with his eyelids drooping. "I know you. You stole two of my clients last time."
Xiao Xu was almost crying, his eyes red. "I didn't want to take it, it was my aunt who asked me to take it. If I didn't take it, she wouldn't give me food."
The girl was not very old, probably only eighteen or nineteen years old. She was delicate-skinned and timid, and was frightened to tears by Liang Rui's words.
Jiang Meishu raised her hand and slapped him in anger, "You are trying to scare Xiao Xu. Who will take care of my stall after you leave?"
Liang Rui then put away his ferocious face. He snapped his fingers together and said, "If you come to our stall in the future, you'll be one of us. Don't worry, I won't bully my own people."
It would have been fine if he hadn't said anything. But after he said that, Xiao Xu became even more worried. Tears started to fall, and Jiang Meishu felt uneasy. "Don't cry, he's just joking with you."
Xiao Xu nodded with red eyes and said goodbye.
Jiang Meishu asked, "Do you have a place to live?"
The main reason why Xiao Xu was poached by Shen Yinping was that Shen Yinping promised that if Xiao Xu came to their stall, he would provide food and accommodation.
Xiao Xu shook his head, "No."
"I'm going to spend the night at Yinping's."
Jiang Meishu rubbed her brows and said, "You can stay here today. Tomorrow, I will take you to my mom's place. There is a bed for you there. You can bring your sister with you."
When Xiao Xu heard this, he immediately wanted to kowtow to Jiang Meishu, which frightened Jiang Meishu, "Don't."
"New people, new things, new society. Now we don't care about these things. Just go and sell the goods to me."
Xiao Xu nodded, and tears began to flow again.
It looks just like it's made of water.
After Xiao Xu went to rest, Jiang Meishu was a little worried, "Is it okay for her to go to the stall like this?"
Another customer came over and made a louder noise, which scared her to tears.
Liang Rui sneered when he heard this, "You didn't see how she frantically snatched customers when she was selling goods, and how pitiful she is now, crying at the slightest provocation. They are two completely different types of people."
"Don't worry, she's at the stall."
"She is Lin Daiyu when she's down and Lu Zhishen when she's up. With her around, no one can snatch you away."
Jiang Meishu had never seen Xiao Xu setting up a stall, but after hearing what Liang Rui said, she became a little curious.
"I'll go check it out tomorrow."
She did what she said. After going to the stall the next day, she finally understood why Liang Rui said that and acted like Lu Zhishen at the stall.
Basically, every customer passing by Xiao Xu's stall would be kept there by her using various methods. Furthermore, although she didn't have Shen Yinping's eloquence, Xiao Xu was beautiful, fair-skinned, thin, and frail, with a pair of innocent big eyes. When she saw someone about to leave, she would timidly call out, "Hey, big brother, I haven't sold all my goods yet. If I go back, I'll get beaten. Please have pity on me."
have to.
After her output, almost everyone who passed by their stall bought some goods.
No matter how much or how little he brought, Xiao Xu sold them all.
This made Jiang Meishu amazed.
Liang Rui, who was reading a book next to her, teased her, "Why don't you take care of it?"
He remembered that Jiang Meishu was the type of person who preferred to be straightforward. Xiao Xu's tactics were simply not acceptable to Jiang Meishu.
Jiang Meishu glanced at him and said, "A cat, whether black or white, that catches mice is a good cat."
As he said this, Xiao Xu's aunt came. Jiang Meishu glanced at her and pulled out the aggressive young man Liang Rui.
Liang Rui lived up to her expectations and stood in front of Xiao Xu like a small tower, "What are you doing?"
A mouthful of authentic Northeastern dialect.
Anyway, it sounds quite intimidating.
Auntie Xiao Xu was a bully who only cared about the weak and the strong. She yelled at Xiao Xu, "Get over here right now! Have you forgotten where you work?"
Xiao Xu was so angry that tears came to her eyes again after being yelled at. Liang Rui stopped her and said, "She belongs to our stall now. You can let her go back if you want."
"She signed a three-fold liquidated damages agreement with my mom. You just pay me a thousand dollars first, and I'll return her to you."
Aunt Xiao Xu had no money at all, and in the end she left cursing. She did have some, but she was reluctant to spend it on Xiao Xu, who was a loss-making guy.
The troublemaker left, and Xiao Xu thanked Liang Rui with sobs. Liang Rui waved his hand indifferently, "You are from our stall, so we naturally have to protect you."
"If you want to repay me, it's simple. Just try to sell more goods."
After hearing this, Xiao Xu raised his head and looked at him, then lowered his head again. No one knew what Xiao Xu was thinking at this moment.
Because Xiao Xu is the ace in the stall, Jiang Meishu is basically not needed because they have too much to worry about.
Basically, Jiang Meishu was watching over the stall, while Liang Rui and Liang Feng read books while setting up the stall. These two had only learned the high school courses, so it was like they were picking them up again.
But while reading, Liang Rui kept muttering, "Will the college entrance examination really be restored?"
Why does he feel that it is a little unreliable?
Liang Feng was much more steady than him. "No matter whether it's the college entrance examination or not, just study hard."
Liang Rui thought so too, and read the math book when no one was around. However, his grades were not as good as Liang Feng's, and there were many things he couldn't understand, so he asked Liang Feng to explain them to him.
Xiao Xu, who was standing next to him, saw this and was very envious, "You are all cultured people."
Liang Rui heard this and said sarcastically, "You're not?"
He saw that Xiao Xu was quite good at settling accounts.
"no."
Xiao Xu shook his head, his face gloomy. "I only studied in the third grade. My parents died, and I never went to school again."
Liang Rui opened his mouth when he heard this, but he was surprisingly at a loss for words when trying to comfort Xiao Xu. Xiao Xu, on the other hand, was much more relaxed than him. "It's okay, it's over anyway."
Liang Rui said dryly, "My condolences."
Like a silly goose.
Xiao Xu couldn't help laughing. She stretched out her hand and said, "My name is Xu Jiaojiao."
Very nice name.
Liang Rui hesitated for a moment, then extended his hand. "My name is Liang Rui."
"You can call me Xu Jiao, or Xu Jiaojiao, it's all fine. I ask you to call me Brother Liang Rui."
Liang Rui was a tall and strong man, a full head taller than Xu Jiaojiao.
Liang Rui hummed, "If you ask me to call you brother, I will protect you from now on."
As Xu Jiaojiao said this, she pursed her lips and smiled, which was very beautiful. This made Liang Rui feel a little embarrassed. He scratched his head and took the textbook to read a book nearby.
Instead, Liang Feng stared at Xu Jiaojiao and said, "Liang Rui doesn't want to be in a relationship, so don't smile at him like that."
As soon as these words fell, Xu Jiaojiao's face suddenly turned red, "I didn't mean that."
Liang Feng didn't care, "No matter what you mean, just don't smile at him like that." As a brother who grew up with Liang Rui, he knew very well what kind of girl Liang Rui liked.
Xu Jiaojiao hummed shyly and whispered, "I have someone I like."
"I don't like people like Liang Rui."
He has a bad temper and is a mean person.
The person she likes is her neighbor's brother, who has a good temper and is very gentle, unlike Liang Rui, who has a bad temper.
Liang Feng didn't care, "Just don't like Liang Rui anyway."
At this moment, he really looked like a brother.
Jiang Meishu watched silently from the side. After a while, Liang Rui encountered another problem that he couldn't solve. He came over to ask Liang Feng, and casually asked, "What did you say to her?"
The person she was pointing at was Xu Jiaojiao.
"Nothing." Liang Feng changed the subject, "Which question do you have trouble solving?"
Liang Rui handed over the textbook and said, "I forgot this formula again."
Liang Feng accepted his fate and started teaching again.
Xu Jiaojiao, who was standing next to them, heard the noise and wanted to speak, but because of Liang Feng's warning, she could only sell the goods obediently.
When the stall was closing at night, Xu Jiaojiao suddenly asked, "Why don't you go to our night school?"
After saying this, Liang Feng and Liang Rui looked at each other and asked, "Why go to night school?"
"I see you have high school textbooks. My brother Chen Qing teaches at a night university. He's a very good teacher and can definitely teach you."
Liang Feng frowned.
Liang Rui became interested, "Can your brother Chen Qing understand our textbooks?"
Xu Jiao was unhappy with this. "My brother Chen Qing is a college graduate, he will definitely understand."
"Who are you looking down on?"
Such a timid girl became bolder when Chen Qing was mentioned, and even dared to refute Liang Rui.
Liang Rui found it strange, but Jiang Meishu asked, "Does the night school offer high school tutoring classes?"
"Yes."
Xu Jiaojiao answered simply, "My brother Chen Qing was the top student in the imperial examination. After graduation, he returned to Yangcheng Night University for Aunt Chen. According to his qualifications, he should have taught literacy classes, but the principal said he was capable, so he sent him to teach in the high school."
"Their night school is now held together with the high school."
Because she likes Chen Qing, Xu Jiaojiao knows everything about Chen Qing.
Jiang Meishu listened and thought for a while before asking, "Can you introduce us?"
She even believed it after hearing it.
Liang Rui suddenly became anxious, "Why do you still believe her? It's enough for me to have Liang Feng tutoring me."
Jiang Meishu glanced at him and asked, "What if Liang Feng doesn't know how to do it either?"
After all, there is very little they can teach Liang Ruit and Liang Feng. Over the years, Jiang Meishu has returned all the knowledge she learned from high school textbooks to her teachers.
As for Liang Qiurun, he is similar.
After Jiang Meishu asked this, Liang Rui stopped talking.
She said to Xu Jiaojiao, "Please take the lead in introducing us. I will give you a red envelope when it is successful."
Xu Jiaojiao also wanted to see Chen Qing, so she nodded and said, "I'll take you there tonight."
She really did what she said. After closing the stall, Xu Jiaojiao led Jiang Meishu and the others back to the small courtyard next to her aunt's house.
She didn't dare knock on Aunt Xu's door, but quietly knocked on the door of the Chen family.
After a while, Chen Qing came out in a green gown and opened the door. When he saw that it was Xu Jiaojiao, he was stunned and called out, "Jiaojiao, why are you here?"
"Did your aunt hit you again?"
Apparently, Chen Qing, who was teaching, didn't know that Xu Jiaojiao had escaped from the clutches of her aunt's family.
She shook her head. "Brother Chen Qing, I want to take my boss's—" son. She couldn't bring herself to say the word, so she changed the subject. "Someone I know wants to go to night school for high school and take tutoring classes. Can you take them in?"
Only then did Chen Qing look at the person behind Xu Jiaojiao.
That is, Jiang Meishu and Liang Rui. He was looking at Jiang Meishu, and Jiang Meishu was also looking at him. Chen Qing looked very young, about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, with fair skin and handsome features. He was wearing a long green gown and had a gentle and elegant look.
No wonder Xu Jiaojiao blushed when she mentioned him, and no wonder Xu Jiaojiao looked down on Liang Rui.
Compared to Xu Qing, who is mature, gentle, handsome and elegant, Liang Rui is like a greenhorn. He is really no match for him.
"Comrade Chen."
Jiang Meishu was the first to speak, "These two are my children. They are currently reviewing their high school studies. I wonder if you can take them in?"
"You can take tutoring at your home or at night school."
Chen Qing considered for a moment, "Come in."
The Chen family was very poor. Of course, if they were not, they would not be crowded with others in such a small courtyard. The courtyard was not big, but it was kept very clean.
Jiang Meishu said that she rarely saw such a clean and tidy gay man.
After seeing them all come in.
Chen Qing hesitated for a long time before speaking, "If you come to my house for tutoring, I can charge half the price of night school."
This is going to be a special meal.
Jiang Meishu raised an eyebrow, "How much is that?"
Chen Qing, "Ten yuan per person per month."
He didn't seem to be good at bargaining with others. He blushed just by mentioning it. He was obviously a real scholar.
Jiang Meishu thought to herself that tutoring teachers are really cheap these days.
This is the top scholar.
Ten dollars a month.
Seeing that Jiang Meishu didn't say anything, Chen Qing considered it for a moment and said, "If you think it's too expensive, eight dollars will do."
He is indeed short of money now.
"Ten dollars, maybe."
Jiang Meishu agreed directly and decisively, "I'll leave these two children to you."
She paid 40 yuan on the spot. "This is for their two months of supplementary lessons. If they need more supplementary lessons later, I'll pay later."
Chen Qing was a little surprised. He didn't expect Jiang Meishu to give the money so readily. "Why don't you try it first? See if my teaching is good, so as to avoid -" losing money.
Jiang Meishu smiled and said, "Xiao Xuke praised you to the highest level. If she said you are good, then you must be good."
"Isn't that right, Mr. Chen?"
Chen Qing blushed slightly at this joke, but he was gentle to the core. He just nodded implicitly, "Since you have handed them over to me, I will definitely teach them well."
Jiang Meishu hummed, and pulled Liang Rui and Liang Feng over, "Come and meet your teacher."
Liang Feng was fine, he called out politely, "Teacher Chen."
When it was Liang Rui's turn, he was completely rebellious. "Can you do it? We are from the capital and have a good foundation. If you can't do it, we'd better leave as soon as possible."
Facing the provocation of the professional course, Chen Qing was very calm, his fair face full of confidence, "If I don't teach well, I will refund the tuition in full."
Liang Rui was speechless after hearing this.
But after they all settled down, Chen Qing was a little confused. "Now that the college entrance examination is not taking place, why does Comrade Jiang ask them to take tutoring?"
Jiang Meishu couldn't say that the news of resuming the college entrance examination would come out next month.
"I'm preparing for the college entrance exam. I'm already a sophomore. If I throw my textbooks away, I'm afraid I'll be giving all the knowledge in the textbooks back to the teacher."
This reason was quite normal, so Chen Qing didn't ask any more questions. "Come over at 6:30 every afternoon from now on, and I'll make up for it until 10:30."
"Four hours of make-up every day."
Liang Feng hummed and pulled Liang Rui's sleeve, and Liang Rui also hummed.
After both parties have reached an agreement.
Jiang Meishu said goodbye and Chen Qing came out to see them off. Under the light, he was tall and slender, with a fair face, but his eyes were very gentle.
Some of it feels familiar.
This sounded familiar to Jiang Meishu, but she couldn't remember where it was.
It was not until after they left that she suddenly said, "Liang Rui, do you think Chen Qing looks familiar?"
Liang Rui said sourly, "I think you think she's good-looking, so you feel familiar with her. Jiang Meilan, do you dare to say this to my dad?"
Jiang Meishu was furious when she heard this and slapped Liang Rui on the shoulder, "What are you thinking, you damn kid?"
She asked Liang Feng, "Don't you think he looks familiar?"
Liang Feng thought about it carefully and said, "It's a bit familiar."
"Teacher Chen's eyes are exactly the same as Qiao Jiahui's."
*
Chen family.
Xu Jiaojiao didn't rush to leave, but stayed at the Chen family to help. When she saw Chen Qing carrying basins of water back and forth, she became a little worried, "Brother Chen Qing, is Aunt Chen not feeling better yet?"
Chen Qing was a child whose father was unknown, so he took his mother's surname since childhood.
Chen Qing hummed, and skillfully cleaned Chen's mother's face and the black medicine residue around her mouth. "It's still the same."
"By the way, Jiaojiao." Chen Qing cleaned the basin, and also cleaned his hands several times. His slender hands were washed white, and the joints were distinct. "Thank you for what you did today."
If Xu Jiaojiao hadn't introduced someone, he wouldn't have taken the extra money. And he wouldn't have had the money to buy medicine for his mother.
Xu Jiaojiao felt a little embarrassed. She pursed her lips and said, "Brother Chen Qing, you don't have to be so polite to me. When I was beaten by my aunt, you helped Xiaoqing and me many times."
Chen Qing shook his head, "Let's put it this way."
He said gently, "Do you know the details of this group of people today?"
Xu Jiaojiao didn't understand why he asked that, but out of years of trust, she nodded and said, "I know."
"Sister Jiang is setting up a stall. Sister Jiang's husband is the director of the Hongtai Bicycle Factory. Then there are Liang Rui and Liang Feng. They just came from the capital. They are both high school students."
In just a few words, he explained the other party's background clearly.
When Chen Qing heard the word "Hongtai", his joints suddenly turned white and he could even see the purple blood vessels on the back of his hands.
He asked almost word by word, "Do they know Qiao Jiahui?"
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