Chapter 108 Wang Lianzhi's Family
Wang Bingyuan pulled Taotao over and pushed her in front of Sun Ximei. "Tell me, who else could that powerful person be?"
Zhang Lingzhi also laughed out loud, "It's far away in the sky, yet it's right in front of us!"
Sun Ximei understood and looked Taotao up and down, "Is it you, Bai Taotao?"
Bai Taotao smiled with her lips pursed.
Sun Ximei also laughed.
However, she soon stopped laughing. "So, you are one grade higher than me?"
Wang Bingyuan said: "Taotao is not only one grade higher than us, but she is also not living on campus this semester."
"Ah? Why?" Sun Ximei asked anxiously.
Wang Bingyuan is a local who attended Taotao's housewarming party before the Chinese New Year. She answered, "Because Taotao's lover is also a local of Kyoto, so they bought a house. Now that they have a house to live in, there is no need to spend money to live in a dormitory."
Taotao smiled and nodded.
Sun Ximei frowned, "Now that's great. I just set you as my goal, ready to catch up with you and surpass you, but I didn't expect you to skip a grade! How can I catch up with you?"
Tao Tao, "I'm still in the second grade at this school. If you want to learn from me, I'm always here for you!"
Sun Ximei pouted, "We are not even in the same grade...how can we be compared!"
Zhang Lingzhi smiled and said, "We are looking forward to staying in the capital for a longer time, but you are actually thinking about skipping a grade, graduating early, and leaving Kyoto early..."
Tao Tao: "No, I will strive to stay in school and teach!"
"What?"
"Stay in school and teach!"
"Taotao, will you teach in our school and teach us in the future?"
The three of them asked in unison.
Taotao smiled and said, "I don't know about that. It's probably a bit difficult. When I graduate, you will already be sophomores or juniors. Even if I can become a lecturer, I should teach freshmen who have just entered the school..."
What Zhang Lingzhi is most concerned about is whether she can stay in Kyoto for a long time, because she has just bought a house. So he asked Taotao, "Taotao, what are the conditions for staying in school as a lecturer?"
"First you have to be good enough and get good grades, then go and ask the principal... In fact, schools nowadays are still very short of teachers, otherwise our Song Zhi wouldn't be traveling between two places and serving as a lecturer at both the University of Technology and the University of Aviation." Tao Tao said.
Zhang Lingzhi nodded repeatedly and said seriously: "For the sake of the house I just bought, I must fight for it... Otherwise, I can only live a good life for two years. If I am assigned to a new place after graduation, it will be a problem whether I can sell the house in Datang Village... The most important thing is that this is the first time I live in my own house. Although it is a bit shabby and not big, I don’t want to lose it..."
Sun Ximei's eyes widened. "Lingzhi, you bought a house? How much?"
Zhang Lingzhi nodded with a smile, "My wife saved money for four years by tightening her belt... plus we split up the family in our hometown and sold the house there, and we were able to buy a house and land in Datang Village. However, the house is very small, with only two rooms."
Sun Ximei exclaimed, "Oh my God! You guys are so amazing!"
Wang Bingyuan also whispered, "You are so motivated, I also... I also want to buy a house and own a home for me, my brother and my grandmother! If I have my own home, I... I don't want to be assigned to another place. Taotao, do you think it is possible for me to stay in school and teach?"
Taotao hasn't answered yet——
Sun Ximei rushed to say, "You? I think you're in big trouble! Zhang Lingzhi and I still have a chance. When we took the final exam last semester after graduation, we both ranked high in the grade. As for you... you're ranked low in your class!"
Wang Bingyuan felt a little lost.
Tao Tao comforted Wang Bingyuan, "Just give it a try! How do you know if you can do it or not if you don't try? Besides, you didn't do as well as Sun Ximei in the last semester, which proves that you have a lot of room for improvement. As long as you study hard, your progress will definitely be more obvious than Sun Ximei's!"
Wang Bingyuan nodded happily.
Sun Ximei was unhappy, "Bai Taotao, you can't be so biased!"
Taotao smiled and said, "Your advantage is even more obvious! Zhang Lingzhi and I used to work in related fields... I'll tell you the truth, I've read and self-studied all the professional textbooks in our school when I was a librarian in the village! But you haven't. This is your first time to take professional courses, but your grades are not much worse than mine, which proves that you are more talented than me! I'm just... an early bird!"
Sun Xixiao's anger turned into joy, "Really? Then... I must work hard too!"
At this time, Taotao didn't know that she had become a guiding lighthouse for her classmates in the ocean of academics. What she didn’t know was that under her leadership, her classmates… were the class with the most students staying on to teach and taking postgraduate entrance exams.
Taotao chatted with her friends for a while and then went to her new class.
The new class teacher is the vice-president. He had supervised Taotao’s exam together with several other principals at the end of last semester. He liked Taotao very much and solemnly introduced Taotao to the students in Class 2.
Most of the students in the new class knew Taotao - mainly because she was so beautiful and had long been recognized as the school belle by all the students.
Now I heard that Taotao actually skipped a grade and was admitted to their class?
Everybody was excited.
——Who doesn’t like a girl who is beautiful, smart and has good academic performance?
For a time, Taotao became the darling of the whole class.
At noon, when Taotao and Song Zhi were eating together in the school cafeteria, Song Zhi felt a little annoyed.
"The single dormitory at Gongda University should not be vacated," Song Zhi said, "this way you at least have a place to take a nap. The lunch break is two and a half hours..."
Tao Tao smiled and said, "It's okay. I'll come to the canteen at noon, read a book after lunch, and lie down here for a while when I get tired... Song Zhi, do you think I can skip another grade?"
Song Zhi pondered, "I don't recommend you skip grades again. It's not a good thing to rush when you should be studying hard. If you still have energy, I hope you can pay attention to other majors... For example, foreign languages, or biological majors related to pests and diseases... Taotao, no major is independent, and it will definitely involve other subjects."
Taotao thought about it and nodded, "You're right! Just like we reclaimed terraced fields in Ruyi Village and raised rice, loaches, crabs, rice flower fish and so on... Only by understanding the habits of those animals and insects, and coordinating the maintenance and hybridization of trees, plants and crops... can we complement each other to the greatest extent, and maybe create greater economic benefits!"
Song Zhi nodded with a smile.
Taotao suddenly felt very proud, "Okay! Then I'll see what other majors the school has."
Song Zhi couldn't help but remind her again, "Don't fall behind in Japanese, Russian, and English. You should read and memorize them every day... I will find a way to get some more materials and bring them back for you to read."
Taotao nodded again.
After talking about study, Tao Tao asked Song Zhi, "What happened between Tao Fengwei and Wang Lianzhi?"
Song Zhi frowned, "They really are... following in the footsteps of Senior Brother Zhu. Wang Lianzhi's whole family is here, and Tao Fengwei has also called his mother over. Now the two families are fighting every day!"
Wang Lianzhi's parents, two brothers who were already married and had children, two sisters who were already married and had children, plus younger brothers and sisters who were not yet married... a total of twenty-four or twenty-five people came, all crowded into the one-bedroom apartment allocated to Tao Fengwei at the research institute.
They came here before the New Year and have no intention of leaving since then.
When Tao Fengwei's mother saw that the situation was not good, she immediately rushed back to her hometown. At the beginning of the new year, she brought Tao Fengwei's grandparents, grandparents, uncles and aunts, and more than ten other elderly people to come with her.
As a result, nearly fifty people were crammed into Tao Fengwei's small house of less than 40 square meters!
Tao Fengwei now ignored Wang Lianzhi and went straight into the laboratory.
Wang Lianzhi and her family had nothing to eat or drink, and were extremely anxious, so they went around looking for money from Tao Fengwei's colleagues and friends.
As soon as Song Zhiyi arrived today, Tao Fengwei immediately told him not to lend money to Wang Lianzhi.
At this point, Song Zhi added, "Fortunately, we didn't agree to anything from Wang Lianzhi last night."
Tao Tao frowned, "What on earth is Wang Lianzhi thinking? Didn't Master's wife already remind her before? Why is she still thinking of bringing everyone from her hometown here..."
Song Zhi: "It's hard to say. But I heard from other brothers that Wang Lianzhi is not the kind of person who would stop after just one rejection. So you have to be careful. If you are the only one at home, don't open the door when she knocks."
Taotao nodded.
Song Zhi finished his lunch with her and left in a hurry.
After school in the afternoon, Taotao took a bus at the school gate, changed buses again, bought a piece of tofu on the way, and then hurriedly carried the tofu to her and Song Zhi's home.
——It takes about an hour to walk from her home to the Agricultural University. If you don't have a bicycle, you have to reverse like this when taking the bus.
However, at noon Song Zhi told her that the industrial ticket had been exchanged. As long as the supply and marketing cooperative has stock, you can exchange it for a bicycle immediately!
So when Taotao returned home, it was almost dark.
Taotao took out the key and was about to open the door——
Someone cried out in a sobbing voice: "Bai Taotao?!"
Taotao's movement to turn the door lock paused.
Then she continued to unlock the door and entered the yard.
Wang Lianzhi had already caught up with him, "Bai Taotao, Taotao! Can you listen to me?"
Taotao turned around, pulled the courtyard door open with her hands, leaving it only a crack, and asked, "What do you want to say?"
Wang Lianzhi, "Can you let me in and talk?"
"No, I'm very busy." Taotao replied.
Wang Lianzhi: ...
"It's okay, I'm closed!"
Wang Lianzhi quickly held the gate open with her hands and said, "Bai Taotao, I want to ask you... you and Senior Brother Song live in such a big house, your family... must have some spare rooms, right? Can you lend us a few rooms? We have so many people in our family, we can't accommodate them all at once."
Taotao wanted to close the door forcefully——
But the door was held tightly by Wang Lianzhi?
Taotao couldn't close the door.
Then Tao Tao flicked her fingers in the air, and a wisp of spiritual power quietly attacked -
Wang Lianzhi's wrist suddenly softened for no apparent reason...
The gate was closed.
Tao Tao said loudly through the door: "...I'm sorry, I don't like strangers living in my house, please think of another way!"
After saying that, Taotao didn't care about anything else and went to the kitchen to cook.
Song Zhi works the night shift today and doesn't get off work until 9:30 in the evening.
So Taotao's dinner is very simple: cook a pot of rice, cut a small piece of bacon, slice it into thin pieces, put it in the rice and steam it, then go to the backyard to pick a few garlic sprouts and a few cabbage leaves, put them in the oil pan to make some fried tofu with garlic sprouts, and then boil some cabbage soup to wash off the oil in the pot.
Taotao put half of the fried tofu and bacon on a plate and left it for Song Zhi. Then she finished her full dinner, boiled a pot of water, made a cup of wolfberry, longan and red date water, and lit the charcoal basin in the living room. Then she took the teacup to the living room, reading and studying while sipping the sweet longan water.
It was half past nine in the evening and Song Zhi had not returned yet.
At five minutes past ten, the gate of the courtyard opened slightly.
Taotao was about to shout "Song Zhi"...
But unexpectedly, I heard Song Zhi seemed to be talking to a woman?
Tao Tao stood up from the firebox, put on her slippers and ran out, "Song Zhi!"
The gate had been opened a crack.
Song Zhi stood outside the door and shouted, "Taotao, come over here and help!"
"Hey, I'm coming!"
Taotao responded and looked over. The first thing she saw was Wang Lianzhi with tears in her eyes. The second thing she saw was two bicycles lying across the door.
One of them was, of course, Song Zhi's 50%-old 28-style cargo bicycle; the other was a brand new women's bicycle, with the handlebars and front of the bicycle still wrapped in cardboard.
"Taotao, push the car into the yard." Song Zhi instructed.
Taotao knew that this was her new car.
So he happily pushed the women's bicycle into the yard.
Behind her, she heard Wang Lianzhi crying and asking, "Brother Song, are you so cruel? You and Tao Fengwei are colleagues... Now that he is in trouble, you pretend that you can't see anything? If my family died in front of you, would you still be indifferent?"
Song Zhi frowned, "I've already been to the office today."
Wang Lianzhi paused in crying.
Song Zhi, "Tao Fengwei is just an ordinary researcher, with a monthly salary of 31.5 yuan. If you and he live together, your life will be OK..."
"But you brought your whole family here, and your family members don't work. Thirty people share his salary of thirty dollars and fifty cents each? How much money can they get? They can't even afford to eat!"
Wang Lianzhi whispered, "We didn't expect to get something for nothing... We, we also want to get rich through hard work. But now we don't even have a place to live, and we don't have the capital to start a small business..."
"Brother Song, you and Bai Taotao can live in such a stylish little house, and you can buy this brand new bicycle just like that... You must be rich, right? Then can't you help our family? Good people will be rewarded!"
Wang Lianzhi started to cry, "Tao Fengwei's mother chases us away every day... We are really at our wits' end!"
Tao Tao said: "If you have nowhere else to go, just go back to your hometown and farm! At the beginning of spring, after the Grain Rain, we have to prepare for spring ploughing..."
Unexpectedly, Wang Lianzhi ignored Tao Tao and cried to Song Zhi, "Brother Song, please help us! Don't worry that I can't repay this favor. Tao Fengwei and I are husband and wife, and he will always take care of me!"
Song Zhi pushed his bicycle into the yard and said to Wang Lianzhi:
"no."
So he closed the gate.
Wang Lianzhi cried out “Senior Brother Song” and then banged on the gate.
Song Zhi said to Tao Tao with a serious face, "Ignore her."
The temperature at night was several degrees lower than during the day. Taotao ran out of the house temporarily without wearing any thick cotton clothes.
So she quickly ran into the kitchen, opened the vent of the coal stove, put a pot on the stove and poured cold water into it, then set up the steamer, put the food she had left for Song Zhi on the stove, and then covered the lid...
She quickly fled into the living room again, slipped into the firebox, and wrapped herself tightly in a thin blanket.
"Song Zhi! The cabbage leaves have been washed. When the water on the stove boils, throw the leaves in to make soup!" Taotao shouted loudly.
Song Zhi responded.
He patrolled the yard and made sure all the doors and windows were closed. Then he went to the kitchen, washed his hands, boiled the vegetable soup and seasoned it. He then brought the soup and rice to the living room, where he and Taotao sat by the fire box and ate their meals slowly.
Tao Tao sighed, "This Wang Lianzhi! She was waiting at the door of our house when I came back. I didn't agree to her at that time, but she has been waiting until now for you to come back? If she had such courage and did something else... she would have achieved results a long time ago!"
Song Zhi was stunned. "Why did she look for you?"
Tao Tao, "She said that since we live in such a big yard, there must be a lot of empty rooms, and she wants to borrow them!"
Song Zhi frowned, "Don't agree to her!"
Taotao smiled and said, "Of course I don't agree... otherwise she wouldn't have waited until you came back! But she's quite interesting. I've already rejected her, but she still insisted on waiting until you came back!"
Song Zhi was in a bad mood. "Don't worry about her. By the way, I'll pick you up from school tomorrow. We'll go back to the military compound together. Uncle Guan was injured and is in the hospital. Let's go see him."
Tao Tao asked, "What's going on?"
"I'm not sure. Let's find out after visiting the patient tomorrow." Song Zhi replied.
Taotao nodded and asked again, "You're pretty quick. You got the bike today. I thought I would have to wait at least a month."
Song Zhi smiled, "I went to four supply and marketing cooperatives before I found it... There are two colors to choose from. I chose this one with a black background and red. I think the darker the color, the better. It won't look old even after a few more years of use."
Taotao watched over him until he finished his meal, and then they washed up and went to bed.
The next day Taotao rode her new bicycle to school. When she got out of school in the afternoon, Song Zhi was already waiting at the door. The cage on the front of the bicycle was filled with a bag of apples, a bag of oranges, two bottles of malted milk and other things.
The two of them went to visit Guan Qingbai in a while.
Guan Qingbai accidentally twisted his waist during military training, causing his old waist injury to relapse and he was admitted to the hospital.
Fang Ling was getting a divorce from him and refused to come to see him; Guan Haifu came every day, but she also had to go to work, and she would come to see him at noon every day and then leave... Guan Hailong had already set out to help Tibet.
Guan Qingbai was very happy to see Song Zhi and Taotao coming to visit him. I asked the guard to go to the hospital cafeteria to get some food, and then I ate a not-so-delicious hospital meal with the two of them in the ward...
Seeing that the time was almost up, Song Zhi said goodbye to Guan Qingbai.
Guan Qingbai asked the guard to take them to the cabinet where the gifts were stored and let them choose their own gifts in return - the cabinet was full of gifts given to Guan Qingbai by others.
There were piles of malted milk, milk powder, fruit, cigarettes, alcohol, tea...
Song Zhi quickly declined.
Guan Qingbai lost his temper——
The frightened guard picked up two packets of tea, two packets of milk powder, and two large packets of biscuits and stuffed them into Song Zhi's arms.
Taotao thanked Guan Qingbai with a smile and went home with Song Zhi.
result--
Just when the two returned home and took out the key to open the door, Wang Lianzhi appeared again like a ghost!
Yesterday she saw Song Zhi bring back a brand new women's bicycle, and today she saw beautifully packaged tea, milk powder and biscuits in the front basket of Song Zhi's bicycle?
Wang Lianzhi looked at Song Zhi with even more eager eyes, "Senior Brother Song! Senior Brother Song...you have money and a house! You are capable of helping us! How can you be so cruel! Can't you just let us stay for a few days for Tao Fengwei's sake? Senior Brother Song..."
Taotao pushed her car into the yard first, and Song Zhi also pushed his car into the yard with a sullen face.
As a result, Wang Lianzhi shamelessly followed in -
"Please go out, you are not welcome in our home!" Taotao glared at Wang Lianzhi and said.
Wang Lianzhi: ...
She didn't even look at Tao Tao, but only looked at Song Zhi with tears in her eyes, calling out in a sad voice: "Senior Brother Song..."
"Didn't my wife already say it? We don't welcome you! Please go back and don't make things too awkward." Song Zhi said unhappily.
Wang Lianzhi choked up and said, "Do you want me to kneel down and beg you?"
Taotao exerted force with her hands and also used some spiritual power to push Wang Lianzhi out of the yard, and then slammed the door shut with a bang!
Wang Lianzhi was so angry that she banged on the door, "Senior Brother Song! Senior Brother Song——"
Taotao lay on the door and listened.
Occasionally, passers-by would pass by and ask, "What's going on? What do you want to do with them? I see you've been here for many days...but is there anyone at their home?"
Wang Lianzhi said aggrievedly: "Woo woo, they want to force me to death..."
Taotao was so angry that she opened the gate again with a creaky sound.
Wang Lianzhi and the passerby were both shocked!
Taotao recognized the passerby; she was Aunt Zhang, a retired employee of the retirement home.
"Aunt Zhang, this is what happened!"
Taotao explained it eloquently.
Wang Lianzhi's face turned red with embarrassment.
Aunt Zhang understood and looked at Wang Lianzhi in disbelief. "After all this time, Xiao Song and Xiao Bai have nothing to do with you! You have been squatting at their door for several days, and I thought they owed you money!"
"That's not the case!" Taotao said quickly.
Aunt Zhang was old, and she became very energetic when she heard such gossip. She began to blame Wang Lianzhi, "Girl, I think you are stupid! Wouldn't it be nice for you and your lover to get married and live a good life together? Why do you have to drag your mother's family into it? Since you can even drag your mother's family into it, why can't you tolerate your husband's family? You can't be so hypocritical!"
Tao Tao held back her laughter and said, "Aunt Zhang, I have something else to do at home so I'll go home first!"
“Go ahead!” Aunt Zhang waved at Taotao and continued to educate Wang Lianzhi, “…Comrade, I have to say something unpleasant. You are ignorant, and your whole family is also ignorant…”
Taotao closed the yard door.
When they got home, Song Zhi had already lit the charcoal brazier, and the young couple huddled in the firebox in the living room to warm themselves. Taotao studied while Song Zhi listened to the news on the semiconductor radio.
When she went back to her room to sleep at night, Taotao kept nagging to Song Zhi: "Tomorrow is Sunday, we have to go see our third sister. We also have to go to the train station..."
"Zhang Lingzhi and her lover are setting up a fast food stall at the train station for the first time. Let's go and help them..."
"By the way, the radio just said that tomorrow will be a sunny day. You should take out our coats and put them in the yard to dry tomorrow... When I went out this morning, I wanted to wear that plaid coat, but I smelled a musty smell..."
After hearing this, Song Zhi quickly opened the cabinet and took a look.
It’s true!
His black tweed jacket, Taotao's thin cotton coat and a light gray tweed jacket were all moldy.
So he took out all his clothes and hung them in the small room next door, thinking of drying them before going out tomorrow.
The next morning, Taotao and Song Zhi prepared to go out.
Song Zhi carried the clothes downstairs to hang them up, and then moved two quilts down and hung them together in the yard to dry.
At this time, there was a lively noise outside the yard.
Taotao opened the door and saw seven or eight neighbors on both sides. Everyone was holding a broom, clothes rack or something, and asked her -
"Taotao, did the wild dog enter your house?"
Taotao was very surprised, "Wild dog?"
The neighbor next door said angrily: "Oh, I am so angry! Today the sun is nice so I took out my bacon to dry it in the sun. The gate was not closed and a stray dog jumped in and grabbed my bacon and ran away! That piece of bacon weighed more than a pound! Tell me if I am angry or not!"
"It took a piece and came back... I kept chasing it, chasing it to the public toilet in front... It fell into the pit! I chased it again, but it jumped up again and ran away!"
Another neighbor saw Song Zhi pushing his bicycle out and quickly said, "Taotao, Xiao Song, are you guys going out?"
Taotao and Song Zhi nodded.
"Then please close all the doors and windows! I'm afraid the stray dog will run into your house and stink!"
Upon hearing this, Song Zhi hurried back into the yard and locked the doors of all the rooms, including the door to the corridor leading to the second floor.
Taotao also asked her neighbors to help look after the house, and then went out with Song Zhi.
Because they left early, Taotao and Song Zhi went to the train station first.
Zhang Lingzhi, her husband Chen Quansheng, as well as Wang Bingyuan, Wang Xuepeng and Grandma Wang were all there. Even several girls in the dormitory, such as Sun Ximei and Zhao Jinglian, came.
Zhang Lingzhi and Chen Quansheng came on a tricycle, carrying a coal stove, a large steamer, empty clay pots, rice, and various meat, vegetable and seasonings.
After arriving at the train station, he set up a coal stove, put rice soaked in water, various raw meats and vegetables into a small clay pot, and then put them into the steamer to steam them.
There was a sign with two lines of big words on it in front of the tricycle:
"One meat, one vegetable, one meal, and two dimes for a free clay pot"
"Two vegetarian dishes and one rice cost 15 cents and a clay pot is included. If you don't want the clay pot, you can get a 2 cent discount."
The female classmates stood by and helped shout, "Hot rice and hot dishes! Freshly steamed rice! I want to eat some hot rice and hot dishes on such a cold day! Fresh and delicious! Affordable! Don't miss it if you pass by!"
Taotao smiled with her lips pursed.
Zhang Lingzhi saw Taotao and Song Zhi coming and ran over happily, "Taotao Taotao! Thank you for giving me this idea! Our business is really good! I brought thirty kilograms of rice and a hundred earthenware jars this morning... I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to sell them, but now... It's not even noon yet and I've already sold twenty kilograms of the thirty kilograms of rice! I estimate we'll be sold out by noon!"
Tao Tao taught her, "There's a black market nearby. You can buy rice, raw meat, and vegetables directly here, and cook and sell them right here!"
Zhang Lingzhi hesitated, "But... there are not enough earthenware jars."
Tao Tao, "Find someone to buy tung leaves, wrap them in tung leaves and steam them, and I'll give you another cent off!"
Tao Tao explained, "Believe it or not, everyone is watching you nearby! Your selling point is this cheap clay pot, people can buy it and reuse it several times... So these few days, you must not be afraid of hard work, think of more ways, and sell as much as you can... By the time others find a way to make clay pots, there will be nothing for you to do!"
Zhang Lingzhi nodded repeatedly, then lowered her voice and said with a blushing face: "Taotao, it's really profitable. Our cost... one pot of rice can make 10 cents, and a little less for vegetarian dishes... one hundred pots of rice can make at least 7 or 8 yuan! If we buy rice and vegetables on the spot and continue to cook, I'm afraid we can make 20 yuan today!"
"Come on!" Taotao said with a smile.
After leaving the train station, Taotao and Song Zhi went to visit Lili again.
Lili knew her sister would come, so she started directing the nannies to prepare lunch early in the morning. Old Mrs. Huo also came over with her two children. Taotao played with the children for a while, then pulled her sister aside and asked her some questions.
Howard had indeed gone on a business trip.
But he would call Lili once or twice every day...
For Lili, this was not the solitary life she had imagined.
——The quality of life is much better than she expected.
The two assistants Howard left for her respected her very much, and under Howard's instructions, had arranged Lili's schedule for the next month.
Lili would stay at the Women's Federation, the Children's Health Association and the Disabled Persons' Federation for a week each to participate in and listen to the work of these units. Then she can choose a department she prefers, and Howard will complete her work scheduling.
Lili is quite looking forward to it.
In addition, she gets along very well with Mrs. Huo and the two children. After all, before she met Howard, she and the old man and the child had already fallen in love with each other.
Seeing that her sister was doing well, Taotao felt relieved.
After Taotao and Song Zhi had lunch with Lili, Old Mrs. Huo, Xiao Mingyong and Xiao Mingcheng...they played for a while before returning home.
On the way, Taotao discussed with Song Zhi whether to raise some chickens and ducks in the yard.
The main reason is that buying meat is too troublesome.
There is a market near the rest home, but it takes at least half an hour to ride a bike there and back.
Song Zhi is too busy, so he has three night shifts and three morning shifts per week in the new semester. If he has to catch an early shift, he has to get up at 5:30, leave at 6:00, and arrive at work before 7:00. If you work the night shift, the earliest you can get back is 9:30pm.
Taotao’s school hours are quite regular, but if they wait until she gets out of school to buy meat, there will be basically no fresh pork. But they can’t go without meat forever, right?
Song Zhi thought for a moment, "I work three early morning shifts every week... There are still three left for me to not work early morning shifts. When I am not on early morning shift, I will get up half an hour to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables! It should be enough for us to eat meat three times a week..."
Tao Tao disagreed, "Wouldn't it be better to sleep half an hour longer?"
After discussing this, the two went to the market together, weighed two pounds of pork and two pounds of apples, and returned home.
Unexpectedly, just as I walked to the gate of my yard—
Just heard a noise? !
There are still groups of people gathering at their doorsteps?
Taotao’s first reaction was: It’s over, the wild dog that fell into the shit pit must have entered her house!
She and Song Zhi hurried over.
Neighbor Aunt Zhang was sharp-eyed. When she saw Taotao and Song Zhi, she immediately shouted, "Taotao! Xiaosong! Oh no! Something happened in your family!"
Taotao ran over quickly, only to see that the gate of her yard was wide open and there was a figure swaying inside?
At a quick glance, there are at least twenty or thirty people, men, women, young and old!
Taotao still hasn't figured out who these people are...
Song Zhi shouted angrily, "Who are you? What are you doing in my house?"
Someone came over with a smile, "Senior Brother Song——"
Taotao looked closely and found that it was... Wang Lianzhi?
Song Zhi angrily asked: "Who allowed you to enter my house? How did you get in?"
Aunt Zhang followed Taotao and shouted, "Xiao Song! They climbed over the wall first, then opened the gate and let the others in! I told them, 'You can't do this, it's illegal to break into a private residence!' But they told me to mind my business..."
Song Zhi stared at Wang Lianzhi with an unfriendly look, "I'll give you two minutes to leave my house immediately! Otherwise... I'll call the police!"
Wang Lianzhi bit her lip and lowered her eyes. "Brother Song, there is a saying... Leave a way out for others so that we can meet again in the future. I hope you can think twice."
Song Zhi sneered, turned around and said, "Aunt Zhang, please help call the police."
The enthusiastic citizen, Aunt Zhang, immediately responded loudly with "OK" and ran away quickly.
Wang Lianzhi was obviously a little flustered, and looked up at Song Zhi, "Senior Brother Song, you, you..."
At this time, an elderly woman who looked about 70% similar to Wang Lianzhi came over and said to Song Zhi coldly, "Young man, don't be ungrateful... You have such a grand house at such a young age, and you have clothes made of such fine materials drying in your yard. Are you a capitalist?"
"I'm telling you, young man, calling the police is a lose-lose method, it's the stupidest thing to do... If you're smart, you should go find Tao Fengwei and have a good talk with him..."
Tao Tao smiled and asked the elderly woman, "Who are you?"
Wang Lianzhi quickly introduced, "Senior Brother Song, she, she is my mother."
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