Chapter 80 Two Eggs (1)
There wasn't much to do on the first day of school.
In the morning, we ran for class leaders and distributed teaching materials. In the afternoon, the whole class cleaned the classroom and the teaching building. Then the head teacher organized everyone to plant trees in the woods behind the school.
"Each of you should take a sapling to plant trees, and take care of your trees in the future... This is the tradition of our school! Ten, twenty, or thirty years later, when you return to visit your hometown, you can also come and see what the saplings you planted have grown into!"
Taotao was very excited.
She likes this tradition very much.
After thinking about it, she talked to Teacher Tang and took one more sapling.
——One for her and one for Song Zhi, because she came with him.
After planting the trees, the teacher explained that classes will officially start from tomorrow. Today is the last free time for everyone. If there are students who have not prepared bedding and clothes, they can hurry up and buy them.
Taotao and Zhang Lingzhi accompanied Wang Bingyuan to the outside of the school to find her grandmother and her brother.
Still easy to find.
Wang Bingyuan said that if you go under the bridge, you will definitely find it.
However, there is no bridge near the Agricultural University.
The three of them searched around and found a small house of a power distribution station 500 meters away from the school.
Looking over there——
Wang Bingyuan found her grandmother's sack.
Look at this small house of the distribution station. There is a high-voltage switch inside. I guess grandma and my brother didn’t go into the house last night. They slept in the open space behind the house.
The place is still covered with newspapers.
There came a low roar of machinery from the hut, and it seemed that it never stopped.
I don’t know how the old man and the young boy fell asleep.
Wang Bingyuan squatted in front of her grandmother's sack, crying.
Taotao pulled her up and said, "Let's go! Let's rent a house!"
Wang Bingyuan widened her eyes in horror, "Rent a house?"
Taotao said "hmm".
She couldn't pull Wang Bingyuan. So he grabbed Wang Bingyuan's hand and walked out desperately.
Wang Bingyuan stood up obediently, but her tone was very panicked, "Taotao! Taotao, we won't go... I, I don't have any money, I can't afford to rent a house!"
"How do you know if we can afford it if you don't ask?" Taotao pulled Wang Bingyuan out.
Zhang Lingzhi followed behind.
Taotao went to the Housing Management Office to find Sister Liu.
Sister Liu is very enthusiastic towards Taotao.
However, after listening to Tao Tao's explanation and taking a look at Wang Bingyuan, Sister Liu understood Wang Bingyuan's situation and said, "Among the houses that are registered with our unit and rented out to the public, the cheapest one is the one at the Coal Bureau. I remember it was a two-bedroom house, and the rent was twelve yuan a month. The good thing is that it's not far from your school. Is that acceptable?"
Wang Bingyuan shook her head desperately.
Sister Liu thought for a moment and said, "There is another way, but you have to ask it yourself."
"What method?" Taotao asked immediately.
Sister Liu said, "Go east. There is a Xiaotang Village about two kilometers away. Next to Xiaotang Village is a Datang Village. Both villages have several hundred people. Go there and ask. Maybe the villagers are willing to rent an empty house to you. I guess it's only... four or five yuan a month!"
Tao Tao happily agreed, "Thank you, Sister Liu!"
Sister Liu quietly asked Taotao, "Are you still going to buy a house?"
Tao Tao told the truth, "I have discussed with him. We have to buy a house, but... we might move to a different location."
Sister Liu, "It's okay! Buying a house is a big deal in life. If you decide where to buy one, tell me and I can help you check it out!"
"Thank you, Sister Liu!" Taotao said with a smile.
So Taotao and Zhang Lingzhi took Wang Bingyuan to find Xiaotang Village.
Boss Wang Bingyuan was unwilling.
The main reason is that I have no money and I feel uneasy.
Two kilometers was not a long distance, and the three of them arrived in twenty minutes.
It was a village that looked relatively wealthy, and almost every household had a large house. And it seems that the villagers were not surprised by the appearance of Taotao and the other two.
A capable woman in her forties saw them and took the initiative to greet them, "Hey, you guys, you are college students from nearby, right?"
Taotao nodded.
"Are you here to rent a house in our village?" the woman said. "Many students are renting houses in our village!"
Taotao was happy, "Yes, auntie, can you help me?"
Women: "Of course I am! I am from the women's team! Come, follow me to the village committee, I will introduce the situation to you... By the way, little sister, what kind of house do you want to rent?"
Taotao especially likes this woman's straightforwardness and competence.
Because her mother, Tang Liren, is that kind of person.
At that moment, before the group even reached the village committee, Taotao had already become familiar with the woman through her conversation.
The woman's husband's surname is Chen.
To be precise, 60 percent of the people in Xiaotang Village and Datang Village have the surname Chen.
Taotao calls her Aunt Chen Liu.
Aunt Chen Liu said, "There are three types of houses in our village. One type is a house with a private entrance and yard. The rent for this type is expensive, ten yuan a month. There are three large tiled houses, a toilet and a kitchen, and a large yard! There is running water and electricity, and the water and electricity bills are paid by the owner!"
Wang Bingyuan shook her head in horror.
Aunt Chen Liu continued, "One way is to rent a room in a villager's home, but you have to pay for food. After all, you are eating in someone else's home. It's usually five yuan a month, and the food expenses are calculated separately..."
Wang Bingyuan still shook her head.
Aunt Chen Liu said, "There is another way, which is to rent a single room in a bungalow at the bottom of the big village! A room is about 15 square meters in size, and the rent is two yuan a month. There is a public toilet and no kitchen, but you can put a coal stove at the door of the house..."
Wang Bingyuan, “That’s it!”
——She did save some money over the years, not much, just thirty-seven or thirty-eight yuan. My younger brother knew where she hid her money, so he brought it with him this time.
With savings of thirty-seven or thirty-eight dollars and a house with a monthly rent of two dollars, it is enough for my grandma and younger brother to live in for half a year.
As for the future, I’ll slowly figure it out!
Taotao smiled and said, "Don't worry, Bingyuan. Let's go check out the house first."
Aunt Chen Liu took them to the bungalow enthusiastically.
It was not a very nice house, just a long row of bungalows, with three or four rows in total. Each row had about seven or eight rooms, and in front of each row of houses there was a platform for washing vegetables, clothes and hands, and next to it was a public toilet.
There are quite a few people living here, and many of them have washed clothes hanging in front of their doors.
Aunt Chen Liu let them into an empty room.
The house is not big, and there is nothing inside, but there is electricity and running water in front of the door...
Compared with Taotao’s hometown, Ruyi Village, the conditions are better!
At least there is electricity and water.
Aunt Chen Liu said, "The electricity and water bills are shared. One dollar is collected in advance every month. When the electricity and water bills come out next month, we will refund you if there is more and supplement you if there is less. However, it is usually less than one dollar. In the summer, you use more water and electricity, so you may have to spend 70 or 80 cents. In the winter, it is less, about 40 or 50 cents."
Tao Tao asked again: "Aunt Liu, is it convenient to buy coal in your village?"
"That's convenient! Here, you go find Zhang Damei in Room 203, Row 2. He's a coal hauler, and most of the people in our village go to him for coal. He offers fair prices, works hard, and is a very nice person!" Aunt Chen Liu replied.
Tao Tao asked again, "Is there no furniture in this room?"
Aunt Chen Liu said, "No, you have to find it yourself."
"So, how about buying rice and noodles?"
Aunt Chen Liu was happy. "Come to us if you want to buy rice or noodles! You can go to the supply and marketing cooperative to ask about the price, and we will sell it to you at a 30% discount when you come back. You can just buy it from anyone in the village! But we don't sell oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc. We have to go out and buy them ourselves..."
Taotao understood, "Thank you Aunt Liu!"
Then he asked Wang Bingyuan, "Have you thought about it?"
Wang Bingyuan acted on impulse and thought that she could afford the rent of 2 yuan a month.
Now after listening to Taotao and Aunt Chen Liu...
She calmed down.
Yes, the monthly rent is 2 yuan, plus 1 yuan for water and electricity. You can buy furniture, bedding, rice and flour, staple food, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, and coal...
I'm afraid the thirty or so dollars she had was all gone.
What should we do after half a year?
Wang Bingyuan said with difficulty: "Taotao, I..."
Tao Tao turned to Aunt Chen Liu and said, "Aunt Liu, we have decided. We want to rent this house!"
Wang Bingyuan was anxious, "Taotao."
Taotao gently tugged at the corner of Wang Bingyuan's clothes.
Aunt Chen Liu, "Okay! Let's go back to the village committee to sign the contract. I'll give you the key after we sign the contract!"
Taotao pulled Wang Bingyuan and followed him.
Wang Bingyuan's hands were shaking when signing the contract.
Tao Tao comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid, I'm here!"
After a pause, he said, "You can't let your grandma and brother sleep on the street forever, right?"
Wang Bingyuan gritted her teeth and signed her name on the rental contract, paying one month's rent, one month's deposit, and prepaying one dollar for water and electricity bills.
After paying five dollars, Wang Bingyuan got a key to Room 305.
At that moment, Taotao went to Aunt Chen Liu to exchange ten kilograms of rice and ten kilograms of flour. She then took Wang Bingyuan to find Zhang Damei in Room 203 and ordered one hundred coal briquettes from him, requesting that they be delivered to Room 305 before dinner. Zhang Damei took the money and agreed readily.
Then Taotao took Wang Bingyuan to find Sister Liu from the Housing Management Office and said they wanted to buy two old beds, a wardrobe, a dining table and four stools, and two sets of bedding, pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, etc.
Sister Liu looked at Wang Bingyuan for a while, took out a pen and paper and made a list, then discussed them one by one with Taotao -
"Two beds and a wardrobe will cost you ten dollars. Don't buy the dining table and stools. I just made new ones. I'll give you the old ones! You have to buy new bedding. They'll cost another eight dollars... As for pots and pans, I have a two-handled tin pot at home, but the handle broke and it has been unused. I'll give you that pot as well. You can buy one less. Just ask for a frying pan..."
Wang Bingyuan's eyes turned red, and she stammered, "Thank you, thank you."
Tao Tao smiled and said, "Thank you, Sister Liu. Can you please calculate the total amount?"
Sister Liu calculated the bill and said, "Nineteen dollars and eighty cents!"
Taotao just looked at Sister Liu and smiled.
——If you take any of these prices out and calculate them separately, they will all be different from the price quoted by Ms. Liu yesterday, right?
Sister Liu was a little embarrassed, "Taotao, mainly, mainly..."
"Thank you!" Taotao said sincerely.
Although Sister Liu was quite mercenary and loved to take advantage of others, after hearing about Wang Bingyuan's life story, she took the initiative to help Wang Bingyuan calculate the expenses, reduced a lot of expenses, and even gave Wang Bingyuan things that she didn't need at home...
Taotao still felt very happy, even though she had become Sister Liu's fat sheep yesterday.
Wang Bingyuan paid nearly twenty yuan more.
So far, she only has ten dollars left.
I feel a sense of uneasiness in my heart.
But when I thought about my grandma and my brother having a temporary place to stay...
She felt better.
She slept alone in the dormitory last night, and was extremely worried about her grandmother and brother. When she found her grandmother and brother's things at the power distribution station just now and learned that they slept outdoors last night, Wang Bingyuan felt very upset.
——Thanks to my eldest aunt, I had paid for Zhang Sanmei to live in the school dormitory, and even provided all the bedding, so she could sleep soundly in the dormitory, while my grandmother and brother had to sleep on the streets. What if they meet a bad guy? What if it rains and is windy? Even if everything is peaceful, will there be stray dogs? Are there many mosquitoes?
Of course, it is better to let grandma and my brother have a roof over their heads.
As for the money...
Forget it, things will work out when the time comes!
Taotao, Wang Bingyuan and Zhang Lingzhi left the housing management office together.
She and Wang Bingyuan agreed that Wang Bingyuan would go to find her grandmother and brother and return home, while she would go back to find Song Zhi. In the evening, she and Song Zhi would come to Wang Bingyuan's new home for dinner to celebrate Wang Bingyuan's move.
Zhang Lingzhi also said that she would come in the evening.
At that moment, the three of them went their separate ways.
Taotao and Zhang Lingzhi returned to the school gate. Zhang Lingzhi said to Taotao, "I think Bingyuan's family is having a hard time. Why don't I donate some money to them? If I donate ten dollars to her, she won't refuse it, right?"
Tao Tao, "Come on, you're not well off yourself!"
Zhang Lingzhi spent 3 cents to buy two big steamed buns and a spoonful of white porridge in the morning, and then saved one steamed bun for lunch. At noon, she spent 1 cent to buy a spoonful of pickled vegetables...so her lunch was steamed buns with pickled vegetables.
Taotao saw all of this and shook her head to express her disagreement, opposition and disapproval.
Zhang Lingzhi sighed, "At least I can feed my whole family!"
Tao Tao thought for a moment, "When my brother was in college, I heard that he could work and study at school. Maybe our school has that too. Why don't you go and ask if the school is willing to help Bing Yuan, and find her a job. Even if it's just to give her three meals a day, it can save a lot! And you can work and study together with her, so you two can have each other as companions."
Zhang Lingzhi nodded, "Then I'll go ask Teacher Tang."
Taotao and Zhang Lingzhi agreed to wait at the school gate at 5:30, and then went to Song Zhi.
Song Zhi hasn't come back yet.
Taotao started to clean the house.
Only by living, occupying and cleaning up the house can you know what is missing in it.
Even though the transition period between her and him living here... would not exceed a year at most, they should not be careless.
Taotao put paper and pen on the table in front of the window.
While she was cleaning the house, she wrote down on paper what was missing.
——I lack a nice and practical curtain, and a few beautiful plants. It would look weird to mix the dining area and the sleeping area together. Taotao wants to use a beautiful cloth curtain to separate the dining area and the sleeping area.
——There is no coat rack, so when I take off my clothes for going out I can only hang them on the back of the chair. But what if she and Song Zhi were both there? There was only one chair in the room, and the other two were stools without backs.
——And the coal briquettes piled at the door also seemed a little strange. Taotao didn’t want the coal briquettes to contaminate the cement floor and walls. Besides, it always feels weird for people and coal briquettes to live in the same house.
——There is still a lack of a bathroom rack for the washbasin and towels. Besides, there was only Song Zhi’s washbasin here, and she didn’t have a washbasin yet, so she had to buy a new one, and also a basin for washing feet.
When everything was almost cleaned up, Song Zhi came back with a circle of tied wire in his hand.
Taotao looked at the time and found that it was already half past five.
Seeing that she hadn't cooked, Song Zhi asked, "Are we going to the dining hall tonight?"
Tao Tao said, "I'm going to my classmate's house for dinner today..." She looked down at the wire in his hand and asked, "Is this for making a storage rack for me?"
Song Zhi nodded.
Taotao rolled her eyes and smiled.
She first pulled him to the window and showed him the note.
Song Zhi took a quick glance, picked up the note with a smile, folded it, and put it in his jacket pocket.
Taotao looked around, took a pillowcase off the bed, folded it, and put it in her messenger bag. Then she took his hand and walked out while telling him what happened today...
When Song Zhi talked about how she was elected monitor with a high vote in the morning, she was very happy;
When it comes to Bai Feicui appearing and being Tao Tao's stepmother, Song Zhi frowns;
When talking about Wang Bingyuan's family background, Song Zhi remained silent;
When Taotao accompanied Wang Bingyuan to rent a house, the Housing Management Office’s Sister Liu, who loved to take advantage of others, also sincerely helped Wang Bingyuan...
Song Zhi smiled and stroked her head lovingly, "So what other ways have you thought of to help her?"
Taotao tilted her head and looked at him, pointing at the roll of wire in his hand.
Song Zhi, "I heard that her brother is good at craftsmanship. Do you want him to make a storage rack?"
Tao Tao nodded, "Xiao Zhuzi and I started our business with only ten dollars. Since Bing Yuan's family are all hardworking people, they should be able to help us get back on our feet."
As she was talking, she noticed that he was standing next to a bicycle. Was he not leaving?
“This car—”
Song Zhi said: "Teacher lent it to me, so I don't have to worry about the trouble of reversing in the future."
Tao Tao, "Do we have to reverse the car many times?"
Song Zhi smiled and patted the bicycle seat, "No need to reverse anymore! Let's go ride."
Tao Tao stopped him, "No, Zhang Lingzhi is going too today. It's not good for her to walk while we ride our bikes! Let's walk. It's not far. It will only take 20 minutes at most."
Song Zhi agreed.
When the two of them walked to the school gate, Zhang Lingzhi was already waiting there with two lunch boxes in her hands.
Upon seeing Taotao, Zhang Lingzhi rushed over and said, "Taotao, I ordered some meat dishes from the cafeteria. Let's take them to Bingyuan's house to eat!"
Then I saw Song Zhi——
Taotao hugged Song Zhi's arm, "Let me introduce you two! Song Zhi, she is my classmate Zhang Lingzhi. Lingzhi, he is my husband Song Zhi."
Zhang Lingzhi blushed and stretched out her hand to Song Zhi, "Comrade Song Zhi, hello!"
Song Zhi politely shook hands with Zhang Lingzhi and quickly let go, "Hello, Lingzhi."
Zhang Lingzhi looked at Taotao, then at Song Zhi, and said to Taotao with a smile: "Taotao, when I heard that you were married before, I was wondering what other man in the world could be worthy of you. Now I see... you two are really a perfect match!"
Tao Tao said proudly: "I was the one who fell in love with him first!"
Song Zhi unconsciously revealed a restrained smile, his face slightly red.
Although he was happy in his heart, Song Zhi was also very clear that the "like" from Da Baitao's mouth was the cheapest. She could say she liked him one minute, and the next minute she could -
Sure enough, Taotao let go of his arms, took the net bag from Zhang Lingzhi's hand, asked Song Zhi to hold it, and then hugged Zhang Lingzhi affectionately, her sweet voice was pleasant and melodious, "I'm sorry, Lingzhi, have you been waiting for me for a long time? You are so thoughtful and even prepared two meat dishes... I didn't think of this. If you didn't prepare it, we would have caused trouble for Bingyuan!"
Two girls walked in front, laughing.
Song Zhi followed helplessly, carrying a circle of wire and two lunch boxes.
The three rushed to Wang Bingyuan's new home.
It's dinner time now.
The bungalow area is very lively here, and every household is cooking on the coal stove at the doorstep. There were many children making noise and noise in the open space, and the air was filled with the aroma of various dishes, creating a special atmosphere of life.
An old lady was sitting at the door of Room 305, watching over the coal stove, and it looked like she was cooking. A lot of messy things were piled up at the door, and Wang Bingyuan was coming in and out from time to time...
"Ice Kite!"
"Ice Kite, here we come!"
Taotao and Zhang Lingzhi shouted at the same time.
Wang Bingyuan hurriedly responded, "Hey! Hey hey... here it comes!"
At this moment, the old lady who was cooking at the door suddenly turned around and looked at Taotao with a look of surprise, "Taotao?"
Taotao was also stunned.
——She had already guessed that this old lady should be Wang Bingyuan’s grandmother, but Wang Bingyuan hadn’t introduced herself yet, so how did the old lady know that she was Bai Taotao?
Looking more closely, it turned out to be an acquaintance!
It turns out that she was the old lady Taotao met on the train!
"Grandma Wang!" Taotao hurriedly greeted the old lady.
Grandma Wang was so excited, "Oh, I see you here..." Then she saw Song Zhi, "Xiao Song!"
Song Zhi greeted with a smile, "Hello, Grandma Wang!"
This time it was Wang Bingyuan's turn to be stunned, "You two... know each other?"
Grandma Wang's eyes were red. "Look, they are the kind people I met on the train. When we were leaving the station, Taotao even tricked me and asked me to deliver a letter to her. She ended up stuffing ten yuan in it!"
Wang Bingyuan looked at Taotao and was speechless for a long time, "Taotao I..."
Grandma Wang suddenly realized, "Taotao, you were the one who helped my granddaughter find a house here, right?"
The grandparents and grandchildren both looked at Taotao with red eyes, looking like they were about to cry.
Tao Tao quickly changed the subject, pointing at the two lunch boxes in Song Zhi's hands, "Bingyuan, Grandma Wang, Lingzhi brought some meat dishes from the school cafeteria. We can just cook some rice for dinner! These are ready-made dishes!"
Grandma Wang said with a trembling voice, "I cannot thank you enough for this great favor!"
Wang Bingyuan also wiped her tears and nodded, "Okay!" Then she called her brother over, "Xuepeng, come quickly, this is your sister Taotao, this is your sister Lingzhi, this is..."
Tao Tao pulled Song Zhi over and said, "He is my husband Song Zhi!"
Wang Bingyuan taught her brother, "This is your brother-in-law Taotao!"
Wang Xuepeng is fifteen years old this year, but due to long-term malnutrition, he is yellow, thin and short, and looks only eleven or twelve years old. He had a lame leg and had difficulty moving. He was a little shy when he saw Taotao. He murmured a greeting and then hid aside.
Taotao glanced into the room.
Looks like it's almost done?
There's just a cabinet stacked at the door, which looks very bulky.
Tao Tao said to Song Zhi, "Can you help me move this cabinet?"
Song Zhi nodded, put down the wire ring in his hand, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to help move things.
Wang Bingyuan, "No, no, no! Sister...brother-in-law, just stay still, I'll do it!" She almost followed Xuepeng and called Song Zhi brother-in-law, but suddenly realized that she was older than Taotao, and quickly changed her words.
Zhang Lingzhi also rolled up her sleeves, "Come on! I'll help too!"
Taotao smiled and helped Grandma Wang sit on the stool, "Grandma, what delicious food are you going to make today?"
Grandma Wang said with embarrassment, "I knew you were coming, but we couldn't find a place to buy vegetables in such a hurry... We asked Aunt Chen Liu, and she said that if we wanted to buy meat, we would have to go to the black market in town on weekends. So we borrowed a few eggs and two cabbages from Aunt Chen Liu..."
Taotao clapped her hands, "That's great! Grandma, shall we make some egg skin and cabbage soup? Lingzhi just bought two meat dishes. The food at our school is so greasy. I just want to drink some light vegetable soup!"
So Taotao started to make egg skin and cabbage soup.
Put a little oil in a frying pan over low heat, beat an egg into the pan, pierce the yolk and shake the pan to spread the egg liquid out. When the bottom of the egg liquid becomes browned and the surface is about to solidify, scoop it up and put it in a bowl. It doesn't matter if the skin is broken.
Before that, Taotao asked Grandma Wang to separate the stems and leaves of the washed cabbage and tear the stems into small pieces.
After Taotao scooped up the egg skin, she threw the cabbage stalks torn by Grandma Wang into the pot.
“Sizzle——”
Taotao quickly stir-fried the cabbage stalks, first to remove the water and then to dry them. Then she poured the egg skin back into the pan, stir-fried it twice and poured a spoonful of water into it.
Wait until the soup boils, then throw in the cabbage leaves and season with salt.
At this time, Song Zhi and Zhang Lingzhi had also helped Wang Bingyuan move all the things.
I went to the sink in front to wash my hands.
Taotao shouted, "Dinner is ready!"
Wang Bingyuan quickly moved the dishes to the sink to wash them, moved them back, and then started eating.
The dishes are simple.
——Zhang Lingzhi brought two meat dishes, one was braised pork with potatoes, the other was fried pork with tofu, and there was also a spoonful of pickled vegetables. Add a pot of egg and cabbage soup cooked by Taotao, and that’s all.
Wang Bingyuan was a little embarrassed. "I'm really sorry this time. You helped me all day and put in a lot of effort. I... I will definitely treat you to a delicious meal next time!"
Taotao, "Good duck!"
The taste of the meat dishes in school is still as indescribable as before.
The tofu was overcooked, the meat was too fatty, the potatoes were too salty...
Maybe the only advantage is that it is very profitable?
Taotao really couldn't eat any more, so she soaked the rice in egg skin soup and put two potatoes in the bowl to soak. The taste was just right in terms of saltiness.
Song Zhi picked up a piece of slightly leaner meat and gave it to her.
Taotao was finally satisfied with the meal.
Wang Xuepeng's eating style is so ferocious——
He especially loved bitterly salty potatoes. He could finish a bowl of rice with just two pieces of potatoes, and then another bowl, and another bowl, and another bowl...
Taotao felt a little distressed when she saw Wang Xuepeng eating - how long has it been since this child had a full meal?
Wang Bingyuan glared at her brother for a long time, but Wang Xuepeng didn't notice. Finally, Wang Bingyuan stepped on him and winked at him, and Wang Xuepeng came to his senses and looked at Taotao, Song Zhi and Zhang Lingzhi. He realized something and lowered his head deeply, instantly turning into a pitiful little quail counting rice grains.
Taotao ate a bowl of rice and drank a bowl of soup and then stopped.
Song Zhi, who usually has a big appetite, only ate two bowls of rice, and Zhang Lingzhi also seemed very restrained.
Wang Bingyuan and Grandma Wang urged her to eat, but Taotao just said she was full.
Then everyone started chatting.
Wang Xuepeng confirmed that everyone really didn't want to eat anymore, and then he continued to add rice happily, eating up all the rice in the pot.
At this time, Zhang Lingzhi was talking to Wang Bingyuan: "Bingyuan, this is what happened. I went to see Teacher Tang this afternoon and asked him if I could work and study in our school. Teacher Tang said yes. But according to the regulations, we students can only work for a maximum of three hours a day. Now the school canteen needs staff, and the library also needs staff... There are two types of remuneration. One is a salary of three yuan a month. The other is food, which means you can eat three meals a day for free in school... But this kind of work-study is for poor students, and you need a certificate from your unit or the street. Do you want to go with me?"
Wang Bingyuan's eyes lit up immediately, "Then I choose three dollars!"
——Zhang Lingzhi is so considerate! She is from another place, and it takes a lot of time to go back and forth to get a certificate. But she asked about this today, which shows that Lingzhi asked just for her, Wang Bingyuan!
"Lingzhi, thank you!" Wang Bingyuan said sincerely.
Zhang Lingzhi was a little embarrassed. "Oh, what are you thanking me for? Look at our fate! There are so many people in the country, but we are all from different places and have come together... We are in the same grade, dormitory, and class. We must maintain this friendship! No matter where we go after graduation, we must always remember our friendship as classmates!"
Tao Tao, "School has just started and you're already thinking about graduation..."
Zhang Lingzhi and Wang Bingyuan burst into laughter.
Taotao looked back at Wang Xuepeng.
The child had already eaten up the whole pot of rice, and was now holding the rice bowl and using a rice spatula to carefully scrape the remaining rice on the wall of the pot.
Tao Tao said to Wang Bingyuan: "Bingyuan, I heard that your brother is very skillful, can you help me?"
Wang Xuepeng quickly put the rice pot and rice shovel aside, and focused his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart.
Wang Bingyuan said: "Taotao, please speak quickly!"
Taotao told her that she wanted a storage rack.
Next it was Song Zhi's turn to demonstrate.
But he had no pliers.
"I'll go outside and ask someone if I can borrow a pair of pliers," said Song Zhi.
Wang Xuepeng said, "I have pliers." Then he stood up, limped over to get the pliers and handed them to Song Zhi.
In front of everyone, Song Zhi used the edge of the dining table as a ruler, clamped the wire with pliers, and bent, folded, and twisted it...
After a while, a nine-grid-shaped iron net was completed.
Next it’s Taotao’s turn.
She took out the pillowcase she had taken down from Song Zhi's room, stuffed the iron frame into the pillowcase, and explained to Wang Xuepeng where to sew, where to add pockets, and where to sew elastic cords on the pocket openings.
There should be hooks and ropes on the top of the storage rack so that you can hang or tie the storage rack to the head of the bed. There should also be a few small hooks on the bottom of the storage rack to hang towels or something.
As Taotao spoke, Wang Xuepeng nodded repeatedly to show that he understood.
Zhang Lingzhi's eyes widened. "Oh, this thing is great. Taotao, you are so thoughtful. I, I want one too!"
Taotao smiled and said, "Xuepeng, the one I just mentioned is the one I want to hang in my dormitory. I also want one that I can hang in the bathroom..."
She explained.
——The shower rooms in the school are divided into individual rooms. Taotao wants a shelf that can hold dry clothes, dry towels, soap, shampoo, combs and other things at the same time. It would be best to hang it on the wall of the bathroom, but you should find a way to cover the area where dry clothes are placed to prevent them from getting wet by the bath water.
As soon as Taotao finished speaking, Zhang Lingzhi said, "Oh, I want this even more..."
Tao Tao continued to say to Wang Xuepeng: "You can make three of each type of storage rack first, calculate the cost, and then calculate the time it takes to make the products. We will set a price and let your sister take them to school to sell!"
Wang Bingyuan was stunned, "I'll just give it to you..."
Tao Tao, "Just sell it! Xue Peng spent a lot of time making this. It also cost money to buy wire and floral fabric... You have made great things for everyone and improved their quality of life. It's okay to get a little bit of compensation in exchange!"
Zhang Lingzhi also said, "Yes! Just from what Taotao said, I think these two things are really good! Hurry up and make them. As long as the price is fair, many people will buy them!"
Tao Tao added, "Tomorrow you should go to a few more places and see if there are any places that sell scraps of cloth. If you can find a manufacturer like a garment factory or a cloth factory, it would be best to ask them for the cloth they want to process. Don't buy it from the supply and marketing cooperatives, it's too expensive."
Grandma Wang said, "Don't worry, leave it to me. I'll go out and look for it tomorrow!"
Wang Xuepeng, "Grandma, I'll go with you!"
Grandma Wang said lovingly: "You stay at home..." After all, it would be inconvenient for her with a lame leg.
Wang Xuepeng, "Don't look at my lameness. I used to walk thirty or forty miles a day! Grandma, you are not familiar with Kyoto. I will go with you!"
Grandma Wang couldn't persuade him and had to agree.
Seeing that everything had been explained clearly, Taotao said she wanted to go back.
Wang Bingyuan also said a few words to her grandmother and younger brother, then went back to school with Taotao, Song Zhi and Zhang Lingzhi.
At the school gate, Taotao parted ways with Wang Bingyuan and Zhang Lingzhi, and went to Song Zhi's single dormitory with him.
Taotao knew that Song Zhi didn't eat enough at all at Wang Bingyuan's house because she didn't eat enough either.
"Song Zhi, I'll take a shower here before I go back. If I go to my dormitory to take a shower, I'll have to queue up to get hot water. You can cook some noodles first and put two eggs in it. When I come back from my shower, we'll eat noodles together!"
After explaining things to Song Zhi, Taotao poured the pot of hot water that had been warming on the stove into the tin bucket, found some clothes to change into, and took the hot water to the bathroom next to the girls' dormitory on the sixth floor to take a shower.
She also washed her hair.
After taking a comfortable bath and washing her hair, Taotao came down carrying the washed clothes.
When entering Song Zhi's house, Taotao subconsciously glanced at the garbage dustpan placed at the door and saw three egg shells in it.
She didn't care and pushed the door open.
Song Zhi had also changed his clothes and taken a bath. His short hair was wet, his eyes and eyebrows were gentle, and his face was handsome.
"You took a shower so soon?!" Taotao exclaimed.
He smiled, "I have short hair," then sat at the table, stirring the noodles with chopsticks, and said softly, "You have to eat the noodles quickly, otherwise they will clump together."
"Coming soon!" Tao Tao said, "I'll hang out the clothes."
After all, she was a young girl, and she was embarrassed to hang her washed clothes outside, so she had to hang the wet clothes inside the house. Song Zhi's washed clothes were also hung at the door. Tao Tao hung her clothes side by side with his and said, "We still need a clothes drying rack, and we need a sink underneath to collect water."
Song Zhi hummed and stared at her hanging clothes.
In the dim room, he used chairs and clothes hangers to
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