Chapter 83 The handsome young man who loves Taotao... (1)
In the next two days, Taotao received some news.
——The first news is that Bai Feicui has disappeared again. Wang Guangcai refused to say how and when the white jadeite disappeared. All they said was that Bai Feicui left on her own.
Accompanied by Song Zhi, Bai Taotao went to the police station to report the case, asking to find her cousin Bai Feicui, and stated that Bai Feicui was suspected of being abducted and sold by Wang Guangcai.
The public security immediately investigated Wang Guangcai and learned from some employees of the Environmental Sanitation Department’s family compound that one night Wang Guangcai took Bai Feicui away and walked towards the suburbs, and Bai Feicui was never seen again since then.
As a result, after a thorough investigation, we found that some of the problems were actually exposed.
It turned out that Wang Guangcai’s sister first traded Wang Bingyuan’s admission notice and quota with Bai Feicui, and then suggested contacting the kidnapper to sell Bai Feicui for 500 yuan!
Further digging revealed that the police had uncovered a kidnapping industry chain. A total of twenty to thirty people were arrested and the kidnapping den was destroyed.
Wang Guangcai and his sister both lost their public positions and were thrown into prison. One was sentenced to six years and the other was sentenced to eight years.
And the whereabouts of Bai Feicui is unknown again.
Wang Guangcai's imprisonment made Wang Bingyuan and her brother breathe a sigh of relief.
Since then, they have lived peacefully in Xiaotang Village.
Most of the outsiders in Xiaotang Village are students from nearby universities and their families. Some have husbands or wives who are in school, some have children who are in school nearby, and some have parents who are in school nearby...
Everyone has survival needs, so they help each other and tell each other about ways to make money. The living atmosphere is still very harmonious.
——The second news is that Wang Xuepeng finally found a new way!
Just to make the price of the wire and cloth meet Taotao's expectations, Wang Xuepeng limped along, overcame his inner fear and shyness, and boldly looked for people to contact.
There are always people who feel sorry for the siblings, and there are always some factories that are piled with cloth that has not been sold for years, has faded in color, or has defects.
Wang Xuepeng finally found out the price of the iron wire from the machinery factory, but in the process, he got another clue - the machinery factory had a batch of iron bars that had been ordered incorrectly before and could be sold to Wang Xuepeng at a discount. But the factory director hoped that Wang Xuepeng could buy it at the original price, so that the machinery factory could help cut, weld and polish the iron bars as required.
(Because the workers are paid by the hour, but if the wrongly ordered iron bars can be sold at the original price, the accounts of the machinery factory will look better at the end of the year.)
Wang Xuepeng immediately reported to Taotao and also brought a sample.
Taotao looked at the sample, asked about the price, and agreed immediately. She also generously ordered all the iron bars from the machinery factory - this batch of iron bars can make about 2,000 sets of storage racks.
Taotao's delivery time to the machinery factory is ten days.
Then Taotao matched the colors of the scraps of cloth that Wang Xuepeng bought, and made adjustments to the sizes of the pockets...
After the color scheme came out, she taught Wang Xuepeng to go back to the family quarters of the Environmental Sanitation Department and mobilize the family members who had nothing to do all day.
——People who don’t have sewing machines at home can take the cloth home to be cut. They pay for a set of cloth, and have to compensate for any damages.
——Another group of people specialize in inspection work, checking how much money they can get for a whole piece of cloth. If you find that the cloth is cut badly or incorrectly, you will be rewarded, and the wages of the worker who cut the cloth in front will be deducted.
——Give the cut pieces of cloth to family members who have sewing machines at home, and pay them a certain amount for each set of cloth…
——The last group of people are responsible for the quality inspection of the finished products. If they find any problems with the sewing of the cloth covers, they will return them for revision.
These practical experiences of division of labor and cooperation were discussed and agreed upon step by step by Taotao and Cheng Zhujun when they were doing other businesses. Many of them were even thought up by Taotao, and Cheng Zhujun refined them and fixed the division of labor process.
However, Taotao used to be afraid of trouble and didn’t want to take care of too many details. In addition, Cheng Zhujun is capable at work, so Taotao is happy to be a hands-off boss.
Wang Xuepeng now has no practical experience at all.
Taotao assigned the tasks to Wang Xuepeng one by one and taught him how to do them step by step. Wang Xuepeng then completed each task conscientiously.
In a moment, everyone was so busy that they were overwhelmed!
Ten days later, the machinery factory delivered 2,000 sets of iron frames on time, and the family compound of the Environmental Sanitation Department also made the cloth covers as promised. Wang Xuepeng excitedly hired people to pull the iron frame and cloth cover back to Xiaotang Village, and then hired three or four villagers to put the cloth cover on the iron frame within one day.
Two thousand beautiful and unique storage racks are completed!
Wang Xuepeng calculated the cost again: a set of iron racks cost 10.4 cents, a set of floral cloth cost 6 cents, plus various labor and transportation costs... In other words, the cost of a storage rack is about 30 cents!
Taotao’s selling price is 70 cents each!
You can earn 40 cents for a storage rack, and there are 2,000 sets here, so that means a profit of 800 yuan!
Wang Xuepeng suddenly became enthusiastic.
Such storage racks have long been popular in agriculture.
In addition, the earliest batch was used by Taotao and her friends, and it was still very roughly handmade. Now Wang Xuepeng has brought all the same machines, not only the quality of the iron frame is better, the color matching of the floral fabric is also very beautiful...
Soon, Taotao and her friends sold more than a hundred at the Agricultural University.
Don't be in a hurry.
Next to the Agricultural University is the University of Technology, and there are a total of four universities nearby, and they share the same cafeteria!
Taotao and the other girls from dormitory 305 started selling cookies in the cafeteria for three days, and they sold nearly four hundred cookies in total.
Next, Taotao took the girls to other schools in Kyoto, large state-owned factories and other units with a large number of dormitories to sell their wares on weekends.
In just one week, all two thousand storage racks were cleared out!
Taotao paid some hard work fees to the girls in Dormitory 305 - except Qian Cuicui, all the other girls volunteered to help Taotao and Wang Bingyuan sell goods, because they just wanted to help Wang Bingyuan.
In the end, they only spent two weeks of their spare time, and on weekends helped carry the storage racks, took the bus, and went to other school dormitories and factory family compound to sell their wares under the leadership of Taotao and Wang Xuepeng...
Storage racks are easy to sell.
Then everyone received a reward of five bucks! ! !
What is the concept of five dollars?
For girls from relatively well-off families like Taotao and Sun Ximei, five yuan is half a month's living expenses. For other girls, it is basically a month's living expenses. For girls from poor families like Wang Bingyuan and Yang Xuewen, five yuan is enough to buy steamed buns for two months!
The girls' original intention was to help Wang Bingyuan, but they only earned 5 yuan in two weeks after putting in a little effort...
Who is unhappy?
From then on, the girls in dormitory 305 became as close as a family!
——Except Qian Cuicui.
After all the storage racks were sold and all the expenses were calculated, Taotao and Wang Xuepeng settled the accounts: first they had to get back the capital Taotao had invested. After all the bills were paid, the rest was the money she and Wang Xuepeng had earned together, a total of 720 yuan!
That is, she and Wang Xue each earned 360 yuan.
This amount of money is a relatively normal income for Taotao. In the past, she could earn more from her collaboration with Xiao Zhuzi! And because of Xiao Zhuzi's ability, Taotao basically only needs to come up with an idea, and Xiao Zhuzi will take care of all the other details. Taotao can make money without doing anything.
In fact, Taotao felt quite tired this time because she had to take care of Wang Xuepeng.
But in order to teach others how to fish, Taotao still asked about everything in detail.
So when Wang Xuepeng enthusiastically proposed whether to make the bathroom rack as well, Taotao declined.
"I still have to deal with the monthly exams recently! Xuepeng, if you have the energy, you can do it, but you have to take charge of the overall situation. Now that you have the capital and experience, it shouldn't be difficult. Of course, if you still have no idea, you can ask me, but you will always have to grow up on your own in the future."
After listening to Taotao's words, Wang Xuepeng went home to discuss it with his grandmother and sister, and then came back to find Taotao.
"Sister Taotao, my grandmother and sister and I have discussed this. We want to get you to do business together...all the money we earn in the future will be shared with you. Otherwise, you have helped us so much, we really have no way to repay you!" Wang Xuepeng said with red eyes.
Tao Tao looked at Wang Xuepeng and asked, "How old are you this year?"
Wang Xuepeng was stunned. "Fifteen years old."
Tao Tao asked again, "Then can your leg... be cured?"
Wang Xuepeng looked down at his lame leg with a sad look in his eyes. "I don't have money to go to the hospital, but my sister saved up some money to hire a doctor to feel my bones. He said that the bone was not properly connected when I broke my leg, so it grew crooked. If I want to cure it, I'm afraid I have to break the bone again and connect it again before it can be healed."
After a pause, he continued, "Actually, there's no need... The doctor said that it's been delayed for too long. Even if we reconnect it, we won't be able to do heavy work in the future."
Taotao fell into deep thought.
——This family is extremely poor. Grandma Wang is very hardworking but she is old. Wang Bingyuan and Wang Xuepeng have been treated roughly by their beastly father for a long time. They are not confident enough, are timid and submissive, and have almost no ability to make a living. And Wang Xuepeng's leg is lame...
So their family needed money to buy a house, and also needed money to treat Wang Xuepeng's leg.
Tao Tao nodded, "Okay then, let's be partners! But it's only for ten years. When you're twenty-five, we'll break up."
Wang Xuepeng was a little stunned, "Why ten years?"
Taotao said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Because you are stupid! I don't have time to teach you for a lifetime!" This was her way of provoking the other.
Sure enough, Wang Xuepeng said excitedly: "I'm not stupid! I, I...I will make a lot of money!" After saying that, he ran away angrily.
After running two steps, he suddenly realized something and looked back at Taotao.
Sure enough, Sister Taotao was looking at him with a smile.
Wang Xuepeng has lived in a world of pity, ridicule and watching people watching the show since he was a child, so he is particularly sensitive to these things.
But Sister Taotao didn't have these expressions on her face. Her smile was full of "I'm rooting for you"...
Wang Xuepeng understood.
He shouted at Tao Tao: "Sister Tao Tao! I will make you earn a lot of money! Ten years! You will definitely not cancel your contract with me after ten years!"
Having said that, he limped away.
Taotao looked at the young man's excited back and was speechless: If you want to do business together, you have to take away my investment money!
Later, Taotao asked Wang Bingyuan to bring 200 yuan to Wang Xuepeng, saying that it was her investment capital.
She suggested that Wang Xuepeng also take out 200 yuan and join her in partnership. However, each expense account must be clearly listed.
Wang Bingyuan took the money from Taotao and cried uncontrollably, "Taotao, how can I thank you?"
Tao Tao said seriously: "Then you should study hard, and you have to supervise your brother's study. If you want to do business outside, you can't be uneducated. It's easy to be cheated."
Then Tao Tao continued, "Bing Yuan, we all need to study hard. This world is waiting for us to save it!"
"What?" Wang Bingyuan was a little confused.
Taotao smiled, "I want to be like Lingzhi and let the world be surrounded by green plants! Let everyone have enough to eat and eat well, let everyone live in harmony and friendship with plants! Let everyone get close to nature and love nature!"
Wang Bingyuan@
: I didn’t quite understand it at the time, but I thought it must be a very cool and great thing.
Now Taotao needs to calm down and focus on the monthly exam.
This is the school testing the students' academic abilities.
Taotao is still very confident.
——She had already read all the textbooks for three main courses and five professional courses when she was at home.
Especially the textbooks of the five professional courses, which she took out specifically to explain to the villagers when she was in charge of the village library.
Now, it’s a wonderful feeling to hear my professional teacher instilling in me the knowledge that she once taught others.
Taotao listened very carefully.
In this way, she was actually consolidating the professional courses she already knew.
Probably the only things you need to memorize are the ideological and political education and Mao's Selected Works in the main courses.
The students all worked very hard, especially the older students in the class. In their words, it’s because they are old and their memory is not good. They forget what they memorized today tomorrow…
Seeing Taotao, who usually excelled in her studies, memorizing the text so seriously every day, they dared not slack off.
This monthly exam is a baseline test and the school takes it very seriously.
The three main courses and five professional courses are divided into three days for examination. There are 45 students in Taotao's Class 3. The teacher asked the students to take the exam in a large classroom with seats far apart.
Diagonally behind Taotao is Qian Cuicui.
When taking the first exam, Qian Cuicui kept making various hints to Taotao. Sometimes he threw a pen cap at Taotao, sometimes he threw an eraser at her, and he called her Bai Taotao in a low voice...
Taotao is very annoyed with Qian Cuicui.
——This was Taotao’s first exam in her life and she took it very seriously. I washed my hair and took a shower last night, and I wore new clothes today. I even picked a bright red pair of underwear, which was very ceremonial.
But what about Qian Cuicui?
So, Taotao, who was annoyed, used her spiritual power to cast a barrier for herself.
——Now, she spends fifteen or sixteen days a month practicing dual cultivation with Song Zhi. His abundant and crazy spiritual energy had already been absorbed by Taotao in large quantities and all of it was stored in the elixir. Casting a little spell won't do her any harm.
All the chaos around her could not disturb her.
Qian Cuicui kept harassing Bai Taotao because she couldn't do any of the questions and wanted to copy the answers from Bai Taotao's test paper. But no matter how she called Bai Taotao, Bai Taotao just ignored her...
In the end, she alarmed the invigilator, who had no choice but to lie and say she was not feeling well, in order to get away with it.
Later, Qian Cuicui glared at Bai Taotao with hatred for the entire two-hour exam.
But Taotao was completely unaware.
Because of the protection of the barrier, she didn't even hear the bell for handing in the papers. She only realized it when she saw other students handing in their papers. She quickly removed the barrier and handed in the papers with others.
After finishing the test, Taotao checked her answers with Zhang Lingzhi and Wang Bingyuan, and she said that Qian Cuicui kept calling her during the test...
Taotao has no experience in taking exams, but Zhang Lingzhi and Wang Bingyuan do.
They quickly told Taotao: Qian Cuicui must want to copy your answer!
Taotao suddenly understood.
Before taking the second main course, Taotao reported the results of the previous exam to the invigilator in advance.
When the invigilator heard this, he immediately moved Qian Cuicui's seat next to the podium, right under the invigilator's nose!
Qian Cuicui felt like crying but had no tears.
She guessed that it might be Bai Taotao who did it, and she couldn't help but hate her to the core.
Two days later, the monthly exam results came out.
——Bai Taotao ranked first in the grade in total score! The grades in the three main courses were above average, and I got full marks in three of the five professional courses, including two with high scores.
——Zhang Lingzhi ranked second in the grade in total score. She had excellent grades in her three main courses, excellent grades in two of her five professional courses, above-average grades in two, and just above the passing line in one.
The girls in dormitory 305 were all laughing and comparing their scores with each other.
Taotao ranked first in total score, Zhang Lingzhi ranked second, Sun Ximei ranked third, Zhao Jinglian ranked fourth... Wang Bingyuan ranked 22nd in the class and 8th in the dormitory.
Qian Cuicui is the second to last in the class and her dormitory ranks last.
Everyone was quite surprised.
The most surprising thing was Qian Cuicui's score - because Qian Cuicui always said that she was a college student before, and when others were reviewing, she sarcastically said that it was okay if they were not good at studying...
Everyone thought that she might really be a top student.
Unexpectedly...
What makes everyone feel even more incredible is that Taotao is so young. Although she is 20 years old and married, her tone of voice, demeanor, and temperament make her look like a 16 or 17-year-old girl who is not very sensible...
No one believed that Taotao's grades would be so good.
Taotao was very surprised by Sun Ximei's results.
In her opinion, Sun Ximei is both pampered and difficult to get along with. Normally, such a delicate young lady would care more about eating well and wearing nice clothes. Who would have thought that her academic performance is also so good?
The other one is Wang Bingyuan.
It's obvious that Wang Bingyuan isn't someone who is good at studying. But she has one advantage, which is that she does what she wants to do honestly and diligently. Taotao often nagged her and Zhang Lingzhi to study hard, and before the exam she saw with her own eyes how seriously Taotao and Zhang Lingzhi were reviewing...
Wang Bingyuan also followed suit and memorized the text desperately.
Although she was only ranked in the middle of the class, Taotao was really happy for Wang Bingyuan. "Bingyuan, you are really great! Can you move up a few places next time? If you move up one place, we will celebrate with meat buns! If you move up five places, we will celebrate with braised pork. If you move up ten places..."
Tao Tao thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go to the state-owned restaurant for dinner, okay?"
Wang Bingyuan complained bitterly, "Studying is too painful!"
Zhang Lingzhi laughed at her, "So which is harder, studying or collecting excrement?"
Wang Shuoyuan said honestly: "Then I'd better study!"
Taotao and Zhang Lingzhi burst into laughter.
Sun Ximei on the side stared at Taotao for a long time and said, "Bai Taotao, let me compete with you too!"
Tao Tao asked her, "What do you want to compete with me?"
Sun Ximei took out her own score, compared it with Taotao's, and said, "When the midterm exam results come out, if I..." As she spoke, she looked at Taotao's scores in each subject, and was speechless for a long time, her face flushed.
——There is no way she can surpass Bai Taotao!
Bai Taotao also came over and looked at her and Sun Ximei's scores.
She smiled and said to Sun Ximei, "Then every time you move up a place in a subject, you can celebrate with a meat bun!"
Sun Ximei, "You invited me?"
Bai Taotao gave her a sidelong glance and said, "How is that possible? Of course you invited me!"
"you!"
Bai Taotao said proudly: "I don't want to eat the meat buns in the dining hall! But if you treat me to meat buns to celebrate your improvement in grades, I will still eat it."
——The steamed buns in the canteen are one cent each, and the meat buns are three cents each.
But the meat buns were as big as fists, but the meat filling inside was only the size of a thumb, and the taste was very average. It’s better to buy one cent of porridge, one cent of steamed bun and one cent of pickled vegetables, which is much better than three cents of meat bun!
Sun Ximei was speechless for a moment.
After hesitating for a while, she said, "Well, you're right. If I make progress, I'll treat you to two meat buns, and you, you...you can give me a hair tie!"
After saying this, Sun Ximei felt a little guilty.
She secretly looked at Bai Taotao's face and was afraid that Bai Taotao would reject her.
But, she really likes the handicrafts made by Bai Taotao!
How come Bai Taotao is so kind and elegant? !
Before, she made a flowery dress for Wang Bingyuan. It was obviously made of very rustic flowery fabric and looked really tacky. But Taotao took apart an old piece of Wang Bingyuan's clothing and sewed the gray old fabric on the collar, sleeves, corners and cuffs of the flowery dress. She also made the corners of the flowery dress into a buttoned style...
That piece of earthy floral cotton cloth turned into a very fashionable jacket.
A girl from the neighboring University of Technology even came over to ask Wang Bingyuan where she bought the clothes!
Bai Taotao’s hairband looks even better.
For example, now, the hairband tied on the end of her braid is entangled with light yellow wool, and there are two particularly beautiful red cherries with green leaves!
The cherries and leaves are made of wool, which is cute and lively.
Sun Ximei also knows that Bai Taotao also has orange sunflower-shaped hairbands, carrot-shaped hairbands, cute bunny-shaped hairbands, and fish-shaped hairbands.
Sun Ximei loved it very much.
However, around the beginning of the school year, Taotao had some issues with her... and until now, Taotao still feels indifferent towards her.
Sun Ximei wanted to be with Bai Taotao, so she mustered up the courage to ask her.
But when Sun Ximei saw Taotao's thoughtful expression, her heart began to beat fast.
So nervous!
What if you are rejected?
Sun Ximei bit her lip - then, let’s continue next time?
Taotao stood up, rummaged through her storage bag, took out something and placed it in front of Sun Ximei.
"Here, these are for you."
Sun Ximei stared at the hairbands in Taotao's hand with wide eyes: a pair of hairbands with light yellow petals and brown centers, plus a pair of light yellow rabbit ears with white edges. The woolen flower is a more everyday style and can be used to tie braids. The rabbit ears are super cute, and there is thin wire bent inside, so the rabbit ears can stand up.
"This is how you have to wear the rabbit ears." Taotao began to demonstrate.
She undid her braids, gathered her hair with her fingers, and tied it into a bun on top of her head. Her hair is soft and fine, and it is smooth even without much combing. She first used a black hairband to secure her bun, then tied the bunny ears hairband on, and then fumbled to adjust it, bending one of the bunny ears slightly downwards.
"Okay!" Taotao said with a smile.
Sun Ximei looked at Taotao in shock and praised her sincerely, "She's so pretty! So cute!"
Taotao smiled and said, "Shall I help you tie one?"
Sun Ximei nodded desperately.
Taotao took off the rabbit ear headband, tied a bun for Sun Ximei, and helped her put on the rabbit ear headband.
Sun Ximei borrowed Li Xiaping's big mirror and asked Taotao to help hold it to look at the back of her head. She then held her own mirror to look at the front of her head. The more she looked, the more she liked it. "Oh, this is so pretty! Taotao, do you think this bunny hairband will look good with clothes?"
Taotao smiled and said, "Light yellow or white, but these two colors of clothes are not easy to match."
Sun Ximei thought for a moment and said, "I can wear it during the Chinese New Year. I have a high-necked white sweater, and I can wear a light grey plaid tweed coat over it."
Tao Tao didn't comment on her clothes, she just smiled and said, "Hey, I've already given you the hairband in advance... There are three hairbands here, so you must improve in at least three subjects during the midterm exam, otherwise, give me back the hairband!"
“No!” Sun Ximei was so anxious that she threw the mirror to protect her bun and hid her head under the pillow, “…I don’t care, anyway, it’s mine in my hands, it’s mine!”
She knelt on the bed with her head buried under the pillow. Tao Tao laughed and slapped her on the butt. Sun Ximei twisted her body and continued to shout, "Humph, the bunny ears hairband is already mine!"
All the girls in the dormitory burst into laughter.
Qian Cuicui pushed the door open and heard laughter.
Take another look——
Bai Taotao and Sun Ximei were playing around, Wang Bingyuan was asking Zhao Jinglian for advice on her studies, and Yang Xuewen wanted to borrow Zhang Lingzhi's notes for her major class...
The joyful laughter of the young girls was so beautiful to hear.
However, the moment Qian Cuicui appeared, everyone fell silent.
The girls returned to their respective places as if nothing had happened.
Qian Cuicui looked at Bai Taotao with hatred.
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted outside the door, "Bai Taotao, someone is looking for you downstairs!"
Taotao responded without thinking, "Oh, okay! I got it, thank you!"
She wondered, who would come to see her? Song Zhi went to see Professor Huang today.
I walked to the balcony and looked over—
Well, there were quite a few people standing, sitting, and walking downstairs in the dormitory, and for a moment she didn't know who was looking for her.
After thinking about it, she went downstairs carrying a thermos.
Don't run around in vain, go get a kettle of water!
Sun Ximei called her, "Bai Taotao, wait a moment! I'll go get some water!" Then she picked up her thermos and went downstairs with Taotao.
As soon as Taotao left the dormitory building, she heard a very familiar voice——
"Taotao?!"
Taotao turned around and saw a frail, beautiful and thin young man?
This person looks quite familiar.
The young man stared at her blankly, with complicated emotions surging from his eyes - there was joy of reunion after a long separation, strong longing, unwillingness to get what he wanted, and endless regret...
There are surprises too.
The Taotao in my memory is beautiful and cute, but also immature and thin. The peaches now are like a newly blooming flower bud. Their greenness has not yet faded, but spring is already in full swing.
Think about it again, he hasn't been with her all these years...
I don’t know how much I missed.
A faint bitterness rose in his heart.
Taotao stared at the young man, and a person appeared in her mind.
But she didn't dare to associate the person in front of her with the person who flashed in her mind.
——Is he Liu Xuexu?
In the past, Liu Xuexu dressed like a woman, wearing a skirt, had long hair, and wore a headband. She looked like a rich and beautiful girl from a wealthy family. He has a handsome appearance, a dignified temperament and a heroic appearance, which makes people easily like him at first sight.
The young man in front of him had short hair cut in the middle, and was wearing trousers, a jacket, and a white shirt underneath. He was dressed like an ordinary literary young man.
Taotao looked at him, her clever and lively eyes rolling around, but she didn't dare to recognize him.
"You forgot me so quickly?" The young man smiled bitterly.
Tao Tao finally confirmed her judgment, "...Xuexu?!"
The person who came was Liu Xuexu.
Taotao rarely met an old acquaintance, and asked him happily, "You're back?"
That year, Liu Xuexu accompanied Guan Haishan to Ruyi Village. Three months later, Liu Xuexu returned to Kyoto. She had originally agreed to come back in the spring of the following year. But later he wrote a letter saying that he would go on a long journey with his relatives and might not return for three to five years.
Tao Tao was very excited to see him at this moment, "Liu Xuexu, where have you been these years?"
——This is also what Taotao is most interested in.
She often pointed to the national map and asked Song Zhi what the scenery of each province was like, what the climate was like, what the landforms were like, what the specialties were...
The country is too big.
Song Zhi can be considered a person who has been to many places and seen a lot of the world.
I only traveled to seven or eight provinces.
Song Zhi told her very seriously about the places he had been to and the scenery he had seen. For places he had never been to, he would look up geography books and read them together...
But Taotao still hopes to hear from people who have been there personally.
Therefore, she opened her crystal clear eyes and looked at Liu Xuexu expectantly.
Liu Xuexu suddenly felt as if her heart was struck by a deer.
He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down as quickly as possible.
I didn't expect that he was so close to Taotao, and when he took a breath...
His mouth and nose were filled with the familiar light fragrance that lingered on him!
In an instant, Liu Xuexu's face flushed.
Tao Tao was a little surprised when she saw that he hadn't spoken for a long time. "Liu Xuexu, what's wrong with you?"
Sun Ximei, who had been following Taotao, asked curiously, "Bai Taotao, who is he?"
Tao Tao said: "He is my friend Liu Xuexu."
Sun Ximei looked at Liu Xuexu, her face flushed, and she extended her hand to him generously, "Hello, I'm Bai Taotao's classmate Sun Ximei, Liu Xuexu, nice to meet you!"
Liu Xuexu finally calmed down. He didn't shake hands with Sun Ximei, but nodded at her as a greeting. Then he turned to Taotao and said, "Long time no see. Can... we find a place to chat?"
Taotao thought for a while and said, "Okay! Then let's go to our school cafeteria. It's almost time for dinner, I'll treat you!" Song Zhi has to be on duty at Professor Huang's place tonight and will not be back at night.
Sun Ximei was standing aside, feeling a little embarrassed - why was this handsome young man so arrogant that he refused to shake hands with her!
The eldest lady got angry and said to Taotao with her chin raised: "Bai Taotao, I'm leaving!"
——If you have the guts, don’t stop me!
Tao Tao said enthusiastically: "Okay, see you later!"
Sun Ximei: ...
She stamped her feet and walked away angrily with her thermos.
Tao Tao took Liu Xuexu to the cafeteria and asked him again, "How did you know I go to school here?"
Liu Xuexu smiled, "Hai Shan wrote me a letter asking me to take good care of you."
“Wow!”
Taotao clapped her hands, "I like Shanshan, Shanshan is such a nice person!"
Then she smiled and said to Liu Xuexu: "You and Shanshan have such a good relationship!"
The smile on Liu Xuexu's face disappeared in an instant, and she explained anxiously: "No! No..."
Tao Tao was startled, "No?"
Liu Xuexu said anxiously: "No, no... I mean, yes, yes..."
——How to explain to Taotao that he and Guan Haishan were just childhood sweethearts and there was no romantic relationship between them? But he did accompany Guan Haishan on their wanderings for two months.
Besides, he just told Taotao that Guan Haishan wrote to him and asked him to take care of Taotao.
But if he didn't say that, how could he make up an excuse? Was he telling the truth: because he couldn't forget her, had been thinking about her for years, and came to find her as soon as he knew she came to Kyoto to study?
I can't even say it.
Taotao looked at Liu Xuexu, who first became anxious with a red face, and then became a little dejected?
She understood.
——It must be because Liu Xuexu felt embarrassed! I'm so shy, hahaha!
Tao Tao looked at Liu Xuexu with a teasing look in her eyes, "Alright, alright, that's between you and Shanshan, I won't ask about it, okay? Let's go! Let's go eat!"
Then he took the lead and walked in front to lead the way.
Liu Xuexu opened her mouth stupidly: Taotao misunderstood him and Guan Haishan after all!
He followed Taotao to the cafeteria in a depressed mood and sat down.
Taotao ran to get some food, two servings of rice, two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, two soups and two eggs.
There were quite a lot of dishes, and Taotao took two or three trips to move them all.
Liu Xuexu had already taken a bite of the dish, her face full of disgust, "It tastes so bad!"
Taotao felt very sorry, "Maybe it's because the oil and salt in our canteen are free..." She taught Liu Xuexu to pour the vegetable leaf soup into the lunch box, mix it with rice and meat, and then pour the soup with oil back into the bowl.
Liu Xuexu did as she was told, and then she felt that the rice was not so hard, and the meat dishes were not so greasy and not so bitter and salty.
After eating two mouthfuls of rice, he complained, "Taotao, you don't know that in this world, the food anywhere can't compare to the food in your house. I've been traveling these past few years, and what I miss most is the shrimp chili sauce your mom made! And the potato jelly your sisters made... Sometimes I even dream about eating it at night, and when I wake up, my saliva can wet the entire pillowcase!"
Taotao burst into laughter.
"What you said makes me want to eat shrimp chili sauce too," Tao Tao sighed, "but now my parents' jobs have been transferred to the city, and it's hard for me to go to the village river with Xiao Ni to catch shrimps!"
She really likes Ruyi Village.
But when you grow up, you have to go around and see the world.
Liu Xuexu had always been thinking about Taotao's smile. Seeing her showing a hint of homesickness at this moment, he felt a little heartbroken for some reason. He quickly changed the subject and talked about the scenery he had seen in other places, the interesting things he had encountered, and the interesting people...
Taotao's worry turned into joy and she listened with great interest.
Little did they know that Qian Cuicui was hiding not far away, looking at Taotao with a contemptuous and sinister smile.
——Hmph, you, Bai Taotao, are so noble that I can’t even take a look at your test paper during the monthly exam! What a noble person you are? A married woman was eating, chatting and laughing with a young man in public!
Qian Cuicui rolled her eyes and sneered.
She hid in the dark, took out the manuscript and pen from her messenger bag, tore off a page of paper, and wrote a sentence on it: Your wife is having an affair with another man.
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