After the weather got warmer, Grandpa Jiang and Zhang Meiling returned to the thatched cottage, which made it convenient for Qi Mengmeng to go over there.
It's just past lunch time now, and everyone is resting at home after lunch. There are few pedestrians on the road.
Qi Mengmeng went to the thatched hut to avoid people.
Zhang Meiling was rubbing her arm. She had accidentally fallen just now and her arm had hit a stone on the road, leaving a bruise on it.
"Auntie Ling, what's wrong with your arm?" Qi Mengmeng frowned as soon as she came in and saw Zhang Meiling's actions.
"I bumped into it accidentally." Zhang Meiling quickly put down her arm.
"Why are you here now? Are you carrying things again? I told you last time that we are fine and you don't need to carry so many things."
Although life is a little harder now, the villagers just avoid them and do not criticize or bully them, so they are very content.
"Auntie Ling, I think you've almost finished your rice and noodles, and I brought you some of the meat sauce I made."
Qi Mengmeng put down the backpack, reached in, filled it up, and then took out the things inside.
"This is cornmeal and sorghum flour, this is rice, and there are some steamed buns I just made. They're cold, but still fresh. You and your uncle can have one first."
Qi Mengmeng broke the white flour bun, scooped a spoonful of meat sauce into it, and stuffed it into the hands of Zhang Meiling and Grandpa Jiang.
Zhang Meiling knew that it was not easy for Qi Mengmeng to come here, so she did not refuse and took it and took a bite.
Qi Mengmeng introduced the other things with a smile, then handed them to Zhang Meiling and asked her to hide them later.
After Mr. Jiang finished his steamed bun, he immediately asked, "Mengmeng, how have you been studying recently? Have you done the questions I assigned to you?"
Qi Mengmeng: ...did it.
Qi Mengmeng took out a few more sheets of paper from the backpack and handed them to Mr. Jiang: "Uncle, do you think I did a good job?"
Mr. Jiang read it and was very satisfied: "Mengmeng, I knew you were smart. You will be able to solve these problems as soon as you finish them."
Qi Mengmeng had a blank expression: Thank you for praising me. I copied it down after I did it right.
Mr. Jiang said enthusiastically, "I'll tell you about the next lesson."
Qi Mengmeng didn't even have the chance to refuse. She listened to Mr. Jiang explaining the problem for half an hour. In the end, it was Zhang Meiling who interrupted them because she was worried that someone would see Qi Mengmeng when she left.
Qi Mengmeng quickly packed up the backpack, said goodbye to the two people, promised to come back in a month, and disappeared at the door of the thatched hut.
Zhang Meiling glared at Mr. Jiang and said, "Look at you. Every time Mengmeng comes, you have to explain the questions to her. What will you do if she doesn't come next time?"
Mr. Jiang sighed: "Mengmeng is so good to us, and we can't give her anything, so I thought that teaching her more knowledge would be a way of repaying her."
At this point, Mr. Jiang said proudly, "I think Mengmeng must be very eager to learn. You see, she always brings questions with her every time she comes, and she listens very carefully when I talk. I decided to teach her some university knowledge next time."
"Since I can't go to college now, Mengmeng can just consider it as going to college early since she knows these things."
Zhang Meiling looked at Grandpa Jiang with suspicion. How come she didn't notice that Qi Mengmeng was particularly willing to listen to the class?
Mr. Jiang said as if you don’t understand: “Think about it, in this situation, Mengmeng can’t be particularly happy every time she listens to the questions, so she has to pretend to be unwilling, right?”
Well, Mr. Jiang also noticed that Qi Mengmeng was somewhat reluctant every time she did the questions, but he thought about it in his own way.
Zhang Meiling didn’t know whether Mr. Jiang’s guess was right or not, but Qi Mengmeng did bring questions with her every time she came. It seemed that she loved studying, so she just ignored her expression.
"Then give Mengmeng more questions next time. When the weather gets warmer, I'm afraid Mengmeng won't have much time to come over." Zhang Meiling instructed Grandpa Jiang.
"Okay." Mr. Jiang agreed happily.
Qi Mengmeng: ...Thank you.
Qi Mengmeng came out of the thatched hut and went to Mrs. Song's house and exchanged thirty eggs and an old hen.
Mrs. Song helped Qi Mengmeng kill the chicken, and Qi Mengmeng left the chicken blood to her.
Qi Mengmeng returned to the family compound carrying a slaughtered chicken and thirty eggs.
At the gate of the family compound, Zheng Yingying was talking to a young man.
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When they saw Qi Mengmeng, Zheng Yingying's face flushed slightly, but she still generously introduced Qi Mengmeng: "Mengmeng, this is my colleague, Le Kangtai."
"Teacher Le, this is Qi Mengmeng, my sister."
Le Kangtai was wearing a white shirt, black trousers, and a pair of glasses. He looked gentle and refined. He nodded and smiled at Qi Mengmeng: "Hello, Comrade Qi."
Qi Mengmeng also nodded at him: "Hello, Teacher Le."
Judging from the looks of the two, they should be dating. Qi Mengmeng didn't want to be a light bulb, so she said something to them and turned away.
Zheng Yingying was too embarrassed to tell Le Kangtai more, so she whispered, "You should go back first, and drive slowly."
Le Kangtai looked at Zheng Yingying tenderly: "Then I'll go back first. Ask your uncle and aunt what they think of me. I'll buy you meat buns from the cafeteria tomorrow morning."
Zheng Yingying blushed and whispered, "I know."
There were soldiers on guard not far from the two of them, so they exchanged a few words and then parted ways. Le Kangtai rode his bicycle back to the city, while Zheng Yingying walked back slowly.
When I got home, Zheng Meili was the only one at home. When she saw her come in, she first looked at her watch and reminded her: "Yingying, you took a little too long to send someone off."
Zheng Yingying walked over and hugged Zheng Meili's arm: "Mom, we just said a few words at the door. Didn't I meet Qi Mengmeng and say hello?"
Zheng Meili frowned first: "How did you introduce her to Mengmeng?"
"I said we are colleagues." Zheng Yingying and Le Kangtai's relationship has not been confirmed yet, so she certainly won't spread it around.
Zheng Meili finally breathed a sigh of relief, but she did not forget to remind her again: "Yingying, your relationship with Le Kangtai is not confirmed yet, so don't let others know."
Zheng Yingying pouted: "Mom, what do you think of Teacher Le? What about my dad? Did he say anything?"
Le Kangtai was a worker-peasant-soldier college student. He used to work somewhere else and was transferred to their school after the New Year. He got along well with other teachers, and an older teacher brought them together.
The two have been together for a month. This is the first time Zheng Yingying brings Le Kangtai home, and it also means that she wants to settle their relationship.
Zheng Meili avoided Zheng Yingying's gaze and said, "I still need to discuss this with your father."
"Just now when we were having dinner, I saw my dad and Teacher Le were chatting very well." Zheng Yingying was a little confused: "Is my dad dissatisfied with Teacher Le?"
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