Chu Yifeng in the restaurant looked up at Chu Ci speechlessly.
Chu Ci held a large bowl in his hand. At first he tried to use chopsticks to pick up the food, but he probably got tired of it. Just then his brother looked up at him, so the boy simply picked up the plate and poured the food into the large bowl.
"Should I still eat?"
The young man continued to pour without blushing or breathing heavily: "There are two of us, and your brother is alone. Isn't half a plate enough? Uncle and aunt haven't come back yet?" Chu Ci asked himself again. The little adult sighed:
“Oh, they are all busy people!”
Chu Yifeng put down his chopsticks, crossed his arms, leaned back in his chair and looked at Chu Ci:
"You still care about her meals?"
Chu Ci chuckled, thinking he had gotten the upper hand. He held the rice in one hand and a large bowl of vegetables in the other.
"The teacher sews my pants and I provide my meals. Brother, don't be stingy."
Chu Yifeng watched the young man climb two steps at a time, then turned his head and glanced at the dining table...
A few slices of scrambled eggs with cucumber fell onto the table, and there was only broth in the plate of braised pork.
"Aunt Liu, come here for a moment."
"That tutor, my mom told me how much she'd set?"
Aunt Liu hunched over slightly and whispered:
"If they say they're satisfied, I'll pay you 20 yuan, two hours a day. If Xiaoci is too dissatisfied, I'll pay you 18 yuan after a month of teaching, the same as before, and then I can choose a new tutor."
Chu Yifeng flicked his finger on the coffee table, pondered for a few seconds, then took out his trouser pocket and handed over the money:
"Give her the twenty-five when she leaves."
"this?"
"Tell her this is one month's salary in advance." Chu Yifeng said and waved his hand.
I finally found someone who suits my cousin's personality and temperament, so I have to keep her.
It is unreasonable to pay wages in advance, but it can also be considered a favor.
Judging from the way she was dressed, her family was probably quite poor. At least he had never seen a beautiful girl look so shabby.
Aunt Liu returned to the kitchen in confusion. She didn't understand what Chu Yifeng meant, but she understood his character.
People who often look good-tempered and have a smile on their face actually talk very little and are the most impatient to explain.
upstairs.
Bi Yue sighed softly. She had just said she wasn't hungry. Although only she knew it, her mouth was salivating as she spoke.
"Chu Ci, starting tomorrow, the tutoring time will be adjusted from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm."
After the announcement, Bi Yue took the chopsticks calmly and shared the braised pork and eggs with Chu Ci.
"Yeah." The heartless Chu Ci smiled and nodded. He was completely different from before. He sat next to Bi Yue intimately, flipping through the papers in one hand and eating his rice with the other.
Bi Yue thought, she would only eat today, and then stagger her dinner times so she wouldn't have to take advantage of the students. Not to mention the preciousness of meat in those days, even in later generations, it's not acceptable to take someone else's food. It's a matter of courtesy.
When one teaches and the other learns seriously, time will always pass quickly.
When Bi Yue was thinking about meeting the hostess tomorrow and wanted to collect the tutoring fee in advance...
"This is the advance payment, Xiao Bi, please keep it."
Bi Yue's face gradually turned red. It was so sudden that she was at a loss for words. She murmured a little, but her fingers were tightly clenched around the twenty-five yuan bill.
This is an instinct, a desperate moment when you see a way out.
Chu Yifeng sat on the sofa and responded to his friend on the phone with a "hmm", his eyes already fixed on Bi Yue who was standing at the door.
She was finally no longer the calm and composed person who did not match her actual age.
For some reason, Bi Yue's slightly embarrassed look pleased Chu Yifeng, and he smiled with interest.
"Why is it so little?!" Chu Ci looked at Aunt Liu.
Aunt Liu's face flushed even redder than Bi Yue's. She waved her hands and wanted to say it was a lot, but she got anxious and blurted out, "I only make 55 a month."
…
"Okay, I'll be there right away." When Chu Yifeng hung up the phone and looked back at the door, Bi Yue had already left the Chu family's door in the moonlight.
Chu Yifeng, who was fixing his hair in front of the mirror, glanced sideways at the young boy who was eating an apple: "You are very satisfied with her."
Chu Ci, who was absent-mindedly watching TV, pretended to be nonchalant and replied:
"She's not some nerdy teacher, not a rigid one. Man, she's also quite interesting and a bit of a chatterbox."
When Chu Yifeng heard the words "chatty" and "interesting"... sadness surged to a corner of his heart. He took two quick steps and stood beside the sofa.
I remembered my uncle who died in the Vietnam War in 1979;
Thinking about my aunt who is still unable to face it and has been assigned to work as a secretary in a foreign embassy due to work needs;
When Xiaoci's grandfather wanted to take Xiaoci away to the south, this cousin refused with the reason: "My last name is Chu, why should I live with my uncle?!"
The fingers that were longer than those of other men scratched Chu Ci's short hair, and the palm with clear palm lines covered the boy's head.
Chu Yifeng didn't say anything and didn't try to counsel his younger brother like other brothers. He just looked down at the thirteen-year-old boy seriously.
Chu Ci became nonchalant again, waving Chu Yifeng's arm away and wanting to leave the living room, leaving the place where others could see through his emotions:
"Brother, can you please stop being sour? Hurry up and go! My brother Dapeng has sneaked back, right? You should hurry up and meet him, otherwise Uncle Liu next door will beat him up and he'll cry like a wolf. I won't be able to sleep well!"
Chu Ci, who had climbed half the stairs, looked back and advised:
"Don't worry, even if Auntie works overtime, she won't be home later than ten o'clock. I won't be alone at home!"
A large black curtain was removed, and a silver-gray Toyota Crown drove out of the Chu family's yard.
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