Chapter 113

"Okay, it's time to eat at noon. Don't treat yourself badly. I'll take Jingru to sign up."

Li Zhiguo thought, I came too early, others register at nine o'clock.

But you can also go to the school in advance to take a look around and relive your youthful years. That is also your alma mater.

"Got it. Go slow on the road."

Qin Huairu reminded him, feeling distressed when she saw the lifeless look on the man's face, and told Jingru to stop sticking to her brother-in-law all the time.

"Got it!"

Li Zhiguo rode away on his bike.

"Goodbye sister!"

Little Jingru was sitting on the front bar and waving. She was carrying her beloved little schoolbag, which contained two pencils, a notebook, and a lunch box, inside which was the seven cents given by her aunt.

Children nowadays like to put their food money in their lunch boxes, because their trouser pockets are shallow and it is easy for them to fall out.

Not long after, we arrived at Hongxing Primary School. There were not many people at the door, except for the freshmen who had already gone to their respective classrooms.

Tuition fees are collected by teachers, which is a tough job and parents have all sorts of excuses for delaying tuition payments.

"Jingru, your brother-in-law gave you 10 cents for pocket money. Don't tell your sister, or she will find it later."

Li Zhiguo thought his wife was good in every way except that she was too stingy with money and didn't know how to educate their children.

"Thank you, brother-in-law!"

Little Jingru put the money in her trouser pocket, carried a small schoolbag, and held her brother-in-law's clothes. She was not shy when she saw other children. She was proud to have her brother-in-law by her side.

"Li Zhiguo, what a coincidence."

He heard the voice, turned his head, and smiled, "Hey, isn't this my sister Xu? Long time no see."

I saw Xu's mother coming with her daughter. There was a parent-teacher meeting for the sixth grade today.

"Brother Li!"

Xu Fengling ran over happily, saying that she hadn't seen the boy next door for a long time.

"Fengling, good morning, Jun!"

Li Zhiguo reached out and touched the girl next door on the head, and said with a smile: "You've grown taller and prettier."

"Li Zhiguo, you are bringing your wife's sister to sign up."

When Xu's mother was buying groceries before, she met the second aunt and chatted with her. She learned about the current situation of the Li family.

Besides, my son often brings his wife home to live off his parents. Last time, he wanted to buy a bicycle for her, but she didn’t agree. Why would she want a bicycle at such a young age?

"Yes! This is her first day at school, I'm afraid she won't be used to it. Jingru, call Aunt Xu quickly."

"Hello, Aunt Xu!"

Little Jingru called for help obediently, then looked at the little sister next to her and compared them. She was not bad at all, with a new schoolbag and new clothes.

"Oh, what a sweet mouth."

Xu's mother smiled and followed him into the school, and now they had to separate.

"Goodbye, Brother Li!"

Xu Fengling waved her hands, somewhat reluctant to leave.

"Fengling, come back to the yard and play when you have time. Brother is at home every day."

Li Zhiguo said this and took Xiao Jingru to the class, where they met Teacher Liu, who was also the head teacher. He was in his thirties and still quite young.

"Qin Jingru, you sit in the first row, right here."

Teacher Liu enthusiastically arranged good seats for us, as the principal had specifically instructed us to do before.

Li Zhiguo saw that many elementary school students were already sitting in their seats, and some parents were still watching in the corridor outside.

Today is the registration day, but the first graders have to pretend to attend classes for a day to adapt in advance.

"Teacher Liu, this is Qin Jingru's tuition fee, please collect it."

Li Zhiguo handed over the rolled money, which was wrapped with a thin rubber ring.

"okay!"

After receiving the money, Teacher Liu thought that this parent was quite considerate. But after removing the rubber ring, she found something was wrong.

Instantly, Teacher Liu blushed and said tremblingly: "This, this..."

"This is Qin Jingru's tuition fee. Teacher Liu, my sister has never attended preschool and has a weak foundation. You need to pay more attention to her.

I don’t want to be at the top of the class, just an average grade is fine. I will still pay the tuition for next semester.”

Li Zhiguo took five dollars from it and gave two dollars and fifty cents more.

If Yan Bugui received this gift, he would probably be happy for a month.

He is never vague about things that can be solved with a little money.

"Hey!"

Teacher Liu seemed to understand the principal's instructions. It was not like there were no parents who sent gifts before, but never had it been so steep. There were students sitting below and parents standing in the corridor outside.

She was too embarrassed to open the money and quickly accepted it.

"Jingru, study hard and listen to your teacher. I'll pick you up from school this afternoon."

He won't come in the afternoon. He is just a brother-in-law, not a nanny.

"Goodbye, brother-in-law!"

Little Jingru was waving her hands, curious about going to school. Her small schoolbag was placed on the table. Her deskmate was also a girl, but her schoolbag was not as pretty as hers and was old.

Li Zhiguo left immediately without waiting in the corridor to watch.

Seeing that no parents had sent their children over for the time being, Teacher Liu lowered her head and began to count the tuition fees she had received. In fact, she was counting the money that the handsome guy had just given her.

After seeing this, he gave two dollars and fifty cents more. His hands began to tremble again. He thought it was too much.

"Qin Jingru, was that man your brother-in-law?"

"Hello, teacher. He is my brother-in-law."

Xiao Jingru was also proud in front of her teacher.

"Qin Jingru, what does your brother-in-law do?"

Teacher Liu was quite curious. At this moment, he only remembered that the man was handsome and tall, and forgot to look at other people's clothes.

"My brother-in-law," Xiao Jingru said after a moment's hesitation, "My brother-in-law is a street cadre."

"Good, hello, street cadre."

Teacher Liu remembered that this was the parent with the best conditions among the class monitor’s children.

In Class 3 of Year 1, the morning passed quickly. When the class was about to end, the children all took their lunch boxes and lined up in a long queue to go to the cafeteria.

Xiao Jingru looked at the classmates in front of her, passing their lunch boxes one by one, and felt hungry after getting the food.

When it was her turn, she also learned to pass the lunch box to her and said, "One serving of white noodles and one serving of cabbage."

"okay!"

The cafeteria lady took out the money from the lunch box, counted it, exactly seven cents, and put it in her pocket.

Then he picked some cabbage and took some flour.

After taking it, Xiao Jingru went back to the classroom and ate at her seat.

The school cafeteria only sells one dish at noon every day, at a fixed price of two cents per dish. The staple foods include white flour and steamed corn bread.

"Jingru, where did you buy this schoolbag? It's so beautiful."

My desk mate also came back with a lunch box and a steamed bread in his hand. His family only gave him five cents for food expenses.

"My brother-in-law bought it for me in Dashilan."

As Jingru was talking, some classmates gathered around her and said enviously, "Jingru, you have two pencils. Did your brother-in-law buy them for you, too?"

"Yes, my brother-in-law is very nice to me."

Xiao Jingru took a bite of the white flour, and the female classmates next to her looked at her with envy. They all had steamed bread in their hands, so they could save two cents.

However, most of the boys in the class ate white flour, but among the girls, only Xiao Jingru had white flour.

At this time, Teacher Liu came in from the door. It was the first day of school. Although she was a teacher, she acted like a nanny.

She took a look and noticed the difference. She couldn't help but asked, "Qin Jingru, do you eat white flour at home?"

It is so hard to buy food now, especially flour. You may not be able to buy it even if you queue up in the middle of the night.

"Yes, we eat white flour every meal, and sometimes we eat rice. My brother-in-law's family doesn't have corn flour."

When Xiao Jingru said this, not only her classmates were envious, but Teacher Liu was also a little dumbfounded. The families of street officials are just different.

Xiao Jingru ate the white flour and took out an egg from her schoolbag, which her brother-in-law gave her during breakfast. This made her classmates even more envious.

She became the star student in the class and everyone remembered her name.

……

"Hey, Uncle, you didn't go to school today."

Li Zhiguo returned to the yard and planned to go home to catch up on his sleep and wait for his mother-in-law to call him for lunch at noon.

"I'm not the class teacher. If I don't go today, I can still have another day off."

Yan Bugui had a smile on his face, wasn't this another profit?

"Li Zhiguo, if you have nothing else to do, let's go fishing together. Invite Jia Dongxu as well."

Among the three biggest fishing enthusiasts in the courtyard, they only went fishing at the same time once, and both times they came up empty-handed.

"Call him? That's fine, I left my bike here, I'll go back and get the fishing rod.

Uncle, please give me a ride. It's a good time to practice driving."

The last time he went fishing was in the village pond, and when he mentioned it today, he couldn't help but think about it.

"That's no problem. I can't ride a tricycle, but I can ride a bicycle."

Yan Bugui took the bicycle. It was another new one. This bad boy was lucky.

"Okay!" Li Zhiguo went back to the backyard and saw his mother-in-law washing clothes.

"Mom, Third Uncle asked me to go fishing, so he won't be home for lunch. You and Second Aunt go pick up Jingru from school this afternoon." "Okay, bring a coat, don't catch a cold, it's windy by the river."

Mother Qin washed her hands and went into the house to find her coat.

Li Zhiguo originally wanted to refuse, but then he thought that sleeping on a cool mat in this weather was indeed inappropriate, so he accepted it.

"Mom, you're home alone at noon, don't make do with it, eat well. I'll go buy some food in a couple of days."

"Hey, Mom saved it."

The mother-in-law accompanied the man all the way to the corridor, and then came back happily to wash clothes. Her son-in-law was really nice to her and treated her better than his own daughter.

"Li Zhiguo, you want to go fishing!"

In the Central Courtyard, Jia Dongxu was also washing clothes at the sink. When he saw someone holding a fishing rod, he could no longer stand.

“Yes, I have also made an appointment with the three uncles. Fishing is very good this month.

Why don't you go? Or come along and share your thoughts. "

Li Zhiguo had two short fishing rods in his hands, and he had three long ones at home, so he had all the equipment he needed.

"I'll go! I just have the fishing line and hook, but I haven't cut the fishing rod yet."

Jia Dongxu was anxious. There were three people fishing in the yard, and two of them had gone. He had to make sure he was not left behind.

"I'll lend you one. We're brothers, it's too formal to say that.

Oh, I have a teacup at your house, right? Go make some tea and bring it to me. I feel thirsty this day."

Li Zhiguo thought that he couldn't cheat today, so he had to cheer up and not come back empty-handed. He would go home and get a fishing rod later.

"That's good. That's good. Wait a minute, I'll be right out."

Jia Dongxu put the clothes down, turned around and ran home, opened his eyes and shouted: "Mom, Li Zhiguo asked me to go fishing, you cook for yourself at noon, and you also wash the clothes outside."

"What?"

Jia Zhang was still lying down. When she heard this, she was confused.

"I won't tell you anymore. I still have to make tea for him."

Jia Dongxu took out Li Zhiguo's cup from the cupboard, scalded it with boiling water, then put a handful of herb in it, made a large cup of wine, took it in his hand and went out.

"What's going on?"

Before Jia Zhang could come to her senses, the man had disappeared.

Jia Dongxu followed him to the front yard with a cheerful look on his face, "Uncle, today the three of us will have a good competition."

"Let's compete!"

Yan Bugui was not at all disappointed. He fished secretly many times and once caught a fish weighing more than one kilogram. He was full of confidence.

"Dongxu, there's only one bicycle, and you don't know how to ride it. Uncle San will give me a ride, and you can follow me. Is that okay?"

Li Zhiguo wanted to take the people with him, but he couldn't.

"No problem. It's close enough to walk there. I used to go there alone often."

Jia Dongxu didn’t think much of it. He stayed in the yard every day and just wanted to take a walk.

"Okay, then the Third Master and I will go first."

Soon, Yan Bugui rode his bicycle and set off.

"Li Zhiguo, next time you want to go somewhere but don't want to ride a bike, just call me. Your uncle likes riding a bike."

Although Yan Bugui felt a little tired, he felt refreshed and enjoyed riding his bike.

"sure!"

Li Zhiguo said so, but it would be better to ask the Dongxu brothers to be the driver instead of Yan Bugui, because at least they are young and can handle the job.

We chatted all the way to the moat. We didn’t order takeout because I had someone running errands today.

"Uncle, let's go fishing somewhere else today. That place is no longer suitable."

"Okay, it's up to you."

Yan Bugui is a teacher, but when it comes to fishing, he is just an elementary school student to Bad Boy.

Li Zhiguo observed for a while and finally moved to another place suitable for laying the straw mat. There seemed to be fish in the river nearby.

After the selection, Yan Bugui helped put on the fish hook and then they started fishing.

After waiting for a while, Jia Dongxu came with a cup of tea in his hand.

"Li Zhiguo, why did you change the location? I caught a big fish there last time."

"Come on, don't you know the story of the man carving a boat to look for his sword?

Please help me watch the fishing rod. I will take a nap first. It is too early to get up. "

Li Zhiguo used his coat as a pillow and lay on the cool mat, taking a short rest to get enough rest before giving full play to his role.

"Jia Dongxu, let's have a good fight today."

Yan Bugui had a very happy look on his face. He also had two fishing rods, just like the bad boy.

"Uncle San, you will definitely lose then."

Jia Dongxu put the fishing rod in place and he occupied the middle position. Isn’t that beautiful?

I have just put down the fishing rod and I am not in the right situation so quickly. Talking in a low voice will not affect my fishing.

Yan Bugui touched his purse and said, "Jia Dongxu, how are you going to get lunch? We've been out all day."

The two are old fishing friends and they have always gone fishing together. Yan Bugui brought a steamed bun with him when he went out today. Even if he hadn't met Li Zhiguo, he would have gone fishing.

"I'm not hungry. I caught some fish and grilled them for dinner. I ate them with salt."

Jia Dongxu brought a small paper bag of salt with him when he went out, as he had been prepared.

Yan Bugui shook his head and said, "You only care about your own food. No wonder you are not as good as Li Zhiguo. Your character is far worse than his."

Yesterday, Qin Huairu's younger brother came to the yard to pick up my mother. After asking, he found out that it was Li Zhiguo who went to a restaurant and did not forget to ask his brother-in-law to bring his mother-in-law. This alone made him far better than Jia Dongxu.

"Hey, there is."

There was movement on Yan Bugui's rod. He looked at the float and judged that it was not a big fish, but it was good enough that it existed.

"Shh!"

A fish two fingers wide was hooked. He brought a bucket and put the fish in it first.

Jia Dongxu looked envious. At least it proved that he had come to the right place and there was something to be gained.

After a while, there was movement on the rod next to it.

"Li Zhiguo, hurry up, he's taken the bait."

Jia Dongxu shouted, but seeing no one responded, the float suddenly sank, so he hurried to help lift the rod.

"Oh, it's a big fish."

"What big fish?"

Li Zhiguo sat up with a start, only to see Yan Bugui almost passing by, and the Dongxu brothers were pulling the fishing rods.

"Li Zhiguo is really a big fish."

Yan Bugui was also extremely excited. This was a great choice of location and it hadn't even been half an hour.

"No, it really is."

Li Zhiguo jumped up and rushed forward. The three of them grabbed the fishing rods and wrestled with the fish in the water. After a long time, they finally tired the fish out.

"Dongxu, go to the side and grab it with your hands. This fish is not small."

Li Zhiguo shouted, this is a big catch, he didn't expect Jia Dongxu to be so lucky, wait, this is his fishing rod, the one he lent out is still stuck in the soil, there is a mark on it.

"okay."

Jia Dongxu went to the riverside, squatted sideways, and waited for the fishing line to be pulled over and up, revealing a big fish head. He assisted in fishing the fish up.

"Oh, this must be at least eight pounds."

Mr. Yanbu was confused. He chose a good place, but there were three people fishing and he also had two fishing rods. He was the one who put the bait on the fish, so how come Li Zhiguo caught the fish in the end?

"Unbelievable, this is incredible."

Li Zhiguo was also confused. Could it be that he couldn't catch the big fish by himself and had to ask others to show him the rod?
Jia Dongxu was shaking with excitement. Although the fish did not belong to him, it could still be considered as one that he had caught it, proving that his luck and skills were both good.

"Well, you guys keep fishing. I have to take the fish back. We can't leave it outside all day in this weather."

Li Zhiguo was thinking about going back to prepare a scoop net and a fish basket. Now he didn't have all the tools, and if he caught a big fish he would have to run away.

"Come back soon. I'll keep the mat for you."

Yan Bugui wished that Li Zhiguo would leave soon so that there would be one less competitor. He thought that he might be able to catch a big fish today.

"Okay, I have two fishing rods. You can share them. Keep fishing. I'll come over to check when there's nothing left. I won't fish today. I'll save my luck and catch a big fish next time."

Li Zhiguo pierced the fish's gills, picked up the fish in his hand and left.

"No, Uncle San, why isn't he riding a bicycle?"

Jia Dongxu watched the person walk away before he came to his senses.

"Dongxu, you'll understand when you catch a big fish."

Yan Bugui saw through the situation but did not say anything. He took the fishing rod that had just caught the big fish while Jia Dongxu was not paying attention, and tried his luck.

But Li Zhiguo was carrying a big fish and accidentally took the wrong road. When he looked up, he found himself at Chaoyang Gate, which was a long way around.

"Young man, where did you buy the fish?"

"I fish in the moat outside. Last time I caught a seven-pound fish."

……

"Young man, you caught a big fish again."

"Uncle, what's the matter, do you know me?"

"Yes, I know you. Last time you rode your bike and caught a big fish, and you brought a little girl with you. We chatted for quite a while here. Have you forgotten?"

"Look at me, I remember now, you are Uncle Zeng, right?"

"Young man, my last name is Jia, and I am Uncle Jia..."

(End of this chapter)