Chapter 114
Yang Yu Yan had nothing to do for the whole day, no matter if it was memorizing, reading poems or copying, none of it could make her happy.
In the end, Yang Yuchan was caught organizing receipts.
She organized them for a day, numbering the receipts of different sizes and colors according to the time, and then writing them one by one in the account book, where Yang Yuchan would figure out the total expenses.
Since Yang Yuchan did not go to school after taking over the economic power of the Zhu family, the account book wrote a book and a book, all the expenditures every day to calculate once, a hand of the abacus beads playing crackling.
Yang Yuyan was overwhelmed with emotion, deeply feeling that Yang Yucan was a genius at planning an abacus.
“It took you a week to be able to plan an abacus, it’s amazing.” She exclaimed.
Yang Yuchan refused to drink this bowl of soup and said, “What’s so difficult about it? You’ll know it after just a little bit of playing.”
The two sisters, one counting and the other memorizing, were a good pair.
Yang Yuyan remembered that Yang Yucan’s tutoring student, Wu Xiaoping, had even come to the engagement dinner.
“What number is she coming?” She asked Yang Yuchan.
“It’s today.” Yang Yucan said, glancing at Yang Yuyan and instructing her, “When she comes later, don’t mention the tutoring fee.”
Yang Yuyan didn’t care about the one dollar a lesson, and waved her hand and said, “I won’t mention it, she’s just a little kid, how can she make the decisions of adults? You’d better guard against Zhang Ma mentioning it.”
Yang Yu Cicada then sighed heavily.
She suspected that the Wu family might not want Wu Xiaoping to study anymore.
Prices were rising everywhere now, and the Wu family was also renting a house to live in, so those rising sanitation fees, fire-fighting fees, and security fees, their family would definitely have to pay for them as well.
In this case, Wu Xiaoping’s tutoring two days a week, really still have to come on?
It was because of this consideration that Yang Yuchan did not push Wu Xiaoping to pay. As long as she comes, she will give her lessons, every time also assign homework, half do not mention the matter of money, only that learning.
She didn’t want to put too much pressure on the child, and even hoped that the Wu family’s skin was a little thicker, and it was okay to keep relying on the tutoring money, as long as they were still willing to let Wu Xiaoping come to class.
By four thirty, Zhang Ma returned with a basket. As soon as she entered, she called out to Yang Yuyan, “Come on, come on, look what I brought back.”
Zhang Ma had done something big today!
She went to the church and asked the priest for five crosses!
Most of the people who go to church every day are poor people who can’t read or write, and they go because of the communion that’s given out every day, and because the priest at the church sings songs with everyone, and the priest tells some pretty interesting stories.
Moreover, the church was bigger than the Da Xian Temple at the food market, and there were more people in it, so they could find more people to chat with.
Mrs. Zhang treats the church as a place to socialize and never misses a church meeting every day.
The priest welcomed these “believers,” as the saying goes, those who have money support money, and those who don’t support people. The priest never refused these believers, who seemed to have only a personal interest. Moreover, Mrs. Zhang would occasionally put a penny in the alms box, not just a penny.
The priest knew very well that Mrs. Chang was a servant, but he never underestimated the servants. It was important to realize that the ones who knew the most secrets in a family were always the underlings that the masters would ignore.
So today, when Mrs. Zhang approached the priest and said that she had convinced everyone in the family to believe in God, and wanted to ask the priest for a few crucifixes and bible books, the priest immediately obliged her.
The crosses were readily available, but the bible books were not so easy to get, and the priest himself had to apply to his superiors to get the books on a quarterly basis. A church can give away Bibles for free, but it is not really a matter of giving them away to everyone, but rather, it depends on how much benefit and advantage it can bring to the church.
In other words, it is how rich the believers attracted are.
Zhang Ma was able to receive the Bible books, and that was because she was a servant of the Zhu family.
The priest had heard of the Zhu family, and although the family had fallen into disrepair, apparently they could still afford servants. The fact that Zhang Ma herself ate with a rosy complexion and had no patches on her clothes invariably proved that the Zhu family actually still had a little money.
The priest had inquired about the Zhu family, and when he heard that there were only three women in the family he recognized it as a very important family of believers that he could strive for.
Whether in the East or in the West, a family with only women must be the weakest.
Women are by nature weak and need support. If they could be persuaded to throw themselves into the arms of God at this time, their devotion to God must be very great.
When the priest heard from Mrs. Chang that the two young ladies of the Zhu family still wanted to take a biblical name, he was so happy that he made a cross on his chest and said to Mrs. Chang, “I have seen an angel descend on your head, and she has instructed you, filling you with wisdom and happiness. You have brought this happiness to your master and lady, and they will both be grateful to you later.”
Mrs. Chang: “Father Jo, then I’ll come back to you next time to get the books, ah, there are four of them! No charge right?”
Saying goodbye to Father Joe, Mrs. Chang put the “no cost” crosses in her vegetable basket and went home to report her good news.
“It didn’t cost a dime!” Zhang Ma said proudly, “Next time I’ll ask him for four more books, and I won’t have to pay for them either!”
Yang Yu Yan and Yang Yu Cicada sat at the dining table, one of them holding a wooden cross in their hands and playing with it.
The cross was ordinary wood, but it was polished smooth and varnished, the natural wooden texture made it look full of natural charm.
Yang Yuyan pointed to the remaining two and said, “The rest are for mom, and teacher Su.”
Yang Yuchan: “Why are you still called Mr. Su? Don’t you change your name yet?” She played with it for a while and hung the cross around her neck, standing in front of the mirror and looking at it, it wasn’t too hard to see.
Yang Yuyan removed the cross that Zhang Ma lent her and replaced it with this one, also hanging it around her neck and standing in front of the mirror, huddling with her sister, muttering, “What’s the point of changing your mouth ah …… I don’t know what to call him.”
From the end of the engagement yesterday, Yang Yuyan realized that she did not know what to do with Su Chunjun.
The two of them now had a name and deserved to be closer.
But other than Teacher Su, how else could she call him?
It feels weird, it doesn’t seem to be a good idea to open up.
It felt strange, and it didn’t seem good to open her mouth.
The other word Prof. Dai gave him was Zhongyong, but it wasn’t good to call him that either.
Yang Yuchan enthusiastically gave her an idea: “Aren’t they all called Big Brother in the movies?”
Yang Yuyan: “Big Brother Su?”
She then shivered and rolled up her sleeves, “Look, my sweat hairs are standing up.”
Yang Yu Cicada laughed heartlessly.
Yang Yuyan hit her and she laughed even louder.
So, she’d better call Teacher Su.
Zhang Ma said, “Don’t tease your sister, there’s no such thing as you being a sister.”
Yang Yucan still laughed and turned back to sit down.
Zhang Ma called out to Yang Yu Yan and gave her a cross, “Remember to give this one to Mr. Su. I’ll keep this one for your mom.” Zhang Ma took one for herself.
Yang Yuyan took the one that should have been given to Su Chunjun, and realized that her family was now tacitly agreeing that she and Su Chunjun were in cahoots, so she really didn’t know whether to be happy or angry.
In any case, she didn’t feel very good about it.
She turned back and threw the one for Su Chunjun into the drawer.
Yang Yucan heard her stride away and told Zhang Ma, “Yan Yan is ashamed of herself.”
Zhang Ma said, “She’s only bashful now. She’ll get bored after a while, and it’ll be too much for her to bear.”
Yang Yucchan asked, “Mrs. Zhang, you’re talking about my mom and that guy, right?”
Zhang Ma laughed coldly: “More than that, your mom’s skill of being delicate was learned from your grandpa, it’s all passed down through the family. Your grandma was a big lady, but she still had small feet, your grandpa made a foreign woman’s dress for her to wear, but your grandma didn’t dare to wear it at all, so your grandpa closed the door, wore it in the bedroom, and even danced with your grandma in his arms.”
Yang Yucan’s eyes widened as she sat up straight and asked, “Really!”
Mrs. Zhang: “That’s not true! Your grandpa was a serious man back in the day, and he was very flirtatious. Your mom was raised by your grandfather and learned exactly like him.”
Yang Yu Cicada frowned, “Then did grandpa have other concubines as well?”
Zhang Ma laughed this time and shook her head, “No. Your grandfather didn’t dare. Your grandpa wouldn’t dare. Your grandma is from the old school, educated in the three wives and four concubines thing, your grandpa never dared to look at another woman in his whole life, without looking at her, fearing that if he looked at her too much, his virtuous wife would help him get his concubines back.”