Chapter 121

Shi Wuwei is an honest man, with a combination of simplicity and pettiness of the people he comes from.

The above is Su Chunjun’s evaluation of him.

Shi Wuwei had no choice but to make friends with him after exchanging some words with his fists.

No fight, no deal.

However, he does not recognize the cheapness of this, obviously is thrifty!

He now has no income, only rely on the school every month to send down the scholarship life, fortunately, food and housing in the school, the clothes are issued by the school uniform, he sent down the money every month all saved up, changed into silver to hide it.

He knew that always go to people’s homes to eat and drink for nothing, but he didn’t want to buy flowers to give away like the professor, flowers and such things still have to spend money to buy, it’s too wasteful.

But he didn’t want to be disliked, and he had to come to Zhu’s house to seek advice.

So, his pure and simple head came up with a way to get the best of both worlds.

So, Yang Yuyan woke up one day, pushed the door out, and saw Mr. Shi scrubbing the floor in Zhu’s house.

He squatted on the floor, rubbing with a rag inch by inch, wiping the floor to reflect. Zhang Ma was busy in the kitchen while saying in a cheerful tone, “Aigoo, Shi, don’t work too hard!”

Yang Yuyan rubbed her eyes, there was indeed a Shi Wuwei squatting in the middle of the living room scrubbing the floor.

She slipped into the kitchen along the wall root and asked Zhang Ma, “Why is Shi Wuwei scrubbing the floor in our house?”

Zhang Ma smiled and said, “I went grocery shopping this morning, he waited for me at the door, helped me carry the groceries all the way, and came back to work! You see this kitchen he cleaned up for me, this vegetable is also his choice, this fish is also his wash, oh yes, he also cleaned up the washroom, you now go to wash your face and brush your teeth, he also said that after scrubbing the floor today, the windows will be cleaned as well.”

Yang Yuyan: “How inappropriate is this.”

Zhang Ma’s face immediately sank: “What’s so inappropriate about it? He’s a young man, what’s wrong with doing more? None of you are helping me. Why can’t someone else do it for me? Do I have to do it myself? Your mom spends fifteen dollars a month on me, do you think I’m losing money if I don’t do it?”

Yang Yuyan quickly admitted her mistake: “No, no, no.” Then she fled.

Until they finished breakfast, the two Zhu sisters stared at Shi Wuwei, who helped Zhang Ma wipe the table and serve the food, and even helped Zhang Ma wash the dishes after eating.

Zhu Yanshu took one look and ignored it, signaling the two sisters to ignore it as well.

Yang Yuyan looked at the table, this morning Shi Wuwei’s breakfast is not a small bun and small bowl of noodles, Zhang Ma gave him seven or eight pancakes, so that he ate with the sauce, can be real.

Su Chunjun also rightly called on Shi Wuwei to give him soup.

Since everyone …… has no opinion, then Yang Yuyan and Yang Yucan did not say anything.

Anyway, it’s only this day.

Then Shi Wuwei really after breakfast went to clean the windows, all the glass in the house clean, he also rusted the nails door bolt to replace it, the craft is quite good.

The next day, Shi Wuwei still came early to help Zhang Ma carry vegetables, breakfast again ate solid rice.

When she and Yang Yucan took a nap at noon, Zhang Ma called him outside again and asked him to repair all the places where the floors had buckled in the Zhu family building, not realizing that he could also do carpentry work.

In the evening, when Su Chunjun came back for dinner, he said, “Not only do I know how to do carpentry, but we have also learned masonry, so I can make mud, level the floor, and build beams. I can also burn tiles and build brick kilns.”

Yang Yuyan was shocked, “Is this all taught in college?”

Su Chunjun nodded, “Yes, you know there is an architecture department in the university, right? We all went to study it. The male students should have all gone to study it, the school is trying to teach us to be all-rounders.” He put down his chopsticks and counted his fingers, “I remember that female students were to learn weaving and embroidery.”

Yang Yuchan confirmed, “You also have to learn to raise silkworms and reel silk.”

Yang Yuyan shivered, she realized that she had underestimated the university of this era. Precisely because it is the opening of the previous person has not been the university, so the university now also do not know what to teach what should not be taught, so everything is taught, the students also all learn, each learned a skill.

Now the high school students, that is really high school.

She is now learning only two languages and suffering, when really enrolled in school, this all have to learn, the trouble is ahead.

If she really wanted to find work, there was too much work in the Zhu family building.

Many of the tenants of the Zhu family have already moved out, and even those who haven’t left now won’t be able to support themselves for a few more months. ZhuYanShu and ZhangMa are in the heart of the matter, simply open the door of convenience, who come to return the rent can be, but can not be in arrears, the current month’s fees paid before going.

Their family was planning to move to the rented area anyway, and it would be more convenient to have no tenants here when the door was locked.

Shi Wuwei was then led by Zhang Ma to clean up and lock up some of the already empty houses.

Zhang Ma immediately changed her opinion of Shi Wuwei, and said to Zhu Yanshu when no one was around: “There should be a man in the family, and these repairs should be done by a man. The Second Aunt’s husband seems to be a man who can’t carry a load on his shoulders or his hands, so he’s no good at anything. This Shi student is much more useful.”

With Shi Wuwei working on the Zhu family’s hygiene every day, Yang Yuyan realized for the first time that there was so much work to be done at home.

One day, she actually found Shi Wuwei washing clothes! Washing was still her skirt!

Zhang Ma stared at him from the side of the wash, teaching him: “The hand should be light, can not be rubbed, this is silk, flat with this board through the towel gently whack, and then put it into the water panned twice on the line, this time to write down, in the future, I don’t have to look at you to wash.”

And then look at the side of the bucket, Yang Yuchan’s skirt and shirt are washed clean on the side, Yang Yuyan thinking for a moment, simply pretend not to know, turn around and slipped back into the house.

Fortunately, the underwear has always been her own washing, and the outer …… clothes are just as good as sending the laundry to let the workers wash.

Shi Wuwei actually did not come every day, but since he began to help Zhang Ma work, Zhang Ma shouted him to come every day. With him, the floor of the house can be wiped once a day, and the sink can be clean, and he can throw the garbage to the far side when he goes back, how good is this!

Zhang Ma loved him to death.

In order to repay, Zhang Ma also every day seriously for him to cook, big cakes big steamed buns big buns, all the real top hunger things, every time he went to give him a package, the name is leftovers, but if he does not come, Zhang Ma is not guilty of doing so much still left over.

It was only a week later that Yang Yucan discovered that Shi Wuwei had not only scrubbed the floors for Zhang Ma, but had also washed her clothes. This was too much excitement for an innocent girl. She looked at the recovered clean clothes and didn’t even know what to do with them.

But out of her inner shyness and irritation, and knowing that this was Shi Wuwei helping Zhang Ma, there was no way to even start the fire.

She had no choice but to go to Yang Yuyan, trying to persuade this sister, who usually loves to be unreasonably angry, to go out and correct this matter.

Unwillingly, Second Miss Yang was very bashful and calm after hearing this.

Yang Yu Cicada angrily said, “You knew about it earlier?”

Yang Yuyan hurriedly said, “I did see it. It wasn’t easy to say anything at that time, so I pretended not to see it.”

Yang Yuchan: “Then you should have told me too!”

Yang Yuyan: “He had finished washing at that time.”

Yang Yuchan: “If you had told me, you wouldn’t have had to let him wash it again! How can we let a strange man wash our clothes! It’s too, too disgusting!”

Yang Yuyan immediately said to her righteously, “How can you say that! He was kindly helping Zhang Ma, how can you say that he is disgusting. It’s a case of enmity and hatred.”

Yang Yucicang also regretted a little after she finished speaking, so she said, “It’s me who said the wrong thing. But don’t play dumb!” She grabbed Yang Yuyan, “You know exactly what I mean!”

Yang Yuyan couldn’t play dumb anymore, so she asked, “Then what do you want to do? He’s working for Zhang Ma.”

Yang Yuchan: “We can wash it ourselves!” She paused for a moment and said, “We’ll wash mom’s clothes too.”

Although Yang Yuyan did not want to work to wash clothes a hundred times in her heart, she did feel that it was not appropriate to let Shi Wuwei wash her clothes.

That’s why before, she was planning to pretend she didn’t know.

If she didn’t know, she wouldn’t have to bother with this dilemma.

Now that Yang Yuchan revealed it, she had to take the initiative to solve the problem.

Zhang Ma was old, and if she didn’t let Shi Wuwei wash them, then she definitely couldn’t let Zhang Ma wash them again. So, only the sisters were left to wash it themselves.

Thus, the Yang sisters quietly collected the changed clothes that night, intending to wash them before Shi Wuwei came tomorrow.

However, one doesn’t know until one washes them.

The Zhu family mother and daughter’s clothes were changed and washed every day.

Because, it will sweat ah.

Now the humidity is heavy, even if you sit still, your body is still damp. Clothes are divided into inside and outside, as well as pajamas and socks.

Zhang Ma didn’t change them every day, she was worried that the clothes would go bad if she washed them too much, and it was a pity for the clothes. However, the Zhu family’s mother and daughter would not have enough clothes to change, so they were all changed every day. After changing the outer clothes, the inner clothes should also be changed. Yang Yuyan loved to sweat when she slept, so her pajamas were also changed every day.

Although the clothes weren’t very dirty and didn’t need to use soap every day, the water always needed to be panned, soaked, and rubbed more often.

The two of them collected the clothes at night and realized that there were actually three tubs.

Zhang Ma came over to look and slowly instructed them, “Your mom’s cheongsam and both of your dresses are silk, they can’t be kneaded, they can only be soaked, if there is a dirty spot, it should be laid flat, padded with a towel and then whacked, let the towel soak up the dirty spot, and then put it in the basin to dip and lift it up, it can’t be rubbed, it can’t be kneaded, it can’t be twisted.”

Yang Yuyan lifted her new skirt up to take a look and said, “It’s not dirty, just bubble it.”

Zhang Ma said again: “socks are cotton, sweaty feet, must be kneaded, but can not use the rubbing board, will be rubbed deformation, the first soap, rubbed clean more than a few times to pore over the water, the water is clear before.”

Zhang Ma instructed some after letting the two sisters tossed away on their own, she doesn’t care, see how many days they can last.

Zhu Yanshu greatly appreciated the two sisters’ filial piety of washing their mother’s clothes and came over to watch with a smile on her face, holding her arms and advising Yang Yucicang and Yang Yuyan to be careful with her skirt and stockings.

Zhu Yanshu: “Ouch, have you cut your nails? You can’t scratch my stockings, you can’t wear them if you take off the silk, they cost six dollars, authentic American goods.”

The two sisters washed from eight o’clock to twelve o’clock, and Su Chunjun was sympathetic when she left, comforting Yang Yuyan: “When we get married, there will be workers to do it for you.”

Yang Yuyan actually had a hint of looking forward to getting married earlier, even if she knew that Mr. Su was playing this idea, she was willing to jump into the pit.

After washing, the silk cheongsams, skirts, and blouses of the three of them had to be dried with dry towels to absorb most of the water and then hung up to dry, but also in a ventilated, backlit place.

Yang Yuyan couldn’t lift both of her arms, “Sister, I want cotton for my next dress.” Also, she won’t change her clothes tomorrow.

Knowing Yang Yuyan’s laziness, Yang Yucan fumed, “Are you thinking of backing out? It’s only the first day!”

Yang Yuyan sat on the bed, never wanting to get up again, saying, “I think washing clothes is a man’s job, it’s heavy work, it needs strength, how can a woman have the strength? Women don’t have the strength to do it, so men should do the laundry.”

Yang Yucchan: “How can you think like that? What men can do, women can do too!”

Oblivious to the fact that Yang Yuyan had been led away, since ancient times, no one had really said that men should wash clothes. She didn’t realize it, and even went along with it.

Already familiar with the runway, Yang Yuyan overtaking speed fast and anxious, said: “Sister, what is the rationale for attacking the enemy’s strengths with already short? You have to play our female advantages and strengths. Than physical strength, that is of course the male advantage, we have to look for the female advantage is right.”

Yang Yu Cicada couldn’t say anything to her for a moment, but quickly found a loophole: “You’re talking nonsense again, since ancient times, it’s always been women who do the laundry and cook and run the household, you’re just lazy.”

Yang Yuyan continued to roll over her sister, “Sister, how can you say that! Who says women can only do housework? Household chores are clearly something both men and women can do. You’re looking down on women.”

Yang Yucan was speechless again, thinking for a long time, unable to find any new loopholes or arguments, but if she conceded defeat, she felt it was very wrong.

Zhu Yanshu was uneasy about her daughter, she came out to look for them, and just heard this part, she sighed in her heart, and pulled Yang Yucan back to the house: “Alright, let your sister sleep, you also go back to rest, you all have worked hard today. In this way, tomorrow when Mr. Shi comes, I’ll tell him to help Zhang Ma and I’ll pay him for his work, so you won’t have to work so hard.”

Yang Yucan seemed to be convinced, and things seemed to be resolved.

But she went back to the house and closed the door before remembering.

Was this a matter of money!

This was clearly a young girl’s shyness!

The next day, when Shi Wuwei heard that he could still earn five dollars a month for helping with the work, he immediately agreed!

He worked at the school every day, helping Professor Dai to clean and wash clothes and cook without getting paid, he didn’t expect the Zhu family to be so polite, making him embarrassed.

Zhu Yanshu said, “I know you students are noble, not willing to earn this kind of physical money, but call me to say, work and money are not noble and lowly, you pay for labor to get paid as a matter of course, right?”

Shi Wuwei joyfully said, “You are right, I didn’t think that way.”

Zhu Yanshu saw that Yang Yucan was still unhappy and her cheeks were flushed, knowing that she was still embarrassed, she purposely went over to enlighten her, “Just take him as a worker, men and women are equal, what a woman does, a man can do just as well. He doesn’t have the slightest evil thoughts when he works laundry, ah, or do you think he has evil thoughts?”

Yang Yu Cicada still trusted Shi Wuwei’s character and didn’t think he had evil thoughts when he did laundry.

Men and women are equal.

After she silently recited this a hundred times, learning from Yang Yuyan, every time Shi Wuwei washed his clothes, she pretended not to see it.