Chapter 72

Su Chunjun didn’t stay in Zhu’s house for too long. The first is that there are many tenants upstairs and downstairs, the Zhu family three mothers and daughters, after all, he is not yet engaged to Yang Yuyan, in the Zhu family stay too long, their reputation is not good. The people’s words can be feared after all. He is not a black and white students, will not have to touch a bloody head before giving up.

Not even if it was someone else who bled.

Secondly, he knew very well that Second Miss Yang’s attention span was only thirty minutes, and beyond that, she wouldn’t be able to concentrate in any way. When he used to be a tutor, he had to divide a lesson into two halves, and in between, he had to accompany Miss Yang Er to talk for an hour. However, this hour was not wasted, who asked Miss Yang to be too good at coaxing, she believed everything she said, which really made him have a lot of fun.

After thirty minutes of copying and memorizing, Su Chunjun put away his textbook and notes, told her to read it once tomorrow when she woke up to deepen her memory, and then went to the kitchen to say goodbye to Zhang Ma.

Zhang Ma immediately came out to send him to the door, eager to see him go. Her gaze was like a knife, gouging him several times and tsked, “When Second Miss becomes an adult, you two will get engaged and I will not care about it in the future! It can’t be done nowadays.”

Su Chunjun’s mouth was very sweet, and he hurriedly said, “Where are your words, Mrs. Zhang? You are like Yan Yan’s grandmother, how can you not care about her? How could Yan Yan let you go?”

Mrs. Zhang blustered, “I wouldn’t dare say that! How can I be compared to the old lady? You’ve never seen the old lady, she was born a jade made of water! When her hair was gray, she was still so beautiful. And she’s kind and virtuous. The old lady didn’t dare to take pictures, but if she did, you’d be able to see her. That’s many times more beautiful than the current movie girls.” But her heart is also very used, and then saw Yang Yuyan guarding the door, the power of the glare is much weaker, said: “Only one more word, quickly lock the door, you also have to hurry to go to bed.”

Then he turned around and went back to the kitchen.

Yang Yuyan stood guard just looking at him and saying good night.

Su Chunjun is looked at by her and unconsciously reveals a smile and also says gently and softly, “Good night.” He held her shoulders and let her go in, suddenly remembering what he wanted to say to Yang Yucan at the dinner table, but at that time, he was worried that Yang Yucan would object, and that wouldn’t be too good, so he swallowed his words. Now it’s the right time to say it to Yang Yuyan, so that she can persuade Yang Yucan.

Su Chunjun said, “I didn’t say anything at the dinner table just now. That book club, now is the right time to get Missy to quit.”

Yang Yuyan: “Oh, are you worried that the student movement will be involved?”

Su Chunjun: “No one knows how long this storm will go on even now. Missy is in conflict with the reading club crowd, and she’s about to graduate, so it’s the right time to quit while she’s ahead.”

Yang Yuyan worriedly said, “What? Could it be that the government side will be troublesome?” She thought that this was just like the various activities in the past, that it would only have a lifespan of three months at the most, and that it would soon die down and everyone would go about their lives as usual.

Su Chunjun smiled bitterly, touched the tip of her braid, and said, “I’m afraid it will be more and more troublesome in the future.” His complexion changed and he solemnly said, “You persuade the eldest young lady. In the future, you go to study, and don’t participate in any activities or gatherings, and don’t make too many friends. Seriously just read your own books.”

He was worried that with Yang Yuyan’s character and temperament, she would easily be targeted and utilized at school.

Yang Yuyan closed and locked the door, still thinking about Mr. Su’s last words.

Yes, it would become more and more – dangerous in the future.

When she first came to this world, she hadn’t seriously thought about anything at all.

Life wasn’t even precious anymore, so what was there to care about?

At that time, she felt that the fate of this world was already predetermined, so she never thought about what else she could do. She quietly became “Yang Yuyan”, a relative of Zhu Yanshu and Yang Yucan, and tried to repay their care and love, and tried not to cause trouble for them.

She originally thought that it would be as difficult as pleasing her father and mother at home, but after three years, she has gradually forgotten what she used to be like, as if the current talkative, interrupting, and provocative self is her true self.

Today, Ms. Su’s words were like a wake-up call to her lazy self.

This land was undergoing suffering, its people were being plundered and tortured, the suffering was so long, but eventually the dawn came. Until then, though, they would have to make it through the long, dark night, walking through the thorns.

If only she knew more.

But she never paid attention in class, and she hadn’t even turned the pages of her textbook more than a few times, so she couldn’t even remember what all was going on at this point.

In fact, she was vaguely glad for it. If she remembered everything, how could she use it to help the people around her, to help this country? She didn’t know, she had no clue! The greats were too far away, what could she do with only the names? She couldn’t even resolve the conflict between her own parents, so how could she bear the burden of this entire country placed on her?

It was better the way it was now. She was just a small person who only tried her best to do what she could to help those she could, keeping her feet on the ground was what she should do.

She leaned against the door and fell into deep thought. Zhang Ma came out and saw it, calling out to her, “Don’t daze, quickly go and bring hot water to wash up and go to bed early.”

Yang Yuyan hurriedly put away those ambitions and ran to carry the kettle of hot water into her room, as she sat on the chair to wash her feet, Zhang Ma carried the soup tureen in to dry the quilt for her.

Seeing Zhang Ma carrying such a large copper kettle in, then spreading out the quilt for her, tucking the soup granny in, and carefully tucking it in around her, Yang Yu Yan suddenly felt that she was too much of a misfit, Zhang Ma’s age was already too old, and her continuing to do the whole family’s chores really was too much of a chore.

She hurriedly shook off her feet and put on her slippers and stood up, “Zhang Ma, don’t mind, I’ll take out the soup granny in a while.”

Zhang Ma did not have the good sense to say, “Can you lift it? I’ll smash my feet again! Alright, you can save me some trouble. Have you finished washing your feet? Go pour out the water yourself.”

Yang Yuyan promised and happily ran to pour the water, and when she came back, she saw a bowl of sweet pear water on the bedside table.

“Drink it and remember to go rinse your mouth before going to sleep.” Zhang Ma said, “When I turn off the lights in a while, you shouldn’t run to the kitchen to put the bowl away, just leave it in the house and take it over in the morning.”

Zhang Ma urged Yang Yuyan to go to bed and bring down the soup bowl. The comforter was baked dry and warm, there was no moisture at all and it wasn’t shady. Yang Yuyan’s two feet stretched into the quilt, so comfortable that she shivered.

The sweet pear water was still scalding hot, there was no way to drink it for the time being.

Zhang Ma continued to go around her house, putting some odds and ends back in their place, socks, shoes, pants and clothes all folded and put away neatly.

Yang Yuyan embraced the quilt and leaned against the bed, saying, “Zhang Ma, there are more and more things going on in the house now, can you hold up with so much hard work ……”

Zhang Ma turned around and said, “All three of you mother and daughter refuse to work, who else will do it if I don’t? What, do you still want to tell your mom to give me processing money?”

Yang Yuyan hurriedly said, “I can also do the housework in the future!”

Mrs. Zhang said loudly, “Oh no! Forget it! Isn’t it enough that your sister is making a mess? Look at that big pumpkin on the kitchen floor! I still can’t figure out what to do with it!”

Yang Yuyan laughed.

Zhang Ma looked at her little face and felt pain in her heart, sitting on the edge of the bed, patting the quilt and saying, “I know, you’re feeling sorry for me. Your mom also mentioned to me before whether to hire another person to come back to help me work ……”

Yang Yuyan immediately asked, “Okay? Do we invite then?”

Zhang Ma glared at her, “No way! The people outside don’t know their roots, so what if they come back and harm your family! Do you know what kind of people are in the persuasion centers outside? They are all gamblers, heavy smokers, and ……” Zhang Ma lowered her voice, “and women who have gone straight! If you invite those kind of people back, will your family’s reputation be at stake?”

Yang Yuyan was shocked, “Are these people in the persuasion center?”

The newspaper had also reported about the Persuasions, as a very popular benevolent policy, not only did the government support it, even Yang Yuyan had a very good impression of the Persuasions. Not only did the government support it, but even Yang Yuyan had a favorable impression of it, because it helped the poor and it introduced jobs for women.

Zhang Ma sighed, “What else? If it wasn’t for an accident in the family, how would a woman from an ordinary family go to the Persuasion House? Only women who have no food or clothing, no relatives or friends to rely on, and no skill can only go to the persuasion center to think of a solution. Take you for example, if you want to find a job, all you have to do is to show your student card from the girls’ high school, where can you not find a job? Another example is me, if your family doesn’t hire me anymore, I’ll put the word out in the vegetable market, and someone will immediately come to my door to hire me!”

Zhang Ma was confident.

Yang Yuyan hurriedly responded, “Our family can’t do without you, Mrs. Zhang! You can’t leave!”

When put this way, it was indeed the case.

Zhang Ma sighed, “If there’s a man in the family who works, even if he goes out to pull a cart, he won’t let the women in the family go hungry. Those who have big smokers and gamblers at home, do you know if she will harbor evil intentions when she arrives at your home? Back then, my family was also clean, and my parents were honest croppers who weren’t afraid of me running away with the money before I could go out to work, and people were also relieved to hire me.”

Zhang Ma herself knows that her body is not as good as it used to be when she got older, she used to worry that Zhu Yanshu would sweep her off her feet when she got old, but now she doesn’t think that way anymore. She was worried that Zhu Yanshu would sweep her off her feet when she grew old, but now she had long since stopped thinking that way.

This mother and daughter are all delicate young ladies, although they have read many books and can talk a lot of sense, but to let them live on their own, that would never work.

She was really worried about them.

Sometimes she felt that Zhu Yanshu was like her dainty sister, and Yang Yucan and Yang Yuyan were like her children.

Zhang Ma: ”So there’s no need to mention the matter of hiring someone. When I can do it, I’ll do it. When I can’t do it anymore, you’ll have to do it yourselves.”

She pats Yang Yuyan’s quilt, “Alright, you sleep well, don’t think all day, you have to go to school tomorrow to read with the professor.”

Yang Yuyan pulled Zhang Ma and asked, “Right, Zhang Ma, is Ma Tianbao …… willing to move over?”

Zhang Ma: “Said they want to think about it. But I think, sooner or later, they will have to move over.”

Yang Yuyan: “Then what kind of disease did Ma Tianbao’s mom have?”

Zhang Ma sighed: “She said she was dizzy and couldn’t stand up, and when she stood up, she fell to the ground. Her hands and feet are fine, and she can talk and eat. Now in the medical center over there living, the doctor to her every day acupuncture, I do not know can not get well. Alas, when people are sick, they don’t live long.”

The next day, Yang Yuyan wanted to talk to Yang Yucan in the morning, but there was no time at all. Early in the morning, everyone was busy.

Zhu Yanshu suspected that running around in the past few days was too hard, so she got up in the morning and ate breakfast before going back to lie down again.

Zhang Ma had to clean up the small storehouse, make room for Ma’s family, and also pull a wire in and install a light, so she was very busy. The matter of buying food had to be entrusted to Yang Yuchan again, this time it is more clear, even what kind of food should be bought, in front of which stall to buy, the stall owner’s last name and name, how much money to buy, are clearly explained.

Zhang Ma handed Yang Yucan the vegetable pocket and said, “You send Yan Yan to school first, then go directly to buy vegetables, and come back afterward.”

How could Yang Yucan have the time to talk to Yang Yuyan about anything? She pushed this dragging sister out of the door, got on a yellow bus and went straight to the university, when she arrived at the place and put her down, she still wanted to say hello to Prof. Dai, but she couldn’t help that Prof. Dai was busy, so she had to hand Yang Yuyan over to Shi Wuwei.

Shi Wuwei solemnly took over Yang Yuyan: “Don’t worry, I will keep an eye on her and won’t let her run out. When you come to pick her up at noon, she must be fine.”

Yang Yu Cicada turned her head again and handed over to Yang Yu Yan not to run around in the school, just stay in the small building, stay with her classmates in class and out of class, she came over to pick her up at noon.

She came over to pick her up at noon. After she finished, she left in a flurry.

Shi Wuwei sighed to Yang Yuyan, ”Your sister is really a thunderous character. Does she have something important to do later?”

Yang Yuyan: “She’s going to buy vegetables, if she goes late, there won’t be any fresh vegetables.”

Shi Wuwei was very knowledgeable about vegetables, as his family was the ones who farmed the land. He sighed, “All the vegetables in the city are too expensive.” His own family to eat vegetables to go to the ground to pick on the line, is the town’s vegetables are also much cheaper than the city’s vegetables, he just arrived in the city, for the first time to know that the green vegetables can also be sold for money! Why don’t you take a few green onions and exchange them?

Yang Yuyan: “Then you can talk to my sister about how to buy vegetables next time, the vegetables she bought back these two times were not very good.”

Shi Wuwei is even more surprised: “What’s so difficult about that?”

Yang Yuyan sighed, “I don’t know how to do it either.”

Shi Wuwei glanced at Second Miss Yang and began to worry for Su Chunjun. Apparently his fiancée doesn’t know how to cook and is an authentic young lady, so it won’t be a good time for Su’s family in the future, and there’s bound to be a lot of trouble.

Thinking about it like this, it seems not bad?

Shi Wuwei instantly felt that the bird’s anger from being bullied by Su’s classmate in the past had subsided quite a bit.