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Chapter 274 Going to a Restaurant
"Sister Ling, this is...?" Li Yuping was also among those staring, but besides looking back at the pants, she also glanced at the person and realized it was her former roommate.
Song Ying, holding Zhuang Xiaoting's hand, said to Li Yuping, "This is Huang Ling's family's house; they live right next door to us."
Li Yuping walked over and touched Zhuang Xiaoting's face. "Little sister, you're so pretty! How about I give you a little flower?" As she spoke, she took out a sunflower-shaped hair clip from her pocket and put it on Zhuang Xiaoting's head.
"Thank you, sister!" Zhuang Xiaoting accepted the gift readily.
"Didn't Dongzhe go shopping with you?" Li Yuping stood up. "I haven't seen Dongzhe in so long, I miss him so much!"
"He went out by himself early this morning, I don't know where he went to play."
Lin Dongzhe did indeed go out, but he was acting on behalf of Heaven!
Because there hasn't been any crackdown yet, the surrounding atmosphere is very chaotic, and some people have begun to gradually form criminal gangs, but it's still in its infancy and hasn't reached a large scale.
The group of people Lin Dongzhe recruited were a few oddballs among them, specializing in bullying girls and committing heinous acts. According to their crimes, being eaten with peanuts was a given, so to stop them from committing further evil, Lin Dongzhe decided to strike first.
A few people happened to be bathing in the river after drinking, what a perfect opportunity!
A perfect replica of Li Heman.
Those so-called "thieves with a code of honor" should be dealt with by the crackdown!
Lin Dongzhe, humming a little tune, returned home and saw Li Yuping, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
"Dongzhe! I've missed you so much!" Li Yuping rushed over and hugged Lin Dongzhe tightly as soon as she saw him return home. Lin Dongzhe's face was immediately buried against her breasts, making it hard for him to breathe!
A karmic debt!
Lin Dongzhe felt a bit scared, thankfully he moved out of the dormitory in time!
Lin Dongzhe knew that Li Yuping wasn't actually affected by the skill; after all, she was still young then, and the skill's effect was practically negligible. Li Yuping genuinely liked him, but only in the way she liked her younger brother.
Li Yuping ate dinner in the courtyard before leaving. She and Huang Ling knew each other, so they all ate together.
When seeing the guests off, Li Yuping looked at Lin Dongzhe with lingering reluctance. After they left, Huang Ling praised Lin Dongzhe's popularity, saying he was the kind of person everyone liked.
Zhuang Xiaoting listened to Huang Ling's words and seemed to be deep in thought.
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As the sun and moon revolve, winter vacation has arrived once again.
Zhuang Chaoying received some paper-cutting assignments from the school, and was told that she would be paid 50 cents for each paper cut.
Many people don't know how these stencil exam papers are made. You can look it up. In the past, it was indeed quite difficult. There were no typewriters or computers, so exam papers could only be handwritten. Special pointed stencils were used to write the questions on stencils, and then ink was used to print the exam papers.
Writing on wax paper required laying it on an iron plate, and it couldn't be heated by a fire. In winter, carving exam papers was a real chore.
Zhuang Chaoying is not afraid of hardship, but she is afraid that the hardship will be of no use.
Huang Ling felt sorry for Zhuang Chaoying and advised him not to work so hard, but Zhuang Chaoying insisted on doing it. Huang Ling had no choice but to buy some frostbite cream and apply it to Zhuang Chaoying.
Zhuang Chaoying's family wasn't particularly short of money. Although his grandmother still collected Zhuang Chaoying's wages, it had been reduced to one-fifth. The money she received from Zhuang Chaoying was spent by herself, and she no longer gave any to her second son, Zhuang Ganmei. But Zhuang Chaoying had come from a poor background; during the famine, he was the one who was the hungriest. Therefore, he had the deepest understanding of the words "poverty" and "suffering."
Of course, this was not his reason for using Zhuang Chaoying's money to curry favor. Huang Ling could be filial to Zhuang Chaoying's parents, but there were limits. She could not be as wholeheartedly devoted to the Zhuang family as Zhuang Chaoying was. Especially since her grandmother had used Zhuang Chaoying's money to subsidize Zhuang Ganmei, which made Huang Ling very angry.
Song Ying missed the "Advanced Individual" award by two votes and didn't win. The atmosphere in the Lin family has been a bit tense these past two days. Fortunately, the Lin family didn't particularly need the award, and Song Ying's anger subsided after a couple of days.
During the Chinese New Year, Li Yiming came to the Zhuang family to offer his greetings. Whether Li Yiming had figured things out on his own or received guidance from someone, he suddenly became enlightened.
Li Yiming was a bit late to the game, and ultimately failed to get into university. When Li Yiming arrived, Zhuang Chaoying was still carving exam papers, which were scattered all over the table and bed.
"Yiming, let's go to Aunt Song's place, the children are all there!"
Li Yiming agreed and brought his cousin to the Lin family.
Everyone sat down and started chatting. Li Yiming said he was waiting in line for his job assignment. In the meantime, he had been setting up a stall to earn some pocket money, because he couldn't just stay at home and die of boredom.
Li Yiming's uncle was even more disheartened, as he didn't even have a chance to queue up.
Lin Wufeng found some mechanical books for the two of them so they could study at home. He said he would recommend them to work in the factory when the time was right, even if they were just temporary workers.
Li Yiming was very grateful for Lin Wufeng's help and thanked him sincerely.
After the spring, many educated youth stayed in the city and did not want to return to their former settlements.
But there were only so many houses, and with so many educated youth flooding into the city, it was incredibly crowded. Moreover, very few of the educated youth who returned to the city were assigned jobs; most were still observing the situation. Their siblings were all married, and living and eating in their siblings' "homes" for so long inevitably led to conflicts.
Arguments frequently erupt in the alley, with fights happening every few days, stretching from one end of the alley to the other.
Song Ying was woken up and got up to chat with Huang Ling. When she saw Huang Ling picking snake gourds, her face immediately fell.
"The snake gourds are ripe again! I have no appetite for snake gourds now!" Song Ying said with a gloomy face, then suddenly thought of something, "Sister Ling, I said Xiaoting's birthday is coming up soon, and Songhelou Restaurant is opening, so I'll treat you to a meal there!"
Huang Ling declined, saying, "No need, eating out is too expensive. Just make some rice cakes and rice wine for Xiaoting, and she'll be very happy!"
Song Ying immediately grabbed Huang Ling's arm and shook it coquettishly, "Please, Sister Ling, let me take this opportunity of celebrating Xiaoting's birthday to go out for a nice meal! Just the three of us, without Dongzhe and Tunan."
Huang Ling had no choice but to nod in agreement.
Because Lin Dongzhe wasn't clingy, neither Song Ying nor Huang Ling intended to hide it from him, but they also didn't specifically mention it.
However, after the three of them came out, they saw Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Tunan guarding the intersection.
"Aunt Huang, Ms. Song, where are you going?"
Zhuang Tunan awkwardly tugged at Lin Dongzhe, "How about we go back?"
Huang Ling took Lin Dongzhe's hand and said, "Since we're here, let's go together."
So the group of five went to Songhelou and ordered five bowls of noodles.
Song Ying insisted on paying the bill, but Huang Ling refused, saying that she had asked Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Tunan to stay, so they should split the bill this time. In the end, Song Ying prevailed, using her charm to persuade Huang Ling to give in.