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Chapter 46: Assist from Lin Dongzhe

Tongji Canteen.

After shopping around all morning, Qin Hao took Lin Dongzhe and his party to the cafeteria for dinner. As soon as they entered the cafeteria, Lin Dongzhe shouted: "What a big cafeteria."

Zhuang Chaoying adjusted his glasses. He originally thought that the cafeteria of the attached middle school was quite big, but it turned out that it was not even one-fifth of the size of Tongji cafeteria.

Lin Wufeng said with emotion: "The canteen of the compressor factory is quite big, but compared with this place it's like a thatched hut."

"Not only is it big, there are many windows here. Dishes from all over the world are available here. You can eat whatever you want. Moreover, Tongji's chefs are very good at it. I guarantee that you will never forget it once you eat it." Zhuang Tu

Nan Bu said proudly.

Qin Hao patted Lin Dongzhe and Xiang Pengfei on the shoulders: "Go and see what you want to eat. I'll treat you today."

Zhuang Chaoying was a little embarrassed: "How can I make you spend money? Let's do it."

Qin Hao took out a handful of meal tickets from his pocket: "Tongji Canteen does not accept cash, only meal tickets like this."

Lin Wufeng was not polite to Qin Hao, and lined up to order one meat dish and one vegetarian dish. Lin Dongzhe and Xiang Pengfei each had three meat dishes, including fish and meat, which were very rich. Zhuang Chaoying didn't know what to do.

, or Zhuang Tunan comforted him.

"Dad, it's okay. Haozi now gets a monthly allowance from the Chess Academy. If we can't afford him, we'll just divide the land among the local tycoons."

Qin Hao laughed and scolded: "Uncle Zhuang, if you feel sorry for yourself, you can ask Zhuang Tunan to work for me to pay off the debt."

The group of people chatted and laughed and found two tables put together to sit down.

During the meal, people greeted Qin Hao from time to time. At first, Zhuang Chaoying thought they were Qin Hao's classmates, but later he found that there were too many people saying hello, so he quietly asked Zhuang Tunan: "How many people are there in your class?

"

"Thirty."

"Isn't the one who greeted Haozi just now a classmate of yours?"

"No."

"Then why does she look so familiar with Haozi?"

"It should be from the poetry club. Haozi's poems are very popular in Tongji."

"Poem? What poem?"

Zhuang Tunan recited the song "Self-Mockery", causing Xiang Pengfei and Lin Dongzhe to clap their hands and praise each other. Then when Lin Wufeng asked them what was good about it, the two of them hesitated and couldn't explain it.

Lin Wufeng took the opportunity to teach: "Look, this is the difference between going to college and not. If you don't study hard, you won't even know the merits of a poem."

"Dad, please stop nagging. I promised Brother Hao that I will study hard when I go back and I will definitely be admitted to college." Lin Dongzhe said with confidence.

Lin Wufeng became even more curious: "Haozi, what did you tell Dongzhe..."

"This is a secret between me and Brother Hao. You are not allowed to ask." Lin Dongzhe became anxious upon hearing this. He did not want his little secret to be known by adults.

Lin Wufeng's worry was gone, but Zhuang Chaoying stared at Xiang Pengfei. His head hurt when he thought about his nephew's studies. Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting had never let him worry about their studies since they were young, so that he once felt that his family

The ability to learn is inherent in his genes, and now it seems that Xiang Pengfei is the fish that slipped through the net.

It's not that Qin Hao doesn't want to help Xiang Pengfei, but Xiang Pengfei's talent is not in learning, and he is different from Lin Dongzhe.

Lin Dongzhe doesn't want to learn. If we really talk about his academic talent, Lin Dongzhe is actually higher than Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting. In elementary school, as long as he pays a little more attention, he can keep up with Zhuang Xiaoting. The reason why his academic performance plummeted after the second grade of junior high school.

On the one hand, Qin Hao is not at home, so no one can shock Lin Dongzhe. On the other hand, it is also because the knowledge points in the second grade of junior high school are much more complicated, and Lin Dongzhe's performance can no longer be supported by cleverness alone.

Xiang Pengfei, on the other hand, has no talent at all in terms of learning, and is a type of person who does twice the result with half the effort. He has to spend several times the time to understand the same knowledge points, so it is obviously unrealistic for him to enter college.

Moreover, the 1980s was a turbulent era. Li Yiming's stall sales made him a household worth tens of thousands of yuan, so Xiang Pengfei didn't need to stick to the college entrance examination.

Seeing Qin Hao's indifference, Zhuang Chaoying couldn't help but sigh. He and Qin Hao's relationship was very ordinary, and they even disliked each other. He really couldn't bear to beg Qin Hao.

Lin Dongzhe and Xiang Pengfei didn't have so much to worry about. They ate with their mouths full and praised that it was a key university and the food was good.

Just when the two were enjoying their meal, Zhuang Tunan suddenly patted Lin Dongzhe on the shoulder and said jokingly: "Don't you always talk about wanting to see your Brother Hao's pen pal at home? If you don't look up, you'll miss it."

"Pen pal?" Lin Dongzhe looked up blankly, suddenly woke up and looked around: "You mean sister Muzi?"

Qin Hao smiled and did not stop Zhuang Tunan. He had no intention of hiding it from Lin Wufeng and Song Ying anyway.

Seeing that Qin Hao had no intention of keeping it secret, Zhuang Tunan pointed at a girl who was about to leave the canteen with a lunch box.

Lin Wufeng looked in the direction of Zhuang Tunan's finger, and his first reaction was: This girl is very beautiful.

"Is that the sister in yellow?"

After seeing Zhuang Tunan nodding, Lin Dongzhe suddenly dropped his bowls and chopsticks, picked up the small bag he carried with him and chased after him.

Zhuang Tunan was dumbfounded by this scene. It was too late to call him out. Lin Dongzhe rushed in front of Li Jia very quickly.

"Sister Muzi."

At first, Li Jia didn't realize it. No one had ever called her that, and she didn't even know the child in front of her.

"Are you calling me?" Li Jia pointed at herself.

Lin Dongzhe nodded for a while, then pointed in the direction of Qin Hao: "I am Qin Hao's younger brother. My name is Lin Dongzhe. Hello, sister Muzi. Nice to meet you."

In the last sentence, Lin Dongzhe also said something in English, which made Li Jia laugh for a while, but he still replied in English: "Well very Nice to meet you too"

"Sister Muzi, are you and Brother Hao classmates now?" Lin Dongzhe asked impatiently.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Jia did not answer, but asked: "How do you know me?"

"You and Brother Hao send letters back and forth, and every time I help Brother Hao go to the post office to pick them up." After Lin Dongzhe finished speaking, he added: "I haven't read any of your letters... I haven't finished them."

Li Jia was amused by Lin Dongzhe: "Then how many have you watched?"

"A little bit..." Lin Dongzhe scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

Li Jia glanced at Qin Hao and suddenly had an idea and said to Lin Dongzhe: "Can I treat you to a soda?"

"Really?"

"Of course, let's go, there is a small shop outside."

Seeing Lin Dongzhe follow Li Jia out of the cafeteria, Zhuang Chaoying couldn't help but remind Lin Wufeng: "You just let Lin Dongzhe leave with that girl?"

"It's okay, Teacher Zhuang. Both Tunan and Haozi know that girl, so she'll be fine." Lin Wufeng said nonchalantly.

Zhuang Chaoying was completely speechless. This was the first time he had seen someone raising a child like this.

What Lin Wufeng is most concerned about now is not Lin Dongzhe, but the girl in yellow clothes.

"Haozi, is that girl in yellow really your pen pal in high school?"

"Well, her name is Li Jia, and she is our monitor."

Lin Wufeng's eyes immediately became ambiguous: "Are you and her in a relationship?"

"Not yet, the teacher is keeping an eye on it."

"Well, you have to be careful. The university is very tight on this."

Zhuang Chaoying couldn't stand listening anymore. How could anyone educate their children like this? Lin Wufeng actually openly supported something that was banned in schools?

On the other side, Lin Dongzhe was having a lively chat with Li Jia. Before he had finished a bottle of soda, he explained everything about Qin Hao's situation.

Li Jia was secretly proud. She had explained everything about her family situation in her letter before, but she only knew that Qin Hao's parents died when he was very young and he was abused by his second uncle and second aunt. She didn't know anything else.

Now I finally learned about Qin Hao again from Lin Dongzhe.

However, after listening to Lin Dongzhe's words, Li Jia admired Qin Hao's courage and perseverance even more. In such an environment, he could be so determined to break up with his second uncle, second aunt, and grandparents. This is not something ordinary children can do.

"Sister Li Jia, these are the apples and dried tea I brought from Suzhou. They are delicious. I give them to you."

Li Jia subconsciously wanted to refuse, but Lin Dongzhe said seriously: "Just think of it as a gift in return for buying me a soda."

"this……"

"Sister Li Jia, this is my first time giving a gift to a girl. If you don't accept it, I will be very embarrassed."

Li Jia was amused by Lin Dongzhe: "Okay, then I'll accept it. How long are you planning to stay in Shanghai this time?"

"We'll take the train back to Suzhou at 3:30 tomorrow afternoon."

"How about this? I'll take you around Shanghai tomorrow and just thank you for the apples and tea. How about that?"

"Okay, let's make it a deal. We will meet at the gate of Tongji tomorrow morning."

"It's a deal, do you want to pull the strings?"

Lin Dongzhe said seriously: "Childish, I am not a three-year-old child."

Li Jia looked at Lin Dongzhe's retreating back with a smile on his lips: "Are all the people in their family so interesting?"

At the entrance of the canteen, since it was winter, a row of cotton curtains was hung to keep warm. Lin Dongzhe almost bumped into Zhuang Chaoying.

Zhuang Chaoying adjusted his glasses in embarrassment, and Lin Wufeng scolded Lin Dongzhe with a straight face: "Why are you so frizzy everywhere? Why don't you apologize to your uncle Zhuang?"

Lin Dongzhe stuck out his tongue: "Uncle Zhuang, I'm sorry."

Before Zhuang Chaoying could be polite, Lin Dongzhe couldn't wait to claim credit from Qin Hao: "Brother Hao, I gave Sister Li Jia a bag of apples and dried tea brought from Suzhou, and she promised to take us around Shanghai tomorrow."

Lin Wufeng immediately became energetic after hearing this: "Well done, Lin Dongzhe, I'll give you a credit."

Qin Hao was amused for a while, but he didn't expect Lin Wufeng to be such a gossip.

Zhuang Chaoying felt a toothache. He finally knew why Lin Dongzhe was so lawless. It was because of Lin Wufeng and Song Ying.

"Tunan, couldn't you..." Zhuang Chaoying suddenly realized something.

Zhuang Tunan was watching the fun, but suddenly the flames of war caught up with him. He shook his head quickly: "Dad, I'm not in love. I'm too busy studying."

"Well, the university provides such a good learning opportunity. You must cherish it. Besides, you are not yet stable at your age. You can wait until you have a job to talk about love. Otherwise, you will be assigned to all over the world after graduation, which is too irresponsible."

"Dad, don't worry I won't."

Zhuang Chaoying patted Zhuang Tunan on the shoulder with satisfaction. Although his son did not study as well as Qin Hao, nor was he as talented at Go, he was obedient. This son was the one that made him worry the most in his life.

In the afternoon, Qin Hao took Lin Wufeng and his entourage around Tongji again. The journey was tiring, and at about three o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Wufeng suggested that he go to the guest house to take a rest.

At six o'clock, Lin Wufeng and Zhuang Chaoying found a hot pot restaurant outside, and invited Qin Hao and Zhuang Tunan to have a hot mutton hot pot meal, which instantly dispelled the fatigue of the day.

After dinner, Qin Hao took everyone to the Tongji campus. It happened that there was a dance on New Year's Day. Lin Dongzhe, the dance king of the cotton spinning mill, suffered a huge blow. The dance he had always been proud of had to be practiced in Zhengerbajing.

In front of Tongji college students, it seemed a little funny.

Zhuang Chaoying was completely unable to adapt to such an occasion. In addition to the deafening music, what made him even more unacceptable was the sight of well-dressed young men and women hugging each other on the dance floor.

This time Zhuang Tunan did not stand in the same camp as him: "Dad, the dance is allowed by the school."

"Then we can't just hug each other like that. Look at what they're like." Zhuang Chaoying said angrily.

Lin Wufeng persuaded: "Teacher Zhuang, when it comes to dancing, there will inevitably be physical contact. It's normal. Doesn't the cotton spinning factory have dances every year?"

"How can it be the same? The dance in the cotton spinning factory is held by employees who are officially working in the factory. They are still students. The most important task at the moment is studying. Holding any kind of dance is simply a waste of time and life." Zhuang Chaoying became more and more angry as he spoke.

As a result, a female classmate next to him was unhappy and glanced at him: "Old stubborn."

Zhuang Chaoying was furious and was about to fight back, but the female classmate ignored him at all and twisted her slender waist and went to dance on the dance floor.

Zhuang Tunan looked away, fearing that he would embarrass his father if he laughed out loud. You could tell from the constant shrugging of his shoulders how uncomfortable he was enduring it.

When they returned to the guest house, Zhuang Chaoying was still sulking. She sat by the bed and complained to Lin Wufeng.

"You said why these children are like this now? What a sacred place the university is. The country has created such good learning conditions for them, but they are obsessed with doing those messy things..."

Lin Wufeng could only comfort: "Teacher Zhuang, each generation has its own way of life, and there is nothing wrong with combining work and rest."

"There are so many extracurricular books in the library, why can't we change our minds? We have just had enough food for a few years, and these children today still have too many good lives." Zhuang Chaoying still refused to give up.

Seeing this, Lin Wufeng had no choice but to change the subject: "Oh, by the way, Dongzhe, what time do you have an appointment with that Li Jia tomorrow?"

"We didn't make an appointment at a specific time. Anyway, we can go there early in the morning."

"Well, then don't let anyone wait for us. Turn off the lights and go to sleep."

In the dark room, Zhuang Chaoying was left alone, sulking.

Gradually, a feeling of exhaustion came over him, and he fell into a deep sleep.


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