coobybook Chapter 270 Interesting Mathematics
Chapter 270 Interesting Mathematics
Zhuang Xiaoting hadn't seen Lin Dongzhe for several days and missed him terribly. As soon as she returned to the alley, she came to find Lin Dongzhe and told him about her experiences in Changzhou and the delicious food she had eaten. Her little mouth kept chattering away without stopping.
Seeing that she sounded thirsty, Lin Dongzhe poured her a glass of water to soothe her throat.
"Lin Dongzhe, don't you want to see the cake and the TV I just mentioned?"
Lin Dongzhe smiled and shook his head, "We'll have all of these in the future! If you want them, I'll buy them all for you when I grow up."
Zhuang Xiaoting looked at Lin Dongzhe very seriously, "Grandpa said those things are very expensive, will you buy them for me too?"
"I can buy it for you if you want it."
Zhuang Xiaoting gave Lin Dongzhe a kiss, "I won't let you buy it for nothing!"
Fortunately, the two of them were alone, and the adults were not present, nor was Zhuang Tunan!
Lin Dongzhe looked around nervously.
Huang Ling returned home a few days before Lunar New Year's Eve.
The entire Zhuang family went to the small house in the compressor factory.
Huang Ling was still the main cook for dinner, but the old lady became her assistant. Zhuang Ganmei's wife had gained another ten pounds, and she was out of breath after walking just a few steps, and felt very tired after standing for two minutes.
The old woman was afraid that the two men would take all the food on the table, so when they ate, she arranged for the two big fat men to sit at a separate small table, and even their food was served separately.
"Grandpa and Grandma, I miss you!" After finishing his meal, Zhuang Zhendong held onto the old woman's hand tightly. "Could I stay here?"
Zhuang Zhenbei followed suit, saying, "I also want to live here."
Zhuang Ganmei's face darkened. "What are you doing?"
“We haven’t had a full meal in a long time. My mom is too lazy to even wash our clothes. Our classmates think we smell bad and keep their distance.” Zhuang Zhenbei went all out and accused Zhuang Ganmei and his wife of their crimes.
The grandparents seemed very reluctant, saying, "We're getting old, we're afraid we can't take good care of you two!"
Looking at the two disheveled and filthy children, the old woman's eyes were full of disgust.
In the end, the filthy Zhuang Zhendong and Zhuang Zhenbei were taken away by the equally filthy Zhuang Ganmei.
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Wu Jianguo's family and Zhuang Chaoying's family came to the Lin family's house. They gathered together, chatted for a bit, and exchanged New Year's greetings.
Zhang Amei, Wu Jianguo's second wife, suggested giving each child one yuan as a New Year's gift.
Song Ying sneered inwardly, but still agreed.
Wu Jian's family has three children, the Zhuang family has two children, but the Lin family only has one Lin Dongzhe. No matter how the New Year's money is given, she will not lose out.
"Come on, children, it's time to give out red envelopes!" Zhang Amei even put the New Year's money in red paper, making it look very formal.
Wu Jianguo was still being reserved at this point. "If you ask me, we're all neighbors, there's no need to keep exchanging red envelopes." He didn't agree to exchange red envelopes. He had many children, but the amount of New Year's money he received was not much, and it would seem as if he were taking advantage of other people.
Zhang Amei didn't expect Wu Jianguo to undermine her and try to save face, saying, "What do you know? It's the New Year, it's all about good luck!"
During the Lunar New Year, Zhuang Chaoying was afraid the two would quarrel, so she quickly smoothed things over, saying, "Yes, sister is right, it's just for good luck." Zhuang Chaoying took the red envelope from Huang Ling's hand, "Here, let me give you the red envelope."
Huang Ling was stunned; Zhuang Chaoying's initiative was beyond her expectations.
Lin Dongzhe put away his two red envelopes without handing them to Song Ying. Song Ying didn't try to take them either, but simply told Lin Dongzhe to keep them safe.
Song Ying was unaware that there was an expired government bond inside.
Huang Ling waited at the door for Song Ying to explode, but she waited and waited and waited without seeing her. She sighed inwardly, realizing how petty she had been; Song Ying was much more magnanimous than she had imagined.
Zhuang Chaoying saw Huang Ling lingering at the door and knew she was upset, so she came over to comfort her, "Alright, you've already taken the bag, there's no use regretting it now."
"It's all your fault. You were so quick. I was going to give it to Xiaomin. You know, the Wu family has three children, so our family is already at a disadvantage. That's fine, but what makes me even angrier is that Zhang Amei made Shanshan go to queue up to buy meat while Xiaomin was sleeping at home."
Three days later, Lin Dongzhe received a special gift: a collection of fun math problems for elementary school students. "Dongzhe, this is a New Year's gift from Uncle Zhuang. Learning is a lifelong journey, and I wish you all the best in your studies in the new year!"
Zhuang Chaoying had no idea about Lin Dongzhe's grades or level of ability. He simply thought the book was excellent and hard to find, so he gifted it to Lin Dongzhe as a treasure. He even copied all the questions from the book before delivering it. He gave the book because of the government bonds; he felt that was inappropriate.
Lin Dongzhe accepted the math problem as a New Year's gift and then put it at the bottom of the box.
After the New Year, Zhuang Chaoying encouraged Zhuang Tunan to study hard and try to get into No. 1 Middle School or No. 10 Middle School. Zhuang Tunan listened and really focused on his studies.
Zhuang Xiaoting also stayed at home all day, just like Zhuang Tunan, and didn't go out.
Lin Dongzhe often saw Zhuang Xiaoting drawing on paper when he came to see her.
"Xiaoting, your drawing doesn't look like it."
Zhuang Xiaoting also thought it wasn't good, but firmly denied that it was because of her poor skills, saying, "We don't have colored pencils at home, so it's not as good as the ones drawn with colored pencils at school."
Lin Dongzhe picked up Zhuang Xiaoting's pencil. "I can draw really well without colored pencils, Xiaoting, do you believe me?"
"I don't believe it!" The twin ponytails became the drumsticks of a rattle.
Without further ado, Lin Dongzhe showed Zhuang Xiaoting a drawing, a portrait of Zhuang Tunan, with his name written at the end: "Zhuang Tunan in Study".
Zhuang Xiaoting looked at Lin Dongzhe with stars in her eyes, "Lin Dongzhe, how did you draw this? It's so lifelike!"
Lin Dongzhe put down his pencil. "So? Want to learn?"
Zhuang Xiaoting nodded frantically, "I want to learn!"
"Let's go to my room. Staying here is taking up too much of Tu Nan's time to do his studies." Lin Dongzhe looked at Zhuang Tu Nan, who kept peeking at him while he was drawing, and thought that if he drew one more picture, Zhuang Tu Nan would probably never finish his homework.
After Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting left, Zhuang Tunan picked up the painting Lin Dongzhe had made and exclaimed in amazement, "I didn't know I was this good-looking!"
Zhuang Tunan experienced the magic of beauty filters for the first time.
Huang Ling found it strange that Zhuang Xiaoting was rushing to the next door every day. Although they had played together before, she had never been in such a hurry as she had been these past few days.
Zhuang Tunan explained to Huang Ling and showed her the painting Lin Dongzhe had drawn, "Xiaoting went to learn painting from Lin Dongzhe. Lin Dongzhe paints very well. Mom, look, this is a painting Lin Dongzhe drew at our house."
Huang Ling was stunned. "This was really drawn by Lin Dongzhe? Then Lin Dongzhe can be considered a little genius!"
In the picture, Zhuang Tunan is hunched over his desk, studying diligently. You can feel his earnestness even through the paper.