hotmtlnovel Chapter 1084 Assist from Lin Dongzhe
Chapter 1084 Assist from Lin Dongzhe
Chapter 1084 Assist from Lin Dongzhe
Tongji canteen.
After strolling around for the whole morning, Qin Hao took Lin Dongzhe and his party to the cafeteria for lunch. As soon as they entered the cafeteria, Lin Dongzhe shouted, "What a huge cafeteria."
Zhuang Chaoying adjusted his glasses. He originally thought that the cafeteria of the affiliated high school was quite large, but it turned out to be less than one fifth of the size of Tongji cafeteria.
Lin Wufeng said with emotion: "The cafeteria at the compressor factory is quite big, but compared to here, it's like a thatched hut."
“Not only is it big, it also has many windows. Dishes from all over the world are available here. You can eat whatever you want. Moreover, the chefs at Tongji University are very skilled. I guarantee you will never forget the taste.” Zhuang Tunan said proudly.
Qin Hao patted Lin Dongzhe and Xiang Pengfei on the shoulders and said, "Go ahead and see what you want to eat. It's my treat today."
Zhuang Chaoying was a little embarrassed: "How can I let you spend money? Let us do it."
Qin Hao took out a handful of meal tickets from his pocket: "Tongji Canteen doesn't accept cash, only meal tickets like this."
Lin Wufeng didn't bother to be polite with Qin Hao. He queued up and ordered two dishes, one meat and one vegetable. Lin Dongzhe and Xiang Pengfei each ordered three meat dishes, including fish and meat. It was very sumptuous, leaving Zhuang Chaoying at a loss as to what to do. It was Zhuang Tunan who comforted her.
"Dad, it's okay. Haozi can get a subsidy from the chess academy every month. We can't make him poor, so we can just treat it as dividing the land among the rich."
Qin Hao laughed and scolded: "Uncle Zhuang, if you feel bad, you can ask Zhuang Tunan to work for me to pay off the debt."
The group chatted and laughed and found two tables and put them together to sit down.
During the meal, people kept greeting Qin Hao. At first, Zhuang Chaoying thought they were just Qin Hao's classmates, but later he realized that there were too many people greeting him, so he quietly asked Zhuang Tunan, "How many people are there in your class?"
"Thirty."
"Isn't the guy who just greeted Haozi 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."
"Poetry? What poem?"
Zhuang Tunan recited the poem "Self-mockery", which made Xiang Pengfei and Lin Dongzhe applaud continuously. Then when Lin Wufeng asked them: What's good about it, the two of them hesitated and couldn't explain it clearly.
Lin Wufeng took the opportunity to teach him: "See, this is the difference between going to college and not going to college. If you don't study hard, you won't even know what makes a poem good."
"Dad, stop nagging me. I promised Brother Hao that I would study hard when I go back, and I will definitely be admitted to university." Lin Dongzhe said confidently.
Lin Wufeng became even more curious: "Haozi, what did you say to Dongzhe..."
"This is a secret between me and Brother Hao, you are not allowed to ask." Lin Dongzhe became anxious when he heard it. He didn't want his little secret to be known by adults.
Lin Wufeng's worry was gone, but Zhuang Chaoying stared at Xiang Pengfei. His head ached when he thought about his nephew's studies. Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting's studies had never worried him since they were young, so much so that he once thought that his family had the attribute of studying in their genes. Now it seems that Xiang Pengfei is the one who 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 studying. He is different from Lin Dongzhe.
Lin Dongzhe didn't want to study. When it came to learning talent, Lin Dongzhe was actually better than Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting. In elementary school, if he had put a little more effort, he could have kept pace with Zhuang Xiaoting. The reason why his academic performance plummeted after the second year of junior high school was, on the one hand, that Qin Hao was not at home and no one could shock Lin Dongzhe, and on the other hand, it was because the knowledge points in the second year of junior high school were much more complicated, and Lin Dongzhe's grades could no longer be supported by his cleverness alone.
Xiang Pengfei has no talent for studying at all, and he gets half the result with twice the effort. It takes him several times the time to understand the same knowledge point, so it is obviously unrealistic for him to get into university.
Moreover, the 80s was a turbulent era. Li Yiming became a millionaire by selling things on the street, so there was no need for Xiang Pengfei to stick to the college entrance examination.
Seeing that Qin Hao was indifferent, Zhuang Chaoying couldn't help but sigh. He and Qin Hao had a very ordinary relationship, and they even disliked each other. He really couldn't bring himself to ask Qin Hao for help.
Lin Dongzhe and Xiang Pengfei didn't have so many worries. They ate with their mouths full of oil, and praised the food as a key university.
Just as the two were enjoying their meal, Zhuang Tunan suddenly patted Lin Dongzhe on the shoulder and said jokingly, "Didn't you always say at home that you wanted to meet your brother Hao's pen pal? If you don't look up now, you'll miss it."
"Pen pal?" Lin Dongzhe looked up blankly, then suddenly came to his senses and looked around: "Are you talking about Sister Muzi?"
Qin Hao smiled and didn't stop Zhuang Tunan. Anyway, he didn't intend to hide it from Lin Wufeng and Song Ying.
Seeing that Qin Hao had no intention of keeping it secret, Zhuang Tunan pointed at a girl who was about to leave the cafeteria 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 it the sister in yellow?"
After seeing Zhuang Tunan nod, Lin Dongzhe suddenly dropped his bowl and chopsticks, picked up the small bag he was carrying and chased after him.
This scene made Zhuang Tunan stunned. It was too late for him to call him because Lin Dongzhe rushed to Li Jia at a very fast speed.
"Sister Muzi."
At first, Li Jia didn't react. No one had ever called her that before, and she didn't even know the child in front of her.
"You, are you calling me?" Li Jia pointed at himself.
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."
At the end, Lin Dongzhe even said something in English, which made Li Jia laugh for a while, but she still replied in English: "Well very nice to meet you too"
"Sister Muzi, are you and Brother Hao classmates now?" Lin Dongzhe asked impatiently.
Li Jia did not answer, but asked: "How do you know my?"
"You and Brother Hao sent letters back and forth, and I was the one who helped Brother Hao pick them up at the post office every time." Lin Dongzhe added, "I haven't read any of your letters... I haven't finished reading them."
Li Jia was amused by Lin Dongzhe: "So how much did you watch?"
"Just a little bit..." Lin Dongzhe scratched the back of his head embarrassedly.
Li Jia glanced at Qin Hao, and suddenly an idea came to her mind. She said to Lin Dongzhe, "How about I buy you a soda?"
"really?"
"Of course, let's go, there's a small shop outside."
Seeing Lin Dongzhe following 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. Tuanan and Haozi both know that girl, so she'll be fine." Lin Wufeng said nonchalantly.
Zhuang Chaoying was completely speechless. It was the first time he saw someone raising a child in this way.
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's our class monitor."
Lin Wufeng's eyes immediately became ambiguous: "Are you in a relationship with her?"
"Not yet. The teacher is watching closely."
"Well, you have to be careful. The university is very strict about this."
Zhuang Chaoying couldn't stand it any longer. How could you educate your children like this? The school had clearly banned this, but Lin Wufeng actually openly supported it?
On the other side, Lin Dongzhe was chatting enthusiastically with Li Jia. Before he even finished a bottle of soda, he had already explained Qin Hao's situation in detail.
Li Jia was secretly proud of herself. She had previously explained her family situation in detail in the letter, but she only knew that Qin Hao's parents died when he was very young, and that he was abused by his uncle and aunt, and she knew nothing else. Now, she finally learned everything about Qin Hao 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 was able to have the heart to break up with his second uncle, second aunt, grandparents and draw a clear line. This is not something that an ordinary child can do.
"Sister Li Jia, these are the apples and dried tea leaves I brought from Suzhou. They are delicious. I'm giving them to you."
Li Jia subconsciously wanted to refuse, but she heard Lin Dongzhe say seriously: "Just consider it as a return gift for you treating me to a soda."
"This……"
"Sister Li Jia, this is the first time I give 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 take it. How long do you plan to stay in Shanghai this time?"
"We'll take the 3:30 train back to Suzhou tomorrow afternoon."
"How about this? I'll take you around Shanghai tomorrow as a thank you for your apples and tea. How about that?"
"Okay, it's a deal. We'll meet at the entrance of Tongji tomorrow morning."
"It's a deal, do you want to make a pinky promise?"
Lin Dongzhe said seriously: "Childish, I'm not a three-year-old child."
Li Jia looked at Lin Dongzhe's receding back, a smile on her lips: "Are all the people in their family so interesting?"
At the entrance of the cafeteria, since it was winter, a row of cotton curtains were hung for warmth. Lin Dongzhe almost bumped into Zhuang Chaoying.
Zhuang Chaoying adjusted his glasses awkwardly, while Lin Wufeng lectured Lin Dongzhe with a stern face: "Why are you so irritable everywhere? Why don't you apologize to your Uncle Zhuang?"
Lin Dongzhe stuck out his tongue: "I'm sorry, Uncle Zhuang."
Before Zhuang Chaoying could even start to express his politeness, Lin Dongzhe couldn't wait to ask Qin Hao for credit: "Brother Hao, I gave Sister Li Jia a bag of apples and dried tea from Suzhou, and she promised to take us around Shanghai tomorrow."
Lin Wufeng immediately perked up after hearing this: "Well done, Lin Dongzhe. I'll give you credit for this."
Qin Hao laughed a lot. He didn't expect that Lin Wufeng could be so gossipy.
Zhuang Chaoying felt a toothache. He finally understood why Lin Dongzhe was lawless. It was all because of Lin Wufeng and Song Ying.
"Tunan, you wouldn't..." Zhuang Chaoying suddenly realized something.
Zhuang Tunan was just watching the fun, but the flames of war suddenly spread to him. He quickly shook his head: "Dad, I'm not in a relationship. I'm too busy with my studies."
"Well, university provides such a great learning opportunity, you must cherish it. Besides, you haven't settled down yet at your age, so you can wait until you get a job before talking about love. Otherwise, it would be irresponsible to be assigned to different places after graduation."
"Dad, don't worry, I won't."
Zhuang Chaoying patted Zhuang Tunan's shoulder with satisfaction. Although his son was not as good at studying as Qin Hao, nor did he have the same talent for Go as Qin Hao, he was better at being obedient. This son was the one who gave him the least worries in his life.
In the afternoon, Qin Hao took Lin Wufeng and his party to visit Tongji again. After a long journey, around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Wufeng suggested that they go to the guesthouse to rest.
At six o'clock, Lin Wufeng and Zhuang Chaoying found a hot pot restaurant outside and called Qin Hao and Zhuang Tunan to have a hot mutton hot pot, which instantly dispelled the day's fatigue.
After dinner, Qin Hao brought everyone to Tongji campus. There happened to be a dance party on New Year's Day. Lin Dongzhe, the dance king of the cotton mill, suffered a huge blow. His dancing posture, which he had always been proud of, seemed a little funny in front of the Tongji university students who had practiced dance seriously.
Zhuang Chaoying was totally unable to adapt to such occasions. Besides the deafening music, what was even more unacceptable to him was the sight of brightly dressed young men and women hugging each other in the dance floor.
This time, Zhuang Tunan did not stand on the same side as him: "Dad, the dance is allowed by the school."
"You can't just hug each other like that. Look at what it will become." Zhuang Chaoying said angrily.
Lin Wufeng persuaded, "Teacher Zhuang, dancing inevitably involves physical contact, which is normal. Doesn't the cotton mill hold a dance every year?"
"How can they be the same? The dances held at the cotton mill are for the formal employees of the factory. They are still students. Their most important task at the moment is to study. Holding a 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 so angry that he was about to fight back, but the female classmate ignored him and went to the dance floor to dance with her slender waist.
Zhuang Tunan turned his face away, fearing that he would laugh out loud and embarrass his father. His constantly shaking shoulders showed how much pain he was enduring.
Even when they returned to the guesthouse, Zhuang Chaoying was still sulking. She sat on the edge of the bed and complained to Lin Wufeng.
"Why are these kids like this now? University is such a sacred place. The country has created such good learning conditions for them, but they are so focused on doing those messy things..."
Lin Wufeng could only comfort her: "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 you change your brain? It's only been a few years since they had enough food to eat. Kids nowadays have had too many good days." Zhuang Chaoying still refused to give in.
Seeing this, Lin Wufeng had to change the subject: "Oh, by the way, Dongzhe, what time do you and Li Jia meet tomorrow?"
"There's no specific time, but we can just go early in the morning."
"Well, then don't let anyone wait for us, turn off the lights and go to bed."
In the dark room, Zhuang Chaoying was the only one left, sulking.
Gradually, a feeling of fatigue came over him and he fell into a deep sleep.
I want to share a good news with my friends that a new baby girl is born in our family. It feels incredible. Oh my God, how can there be such a cute little angel?