noffsinger Chapter 172 Teacher Yan
Chapter 172 Teacher Yan
In the afternoon, because Sha Zhu had worked the night shift last night, he left work early and went home.
Squad Leader Zhao watched as Sha Zhu left empty-handed, and then handed him two boxes of meat and vegetables.
Sha Zhu didn't take it back; he secretly gave it to his apprentice, but unfortunately, he couldn't escape the watchful eyes of the kitchen staff.
Although the kitchen staff ate their fill in the cafeteria today, they didn't get a chance to taste the braised meat from the small kitchen.
After Sha Zhu left, seeing Liu Lan and Zhang Long about to leave, she immediately urged Zhang Long to contribute the braised meat so that everyone could taste it.
Although Liu Lan was thinking of sharing some things with Zhang Long privately after leaving the factory, despite her loud voice,
Unable to resist the persuasion and enticement of most of the kitchen staff, he felt powerless and alone.
Zhang Long himself lacked his own opinions and was too embarrassed to offend all the staff in the cafeteria.
Squad Leader Zhao ignored it and had no choice but to offer up the braised meat for everyone to enjoy.
On the way back, Liu Lan tasted a few bites of the braised food, but it was only after tasting it that she regretted it.
Such delicious meat, all ruined by those bastards in the kitchen! They've been verbally attacking Zhang Long the whole way here.
"You should learn from your master. See who dares to cause trouble in front of him."
"I don't get to eat a single bite of this all year, and your master finally gave you a lunchbox of braised meat, and you've ruined it all! If it were me, I would have fought them to the death. You coward!"
Enraged, Liu Lan finished speaking, tossed her braid, picked up her lunchbox containing mutton soup, and quickly left.
Zhang Long, an apprentice who was the same age as Sha Zhu and turned 17 after the New Year, slapped his cheek in frustration and went home with his lunchbox in a sullen mood.
After Sha Zhu arrived home, he had just made some tea in the living room and was resting on a recliner when Yu Shui brought his classmates and the neighbor's children to his house to play.
Seeing her brother lying on the recliner, Yu Shui skipped over to Sha Zhu's side, shook him, and said, "Brother, have you fed my two little goslings?"
Um, we didn't feed the ones at home, but we did feed the ones at the factory, and Xiao'e still won't eat.
"No, I brought back food for the two goslings. You can feed them yourself."
"Oh, okay," Yu Shui said without saying anything more. She went back inside to get her windmill and went with some classmates to see the two goslings.
The rainwater directly released the two goslings from their enclosure in the corner, and they played with their friends in the yard.
The windmill rattled in the rain, and two goslings followed its footsteps, quacking and chasing after it.
When Sha Zhu saw this, he thought it was terrible. He assumed that Yu Shui had gone to feed the two goslings, but to his surprise, Yu Shui took the two goslings and started running around the yard like crazy.
Sha Zhu got up and went into the yard, asking the children playing there, "Have you finished your homework?"
Rain and her friends stopped when they heard Sha Zhu's question.
The other children who were in the rain didn't dare to say anything and all looked at Rain. Rain's eyes darted around, "Brother, we don't have homework today."
Sha Zhu could tell from Yu Shui's expression that Yu Shui was lying again.
Furious, she snapped, "Why did you let those two goslings out in this cold weather?"
Didn't you say you'd feed them yourself? You don't need to feed them anymore. Hurry up and lock the goslings up, go inside and do your homework, and then play inside after you're done.
What if your classmate breaks out in a cold sweat in the yard and catches a cold when they get home?
Seeing that her brother was probably really angry and that her second uncle wasn't around to back her up, Yu Shui reluctantly led her classmate back inside. She didn't even bother with the two goslings anymore.
Sha Zhu saw the two goslings following behind Yu Shui, quacking loudly.
I walked over, grabbed one in each hand, put them back in their little nests, and locked them up.
After Yu Shui and the others returned to the house, they fed the two goslings a little something and then went back to the living room to continue lying around.
Not long after I lay down, the only old man in courtyard number 95, Yan Bugui, came over. Sha Zhu didn't even hear the knocking. He probably didn't close the gate when Yu Shui came back.
Sha Zhu was curious; why was Yan Laokou coming over at this time? His house wasn't even close.
His own wife is pregnant, why isn't he going back to be with her? What could he possibly want by coming here?
After Yan Bugui entered the living room, feeling its warmth, he looked at Sha Zhu lying on the recliner, adjusted his glasses, and said enviously,
"Zhu Zi, you're living such a comfortable life. The fireplace in the living room isn't even lit, but it's not cold. I'll get you a birdcage and put a bird next to your recliner. You'll be just like the silly son of that old folks."
"You can't expect anything good to come out of a dog's mouth, Old Man Yan. Why aren't you home? What are you doing here in this cold weather?"
I'm not offering you any freebies. As the saying goes, a weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken is definitely up to no good.
Today is the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Why don't you kowtow to me and I'll give you a red envelope?
"Cough cough," Yan Bugui was a little angry at what Sha Zhu said, and coughed twice, but he was only a little angry, as he was used to it.
After calming himself down, Yan Bugui walked to the table next to Sha Zhu, found a chair, sat down, and said...
“Zhu Zi, a lot of children from No. 95 courtyard came to your house to wish you a Happy New Year, but you didn’t go back to wish your old neighbors a Happy New Year.”
"Oh, really? I didn't know. I was busy at the small restaurant on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and I went to my master's house on the second and third days. I didn't come back at all. How could I have had time to visit No. 95 for the New Year?"
"How can you say you don't have time? The New Year isn't even over yet! You can go back and visit anytime!" Old Yan argued vehemently on the issue of social etiquette.
"That won't do, Professor Yan. Look at the reputation of your department."
Would I dare go back? Look at Yi Zhonghai now, still lying in the hospital.
Your entire college was either robbed, or it's connected to spies. I'm not going to go out of my way to get involved.
"I finally get to visit your compound, and what a coincidence, the Jia family's house collapsed!"
Sha Zhu's tone shifted, and he asked curiously, "Teacher Yan, after I left, is it possible that Jia Zhangshi blamed me for the house collapsing because of her personality?"
Then he muttered to himself with certainty, "Given Jia Zhangshi's shameless and ruthless nature, she'll definitely start cursing at me again after I leave!"
Yan Bugui smiled broadly and gave Sha Zhu a thumbs up.
"That's right. If your family hadn't lived here in the neighborhood office area and Director Wang hadn't scolded her twice, Jia Zhangshi would have come to cause you trouble long ago."
Zhu Zi, I'll tell you a secret. Didn't you find your second uncle a job? Just a couple of days ago...
Jia Zhangshi and several neighbors were jealous of your family and spoke ill of you. Director Wang caught them and almost sent them to a labor camp.
I felt a little regretful at the time; this Jia Zhangshi was the biggest scourge in the courtyard.
Every time something happens, I find it's related to her family. Look at this time, Yi Zhonghai is in the hospital again. If it weren't for Jia Zhangshi's instigation,
Yi Zhonghai wouldn't have brought Jia Dongxu to find you, right? If he hadn't come to find you, Lao Yi wouldn't have been hit by the ox, and none of this would have happened.
Now, I stay far away from the Jia family. Every time I run into someone from the Jia family, I avoid them.
Just a couple of days ago, Aunt Hu was saying that there were bad things being said about her family in the area around No. 95 Courtyard. It turns out it was the Jia family again.
Sure enough, I can't live as well as they do, otherwise those old beasts will feel uncomfortable and keep destroying and disgusting my home.
They've already moved so far away, why are they still causing trouble for themselves?
If the government hadn't just cleaned up Nanluoguxiang, making those evil spirits disappear without a trace, Nanluoguxiang would still be under the government's attention, and they might have given Jia Zhangshi another severe crackdown.
This is why, although Sha Zhu looked down on Yan Bugui's behavior, he did not completely sever ties with Yan Bugui.
Although Yan Bugui had his own schemes, most of them were petty calculations driven by the desire to gain an advantage. At most, he was a bit arrogant and looked down on others.
People these days are dirt poor, so who wouldn't want to take advantage of something?
Once we suppress Yan Laokou's arrogance, we can naturally have an equal dialogue.
Sha Zhu now directly calls Teacher Yan "Old Man Yan," and Teacher Yan has lost his temper. Having gotten used to Sha Zhu calling him that, he no longer objects.
In Teacher Yan's mind, as long as I can still gain some advantage from you,
It's just Yan Laokou's nickname. Anyway, the school principal and teachers all know about it, and they've become indifferent to it.
Everyone in the courtyard has become shrewd; they can only try to get a treat from Sha Zhu. You can give me the cornbread that Yu Shui doesn't like at a discount.
Unlike Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi, who had this intention from the beginning—brainwashing you while simultaneously trying to make you childless—their malicious intentions were truly wicked.
"Teacher Yan, you haven't said what's the matter yet?" Sha Zhu asked, seeing that Teacher Yan wasn't getting to the point.
Yan Bugui rubbed his hands together and said embarrassedly, "Zhuzi, isn't this the time when school lets out? Your steel mill workers bring their lunchboxes to pick up their kids from school after get off work. I heard that your factory ate mutton and drank mutton soup today?"