Chapter 52 Why is Zhou Zhiqing back?

Chapter 52 Why is Zhou Zhiqing back?

Along the way, Shen Xue and Zhou Jingchen were both hesitant to speak. Zhou Jingchen thought she disliked the shabby gift he brought. "Xiaoxue, what do you mean? Do you dislike the kohlrabi I brought?"

Why did Zhou Jingchen feel that Shen Xue despised him? Because he also despised her, but if he was asked to prepare other gifts, Zhou Jingchen was reluctant to give them.

As a country bumpkin, it was already very good of him to bring two kohlrabi. When he gave Shen Xue that towel, he felt painful when he thought about it now. He had a lot of towels, and if he couldn't use them all, he could just take them out and exchange them with other educated youth.

"Jingchen, don't get me wrong, I didn't mean that. The kohlrabi you brought is very good, and my family likes to eat kohlrabi.

Jingchen, my grandma... agreed to let you move in, but it was conditional." Shen Xue was afraid that after entering the house, her grandma and second aunt would ask Jingchen to pay rent, which would embarrass Jingchen, so she hesitated for a long time before speaking out.

Zhou Jingchen immediately stopped and asked, "What are the conditions?"

"My grandma said that if you live in my house, you have to give me 20 yuan a year, and you have to give me 5 yuan for the pots, pans, and firewood you use.

You have to fetch water yourself, and you have to wait until our family finishes cooking before you can start.

You have to pay 10 cents to use the toilet, and 1 cent to sit on the stool... You have a separate room, but it's in the woodshed!"

Her voice became weaker and weaker. The old woman was simply obsessed with money. She wanted money for everything.

Zhou Jingchen almost shouted, "Why doesn't she go and rob? Your house is a golden nest, I can't afford to live there, I'm going back."

Not to mention that he has no money, even if he had money he would not live there. It is wishful thinking to ask him for 20 yuan for a shabby house. What is too much is that it is not even a house, and he is asked to live in a woodshed for 20 yuan a year.

Not only do I have to live in the woodshed, but I also have to pay extra to use her things. They even charge me for sitting on a stool and using the toilet. This family is simply going too far!

Seeing him turn around and leave without looking back, Shen Xue hurried forward and pulled his hand, "Jingchen, don't be angry, my grandma probably doesn't like me and said that on purpose, why don't you go home and talk to my grandparents, they should let you stay."

Zhou Jingchen was even more angry when she held his hand. He shook her hand away. If someone saw him holding hands with Shen Xue, it would be terrible! The Shen family would blackmail him! If he had a choice, he didn't want to marry a village girl in the countryside.

"Your grandma has said this, and you still want me to go in? Are you waiting for your grandma to raise the price? I can't afford to live in a firewood room that costs 20 yuan a year. Shen Xue, go back and don't follow me."

How happy I was when I took out my luggage, how embarrassed I was when I went back.

He had only been out for a few minutes when there was no place for him on the kang. Li Xin and Zhao Qianjin moved their beddings and each slept on half of the bed.

Li Xin turned around and saw Zhou Jingchen standing at the door. "Why is Zhou Zhiqing back? Did he not finish picking up his luggage?"

Zhao Qianjin scanned the room again and said, "There's nothing of yours in this room."

"I didn't come back to get anything, I came back to live here. I thought about it and realized that we are all educated youth. It would be bad for me to be separated from the collective. As educated youth, we should share the joys and sorrows together."

Zhou Jingchen was too embarrassed to tell the Shen family that he had to live in the woodshed. Not only did he have to live in the woodshed, he had to pay to live there.

Li Xin and Zhao Qianjin: “…” We still share the joys and sorrows, but this person cannot stand even the slightest hardship.

Zhao Qianjin didn't believe him at all, "Could it be that the Shen family doesn't agree with you moving in?"

"How could they not agree to my living there? I just felt it was inappropriate. I am an educated youth and I should live with all the educated youths."

While talking, Zhou Jingchen took out the luggage and put it away again. Zhao Qianjin and Li Xin had to move their own bedding.

They thought that this bad apple could leave the educated youth center and were happy for nothing. But it’s better this way. If Zhou Jingchen causes trouble while living in the Shen family, the reputation of these educated youth would be affected.

"Jingchen, come out for a moment, I have something to tell you."

Hearing Shen Xue's voice, Zhou Jingchen immediately closed the door. He didn't want to see Shen Xue at all.

"Jingchen, come out." Shen Xue knocked on the door. She hadn't explained clearly to Jingchen yet. It was her grandma's idea, not hers. What if Jingchen got angry with her and ignored her in the future? What should she do?

Zhao Chunhua came out from the opposite room and said, "Why are you knocking on the door? Are you going to let us rest? You are a grown woman, and you come to the youth center and knock on the door of the male youths after dark. Do you have any shame?"

A country girl, whose face was prettier than hers, Zhao Chunhua didn't know how jealous she was.

Relying on her good looks, she wanted to pester Zhou Zhiqing. Fortunately, Zhou Zhiqing had no feelings for her. Judging from the situation tonight, it seemed as if the two of them had even had a quarrel. Zhao Chunhua was almost laughing in her heart.

"What does my knocking on the door have to do with you? You're not asleep yet." After saying this, Shen Xue stomped her feet and left the educated youth point.

When she came back, Shen Shuyu and the others were having dinner. She went into the kitchen and looked around, then came to the dining table in the main room. Seeing that there was really no food for her, Shen Xue wanted to overturn the table.

The damn old woman said she wouldn’t be allowed to eat, and she really didn’t even leave her a single bite of porridge.

Shen Qiu glanced at her second sister, picked up a fried cicada monkey and put it in her mouth, "This fried cicada monkey is so delicious!"

The air was filled with the smell of fried food, and Shen Xue's stomach was growling with hunger.

After the cicada monkeys were fried out, Uncle Shen and his friends each got five, and the rest belonged to Shen Shuyu. There was a big bowl of cicada monkeys in front of Shen Shuyu, and she and Gu Jiandong ate them one by one with great relish.

Shen Xue stood at the door of the main hall, staring at the food in her parents' bowls. Uncle Shen also felt that his daughter was not behaving properly, so he ignored her.

Liu Pandi wanted to leave some food for her daughter, but the porridge her mother-in-law gave her was too little. She didn't even have enough for herself and couldn't take care of her daughter.

She wanted to have a son, so she had to eat so that she would have the strength to have sex with a man at night.

No one paid attention to her, so Shen Xue wanted to cry. Old Lady Shen winked at her eldest daughter-in-law, and Zhang Cuicui understood immediately. She got up and pulled Shen Xue out, "Go back to your room if you want to cry."

She was not as strong as Zhang Cuicui, so she was pushed back into the house and the door was bolted. She couldn't go out to bother them.

While the family was killing cicada monkeys, Old Man Shen went to his brother's house and asked him to come over for a drink. Shen Erzhu was in a meeting at the commune and had not returned yet.

He felt that drinking with his son and grandson was boring, mainly because his younger brother didn't come over. He wanted to buy some wine, but the old woman wouldn't give him money, so Old Man Shen could only drink boiled water with cicada monkey.

"Old man, why are you looking at me? What's the matter? The cicada monkey is not delicious, so give it to me if you don't want to eat it." The old man didn't let him drink, and he looked like he had lost his favorite thing.

"Delicious, delicious." This thing smells very good. Old man Shen finished the cicada monkey in the bowl and went back to the house with his hands behind his back. He had not eaten the meat buns that Guaibao brought him yet.