I became a poor little sophora japonica in the courtyard

Shazhu is not that stupid! He can't possibly entrust this important matter to the 13-year-old Banggeng.

Isn't the third uncle Yan Bugui in the front yard also a math teacher at Heizhima Hutong Primary School? He can find the third uncle Yan Bugui to inquire about Teacher Ran's personal information first.

The next day, after work, he rushed home quickly. As soon as he entered the front yard, he immediately went to find the third uncle Yan Bugui. Today, Qin Huairu was unable to catch up with him, and the two lunch boxes were still in his hands.

"Uncle, I want to ask you something. Is there a female teacher named Ran in your school?" Sha Zhu asked the uncle with a smile.

Yan Bugui was rebuilding his flower bed. When he heard Sha Zhu asking him about Teacher Ran, he turned around and looked at him with interest, and teased him, "What? Are you attracted to Teacher Ran again?"

"I'm getting old now! It's time for me to settle down and start a family. I think this teacher Ran is a good person and is a good match for me. So I wanted to ask you, does she have a partner now?"

Sha Zhu returned to Yan Bugui with a frivolous smile. Now he was begging others, so he was no longer as arrogant as before.

"Although this new teacher Ran and I are in the same office, she is a young girl after all. There are some things I...!"

The third uncle Yan Bugui stared at the two lunch boxes in Shazhu's hands. He stopped talking in the middle of his words!

Sha Zhu understood what he meant and immediately took out a lunch box from his net bag and handed it to Yan Bugui.

"Uncle, please continue. Take this lunch box first. If you can help me with the matchmaking, you will definitely receive a generous gift as a thank-you gift."

"Teacher Ran is 23 years old and still single. Her parents are both university professors. If you really want to date her, you'd better use your brain."

The third uncle Yan Bugui stopped talking. In his heart, he thought that Sha Zhu was a toad wanting to eat swan meat. How could a family of high-level intellectuals like a greasy cook like you?

When Qin Huairu came back, her lunch box had already belonged to Yan Bugui. For dinner today, they had to eat steamed bread and drink pickled vegetable soup.

She immediately felt a sense of crisis! In order to get close to Teacher Ran, Sha Zhu used her lunch box as a favor. How could this be tolerated? This Yan Laokou really knows how to take advantage of every opportunity!

She couldn't wait until the 15th when her salary was paid. How many lunch boxes would her family lose? Qin Huairu quickly asked her son to go to school and inform Teacher Ran that she would come to her home to pick up the tuition tomorrow.

After the time was set, Qin Huairu went to find Sha Zhu and said, "Teacher Ran will come to collect Banggeng's tuition as soon as she gets off work tomorrow. You prepare two good dishes, and I'll ask Teacher Ran to come over. You can treat her to a meal and show off your cooking skills. I'll put in a good word for you!"

When he heard that Teacher Ran would come again tomorrow, Sha Zhu stood up excitedly. "Okay! No problem. I'll take half a day off tomorrow afternoon to prepare well."

"Don't forget to pay Bangteng's tuition tomorrow!"

"Isn't it just two dollars and fifty cents? I've already prepared it for Banggeng!" Sha Zhu didn't take it seriously! As long as he could get in touch with Teacher Ran, he would be willing to pay any price.

The next day at five o'clock in the afternoon, Teacher Ran arrived as expected. She pushed her bicycle and came to Jia's house as she knew the way.

"I'm so sorry! I made Teacher Ran make another special trip." Qin Huairu brought a cup of hot water with an apologetic look on her face.

"It's okay, this is my job." Teacher Ran took the cup and held it in her hands to keep warm. Once Jia Geng's tuition was collected, her class's work of collecting tuition payments would be completed.

"Originally, the tuition fee would not be paid until the 15th when the salary is paid. But there is a kind-hearted neighbor in our courtyard. When he heard about this, he said that he would pay the tuition fee. So, I will ask you to make another trip today."

Qin Huairu explained that she had to find a way to trick Teacher Ran into going to Sha Zhu.

"Really? This neighbor has a very high moral character. I want to thank him for supporting the country's education cause."

Teacher Ran was also inspired by the neighbor's behavior! In this era, this kind of behavior is an example for everyone to learn from.

"Then let's go! It's a good opportunity to collect the tuition."

Qin Huairu was delighted and immediately stood up to invite Teacher Ran to Sha Zhu's house.

The two of them walked along the corridor to the main room, where Sha Zhu had been waiting for a long time.

He took half a day off today and cleaned his room. Then he changed into his most respectable clothes and cooked four dishes and a soup according to the time.

"This is our warm-hearted neighbor, Comrade He Yuzhu, the canteen team leader of our factory." Qin Huairu introduced to Teacher Ran.

Before she could introduce Teacher Ran, Sha Zhu had already extended his right hand to Teacher Ran. "Hello, Teacher Ran, thank you for coming here after get off work. It's really hard work."

Teacher Ran generously extended her white and tender little hand and shook hands with Sha Zhu. "This is what we teachers should do. I also want to thank Comrade He for supporting our education cause."

The two sides exchanged pleasantries, leaving Qin Huairu aside. She immediately poked Sha Zhu's arm, signaling him to pay the tuition quickly.

"Teacher Ran, you just got off work and haven't had dinner yet? If you don't mind my cooking, let's have a quick meal here."

Sha Zhu took out the tuition money from his pocket, handed it to Teacher Ran who was standing beside him, and invited her to dinner.

"Thank you Comrade He for your hospitality. I have to go to another classmate's home for a home visit, so I won't have dinner. Then I'll take my leave first!"

How could Teacher Ran eat other people's food casually? She politely declined Sha Zhu's invitation and stood up to say goodbye.

"Zhuzi, go and see Teacher Ran off." Qin Huairu suggested to Sha Zhu as she looked at the four dishes and one soup on the table.

Teacher Ran had only been in for five minutes when he left, and Sha Zhu was unwilling to do so. But after all, it was their first meeting, and he wanted to leave a good impression in front of Teacher Ran.

After escorting Teacher Ran out of the hall, Teacher Ran asked him to stay and refused to let him escort her any further. He could only say goodbye and watch her leave the courtyard.

When Sha Zhu returned to his main room, he saw Qin Huairu carrying his dishes home.

"Sister, you took everything away. What should I eat tonight?"

"I have saved it for you a long time ago! You are so grown up, yet you still have to compete with a child for food." Qin Huairu smiled, picked up the dishes on the table and left.

Sha Zhu sat down at the dining table, looking at the empty table, he was simply speechless.

After a while, Qin Huairu came in with something in both hands and put it on the table. Sha Zhu stretched his head and saw a plate of fried peanuts and two steamed cakes in a bowl.

"Hiss! Why do these peanuts look so familiar to me?" Sha Zhu took a long breath, looked up and asked Qin Huairu.

Seeing that Qin Huairu just smiled and didn't say anything, he walked to the bed in the inner room, bent down, reached out and hooked out an empty cloth bag from under the bed.

He smoothed over the empty bag and asked Qin Huairu, "So I'm eating my own food? I finally saved up five or six kilograms of peanuts, but your family took all of them out for me?"

Qin Huairu rolled her eyes at him and pouted, "Who told you not to lock the door?"

"Oh! I'm wrong for not locking the door! Your awesome...!"

Seeing that Sha Zhu was about to turn hostile, Qin Huairu immediately started to play the victim again!

"Silly Zhu! This kid is eating me out of money. I can't take it anymore! Banggeng can eat eight pieces of steamed cakes like this one in one meal. Xiaodang can eat four pieces! The monthly rations we get can only last for half a month. If this continues, I really don't know what to do!"

Seeing Qin Huairu speak so miserably, Sha Zhu's expression also became solemn. As for food rations, everyone had a fixed amount of food, and he was powerless.

"If it doesn't work, I'll go to the pigeon market in the middle of the night and have a look. It doesn't matter what kind of flour, any kind of whole grain flour, as long as it can fill my stomach."

Sha Zhu decided to help Sister Qin. It was no longer the difficult three years, but he didn't expect that Sister Qin's family was still so short of food.

"Can you think of something in the cafeteria?" Qin Huairu began to think crookedly! Can there be a cafeteria in Pigeon City to get convenience? This silly Zhu is also stubborn!

"That's definitely not possible! Don't even think about it. I usually bring some lunch boxes, which are taken from every plate of the leaders. They can eat and drink lavishly, so I can get some oil. But food is definitely not possible, Qin Huairu, don't mention this in front of me in the future."

Sha Zhu refused outright! He was a principled man. Taking the public rice and flour from the canteen was like digging into socialism, and he would never do that.