Chapter 1429: Being Well-Mannered Means Bullying You

It seemed the handle was even thicker than an arm.

As the wheat was poured on, Zichen teased: "Gu Yuxin, come over and try it."

"Try it, I'll try it."

She had originally intended to grind the flour herself; she set her stance, exerted her strength—the millstone didn't budge!

"Is it stuck on something?" No sooner had she finished speaking than Sheng Zichen and his master laughed, mocking her for thinking the stone mill was stuck when she simply didn't have enough strength to push it.

Zichen went up to help, the stone mill turned, and soon white flour came out from inside.

Gu Zhihao kept sweeping wheat into the mill's eye and catching the ground flour with a bag.

Gu Yuxin circled around Gu Zhihao; all of this was too magical for her, she had never seen it before, and everything was novel.

Zichen protested: "Gu Yuxin, you're going too far. Come over and push; it's not like you don't know how heavy this thing is."

"Coming, coming."

She hurriedly went over to help.

Two people pushing was indeed less strenuous than one.

Gu Zhihao felt it wasn't quite right; she was a young girl, with delicate skin and tender flesh, clearly a city child who had never known hardship since she was small.

The millstone was so heavy, why let a girl push it?

It was just a small bag of wheat, and in truth, it didn't even need Zichen; he could have finished grinding it by himself in a moment.

"You two don't need to; go out and play. I'll finish this little bit of work in a moment," Gu Zhihao said.

However, he didn't expect to be refused, and the words of refusal came from Gu Yuxin.

"You are helping us grind it, and I am already very grateful. How can I let you do everything? I'll do it, I can do it, I'm capable."

She spoke heroically, but soon fine beads of sweat began to ooze from her forehead.

Fortunately, there wasn't much wheat, and it was soon finished.

The bag was small to begin with, and after the flour was ground, there was only half a small bag.

It wasn't heavy to carry back, and Gu Zhihao also filled them with some soy sauce brewed by his own family.

The two left and boarded the bus back. After seeing the guests off, Shi Yuke discovered two hundred yuan and a small note under the cup Gu Yuxin had used.

The elegant handwriting on the note read—Hello, Auntie: Please forgive my presumption. This money is not for buying flour, but for the younger siblings to buy stationery. I was inconsiderate and forgot that the younger siblings were all home this weekend, and I feel very embarrassed for not preparing a gift for them.

Since the amount was too small to be presentable, I had no choice but to leave it secretly.

"Oh my, this girl is too polite. Why did she leave money?" Shi Yuke felt she shouldn't have left it, but the old couple Sheng Jiang and Wang Yinghao praised the girl for being well-mannered.

She was better than the girl who came last time; although she wasn't as pretty as the last one, beauty couldn't be eaten as a meal, and it was better to be generous and proper in one's conduct.

Her parents were both teachers, and her family background was good; even if their financial situation was a bit worse, it didn't matter. Our family is well-off...

Sheng Jiang asked what Gu Yuxin's family members did, and she casually said her father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, maternal grandmother, and maternal grandfather were all teachers.

That was correct; they were indeed all teachers, but there are differences between teachers and teachers.

Principal Gu was the principal of Jiangzhou University and a famous educator.

Gu Laofuren was a scientist and a doctoral supervisor.

Gu Yuxin's father and mother were both professors at Jiangzhou University, and although her maternal grandparents were not from Jiang University, they were also veteran educators from prestigious schools with students all over the world.

But because she introduced it so lightly, Sheng Jiang and Wang Yinghao misunderstood.

They thought Gu Yuxin's family members were primary or middle school teachers.

Zichen didn't know that he had only been to the countryside twice, and his grandparents had already decided on his granddaughter-in-law.

Back at school, Zichen walked toward the dormitory naturally, and Gu Yuxin called him to a stop: "Hey, do you have any manners? There is a bag of flour and soy sauce here. With such heavy things, do you have the heart to let a young girl like me carry them back by myself?"

Zichen didn't hesitate at all: "I have the heart. If it were another girl, it wouldn't be appropriate to let her carry them back alone, but you? It's perfectly appropriate."

These things weighed over ten jin.

He remembered vividly that the day before registration, when he first met Gu Yuxin, the bag of vegetables she held in her arms was heavier than this.

At that time, she came charging in, and not only did she not apologize after bumping into him, but she also argued with him with full vigor.

With such combat power, could she be compared to a delicate and weak young girl?

"Stop talking nonsense, take me back!"

Gu Yuxin shoved the flour bag into Zichen's arms without question, grabbed the soy sauce, and turned to leave.

After two steps, she turned back and shoved the soy sauce into his hands as well.

She muttered to herself: "Have the heart? A boy letting a girl carry things, what a jerk!"

Zichen:...

He wasn't convinced and argued: "Can you change your vocabulary? How can everything be linked to being a jerk?"

"Fine, I won't mention jerks, you bad peach blossom..."

"You..."

"What about me? Walk faster. Before my family gets back, we have to put these things away. Grandma can't find out; I want to give her a surprise..."

She walked very fast, and Zichen, being tall with long legs, could keep up even with over ten jin of items on his back.

The two walked into the courtyard and saw Principal Gu watering flowers in the yard with his grandmother.

Principal Gu put down the watering can and said with a smile: "Zichen is here. Look at all this sweat. Madam, go get the tea I just dried for Zichen to drink."

"Thank you, Principal."

Zichen sent the items into the kitchen, and Gu Yuxin mysteriously placed them in the least conspicuous spot.

Actually, she was overthinking it; although the kitchen was large, apart from her, only the nanny would come in, as her grandmother and mother were people who never lifted a finger.

The two came out of the kitchen, and the principal's wife had already poured the tea.

It was West Lake Longjing, with a few Hangzhou Chrysanthemum flowers inside.

Autumn is a season of high internal heat, so drink chrysanthemum tea to clear it.

Zichen thanked them, finished the tea in his cup, and prepared to take his leave.

At this moment, Gu Yuxin pushed open the window and shouted from upstairs, "Wait for me, I'm coming with you."

If her grandparents weren't present, Zichen would definitely have retorted a couple of times.

But in front of her parents, it was clearly inappropriate.

He asked, "Where are you going?"

Gu Yuxin replied, "Just wait, why so many questions?"

The grandparents apologized to Zichen, "I'm sorry, my granddaughter has been spoiled by us and has no manners at all; I will talk to her later."

"It's alright, Principal Gu, we are all used to it."

Used to it?

Does that mean his granddaughter often bullies people?

Well, that is also a fact.

Very quickly, Gu Yuxin came down.

She had a huge backpack on her back and was carrying a large bag in each hand.

Good heavens, it looked like she was moving house, or more like she was preparing to flee from a disaster.

"What are you doing? Carrying so much stuff?" Zichen asked.

Gu Yuxin glared at him, "Come over and help me carry them; I'm a delicate young girl with no strength, can't you be a bit more observant?"

Zichen went over and took the two bags, and Gu Yuxin naturally took off her backpack and helped him put it on.

Although her grandparents were there, Zichen still felt that bullying people like this was going too far.