[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio":3,"chapter-rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-chapter-19":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Rich in the 70s: I Made a Rugged Veteran a Millionaire",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},890983,1166,"Chapter 19: I Just Can’t Say No","rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-chapter-19",19,"\u003Cp>\"I can’t bear to see you work so hard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng said, squatting down and pressing Teacher Lü’s leg with moderate force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me explain it to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teacher Lü wasn’t angry, she hummed to signal Jiang Cheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng began to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher Lü, have you ever thought that I might not need one-on-one, targeted, all-day teaching?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In my view, there is a difference between a self-taught genius and a regular genius. A regular genius might need your wholehearted dedication to education, but for a self-taught genius like me, there are benefits to being nurtured in a more relaxed way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teacher Lü looked at Jiang Cheng without blinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I suspect you’re just cleverly bragging about yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng exaggeratedly expressed surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even with such subtlety, you still discovered it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teacher Lü was amused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... get up, it’s not good if someone sees this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could that be? This is called respecting teachers and valuing their knowledge, honoring the elderly. Who dares to say anything against me? I’ll have a good argument with them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teacher Lü pulled Jiang Cheng up and said with deep feeling, \"With that mouth of yours, I’m sure you can win.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, what you said makes sense. Since you managed to learn the entire book yourself, it proves you have your own methods, and I shouldn’t try to plan things for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not planning; it’s your appreciation for talent and your profound and loyal love for the country!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teacher Lü’s heartstrings were touched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng continued, \"Teacher Lü, I truly need your guidance. How about this: apart from giving me homework, I’ll walk with you every evening, and you can give me some additional tutoring on the way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teacher Lü thought seriously for a moment and then shook her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s dangerous for you to go home too late in the evening; it’s better if you come earlier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, I’ll be at school by five ten.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng agreed cheerfully, and Teacher Lü is a straightforward person as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tomorrow I’ll handle some paperwork for you, which might take about ten days or so. You can’t just take foreign books home casually.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher Lü, you think things through better than I do. Thank you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng didn’t smile cheekily but sincerely thanked her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The person before her is someone who truly contributes to the ongoing effort in education.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng helped Teacher Lü downstairs, and after seeing someone come to pick Teacher Lü up at the entrance, she confidently said goodbye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sending Teacher Lü off, Jiang Cheng turned to Grandma Shen and the four others, whose eyes were all curiously waiting for Jiang Cheng to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She adopted a helpless expression and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s nothing major. On my first day in Russian class, I performed so well that Teacher Lü said I’m a rare language talent and voluntarily offered to give me extra tutoring, which I couldn’t refuse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen: To turn the truth into such an irritating statement, only Jiang Cheng could do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Wang: Does that sound like boasting? He must have misunderstood. Xiao Jiang isn’t like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xing: Sister’s ’humility’ kicks in again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Yue: Sister looks so pretty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng modestly boasted a bit, chatted with Uncle Wang for a few minutes, and then went home with Grandma Shen and the three of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The road home was still full of laughter, learning interwoven with fun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng casually mentioned to Grandma Shen that she wouldn’t be home for dinner tomorrow night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knowledge in your own hands is true knowledge, but not eating won’t do. ’People are made of steel, rice is iron,’ skipping a meal makes you hungry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen genuinely cared for Jiang Cheng, and she began thinking about how to bring food to Jiang Cheng tomorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grandma Shen, I’m not coming home for dinner, not skipping meals.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng interrupted Grandma Shen’s thoughts, \"The scrap station has a cafeteria at noon. I’ll pack an extra portion for dinner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can’t let my clever mind go hungry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally worried, Grandma Shen rolled her eyes in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No need for her to worry!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This girl, even without a cafeteria, would find a way to get a free meal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four of them reached home and quickly washed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before sleep, Jiang Cheng still studied until eleven o’clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She went to bed precisely at eleven, got up at four-thirty in the morning for further study and morning exercise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around six o’clock, Jiang Cheng walked out of the house, carrying a bag of rice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside was the millet she’d saved over the past few days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An extra pound of millet appears every day in her space, totaling four pounds in the bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grandma Shen, let’s cook porridge with this in the mornings from now on. When it’s used up, I’ll buy more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen opened the bag and weighed it with her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s too much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not much, I don’t have rations, nor can I keep eating yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen wanted to refuse, but when she looked at Jiang Cheng, she knew she couldn’t win the argument.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hold on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen wiped her hands on her apron and went into the house, coming out again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Take these; we won’t eat if you don’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen held several industrial coupons, each neatly kept, showing how much the holder valued them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could you think like that? Am I the type to refuse such things!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng swiftly grabbed the coupons, beaming as she looked at them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m a person with coupons now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grandma Shen, speechless, looked at Jiang Cheng and said, \"That mouth of yours.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng affectionately hugged Grandma Shen’s arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was just teasing you for fun; smile and you become younger by ten years. Don’t you feel much happier, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The smile on Grandma Shen’s face was the answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After breakfast, Jiang Cheng, Shen Yue, and Shen Xing left together, and she informed them she wouldn’t be home for dinner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two kids, like Grandma Shen, worried she might get hungry. After Jiang Cheng explained, they felt relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The trio parted; Jiang Cheng spent a busy morning at the scrap station with Sister Wang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At noon, Jiang Cheng held off on buying dinner, waiting for everyone to finish purchasing, and then she would buy the leftovers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there weren’t any, it didn’t matter; she had her space, so why worry?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After lunch, Jiang Cheng cleaned her lunch box before heading to the cafeteria again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She happened to see five buns left on the steam rack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She only bought to show she had a legitimate source of food, but she actually ate a much wider variety of things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister Kong, I’ll take two buns.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No way!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp voice of refusal rang out, Sister Kong swiftly turned around, arms spread, in a tense and defensive posture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Jiang Cheng hadn’t reached out to take by herself, Sister Kong relaxed a bit, explaining sheepishly, \"These are reserved for Old Li, the night watchman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, I see. Is there anything else left?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng asked casually, and Sister Kong relaxed a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can spare you one bun; there’s some leftover cabbage too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Cheng bought the bun and the leftover stir-fried cabbage slices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the office, Jiang Cheng didn’t mention the earlier incident and continued checking the accounts seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sister Wang watched Jiang Cheng work intently and efficiently and felt deeply satisfied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she were a city resident, it would be perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon further thought, being a city resident doesn’t guarantee being a good person, and for a moment, her matchmaker’s instincts started itching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At four thirty, Jiang Cheng bid farewell to Sister Wang and rushed to evening school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty minutes later, Jiang Cheng arrived at the evening school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After panting lightly for a few minutes, she ate quickly within ten minutes and appeared punctually at five ten at the office door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t believe anyone is that capable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muffled male voice came from inside, and Jiang Cheng’s hand was unaffected as she knocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Knock knock—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sigh! It’s time for passive boasting again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But, she likes it.\u003C\u002Fp>",1352,"2026-06-03T05:46:21.509Z",1,"novelbin.me","67cafb3aab57dad499b4b8431234054817cc7c90a1a21704e67a149ad10ce21d","rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-chapter-20","rich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-chapter-18",340,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frich-in-the-70s-i-made-a-rugged-veteran-a-millio-cover.jpg"]