Chapter 1201

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

By this time Zhu Jiajun had finished his errands and returned; seeing the rope hanging around Zhou Jiayi's neck, he immediately burst out laughing and crying:

"Pretty girl, what on earth are you doing?"

Zhou Jiayi's face was full of embarrassment, and she hurriedly said:

"It's a method Top Scorer Brother taught me; this way I won't forget how many turns of the steering wheel."

Although Zhu Jiajun found it rather funny, he said nothing, only saying:

"Show me once, let me see how well you've practiced."

Zhou Jiayi was a bit nervous, and Wang Xiaohua saw it at a glance, so he said to her:

"Don't be nervous, the coach is my primary school classmate; he's a very good person."

Hearing Wang Xiaohua say this, Zhou Jiayi finally relaxed a little.

Then she drove the car out, backed it back in for parallel parking, and demonstrated it once for Zhu Jiajun.

After watching once, Zhu Jiajun nodded in satisfaction:

"Not bad at all; just when coming out from the parallel parking spot, you must turn on the left turn signal first—forgetting to signal will cost points, don't forget this detail!"

Zhou Jiayi hurriedly said:

"I was just a bit nervous, so I forgot."

Zhu Jiajun couldn't really empathize with Zhou Jiayi, only saying:

"It's just practice now, what's there to be nervous about? If you're nervous now, won't you be trembling like a leaf when you get to the driving test venue?"

Zhou Jiayi gave a dry laugh and couldn't think of a reply.

And speaking of which, there really is such a possibility.

Whenever there's an exam or anything like that, she gets extremely nervous, even unable to sleep the night before.

Getting a driver's license is also an exam; I bet it'll be the same!

That day's practice was about done, and Zhu Jiajun wanted to treat Wang Xiaohua to a meal; after all, Wang Xiaohua was the Top Scorer, and building a good relationship with him could only be beneficial.

If Wang Xiaohua returned to his hometown to become an official in the future, then building a good relationship now would make asking him for help later much easier.

But Zhu Jiajun didn't want to seem like he was currying favor with Wang Xiaohua, so he brought Zhou Jiayi along too:

"You both practiced well today; I'll treat you to a meal as a reward! Pack up your things, and we'll all go to that best restaurant at the town street corner in a bit!"

Hearing this, Zhou Jiayi was immediately overjoyed:

"Yay, thank you Coach; Coach, you're indeed just as good as Top Scorer Brother said—a super good person!"

Zhu Jiajun was made a bit embarrassed by the praise, and laughed as he said:

"Practice driving well from now on, and try to pass both Subject Two and Subject Three on the first try!"

Zhu Jiajun drove the driving school's car, carrying Wang Xiaohua and Zhou Jiayi, and arrived at He Dahé Restaurant at the town street corner.

This restaurant had just opened not long ago; because the prices were affordable, the portions were generous, and it tasted very good, business was actually quite good.

You have to know that the town's population is now declining; the town's restaurants have either gone bankrupt or are barely hanging on, and even that famous old shop next to the town government, New Era Restaurant, couldn't hold on and went bankrupt.

Who would have thought that He Dahé Restaurant at this street corner would actually have such good business!

"To say nothing of exaggeration, even at a big restaurant in the county town, you couldn't find such good taste!"

Just as they found seats and sat down, Zhu Jiajun laughed and said to Wang Xiaohua and Zhou Jiayi like this.

Zhou Jiayi said with a smile:

"Really? You'd better not lie to me, Coach!"

Zhu Jiajun said:

"Of course I'm not lying to you; this restaurant's boss was previously the head chef at New Era Restaurant next to the town government, and his cooking is really excellent! The only shortcoming is that you have to wait a relatively long time because everything is stir-fried to order, but it's still early now, and we're not in a rush; after eating I'll drive you both back."

Hearing this, Wang Xiaohua's heart stirred slightly.

New Era Restaurant had been run by his second brother for a while, then transferred to Liang Xinghua, and later Liang Xinghua ran it into the ground and it went bankrupt.

Wang Xiaohua had heard his second brother mention it before—that He Dahé's cooking skills were indeed quite good, and many regular customers came specifically for his skills.

It's just a pity that Liang Xinghua was short-sighted and didn't realize this; actually, to save a bit of money, he fired the man.

As a result, the man opened a new restaurant at this street corner, and business was still booming.

Whereas that once-glorious New Era Restaurant has long since closed and gone bankrupt, with a "Shop for Transfer" sign posted.

The three ordered three dishes and a soup, then sat down chatting while waiting for the food.

"Old classmate, are you working now?"

Zhu Jiajun took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Wang Xiaohua, and Wang Xiaohua politely replied:

"Not yet; school starts in September, and I'm just entering my junior year."

Zhu Jiajun's expression was a bit dazed:

"Oh, oh, still in school—I thought you'd graduated long ago."

Wang Xiaohua smiled:

"No, I graduate with my undergraduate degree next year; how about you, how are you now?"

Zhu Jiajun laughed and said:

"As for me, my child is already four years old!"

Wang Xiaohua was immediately extremely surprised:

「The child is already this big! 」

He then hurriedly said:

「Congratulations, your career is stable, wife and children on the heated kang—how many people envy that! 」

Zhu Jiajun's child was indeed already four years old.

He dropped out of junior high school to work outside, where he met his wife, also a factory girl; when their passion ran high, they crossed the forbidden zone, and because they took no safety measures, they accidentally conceived.

Then they went home to hold the wedding banquet.

As for the marriage certificate, they only registered it after the child was born.

But this is actually nothing strange, because in rural areas, young men and women who have children early are a dime a dozen; it's a common phenomenon.

In short, the earlier one drops out of school, the earlier one marries, and the earlier one has children.

Zhu Jiajun, embarrassed by the praise:

「It's stable, but stably poor. Not like you—once you graduate, you'll either become an official or work at a big company, earning over ten thousand a month easily. Educated people are just different. I'll definitely make my son study hard; he can't keep being the last-place student like me! 」

Wang Xiaohua humbly said:

「No, no. As for work, I haven't even started—finding a job isn't easy these days. 」

Wang Xiaohua didn't want to keep discussing himself, so he hurriedly asked Zhou Jiayi beside him:

「Zhou Jiayi, what about you? 」

Zhou Jiayi said:

「I'm only a sophomore, still very young. 」

Zhu Jiajun said with a smile:

「I really envy you—you're all university students! 」

Zhou Jiayi smiled shyly:

「What's there to envy? My school is very ordinary. 」

Zhu Jiajun asked: 「Which university? 」

「Shagang College. 」 Zhou Jiayi answered honestly.

Compared to the university Wang Xiaohua attended, it was indeed far inferior.

Because it was merely a second-tier public university at the bottom of Yue Province, not even ranking within Guangdong Province.

Wang Xiaohua said instead:

「Shagang College isn't bad. Many teachers at our town's junior high school graduated from Shagang College, right, Jiajun? 」

Zhu Jiajun hurriedly said:

「Exactly! Zhou Jiayi, you should just become a teacher after graduation! 」

Then he asked with a smile: 「By the way, do you have a boyfriend? 」

Zhou Jiayi's face turned red:

「No. 」

Wang Xiaohua was speechless. This Zhu Jiajun—he'd ask anything. Was he enthusiastic, or did he simply have no sense of boundaries?

Then Zhu Jiajun asked Wang Xiaohua:

「Top Scorer, do you have a girlfriend? 》