Chapter 121: Ah, this is double happiness arriving at the door!

Bang Geng's words made Shazhu pause his steps, his heart stirred.

He dreams of returning to the past with Qin Huairu.

Bang Geng's peripheral vision also saw Shazhu stop his steps.

He gave a quiet laugh, then asked:

"What reward will you give me?"

Shazhu hesitated, then turned his head.

Bang Geng smiled, walked up to Shazhu, and said:

"Really, I really have a way to let you and my mom return to the past."

Shazhu thought, lifted the net bag in his hand, and said:

"See?"

"A box of braised pork."

"If you can make my relationship with your mom return to the past, then it's yours."

Bang Geng frowned, then said:

"San Da Ye handled that little matter for you, and you gave so many local specialties......"

Shazhu laughed and scolded: "Yo, little brat, I really underestimated you."

"Speak, what do you want?"

Bang Geng: "Two yuan eighty."

Shazhu frowned, asking: "Kids, what do you need money for?"

Bang Geng: "I'm not small anymore; next summer I'll be in junior high."

"If I were still little, could I still call you Shazhu directly?"

"Aren't you going to beat me?"

"So, from your reaction, calling you Shazhu makes you happy."

"At the same time, you treat me as an adult."

"If Xiao Dang and Huaihua called you Shazhu, you'd definitely not be happy."

Shazhu laughed: "Alright, cut the nonsense."

"Speak, what do you need the money for?"

Bang Geng: "These two yuan fifty cents, I'll pay tuition."

"The remaining three cents I'll buy firecrackers."

"Even Zheng Guangming, that little blind guy, and Damao and Ermao, those little bastards, have firecrackers to set off."

"Are you embarrassed not to buy me firecrackers?"

Shazhu thought, nodded, and said:

"What you said is correct; we can't lose to them."

Saying this, he took out a stack of money from his pants pocket, then said:

"I'll give you fifty cents, to buy firecrackers."

"You just set them off in front of those little brats."

"Make them jealous and hate."

Bang Geng interrupted: "They each have pockets full of firecrackers; can your fifty-cent firecrackers still make them jealous and hate?"

Shazhu stunned: "No, it shouldn't be that many."

"Would Zheng Juan and Liang Ladi be willing to buy them that many firecrackers?"

"According to Ermao, it's all bought by Lin Shengli."

Shazhu: "Oh, that explains it."

"Then we won't compete with them."

"Anyway, they set off firecrackers, we also set off firecrackers."

"However, there's one thing."

"We must not provoke them."

"Don't start a fight; we can't afford to offend them."

Bang Geng scoffed: "Yo, the Siheyuan War God even has a day to be afraid?"

Shazhu's face darkened, he said: "Nonsense."

"Is that called fear?"

"That's respect."

"Zheng Guangming, I get along well with his sister Zheng Juan."

"As for Damao and Ermao, I consider Liang Ladi, a widow struggling to raise several kids, and don't treat them like ordinary people."

"Alright, if you don't want it, forget it."

Bang Geng hurriedly said: "Want, want, want."

Shazhu: "Alright, I'll give you fifty cents, and the remaining two yuan fifty I'll give directly to your mom."

Bang Geng: "What if you don't give it to my mom?"

Shazhu: "When has Shazhu's uncle ever lied to you?"

Bang Geng: "Okay, I'll believe you this once."

Saying this, he suddenly slapped his forehead.

Shazhu hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?"

Bang Geng: "I suddenly remembered we might still have a deal."

Shazhu frowned, then immediately broke into a grin, and said:

"Little brat, still talking about a deal?"

"Go on, what else is there?"

Bang Geng: "I'm bringing Teacher Ran to meet you; what reward will you give me?"

Shazhu's heart stirred again: "You really can bring Teacher Ran?"

Bang Geng: "Of course."

Shazhu thought for a moment, then said: "Then I'll give you another dollar."

Bang Geng: "Deal."

Shazhu handed the dollar in his hand to Bang Geng, warning:

"I can give you a dollar, but if you dare mention that 'stupid' word in front of Teacher Ran, I'll whip you."

"By the way, I won't give that two-and-a-half-dollar tuition to your mom; I'll give it directly to Teacher Ran."

Bang Geng nodded happily, then took the money from Shazhu's hand, laughing:

"Who knows, I'll have her come over tonight."

Having said that, he ran off.

Shazhu watched his retreating back, muttering to himself:

"Looks like luck is turning."

"My relationship with Qin Jie is back to how it was, and I can see Teacher Ran again."

"This is double happiness."

He certainly didn't expect that Teacher Ran would come to Bang Geng's house for a home visit tonight.

Even more unexpected, in fact, if he just took the initiative once more, Qin Huairu would reconcile with him.

Qin Huairu has been really worried lately.

If Shazhu doesn't take the initiative, she doesn't want to reconcile with him.

If they don't reconcile, she'd be embarrassed to ask Shazhu for help.

She also thought that if she took the initiative to make up with Shazhu, it would probably be hard to keep him in check afterward.

So, she has been waiting for Shazhu to take the initiative.

As long as Shazhu takes the initiative, she doesn't want to quibble about anything else.

Evening.

Teacher Ran pushed her bicycle to Zhongyuan.

"Jiageng, is Jiageng home?"

She shouted while walking toward the Jia Family home.

Arriving at the Jia Family gate, just after she parked her bicycle, Qin Huairu came out of the house.

"Teacher Ran has come, you've worked hard."

"Quick, please come in, please come in."

Teacher Ran: "Hello, Jiageng's mother."

Qin Huairu: "Hello, Teacher Ran."

Upon entering the Jia Family home, Bang Geng, Xiao Dang, and Huaihua were all there.

After greetings, Teacher Ran glanced around, then looked at Bang Geng and said:

"Jiageng, not bad, still studying."

Bang Geng: "Eh, anyway I have nothing to do, might as well study more."

Teacher Ran: "That's exactly how it should be."

"By the way, Jiageng, I recall you still have a grandmother, right?"

Bang Geng nodded and said: "Yeah, my grandmother went out for a stroll."

Qin Huairu: "Teacher Ran, please have a seat."

"Bang Geng, pour tea for the teacher."

After Teacher Ran sat down, facing Qin Huairu who sat beside her, she said:

"Jiageng's mother, it's like this."

"Today at our school, all the teachers are doing home visits."

"Then the school also held a meeting."

"I suppose Jiageng must have told you about it?"

Qin Huairu: "Ah, yes, that was said."

"Teacher Ran, sorry about that."

"This tuition, I will definitely pay."

"But I'll pay it after school starts; does that work for you?"

Teacher Ran: "This, actually, I've also been thinking of ways."

"How can we make Jiageng exempt from tuition?"

"But there are many needy households in this school."

"There are really too many."

"The Sijiucheng government also stipulates."

"If the average living expense per person in this household is no more than five dollars per month, then tuition can be waived."

"But your family, just enough."

"I, too, really have no way."