Chapter 190: Ding Qiunan Asks Me for a Loan

Speaking of Qin Huairu.

As soon as I got home, I immediately asked Xiao Dang:

"Xiao Dang, I heard you say last time that Teacher Ran doesn't have to sweep the floor next semester? She went back to be a homeroom teacher?"

Xiao Dang: "I can't do it."

"I heard from classmates that she still needs to continue the reform."

Qin Huairu let out an "oh" and walked out.

Arriving at Yan Bu Gui Jia's door, she pricked up her ears to listen a moment, then raised her hand and knocked.

Just then, Yan Bu Gui walked in from outside.

"Qin Huairu, what are you doing?"

"Looking for me?"

Hearing Yan Bu Gui's voice, Qin Huairu squeezed out a smile, turned around, and as she walked toward him, she said:

"San Da Ye, you've gone out."

Yan Bu Gui nodded and asked:

"Do you have business with me?"

Qin Huairu: "I just wanted to ask when the meeting in your courtyard will be held."

Yan Bu Gui: "Oh, the Little Year."

"However, being off by two days later is fine."

"In any case, it will definitely be open before the 28th of the twelfth lunar month."

"If you have anything else, just tell me."

"You see, in this courtyard now, I'm the one whose words carry weight."

Hearing this, Qin Huairu couldn't help but laugh.

She nodded and said:

"Yes."

"San Da Ye, these aren't the usual couplets for each household; aren't they all written by you?"

Yan Bu Gui nodded.

Qin Huairu: "I see you haven't been active this year either, so I came to ask you."

Yan Bu Gui: "I, I'll keep writing for everyone."

"You can rest assured about this."

"This tradition cannot be changed."

"However, that couplet we're writing now still needs new wording."

"If we stick to the old way and collect something from others, it wouldn't be appropriate, right?"

"What's the point of collecting a few melons and dates? Later we'd just get punished—it's not worth it, right?"

Qin Huairu laughed: "San Da Ye, you're waiting for those peanuts and seeds, aren't you?"

Yan Bu Gui: "Ah, yes, that's the situation."

"That said, even if your family is having trouble, you wouldn't buy them."

"I won't take yours."

"But when the meeting comes, you just need to mention it for me; I'd feel embarrassed to bring it up myself, right?"

Qin Huairu nodded and said: "Alright, I'll definitely help with this."

"Besides, you still have to choose the words—that's also troublesome."

"Each household has different requirements, right?"

"Everyone showing some respect is also appropriate."

Yan Bu Gui happily said: "That's absolutely right."

Qin Huairu: "By the way, I have another matter."

"San Da Ye, was Teacher Ran invited to this courtyard by you?"

This was Qin Huairu's true purpose in seeking Yan Bu Gui.

Yan Bu Gui hummed, somewhat displeased, and said:

"This isn't me."

"That Shazhu is no good."

"Originally, Teacher Ran asked me to tell Shazhu."

"Please have him—please have him invite Teacher Liu from that Normal University to have a meal at their home."

"But who knew that Shazhu would actually not give me face."

"He completely ignored me."

"Who would have thought that the two of them got in touch?"

"They just went out together."

"They were talking and laughing."

"He didn't even put this courtyard's most influential elder in his eyes."

Just then, Qin Huairu suddenly slapped her forehead and said:

"San Da Ye, I almost forgot—I'm boiling water; I'll head back first."

Having said that, Qin Huairu turned and hurried toward Zhongyuan.

She had already achieved her goal, so she had no interest in listening to Yan Bu Gui anymore.

Yan Bu Gui looked at her back, muttering with a sullen face:

It seems I still haven't secured my place in this courtyard.

Just saying I'll leave and I do.

On the other side.

Shazhu was shredding potatoes in the kitchen.

Teacher Ran was washing vegetables on the side.

She glanced over and saw that Shazhu's potato shreds weren't as good as her own.

She also couldn't help thinking to herself:

He Yuzhu's knife skills aren't great—is he really a cook?

However, she still said politely:

Watching you cook is really a pleasure.

Shazhu laughed: "I'm a cook, so I definitely know a bit about cooking."

Don't worry about the knife skills; the main thing is that it tastes good, right?

Teacher Ran: "That's right, the main thing is the flavor."

Shazhu: "Don't worry, I'll make sure you're all satisfied."

However, I haven't cooked in a while, so my hands are a bit rusty.

Teacher Ran: "I heard Teacher Yan say you offended someone in your courtyard and then got targeted?"

Shazhu: "Don't listen to San Da Ye's nonsense, oh, that's your Teacher Yan."

I even doubt he's a teacher.

He's probably an accountant.

All he thinks about every day is one thing.

How to save money, how to take advantage of others.

Teacher Ran laughed: "Although you two live in the same courtyard, you don't really understand him."

He's stingy, that's all.

But he's still a good person.

I'm telling the truth.

Just talk about me.

My background isn't good.

The teacher wouldn't let me be one.

Hearing this, Shazhu was dumbfounded.

If you're not going to be a teacher, then you're not good enough for me.

Teacher Ran continued: "Now at school, I'm just responsible for cleaning."

Other teachers don't dare talk to me.

Only he dares.

Shazhu was utterly disappointed.

I had originally wanted to take this opportunity to perform well.

Since Teacher Ran isn't even a teacher anymore, just a cleaner, he'd look down on me.

Meanwhile.

Lin Shengli and Zheng Juan returned to the siheyuan.

It was also a coincidence.

Not long after they returned, Ding Qiunan came looking for them.

Upon seeing Zheng Juan's big belly, Ding Qiunan asked:

Xiao Juan, are you about to give birth?

Zheng Juan: "Eight months."

Ding Qiunan: "You need to rest more and stay warm."

Lin Shengli: "Exactly, I want her to rest more, but she won't listen; this time she insists on going back to the countryside with me."

Juan'er, Doctor Ding also said that, so why don't you go lie down in the inner room?

Zheng Juan: "It's fine, wait a bit."

Sister Qiunan, are you here to see me or Shengli?

Ding Qiunan smiled embarrassedly and said:

Either of you two is fine.

Zheng Juan: "Then speak, what's up?"

Ding Qiunan glanced at Lin Shengli, then at Zheng Juan, and said somewhat embarrassedly:

I, I want to borrow some money from you.

Well, Cui Dake was arrested.

I really have no other way.

Lin Shengli: "How much do you want to borrow?"

Zheng Juan: "Sister Qiunan, Cui Dake getting arrested is actually convenient, isn't it?"

He's just a petty person; sigh, if I were you, I'd definitely divorce him.

Ding Qiunan: "But we have children together."

"Maybe this is my fate."

Lin Shengli: "Tell me, what crime was he arrested for?"

Ding Qiunan nodded and began to speak.