On July 10th, Paopao and Dandan returned to the countryside from the county town. They had already received their report cards.
This time, Paopao was admitted to high school, and Dandan was admitted to technical secondary school.
Zhou Xuemei was busy at work, and the two children didn't ask her to send them back, so they came back directly from the county town.
Xiao Min spent a very enjoyable summer vacation with the two brothers.
At the end of August, Qian Shulan sent the two brothers away.
Xiao Min was also going to the town to attend junior high school, so Qian Shulan bought her a bicycle.
She spent a lot of effort to get these bicycle tickets, two tickets at a time, one for Xiao Min and one for Dan Dan.
Xiao Min's is a women's one, which is very easy to ride.
Time passed quickly, and soon it was the weekend. After finishing her homework, Xiao Min stayed at home to clean.
She is older now, and Qian Shulan doesn't need to keep her by her side like she did when she was a child.
She tied a headscarf around her head, swept the house from top to bottom, inside and out, and rearranged all the things in the house.
When it was noon, she started washing vegetables and cooking.
She was busy in the kitchen alone when she suddenly heard someone shouting outside. Xiao Min immediately put down the food in her hands.
She looked at the person who came, a little surprised, "Ma Yunhao, why are you here?"
Ma Yunhao has grown into a 14-year-old boy. He is fair-skinned, well-proportioned, and has a gentle look. He no longer has the mischievous energy he had as a child. "My father asked me to give something to the teacher."
In recent years, he has also practiced calligraphy with a calligraphy and painting teacher. Although he does not spend much time here, he always comes here once or twice a month.
Every time I go to class with Xiao Min, I stay here for one night and go back the next day.
Xiao Min's eyes were bright and she asked with a smile, "Will you go back tomorrow?"
Looking at her smiling face, Ma Yunhao felt warm in his heart and couldn't help but curl his lips, "Yes!"
Ma Yunhao poured out the things he brought with him. “These canned yellow peaches and malted milk are for the teacher. The remaining grains and vegetables are my meals.”
Whenever he came here, he stayed at Deng Xingming's place. Although he didn't have to pay for accommodation, he still had to bring his own food.
Xiao Min carried the bundle of juicy celery and said, "Okay, come over and help me light the fire."
Ma Yunhao parked his bicycle in the yard and placed the canned yellow peaches and malted milk he brought on the table in the main hall, thinking of giving them to the teachers when they came to teach in the evening.
After he returned to the kitchen, he began to help Xiao Min light the fire and chatted with Xiao Min, "Do you feel that junior high school is different from elementary school?"
Xiao Min thought seriously before looking up at him, "It is a little different. We are farther away and have more courses."
Ma Yunhao winked at her, "The teacher has become more fierce, hasn't he?"
Qian Min was stunned for a moment, "Not bad." For good students, teachers are all kind. But for poor students, it's very different.
Ma Yunhao's grades used to be good, but since he entered technical secondary school, they have been a bit disappointing.
Compared with the past, technical secondary school students should be more self-conscious and cherish the rare learning opportunities.
After all, junior high and high school students can only go to the countryside, and only technical secondary schools can assign jobs. Many people try their best to take the technical secondary school entrance exam so that they can eat commercial grain after graduation.
Although Ma Yunhao was admitted to a technical secondary school, his grades were barely satisfactory and not outstanding. After entering the technical secondary school, he was at the bottom of the class.
Xiao Min heard Guo Mingxia complain to her more than once, saying that Ma Yunhao did not study seriously and always liked to do strange things. But he was a person who did not follow his own ideas. Today he liked this, tomorrow he liked that, and he was never stable.
Xiao Min couldn't help but persuade him, "Ma Yunhao, I think you should spend more time on studying now."
Ma Yunhao curled his lips, "Why are you like my mother?" He paused, "But I think dismantling things is much more interesting than studying."
Xiao Min was helpless and could only shut up.
As the two were talking, someone else came in from outside.
Before Xiao Min could make any move, a head poked its head in from the kitchen door. "Xiao Min, I'm here to play with you."
Xiao Min was of course happy to see her good sister coming, but she was still busy washing vegetables and cooking. She looked a little embarrassed, "Xiuping, I still have to make lunch, why don't you wait for me in the main room?"
Xiuping shook her head, glanced at Ma Yunhao shyly, and then whispered, "No, let me help you."
As he said that, he came straight in from the door, squatted down and picked vegetables with Xiao Min.
Seeing a stranger coming in, Ma Yunhao didn't say anything and continued to light the fire.
Xiuping secretly observed him for a while, and seeing that he remained silent, she asked, "Xiao Min, won't you introduce me to someone?"
Xiao Min was stunned for a moment, and when she saw Xiuping's face turn red, she immediately felt something strange. She vaguely guessed something, and then coughed lightly, "Ma Yunhao, this is my elementary school classmate, Wang Xiuping."
Ma Yunhao just glanced at the girl, nodded lightly at her, and continued to make a fire.
When Xiuping was looked at by him, her face turned red and she didn't know what to do with her hands and feet.
Xiao Min was busy picking vegetables and didn't notice that something was wrong with her.
After cooking the meal, we naturally had to wait for Qian Shulan to come back from the chicken farm before eating.
Ma Yunhao was not hungry, so he parked his bicycle.
"I'm telling you, I just wanted to take the bike off, but my dad wouldn't let me."
Ma Yunhao's bicycle was assembled. The parts were bought from Shanghai. The reason why he wanted to assemble a bicycle was to know the various structures of the bicycle so that he could study it.
But when he got home, his father had already installed it, which made him very angry.
He wanted to dismantle it and reassemble it, but his father stopped him and said he was messing around. "Xiao Min, do you think I was messing around? I obviously wanted to study it. It's not that he's nosy. He's not usually that diligent."
If Director Ma knew that his wife was urging him to death and he even had to sneak back home during working hours, and that he had specially packed the bicycle to give his son a surprise before he came back from school, but was complained about by his son like this, he would probably want to die.
Xiao Min watched him holding the tools and wondering where to start, and suddenly asked, "What if you can't put it back after you take it apart?"
Ma Yunhao was so angry that he said such discouraging words before he even took it apart. "What can I do? At most, I can think about it a few more times and maybe I can put it back together."
Xiuping was standing by, holding her cheek, looking at Ma Yunhao with admiration, "Brother Ma, I think you can do it."
Brother Ma? Ma Yunhao and Xiaomin were both stunned. After they reacted, they realized that Xiuping was calling Ma Yunhao.
Ma Yunhao glanced at her face and asked, "You should be older than me, right?"
Xiuping's face froze, she pinched the corner of her clothes, her face flushed with embarrassment.
Xiao Min tried to smooth things over, "Xiuping started school later than you, so she's only one year older than you. It's because you look older."
Ma Yunhao didn't give Xiaomin the face at all, and refuted Xiaomin's words seriously, "One year older is also older. Isn't it strange to call me Brother Ma?" Although boys of this age like to be brothers, Ma Yunhao prefers to be the brother of a little carrot head. Who wants to be the brother of a little girl
Xiuping bit her lips and her face was redder than a monkey's butt.
Ma Yunhao did not continue the topic. Instead, he pointed to a spot and explained to Xiao Min, "We need to tear it down from here."
After saying that, he picked up the screwdriver and started to unload. Soon, the bicycle was unloaded into pieces.
After he disassembled it, he studied the functions and structures of each part one by one, explaining them to Xiao Min, who occasionally agreed with him.
Xiuping looked at Ma Yunhao shyly.
When Qian Shulan came back, she saw this wonderful show and was shocked for a while.
"Grandma, you're back?" Xiao Min quickly noticed her grandma's appearance and stood up hurriedly.
Qian Shulan regained her composure and nodded at her.
"Grandma, please wash your hands quickly, let's eat." Xiao Min rushed to the kitchen to serve the dishes.
Ma Yunhao followed behind to help her.
"Xiuping, please stay here for dinner." Qian Shulan saw Xiuping staring at Ma Yunhao's back and politely invited her.
Xiuping shook her head, rubbing her hands and looking towards the kitchen reluctantly, "No need, Third Grandma, I'll take my leave first."
Then he said to the two people in the kitchen, "Xiao Min, Ma Yunhao, I'm going home first."
After saying that, she took one last look at Ma Yunhao and ran away with a red face.
After the meal, Qian Shulan specifically asked about Director Ma's situation.
"My father is a nice guy. He even asked me to say hello to you." Ma Yunhao was even more obedient to Qian Shulan than his parents.
Qian Shulan nodded and glanced at the pile of things outside the yard. "Can you put them back?"
"Yes!" Ma Yunhao patted his chest confidently.
Xiao Min didn't say anything.
"If you ask me, your personality is suitable for being a scientific researcher. You have such a strong research spirit," Qian Shulan couldn't help but speak.
Ma Yunhao patted his chest and laughed, "Grandma Qian, my parents would only say that I was messing around, but you are the one who can recognize talent. Otherwise, why would I dismantle the bicycle in your house?"
Xiao Min interrupted, "Isn't it because your father doesn't dare to disrespect my grandma?"
After being exposed, Ma Yunhao scratched his head and played dumb.
Qian Shulan ignored the two of them. After she finished her meal, she continued to check the accounts. It was getting dark outside, so Xiao Min and Ma Yunhao took all the things in the yard to the main room.
After a fierce argument between the two, they finally put the bicycle back together.
"You see, what I remembered is correct. You were wrong to pretend like that just now." Xiao Min looked at Ma Yunhao with some pride.
Ma Yunhao, who had just been arguing fiercely with Xiao Min, was looking at the bicycle with an incredible look. When he came to his senses, he immediately nodded and agreed, "Yes, yes, I was wrong."
Finally, he looked at Xiao Min with a sad face, "You have a really good memory."
He had clearly installed it according to the functions, but he installed it wrong. But she only remembered the steps, but installed it correctly.
"Boom boom boom"
There was a familiar knock on the door, and the two of them didn't care about their bicycles anymore and hurried to open the door.
"Teacher, you are here!"
Qian Shulan also put down the account book in her hand and came out to greet him.
These two masters of calligraphy and painting sat on the stools, looking at the food on the table, their eyes couldn't help but become warm.
Seeing that the two teachers were slow to start eating, Xiao Min quickly picked up the chopsticks and handed them to them, "Teacher, the food is still hot, eat quickly."
The two old men then started to eat.
After eating, Qian Shulan went to clean up the dishes and the two teachers began teaching.
Qian Shulan didn't disturb them and went to her room alone to sort out the accounts.
After the class, the two teachers took the things given by Ma Yunhao and walked out, supporting each other. Qian Shulan followed behind and looked at the backs of the two teachers, feeling peaceful in her heart.