Chapter 509: A Nest of Acquaintances
It turned out that Zhang Panpan saw her aunt borrowing money from door to door to lend money for her and her cousin to go to college, and was even humiliated.
She felt very uncomfortable for a while.
She even thought about whether she should not go to school and make money so that her aunt could hold her head high?
Later, her aunt noticed her thoughts and scolded her severely, and Zhang Panpan gave up these thoughts.
"Pan Pan! You must go to college, no matter how hard it is! Aunt will sell everything to send you to college. If you dare not go to college, don't recognize me as your aunt in the future!"
"Baby! Aunt suffered because of not going to school, so she lives like this in this life. Aunt hopes you can live well!"
"In the future, if you are successful, you can take aunt to the city to enjoy life. What if aunt has suffered these years?"
"Don't let aunt down."
Zhang Panpan listened and came to school with her package, but she didn't take the money that her aunt lost her dignity for. She would rather starve and freeze than see her aunt be so humble.
When Yun Qinghuan and others first learned about Zhang Panpan's life experience, they felt a little depressed.
Seeing that she always ate steamed buns, and sometimes even didn't eat steamed buns, they couldn't stand it anymore, so everyone lent her a piece of meat, a total of five yuan, and various tickets, which was enough for Zhang Panpan to eat for a while.
I wanted to lend her a little more, but the girl would definitely not want too much.
Zhang Panpan didn't want it at first, but Yun Qinghuan said, "If you ruin your health now, what will happen even if you graduate from college? By then, you may not only fail to repay your aunt, but also ask your aunt to take care of you in return. Is this what you want to see?"
Zhang Panpan pursed her lips and said nothing.
"Besides, we didn't give it to you for free. You have to pay it back. When the school's money comes, you can just pay it back to us, right?"
At this point, Zhang Panpan reached out to take the money and bills, and sincerely thanked several people, with a faint redness in her eyes.
Several people just pretended not to see it.
On the first day of school, the teacher said that they also had subsidies for going to college, 15 yuan a month.
But the money might not be paid until the end of the month.
But during this period, Zhang Panpan always had to eat.
Because in the first few days of school, Qiao Yue and Zhao Qiumei were also very busy, and they didn't come to see Yun Qinghuan.
On Saturday, Qiao Yue and Zhao Qiumei came to Yun Qinghuan and invited Yun Qinghuan to see where they lived.
They had children with them, so they couldn't live in the dormitory. It was inconvenient, so they didn't pay for accommodation, but rented a house outside.
When Yun Qinghuan arrived, he found that they rented a large yard, a brick yard, quite large, and planted a lot of vegetables in it.
There were three houses in total, two kitchens, and a bathroom.
Qiao Yue's family of four lived in a relatively large room, which was divided into two compartments with wooden boards. They slept in it, and there was a table outside for receiving guests.
Zhao Qiumei and her daughter lived in the middle room.
The house was not big, but it was decorated quite warmly.
The kitchen was also very clean.
In just a few days, several people had already bought all the kitchen utensils.
There were two iron pots in the kitchen, one large and one small, so when cooking, there would be no situation where one was not finished and the other could not be done.
After the tour, Yun Qinghuan saw that another room was locked, and asked curiously, "Who lives in that room? Or is it just for storing sundries?"
"Gu Mingliang and his son live there."
"Huh?"
Yun Qinghuan was a little surprised and looked at Qiao Yue and Zhao Qiumei.
What's going on?
Qiao Yue couldn't help but smile and began to explain that this house was Gu Mingliang's tutor's house and no one had lived there.
His tutor saw that it was inconvenient for him to bring his children, so he asked him to live here with his children and just pay a proper rent every month.
The vegetables in this yard were all planted by Gu Mingliang.
Qiao Yue's family and Zhao Qiumei came to Kyoto, and they were unfamiliar with the place, so it was difficult to find a house.
It was still by chance that they met Gu Mingliang, who said that there were two houses in his tutor's yard, which were just right for renting to students, and asked them if they wanted to rent them.
Qiao Yue and Zhao Qiumei were very surprised, and the two of them came directly to see that there were three large tiled houses with basic furniture inside. There was also a well in the yard, and the environment was very good. The most convenient thing was that it was close to the school, and it was only fifteen minutes' walk.
The two were very satisfied and rented the house directly.
The teacher was a little old man in his fifties or sixties. He and his wife were very nice. Both of them were teachers at the Normal University. When they saw that two students from the same school were renting a house, they agreed.
The house was also cheap, only five yuan a month.
There was no such cheap rent nearby.
It happened that the four of them were educated youths at the time and had lived in the educated youth camp. They knew each other's temperaments and didn't need to get used to each other's tempers. It was good to live together now, saving them from living with strangers.
After listening to Qiao Yue's words, Yun Qinghuan couldn't help laughing and said, "I didn't expect you two were really destined to meet. After going around in circles, you are all familiar with each other."
Zhao Qiumei laughed beside her.
After looking at the yard, several people took their children to the nearby shopping mall for a while. It was almost time, so they returned to the small yard and started to cook lunch.
Yun Qinghuan cooked with them and had a meal at noon.
Qiao Yue also said directly, "In the future, if you get tired of eating in the cafeteria, just buy ingredients and cook here to change your taste."
"It just so happens that we have an existing kitchen, so it's convenient."
Yun Qinghuan smiled and nodded in agreement.
But she knew that she probably didn't come here often. After all, even the best friends have to have some sense of boundaries.
Besides, if she came here to cook, it would be unreasonable not to give them food, but there were so many of them, and it would probably cost a lot of money to eat a meal, not to mention the effort and time.
If she was really greedy, she might as well spend more money to buy some delicious food at the state-owned restaurant.
After all, this is Kyoto, and the chefs in the state-owned restaurant are still very good at cooking, much better than those in small places.
It's just a little money, but it saves a lot of trouble.
After dinner, Yun Qinghuan helped wash the dishes together.
Talked about the problems of these children.
After all, several adults are in school and are usually very busy. Where can they take care of the children?
Qiao Yue also explained that Gu Mingliang's mistress helped find a nearby factory, which had a special nursery class for children who were not yet old enough to enter the first grade.
Many parents in the factory were working, so where would they have time to take care of their children?
So they set up a nursery class and found three or four people to look after the children. Each child paid two yuan a month, and they had one meal at noon, which was very cost-effective.
Gu Mingliang's mistress found some connections, and now Gu Mingliang's son and the three little girls were sent there.