Chapter 34 Don't Take Money as Money (Chapter 3)

Lu Zhou was stunned for a moment, then took out his mobile phone, and he saw a text message sent to him by Ms. Yang.

[Mr. Lu, I'm really sorry. Because of the company meeting, I really can't make it back here, and I may have to wait until ten o'clock in the evening. For the delay of your time, I am willing to pay double hourly wages, and please forgive me. 】

Double the hourly rate...

That is, four hundred an hour?

Lu Zhou took a deep breath and said in his heart, auntie, don't be polite, it's fine if you don't come back tonight!

Although he knew it was unlikely.

"Do you eat chicken or beef?" At this time, Han Mengqi stuck her head out of the kitchen, looked at Lu Zhou who was sitting in the living room and asked, "There are only sandwiches in the refrigerator, that woman locked the door and ordered takeout. Can't get in."

Lu Zhou looked at the frozen sandwich in her hand and couldn't help but ask, "You eat this at night?"

Han Mengqi asked nonchalantly, "Is there a problem?"

Everywhere is a problem.

Lu Zhou sighed, stood up from the sofa, and walked towards the kitchen.

"What...what are you doing?" Han Mengqi took a half step back and asked.

"I'll do it."

"You can still cook?" Han Mengqi stared at Lu Zhou with a look of disbelief.

Lu Zhou put the pot into the pool and washed it, and said with a smile, "Hey, do you think I'm the same as you?"

Han Mengqi raised her chin dissatisfiedly: "What do you mean?"

"It's not interesting. If you have nothing to do, go to the living room and pick up the things I wrote. It will help you." Lu Zhou said without looking back while washing the pot.

The family hadn't started the fire for some time, and a layer of ash had fallen on the cooking pot, so that Lu Zhou had to wash it several times before it was completely cleaned.

In addition to sandwiches in the refrigerator, there are still some fresh food unexpectedly. According to Han Mengqi, these ingredients are all used by "that woman" to make the salad.

"A little fried cabbage with cabbage, shredded chicken with chicken breast and chili peppers... Two dishes should be enough. Let's steam two cups of rice first, I'll eat more if it's a big deal."

Putting the cutting board on the table, Lu Zhou washed his hands and picked up the kitchen knife to skillfully cut the ingredients. Chicken breast is more troublesome. It needs to be boiled for a while, but the temperature should not be too high, or the meat will become woody. The taste of it is quite unpleasant.

But for Lu Zhou, the problem was not that big.

During the time when her mother was in poor health, he was cooking for the family almost every day. Although I haven't touched the kitchen for more than two years now, what I have learned is not so easily forgotten.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, listening to the sound of chopping vegetables coming from the kitchen, Han Mengqi stared at the outline that Lu Zhou spent the afternoon writing for her. She was very restless and couldn't concentrate.

I don't know how long it took, the kitchen door opened, and then a wisp of the aroma of food penetrated into the tip of the nose.

The tip of Han Mengqi's nose moved slightly, then she swallowed and spit out a grunt.

At this time, Lu Zhou's voice came.

"Come and eat when you're hungry, and add your own food."

Han Mengqi wanted to say something mean, but after looking at the review materials on the coffee table and the food on the dining table, she finally swallowed those inappropriate words, lowered her head and whispered "Oh", and then drilled down. into the bathroom.

People are good and bad, and there is still a difference between good intentions and malicious attitudes.

After washing her hands, Han Mengqi picked up the bowl, added a small bowl of rice, and sat opposite Lu Zhou.

Looking at the two ordinary home-cooked dishes on the table, she hesitated, stretched out her chopsticks and took a small piece of cabbage, but then she suddenly looked at Lu Zhou vigilantly: "You didn't put anything strange in it, right? ?"

Lu Zhou, who was eating, almost choked on the rice grains. He raised his head and glared at the little girl, and said, "Is there something wrong with your brain? What am I eating now?"

Han Mengqi blushed, and realized that the question she asked was an idiot, but she was unwilling to admit it, so she tried to quibble: "Isn't there such a thing that you have taken the antidote beforehand and then you are fine..."

"Watching the TV series makes your brain stupid." Lu Zhou said unceremoniously, "If you don't want to eat it, go back and eat your sandwich."

Han Mengqi stuck out her tongue, stopped talking, and continued to eat.

During the meal, the two did not communicate at all.

After chewing and swallowing slowly, Lu Zhou was about to get up when he finished eating a bowl of rice, when he was surprised to find that Han Mengqi went to the kitchen with the bowl again, and came back with another bowl.

This seems to be the third bowl.

Can this guy eat that much?

Lu Zhou glanced suspiciously at her thin body, which didn't look like a very edible type.

Maybe just add a little at a time?

Thinking like this, Lu Zhou walked over to the rice cooker, opened it, and froze instantly.

Gone?

Lu Zhou turned his head to look at Han Mengqi, who was eating hard.

"You...what are you looking at me for?" Noticing Lu Zhou's gaze, she was a little embarrassed to be looked at. Han Mengqi reluctantly swallowed the food in her mouth and whispered embarrassedly, "How about I divide you?"

"No need...you have a long body, you should eat more." Lu Zhou shook his head and put the tableware and chopsticks into the kitchen pool.

When he was about to clean up the kitchen, Han Mengqi silently walked into the kitchen with empty plates and bowls. She looked at Lu Zhou a little embarrassedly and said, "How about... I'll do the washing?"

The tutor was so diligent that she felt a little embarrassed.

"No, leave it there. If you have time, you might as well go to the living room to read the two questions." Lu Zhou, who was washing the cutting board, said without looking back.

It's learning again!

Han Mengqi grimaced at Lu Zhou's tongue sticking out behind him, ignored him, turned around and went back to the living room.

After cleaning up in the kitchen, Lu Zhou returned to the living room and saw the little girl lying beside the coffee table reading the things he had written. He couldn't help smiling, then walked over and sat next to her, asking, "How is it? Do you understand?"

"Hmph...it's too simple."

"Simple? You have made a lot of mistakes in these simple questions." Lu Zhou took out a paper, "For example, in this question, you can judge the positional relationship between a straight line and a circle based on the equation of a straight line and a circle. In my opinion, It's completely a question of sending points."

Han Mengqi held her mouth shut and quibble: "...You have already gone to college, of course it's easy."

"Really? University can't learn these things. And I haven't touched this kind of question for more than a year, so I just read it in the afternoon." Lu Zhou said with a smile.

"... Anyway, my math is like this, you can say what you want." Han Mengqi simply broke the jar and fell, leaning on the sofa, with Erlang's legs up.

"Give up? In my opinion, you can still be saved." Lu Zhou said.

"You don't need to comfort me. I know exactly what's going on with me. I didn't study much last semester." Han Mengqi said with her arms crossed and expressionless.

"You don't even have the courage to try?" Lu Zhou said with a smile.

"...It's useless for me to use aggressive tactics."

what……

Unexpectedly found out.

The atmosphere cooled down again. Han Mengqi lowered her head and played with her phone. Although she didn't go back to her room for some reason, she didn't say a word to Lu Zhou.

The sky outside the window gradually darkened, and Lu Zhou walked over and turned on the light in the living room.

At this time, he suddenly realized that it was not a good thing for the house to be too big.

It's better if there are more people, but if you stay alone, it's really a little scary. The empty and dark doors seemed to be able to suck away people's souls.

After taking the book from the bookshelf in the study, Lu Zhou returned to the sofa in the living room and sat down, quietly flipping through it.

Han Mengqi, who was playing with her mobile phone, suddenly glanced at him quietly and said something in a low voice.

"thanks."

"Huh?" Lu Zhou turned his face slightly and gave her a confused look.

"The food you cooked... it's delicious." Han Mengqi said in a stiff tone, staring straight at the screen of her phone.

"It's just some very simple things... Didn't your mother do it for you?" Lu Zhou asked.

Han Mengqi's expression instantly turned cold: "She? She can't cook... And let alone cooking, I don't see her a few times a day."

No wonder it tastes so good, it turns out that I haven't eaten it for a long time.

Luckily, Lu Zhou thought that his cooking skills had improved again, but it was an illusion.

"Where's your father?"

The moment he asked this question, Lu Zhou regretted it because the answer was obvious.

"I'm arguing with my mother, it's almost over." Han Mengqi said this expressionlessly while sitting on the sofa hugging her knees.

The Adam's apple moved slightly. I don't know why, but seeing her with such an expression, Lu Zhou felt a little sympathetic to her.

Staring straight ahead, Han Mengqi suddenly spoke.

"...will you still cook for me in the future?"

Lu Zhou thought about it and said, "If you study hard, I will consider it."

"...What, it turns out that there are preconditions, it's really boring." Han Mengqi cut and turned her head.

Lu Zhou said: "After all, my job is also subject to performance appraisal. If your mother thinks I won't work with my salary, maybe she will quit me in a few days?"

"...Then there's no other way. That woman is like this every time. She likes to be strong." Han Mengqi lowered her head, her arms around her knees tightened, and after thinking about it, she said, "I'll try to work hard, but I don't. Legal guarantee."

"Well." Lu Zhou said with a smile, "Then we agreed."

The two chatted about their studies, and the atmosphere was a little stiff at first, but later it became much smoother.

It was almost eleven o'clock when the sound of a car finally came from downstairs.

After a while, the porch door opened, and Ms. Yang finally returned home.

Han Mengqi glanced at her mother silently, without a word of communication, she just snorted softly as if in a demonstration, and returned to the room.

The expression on this strong woman's face still did not change. She glanced at the review materials and outlines on the coffee table, her brows stretched slightly, and she lowered her head to Lu Zhou, her slightly tired voice with deep apology: "It's true. I'm sorry for taking so much time for you, why don't I drive you back?"

"You don't have to be so troublesome, I'll just play DiDi." Lu Zhou quickly waved his hand and said with a smile, "You should stay with your daughter at home. She still needs to work more on the basics of mathematics. I made a study outline for her, as long as she is willing to spend time on it, I believe that it is not a problem to catch up with her ability."

"Thank you, Teacher Lu, I will urge her." Ms. Yang nodded slightly.

"...Don't be so polite, I'll go first. By the way, you still need to communicate more...I mean learning. After all, this thing can't be rushed. Pushing too hard will have the opposite effect. , it is better to leave it to the child herself and let her find a rhythm that suits her to solve the problem."

Once again, she declined Ms. Yang's offer to send him back. After Lu Zhou took the elevator downstairs, he took out his mobile phone and called a Didi.

After getting into the car, Ms. Yang transferred the money for the supplementary class directly to his mobile phone through WeChat.

The first five hours are calculated at 200 yuan per hour, and the last five hours are calculated at 400 yuan per hour, adding up to 3,000.

Looking at the 3,000 yuan tuition fee, he couldn't help feeling emotional.

Sure enough, he is a rich man, he really doesn't take money as money.

The total amount in his bank card is in the early 3000s, and his total assets have doubled directly.

If it hadn't been for other people's school from Monday to Friday organizing summer supplementary classes, he would have liked to come every day...

I have to take the train during the day, so I will post it at night, and it will be updated at 12 noon tomorrow. By the way, ask for a recommendation ticket, your vote is the driving force for my code~~~~