I'm back in 1990

Chapter 273: What a coincidence?

The online sensation "1990, I'm Back," a heartfelt work by author Four Seasons Leeks, is available on Cola Novels.

1993 was fast approaching.

This year's Spring Festival falls in January again, and the countdown to the winter vacation for primary, secondary, and tertiary schools has begun.

After New Year's Day, Grandma and Aunt moved to Shanghai, giving Huang Xiaochuan another place to stay. However, Grandma and Aunt were not used to living in such a big house for a while, but they loved the heating and the hot water taps. This made Aunt, who suffered from chilblains every winter, sigh with relief.

Huang Xiaochuan and Yu Xiang also moved in temporarily, otherwise, with only Grandma and Aunt living in such a big house, they wouldn't dare to sleep at night.

Seeing that the yard was very big, my aunt asked my uncle to go to a friend's place to get two puppies to keep in the yard.

As soon as Huang Xiaochuan entered the yard that day, the two little black dogs stopped playing, tilted their heads, and stared at Huang Xiaochuan curiously. Then they shook their heads and came over to greet him, grabbing Huang Xiaochuan's shoes and chewing on them. Huang Xiaochuan was very fond of them and squatted down to tease them for a long time. The two puppies looked to be less than three months old.

"Auntie, where did this dog come from?"

My aunt, who was collecting clothes in the yard, replied, "I called your uncle to find someone to hold them. I thought it would be good to have two dogs to guard the yard, given how big it is."

Aunt asked Huang Xiaochuan, "Why did you come back alone? Where's Xiaoxiang?"

"She has an exam today, I'll pick her up later. Auntie, have you named the puppy yet?"

"Ah Liang just delivered it today, you can name it whatever you like!"

Huang Xiaochuan was suddenly seized by a wicked idea when he saw the two little black dogs. He named them Big Stick and Little Stick. If Ding Yi ever came to his house and found out that Huang Xiaochuan had named the two dogs this, he would definitely fight him to the death.

My aunt asked, looking completely bewildered, "Big stick or small stick?"

Huang Xiaochuan stroked the dog's head and laughed, "It was just something I came up with. As long as it has a name, that's fine. These days, names like Saihu and Hei Li are everywhere."

"What's Auntie having for dinner tonight?"

"Your grandma made big meat and vegetable dumplings, and she'll cook them when Xiaoxiang comes back."

When Huang Xiaochuan heard that it was a large meat and vegetable dumpling, his mouth watered. It looked so delicious!

Huang Xiaochuan can actually make meat and vegetable dumplings, but he's not good at it. His grandmother and aunt are better at it, and it's too time-consuming to make. Washing the vegetables, preparing the filling, and kneading the dough takes a lot of time, so Huang Xiaochuan is usually too lazy to make them.

Now that his maternal grandmother and aunt have come to Shanghai, he's in for a treat, and he doesn't have to cook anymore, though he'll still cook occasionally.

That evening, after Huang Xiaochuan picked up Yu Xiang, he showed off four large glutinous rice dumplings. Even Yu Xiang ate two of them. You should know that each of these dumplings is about the size of a fist, otherwise they wouldn't be called large glutinous rice dumplings.

After dinner, Yu Xiang went back to her room to read, while Huang Xiaochuan chatted with his grandmother and aunt in the living room.

"Grandma, when spring comes and the weather gets warmer, you and Auntie can go to Taihu Sanatorium for a relaxing trip. I've already made reservations for you."

Grandma immediately waved her hand, unwilling to let Huang Xiaochuan waste money on her.

"No, no, don't waste money. You earn money with difficulty."

My aunt chimed in, "I'm not going either. I'm busy with farm work every day. Your grandma and I are both in good health!"

Huang Xiaochuan began his earnest persuasion: "Recuperation is about conditioning your bodies and keeping them in top condition. Think about it, Xiaoxiang still has two years before graduation, and even if she gets married and has children, it will be four years later. If you don't take care of yourselves, how will you help me take care of the children?"

"And it won't cost much. You have to listen to me on this; it's settled!"

After being coaxed and tricked by Huang Xiaochuan, the two finally stopped objecting to going to the sanatorium, because nothing was more important than taking care of Xiao Husun's child.

A few days later, on January 8th, Huang Xiaochuan booked four first-class tickets and, along with Ding Yi, took Zhou Wei and He Wenfeng to Hong Kong.

The Boeing 737's first class cabin only has eight seats, and Huang Xiaochuan and his group occupied half of them.

The first-class cabin has four seats in a row with an aisle in the middle. Since Huang Xiaochuan and his group had chosen their seats in advance, they had all four seats on the left side of the aisle.

Moreover, they were among the first to board the plane. However, after another group of first-class passengers boarded, Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance.

"Huang Xiaochuan? Ding Yi?"

"Teacher Zhang?"

The visitor was Zhang Yun, a lecturer in their economics department.

Why did she go to Hong Kong too?

What are they going to Hong Kong for?

The three of them were each speculating in their own minds.

Zhang Yun was originally sitting in the first row on the right side of the aisle, but after glancing at the middle-aged man sitting next to her, she immediately stood up and said to Ding Yi, who was sitting to Huang Xiaochuan's left by the window, "Ding Yi, let's switch seats."

Huang Xiaochuan glanced at the middle-aged man next to Zhang Yun and understood why Zhang Yun wanted to change seats. He decided to get up and switch seats with Zhang Yun.

Zhang Yun then said, "I'd like to change to a seat by the window."

She still had her eye on Ding Yi's position.

Out of respect for Zhang Yun being a teacher, Ding Yi reluctantly got up and switched seats with her.

He was thinking to himself, "This woman is so troublesome!"

After Ding Yi sat down, the middle-aged man struck up a conversation with him: "Is that your teacher?"

Ding Yi, already in a bad mood, glared at him: "What's it to you?"

The middle-aged man, annoyed by the teasing, decided not to speak to Ding Yi anymore.

Zhang Yun, however, began to interrogate Huang Xiaochuan relentlessly.

"Huang Xiaochuan, what are you guys doing in Hong Kong?"

Instead of answering Zhang Yun's question, Huang Xiaochuan asked her in return, "Teacher Zhang, what are you going to Hong Kong for?"

Zhang Yun was quite frank: "I made some money trading stocks in Shanghai. I feel that the market will decline this year, so I want to try trading Hong Kong stocks. I also want to buy some clothes and cosmetics before going home for the Chinese New Year."

When Huang Xiaochuan heard that Zhang Yun was also going to speculate on Hong Kong stocks, he couldn't help but glance at her. He hadn't realized this woman was so sharp-minded. She knew that Shanghai stocks were still in the midst of a new wave of gains, yet she was able to analyze the upcoming downward trend.

Zhang Yun was indeed clever; she quickly guessed the purpose of Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi's trip to Hong Kong.

She knew that Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi had bought a lot of subscription certificates last year. Although she didn't know the exact number, she had personally seen Huang Xiaochuan queuing up to buy new shares. Comparing this to her own huge profits in the stock market last year, she could confirm that in that kind of market, even a pig could make a fortune, let alone Huang Xiaochuan and Ding Yi, who were not pigs! Naturally, they wouldn't have made a small profit.

Considering her own desire to trade Hong Kong stocks, she could basically conclude that her two students were also going to Hong Kong to trade Hong Kong stocks.

Huang Xiaochuan didn't expect that Zhang Yun would guess that he and Ding Yi were going to speculate on Hong Kong stocks in such a short time. This woman's IQ is too high. No wonder she is a top student who can graduate from the Penn School of Business. It's just that she lacks a little in emotional intelligence.

Zhang Yun smiled and whispered in Huang Xiaochuan's ear, "You guys are also going to speculate on Hong Kong stocks, right?"

Huang Xiaochuan suddenly felt an intense itch in his ears, and a certain part of his body began to swell. Huang Xiaochuan thought to himself, "Damn it, can you not talk so close to me? I'm not deaf."

Just then, the flight attendant announced over the loudspeaker that the plane was about to take off and asked passengers to fasten their seatbelts.

Huang Xiaochuan temporarily escaped Zhang Yun's questioning, but the journey had taken nearly three hours, and there was no way to avoid it. It wouldn't hurt to tell her, since everyone was heading towards the same goal. He just needed to remind her not to spread the word when she got back.