sinovels Chapter 1745 Passion Always Leads to Trouble
Chapter 1745 Passion Always Leads to Trouble
Chapter 1745 Passion Always Leads to Trouble
Li Baoyu looked up and saw Li Ruhai and Ma Yang standing in the middle of the railway track, with Ma Yang holding a flat piece of iron in his hand.
Li Baoyu knew that the flat iron sheet was made by placing large nails on the railway track. After the train passed, the nails would turn into iron sheets. If he took the iron sheet back and sharpened it, he would get a razor blade.
Li Baoyu had done this kind of thing with Zhao Jun a lot when he was a child, so he was no stranger to it.
At this moment, Li Baoyu's attention was entirely on Li Ruhai. He stared at Li Ruhai with hostility, thinking to himself, "You little brat, I avenged you and vented your anger first thing in the morning, and you still call me stupid."
Although he had just complained about Li Baoyu, Li Ruhai still called out to Li Baoyu and asked, "Brother, what are you doing here?"
Hearing Li Ruhai's words, Li Baoyu glared at him fiercely, thinking to himself, "You ask me what I'm doing here? If I weren't here to avenge you, would I be chasing a train?"
It was only because Ma Yang was nearby that Li Baoyu was afraid of losing face; otherwise, he would have rushed over and restrained Li Ruhai long ago.
Seeing that Li Baoyu still didn't speak, Li Ruhai thought to himself, "Fool!" Then he shouted at Li Baoyu, "Brother, what are you doing here? What time is it? Aren't you going to go back to your wife's house with her?"
Upon hearing Li Ruhai's words, Li Baoyu's expression changed, and with a cry of "Oh my god!" he turned and ran away.
Seeing Li Baoyu disappear in a flash, Ma Yang and Li Ruhai exclaimed, "Your brother runs really fast."
"Sigh!" Li Ruhai sighed and shook his head, "All day long, his brain seems to be malfunctioning."
“Oh dear, they’re all the same,” Ma Yang chimed in, and Li Ruhai was taken aback by his words.
“My sister is like that too.” After saying this, Ma Yang asked Li Ruhai with a smile, “Does your brother know to take shelter when it rains?”
“Then he knows.” Li Ruhai responded, and then Ma Yang continued, “My sister doesn’t know to take shelter when it rains.”
"You're really making fun of me." Li Ruhai shoved Ma Yang and said, "My sister-in-law isn't like that at all."
"Hehe..." Ma Yang chuckled and said, "Alright, I'm not going to waste my breath on you anymore. I'm going to school."
"Why are you so enthusiastic today?" Li Ruhai sensed that something was off with Ma Yang. At that moment, Ma Yang touched the pocket that served as his schoolbag and mumbled, "Today... I have something to do."
"Let's go then," Li Ruhai said. "We're going the same way."
Upon hearing Li Ruhai's words, Ma Yang hurriedly asked, "Where are you going?"
“I’m going to Yongfu and Yongli.” As soon as Li Ruhai said this, Ma Yang asked, “Going to gossip?”
"You're the one who's being a busybody," Li Ruhai said irritably. "I'm just settling scores and getting revenge."
The two walked away bickering, parting ways halfway. Li Ruhai went to Yongfu Village to retaliate against Zhang Laibao and Zhang Laifa, while Ma Yang went to school with his schoolbag on his back.
When Ma Yang arrived at the classroom, his classmates were all surprised, and some even asked, "Ma Yang, why are you here so early today?"
Ma Yang smiled but didn't say anything. He walked to his seat, sat down, and pushed his schoolbag into the desk drawer.
At this moment, Ma Yang did not take his hand out, but kept it pressed against the schoolbag.
Ma Yang didn't move his face, but glanced to the side and saw Hu Lina looking down at a book.
Her profile is like a flower, captivating at first glance.
Ma Yang's heart pounded as soon as he glanced at it. He opened his schoolbag in the desk compartment, felt the smooth plastic cover, and quietly pulled the diary out of the bag.
"I..." Ma Yang was about to present the gift in one go when he saw Liu Nannan in the front row suddenly turn around, put her math textbook in front of Hu Lina, point to a spot with her pen, and ask Hu Lina, "How do you do this problem again?"
Ma Yang stuffed the diary into the desk drawer and glared resentfully at Liu Nannan, who had ruined his plans.
"Ma Yang." Suddenly, Sun Fu'an, who also lived in Yong'an Village, called out to Ma Yang and asked, "Who beat up Li Ruhai? I saw that his face was bruised and swollen."
Upon hearing this voice, Hu Lina, who was explaining a problem to Liu Nannan, immediately turned to look at Sun Fu'an.
"Um..." Ma Yang shoved the diary into his bag haphazardly, then pulled his hand out to Sun Fu'an and said, "Zhang Laibao and Zhang Laifa beat him up."
“Oh dear, Li Ruhai isn’t any good either,” Sun Fu’an said, and then Ma Yang chimed in with a laugh: “He’s good my ass, he’s just a big talker.”
Boys this age love to show off, boast, and pretend. And that goes without saying, especially in front of girls they like.
Ma Yang started talking, saying, "That time I made him beat him in the cornfield. If my brother-in-law hadn't held me back, I would have broken his legs."
Hearing Ma Yang's words, Hu Lina gave him a deep look. Ma Yang had been secretly observing Hu Lina while he was speaking, and he felt a surge of satisfaction when he saw her glance at him.
At this moment, Hu Lina finished explaining the math problem to Liu Nannan, and then said to the two students in front of her, "Take out your homework and let me check it."
When I was in elementary school, one homeroom teacher taught both math and Chinese, handling both major subjects on his own.
In junior high, however, the math teacher is the math teacher and the language arts teacher is the language arts teacher.
Each teacher teaches only one subject, but teaches two classes, and sometimes has to substitute for other grades, so the main subject teachers at Yong'an Middle School work very hard.
Because they are too busy to take care of everyone, after assigning homework each day, the group leaders of each group check the homework of their group members before the morning class the next day.
Hu Lina is the class monitor and also the top student in the class, so she is naturally the only one who can be the group leader of their group.
When Hu Lina said she was going to check homework, Liu Nannan and the others took out their homework books for each subject, but Ma Yang remained unmoved.
Hu Lina stood up and started checking from the first row of this group. When she checked her and Ma Yang's table, Ma Yang grinned at Hu Lina, but Hu Lina didn't even look at him and directly took the homework book handed to her by the student in the back row.
Despite being ignored, Ma Yang acted as if nothing was wrong. He never did his homework, and Hu Lina ignored him as well. Ma Yang even thought it was pretty good, believing that Hu Lina was taking care of him as her deskmate.
After checking the last row of this group, Hu Lina returned to her seat.
Ma Yang glanced at Hu Lina's profile and reached into his backpack in the desk drawer again.
Just as Ma Yang was about to take out his notebook, he saw Hu Lina stand up.
Ma Yang looked up and saw his homeroom teacher, Xiao Nan, walking in with textbooks.
Seeing the class monitor stand up, Xiao Nan immediately asked, "What's wrong?"
"Teacher," Hu Lina said, "Ma Yang didn't do his homework."
Ma Yang: "..."
As Xiao Nan looked at Ma Yang, Hu Lina added, "He didn't touch a single word of math, Chinese, or English."
Ma Yang: "..."
Hearing Hu Lina's words, Xiao Nan couldn't ignore it any longer. She put her textbook on the podium and quickly walked to Ma Yang's desk.
"Look at this!" Xiao Nan came over and pointed at Ma Yang, scolding, "Everyone else has books and notebooks on their desks, but you don't even have a pen on yours. What are you doing here?"
“I…” Ma Yang hesitated, “Teacher, I haven’t taken out my book yet.”
"Why aren't you doing your homework?" Xiao Nan asked. Ma Yang replied, "I... I did it, I just didn't bring it."
"Did you forget to bring it? Or did you not write it down?" Xiao Nan pressed, and Ma Yang stubbornly replied, "Teacher, I didn't bring it."
“Ma Yang!” Xiao Nan pointed at Ma Yang and said, “You can’t lie to me. If you say you didn’t bring it again, I’ll go home with you to get it.”
Upon hearing Xiao Nan's words, Ma Yang lowered his head and remained silent. At this moment, all the students' eyes were focused on Ma Yang, and even with his thick skin, Ma Yang felt utterly ashamed.
"Did you not write it down or did you not bring it?" Xiao Nan asked again. Ma Yang muttered softly, "You didn't write it down."
Xiao Nan gave a helpless smirk. The more she looked at Ma Yang, the angrier she became. She grabbed his clothes, pulled him up from the stool, and shouted, "Go! Take your bag and go to the office to mend it. You're not coming back until you're done!"
Ma Yang lowered his head and reached into the desk drawer to take out his schoolbag.
"Hmm?" Xiao Nan immediately sensed something was wrong. These days, apart from Zhao Hong and a few others, students didn't have proper schoolbags; they all used shoulder bags instead.
Although the conditions were tough, every student's schoolbag was bulging, at least they had textbooks and notebooks.
Ma Yang's schoolbag was flat, as if there was nothing inside.
"Come here, come here!" Xiao Nan reached out to Ma Yang and said, "Let me see your backpack."
Upon hearing Xiao Nan's words, Ma Yang quickly hid his schoolbag behind his back.
Seeing this, Xiao Nan glared at Ma Yang and shoved him hard, making him stumble. Then, Xiao Nan stepped forward and snatched the backpack from Ma Yang's hands.
Just as Xiao Nan was about to open her backpack, Ma Yang reached out to grab it, but was glared at fiercely by Xiao Nan.
These days, teachers don't do anything haphazard; they all teach with dedication.
In the Yong'an forest area, there is a tradition of respecting teachers. Although Xiao Nan is a female teacher, Ma Yang would never dare to lay a hand on her. Because in Yong'an, hitting a teacher is considered the same as beating one's parents, and would be categorized as being an animal.
Xiao Nan opened her schoolbag, frowned instantly, and then took out the diary.
"Oh my god!" Xiao Nan looked at Ma Yang, holding the diary, and said, "You don't bring books or pens to school, but a notebook for drawing pretty girls?"
"Hahaha..." The classmates burst into laughter, and Ma Yang watched as Hu Lina lowered her head and chuckled softly.
Looking at the diary that Xiao Nan was holding up, Ma Yang felt a chill run down his spine.
Xiao Nan was at his wits' end with Ma Yang. This kid used to hover around the bottom four or five, but ever since Li Ruhai and Zhang Laifa dropped out, he "unintentionally" got last place and has held that position ever since.
Ma Yang watched as Xiao Nan stuffed the diary back into his schoolbag. Just as Ma Yang breathed a sigh of relief, he heard Xiao Nan say, "Go home and find it for your dad and mom."
At that moment, Ma Yang felt dizzy and almost burst into tears.
These days, it's no small matter if a student's parents are called in; they'll be in for a world of hurt when they get home.
"Teacher, I..." Ma Yang wanted to say something, but Xiao Nan threw down his schoolbag and said, "Go, call your dad and mom over!"
"Teacher, my dad went to work," Ma Yang said. Xiao Nan asked, "And your mom?"
“My mom went to my maternal grandparents’ house…” As soon as Ma Yang’s lie came out, Hu Lina said, “Ma Yang, what are you saying? The other day you were saying that your mom and your brother went to visit your grandparents’ graves.”
Ma Yang: "..."
After a brief silence, the whole class burst into laughter that nearly lifted the roof off.
In this room, only two people didn't laugh: Ma Yang and Xiao Nan.
Xiao Nan was so angry that her face turned red. She smacked Ma Yang twice with her pestle, making Ma Yang stumble backward.
"Go home and have your mother come!" Xiao Nan said to Ma Yang in an unquestionable tone, "You must be here before nine o'clock!"
After saying that, Xiao Nan grabbed Ma Yang's arm and dragged him out of the classroom.
……
While Ma Yang was undergoing his ordeal at school, the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders.
At the meeting, Zhao Jun explained the feasibility of opening a department store in the city, which received unanimous support from all shareholders.
Just before Wang Meilan was about to adjourn the meeting, she suddenly heard the phone ringing next door.
“Son.” Wang Meilan subconsciously looked at Zhao Jun and said, “Go answer this call first, we’ll wait for you here.”
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Weipeng and said, "Uncle, you go. I reckon it's Director Chu."
After saying this, Zhao Jun gave Zhao Weipeng a wink, and Zhao Weipeng nodded, got up, and went out to answer the phone.
Yesterday, Zhao Jun offered Chu Xiaoxue a salary of one hundred yuan as soon as he opened his mouth. You should know that Zhao Youcai has been working for twenty years and he doesn't even earn that much in a month.
If Chu Xiaoxue really wants to come and train for a while, Chu Anmin will definitely call to ask.
At this moment, seeing the door of the main house in the east close, Li Tongyun suddenly raised her hand to signal.
"Xiaoyun," Wang Meilan called to Li Tongyun and asked, "Are you going to speak?"
"Aunt," Li Tongyun asked Wang Meilan cautiously, "May I say a few words?"
"Of course you can," Wang Meilan said to Li Tongyun with a smile. "Since your parents couldn't attend the meeting, you'll represent them on their behalf."
Upon hearing Wang Meilan's words, Li Tongyun stood up from the bench and said to everyone with a smile, "I am not very talented, but I would like to recommend myself for the position of manager of Yong'an Department Store."
At the meeting, after discussion among the shareholders, the department store was named Yong'an, firstly to show that they would not forget their roots, and secondly to signify lasting peace and tranquility.
After Li Tongyun finished speaking, everyone in the room looked at each other, with no one supporting or opposing her.
Seeing that no one spoke, Li Tongyun looked at Wang Meilan and tentatively asked, "President Wang?"
Wang Meilan raised her hand to scratch her head, covering her face.
Li Tongyun's smile faded slightly, but she was still unwilling to give up. She turned to Zhao Jun and asked, "Vice President Zhao?"
"Xiaoyun." Zhao Jun raised his hand, gesturing for Li Tongyun to sit down. Li Tongyun was unwilling, but Jin Xiaomei pulled her back onto the bench.
Seeing that Li Tongyun was a little unhappy, Zhao Jun said, "Xiaoyun, we don't want you to go, and neither can my sixth uncle and sixth aunt."
"Why?" Li Tongyun asked. Zhao Jun laughed and said, "Go ahead, is that to become a manager?"
"Huh?" Li Tongyun was taken aback. Zhao Jun smiled and continued, "You're going to be involved in the underworld, aren't you? Becoming a gangster or a local gang leader?"
"Hahaha..." Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Li Tongyun sighed helplessly.
As the laughter subsided, Zhang Yuanmin said to Li Tongyun, "Little Yun, your sixth uncle and aunt have gone to great lengths to keep you here. How can they let the tiger return to the mountain?"
"Hahaha..." Laughter broke out again, but then a fierce barking came from the backyard.
"Oh!" Zhao Jun stood up, looked out the window, and said, "Someone's here?"
"Alright, meeting adjourned." Wang Meilan stood up and announced the adjournment. Zhao Jun walked quickly out, and as he passed the west hut, he heard Zhao Weipeng still talking to Chu Anmin about Yong'an Supermarket.
As Zhao Jun walked out of the house, he saw Ma Yang staggering towards him along the courtyard path.
"Huh?" Zhao Jun looked at Ma Yang in surprise and asked, "Why are you here again?"
Upon seeing Zhao Jun, Ma Yang cried out, "Brother-in-law, help me!"
(End of this chapter)