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Chapter 76 Don’t you want a child?

Yu Qiutang didn't expect that the age issue would be so troublesome. He was suddenly embarrassed and cursed "damn it" again in his heart.

Teacher Li next to him couldn't stand it anymore and said to Yu Qiutang, "Your teacher Zhang is right. This child is too old to be with younger children. You have been to school, too. If there is a conflict, younger children will be easily bullied."

"Teacher, my nephew has a good personality. I promise that I will not have conflicts with other children, let alone bully them."

"What's the use of your promise? If something goes wrong, it will be all our school's responsibility," Zhang Jiashen said in a serious tone. Yu Qiutang was his former student, so he subconsciously brought in the teacher's thinking and attitude of educating students.

"If you were a parent and found that there was a student in the class who was four or five years older than your child, would you be able to rest assured?"

Yu Qiutang was furious.

But when you are under someone's roof, there is really nothing you can do. What Zhang Jiashen said actually makes sense. If he doesn't want it, even if he runs to other places, it will probably not be much better.

So he couldn't have any emotion and had to continue to reason.

"Teacher Zhang, Teacher Li, you are all intellectuals, respected teachers, and gardeners who teach and educate people. If you hadn't educated me, I would be blind now and wouldn't recognize a single word.

Think about it, if that were the case, what could I do? I wouldn't understand anything wherever I go, and I wouldn't be able to do the math. Wouldn't I be a useless person?

I am most fortunate that I received your education when I was young, and now I can find a way to make a living. I always remember that you told us at that time that only when people are exposed to knowledge can they know their own shortcomings. Without knowledge, they are like a frog sitting in a well and looking at the sky..."

Zhang Jiashen was touched by Yu Qiutang's words, and his expression gradually eased, but he still didn't give in. "Yu Qiutang, you are right, but let's be honest. I really can't promise you. I have to be responsible for other students and parents."

"That's it..."

Yu Qiutang knew that Zhang Jiashen was a little shaken, but he needed a fire. But what exactly was this fire?

His mind raced, recalling what Zhang Jiashen lacked and how to impress him.

suddenly.

When he saw Li Chun'e, something suddenly came to his mind.

When Zhang Jiashen was young, he encountered a flood and was nearly drowned. Although he was luckily rescued in the end, he still suffered from a chronic illness. Since then, his health has been weak. He was almost forty years old, but he still had no child.

Later, I heard that an old Chinese doctor introduced her to boiled roe deer meat and she ate two taels of it every day. Her body gradually recovered and she finally had a child at the age of 41.

This incident spread not only to the school, but also to the entire Wangzhuang Village.

It's not a secret.

Thinking of this, he smiled at Li Chun'e and took Zhang Jiashen's arm, "Teacher Zhang, come, let's talk over there."

"Just tell me what's the matter. Why are you pulling me?" Zhang Jiashen was reluctant, but his strength was not as great as Yu Qiutang's, so he was successfully pulled to the side.

Li Chun'e did not follow either, and I don't know if it was intentional to give Yu Qiutang some room to maneuver.

"What do you want to say?" Zhang Jiashen was very unhappy. "Don't even think about giving me money. I don't accept that here."

"No, no, why would I do that? I know that you are honest and upright, and you would not accept such things."

"That……"

Yu Qiutang smiled mysteriously, "Teacher Zhang, you don't have any children yet, right?"

"Why do you ask that?"

"To be honest, we all know your situation. I have an old folk remedy that can solve this problem..."

"You mean, you have a solution?!"

Sure enough, children are Zhang Jiashen’s weak point. For people of this generation, expectations and demands for children are above all else.

Anyone who does not have children will be looked down upon by others, no matter how successful he is. Even if he does not have a son, others will say that he is a childless person.

Don't underestimate the idle chatter of rural people. That kind of pressure can crush anyone to death, but they can't even cause trouble to others.

Zhang Jiashen doesn't like money or things. This is his only weakness, and Yu Qiutang fully grasps it.

"Well, of course there is a way, and my method is incredible," Yu Qiutang deliberately kept the secret to fully mobilize Zhang Jiashen's enthusiasm, and then he said slowly: "Back then, I had a relative who was in a similar situation to you. He also had no results but only bloomed. He consulted many people and took many medicines, but to no avail.

Finally, he got this prescription from somewhere, and with the idea of ​​giving it a try, guess what, he got better! Less than half a year after the treatment, his wife got pregnant and gave birth to two big fat boys.

"Are you serious?!"

Zhang Jiashen's eyes were filled with anticipation, as if he was about to drown, when he suddenly saw a small boat approaching in the distance.

Treat it as your last chance to survive.

"You are my teacher, how can I lie to you? Of course it's true. My two children will go to school next year."

"Is that so? Then tell me, what is the solution?"

Yu Qiutang smiled but didn't speak immediately. Seeing Zhang Jiashen getting anxious, he said, "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang. I won't do anything with this. I'm telling you, if you boil 2 taels of roe deer meat every day for two to six months, it will replenish your body's deficiencies. I guarantee that you will be full of energy and your sons and daughters will get whatever they want."

"Roe deer, you really didn't lie to me?"

"Really? If I really lied to you, I would not be able to stay in the village. This is absolutely true. If I lied, I will be struck by lightning."

"You don't have to swear such an oath. Although you are a little stupid and not good at studying, you are honest and I don't think you will lie to me," Zhang Jiashen believed it, but soon he thought of a new question, "But even if roe deer meat is really useful, where can I find roe deer?"

"It's not difficult to find roe deer. There are mountains behind us, and there are roe deer on the mountains."

"Of course I know there are roe deer in the mountains, but roe deer are all deep in the mountains, where can I find them?"

Yu Qiutang then patted his chest and said confidently: "Of course, your student, I will help you solve this problem."

"can you?"

Since Zhang Jiashen was born at the foot of the mountains, he naturally knew hunters. However, in his concept, hunters were all strong, and it was rare to see a tall and thin man like Yu Qiutang.

"Of course I can. I'm your student, so why can't I? Teacher, if you need it, I'll get it for you. If you need one, I'll get one. If you need five, I'll get five..."

In order to get Zhang Jiashen to agree, Yu Qiutang directly used his ultimate move.

No man can resist the temptation to regain his masculinity, especially a man who dreams of becoming stronger. Zhang Jiashen finally compromised.

He hesitated for a moment, and finally let out a long sigh, "Okay, if you can really help me get it, and it's really useful, I can make an exception and find a way to get your nephew enrolled in school..."

"Thank you, Teacher Zhang!" "I haven't finished speaking yet."

"Oh, go on then."

"It's against the rules to let a thirteen-year-old child go directly to the first grade. It's hard for me to explain to others. So, let him start from the third grade and be a transfer student directly to the third grade."

Yu Qiutang was stunned. "Starting from the third grade, how can he keep up? He doesn't have any foundation."

"I will give you the first and second grade books, and you can figure it out on your own. If you can advance to the third grade, then continue. If not, repeat the grade. Slowly you will catch up with the others."

Yu Qiutang thought this was a possible solution.

However, he immediately thought of another problem. If he transferred into the class like this, would there be any problem with the student file? What about the student ID number? He was not sure whether these issues were easy to handle in this era.

I only know that children in later generations must not be careless when studying. If one is not careful and something goes wrong, it will be a big trouble.

Zhang Jiashen told him that this was easy to deal with. Every year there were many students who dropped out or dropped out of school, so there would be a lot of vacant student ID numbers, and it was not difficult to deal with them.

Yu Qiutang suddenly thought that at that time, it was common to repeat junior high school and high school, especially in junior high school, where students could still keep their student numbers.

As for how to do it, that is Zhang Jiashen’s problem and it is not his turn to worry about it.

Only after parting with his two teachers did Yu Qiutang finally stand up straight.

It’s really not easy.

The principal of a mountain village primary school was able to control him. The reason was simple: he was a person without power, money or status.

If the other party doesn't give him face, he will be helpless.

Fortunately, although he had to go to the mountains to help him get roe deer, he finally managed to get the children into school smoothly, and he felt it was worth it.

His brother and sister-in-law have passed away, and he has to support the future of the two children.

So as to comfort their souls in heaven.

In his previous life, he only enjoyed the kindness of his brother and sister-in-law, but never repaid them in any way. In this life, now that he has begun to have some strength, he must repay them with gratitude.

However, it seems that he must speed up to get the crossbow ready, and go to the mountains when he gets the gun in the next episode. There is still more than a week left before school starts, and time is running out, so he must speed up.

Thinking about this, I slowly came to the vicinity of the apricot kernel factory.

It was just after ten o'clock in the morning, time for the factory workers to get off work and have lunch. People started coming out one after another to buy a bowl of noodles or two buns from a nearby stall.

Yu Qiutang originally thought that he would not be able to wait for Miyali. She was so frugal and probably didn't want to spend money on eating out.

But unexpectedly, after watching for a while, I saw Mi Yali and Mi Yahong coming out hand in hand.

Miahong's outfit was a little better. Although her family was very poor, she still made a slim-fitting skirt out of red Dacron. From a distance, it looked like a ball of flowing flame.

Miali, on the other hand, is quite plain.

She wore a blue coarse cloth shirt on her upper body, white trousers on her lower body, and a pair of buckled shoes on her feet. Her thick black hair was twisted into a single braid that hung down to her buttocks.

She was 1.72 meters tall, and her braid was at least 1 meter long.

She kept the braid until after she got married. When the family split up, there was nothing at home, so Miyali sold the braid to the Long Opera Troupe that came to the temple fair on the street and bought some things for the family.

From then on, Miyali never had long hair again. She always kept her hair short to the ears, also known as a cropped haircut.

As they got closer, they could already hear Miahong's bell-like laughter. His second sister-in-law loved to laugh and was optimistic by nature. She later married a village cadre from the next village, and later her brother-in-law became the village party secretary, and they lived a wealthy life.

Miali is relatively gentle.

She speaks slowly and in a very gentle voice, and she never grins even when she is very happy, so many people who are not familiar with her think she is an intellectual who has read a lot of books when they meet her for the first time.

In fact, she only studied up to the second year of junior high school. I heard that her grades were very good. When she took the junior high school entrance exam, she was second in the town. If she continued to study, she would definitely be able to get into high school and maybe even go to college.

But there was no way. The family was too poor to support a child, especially a girl, to continue pursuing her dream of studying.

She had to give up her studies and go home to share the burden of life with her parents. It was fate, and she had no complaints. Even after she became an adult, every time she mentioned this, she would just smile and say she had no regrets.

In short, she was a very optimistic, cheerful and profound woman. The fact that Yu Qiutang lived a better and better life in his previous life was inevitably related to Mi Yali's marriage.

Perhaps sensing that Yu Qiutang was watching them, Miali suddenly looked over here.

Yu Qiutang quickly turned sideways to avoid the front.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw two people walking straight towards me. I ordered a bowl of noodles and asked the boss to divide it into two bowls and give them more soup.

Soon, the boss put the noodles and soup on the table. Miyali took out two steamed buns from the small cloth bag behind her, gave one to Miyalhong and one for herself, broke them into pieces and soaked them in the noodle soup, and then the two of them started eating while chatting and laughing.

Two people shared a bowl of noodles and still enjoyed it very much.

Yu Qiutang walked over from the other side, quietly bought another serving of noodles, and asked the boss to bring it to Mi Yali, saying that the customer had ordered something but did not want it at the last minute, and the extra noodles would stick together even if they didn't eat them, so he just gave it to them.

After giving the instructions, he walked away and continued to watch Miyali. After listening to what the boss said, he subconsciously looked around, and finally accepted it with a smile before turning around and leaving.

He is not old enough now, and his home doesn't even have a decent place to live. He has no way of asking someone to propose marriage to his wife, and can only watch his wife continue to suffer.

However, although it was a bit shabby, his wife was obviously very happy, which was also good and comforted him.

On the way back, he happened to meet Wu Meifen at the place where eggs were sold. She said that she went out to check the vegetables in the morning and did not see him.

Wu Meifen also mentioned that Master Liang wanted to try adding some wild animals to the restaurant, and asked Yu Qiutang to send them over when they had supply.

Currently, the main species are pheasants, hares, squirrels and bamboo rats.

Of course they must be alive, dead ones are acceptable.

Restaurants may ask customers to choose the wild game they want to eat in person, and the game will be killed and cooked right on the spot to ensure that it is authentic wild game.

As for the price, it is two yuan per pound, which is about the same price as pork, but pork is pure weight, while these wild animals are gross weight.

If you calculate the price, it is still slightly more expensive than pork.

A wild rabbit weighs about two or three pounds, which is about five or six yuan. A pheasant is lighter, probably only four or five yuan. Bamboo rats are about the same. Squirrels are the smallest, and I estimate that one can only be sold for two yuan at most.

(End of this chapter)