Chapter VIII

After hugging Rhubarb and crying, Su Nianzhen felt much better. And the blow encountered this time also made Su Nianzhen's heart door close again, and it seemed that only by tightly shrinking herself in a tightly sealed shell could she stay away from harm and pain.

Originally, two people rented a room, and each person had to pay 30 yuan a month for water, electricity, and sanitation. Su Lingling only stayed for two days and left, walking so chic, leaving nothing, Su Nianzhen naturally didn't want to be the wrongdoer, washed her face by the lake in [home], and went out to discuss the cost with the landlord, and returned another key by the way.

"I just saw that girl going out with her bag, and I wanted to ask what's going on, it turned out that she went home." The landlord who often inspects the building is an aunt who looks like Sven, who speaks very softly and is very educated at first glance, and is said to be the wife of a high school leader.

"Well, what do you think about the utility bills for her two days?" Su Nianzhen smiled unnaturally and then asked. Although she is poor, she is not a person who likes to take advantage of others, and she will not shirk the money she should pay.

"Forget it for these two days, Auntie is not unkind, who doesn't have a friend to stay for two days, how can it be so clear?" The landlord said with a smile: "Now that you live alone, do you plan to continue to live in that house, or do you want to change the room with a bed?" ”

"A room with a bed?" Su Nianzhen was a little moved, she lived alone, and two beds were a waste, so it was better to change them.

"Yes, it's just a little smaller than the one you live in, the rent is one hundred and fifteen a month, and the water and electricity sanitation fee is still thirty, do you want to go and see it?" It can be seen that the little girl's family conditions are not very good, and the landlord and aunt are still willing to pull a hand without hindering themselves.

"Okay, I'm sorry for the trouble."

Su Nianzhen went upstairs with the landlord's aunt. The new room is next to the laundry room, the door is a little thicker than the other rooms, and the sound insulation effect is not bad. The room is indeed small, about ten square meters, in addition to a single bed, a writing desk and a chair, there is also a small wardrobe. The room looked a bit cramped, but it was no problem to live alone.

"This windowsill is a bit small, it's okay to dry clothes and sheets, but the quilt is not good, you have to take it to the top floor to dry, there is a ready-made clothesline on it......"

"Oh......" Su Nianzhen thought to herself, anyway, she has a [home], and drying the quilt is not a problem at all." Auntie, I'll live in this room, will I move now? ”

"Okay, the key is for you, you pack it up slowly, I'll be in the duty room on the first floor, you pack up and go down to find me, I'll return the extra money to you."

Su Nianzhen's things are all in [home], and there are only a few clothes in herself, so there is nothing to pack, but it will be moved in a few minutes.

"Nianzhen, how many points did you score in the 'high school entrance examination'?" The landlord's aunt was recording in the ledger while chatting with Su Nianzhen, who was standing by the window.

"540 points."

"Yes, we scored more than 510 points in the test for the neighbor's daughter, and her parents were very happy and invited many relatives and friends to celebrate. You're in the top 10 in the county, right? ”

"It should be, our homeroom teacher said it seems to be sixth."

"Oh, that's amazing, your parents must be broken."

“…… They died. Su Nianzhen was silent for a moment, and finally said in a dry voice. She really couldn't say the word "dad", and only vaguely replaced it with "they".

"Uh, I'm sorry." The landlord's aunt looked apologetic, she only thought that this little girl who looked beautiful and beautiful was poor at home, but she didn't expect it to be an orphan, it was really pitiful, no wonder she came out to make money at such a young age.

"It's okay......" Su Nianzhen obviously didn't want to continue the topic, took the money handed over by the landlord's aunt, and was ready to say goodbye and go back to the house.

"Don't be in a hurry to leave, Auntie will tell you something." The landlord's aunt looked sincere, "Auntie sees that you are a good girl, and knows that your situation may be more difficult than other children." It's just that you're still young after all, and you don't have any relatives here, so it's not a matter for a person to go out early and return late after all. You see if this will work, a few friends of my aunt are looking for a tutor, or my aunt will recommend it for you, as long as you teach it well, your parents will not treat you badly, safe and stable. It's just that it's impossible for people to hire tutors for only these two months, and you will have to take some time every week to go over when school starts in the future, which may delay your study......"

"Really! Thank you, Auntie, I have no problem with the time. Su Nianzhen is worried about what to do in the future, she really doesn't want to stand on the side of the street like a fool every day, just thinking about bargaining with a group of fierce aunts every day, her scalp is numb.

"Really figured it out? The first high ones are all top students, and the competition is fierce, will you not be able to keep up? ”

"Auntie, don't worry, I'm really fine."

"Okay, I'll take you over tomorrow morning, you prepare well tonight, tomorrow you may have to talk about the interview in front of other parents, I only help to introduce, whether others invite you or not is not up to me."

"Okay, I understand, thank you Auntie for helping me introduce ......"

Su Nianzhen returned to the room briskly, locked the door and closed the curtains, and immediately returned to [home] with a happy face.

"Haha, rhubarb, I don't have to set up a stall tomorrow, maybe the living expenses and college tuition fees in the future will be settled! Hey, hey, happy today, let's make a big meal! ”

Su Nianzhen hugged the rhubarb and rubbed it, made a mess of the buttery and shiny hair, and jumped to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables. After picking two cucumbers, a few tomatoes and a handful of greens, Su Nianzhen went to the grass to pick up a few more eggs. By the time Su Nianzhen walked to the simple kitchen next to the cave with the basket on her shoulder, the fisherman Rhubarb had already put a fat fish on the chopping board.

"Go catch a little rooster and let's stew chicken soup." Su Nianzhen stunned the struggling fat fish with a knife, silently said "I'm sorry", and began to disembowel, scale, and pickle.

When Su Nianzhen handled the fat fish with her hands and feet, the rhubarb ran over to the little rooster who had lost his breath. Su Nianzhen didn't dare to kill the chickens with her own hands, but she was very skilled in handling the dead chickens, bleeding and removing hair, and it didn't take long to clean up.

There is no shortage of kitchen utensils or anything in the [home], and the mother and daughter can't build an earthen stove, so they simply spend money to buy a gas stove. Because I usually cook on the earthen stove outside, the gas stove in the [home] has not been used a few times, and the gas tank I bought has not been replaced.

Su Nianzhen made a boiled fish, fried a plate of green vegetables and a plate of tomato scrambled eggs, stewed a pot of chicken soup, and heated a few steamed buns.

Su Nianzhen planted a lot of mosquito repellent grass near the entrance of the cave, but there were no mosquitoes, so she simply moved the table in the cave out and prepared to eat outside.

Rhubarb consciously squatted next to Su Nianzhen and waited for the meal, there was an uninvited half-big black cat on the table, Su Nianzhen, who was guarding a large table of dishes, did not feel lonely, and ate deliciously.

Su Nianzhen got up early the next day, took out her junior high school textbook from [home], and read it carefully. According to the landlord's aunt, the child who asked for a tutor started school in September as the third year of junior high school, and Su Nianzhen simply prepared to try to teach the third year of junior high school. She had never been a tutor before, but as a student in the class who studied well and did not hide her secrets, there were still many classmates in the class who borrowed her notes to ask her questions, and Su Lingling gradually became familiar with her because of this. And Su Nianzhen has no electricity at home, no TV and no sound machine, and her mother sits silently every day, she really has no other pastime except reading, not to mention textbooks and some of her mother's collection, and even the Xinhua dictionary has been turned over by her several times. Su Nianzhen felt that her foundation was quite solid, and although she was a little nervous about the trial, she was not afraid.

In the middle of the morning, the landlord's aunt arrived as scheduled and took Su Nianzhen to her friend's house.

This house is also quite close to a high school, and you can get there after turning a corner after the snack street.

"This community is the family home of the Education Bureau, and many teachers live here, so it will be a little sweeter when they touch their mouths in the future......"

Listening to the landlord's aunt's chattering instructions, Su Nianzhen was very grateful in her heart. With such dedication to a person she didn't know, the landlord and aunt really have nothing to say.

Su Nianzhen wants to teach a girl who is one year older than her, probably because of the better family conditions, she looks a little proud and unruly, and she looks down on Su Nianzhen, a little tutor. After listening to Su Nianzhen's half-hour trial lecture and asking some more difficult questions, the girl's mother who teaches English at a higher school decided to ask Su Nianzhen to teach her daughter all subjects in the third year of junior high school. One hour and twenty-five yuan, four hours a day during the holidays, two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon, and then Su Nianzhen will discuss it as appropriate when school starts.

Su Nianzhen had no objection to this price, and immediately signed the contract prepared in advance by Aunt Zhao (the girl's mother).

"Xiao Su, let's start today, you go to her room with Mu Mu, and I'll talk to your Aunt Liu (the landlord's aunt) for a while."

Su Nianzhen followed the reluctant Lin Muzi to her room. The little girl's room is very messy, the walls are full of celebrity posters, Su Nianzhen has never watched TV, and she doesn't recognize who those people are.