The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 242 I Let You Underestimate Me

Sha Zhu said proudly: "Why don't you ask around, kid? Back then, I was your uncle and I was invincible in this alley. Your father didn't dare to fight with me back then, and you dare to mess with me."

"I know." The young man said with a smile, "But the young and strong are better than the strong."

Sha Zhu threw down the spoon and said, "Why, man, you have to fight me today."

"No, I'm waiting to eat wontons." The young man said cheerfully, "Uncle, didn't you hear my stomach rumbling? Hurry up and take it out of the pot. Cook it for a while longer and it will become soup."

Gradually, there were fewer people at Sha Zhu's stall. Han Yufeng also went to work. Liu Hua was not in a hurry to go to work, so he sat next to him and chatted with Sha Zhu.

Qin Huairu cleaned herself up and came to the wonton stand. Sha Zhu said jokingly, "Hey, it's rare, Qin Huairu, you're eating wontons today too. In the past, only your mother-in-law came to eat here, and she didn't want to pay."

Jia Zhang had only come once and ate two bowls of wontons without spending a penny. But Sha Zhu knew that if he gave in today, the old woman would come over every day, and he would not be able to do his business any more.

So she gritted her teeth and refused to agree to the free food, and claimed that if she didn't pay, she would report the police, and asked her to at least have free steamed buns for seven days.

Jia Zhang was already old, how could she dare to endure such hardship? In the end, she could only throw down 40 cents and yell that the wontons made by Sha Zhu were too unpalatable and not worth 40 cents. Sha Zhu was so angry that he wanted to throw the old woman into the pot and cook her.

However, one punch is enough to prevent a hundred blows. From then on, Jia Zhang would rather take a detour than patronize Sha Zhu's business. Sha Zhu was also very happy as it saved him the trouble.

Qin Huairu was shy. If it was ten or twenty years ago, she would have attracted a lot of people's attention. But now she is old and ugly, and she looks a bit disgusting no matter how you look at her.

Sha Zhu also wanted to vomit, so he quickly stopped him: "Alright, alright, if you have something to say, just say it. If you want to eat wontons, I'll make it for you. Don't act pretentiously in front of me."

"Then I won't waste my words." Qin Huairu smiled and said, "Our Banggeng has been idle all the time. I was thinking if he could learn a skill from you. We don't ask for much. We just want to learn your skill of making wontons. Then I will let Banggeng set up a stall far away. It will not affect your business. Is that okay?"

This was definitely beyond Shazhu's expectations. When Banggeng was a child, he thought he was a good boy, but looking back now, he felt that he might have been blind back then.

Seeing the changeable expression on Sha Zhu's face, Qin Huairu knew what it meant, so she continued to play the emotional card.

"Zhu Zi, you have watched Bang Geng grow up. If he continues to mess around like this, sooner or later he will get himself into trouble."

Qin Huairu pleaded, "Sister-in-law, please help our family. If it doesn't work, I will pay for the tuition."

Sha Zhu was a man of integrity. After saying so much, he looked at Liu Hua, and Liu Hua nodded.

He also knew that if Banggeng continued like this, he would end up in jail sooner or later. Although he didn't like this guy, he had his own principles in life, and it wouldn't be a big deal to give someone a hand when they were about to fall into the trap.

Sha Zhu thought for a while and said, "I don't want your money either. Let Bang Geng follow me and learn for a month. In a month, he will be able to learn how to make wontons and fried pancakes. Whether he succeeds or fails by then is entirely up to him. I won't care about him at all."

"Okay." Qin Huairu said with a smile, "When your Han Yufeng comes back in the evening, I'll ask Banggeng to kowtow to you."

"No need." Sha Zhu shook his head: "Making wontons is nothing. If he gets into trouble outside in the future, just don't say it was my teaching." After Qin Huairu left, Liu Hua smiled and said: "Zhu Zi, you have some of the spirit of Bodhi Patriarch."

"Who is Bodhi Patriarch?"

"Sun Wukong's master also told him when he was teaching him that if he causes trouble outside, he must not say he is his disciple."

Sha Zhu laughed loudly: "I am foresighted. Their Bang Geng is not a good person. I don't think he is a down-to-earth person. If he causes trouble in the future and says that I taught him, then he will be in trouble. Fortunately, you are a witness. If something really happens in the future, you have to help me testify."

"Bullshit, I'm in the academy, and I can't get a single piece of paper into the government."

Sha Zhu was stunned, watching Liu Hua's back as he went home. After a while, he shouted, "What do you mean? Don't talk nonsense to me. I'm about to close the shop. Can you help me move the tables and chairs?"

Liu Guodong finished eating the wontons and wiped his mouth and said, "Uncle Zhuzi, my father meant that I am a scholar and will not participate in the litigation affairs of you officials."

Sha Zhu was surprised and said: "Hey, how did you know that?"

"This sentence comes from Wu Jingzi's The Scholars." Liu Guodong said like a little adult: "It's all feudal dregs. My dad is joking with you."

"How could I not know? Hurry up and go to school, or you'll be late."

Liu Guodong shook his head: "Uncle, you really don't know. Knowing what you know and knowing what you don't know is knowledge. For so many years, you haven't even looked at a recipe, and you're still reading The Scholars?"

"I'm sorry to have let you underestimate me." Sha Zhu said with a smile, "I am also your uncle and I have my dignity. If you don't leave, I will spank you."

When Liu Hua arrived at the company, he looked at the work arrangements recorded yesterday as usual, then sighed, as there were fewer and fewer work arrangements.

It’s not that Liu Hua is no longer useful for scientific research, it’s just that it’s the end of the year now and the funding is getting less and less. He wants to carry out scientific research projects, but he has no money to spend. He can only sigh.

There is no hope for scientific research projects for the time being, so we can only focus all our energy on cultivating students. This year is the second year that Liu Hua has been leading students, and the first batch of students are already able to take on the main responsibility.

Thanks to the hard work of these students, they have learned more than just four years of knowledge in two years, and some of them have even made their mark in cutting-edge research.

The second batch of students are also being strengthened, but they are not as lucky as the first batch. The first batch of students were able to participate in the construction of the supercomputer.

Nowadays, due to the problem of tight funding, the supercomputer project has to slow down. I can only study hard in class and occasionally help my seniors maintain the local area network and the computer room of Huaqing University.

Professor Li walked into the office with a folder and said angrily, "The supercomputer project can no longer proceed. I applied for funding from the higher authorities, but was rejected five times in a row. Now I can't get any extra money. I have to stop the project. Many parts will have to wait until next year's funding is allocated before they can be ordered."

(End of this chapter)