Training the Heavens

Chapter 151 New Home
In the evening, Yao Xiuhua and He Chengxuan went to Zhuang Tunan's house together. At first, Huang Ling was very worried, thinking that Zhuang Tunan had caused some trouble at school. She would never have had such an idea before, because Zhuang Tunan had always been very well-behaved, but who made him overturn the table at his grandfather's house a few days ago?

After hearing what Yao Xiuhua said, Huang Ling was both happy and confused. How could my child suddenly become a genius? Recently, he seems to have not changed much except that he is more sensible.
"Tunan, when did you start reading high school textbooks?"

“I started reading after I finished my junior high school textbooks.”

"Cough cough." Yao Xiuhua was drinking water and almost choked to death when she heard this.

"Then when did you start reading junior high school textbooks? Why did you think of reading these?" Huang Ling had no choice but to continue asking.

"At first, I thought I'd be going to middle school soon, so it wouldn't hurt to prepare a little bit in advance. Every day after school, before you guys got home, I'd take the textbooks from home and read them. I didn't think they were too difficult, so I moved on to the high school textbooks."

Huang Ling often works night shifts. Zhuang Chaoying is a high school teacher, so the family has more textbooks. High school finishes later than elementary school, so many times only Zhuang Tuanan and his sister are left at home. Zhuang Xiaoting is not sensible, so he is not afraid of being exposed when he says this.

He glanced at Huang Ling again and said, "I also want to learn more skills so that I can help you."

Huang Ling felt a lump in her throat when she heard this, and she almost cried. Her resentment towards Zhuang Chaoying grew even stronger. Tuanan was only eleven years old, and he knew how to feel sorry for me. How could you, a grown man, be worse than a child?
Yao Xiuhua looked at the two of them and felt like something was up. However, she couldn't ask any more questions, so she changed the subject. "Since Tunan has such talent, you as parents should cherish him and nurture him well. Isn't Tunan's father a high school teacher? If he has time, why not let him give Tunan some extra lessons?"

"He doesn't have time." Zhuang Tunan rolled his eyes. "He kicked Xiaoting and me out of the house to give extra lessons to those college entrance exam candidates. We can only do our homework in the hallway, lying on the stool."

Tsk, I said the wrong thing. It seems that the problem in their family is caused by Teacher Zhuang. Yao Xiuhua was extremely embarrassed and didn't know what to say.

He Chengxuan saw the opportunity and said, "Tunan, if you don't understand anything during your study, come and ask me and I will help you."

He had been away from university teaching for so many years, and finally met a promising young scholar. How could he let him go? He was even thinking that if he was sure that Ning Bi had talent, he would risk his reputation and write a letter to the higher authorities, just like the teacher who recommended Ning Bi, to try to get him a special admission quota.

He Chengxuan had heard some rumors recently that his problem was about to be solved. Now that universities had resumed enrollment, all colleges and universities were short of teachers. Perhaps after a while, he would be able to return to Jiangsu Normal University to teach. At that time, his letter would be more convincing.

"Don't worry if you laugh at me, but there are many questions that Tuanan can answer that I can't. But Teacher He is different. He used to be a math teacher at Jiangsu Normal University. His math level is higher than all the other teachers in our school combined. With his help and tutoring, Tuanan will definitely not be delayed." Yao Xiuhua chimed in.

"Teacher He, thank you so much for your help." Huang Ling thanked him repeatedly.

The two teachers chatted for a while, and seeing that it was getting late, they went home. Huang Ling took the two children with her and sent them out of the yard before turning back home. As soon as she entered the house, she started rummaging through things everywhere.

In the past, those college entrance examination candidates who came to ask Zhuang Chaoying for help with tutoring basically came empty-handed. She could not do such a shameless thing. She would prepare the things today and go to Teacher He's house tomorrow night to express her gratitude. She also had to go to Teacher Yao's house.

The next day after school, Huang Ling entrusted Zhuang Xiaoting to the care of a neighbor, and took Zhuang Tunan with her, carrying two cans of malted milk and went to Teacher He's house. Teacher He refused to accept anything, saying, "No one has talked to me about solid geometry and trigonometric functions for many years. I am very happy to tutor Tunan in these things. You might as well give these things to Tunan and his sister to nourish their bodies. If you insist on keeping them, I will not teach Tunan." After some arguing, the things were not left, and everyone was very happy.

Huang Ling was happy because her son met a good teacher, and He Chengxuan was happy because he was respected. He would not accept the things, but the thought was indeed heartwarming.

Two days later, Yao Xiuhua took the time to call Zhuang Tunan to her office and found some past high school entrance examination papers for him to do. He got full marks in almost every subject. Now all the teachers no longer cared about him reading high school textbooks in class.

Sometimes when He Chengxuan had time after class, he would simply call Zhuang Tunan out of the classroom and give him one-on-one lessons in his office.

The weekend soon arrived and the factory informed them that they could move in on Sunday. Early in the morning, several young and strong men from the middle school affiliated to the cotton mill came and brought several tricycles.

Everyone worked together and moved all the things over in one trip. They also helped them rearrange the place, saving the family of three a lot of effort.

Nowadays, the relationship between colleagues in the workplace is much closer than in later generations. If a colleague moves, just a word of advice will lead to a large number of people volunteering to help. However, Zhuang Chaoying was unwilling to even open his mouth, and it was only after Zhuang Tunan forced him to do so.

I don’t know if he was embarrassed or if he thought it was no big deal to tire Huang Ling out.

They were about to leave after packing up, but Huang Ling and Zhuang Tunan quickly stopped them. They said they had helped their family so much, so they should at least give them a meal. "The noodles are already in the pot, eat first!"

After some discussion, they finally decided to stay. After finishing their meal, they happily returned home. On the way, they kept praising Huang Ling, saying, "Teacher Zhuang's wife is so meticulous. Teacher Zhuang is so lucky to have married her."

Zhuang Tunan was speechless for a while after listening to this. Everyone else could see the good in Huang Ling, except Zhuang Chaoying.

After returning home, Zhuang Tunan carefully looked at the layout of the house. It was a small courtyard with a separate entrance and a separate household. It originally had the most common three-room layout - a hall in the middle and side rooms on both sides. The cotton mill built a wall in the middle of the original hall, dividing the hall into two small bedrooms. The three bedrooms became four symmetrical bedrooms on the left and right, which were divided into two families to live in.

There is a large open space at the entrance, a big tree against the wall on the left, and a washbasin against the wall on the right. Their family lives in the house next to the washbasin, and another family lives on the side closer to the big tree.

There are two rooms inside. The outer room is larger and serves as both the living room and the bedroom for Huang Ling and Zhuang Chaoying. The inner room is smaller and is used as a bedroom for Zhuang Tunan. There is also a small attic above, which is just right for Zhuang Xiaoting to live in.

Zhuang Tunan is very satisfied that he finally has some space of his own. It would be even better if Zhuang Chaoying didn't come back in the future.

(End of this chapter)