The old donkey was hungry.

Because the call was made by Cai Yaxu, her daughter Wang Jiajia's homeroom teacher!

"Hello, Ms. Cai, why are you contacting me so early in the morning? Did something happen to my daughter at school?" Wang Caixia asked anxiously, her heart in her throat.

Cai Yaxu's overly enthusiastic voice immediately came from the phone: "Ms. Wang, don't worry, your daughter is doing very well at school, how could anything happen to her?"

"Then why did you suddenly call...?"

Before Wang Caixia could finish speaking, Cai Yaxu rambled on, "I just felt that it had been a long time since we had communicated, so I called you specifically to talk about Wang Jiajia's studies."

"Didn't Jiajia study hard?" Wang Caixia asked with a suspicious look.

"No, no, no, Jiajia does very well at school. I'm very satisfied. It's the greatest honor of my life to have a student like her..."

The call lasted for more than half an hour before it was finally finished.

After making the call, Wang Caixia sat on the bed, looking completely bewildered, staring blankly at her phone.

Wang Caixia found it incredible.

Because Cai Yaxu, the homeroom teacher, used to always ignore her. Even when she took the initiative to call and inquire about Wang Jiajia's studies, the teacher would hang up after only a few words.

Now, Cai Yaxu not only called her on her own initiative, but also chatted with her enthusiastically for so long that Wang Caixia even began to wonder if she was still dreaming!

Moreover, most of what Cai Yaxu just said was meaningless nonsense, yet it was full of flattery and obsequiousness.

This made Wang Caixia even more confused.

She was just a country woman, and a widow with no man to rely on.

How could Tsai Ya-hsu possibly flatter or fawn over herself!

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Caixia felt that something must have happened, and it must be related to her daughter!

So she gritted her teeth, picked up her phone, and called Wang Jiajia.

The call was answered quickly, and Wang Caixia asked, "Jiajia, has something happened to you lately?"

"No, Mom, why do you ask that?" Wang Jiajia said crisply on the phone.

For some reason, Wang Caixia always felt that her daughter's tone of voice sounded a little guilty.

Her doubts intensified, and she said, "Your homeroom teacher just called me and we talked for a long time."

"What...what did she say?" Wang Jiajia asked hurriedly.

"I don't understand what she's talking about either. She's basically spouting nonsense, but she's so enthusiastic. I even feel like she's trying to curry favor with me..." Wang Caixia muttered.

"Oh, I see. That makes sense then," Wang Jiajia said with a smile, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"You say that's not surprising? What do you mean? You really do know something! Tell me quickly, don't hide it from me, I'm your mother!" Wang Caixia asked, emphasizing her words.

Wang Jiajia said in a coquettish tone, "Oh Mom, please don't ask so many questions. Everything is normal at school, nothing's wrong."

"Then why did your homeroom teacher's attitude suddenly change so drastically?" Wang Caixia asked again.

"Who knows? Maybe she had some great news, so she's in a good mood?" Wang Jiajia said, then burst into laughter.

"You brat..."

Before Wang Caixia could finish speaking, Wang Jiajia quickly interjected, "Mom, I need to go eat breakfast. If I'm late, I'll have to eat what other people leave behind. We'll talk later, I'm hanging up now!"

Wang Caixia hurriedly opened her mouth, but before she could speak, Wang Jiajia had already hung up the phone.

Wang Caixia was furious, but after thinking about it, it didn't seem like such a bad thing, so her tense nerves gradually relaxed.

Just then, a man's shout came from outside the door.

"Wang Caixia, is this little vegetable garden in front of your house yours? Tomorrow, the cement road will be paved to your doorstep, you can't keep this little vegetable garden!"

Wang Caixia hurriedly got out of bed, threw on her clothes, and ran outside while shouting, "I know, I know, don't touch it! I pulled up all the bok choy in the garden this afternoon..."

At the same moment, Zhao Dazhu and Li Yujiao also opened their eyes and woke up from their sleep.

Neither of them got out of bed.

Zhao Dazhu put a pillow behind his neck and sat up on the bed. Li Yujiao, who was completely naked, snuggled affectionately in his arms and rested her head on his shoulder, just like a clingy kitten.

"What exactly happened to you last night?" Li Yujiao asked curiously.

"Nothing much," Zhao Dazhu said somewhat embarrassedly.

"Tell me the truth right now!" Li Yujiao said sternly.

Having no other choice, Zhao Dazhu confessed, "Last night I went to Hongfeng Middle School in the county town for Wang Jiajia's parent-teacher conference, didn't I? Looking at Wang Jiajia, I just thought... it would be nice to have a granddaughter, so I couldn't contain my excitement and came home to talk to you..."

At this point, Zhao Dazhu coughed awkwardly.

"You really want to get me pregnant and give birth to your precious baby? If my belly gets big, who knows what the villagers will say about me behind my back!" Li Yujiao said resentfully.

Zhao Dazhu thought for a moment and then said emphatically, "Don't be afraid. If you really are pregnant, I'll rent a house for you in the county town, and you can move there. I'll also hire a nanny to take care of you every day."

"When you give birth to the child and finish your postpartum confinement, you can take the child back to the village. If the villagers ask, just say that the child belongs to your relative, and that something happened to your relative and they can't raise the child, so they entrusted the child to you."

Li Yujiao said irritably, "Your idea is ridiculous. The villagers aren't stupid; how could they possibly believe it..."

Suddenly, a crisp cell phone ringtone sounded.

Zhao Dazhu picked up his phone and saw that it was Qi Gaolan, the female county head, calling. He said, "Don't say anything, the county head is looking for me."

"Then answer it quickly," Li Yujiao urged.

Zhao Dazhu answered the phone and brought it to his ear; Qi Gaolan's voice immediately entered his ears.

"Uncle Zhao, are you free tonight?" Qi Gaolan asked.

"Yes, yes, of course I have it!" Zhao Dazhu said without hesitation.

"Then come to my mother's house around eight o'clock tonight... the same place as last time, you should remember it," Qi Gaolan said with a laugh on the phone.

"Of course I remember, I will definitely come on time, County Chief Qi, don't worry," Zhao Dazhu said firmly.

After hanging up the phone, Zhao Dazhu explained before Li Yujiao could ask any questions: "The county magistrate's niece was in a car accident a few years ago and has been left with a chronic illness that can't be cured. So she asked me to go to the county town to examine and treat her niece."