Li Yiming and Song Xiangyang finally left angrily. Zhuang Chaoying wanted to explain to them, but was stopped by Wang Gang.
"What are you doing?" Zhuang Chaoying angrily threw away Wang Gang's hand.
Huang Ling immediately protected her son and said, "Why are you so angry at the child?"
Zhuang Chaoying said angrily: "Li Yiming and Song Xiangyang misunderstood that I want to charge tuition fees. It's not a good thing your son did."
Lin Wufeng stood up and advised: "Teacher Zhuang, I think Tunan did nothing wrong in this matter."
Zhuang Chaoying was surprised and said: "Is he right? My whole life's reputation has been almost ruined by him."
Song Ying didn't understand and said: "Teacher Zhuang, do you want to give tutoring to Li Yiming and the others?"
Zhuang Chaoying shook his head and said: "Of course I don't want to, but I can't refuse them like this. What if they spread the word everywhere that I charge tuition fees?"
Wang Gang said coldly: "You didn't take away the tuition fee, what are you afraid they will promote?"
Lin Wufeng also said: "If Li Yiming and others dare to ruin Teacher Zhuang's reputation, it means that he has evil intentions, and we should not help him."
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Chaoying became less angry, and he was not interested in eating anymore, so he took his wife and children home directly. Lin Dongzhe wanted to follow, but Song Ying pulled him away.
"Skin monkey, you are not allowed to go anywhere."
"Mom, I want to sleep with Brother Tunan today." Lin Dongzhe struggled.
"Teacher Zhuang is back, and your brother Tunan wants to sleep with him, so there is no place for you to sleep." Song Ying said angrily.
There are only two beds in the banker's house. Huang Ling wants to take her daughter Zhuang Xiaoting to sleep, so naturally Wang Gang can only share a bed with Zhuang Chaoying.
After Zhuang Chaoying returned home, she still had a straight face and asked Wang Gang: "Why did you force Li Yiming and Song Xiangyang away today?"
Wang Gang said calmly: "Because I don't want them to disturb our family's life. If you want to give them tutoring, it will definitely take up a lot of personal time, and you may have to recruit people from home."
Zhuang Chaoying frowned and said: "You can't be so selfish. Didn't the school teach you to unite and help each other?"
Wang Gang said: "I am not opposed to helping others, but we must do our best. Have you considered the situation of our family? Xiaoting is still young at home. Is it really okay for those half-grown men to come to the door?"
Zhuang Chaoying was silent. He was not stupid and understood the truth. He was just worried about affecting his reputation.
Wang Gang guessed Zhuang Chaoying's thoughts and explained: "If you help Li Yiming and the others with tutoring today, soon word will spread in the alleys and other people will come to you to beg you. What will you do? Will they all help?"
?"Of course it's impossible to help everyone."
"If you help this or not help that, aren't you still offending others?"
"This..." Zhuang Chaoying hesitated.
Wang Gang continued: "Since it's difficult to handle, let's just reject everyone from the beginning. This way everyone will be fair and it won't have a bad reputation."
Huang Ling said at this time: "I think Tu Nan is right, you haven't seen it thoroughly as a child."
Zhuang Chaoying sighed and said: "This is not fair, but he has offended everyone. If you are a neighbor, if you lower your head but don't raise your head to see each other, won't it be embarrassing if we bump into each other in the future?"
Wang Gang said directly: "Uncle Lin and Aunt Song next door are neighbors. We have to share a kitchen and yard, so we need to have a good relationship. Others don't matter at all."
Zhuang Chaoying looked at her son in shock. From Wang Gang's calm expression, he could see absolute reason and indifference.
"Okay! You will teach your son a lesson as soon as you come back." Huang Ling stood up and advised: "It's getting late, let's take a shower and rest!"
Zhuang Chaoying said with a thoughtful look on her face: "Tomorrow is my day off. Let's go to my father's and grandma's house for dinner."
Huang Ling looked worried when she heard this and said, "Last time grandma's birthday was so chaotic, are you still going?"
Zhuang Chaoying said: "My parents don't care about their children. Our family hasn't visited them for a long time. My parents said they miss their children."
Huang Ling disagreed, but it was hard to refuse her husband.
The next day, Zhuang Chaoying took her family to her parents' house.
Father Zhuang and Mother Zhuang were very happy to see Wang Gang and completely forgot about the previous trouble.
"Tu Nan, can you adapt to skipping to sixth grade? Are there any older children bullying you?" Zhuang's mother asked enthusiastically.
"No, everything is fine."
Mother Zhuang nodded, looked at Huang Ling and said, "A-Ling, go and work in the kitchen!"
Just as Huang Ling wanted to stand up and go to the kitchen to cook, Wang Gang held her down.
"My mother has not been feeling well these past two days. She is ill and needs more rest. She cannot cook."
Zhuang's mother was stunned and said slightly dissatisfied: "Huang Ling is sick, what is wrong with her? You are not lying to us, are you?"
Huang Ling opened her mouth, not knowing how to answer. She was really not good at lying.
Wang Gang said without blushing and without a beating heart: "My mother has been working night shifts for several days and is very tired and sick."
Zhuang Chaoying said in surprise: "How come I don't know?"
Wang Gang glanced at Zhuang Chaoying coldly and said: "Dad, you go to mark the exam, and you will be away for more than ten days. My mother has to go to work, is busy with moving, and has to take care of my sister and me, so she is tired and sick."
Zhuang Chaoying fell silent now, her face full of guilt.
Zhuang's mother looked a little unnatural and said: "Since you are sick, why don't you rest at home and why do you come here?"
Wang Gang continued: "Dad said he hadn't come to visit my grandma for a long time, so my mom insisted on coming. Dad never cared about my mom's health."
"Tunan." Huang Ling called softly, with a slightly sour nose and said, "Stop talking."
Wang Gang pretended not to understand: "Why don't you tell me? Mom has been working very hard during this period, and her hands have frostbite."
Zhuang Chaoying couldn't help but look at Huang Ling's hands and found a lot of chilblains. She also realized that it was not easy for her wife to be a hands-off shopkeeper for so many days.
"Huang Ling, I'm sorry, I will spend more time at home in the future."
"I'm fine." Huang Ling lowered her head and said.
Zhuang's mother said in a strange tone: "It's just a little chilblain, who hasn't had it before?"
"Mom." Zhuang Chaoying interrupted her mother and suggested: "Huang Ling has frostbite on her hands and it's hard to get cold water on her hands. I'd better cook!"
Wang Gang pretended to be puzzled and said: "Dad, can't Third Aunt cook? Aren't we here as guests?"
"Ah!" Zhuang Ganmei, who had been watching the show, didn't expect that the cooking task would fall on his wife in the end, so he said immediately:
"Tu Nan, the food cooked by your third aunt is not as delicious as your mother's cooking."
"It doesn't matter, as long as we can eat enough, we are not picky about food." Wang Gang directly cut off Zhuang Qimei's escape.
At this time, Father Zhuang placed the teapot heavily on the table and said, "Okay, third daughter-in-law, let's go cook! If we don't do it, we will all starve to death."
Zhuang Ganmei's wife was a little reluctant and glared at her husband.
"Just do it! I'll help." Zhuang Ganmei said helplessly.
"Qianmei, sit down and chat with your elder brother and ask Xiaoting to help." Zhuang's mother looked at Zhuang Xiaoting again.
Zhuang Xiaoting trembled with fright.
"Xiao Ting has never cooked with her third aunt, so entering the kitchen will only cause trouble." Wang Gang took his sister's hand and said.
"Xiaoting is still young, so it's better not to let her enter the kitchen."
Zhuang Chaoying also remembered what happened last time, fearing that Wang Gang would do something outrageous again.
"Grandma, if it doesn't work out, we won't eat. We'll sit down for a while and then leave." Wang Gang said with a straight face.
"How can we not eat when we are here? What will my eldest grandson do if he is hungry?" Zhuang's mother sighed: "Forget it, I'll go and help!"
"Third daughter-in-law, let's go cook."
Zhuang Ganmei's daughter-in-law reluctantly stood up and followed her mother-in-law into the kitchen.