Chapter 19: Zhou’s Unreasonable Father

There was no way out.

Zhou Xinghua hated him now.

But Shen Sangyu and Wen Qingchuan gritted their teeth and took out 25 yuan of this month’s salary from their pockets.

Wen Qingchuan took it expressionlessly and left without looking back.

When they returned home in the evening, Wen Qingchuan handed over the results of Zhou Xinghua’s treatment and the 25 yuan to Shen Sangyu.

At this time, Shen Sangyu was still doing translation work at the table. Wen Qingchuan took a look and found that he didn’t know many English words.

Shen Sangyu felt the gaze above her head and saw that the man was looking at the translation materials in front of her. She was slightly surprised: “Can you understand it?”

“I know a few, but I don’t know most of them,” Wen Qingchuan said honestly.

He had suffered before and knew the importance of learning, so he would pick up a book and read whenever he had free time.

The military region would organize study lectures every week, and he also learned a lot of miscellaneous things.

He knew a few English words, but at first glance, he couldn’t understand the whole English.

But Shen Sangyu was very surprised. After all, she knew that Wen Qingchuan had not read many books.

But since the man said that he knew some, it was enough to prove that Wen Qingchuan would take time to read after being busy.

“You are amazing,” Shen Sangyu praised without hesitation.

Her words were not mixed with any impurities, and her eyes and tone were very sincere.

Wen Qingchuan was stunned: “I don’t understand the above; I just know some simple words.”

Shen Sangyu didn’t think there was anything wrong: “It doesn’t matter if you don’t know it.

It’s amazing that you can take time to study when you are so busy. If you want to learn in the future, I will teach you.”

In the past, due to work needs, although she was not proficient in any language, she had basically no problem communicating in the main languages of several countries.

Wen Qingchuan had good personal abilities, but if he had no education, it would be difficult to move up in the future.

Shen Sangyu thought about it and said, “How about taking an hour every day to teach you English?”

Wen Qingchuan was, of course, eager to do so.

After being happy, he hesitated again.

He looked at Shen Sangyu, who immediately understood what the other party meant, and hurriedly said, “It won’t delay my work.”

Wen Qingchuan was relieved and nodded excitedly.

Shen Sangyu promised Wen Qingchuan, but she was not so anxious. After all, teaching someone also requires preparation.

After she quickly translated the work of the past two days, she immediately began to devote herself to teaching.

In her previous life, Shen Sangyu had taught master’s students, so she naturally knew how to teach effectively.

She wrote the lesson plan on the same day and started to implement the course the next day.

Things went much more smoothly than expected.

Shen Sangyu found that Wen Qingchuan was very smart and had an excellent memory.

What she taught on the same day, Wen Qingchuan could still draw inferences the next day, which made her feel a sense of accomplishment.

But it was also because of this that she felt a little confused in her heart.

Wen Qingchuan was so smart; why did he drop out of school in elementary school?

Shen Sangyu thought this and asked. Wen Qingchuan pursed his lips and looked a little humorous: “The family is too poor to support so many children.”

Shen Sangyu thought that there were more outstanding children in the family who needed to go to school.

After all, it was very common in this era. Seeing that Wen Qingchuan didn’t want to talk about it, she decided not to press the issue any further.

Half a month passed in a flash, and the first submission date arrived.

Shen Sangyu got up in a daze at the sound of the military bugle.

It was almost the New Year, and couplets were posted on every household. The military wives from Sichuan Province began to smoke bacon with cypress.

Shen Sangyu didn’t know how to make these, but she was very greedy.

Thinking that after submitting the manuscript, she would take the meat ticket to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some meat and come back to learn how to cook.

With this thought in mind, Shen Sangyu got up much faster.

A handful of cold water was poured on her face, and Shen Sangyu was shocked, but the effect was good. She woke up instantly.

Wen Qingchuan took a look and said, “It’s cold now, be careful not to catch a cold.”

Shen Sangyu showed her big white teeth and said with certainty, “No.”

Wen Qingchuan also knew that his wife had difficulty getting up, so he could only let her do it.

“I’ll take you to the car later. I have a temporary mission tonight, and I may not be back until tomorrow afternoon.”

Shen Sangyu was stunned for a moment. In the past half month, Wen Qingchuan came home on time every day.

She almost forgot that he used to go on missions frequently.

“Be careful when you go out.” Shen Sangyu thought for a while and said.

Wen Qingchuan’s heart suddenly warmed up. These days, he felt like he was dreaming.

Shen Sangyu’s temper has improved a lot, and she is not as dissatisfied with him as before.

And every night when he returns home, it is no longer pitch black.

Every time he opens the door, he can see a petite figure sometimes lying on the dining table, or working in the study.

Now when he goes out, his wife will also ask him to be careful.

Wen Qingchuan’s icy face seemed to be melting like ice and snow, and he couldn’t suppress the smile on his face.

He nodded sullenly, cleaned up the dishes, and sent Shen Sangyu to the car to the city.

He needed to go to roll call today, and couldn’t watch Shen Sangyu leave in person, so he had to go ahead.

Shen Sangyu didn’t care, and wrapped her dark blue cotton jacket tightly to prevent the wind from blowing in.

Recently, at the end of the year, many military wives have to go shopping for New Year’s goods, so the car was full of people before dawn.

Shen Sangyu was sitting in a corner in a daze, and suddenly felt a figure blocking her light.

Looking up, it was a tall middle-aged man. She seemed to have seen him somewhere and felt familiar.

But the most important thing was that she felt that the middle-aged man had a bad look on his face, which made Shen Sangyu frown: “There is no room here, please don’t block my light.”

When Zhou’s father heard this, his brows were twisted more seriously than Shen Sangyu: “Don’t you recognize me?”

Hearing this, Shen Sangyu looked at the other person strangely, squinted his eyes and suddenly remembered that this person was Zhou Xinghua’s father.

“It turns out to be Uncle Zhou, what can I do for you?”

Shen Sangyu is not the original owner.

In the past, the original owner would scold anyone he didn’t like, and even this old uncle was scolded by the original owner.

But now she is not in the limelight in the family compound, and there are fewer rumors.

Therefore, Father Zhou was very surprised that Shen Sangyu was so stable.

After two seconds of surprise, his face was not very good: “I want to talk to you today, you get off the car with me and talk.”

Shen Sangyu immediately became alert: “The car is about to leave, if you have anything to say, just say it here.”

Father Zhou frowned, but still said: “I hope you and Qingchuan will go to the leader to talk about it.”

Shen Sangyu looked puzzled.

Seeing this, Father Zhou was indignant.

His daughter was expelled from the art troupe because of her. What does Shen Sangyu mean by pretending not to understand?

Father Zhou was furious, and his voice was inevitably a little louder: “Don’t play dumb here.

If you hadn’t whispered in Wen Qingchuan’s ear, how could he have reported Xinghua to the art troupe?”

Shen Sangyu finally understood what the other party was going to say.

He glanced at Father Zhou, who looked very decent, and sneered: “Those who don’t know what Uncle Zhou said would think that I framed Zhou Xinghua.

It was clearly Zhou Xinghua who pushed me down the stairs and spread rumors everywhere, causing me to suffer for no reason.

It’s true that she was reported, but if she didn’t make any mistakes, how could the leaders of the art troupe expel her?”

Father Zhou didn’t expect Shen Sangyu to be so eloquent, and for a moment he felt like he had something stuck in his throat.

He looked bad, and couldn’t help saying: “When Youliang sacrificed himself for Wen Qingchuan, he should have taken care of Xinghua and her son for the rest of his life.

Now he is repaying kindness with enmity!”