Chapter 111: Give Advice

　　Zhou Yuying's words made the teachers laugh out loud.

　　Jiang Youtao even said loudly to Teacher Zheng: "I am ashamed to say that as a Chinese teacher, I have never understood what it means to be generous to others. After seeing Comrade Wang, I finally understand."

　　Teacher Zheng burst out laughing: "That's right, I've learned something new today. This person has no matchmaker and no engagement. Because his family is in financial difficulty, he was arranged by the government to live in someone else's home. When his family made a mistake, he just said he was dating someone without any evidence."

　　"What's going on? I took you in, but now you're the one who's causing my grudge?"

　　Zhou Yuying and the others didn't go into the yard. People from the streets and alleys who heard the noise came to watch the fun.

　　Some kind-hearted people listened to what Teacher Zheng said and said, "Jiang Heng, you are being rude. Yuying has never told anyone outside that you two are dating! You are slandering her with empty words. This is not what a real man should do!"

　　Jiang Heng was furious.

　　After he started dating Zhou Yuying, in order to better control her and make her look up to him, he said that he would only make their relationship public after he had built his house. Only in this way would no one gossip about it.

　　Otherwise, everyone would say that he was with Zhou Yuying just for the house, which would be bad for both of their reputations.

　　At that time, Zhou Yuying had just been poisoned by the same fate Gu, and her favorable impression of Jiang Heng was the highest. She admired Jiang Heng's ambition at that time.

　　Thinking back to that time now, Zhou Yuying just wanted to poke her own eyes out.

　　Jiang Heng wanted to find that person and fight back, but there were too many people and too many voices, so she couldn't find the person even if she wanted to.

　　Old lady Wang, who spoke up for Jiang Heng and his sister, was also criticized.

　　The person who spoke was someone who had a grudge against Old Lady Wang: "Old Lady Wang, you are such a bad person. Everyone knows that you wanted to occupy someone else's house after Yuying's parents passed away. Last time something happened to Jiang Heng's family, the neighborhood office asked for donations to build him a house, and we paid all the money. But you refused to donate, and even proposed that Jiang Heng and his two siblings move into Zhou's house."

　　"If you ask me, your son who is the director of the street office is also a bad guy. You said you didn't want to donate, and he really didn't let you donate, and he actually arranged for Jiang Heng and the other two to live in the Zhou family."

　　"How shameless."

　　Old Mrs. Wang listened to everyone's accusations and said, "What nonsense! When they were asked to pay the money, they were as upset as if their father had died. When I suggested that the three of them move into the Zhou family, did you object?"

　　"You didn't object. In the end, you all agreed by raising your hands to vote. Why are you talking nonsense now? You think my son is so bad. How could the decision he made based on democratic principles be bad?" Old Wang's son is the director of the neighborhood office. He recites the leaders' decisions and quotations at home every day. She has memorized them all and can talk about big principles in a very concise way.

　　"You don't obey democratic opinions. Are you trying to restore the monarchy?" After saying this, Old Mrs. Wang looked at her neighbors who didn't dare to say a word and felt very proud.

　　Finally she had time to say this sentence, and it was worth it that she had memorized it for so long.

　　The blame for restoration is too big, no one dares to take it, and no one can take it.

　　Zhou Yuying was very upset now. She felt that the more she talked about this matter, the bigger the problem would be. She asked Jiang Min, "Jiang Min, I'll ask you again, where is my jade pendant?"

　　Jiang Min didn't know, and she couldn't explain it. She kept shaking her head. Zhou Yuying didn't want to talk to her anymore.

　　She pushed open the door and entered the house, throwing all the clothes and shoes of the three Jiang siblings that were all outside to catch the clothes.

　　Jiang Heng's face changed drastically, he didn't expect Zhou Yuying to go to this extent. He thought that Zhou Yuying would be like the previous times, with much ado about nothing. He thought that he could just pretend and wait for Zhou Yuying to vent her anger, then she would forgive Jiang Min and the others for the past.

　　Jiang Heng quickly picked up the clothes from the ground: "Yuying, what are you doing? If you have something to say, talk it over nicely."

　　Zhou Yuying went into the house. As her comrades, Jiang Youtao and the others naturally sided with her. Looking at Jiang Heng's expression, they were afraid that he would hit someone, so they followed Zhou Yuying into the house.

　　The neighbors were also watching Jiang Heng. If Jiang Heng dared to move, many people would come up to stop him.

　　Jiang Heng's family was originally penniless, and after the house collapsed, they didn't dig out many useful things from the house.

　　The clothes that Jiang Heng wore were previously worn by Zhou Yuying's father, while the clothes worn by Jiang Min and her brother Jiang Yuan were smaller copies of Zhou Yuying's old clothes.

　　Zhou Yuying walked around the room and threw out all the clothes worn by the three Jiang siblings, as well as the cups and dishes they used.

　　After she left, she realized that so many things were missing from the house.

　　With Jiang Min, a thief, around, Zhou Yuying knew without even thinking that these things were stolen by Jiang Min.

　　"I have nothing to say to you. But Jiang Heng, it has been a year since you moved into my house last winter. I would like to ask you when you will pay me the expenses for the three of you siblings during this period."

　　When Jiang Heng first moved into the Zhou family, she was given a month's worth of living expenses. But as time went on, he stopped giving household expenses and saved his salary, saying that it was for building a house. In fact, he spent all the money.

　　He was generous and he would eat the braised pork elbows and trotters served on the 15th of every month in the state-owned restaurant next to the cannery.

　　And like Jiang Min, he won't bring it home.

　　Besides, Jiang Heng didn't save any money because he had to spend his salary on many things instead of raising his younger brothers and sisters.

　　The neighbors were all shocked when they heard this. Jiang Heng usually behaved like a decent person, and he always brought a lot of big and small bags to Zhou's house. They were secretly saying that Zhou Yuying made a lot of money to support the three siblings, but they didn't expect that they didn't give him a penny?

　　People who were about the same age as Jiang Heng and who were not on good terms with him immediately laughed out loud in the crowd: "Jiang Heng, have you been living off her for the whole time? You're really giving me a lot of encouragement."

　　"That's right, that's right. My dad asked me to learn from you, saying that you are a big man who is responsible for supporting your brother and sister. Now my dad absolutely won't dare to let me learn from you anymore. Otherwise, I won't learn anything else but just learn to live off others. What should I do?"

　　The young people in the crowd laughed. Jiang Heng took over his father's job at the age of sixteen, and most of the children of his age were unable to find a job.

　　People who don't have a job and just idle around at home all day, eating without working and causing trouble all day long, won't this make their family members dislike them?

　　At this time, Jiang Heng, who was shouldering the heavy burden of supporting the family, naturally became the child of other people's families. He was talked about by his parents every day. To be honest, everyone has been annoyed with him for a long time.

　　Jiang Heng's face turned red as liver. He could no longer bear it and shouted in the direction of the loudest joke: "Get lost."

　　"Jiang Heng, look at yourself. You won't allow people to tell the truth." At this moment, everyone laughed.

　　Even Old Mrs. Wang looked at Jiang Heng with contempt.

　　There is no woman who doesn't hate men who live off her.

　　Jiang Min was crying like a fool. Zhou Yuying threw out Jiang Heng's last thing and said, "It's okay if you don't give it to me. I'll go to your company to ask for it. If you refuse to pay, your company can't do that."

　　"There are also things stolen by Jiang Min. In addition to the jade pendant, there are also many other things lost. I will make a list when the time comes, and you will pay according to the market price. Okay, let's leave it at that."

　　Zhou Yuying slammed the door shut. The teachers and students were stunned by her series of swift and decisive actions.

　　Jiang Youtao gave Zhou Yuying a thumbs up and said, "You should make a decision when necessary. Well done."

　　Zhou Yuying smiled and said, "I am kind and soft-hearted, but I am not stupid. What Jiang Min and his siblings did was nothing to me. If they stepped on my bottom line, then there is nothing to say. Whatever happens, I will never tolerate it."

　　Everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Zhou Yuying. Zhou Yuying's previous behavior seemed a bit silly to everyone. After all, they were not related to her in any way, so it was a bit unfair for her to be so nice to them.

　　But now it's different. Everyone's impression of her has changed and is for the better.

　　Only Jiang Youtao knew that this was how Zhou Yuying should be, kind and soft-hearted but principled.

　　Jiang Youtao said, "Have you thought about what to do next? I don't think Jiang Min's brother is someone who will give up easily."

　　Jiang Heng was definitely not like that. In the life before Jiang Min was reborn, he pestered Zhou Yuying after breaking up with her. Not only did he block her at school, he also confessed his love to her in public more than once, looking affectionate like a romantic person.

　　After being rejected again and again by Zhou Yuying, he even sneaked into Zhou's house at night and tried to force himself on her.

　　Zhou Yuying has lived alone for four or five years, so she is naturally not a pushover. Before going to bed every day, she would place a row of mousetraps on the wall. There is a row of wooden nails in front of each room and also by the windows.

　　Jiang Heng had just jumped down from the wall when he was caught in a mousetrap. All the wooden nails in the room were useless.

　　Jiang Heng's two legs were injured, and he was sent to the Public Security Bureau and imprisoned for a period of time. After he was released, he continued to do as he pleased.

　　His affectionate look deceived many people, and some even went to Zhou Yuying to negotiate reconciliation, but were rejected by Zhou Yuying.

　　This is also the reason why Zhou Yuying followed her grandmother without saying a word after their family came to find her.

　　Zhou Yuying was also afraid. She didn't know what Jiang Heng would do if she didn't leave.

　　It was also because of Jiang Heng that Zhou Yuying had a stress reaction to men. If the hero of the original book, Lu Qingchen, was not gentle and sincere, she would not be tempted even if he was introduced by her family.

　　In the life that Jiang Min was reborn in, Zhou Yuying had a miserable life, and Jiang Youtao hoped that Zhou Yuying would have a better life in this life.

　　At least it can get rid of Jiang Heng's terrible pursuit and blockade.

　　Put yourself in her shoes. If Jiang Youtao were Zhou Yuying, she would have gone crazy long ago. This kind of pervasive entanglement is too scary.

　　Teacher Li, who came with them, said, "Teacher Jiang is right. Doesn't our school have an unoccupied house? Teacher Zhou, you can just move in. The family compound is full of teachers and their families. If anything happens there, we can take care of them."

　　Teacher Li didn't say much just now, but he observed Zhou Yuying's neighbors and found that these people were all talk and no action.

　　No matter how grand their words were, there was no action. The most they did was to prevent Jiang Heng from hitting someone when Zhou Yuying threw something just now.

　　There was no one at Teacher Zhou's house, and Teacher Li was really worried.

　　Zhou Yuying was a little hesitant. If she moved into the school staff housing compound, she didn't know how her house would be ruined.

　　Housing space in the city is limited, but children are born one by one, so many families live in groups of two or three. Especially the old lady Wang's family next door, her three sons all lived together, and now each of them has their own family, and the children all sleep in one room.

　　Old Mrs. Wang has been jealous of this house for a long time.

　　After her grandparents passed away, Old Lady Wang came to her house and wanted to exchange houses with her. She said nice things, but she was just trying to take advantage of her.

　　She wanted to exchange her small second floor for the shabby bungalow for fifty dollars.

　　If she leaves now, it might not even take until tomorrow before Old Mrs. Wang will have to pick the lock and move in. Her son is the director of the neighborhood office, and her daughter has connections in the public security bureau, so it will be hard to explain when the time comes.

　　Jiang Youtao had read the whole book and knew her concerns, so she said, "Teacher Zhou, why don't you rent out your house and add a door on the second floor and lock it. This will protect your privacy and your house."

　　Zhou Yuying was moved.

　　There are two rooms on the first floor of her house, one is larger with large windows, and the other is smaller, which is the one Jiang Heng lived in before. There is also a kitchen, living room, toilet, etc., and a stairwell for storing sundries. It is not impossible to install a door on the second floor.

　　Teacher Zheng clapped her hands and said, "One of my husband's comrades-in-arms has just been demobilized and moved to our county. His wife and children have rural household registration. The Public Security Bureau has a tight housing situation, and he can't get a number for a while. How about I talk to him and let him rent a house?"

　　"Don't worry, I've met his comrade-in-arms, and he's definitely a decent person. He won't touch your things, and his wife and children are definitely not naughty kids."