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Chapter 751 Wang Zhan's Memories

On March 1, 1953, Sister Wang came early to pick up Wang Zhan and his sister. The brother and sister had already eaten breakfast. Wang Zhan was carrying a military satchel and his sister was also carrying one, which was bulging. Even Wang Zhan didn't know what his sister brought.

When they arrived at Hongxing Primary School, Sister Wang took the brother and sister to see the principal. The principal's surname was Ren, and Principal Ren knew Wang Zhan's background. Not only had Sister Wang looked for him, but people from the Ministry of Education had also instructed him. So Principal Ren warmly received the brother and sister, and personally took them to complete Wang Zhan's admission procedures, and then handed him over to a female teacher named Yang.

Teacher Yang was very gentle. She kept looking at Wang Li. It seemed that she liked this little girl. She took Wang Li's hand and said to Wang Zhan, "Let's go to the classroom. I am your head teacher and also your Chinese teacher."

Wang Zhan bowed and said, "Hello, Teacher Yang. Please take care of me in the future."

Teacher Yang took the siblings to a classroom on the second floor, led the two into the classroom, and stood on the podium. The class was Teacher Yang's Chinese class. Teacher Yang said, "Today, we have a new student in our class, named Wang Zhan. Let's welcome Wang Zhan with warm applause."

Wang Zhan stood on the podium and bowed to the whole class. The classmates all applauded enthusiastically. Teacher Yang waited for a while, then signaled everyone to stop, and then said, "That little girl is Wang Zhan's sister. Because there is no one at home, she can only bring her sister to school. Everyone must give way to this lovely little sister in the future, understand?"

"Got it." The students in the class said in unison, and then Teacher Yang pointed to the last double desk in the first row and said, "Student Wang Zhan, you and your sister will sit at that desk. Go ahead, I'll get you the textbook later."

Wang Zhan took his sister to his desk and asked his sister to sit against the wall. After she sat down, Wang Zhan took out her pencil case and notebook and placed them on the desk.

Wang Li's eyes were full of excitement. She looked around and everything was new to her. Wang Zhan then looked up to observe his classmates. When he looked up, he saw a little girl in the third row in front of him waving at him. Wang Zhan was delighted. He didn't expect that he was in the same class with He Yushui. She also responded. After a while, Teacher Yang came back and gave Wang Zhan the textbook first, then returned to the podium and said, "Class begins!"

"Stand up!" At this time a boy stood up in front and shouted, and everyone stood up.

"Hello, students!" said Teacher Yang.

"Hello, teacher!" the students shouted in unison.

"Sit down, the class starts now. We learned this in the last class," Teacher Yang began to lecture.

Wang Zhan also turned to the page the teacher was talking about, listened carefully, and looked at his sister from time to time. Wang Li was still very well behaved. She took out her toys and started playing with them. Those were the building blocks that Wang Zhan made for her. The table was very flat, so Wang Li had a lot of fun playing with them.

The bell rang, and Wang Zhan's first class in his life ended. He Yushui rushed over, handed Wang Zhan a piece of paper, and said, "This is the schedule I copied for you."

"Thank you, this is my sister Wang Li. Sister, this is sister He Yushui." Wang Zhan introduced.

"Hello, sister!" Wang Li called out sweetly, and He Yushui responded with a smile: "Hello, sister!"

At this time, Wang Zhan asked: "Yushui, where is the hot meal? I brought a lunch box with me this afternoon. Let's eat together at noon."

He Yushui said, "Okay, I usually eat in this cafeteria. Come on, I'll take you to the boiler room."

He Yushui took Wang Zhan and his sister to the boiler room outside the teaching building. There was a man in his fifties in the boiler room. In addition to burning the boiler, he was also responsible for heating meals for the students.

After delivering the lunch boxes, the three returned to the classroom. Along the way, He Yushui talked about things in the class and Wang Zhan listened carefully. Although he didn't know everyone's name and didn't know who He Yushui was talking about, he tried his best to remember them.

At noon, He Yushui went to the cafeteria to get some food and came back to eat with Wang Zhan and his sister. Wang Zhan even gave his egg to He Yushui, because He Yushui's meal was just steamed corn bread with shredded potatoes without any oil or water. Wang Zhan also gave He Yushui some fried cabbage. He Yushui refused at first, but when Wang Zhan glared at him, He Yushui stopped talking and started eating in silence.

At 4:30 in the afternoon, the school bell rang and the day's study was over. Wang Zhan only knew three classmates. In addition to He Yushui, there were two male classmates sitting in the front row of him. One was named Xiao Zhenwu, everyone called him Xiaowu, and the other was named Wang Mingyang, everyone called him Xiaosi.

Wang Zhan understood why Xiao Wu was called Xiao Wu, but he didn't understand why Wang Ming was called Xiao Si. Later, when Xiao Wu explained, Wang Zhan realized that they were childhood friends and had been inseparable since childhood, doing everything together. When their classmates saw them, they were simply brothers, so they directly gave Wang Ming the nickname Xiao Si, which means Xiao Wu's brother.

Wang Zhan packed his schoolbag and helped his sister pack it. Just as he was about to stand up, Xiao Wu turned around and asked, "Wang Zhan, do you want to go ice skating? It's at Shichahai?" Wang Zhan said, "Not today, maybe next time. I'll go with you two brothers next time."

The two brothers nodded, carried their schoolbags and ran away. He Yushui came over and said, "Let's go home together?"

Wang Zhan and Wang Li stood up and walked out of the classroom with He Yushui and went home. He Yushui and Wang Li were chatting and skipping in front, while Wang Zhan followed behind with his schoolbag on his back.

They first arrived at the entrance of Maoer Hutong, and Wang Zhan asked, "Will your brother come back? If not, you can go to my house to do your homework, and then come back after dinner."

He Yushui thought for a moment and said, "I'll go home first. If my brother isn't back, I'll go to your house."

Wang Zhan nodded and took his sister home. As they walked, he asked, "Are you tired today?"

"Not tired, I like going to school." Wang Li said a little excitedly.

Wang Zhan smiled, returned home and opened the door, and the two of them went to the study to put down their schoolbags. Wang Zhan asked Wang Li to play by herself first, and he went to make a fire. Although it was March, the weather was still a little cold.

Wang Zhan had just lit the fire when he heard a knock on the door. Wang Zhan knew that it must be He Yushui.

She opened the door and took He Yushui to the study. The two of them sat down and started doing their homework. Wang Li played by herself on the side and didn't disturb them.

After finishing his homework, Wang Zhan let Wang Li and He Yushui play for a while and went to the kitchen to cook. Wang Zhan heated up some braised pork and fried two dishes, one was stir-fried pork with water dumplings and the other was stewed pork ribs with potatoes. He also mixed some radish skin. The staple food was rice.

When Wang Zhan called He Yushui to serve the dishes, He Yushui took Wang Li to the kitchen. When they saw the pork ribs stewed with potatoes, their eyes lit up.

The three of them were eating in the restaurant, and Wang Li said, "Pork ribs are still delicious. Do you have any more pork ribs at home?"

"There are plenty. You forgot that I bought half a pig." Wang Zhan replied.

He Yushui was a little embarrassed to pick up the ribs. Wang Zhan was not happy about it and tried to pick up some vegetables for him. He Yushui finally had no choice but to say, "I'll do it myself."

After the three of them finished eating, He Yushui rushed to wash the dishes, and Wang Zhan did not stop her. After she finished washing the dishes, the three of them returned to the study in the backyard. Wang Zhan poured a glass of water for all three of them. Wang Zhan said, "Yushui, since we brothers and sisters asked you to come to my house for dinner, don't be polite to us. I am very rich. If you are always cautious, how can we get along in the future?"

He Yushui thought for a moment and said, "After all, I'm not your family member. I feel bad for always disturbing you."

"Who said you are not a family member? You are my sister, Wang Li's elder sister. You should treat this place as your own home. My sister and I are orphans, so I understand you very well. We are still young, and it is good for us to take care of each other while we grow up." Wang Zhan said.

"Yes, you are my sister. You have a brother, and now you have a sister too." Wang Li said happily.

He Yushui immediately opened the shackles in her heart, and said happily with tears in her eyes: "Okay, I am Lili's sister."

Wang Zhan also smiled and said, "Isn't that right? Okay, you two go play while I prepare tomorrow's lunch. Oh, by the way, starting tomorrow, you don't have to go to the cafeteria to eat. Eat with us and I'll take your portion."

After saying that, Wang Zhan turned and went out. Two silver bell-like laughs came from the house, echoing in the yard.

(End of this chapter)