Rebirth of the Millennial: Getting Rich After Parents Get Laid Off

Chapter 58: You Can Teach Me More

Shen Qingqing had also visited the Li family's old house, but the Li family's old house, including the main hall and the kitchen, had a total of six rooms.

Together with the chicken farm and a small bamboo forest at the back, the old house was considered quite large in the past.

Although she also felt that the old house was shabby, when she saw Chen Manyu's house now, she didn't know how to describe it.

The stools in their house are also made by themselves using bamboo, and they are small and short.

The guests were asked to sit on the only small sofa, while the old couple sat on bamboo stools.

There was no way Li Xunli would let the old couple do this, but she couldn't persuade them and sat on the small sofa.

"Aunt Huifen, Uncle, Manyu is not yet an adult. Logically speaking, I can't take him in. It's illegal to employ child labor..."

Li Xunli had just started to speak, wanting to explain the seriousness of the matter to the elderly couple Li Huifen, but was interrupted by Li Huifen in a hurry.

"Xun Li! No need to hire him, no money needed, just provide him with two meals a day. We two old people can earn money on our own. When Manyu understands things better in the future, you can let him find a job somewhere else!"

"You still have to explain it clearly, Aunt Huifen." Li Xunli was not annoyed when she was interrupted. She just waited patiently for Li Huifen to finish speaking, and then she carefully told her about Chen Manyu's situation and matters related to the apprentices.

"Until Manyu turns 18, he'll be helping me. I'll provide him with three meals a day. After he turns 18, if he's willing, we'll see if we can sign an apprenticeship contract. We're doing a serious job, and whether you do a good job or not, you need proof. It's not just about your relationship with the neighborhood..."

Shen Qingqing watched her mother patiently and firmly talking to Aunt Huifen about Chen Manyu's future, then looked at Chen Manyu who was sitting next to Uncle Li and looking quietly at her mother and then at Aunt Huifen.

Okay, she admitted that she was cold-blooded, but her mother was willing to lend a helping hand to this family, so she had to change her previous avoidant attitude towards this family.

After thinking about it, Shen Qingqing stood up, walked behind Chen Manyu, and patted him gently.

Chen Manyu was startled. He turned around and saw Shen Qingqing looking at him with a smile, then pointing outside.

He understood that this meant he was asked to leave.

But Chen Manyu was a little hesitant. Although his sister was very small, he had younger brothers and sisters outside who tricked him into going to a deserted place and then surrounded him to beat and scold him.

He turned around to look at Aunt Li who was still talking to Grandma, hesitated for a moment, and decided to go out with his sister.

Shen Qingqing was standing outside, bending over to look at the vegetable patch at the door. The cabbages in the field were juicy and green.

"Sister, sister, why did you call me out?" Chen Manyu walked nervously to Shen Qingqing and mustered up the courage to ask first.

Shen Qingqing's bent waist straightened instantly.

Chen Manyu was startled and immediately took a few steps back, looking at Shen Qingqing warily.

Shen Qingqing:?

"I'm not going to do anything. It's just that you're going to help out in my porcelain kiln in the future, so I want to get to know you better first!" Shen Qingqing spread out her hands.

Chen Manyu was cautious, but also trusting. After hearing what Shen Qingqing said, he said "Oh" honestly and then slowly moved back. "What do you want to be familiar with?"

Shen Qingqing thought for a while and started chatting with him about family matters starting from her elementary school days.

Before long, Shen Qingqing had learned a lot about Chen Manyu. For example, he had stopped studying after the fourth grade, meaning he hadn't graduated, but he hadn't forgotten the knowledge he had, such as how to write and read characters.

He just doesn't know what he hasn't learned yet.

After Li Xunli finished chatting with the old couple, Shen Qingqing was pleasantly surprised to find that Chen Manyu still had the ability to learn, but he forgot very quickly. He would often be reciting with her one second and unable to recite the next. It took repeated repetitions to make him forget more slowly.

Li Xunli walked out amidst the old couple's profuse thanks. She also asked them not to see her off, "Qingqing, let's go!"

When Shen Qingqing heard her mother calling her, she immediately said "goodbye" and ran away.

Chen Manyu, however, watched with red eyes as Li Xunli and Shen Qingqing, one tall and one short, walked away.

Li Huifen walked up to him and found him crying. She quickly asked him what was wrong and whether Shen Qingqing bullied him.

"No, grandma..." Chen Manyu raised his arms to cover his eyes, choking with sobs, "My sister didn't bully me. She just chatted with me and taught me a lot of things I didn't know. She, she's as good as Aunt Li..."

Li Huifen felt very sad after hearing this.

As the old couple grew older, they were afraid that their only grandson would learn bad things and they couldn't protect him, so they always asked him to stay out of the way in everything. However, they didn't expect that this would cause their grandson to be bullied more and more.

But they had no other way to protect him, so they could only let him hide at home. If they wanted him to go out and find a job, they also wanted him to hide outside.

I didn't expect that Chen Manyu knew all this, so he cried because of Shen Qingqing's normal treatment.

On the other side, Shen Qingqing followed Li Xunli back to the porcelain kiln, skipping beside her mother and talking about what she learned from Chen Manyu.

"Mom, actually, Brother Manyu isn't really stupid. He just can't remember things. I can teach him more in the future. That way, if he wants to stay with us when he grows up, he can help out more!"

Li Xunli glanced at Shen Qingqing with some surprise, "Didn't you always want me to not accept him?"

Shen Qingqing pursed her lips. "Then it's useless if I don't think about it. Dad can't persuade you, so I can only accept it."

"Besides, he needs to help in the porcelain kiln. What if I don't teach him more and he causes you trouble?"

Li Xunli poked her and said, "I don't know if they will cause me trouble, but you little thing will definitely cause me a lot of trouble!"

Shen Qingqing went back with Li Xunli, laughing and joking.

In this way, Chen Manyu was officially retained in the porcelain kiln to help, and Shen Qingqing really did as she had said to Li Xunli, and came to teach Chen Manyu to recognize more words when she was free.

The three-day New Year's Day holiday passed in a flash. On the afternoon of the 3rd, Principal Mo and the second-grade Chinese teacher drove to her house to pick her up and go to the city.

Carsickness is still carsickness, but for Shen Qingqing, it is no longer a big deal.

On the morning of the 4th, she was taken by Principal Mo and her teachers to the final battlefield of the city-level competition.

After the first two rounds of screening, only thirty people were left for the city finals. Wearing different school uniforms from various primary schools, they lined up to enter the same examination room to compete for five places in the provincial competition.

　See you tomorrow night~
　　(End of this chapter)