Chapter 90: The Second Uncle Enters the Grand View Garden

  Thanks to Man Tian Feng Shuang, Xue Shi Shou Huang, A1398796 and Ye Se Huanpo for their support! This chapter is a bit late, but today's four chapters are barely accounted for!

  After dinner, everyone didn't rush to leave. Chu Shengyi drove out for the first time and like others, rarely came to the city, so he had to take a walk, or it would be a waste of this trip. So he and Li Jing went shopping together. Yang widow wanted to go see her old mother, said goodbye to Chu Jiaqiang and Chu Shengmin, and left in a hurry. Chu Jiaqiang and Chu Shengmin were going to school to see Chu Jiayu, and Chu Jiaqiang would also visit Teacher Gu.

  As he walked into the modernized education city, Chu Shengmin felt as if he had entered a different world.

  "This place is really nice! No wonder everyone wants to squeeze in and read." Second Uncle praised repeatedly.

  Chu Jiaqiang served as a guide all the way, briefly explaining the Youth Palace, kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school and senior high school department.

  "How big is this place?" Second Uncle looked in and felt like it was a small city, stretching all the way to the distant mountain peaks.

  "It's huge! Hmm, it's almost as big as half of our Chu Family Village. If we walk around it, I don't think half an hour would be enough? I haven't tried it myself, but I did go to the junior high department once when my classmate's younger brother was studying there, and I didn't visit any other parts."

  "It's indeed the best school in our city! It's so big, but I don't know why it looks no bigger than our Chu Family Village?" Second Uncle was like Liu Laolao entering the Grand View Garden, truly broadening his horizons.

  "That's not Education City over there! That's the Building Materials City, residential area and commercial district that were built later on, attached to Education City." Chu Jiaqiang pointed out in the distance.

  The two of them walked and stopped, pointing along the way. Upon learning that enrolling in this school would require paying an additional tuition fee of over 10,000, Second Uncle let out a sigh, it seemed that this place wasn't for students who excelled academically, but rather for wealthy and influential children of the Eight Banners.

  Arriving at the entrance of the high school department, he was shocked again by this magnificent gate. Chu Jiaqiang didn't laugh at Ershu, when he first came here, wasn't his expression the same? This gate is as high as a two-story building and twenty meters long, it's indeed quite shocking.

  But actually, the most shocking thing is not the main gate as the facade, but the teaching building inside. It's almost 400 meters long, and when you look from one side to the other, it feels a bit distant. That's what's shocking. When this teaching building was first completed, it was hailed as Asia's longest teaching building, only to lose that title soon after to Zhongshan University's over 500-meter-long teaching building.

  They greeted the uncle guarding the gate and walked into the high school department. At this time, students were still in class, except for some noise from people playing sports on the playground, the entire campus was very quiet, with occasional clear bird calls, making it feel like a learning paradise.

  "Second Uncle, why don't we go to my teacher's place first and sit for a while? We can look for that girl when they're almost done with school." Chu Jiaqiang suggested.

  Second Uncle originally wanted to walk around the campus for a couple of rounds, it's rare to come to this place, but Chu Jiaqiang said so, he could only nod. This place is really big, he's not familiar with it, and he might get lost!

  Seeing this expression on Er Shu's face, Chu Jia Liang immediately understood what was going on. He hastily changed his plans and took Er Shu for a walk around the entire campus.

  After finishing their stroll, the students were almost done with school for the morning. Chu Jiaqiang led Er Shu to Class 7 of High School Year 2, and since the class distribution was very regular, it wasn't hard to find.

  The entire school didn't have a bell to signal the end of class, instead music replaced it. As the music for dismissal played, teachers in the classrooms announced the end of class, and groups of young students walked out laughing, going to eat together in twos and threes, causing Chu Jiaqiang to recall his own high school life.

  "Hey! Big brother, come see me! Ah, Dad, you're here too? Where's Mom?" Chu Jia Yan excitedly jumped up as soon as she saw Chu Jia Qiang, said a few words to the girls beside her, and then ran over with them.

  "You're so big now, still so reckless and impulsive, what kind of behavior is this?" Second Uncle scolded.

  Three people stood in the corridor and chatted for a while, Chu Jia Wan suddenly remembered that Yan Ruyu might still be waiting downstairs for herself, and immediately said: "Damn! Sister Ruyu is waiting anxiously downstairs, let's go down and talk again."

  As expected, Yan Ruyu was standing under the tree waiting, occasionally glancing at her watch.

  "Hey, Jade, look who's here?" Chu Jia Wan shouted from afar, this girl's careless personality never changed.

  Yan Ruyu saw Chu Jiaqiang and Chu Shengmin, a look of surprise on her face, then quickly greeted them.

  "Let's go, let's go back to Ruyu Jie's home together!" Chu Jia Wan suggested.

  Chu Jiaqiang shook his head, opening the large cardboard box he was holding: "I'm not going, I want to go see Teacher Gu. Second Uncle, you go sit at their house for a while, and I'll come find you later. Yan Shu's house I've been to before, I know the way. Girl, take these crabs back with you, and these chestnuts are from our own home, the sweet potato is also dried, and I brought some for you as well, the jujubes were picked this morning, they're fresh!"

  Chu Jiaqiang took everything out in one go, which moved Chu Jiayun somewhat and made Yan Ruyu a little envious.

  Chu Jiaqiang mainly wanted to go and take a look at Mr. Gu's spinal disease, and then perform some treatments to temporarily suppress the condition from worsening. After he retires, he will have more free time to undergo some targeted treatment. He heard that Mr. Gu would be retiring next year, and is currently the oldest teacher in school, a true senior figure.

  They arrived at Mr. Gu's home, where his family was having dinner. Seeing Chu Jiaqiang arrive, they immediately added a bowl and chopsticks for him.

  "I said, why do you always move things to my place? Last time, you even got Yan to carry a big box over." Mr. Gu scolded slightly, but was actually very pleased in his heart, after all, it was the student's intention.

  "Uncle Chu, you must come often! Xiao Wei loves the big crabs at Uncle Chu's house, they're delicious!" Xiao Wei put down his bowl and chopsticks, opened the box, saw the live crawling crabs inside, and immediately asked his mom to cook them in a spicy sauce.

  "Alas! This little guy's mouth has been spoiled by you, always asking for fish, shrimp and crab from your house every now and then. Those big dates have all been hidden away by him, not a single one left."

  "Haha! They're all domesticated things, not worth much money. If you like them, bring more over next time. By the way, is Teacher Gu's body better now?" Chu Jiaqiang asked.

  Mentioning this issue, Mr. Gu immediately laughed and said: "Much better, you kid really have two skills. Although it's not completely well, the number of times I've had back pain has decreased significantly during this period, and I sleep more comfortably at night."

  "Alright, I'll take another look later."

  After eating another meal, I felt a bit bloated. Chatted with Mr. Gu and Big Brother Gu for a while, then Chu Jiaqiang gave Mr. Gu a half-hour massage again. Without disturbing everyone further, I bid farewell and headed to Yijing Garden to find Second Uncle. After Second Uncle finished handing over the things he needed to hand over, he left with Chu Jiaqiang.

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