bookrebus Chapter 459: Gangstering
Chapter 459: Gangstering
The second day of the Chinese New Year happened to be Sunday, so Zhou Rong had a day off.
Early in the morning, she asked everyone to take a family photo, and then went to pay New Year's greetings to Zhou's father and mother, carrying a camera with her.
When Zhou's father saw that Zhou Rong brought a camera, he hurriedly asked him to take pictures of himself and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Zhou Rong turned into a photographer and took many photos of Zhou's father at his request.
Zhou's father said that his memory is not as good as before. The children look different every year, and sometimes he can only see them once every few years. He has to rely on these photos to remember what the children look like...
Zhou Qingping and Zhong Jiawen needed to return to work on the eighth day of the first lunar month, so the couple really kept Zhou Jifan and asked him to accompany Zhou Rong for a while, and then pick him up in July or the end of the year.
Zhou Rong couldn't ask for more; she really enjoyed this kind of family happiness.
There is a kindergarten near the Municipal Industrial and Commercial Bureau. Zhou Rong tied a child seat to the front bar of her bicycle and sent Zhou Jifan there every morning. She would pick him up after get off work and would go around a few times on the way to see if anyone was bullying her grandson.
When Nini is not busy at work, she will go to the kindergarten to see Zhou Jifan.
The kindergarten teachers knew that this was the grandson of the director of the Municipal Industrial and Commercial Bureau, so they did not dare to neglect him. They could yell at other children, make them stand in the corner or hit them on the palms or buttocks with sticks if they didn't listen, but they were very polite to Zhou Jifan.
He was never punished, nor was anyone dared to be punished.
Zhou Jifan is eloquent and has a good memory. Although he is young, he can repeat everything Zhou Rong knows about what people said and their attitude towards him as long as he asks them.
If anyone dares to bully Zhou Jifan, Zhou Rong will find that person to "seek justice".
When it comes to reasoning, Zhou Rong has not met an opponent yet.
The kindergarten teacher couldn't argue with Zhou Rong, and didn't want to offend her, so she wanted to worship Zhou Jifan.
Out of curiosity, a teacher wanted to find out where his parents worked, and also asked what dishes his family ate every day, how much money his family had, and whether anyone sent gifts to his grandmother. Zhou Jifan lowered his head and played with his toys, and did not answer.
The teacher thought that he was too young to understand what he was saying, so he tried to guide him several times, but Zhou Jifan acted as if he didn't hear anything and just kept having fun.
The teacher couldn't get an answer, so he had to leave in disappointment.
When Zhou Rong came to the kindergarten to see Zhou Jifan, he immediately repeated the teacher's questions.
Zhou Rong's face immediately turned dark. She found the kindergarten principal and said that she suspected the teacher was a spy and demanded a thorough investigation.
The head teacher also felt that the questions asked by the teacher were too sensitive, so he called the teacher in for questioning.
The other party said that she was not a spy and was just asking out of curiosity.
Zhou Rong did not accept this explanation and demanded that the teacher be sent to the Public Security Bureau for professional interrogation. Otherwise, she had reason to suspect that the head teacher and the man were in cahoots and were shielding each other.
How could the head teacher take this responsibility?
They called two other teachers and sent the man to the police station.
After interrogation by the police, it was found that the man was not a spy, but simply a mean-spirited person who wanted to gossip about Zhou Rong's family. If he could get any evidence, he could get the director of the Municipal Industrial and Commercial Bureau to do things for him.
If there is no problem with Zhou Rong's family, knowing more information will also help to maintain a good relationship.
Who knew that Zhou Jifan would not be fooled and instead sold her out...
Even if this person was not a spy, Zhou Rong didn't want to see her. The head teacher also felt that this person was not suitable to stay in the kindergarten, and wanted to give Zhou Rong some face, so he fired her.
Afterwards, Zhou Rong praised Zhou Jifan for being smart and able to keep secrets.
Zhou Jifan chuckled: "Dad said that I can't talk about family matters or work matters. If I can't remember, I'll get spanked. I remember it all."
Zhou Rong: "Great! Grandma will treat you to cake!"
Zhou Jifan: “Great!”
The cake Zhou Rong was talking about was egg cake, which cost 7 cents a pound. It was fragrant and sweet, and Zhou Jifan loved it very much.
In order to make Zhou Jifan grow taller, Zhou Rong also gave him milk to drink.
Malted milk is relatively easy to buy in the market. It costs 1.5 yuan per can and is considered a luxury. If a child drinks malted milk every day, he will definitely be a leader among the children in the neighborhood. However, malted milk has a very high sugar content. If children drink too much, they may become obese and the nutrition is not as good as milk powder.
So Zhou Rong didn't give Zhou Jifan malted milk, but milk powder.
Milk powder is in short supply nowadays, and you can't buy it even if you have money. Zhou Rong's milk powder was obtained by Jiang Yiming through military supply channels after Zhou Cai's help, and then copied through space. Zhou Jifan felt that his life at his grandmother's house was too happy. As long as he was obedient and completed the arithmetic, literacy and poetry recitation tasks assigned by his grandmother on time, he would have delicious food and milk to drink.
Zhou Jifan was very curious about the can of milk powder and wanted to know how it made the milk powder taste so good. When Zhou Rong went to the study to get a book, he climbed onto the chair, picked up the can of milk powder on the dressing table and kept looking at it...
During this period, Zhou Rong taught Zhou Jifan a lot of Chinese characters. Although he could not write, he had a general understanding of what those characters meant.
When he saw the production date was September 1973, Zhou Jifan counted on his fingers and was immediately shocked.
When Zhou Rong came back, he saw Zhou Jifan holding the milk powder can in a daze and asked him, "What are you doing? Be careful not to fall, come down quickly."
Zhou Jifan was startled back to his senses by Zhou Rong's voice and asked hurriedly: "Grandma, when did you buy this milk powder?"
Zhou Rong: "Just a while ago, what happened?"
Zhou Jifan: "It's expired! Take a look!"
Zhou Rong: “…”
Great!
Things copied in space are exactly the same as the originals, and there is no way to change the production date.
Zhou Rong had previously sent milk powder to Zhong Jiawen and Liang Jingyi by wiping off a little bit of the production date with alcohol, making some changes before sending it out.
It was for Zhou Jifan, but she forgot to change it. She didn't expect it to be exposed so quickly...
Zhou Rong took the can of milk powder from Zhou Jifan's arms, pretended to open it and smelled it, then said calmly: "It's not expired, I smelled it, and the taste is the same as before, you can drink it with confidence.
The production date must have been a mistake on the factory's part. Next time I buy milk powder, I will criticize them."
Zhou Jifan was a little unconvinced: "Is it really not expired? I am not as smart as before. I have to recite the ancient poems you taught me many times before I can remember them. Is it because of this milk powder?"
Zhou Rong: "...recently you've been always thinking about watching TV. After watching the movie, you'd rehearse the plot. You don't go to bed before 10 o'clock. You also like playing marbles and slingshots. You're not as attentive as before, so of course you're slow in reciting ancient poems.
Starting tomorrow, put away your marbles and slingshots, and stop watching TV at night. I promise that you will be as smart as before, and you will be able to memorize the ancient poems I teach you very quickly. "
Zhou Jifan: "If I continue to drink this milk powder, can I watch TV, play marbles and slingshots?"
Zhou Rong: "...You can only play after you complete the daily teaching tasks. Otherwise, everything will be confiscated, including the TV."
Zhou Jifan: "Well, you are the grandmother, you have the final say."
Zhou Rong: “…”