"I... I have a scar on my face and I'm afraid of scaring others." Lu Yuwei's voice was filled with tears and her body was shaking with nervousness.

"Now I will ask you questions. If you know the answer, just answer it. If you don't know the answer, just say you don't know." Mr. Tang didn't get to the bottom of the matter and just told me what I should pay attention to in the exam.

Lu Yuwei nodded, clutching her sleeves tightly.

Mr. Tang's questions were not difficult. Lu Haoran had basically explained them all, and Lu Yuwei was able to answer them all. When Lu Yuwei finished answering the last question, Mr. Tang said, "Congratulations on passing the exam. You can tell your parents that they paid for your schooling."

After Lu Yuwei stood up from the chair, she went to Xia Yingying and said in a daze: "Stepmother, I passed."

Such an exam was nothing in Xia Yingying's eyes. It was just an entrance exam. Lu Yuwei was so smart that it was expected that she would pass the exam.

Xia Yingying said with a smile: "Congratulations."

Lu Yuwei blushed and felt embarrassed.

"Lu Haoran." Master Tang frowned when he read Lu Haoran's name, and looked up at the student he was once proud of. Walking side by side with him was a young woman. She looked very familiar and was young, like Lu Haoran's sister.

Lu Haoran sat down in front of Master Tang and looked at him neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Master Tang was very sad about Lu Haoran dropping out of school, as Lu Haoran was the most talented disciple he had ever accepted.

But he could do nothing about the tragedy that happened to Lu Haoran. After such a long time, he was surprised to see Lu Haoran's name again. He thought it was someone with the same name, but when he saw the familiar open face, he couldn't help but ask excitedly.

"Your stepmother asked you to come to school?"

Lu Haoran nodded: "Yes, my stepmother agreed to let me go to school."

"Who is this..." Mr. Tang looked at Xia Yingying next to Lu Haoran curiously.

"My stepmother." Lu Haoran said calmly.

Mr. Tang frowned and looked at the woman in front of him.

In Lu Haoran's memory, his stepmother was a shrew who was like a demon or a monster.

The woman in front of him had a gentle and calm temperament, and was completely different from the slutty and unreasonable woman. Was she a different person?

"Master, can my Haoran continue to study in the last class? He can catch up on his own."

Xia Yingying had no idea what Mr. Tang was thinking, so she asked Lu Haoran which class he could join.

Xia Yingying is very confident in Lu Haoran's learning ability.

Even if he fell behind in class, he would surely catch up.

Mr. Tang thought for a moment and said, "If he were in the previous class, I would need to test him."

Xia Yingying nodded.

Master Tang asked several questions, and Lu Haoran was able to answer them fluently and express his own opinions.

After listening to this, Mr. Tang stroked his beard and smiled with his eyes narrowed into slits.

"Just let him continue in his previous class."

"Thank you, Master." Xia Yingying thanked him and asked Lu Yuwei to give the gift to Master Tang. Lu Haoran and Lu Yuwei, brother and sister, kowtowed to him in return.

Because the private school was in the town, there was only Mr. Tang and his wife teaching the students.

Some children's homes were far from the town, so Mr. Tang set up dormitories and canteens. As long as they went to school and paid for accommodation and food, they could live in the private school. They could go home once every two weeks.

Although Lu Haoran and Lu Yuwei did not live very far from each other, ox carts were not always available, so the brother and sister lived in the private school.

After Xia Yingying paid the money, she bought bedding, and they brought their own change of clothes.

He also gave Lu Haoran and Lu Yuwei fifty cents each as pocket money.

Lu Haoran and Lu Yuwei shook their heads: "Our stepmother spent a lot of money on our education, we can't accept it."

"You will be in the private school for half a month. You will have to buy more pens, ink, paper and inkstones when they are used up. There are other expenses. I am not with you either. Having some pocket money can save you a lot of trouble. You can save it or spend it. It is your freedom. Take it."

Lu Haoran and Lu Yuwei accepted it and said in unison, "Thank you, stepmother."

They left home early in the morning, so Xia Yingying and the other three did not have lunch.

Registration was today and the private school cafeteria only provided dinner in the evening, so Xia Yingying brought the three children to the restaurant and ordered four dishes and a soup.

This time, because everyone was very hungry, there was no food left.

After dinner, Xia Yingying went to the pastry shop to buy pastries. When Zhang Wuji saw that it was her, he gave her three gift boxes. Xia Yingying wanted to give her money, but Zhang Wuji refused to accept it. He just said, "My lady, you can come to me next time if you have any pastry recipes."

Xia Yingying said, "Let's talk about it when I have a prescription."

Zhang Wuji laughed heartily and said, "Of course."

Xia Yingying gave two boxes of pastries to Lu Haoran and Lu Yuwei, sent them to the private school, and left with Lu Haojie.

It was bustling when they went to the town, but now when they go back there is only Lu Haojie, and Xia Yingying is a little uncomfortable.

When they returned home to cook, Lu Haojie helped. Since he didn't work often, he was not very skilled at burning firewood, so Xia Yingying called Qin Qingfeng to help.

"How can you, a woman, order an old man like me around?"

Qin Qingfeng stood by reluctantly and blamed Xia Yingying.

"Well, if you don't want to do it, then you don't have to eat."

Xia Yingying is not in a good mood right now and speaks a little harshly.

When Qin Qingfeng heard this, he thought Xia Yingying wanted to kick him out, so he immediately sat in front of the stove and added firewood. He was obviously not very skilled and even put out the fire that Lu Haojie had just lit.

Qin Qingfeng smiled awkwardly: "Mistake, mistake, I'll start over."

After many attempts, Qin Qingfeng finally lit the fire.

Since there were two fewer people at home today, I cooked fewer dishes.

Song Ruyi was getting annoyed with Qin Qingfeng. He picked up an egg with chopsticks and glanced at Qin Qingfeng from time to time and said:

"Yingying, Xiaowei is going to school now, and our family doesn't have the money to support an idler."

When Qin Qingfeng heard that these words were directed at him, the stir-fried pork in his mouth suddenly lost its flavor.

He swallowed the meat and put a piece of tofu in the bowl.

"Who said I was idle? Didn't I help add firewood today? Xiao Wei will be back in half a month, and I will teach her medical skills by then. How can I be idle?"

Song Ruyi's accusation was totally unreasonable and he was not convinced at all.

"You said you are Xiaowei's teacher. Do teachers only teach students two days a month? Are there any teachers who have such an easy job? It's just adding some firewood. You live in our house and eat at our house. Our money doesn't come from the wind. Isn't it your duty to help?"

Song Ruyi also became angry after hearing what Qin Qingfeng said.

She said that this bad old man had bad intentions, and now his true colors were exposed, he just wanted to find a long-term meal ticket, but Yingying just didn't believe it.

Humph, why does this menopausal woman always target him?

Confucius said, "Only women and villains are difficult to raise!" If that were true, it would be a good thing that he didn't marry. If he married someone like Song Ruyi, wouldn't he be so angry that he died?

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