NovelEnglishChapter 48: Carpooling
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Xie Chaochao didn’t know about these. Every time she came home from school, she would have more homework than everyone else. At first, she would complain a little, but no one cared. Slowly, she got used to it.
‘The Mid-Autumn Festival was coming up soon and the students were getting restless. It was almost the holidays and they could play crazily for a few days.
‘When she went home during the holidays, Xie Chaochao once again had more homework than everyone else.
Zhang Xiaohan got her to complete a drawing related to the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Xie Chaochao had a bitter expression on her face. “Grandpa, how do I draw the Mid-Autumn Festival? I don’t know how to…”
“Think about it, what will you do during the Mid-Autumn Festival? For example, eat mooncakes or the three of us sitting together to appreciate the moon. Alll of these can be done!”
With Grandpa’s guidance, Xie Chaochao had an idea and wasn’t so worried anymore.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtDuring the Mid-Autumn Festival, the old man made his own mooncakes. He even made the filling out of minced meat. It was extremely fragrant and delicious. Xie Chaochao couldn’t stop eating. In the end, Xie Zhou stopped her, afraid that she would fall sick.
With Grandpa’s help, Xie Chaochao also completed the homework that Teacher Zhang had left for her.
She drew a plate of mooncakes on the canvas. It looked very realistic. It was placed on the table with three lounge chairs at the side. A family of three lied on the lounge chairs, with a full moon floating above their heads.
Xie Chaochao was drawing their family of three sitting in the courtyard, admiring the moon and eating the mooncakes.
It was not only during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Lying on the lounge chairs in the courtyard at night had already become a tradition for the family of three.
During the three days that Xie Chaochao was at home, the old man had cooked a lot of delicious food for her. The little girl was over the moon.
However, as the coal mine slowly expanded, Xie Zhou had less free time than before. Even on a reunion day like the Mid-Autumn Festival, he had some work to do.
It was the same for the old man. He was no longer idling at home. Instead, he was a note keeper at the mine. He was in charge of taking note of the situation at the mine because the old man was arguably the most knowledgeable person in the village.
Xie Zhou also trusted him very much.
While Xie Chaochao was still sleeping soundly at home, her Teacher Zhang had already walked out of school with her bag.
‘The students had a three-day break. Zhang Xiaohan, the teacher, also had time to go home to visit her parents.
Her house was not considered close to here. A car journey would take more than two hours, and she had to rush for the bus now.
As soon as she walked out of the school, she saw a transporter parked at the school gate.
She found this car very familiar. Every Sunday, this car would park here and wait to pick up Xie Chaochao.
Zhang Xiaohan went forward. The door to the driver’s seat opened and Xie Zhou got out of the car.
“Teacher Zhang, are you going home?”
“That’s right, why are you here? There are no more students in the school!”
Xie Zhou smiled and said, “I’m here to settle something. I happened to pass by the school!”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Teacher Zhang, I remember that your house is in Xinzhou County, right?”
“That’s right!”
Zhang Xiaohan was a little confused by Xie Zhou’s words.
“[ happen to have something to do there, so I’ll give you a ride!”
Zhang Xiaohan hesitated for a while and did not reject him.
She would have to spend most of the day on the road if she took the bus back home from here. She had to rush back to school the day after tomorrow, so she would not be able to stay at home for long.
It would definitely be faster to take Xie Zhou’s car.
Zhang Xiaohan got into the transporter. At first, she was a little nervous.
She had been here for more than a year and had heard many rumors.
Especially a figure like Xie Zhou, the rumors had already spread to the town.
They said that he had been imprisoned before because he had caused someone’s death.
They even said that he had a strange personality. Anyway, the rumors were not very nice..
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