Chapter 17. Couple's Dinner

six thirty.

The No. 1 Middle School in the city just finished school.

A group of teachers, led by a young teacher, hurried along the road.

I walked through two intersections in a row, but there was no sign of anyone.

Many teachers have been lacking exercise for a long time and are out of breath after walking a long distance.

He slowly stopped and began to complain about the young teacher who was leading the group.

"Hey, Mr. Zhang, is this the right side? I wonder if you remembered it wrongly."

Teacher Xiao Zhang, who was leading the way, quickly explained: "It's this direction. I saw him coming this way, so it must be right."

"Then why didn't I see it?"

"I don't know either." Teacher Zhang murmured. He was also confused.

This answer did not satisfy the other teachers.

Especially after walking for so long.

The teachers complained.

“You should leave a contact number.”

"Isn't it because they've sold out and are closing the stall?"

"No way. How can a 10 yuan copy sell out so quickly? They must have gone somewhere else."

"Let's go, let's see tomorrow."

There was no way, since I couldn't find anyone, I had to give up. Some of them had to go home to cook, and some had to go back to school for evening self-study. They didn't have the time or energy to continue wandering the streets.

Before leaving, he reminded Teacher Zhang, "Next time you see that fried pepper sprouts stall, be sure to leave your contact information."

Teacher Xiao Zhang nodded repeatedly in agreement, but she was crying in her heart.

Three servings of fried pepper sprouts, a full bag, cost me thirty yuan.

I only ate two pieces and they were all snatched away. My wife hadn’t even eaten them yet…

A group of "robbers"!
The teachers dispersed.

Teacher Xiao Zhang also took the bus to go home after get off work.

On the way home, I touched my bag and felt happy again, "Luckily, I still have a bag of water chestnuts."

He hid the bag of water chestnuts Luo Yihang gave him. In the afternoon, when no one was in the office, he secretly peeled one and tasted it. It was really sweet. He quickly hid it so that no one could see it, and waited until after get off work to take it home for his wife to taste...

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Teacher Xiao Zhang returned home, opened the door and saw his wife leaning on the sofa playing with her cell phone.

He was at the door, changing his shoes while asking, "Have you eaten?"

"I ate in the cafeteria." Mrs. Zhang raised her head and answered when she heard the voice.

Teacher Xiao Zhang and his wife are both teachers, and his wife works at the No. 3 Middle School in the city.

No. 3 Middle School is bigger and newer than No. 1 Middle School. It has more students, accepts boarding students, and is also wealthier.

So we have a canteen and provide two meals a day.

Faculty and staff also receive a meal allowance every month, which is cheaper than eating at home and tastes pretty good too.

"It's okay after you eat." Teacher Zhang was relieved. He was the only one having dinner, so he could just order some takeout and be done with it.

Gentlemen are easy to deal with.

Teacher Xiao Zhang changed his shoes, carried his bag and walked towards his wife, and asked again, "How much did you eat?"

"It's fine." Mrs. Zhang turned her head away from her husband and answered quietly. "Ah." Teacher Zhang sighed quietly as she bent down and lowered her head.

When she looked up again, she immediately put on a smiling face, happily took out the water chestnuts from her bag, and shook them in her hand, "Look what I brought back."

"Horse hoof, why is it on the market now?" Mrs. Zhang was surprised.

Teacher Zhang shook his head and smiled, "I don't know, but it's delicious."

Then he washed his hands, sat on the sofa next to his wife, took a fruit knife and started peeling water chestnuts.

The skin of water chestnuts is very thin, and Teacher Zhang peels it very carefully. He has tasted the taste and feels bad if he peels off a little more flesh.

After peeling one, he pinched the white and translucent flesh and handed it to his wife's mouth with his own hands.

Mrs. Zhang smiled and opened her mouth to bite it away.

"Is it delicious?" Teacher Zhang asked anxiously.

Mrs. Zhang rolled her eyes and said, "I haven't bitten yet."

Then, as her teeth closed, the water chestnuts broke apart in her mouth, and a sweet and refreshing fragrance filled her mouth. Mrs. Zhang's eyes lit up, and she nodded repeatedly, pointing at the water chestnuts and asking Teacher Zhang to continue.

Teacher Zhang was as happy as if a sow had given birth, and she kept peeling the vegetables with her hands.

One, two, three, and after eating seven or eight in a row, Mrs. Zhang finally realized that she had eaten half the bag, and her face turned red.

He pushed Teacher Zhang and said, "You eat too."

Teacher Zhang smiled and shook his head, "No, no, no, I've eaten it. It's all yours. I'll watch you eat it."

Recalling the taste of the water chestnuts, Teacher Zhang quickly lowered his head, otherwise his saliva would flow down.

"You look so stupid." Mrs. Zhang rolled her eyes at him, rubbed her stomach, and suggested, "Let's order takeout."

"Really? Stir-fried green beans, lettuce with oyster sauce and boiled fish. And for the staple food, we'll have wontons with shepherd's purse filling." Teacher Zhang was extremely surprised and rattled off a bunch of dish names. They were all his wife's favorites and he had memorized them long ago.

Mrs. Zhang nodded in agreement. Teacher Zhang was so beautiful. She quickly took out her phone to place an order.

My wife wants to eat, but it’s not easy, it’s really not easy.

Mrs. Zhang suffers from asthma and is taking aminophylline to treat the disease. The side effect of this medicine is loss of appetite, and not eating will not provide nutrition, and it will not help her recover from the disease. This makes Teacher Zhang very worried.

The person Mr. Zhang feels most sorry for in his life is his wife.

The two of them started their relationship while studying at a normal school in the provincial capital. After graduation, Teacher Zhang passed the "Three Supports and One Assistance" program and decided to go to teach in the provinces.

Mrs. Zhang had originally been assigned to be a teacher in a school in the provincial capital, but she decided to follow without hesitation and teach together.

Teacher Zhang is also responsible. He received three certificates on the day of graduation: degree certificate, graduation certificate, and marriage certificate, all on the same day. He can be called a winner in life.

More than a month after their marriage, the couple went to the Gobi Desert in Gansu Province together.

During the days of teaching, basic life was pretty good. The infrastructure is excellent now, and the best building in the local area is the school. Although the living conditions are not luxurious, they are clean and tidy, and there is water, electricity, express delivery, and internet.

But Gansu Province is located in the Gobi Desert, and the climate is too dry. Mrs. Zhang, a southern girl, couldn't stand it and developed asthma.

After three years of teaching, Teacher Zhang declined the job offer to return to the provincial capital for the sake of his wife's health, and applied to come to Tianhan, a city that, although also belonging to the five northwestern provinces, has a humid climate, high altitude and good air quality.

It is convenient for my daughter-in-law to recuperate.

After dinner, Teacher Zhang and his wife sat together on the sofa and chatted. Naturally, the topic kept coming back to the things on the coffee table, of which only the delicious black water chestnuts were left.

Mrs. Zhang licked her lips, poked her husband and asked, "Where did you buy this?"

"I didn't buy it. It was given to me as a gift."

"Who sent it? A student's parent? Asking you for a favor?" Mrs. Zhang laughed after she said this. Who would send a dozen water chestnuts to ask for favors?

"No, today I met a stall owner in front of the school. I asked him to stay away from the school and showed him the way. He gave me a bag of water chestnuts, saying they were grown at home." Teacher Zhang told his wife what happened today, and finally said with a smile: "His fried Sichuan pepper sprouts are delicious. I was going to bring some back for you to try, but unfortunately they were all snatched up by the office staff. We looked for them for a long time after class but couldn't find any. They are really delicious."

After saying that, he smacked his lips.

(End of this chapter)