Chapter 69 - 067 Little Yellow Fish at the First Watch of the Night
His hair neatly combed, decked out in a white shirt, black trousers, and black leather shoes, Mr. Lan’s eyes widened in anger upon seeing his grandson dressed like this: "What are you dressed up for, watch out or someone might take you for a pretty boy and kidnap you!"
Lan Yunian was extremely annoyed by his grandfather’s crude and rude remarks, merely called out "Grandpa" and turned his head to leave.
Mr. Lan helplessly shook his head, thinking to himself: a grandfather fights for the country, a son enjoys the fortune, and the grandson brings calamity!
Wealth does not last more than three generations, how true this saying is.
Li Xianglu chatted with Mr. Lan for a bit and then excused herself and left.
This month’s food supply had not been taken home yet; Grandpa Lan had already asked a young soldier to purchase and keep it ready. Li Xianglu planned to make a round before returning to take the food to the western side of the school, where she would meet up with Qin Xi and head back together.
She first stopped by the grocer’s and saw that only two pork elbows were left, quite sizable, not requiring food tickets, and cost just fifty cents each. Li Xianglu sniffed them for any bad smell, quickly bought them and placed them in her basket, then mounted her bicycle to head for the school. She intended to deliver ten buns to Li Jianqing, unsure why he hadn’t come back last weekend. She placed the buns in the bike basket, and after some thought, also took out two fragrant melons.
The school had a doorman who would register names before informing visitors which room they were looking for.
These days, the school buildings were all single-story, arranged in rows of three, serving three classes each. This middle school combined both junior and senior high sections. The junior high had four classes, two per grade, and the senior high had even fewer, with only two classes. Both junior and senior highs ran on a two-year system, while primary school was a five-year system. Hence, there was no talk of a third year for junior or senior high until the year 1981 brought about the ’Senior Three cohort.’