After the New Year, Zhou Xiaoyun, who was already nine years old, really went to her uncle's house and stayed for a few more days, not returning until the new semester started.

  Er Ya was very dissatisfied and said directly that after having a younger sister, her older sister no longer pampered her.

  The pouting little mouth made Zhou Xiaoyun come over and kiss her twice before it cleared up.

  Fang Wenchao, who was busy with his wedding preparations at the beginning of the year, finally got married at the end of the year. Fang Wenchao, who came to school for work in the new semester, had a big smile on his face that could be seen from afar.

  Fang Wentao carried a big bag of candies and first went to the office to give a large handful to each colleague.

  Principal Qiao led the congratulations: "Teacher Fang, congratulations on becoming a groom! From now on, you should come back to the county town more often, don't stay in the dormitory too much, and don't neglect your new bride."

  Fang Wentao smiled awkwardly: "I bought a new motorcycle and plan to go home twice a week."

  Everyone burst out laughing, and Fong Man-chiu, who was thin-skinned, excused himself to give candies to the students. He carried the remaining candies into the classroom.

  The children in the classroom saw Fang Wen-chao carrying sugar into the room and burst out laughing, shouting that they wanted to eat sugar.

  Zhou Xiaoyun naturally knew about Fang Wenchao's marriage news and silently wished: Congratulations, Teacher Fang! May your marriage be happy!

  Waving away the faint sadness in her heart, Zhou Xiaoyun stepped forward to distribute the candies for Fang Wenchao. Each child got two pieces, and the remaining ones naturally went to Zhou Xiaoyun.

  Zhou Xiaoyun didn't dare to unwrap the candy wrapper and eat it in class like her other classmates, but instead put it in her pocket to bring back home for Er Ya to eat.

  Zhou Xiaoyun began thinking about preparing a new wedding gift for Fang Wenchao.

  Not to mention the past two and a half years, Fang Wenchao has been teaching himself to play the harmonica, practice the accordion, and practice calligraphy. In class, Fang Wenchao has always taken good care of himself. Now that Fang Wenchao is married, he should at least prepare some gifts to express his gratitude.

  Taking advantage of Fang Wenchao's absence from the classroom, Zhou Xiaoyun exercised her privileges as class leader and mobilized the class.

  Fang Wenchao has always been deeply loved and liked by the students, and it's said that they didn't mind spending some money to buy him a gift. Zhou Xiaoyun adhered to the principle of "one corner is not too little, one block is not too much" and mobilized everyone to donate voluntarily, letting Zhou Qianqian act as the accountant.

  Zhou Qianqian helped out a lot at home with selling things and collecting money, which made Zhou Xiaoyun feel fortunate to have found the right person to help.

  The children had just passed the New Year and had some money on them, more or less. Unexpectedly, many of them took out 50 cents or one yuan. Feng Tiejun, who was wealthy and arrogant, suddenly pulled out two yuan, causing a commotion.

  Zhou Xiaoyun also contributed one yuan, and most of her lucky money this year was given to Zhao Yujuan. However, she always had some private savings on hand, so it wasn't a problem for her to take out five or even ten yuan.

  However, Zhou Xiaoyun had other plans in mind.

  She plans to buy another gift in addition to the collective one, to express her own intentions. As for what it is...

  Oh dear, it's a secret. You'll know when it's done, can't reveal it now!

  The class collected a total of over 30 yuan, which is a large sum. Zhou Xiaoyun called on several partners to go with her to the county town to buy gifts for the teacher at the mall on Sunday. Feng Tiezhu and Zhou Zhihai both signed up to participate, plus Wang Jingjing and Zhou Qianqian Sun Min, unexpectedly Xu Meili also actively asked to join, Zhou Xiaoyun couldn't refuse and agreed.

  Wang Jingjing grumbled behind her back that she didn't want to go with Xu Meili, and was persuaded by Zhou Xiaoyun to shut up.

  Xu Meili and Zhou Xiaoyun were from the same village, her father was the production team leader Xu Dashan. He was a bit cunning, but had good relationships with people in the village.

  Xu Meili's appearance was quite disappointing compared to her name, not beautiful at all, with flat facial features that were nothing out of the ordinary.

  This name is often used by classmates to make fun of her, but Xu Meili, who comes from a relatively well-off family, is one of the best dressed in the class. As a result, Xu Meili, like a proud little peacock, looks down on other female classmates and has poor relationships with them. No one likes to play with her.

  Xu Meili has always been a bit jealous of Zhou Xiaoyun's good grades and popularity, why does Teacher Fang always like her so much and let her be the class monitor? Xu Meili thought resentfully, her grades are not bad either, and everyone loves to surround Zhou Xiaoyun, which makes her even more unhappy.

  Xu Meili often brings delicious food to class and shares it with her classmates, who gather around her. With a strong sense of self-importance as the deputy class leader, Xu Meili actively tries to pull Zhou Xiaoyun down from her position as head class leader, always trying to take charge of everything.

  Let's take this time buying gifts for Fang Wenchao as an example. Zhou Xiaoyun initiated the idea, but she insisted on intervening to collect the money and even wanted to follow along to buy the gift.

  Zhou Xiaoyun was too lazy to fight with her, if they were going to go, they would just go together, no big deal.

  Several children planned to take a tricycle together on Sunday morning, with each paying their own fare. It's estimated that half a day is enough for the round trip.

  Zhou Xiaoyun and Zhao Yuzhen, Zhou Guoqiang said, parents will naturally not object.

  Fang Wenchao has always taken good care of the children in his own family, and both Zhou Guoqiang and Zhao Yuzhen are well aware of this. Rural people have no other way to express their gratitude, so they let Zhou Xiaoyun carry some eggs from their chicken coop to Fang Wenchao. Occasionally, if there were any fresh vegetables, they would send some to Fang Wenchao, who would decline politely but eventually accept them.

  At this time, it was heard that Fang Wenchao got married. The children spontaneously raised money to buy a gift for the teacher, and Zhao Yuzhen, who had always been stingy, was quite in favor of it. Generously gave Zhou Xiaoyun five yuan to take a taxi and eat.

  What an unexpected gain! Zhou Xiaoyun held the five dollars and laughed with joy.

  A few little friends gathered at Zhou Xiaoyun's house early on Saturday morning, originally Xu Meili suggested going to her house, but unfortunately no one wanted to go.

  Seeing a group of people being so unfriendly, Xu Meili felt somewhat displeased. Unable to resist the crowd's pressure, she had no choice but to arrive at Zhou Xiaoyun's home early in the morning.

  Several of them, including Zhou Qianqian, are now eleven years old, while the youngest, Zhou Xiaoyun, is only nine. A group of half-grown children traveling alone can be quite worrisome, so Zhou Guoqiang specially asked Wu Youde to escort the children on their way.

  Wu Youde drove over with Wu Mei sitting in the car, smiling. Along the way, several people chattered non-stop.

  After sending several children to Hongguang Shopping Mall, Wu Youde and a few others agreed to pick them up in two hours and then went busy.

  Zhou Xiaoyun and a group of people entered the mall, with some saying they wanted to go this way and others that way, unable to come to an agreement.

  Finally, Zhou Xiaoyun mediated: "Let's take a walk and see, if we find something suitable, we'll buy it. Anyway, the mall doesn't allow bargaining. We'll just follow the price of over 30 yuan to buy gifts."

  Everyone agreed, except for Xu Meili, who insisted on going directly to the second floor.

  Wang Jingjing never liked her and rolled her eyes: "Sister, you can go to the second floor by yourself, no one is stopping you."

  Xu Meili couldn't find anyone to support her and had no choice but to reluctantly follow behind the crowd.

  A few kids chattering and quarreling with each other became a bright landscape in the mall, attracting many eyes. Coincidentally, Wang Jingjing and Wu Mei were both loudmouths, talking as if no one was around, making Zhou Xiaoyun wipe her sweat several times, wanting to say that she didn't know them.

  Nothing was gained on the first floor, and then went to the second floor to take a look around.

  When she arrived at the watch counter, Zhou Xiaoyun's gaze was caught by a pair of couple watches.

  Two watches with the same style, men's watch is slightly larger and strap is wider, quite simple and generous. Looking at the price again, it's not expensive, only twenty-four yuan.

  Zhou Xiaoyun and her companions collectively decided to buy it, and even Xu Meili didn't raise any objections. Probably she also figured it out in the past half day that raising opinions would be futile, so fortunately she didn't say anything else.

  It was a joke when I paid again, originally the price tag was for one watch, two watches cost 48!