Witty Wife, Better Life
Chapter 366 - 356

Chapter 366: 356

During this period, the entire country was facing a shortage of supplies, which made Remittance Coupons a special currency of the time that encompassed Food Coupons, Cloth Coupons, Cotton Coupons, non-staple food purchase coupons, and industrial product purchase coupons.

Not everyone could obtain Remittance Coupons; one must have relatives overseas. Only after receiving foreign currency from family abroad or in Hong Kong and Macau and exchanging it for RMB at the official rate could one also receive varying amounts of Remittance Coupons.

Shen Yunfang, after her arrival, had inquired about this extensively and learned that Remittance Coupons would once again take center stage in history.

That is to say, this year, the Chinese Shopping Mall on Beijing Road would be reopening, and it would sell goods that, for the current times, were highly sought after.

If Joseph were to send her money, she would also be able to get the corresponding Remittance Coupons. By then, she could buy whatever she wanted.

Li Hongjun saw his wife smiling foolishly, knowing she must be mesmerized by money again, so he didn’t disturb her and escorted her home.

By the time Shen Yunfang came back to her senses, the two of them were already sitting on the bus.

"Where are we going?" Shen Yunfang asked somewhat blankly.

"Home. Or did you want to go somewhere else?" Li Hongjun sat upright in his seat, maintaining distance even as a couple outside.

"Oh, home, right, home. I need to quickly work out the remaining twenty-six stratagems," Shen Yunfang calculated in her mind. One book for two hundred thirty US dollars, then twenty-six books would be five thousand nine hundred eighty US dollars.

Thinking about how she had labored in the mountains for two years to finally sell for just over ten thousand RMB, now just by writing a few words and drawing a few strokes she could earn so much. Indeed, with knowledge and culture, the path to wealth shines bright.

Shen Yunfang’s schedule became even busier after that. In addition to keeping up with her major courses, she wanted to complete the rest of those albums during the less than a month before vacation because Joseph said he would stay in China until mid-July. Shen Yunfang intended to hand over the rest of the manuscript to him in person; thus, she was a bit pressed for time.

That day, after the professional course finished in the afternoon, Shen Yunfang swiftly packed her books and put them in her backpack, ready to go home. But before she could stand up, she was stopped by the class leader Xu Guoqiang.

Shen Yunfang looked at him with a questioning gaze in her eyes. Although she was the assistant class leader, due to her family’s special circumstances, all of the class work for the semester was handled by Xu Guoqiang, the class leader; her assistance was nominal since her family knew she was essentially hands-off. Now with Xu Guoqiang stopping her, could he be assigning tasks to her? Oh no, this was not good; she was really busy recently, and if there were additional tasks, her original plans definitely could not be completed on time.

With this thought, her brows furrowed and her gaze toward Xu Guoqiang sharpened.

And Xu Guoqiang, who stopped her, was confused by Shen Yunfang’s sudden change in demeanor. What was going on?

"Class monitor, is there something you need?" Shen Yunfang didn’t want to waste time, and seeing that Xu Guoqiang didn’t seem ready to speak, she took the initiative to ask.

"Oh, it’s like this. The classmates know your English is quite good. Many in our class really want to learn English. Although our major doesn’t require English, you know how eager our classmates are for knowledge. So everyone asked me to come and inquire if you have time to teach us. It won’t take up too much of your time, just one hour every day would be fine," Xu Guoqiang said somewhat sheepishly. He knew this would take up Shen Yunfang’s time, but the classmates’ desire was very strong, and as the class monitor, he had been nominated to talk to Shen Yunfang about this matter. Of course, he himself also harbored this desire to learn. Studying their major didn’t require English, and they didn’t have this subject, but the awareness of a crisis was strong, and they were even famished for knowledge—seeing something they could learn but didn’t know, they were eager to study it.

Shen Yunfang frowned even more upon hearing this. An hour a day? That was already a significant intrusion on her time. In fact, deep down she was a self-centered person, not someone with the spirit of sacrifice seen in many others nowadays. No, that’s not right—she wasn’t without a spirit of sacrifice, but if she were to give, it would definitely be to her own family of four. She really didn’t have such lofty sentiments towards anyone else.

However, Shen Yunfang wasn’t foolish; she knew that outright refusal would not be good for her. Aside from the issue of class relations, if any unflattering rumors spread later, it would be unacceptable to her. She still cared very much about her reputation.

Seeing Shen Yunfang’s silence and increasingly furrowed brow, Xu Guoqiang realized he was truly imposing on her. After all, when school had just started, Shen Yunfang couldn’t attend evening self-study because she had to look after her family and children. Now asking her to carve out an hour a day to teach classmates English was indeed asking too much of her.

"Haha, if it’s too much trouble, then never mind," Xu Guoqiang said, smacking his dry lips.

Shen Yunfang’s expression softened, and she breathed a sigh of relief inside. If they gave up on their own, it would be best.

"However, all of our classmates still hope you can agree. If you have any difficulties, you can bring them up, and we’ll solve them together," Xu Guoqiang said, gasping for breath as he spoke again.

Shen Yunfang was at a loss for words. Seeing how determined the class monitor was and glancing at her watch, she realized they had already wasted quite a bit of time.

"Class monitor, this matter is indeed difficult for me."

"Tell me what the difficulty is, and we’ll think of a solution together. Maybe we can help you resolve it, and then you’ll be able to teach everyone English. Wouldn’t that make everyone happy?" Xu Guoqiang was capable of comforting himself.

How could he solve problems that even a whole family couldn’t resolve just by talking about them?

Shen Yunfang organized her thoughts and said, "Since the class monitor has spoken, I’ll speak frankly. You probably know that at the start of the semester, I applied not to stay on campus or attend evening self-study. It’s because I’m married, and at home I have two children with no one to look after them. My husband is a soldier and can’t help at all, so I have to take care of the kids myself..."

"That shouldn’t be a big problem. I remember you mentioned this at our first class meeting. You said if there was really no other option, you would bring the children to class, remember? If you feel that teaching us English would mean there’s no one at home to look after the children, you could bring the kids to school, and we would help you watch them," Xu Guoqiang was quick to think. In his heart, however, he was anxious—unsure of the ages of Shen Yunfang’s two children, he wondered if they would create chaos in the classroom. He was married too and already had three children, but with a wife from the countryside to take care of them, he didn’t have to worry.