Chapter 63: Being a Stepmother 31
Han Dalin received Ye Zhiqiu's letter, but he couldn't say anything about his bitterness. He married a college student and was envied by everyone over the years. He could only swallow his bitterness.
He is not young anymore, and he also wants to live a life with a wife and children, but he doesn't know when he can achieve this goal. His family urged him to take the child out as soon as possible, but he thought, who would take care of the child if he took him out to school? It would be better to leave the child in his hometown for school first.
In order to appease Han's father, he had to send more money home, hoping that his family would not mistreat the child for the sake of money. However, Ye Zhiqiu has been making progress, so should he also work hard? Otherwise, it would be so embarrassing if he went out and was told that he was not worthy of her.
In order not to embarrass himself, Han Dalin picked up the textbooks he hadn't read for many years and tried hard to get closer to Ye Zhiqiu.
Ye Zhiqiu was very happy when he knew about it, and in order to encourage him to study, he bought a lot of study materials and sent them back, hoping that he could also be admitted to a military academy, even if it was just a short-term training course.
The couple is studying hard, but Han Yue is having fun at home. Before, someone was watching her, and she knew to study hard. Now she lets Han's father take care of the child, as long as the child is not hungry or cold.
What does it matter if you are not good at studying? Girls will get married sooner or later and belong to someone else's family. No matter how good your grades are, they will be cheap to someone else. No one cares. Han Yue's grades are getting worse and worse. The teacher's home visit is useless. Han's father still has the same attitude.
The children in the village are just not destined to go to college. Look at the college entrance examination results in recent years. Except for one person who was admitted to a technical secondary school in the second year, the results were zero every year thereafter.
The little girl who passed the high school entrance examination said that it was all thanks to Ye Zhiqiu for giving them extra lessons and the books he gave them at the end, which was a great help. However, Han Xiaoqin, who came from the village chief's family, spent a lot of money to go to the county for extra lessons, but still failed in the end.
She also insisted on taking the exam, but her eight brothers and sisters-in-law opposed her and she had to return to the village to farm. The village chief was also afraid that she would get into trouble, so he married her off as quickly as possible, and the wedding banquet was held in the summer, which shows how urgent the matter was.
Han Yue thought it would be best if she didn't go to school, but she didn't dare not go, and her father didn't dare to let her drop out of school. The eldest son had warned him in a letter and had given him enough money. If he really didn't let his granddaughter go to school, he was afraid that the youngest son would be beaten in the end.
When Han Dalin went back to his hometown to pick up Han Yue, he found that the good little girl had almost turned into a wild boy. She went up the mountain to pick wild fruits and went to the river to catch fish with a group of boys all day long. She even walked the dog and had fights from time to time. She was no longer the well-behaved and lovely girl she used to be.
"Han Yue, come here quickly. Look at you, you're tanned like a black charcoal. Your Aunt Ye won't be able to recognize you." Han Dalin was worried that Ye Zhiqiu would be angry when she saw the child become like this.
Han's father was unhappy and scolded: "Why are you unhappy? I took care of your child and made a mistake! Get out of here, get away from me, and don't look for me if you have any problems in the future."
Han Yue watched Han Dalin being scolded, and secretly laughed beside him. Humph! She still remembered that Ye Zhiqiu had left her to go to Haicheng to study. He left her alone at home. They were not good people. It was better that they were unhappy. She hoped that they would all be unhappy.
Han Dalin didn't know that his daughter had planned to play against them. He came back this time to pick up Han Yue and go to Haicheng. He received an admission letter from the military academy, which was not far from Haicheng.
After discussing with Ye Zhiqiu, he decided to rent a house in Haicheng and let Han Yue transfer to Haicheng to study. She was not young anymore, so she didn't need to be picked up and dropped off at school, and she could eat in the cafeteria.
Ye Zhiqiu attends classes during the day and can go home at night. He goes home once a week, which ends their separation life. The family of three finally no longer has to be separated by three cities.
He arranged it very well, but he never asked Han Yue's opinion, and just informed her in an imperative tone. The little girl was immediately unhappy, but unfortunately she was too small and powerless to be unhappy, so it was useless, and she was still packed and taken on the train.
He was very reluctant before getting on the train, but after getting on and waiting for the train to start, he became a different person, twisting around excitedly, curious about everything, and asking why for everything.
Han Dalin was so annoyed by the noise that he had to coax her: "I don't know either. When we get to Haicheng, ask Aunt Ye. She's a college student and knows everything."
I would rather die than have a friend die. He really didn’t know how to answer these strange questions, so he decided to leave it to Ye Zhiqiu.
As early as a month ago, Ye Zhiqiu started looking for a house, but unfortunately the public housing rented by the Housing Management Office was of average quality, and he didn't know where to rent a house from private hands. In the end, he asked the teacher for help and found a better tube-shaped building near the school.
It had one bedroom and one living room, no separate kitchen, but there was a toilet on each floor, saving her the pain of emptying the toilet every day. This was the best house she could find within her means, and a small western-style house was only a dream.
Not to mention there isn't one, even if there is, it's far away from the school, there's no subway, no private car, and even few buses. She can't ride a bicycle for more than ten kilometers every day.
She is not afraid of cycling, but the problem is that it is a bit annoying when it is windy and rainy, so she decided not to bother herself. Living closer saves time, and if she wants to live in a small house, she will buy one when the policy is relaxed.
Now she has used all her money to buy treasury bonds, so she has no money to buy a house. She can wait a few years. It is not too late to buy a house before the housing price rises rapidly.
She didn't make any changes to the rented room. She just made the bed and packed her luggage, and it was fine as long as it was habitable. She had lived in the school's eight-person dormitory, so what was there to be picky about in a private room?
Han Dalin took the address given by Ye Zhiqiu and asked Han Yue for directions along the way, and finally found the place. Along the way, many people suspected that he was not the biological father of the child. He never wanted to take the child out again. It was too tiring.
Ye Zhiqiu praised Han Yue for her good work in her heart. It was a good thing to be tired, so that she would not think that she was relaxed in the future. She had never thought of bringing Han Yue to school before. After all, sometimes she was busy with experiments and might not be able to go home on time.
What Han Dalin said was that a child this age doesn't need adults to take care of him. When he was this age, he could work in the fields alone. Okay, since he thinks it's okay, he might as well give it a try.
Just taking the children on a train is tiring enough. I will have to take them with me more often on weekends in the future until I get used to it and don’t feel tired anymore.
Han Yue looked around curiously at everything in the room, including Ye Zhiqiu. She couldn't believe that this was still Aunt Ye after not seeing her for several years. Aunt Ye had become younger and prettier, and her dress was also pretty. She also wanted a beautiful floral dress.
"Let's eat first, and then take a rest before going to complete the admission procedures." Ye Zhiqiu didn't know that Han Yue had his eyes on her skirt. She brought out the food she got from the cafeteria and asked the father and daughter to wash their hands and eat.
She would not take the initiative to cook in the canteen, and she had to eat even if it was not tasty. She was very busy, and she would rush back at noon, and continue to do experiments in the afternoon. If the results were good, it would be fine, but if not, she might have to sleep in the laboratory.