Chapter 68: Being a Stepmother 36
Han Dalin saw the regret in her eyes and asked her one last time: "Have you really decided to go back home? Do you regret it?"
Han Yue shook his head quickly: "I won't regret it."
Even if she regretted it, she would not tell anyone. Everyone in Haicheng said that her academic performance was poor and that she brought shame to Aunt Ye. She had no choice but to do it. Not only did the teacher say that, but her classmates also said that her family had a doctorate and was a university professor, so she should have better grades than other students.
She was fed up with this kind of life. When she returned to her hometown, no one knew her. Her grades were bad. She wanted to be a poor student. If she couldn't get into college after graduation, she would go to work in a factory. She had already thought about working in a food factory. The work was easy, the benefits were good, and it wouldn't be shameful to be a worker.
Although Han Dalin said that he couldn't control her, he did a lot of things behind the scenes. First, he contacted the best high school in his hometown, then asked Han's father to help find a house. Worried that it was unsafe for the girl to go home alone on weekends, he asked her stepmother and brother to help pick her up.
It can be said that he has made preparations in every aspect he can think of. Only Han Yue can find a way to deal with the things that he cannot consider. If there is something, he can write letters or send telegrams, and he can also make phone calls when there is a telephone installed at home.
It's not that we don't have money to install a telephone, but we're renting a house now. It's not only troublesome to install and then remove it, but we don't know how long we'll have to wait in line. There are too many people with money waiting to install a telephone, and it may take half a year to get one, so we'd better wait until we move in to install it.
Ye Zhiqiu also ran around to buy a house. In fact, the school had allocated houses, but she insisted on buying one, saying that she didn't feel safe living in the school house. Han Dalin didn't know why he felt insecure, but the family's financial power was in Ye Zhiqiu's hands. She said if she wanted to buy a house, she could buy it. After all, there were three children, and buying one house was not enough to share, so she didn't mind buying more.
When Han Yue returned to her hometown, the people she was most reluctant to leave were the twins. In the past, there was a poor student sister who supported them. The teacher thought their grades were pretty good, and they could still play happily after school.
Now that their elder sister is not around, the teachers do not like them very much. They have average grades but still play outside every day. They have to make up for the poor grades in the subject, and stay in class to learn the poor grades slowly. They must learn the poor grades before going home.
The two brothers complained bitterly, but unfortunately Ye Zhiqiu had long disliked the two brothers for being annoying and teasing people all day long, so more homework was a blessing in disguise.
In order to thank the teachers at the school, Ye Zhiqiu specially gave gifts to each teacher. After all, his own child was taking the trouble to get free tutoring from the other party, and as a parent he couldn't just pretend not to know.
Seeing that their mother didn't care, the twins begged Han Dalin for help. But their father was even more cruel and sent them to the army for training. Only when they knew the hardship and fatigue would they cherish the current learning opportunity.
The two brothers wrote a letter to Han's father to complain, but unfortunately distant water could not put out a nearby fire. Han Zhen felt sorry for them and secretly pleaded for them. Only then did Han Dalin take the two brothers home.
I don’t know if the two of them were cured of their laziness by training and running every day in the army, but their skin became much tanned and their bodies looked stronger.
Ye Zhiqiu took a look, praised her a few words and returned to the laboratory. She was either in the laboratory or in the classroom every day. Except for sleeping time, she basically had no time to stay at home.
The twins are used to her being like this. They don't think there's anything wrong with her just going to school with her mom. The mothers of their classmates all have to work. No mother stays at home all day to take care of the children.
Han Dalin was used to Ye Zhiqiu being busier than him. He had given up on advancement and stepped back to work for the sake of his family. One of the couple had to worry about the trivial matters at home. Ye Zhiqiu couldn't step back to work, so it had to be him. Fortunately, he had someone to help him.
Han Zhen is in charge of the housework, so he doesn't have to worry about much. It's a pity that she is old and not as healthy as she was in previous years. She has proposed to return to her hometown to retire.
The other party's children were filial and wanted to take their mother back to reunite with them. He couldn't stop them, so he had to let them go. Before leaving, Ye Zhiqiu also gave a pair of gold bracelets as a gift to thank the other party for taking care of the twins all these years.
Han Zhen didn't expect this unexpected surprise. After returning to her hometown, she praised Ye Zhiqiu as a good person to everyone she met, which saved her reputation. In the past two years, as she appeared in the news, the Ye family jumped out again.
The Ye family has already split up, so other people can't say anything, but Ye Erniu has said many times that Ye Zhiqiu is cruel and doesn't care about his parents and brothers even after he became capable and rich.
These words won the sympathy of many people. Even many people who knew the inside story felt that Ye Zhiqiu was holding a grudge. It was just a small matter and it was over. It was unreasonable for him to live a good life and ignore his parents.
Ye Zhiqiu had no reason to talk to such people. She had never said that she would not care about her parents, but it was not her responsibility to take care of them. She only paid her share. She would give as much as her brothers and sisters gave. She would not give more or less, but she would make up for it.
Ye Erniu was also a ruthless person. When Ye Zhiqiu wanted equality, he asked all his children for money, even Ye Zhidong. After he made a fuss, Ye Zhiqiu said that he would start counting from retirement age. Before that, she would not pay for the pension. After all, he couldn't ask her to support him at such a young age.
Ye Erniu was so angry that he cursed his unfilial daughter at home. Ye Zhidong and others followed suit and said that they would give pension money when they reached retirement age. It would be a matter of time before they could decide whether to give it or not. They were not like Ye Zhiqiu who had a job and could not complain to the company if they were not given money. They were farming at home, so what if they were not given money?
If you want to provide for your old age, that's fine. Just give them a handful of rice. Who needs money for their old age? It's enough to have food to eat and not starve to death.
After asking around, Ye Erniu learned that the law stipulates that one can only ask children for pension money when they reach retirement age, and he suddenly became honest. He was not afraid of offending Ye Zhiqiu, but it would be bad to offend his son too much, as he was afraid that he would not be able to do anything in the future and his son would not care about him.
When you can't move, what's the use of having money? You still need someone to take care of you. Huang Lamei is old and has difficulty in moving. What she lacks is someone to take care of her food and drink. Unfortunately, her four sons push each other and none of them takes the initiative to take her home to take care of her.
Her eldest son, whom she cared about the most, said directly that there was no place to stay in the city and that he could not refuse. He could provide money but could not expect her to do the work because he had to go to work every day and had no time to go back to the village to take care of her.
Ye Erniu is willing to take care of the children, but he is old and has no say in the family. The one who is in charge is his grandson. His grandson said that the four families will take turns, and his uncle will take care of the children for a year before it is their turn.
Ye Sannian and Ye Sien had the same idea as their nephew. It was not their turn to be taken care of. The eldest brother went first, and they were followed by their elder brother.
The brothers almost came to a fight over the issue of elderly care. In the end, Ye Daniu paid a high price to subsidize the other three families before they agreed to be responsible for Huang Lamei's elderly care in the future.