It might also be that Xiaoxiao didn’t want her two kids to become left-behind children, right?
She had grown up by her parents’ side since she was little and only left them after she became an adult.
"Since you’re not locals, it’s difficult to enroll in school, and you’ve just moved to the Capital City, a place unfamiliar to you, arranging for Da Bao to enter elementary school might not be easy," Second Brother Yun wasn’t just speaking without cause.
Because of the state-run restaurant, a waiter’s cousin returned to the city, bringing his wife and child with him, but enrolling the child in school required pulling many strings.
"Once we enroll, our household registration will be at the school, and the two children can follow their mother’s registration to study."
Second Brother Yun wasn’t a college graduate and didn’t know about these matters.
"But they’ll need to take an entrance exam."
"Right, I’ll just need to tutor them a bit more."
Second Brother Yun craned his neck to look at the writing of the two brothers. Although they wrote slowly, their handwriting was good.
Better than his, even.
Little did he know, this was the result of Xiaoxiao supervising them practicing a large character every day for nearly a year.
"I’ll set some arithmetic addition and subtraction for you, try doing some."
No, your Da Bao isn’t even seven years old yet.
You’re having him do addition and subtraction?
The first to arrive was Eldest Sister Yun and her family of five.
Upon entering the house, they saw four new people in their maternal home.
Xiaoxiao looked up and glanced at the men and women who entered, along with the three children.
"Hello, Eldest sister; hello, Brother-in-law."
"Da Bao, call them, this is your Aunt and Uncle..."
Both Da Bao and Xiao Bao immediately called out.
Eldest Sister Yun looked at Xiaoxiao first; despite the many years Xiaoxiao had spent in the countryside, she was still youthful like a flower, her face seemed more composed than before. If it were earlier, she would have hurriedly pestered about what snacks they bought for her.
"Call them, these are your Aunt..."
"Eldest sister, Brother-in-law..." Zhao Tianlei also nodded his head and greeted the couple.
"Are they doing their homework here?"
"Eldest sister, you don’t know, Da Bao does addition and subtraction so quickly, unlike my eldest who has to count on her fingers, and when she runs out of fingers she complains, asking why didn’t we give her more fingers."
This instantly made the adults in the room laugh.
Xiaoxiao gathered the books from the table and let them play.
"Yaya, you take your two brothers out to play."
Yaya still often visited Grandma and Grandpa’s house and was quite familiar with the neighborhood, plus she was the same age as Eldest Brother Yun’s eldest.
As soon as the kids left, the living room quieted down for a moment.
"You’re not planning on leaving again this time, are you?"
Eldest Sister Yun thought her little sister had returned to inherit their mother’s job.
"We can’t, we’re going to attend university in the Capital City."
Both Eldest Sister Yun and Brother-in-law Yun were startled.
Grinning, Second Brother Yun chimed in, "Eldest sister, Brother-in-law, did you not know? Little sister got admitted to Tsing University in the Capital City, and she’s even the provincial top scholar! Brother-in-law has been admitted to the Capital City University of Technology; school is starting soon, and they’re going to attend university in the Capital City."
These two pieces of news immediately stunned Eldest Sister Yun and her husband.
Both got into university?
One to Tsing University and the other to University of Science and Technology?
Both are good schools.
Eldest Sister Yun had actually wanted to take the college entrance exam as well.
But she had already married, and by the time higher education resumed, she was nearly twenty-eight. If she studied for another four years, she’d be in her thirties by graduation, so she had to abandon that idea.