Their mother had been admitted to Tsing University, and the child would have no problem passing the entrance exam.
At first, he was a bit annoyed, wondering how this female comrade could just barge into his office with her child.
Now looking again, what a good seedling this was! Wasn’t this just a lucky break?
"The entrance exam is considered passed," he said.
"Principal, assign him to my class, assign him to me," Teacher Peng pleaded.
The principal glanced at Teacher Peng, "Okay, assigned to your class."
Da Bao looked at them. Did he pass?
Could he attend school?
Teacher Peng picked up a language test and started going through it, calling Da Bao over to ask why he hadn’t answered this question.
"I haven’t learned Pinyin yet," he replied.
This response almost made the standing principal stumble.
So he did not know which Pinyin was correct.
This answer made Teacher Peng’s mouth twitch.
"But you recognize many characters?" she asked.
"I looked them up in the dictionary," he responded.
He knew how to use a dictionary?
"I’ll take you to the classroom to have a look. You must come to class tomorrow; school started a few days ago," Teacher Peng said.
"Okay, Teacher," he agreed.
Yun Xiaoxiao was still nodding with Da Bao.
After seeing them off, the principal took them to register and pay the fees.
"Is this household registration certificate okay?" she asked.
The principal saw that she was all prepared.
The tuition was not expensive, and they even received textbooks.
Yun Xiaoxiao then took them to a nearby kindergarten, also called kindergarten.
The registration was quicker, but the tuition was more expensive than Da Bao’s and included a meal.
After registering all three of them, Yun Xiaoxiao led them back to the guesthouse.
Zhao Tianlei had not yet returned, and Yun Xiaoxiao intentionally told them not to go out while she went to buy backpacks for them.
"Mom, without Cloth Tickets, we can only try our luck at the small market. Unless it is Dad or me calling, you shouldn’t open the door, okay?"
Yun Xiaoxiao left with her handbag.
She not only bought them ’Serve the People’ dual-shoulder Lei Feng canvas backpacks with five-point stars, one for each brother.
She also bought pencils, notebooks, a pencil box for each, pencil sharpeners, a small enamel cup for drinking water, and a lunch box with chopsticks and a spoon.
She was not biased; both brothers got the same.
When she brought these items back to the guesthouse, the two little ones were especially excited.
"Mom, this backpack looks really good," they exclaimed.
"This is your drinking water enamel cup, and I’ll find a string to tie it up here," she said.
The pencil boxes also looked nice.
When Zhao Tianlei returned, he saw the three of them admiring their new backpacks and stationery.
"Did you register?" he asked.
Yun Xiaoxiao nodded, "All three of us have registered, only you have not yet.
Everyone has registered?
Both little ones are registered as well?
"If my guess about the primary school is correct, it requires an entrance exam. Da Bao passed, and for Xiao Bao, it’s even easier. Just paying the fee is enough for enrollment. His school includes a meal. As for Da Bao, he will obviously eat at the cafeteria. I’ve also asked the principal. Although Da Bao is not a local and doesn’t have food subsidies, the cafeteria meals are now a bit more open, so he can buy meals there without Food Tickets, though it will be a bit more expensive," she explained.
Zhao Tianlei then shared his own results from running around all afternoon.
"I visited several places and finally settled on one Courtyard House, which was taken back from an old professor. But his descendant’s employer had distributed housing, finding this house too old for their taste, and decided to sell it to fund his son’s marriage to his wife."
"It is a bit old. Before it was taken back, it must have been rented out, several families renting it together. However, the house can be simply tidied up, and it’s not bad. It’s very close to your school," he explained.