"I don’t have a fan ticket, I didn’t buy a fan."
Zhao Tianlei had not expected his wife to have already done so much; he feared that she might have spent all the money she had. If they sourced materials to make furniture themselves, it would be a lot cheaper, but to buy it outright, who knows how much more expensive that would be.
"Wait a bit and I will go have a look... I will also buy some firewood."
They couldn’t keep eating out either.
For now, they would have to dip into their savings. After selling their house, there wasn’t much money left in his hands.
"Okay," Yun Xiaoxiao continued cleaning, wiping down all the furniture and opening the windows to air out the odor.
She should spray something for the formaldehyde, the kind without scent.
When Zhao Tianlei came back again, he brought back a fan and carried a bag of firewood.
"I’m going to get coal..."
Honeycomb coal, all homemade. He hadn’t seen any ready-made, he would have to go check later.
By the time he came back again, Yun Xiaoxiao had taken a moment to freshen up with a bit of water and tidy herself up.
"I’m going to pick up Xiao Bao and Da Bao, I’m going out on the bike," she said.
The bike was somewhat large, but it was easier to ride than others from this era.
At the kindergarten, many kids had already been picked up by their parents.
Xiao Bao ran toward Yun Xiaoxiao with his school bag on his back.
"Xiao Bao’s mother, where did you buy his school bag? Several kids’ mothers asked about it," one of the parents inquired.
"It was a gift from his uncle. I’m not sure where he got it."
She let Xiao Bao sit on the back seat of the bike, holding on to her tightly as she headed toward the primary school.
"How was your day at school?"
"There’s a slide, really fun, and the teacher played games with us..."
"What did you have for lunch?"
"A bun, an egg, and some vegetables..."
"Did you have enough to eat?"
The buns at the kindergarten, they couldn’t be that big, could they?
"I was full, there was also soup..."
Yun Xiaoxiao wasn’t sure about the food quality at kindergartens in this era.
But she knew that when she attended kindergarten, the meals were quite good.
"Did you make any friends?"
"Mm, Mommy, is my speech hard to understand?"
Yun Xiaoxiao quickly realized what was being implied. Did they think Xiao Bao had an accent?
Was he being discriminated against?
"They can understand. You can tell them you can count and even do addition and subtraction..."
Xiao Bao’s eyes lit up instantly. "Right, I’ll tell them tomorrow. Who says I’m an outsider?"
People often say that children are like blank slates, upon which adults write and educate.
"You can ask them if their parents are also university graduates?"
She couldn’t let Xiao Bao feel inferior.
He was being ostracized at school.
She also had to speak with his teacher in the morning.
The teacher and principal who greeted her seemed quite decent people.
Da Bao was adjusting even better than Xiao Bao.
Although he joined classes late, his clothes and school bag made him stand out as someone special, and he brought candy, winning over his classmates instantly.
Some asked about his school bag.
Some asked about his pencil case.
Some even asked about his water bottle.
Even his lunch box seemed different from theirs.
Being a latecomer to the school didn’t distance him from the other students.
The homeroom teacher took Da Bao into the classroom.
He was also the youngest in the class.
He was supposed to be almost seven years old to attend this grade.
But Da Bao was still short a few months.