Chapter 24 Actually, my ex-husband and I were...

Grandpa Chen knows a few words and can do simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

A group of educated youth came to their Qingshui Village more than ten years ago, and the primary school in their village was actually first built by that group of educated youth.

At that time, those people not only taught many children in the village, but also opened literacy classes in the village in accordance with national policies.

At that time, there were very few people participating in literacy classes, and especially few middle-aged people.

But Chen Aiguo, then in his thirties, brazenly joined. This gave him a bit more experience and knowledge than the others, and also laid a foundation for his own livestock business. At least from that point on, he knew how to calculate, and wouldn't be ripped off when buying and selling outside.

Even now, he is good at accounting for the sesame seed cake business at Chen's sesame seed cake shop, and he gives change to people very quickly and accurately.

Anyway, ever since their shop opened, Chen Pan quickly started to busy himself with his transfer to another school, and the shop was completely handed over to his grandparents.

It would be totally impossible to run such a newly opened shop if it were handed over to the illiterate Grandma Chen.

So there was no other way, and in the end Chen Aiguo had to grit his teeth and hand over his family’s household registration book and all his family’s documents to Chen Pan.

Then Chen Pan took her father's death certificate, her bravery award, her household registration booklet, and her family's newly issued business license and went to No. 6 Middle School to see the principal and the admissions office.

For someone who is not familiar with No. 6 Middle School, it is particularly difficult to find these people at first.

At least when Chen Pan went there, the security guard at the door had no idea whether their principal Li had arrived at school.

The security guard said, "Our school requires us and the teachers to come early for the start of the semester training, but I don't know if the principal has come yet."

Security guard number two said, "Yes, and even if the principal came early, he can't stay in his office the whole time!"

"Where are the principal's office and admissions office here? I'm here to transfer. Can I wait outside his office?"

This is one of the difficulties of handling the procedures by yourself. Some people are particularly shy and cannot even ask others when they can't find anyone.

After you have finally found the right place with great difficulty, if the person you are looking for is not there, you may have to wait for a long time or look for him or her for a long time.

Sometimes, you may have to go back and forth several times to find the other party for a procedure that you are not sure will be successful. When you find the other party, you may have to come back again because your documents are incomplete, or the person or seal responsible for handling the matter is not available.

Anyway, when Chen Pan was going through her transfer procedures, she went to see the principal twice before she actually met Principal Li, who was in a hurry.

But fortunately, she had all the necessary documents.

Her status as an orphan, the fact that her current guardian does run a shop in Liuping, and her identity as a villager of Qingshui Village all make her meet the admission requirements of Liuping No. 6 Middle School.

So the gray-haired old principal, after looking at her information and her transfer application, signed her transfer application without any difficulty.

"Take this to the Admissions Office on the third floor of our school's teaching building. The admissions teacher there will issue you a transfer consent form. Take that form to your school, and they'll issue you a transfer consent form. Then, take those documents back to the teacher who issued the consent form. Once she has all the information, she can process your admission. From there, you'll pay tuition and study as usual, and wait for class placement at the start of the semester. I'm not sure where your previous school posted the class placement information, but ours is posted on the red bulletin board at the main entrance of the teaching building."

These days, Chen Pan has been handling a lot of procedures for her shop.

In order to find the principal in front of him and know the specific transfer application procedures of No. 6 Middle School, Chen Pan went to many places and asked many people.

But to be honest, this person was the only one who explained everything to Chen Pan in detail.

While speaking, he even tore off a piece of white paper and wrote down the general process to Chen Pan.

"Thank you, Principal Li. I understand. I'll go to the admissions office now. Thank you!"

Chen Pan was a person who was particularly sensitive to both the kindness and malice of others. She had known since she was a child that her great-grandfather and great-grandmother were somewhat cold towards her, and even disliked her. Although her second grandfather was a sharp-tongued person and her second grandmother didn't talk much in private, Chen Pan had always known that they were particularly happy every time she visited them.

When she grew up, Chen Pan knew from a short while that her best friend, who co-founded Sisters Malatang, was someone she could trust. Even when she first went to the hospital and was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer, she could tell from Dr. Qin's masked face as he repeatedly reviewed her test results that Chen Pan immediately detected a deep sense of regret and sympathy. Later, Chen Pan was also very aware of the special attention he showed her.

Even now, even though the old principal did not say anything extra, Chen Pan could feel the deep care and kindness.

So when talking to the other party at this moment, Chen Pan was also very serious and polite.

"Good boy, hurry over. If you have any difficulties in life, you can come to me again."

Faced with a fourteen-year-old child who came to complete the transfer procedures by himself with his father's death certificate and all the family information, the gray-haired old principal had to be gentle and patient.

Patting the other person on the head gently, the old principal pointed to the slowly setting sun outside, signaling the other person to hurry up and hold on.

When he left the other person's office, Chen Pan subconsciously raised his hand again and touched the place where he had just been touched by the other person.

I don’t know why, but Chen Pan will remember this scene clearly in his mind.

When she was in elementary school, she was late for school one time. As she was anxiously running to school, the principal of her elementary school at that time suddenly picked her up, held her in his armpits, and ran to school as fast as he could.

When she was in junior high school, there was a female intern teacher in her school who liked her very much. Every time she finished her exam, she would hold her paper and praise her very seriously, saying that she was the best student and the most well-behaved person she had ever taught.

There was also the time in her previous life when she returned to high school and was inexplicably isolated. One time, on her way home, she deliberately cried in the rain. Then, out of nowhere, a military green police car appeared and personally took her home.

Anyway, because he was treated gently by the other party and his forehead was touched, Chen Pan was in a particularly good mood afterwards.

She completed the subsequent procedures at No. 6 Middle School very quickly. On the same day, she took the transfer permit issued by No. 6 Middle School and quickly went to her previous junior high school the next day.

It took Chen Pan 40 minutes to take a bus from Liuping to her previous school, and then another 20 minutes to walk.

But because she was familiar with her previous school, she completed the procedures quickly this time.

She had legitimate reasons for transferring schools, although when Chen Pan went to ask her homeroom teacher to sign, the teacher seemed a little unhappy.

But in the end, no matter whether it was the homeroom teacher, the dean of studies, or the principal, no one gave her a hard time and happily allowed her to transfer schools.

Her former homeroom teacher even told her that she should study hard even when she got to No. 6 Middle School.

In short, using the last two days of that month, Chen Pan miraculously completed all the transfer procedures.

On the first day of school in March, she successfully reported to Liuping No. 6 Middle School.

March 1st of that year happened to be a weekend, so their first day of school was registration and cleaning.

Number two is responsible for distributing textbooks and holding class meetings.

The situation at No. 6 Middle School is somewhat special, as there are students transferring in or out almost every semester.

When Chen Pan learned that there were three transfer students in the third grade class he was assigned to this year, his slightly anxious mood quickly calmed down.

Of course, because of her status as a transfer student, she quickly became familiar with the two transfer students in her class.

"Panpan, how do you feel about going to school today?"

After No. 2 got the textbook and attended the class meeting, Chen Pan came back early with a stack of books.

As a result, just when she walked to the door of her own shop, Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen who were busy inside had not noticed her yet, and Chen Pan was stopped again by Aunt Qin who happened to be going out.

"It's good. There are two new students in our class. Our homeroom teacher put me at the same table with one of the girls, so I can be considered the first one to talk to."

Although Chen Pan himself is not a particularly cheerful person, the other party is Qin Yang's mother and the landlord of their shop, and he knows what might happen to the other party in the future.

So after putting the things in his hand on the blue plastic stool specially prepared for customers at the entrance of their store, Chen Pan started chatting with the other party with great patience.

"That's good. Your grandfather and I were worried today that you wouldn't be used to it there."

"Yes, there are one or two newcomers here, so you'll have company."

Grandpa Chen and Grandma Chen, who were carrying flour inside, said something to Chen Pan at the same time after they noticed her outside.

Then the two people who were busy kneading the dough again poured flour into the large basin with force.

"It's really good. Alas, it's a pity that my Yangyang was delayed by me, otherwise he might have been in college now."

Looking carefully at the books in Chen Pan's hands and the bulging army green backpack slung across her body, Qin Guihua, who had come out specifically to see Chen Pan coming back, couldn't help but sigh deeply.

"What's going on here? I've always been curious why you didn't let your child continue his studies, given your circumstances. Even if he didn't do well on the first test, you could have him repeat it a second time. Even if he truly isn't gifted at studying, a high school diploma would still allow him to find a good job. Why did you just let him stay home?"

People nowadays actually have no sense of boundaries, or rather, the relationships between people are still very simple and intimate. At this moment, while adding alkali flour to the flour, Grandma Chen, who had known Qin Guihua for less than a month, casually asked something that Chen Pan had always been curious about but was too embarrassed to ask.

Qin Guihua, who had also only known them for twenty days, was not at all shy. She pulled out a small stool with a backrest from her shop, sat down quickly, and then started talking directly.

"Actually, my ex-husband and I divorced at the end of July last year. Before the divorce, I used my connections to change Yangyang's age. Yangyang skipped grades in elementary and junior high school, so changing his age was just right. After changing his age, I registered all of our houses, land, and our house in the city under Yangyang's name. Now that Yangyang has become an adult, there's no need to worry about guardianship anymore. I transferred everything in the family to Yangyang's name, so my cheating husband naturally got nothing.

Anyway, because of a financial matter, my ex-husband suddenly went insane. To get back at us, he hit Yangyang with his car on the day he was taking the college entrance exam. This incident caused quite a stir in our neighborhood; many of Yangyang's teachers and classmates witnessed his father driving a car into him. Anyway, because of this incident, Yangyang didn't successfully take the college entrance exam last year. Furthermore, he didn't even attend his class's graduation ceremony.

Alas, it's all our fault. My son Yangyang used to be a good student and a very cheerful and lively person. He once said he wanted to be a doctor. But because of what happened between me and his father, he became more and more silent. It's March now, and I'm actually thinking about September and how I should successfully persuade him to repeat his grade. Anyway, seeing your son Panpan like this, I feel very sad and unwilling to accept it.

As she spoke, the woman in her thirties, who liked to wear red clothes, always had a loud voice, and was always enthusiastic and cheerful, covered her eyes and slowly choked up.

"well!"

Grandma Chen, who had wanted to continue making dough, sighed softly. Then she wiped her arms, came out, hugged the other person's head and patted her shoulder slowly: "Don't cry, girl, everything will be over. You have done very well. You have successfully saved everything for your family. Your family is so well-off, and your son is so young. Your good days are still ahead. Don't worry, the next time we see Yangyang, we will definitely help you persuade him. I believe that in September, he will definitely go back to school and repeat his studies."