Chapter 352 I hope you can stay
Old Master Lu nodded seriously. Although he had severed ties with Lu Yizhi and Lu Tianyou, he still wanted to acknowledge Yaya as his great-granddaughter.
Of course, the Yaya he adopted was just his, Lu Rulin's, great-granddaughter, and had nothing to do with Lu Huaiyi and Lu Tianyou.
"You all saw that the descendants of my Lu family, Lu Huaiyi and Lu Tianyou, are nothing, and that girl Lu Sisi is almost the same as them. Our Lu family's century-old family tradition was cut off in their generation."
"I think Yaya is a little timid and shy, but with a kind-hearted and strong-willed mother like you, Comrade Xiaobai, her character will definitely improve in the future."
"So, I want to recognize Yaya, and I hope you can take her to stay with us, to inherit our Lu family's century-old family tradition and this house left by our ancestors."
"This way, our Lu family will have successors." Old Master Lu sighed.
He originally planned to donate this house and all his inheritance after he passed away.
But now he has a great-granddaughter, so it is natural for the great-granddaughter to inherit.
Although he had severed ties with Lu Tianyou, it was the Lu family who had wronged Comrade Xiaobai, and he wanted to make amends.
Bai Chunhua bit her lip in distress. Principal Lu was her elder, and she shouldn't refuse an elder.
But she really didn't want to stay here with Yaya. She just wanted to go home and be with her dearest and most beloved family.
Yu Hui looked at Bai Chunhua and said, "Sister Chunhua, what are you worried about? Of course you should agree to stay."
"If nothing else, just for Yaya, so that she can have a better life, receive a better education, and get into college in the future, you should agree to stay."
Bai Chunhua whispered, "We also have schools in the countryside. If Yaya studies in the countryside, I can also let her go to university."
"Sister Chunhua, you can go to school in the countryside, but are the educational resources there the same as in the city? There's no comparison. The teachers in the countryside are very good and responsible, but most of them are substitute teachers who haven't even attended college themselves."
"But in the city, not only are the schools large and well-equipped, but the teachers are all graduates of reputable normal schools. The teaching environment and quality are countless times better than in the countryside."
"If you don't look at anything else, just look at how many college students are produced in the countryside each year and how many college students are produced in the city each year."
Old Master Lu looked at Yu Hui in surprise. He didn't expect that she knew so much. It turned out to be the right decision to let her persuade Comrade Xiaobai.
He began, "Last year, out of 500 students from Yucheng No. 1 High School who took the college entrance exam, 100 were admitted to universities. There's more than just one high school in Yucheng; there are six in total."
Of course, no other school has as many students admitted to universities as Yucheng No. 1 Middle School.
Bai Chunhua blinked. Last year, two high school students from their village went to the county town to take the college entrance examination, but neither of them passed. Her father said that there seemed to be less than 20 people who passed the college entrance examination in the entire county.
Moreover, there is only one high school in their county, so the gap seems to be quite large when compared.
"How many people passed the exam in your county last year?" Yu Hui asked Bai Chunhua.
The latter whispered, "About twenty."
"In a county town, only 20 students were admitted to university, while in a high school in Yucheng, the number of students who were admitted to university was five times that of a county town."
"Are students from county towns and rural areas not working hard enough? Or are they just not as smart as people in the city?"
Yu Hui looked at Bai Chunhua and asked, but before she could answer, she answered herself: "Neither of them, it's the gap in educational resources."
Bai Chunhua picked at her nails, feeling even more conflicted.
"Sister Chunhua, you know I'm just a country girl. I became a city dweller because I married Brother Gu. I love the hometown where I was born and raised, but if I had to choose between staying in the countryside or in the city, I would still choose to stay in the city."
"Because the city's environment, living conditions, educational resources, medical resources, and future development are all better than staying in the countryside. If for nothing else, then for the sake of my descendants, I will stay in the city."
"For the sake of you and Yaya, I sincerely hope you can stay."
"To be frank, if you take the money and return to the countryside with Yaya, you won't have to worry about money for Yaya's education anymore. But how much gossip and rumors will you and Yaya hear in the countryside? How much damage will that do to Yaya's young heart?"
Hearing this, Bai Chunhua frowned.
The villagers all knew that she brought Yaya to Yucheng to find Lu Tianyou. It was easy to imagine what they would say if they saw her returning with Yaya in disgrace.
She didn't want her daughter to be hurt by rumors and laughed at by the villagers again.
"To put it more bluntly..." Yu Hui glanced at Old Man Lu, "It's obvious that the Lu family is wealthy and has a rich cultural heritage. If you and Yaya stay here, not only will you have no worries about food and clothing, but when Yaya inherits the Lu family fortune, it will be a considerable amount."
Mr. Lu glanced at Yu Hui, which was very straightforward.
"To be honest, my Lu family's wealth is not just the house you see in front of you. There are many intangible assets. If Yaya stays, all of these will be hers. If she doesn't stay, when I die of old age, I will donate them all to the country. Anyway, I will not leave them to Lu Huaiyi and his two children."
As a pure modern person, Yu Hui is also a very realistic person. If it were her, she would have knelt down and called him grandpa long ago.
You can live a good life in the city and inherit such a large fortune, why do you want to go back to the countryside to suffer?
"Let me think about it..."
Bai Chunhua's mind was in a mess and she needed to think calmly.
Yu Hui and Mr. Lu looked at each other and fell silent, giving her some time to think it over.
When Bai Chunhua thought of this, she thought of having dinner at the Lu family.
We had dinner in the living room. As Sister Zhang served the dishes, she smiled and said, "You guys came so suddenly, and we didn't prepare much at home, so just make do with what you have."
Bai Chunhua looked at the steamed fish on the table, a cold dish platter of sausage and pork liver, meatball and mushroom soup, stir-fried bacon with garlic sprouts, shredded cabbage, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and stewed potatoes with bacon ribs...
Is this what you call not preparing any dishes and just eating whatever you want?
"These sausages and bacon ribs were given to me by Mr. Lu's students. They taste really good," Sister Zhang introduced with a smile.
Mr. Lu looked at Sister Zhang who was standing and said, "Xiao Zhang, don't stand anymore. Sit down and eat with us."
"Okay." Sister Zhang wiped her hands on her apron and sat down.
"Yaya, eat fish." Grandpa Lu picked up the chopsticks that had not been used yet and picked up a piece of fish from the belly for Yaya.
Sister Zhang added, "This fish is a sea bass. It's tender and has few bones. Mr. Lu eats one every day."
Bai Chunhua looked at the fish on the table and asked quietly, "Do you usually eat it like this?"
Sister Zhang was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what she said. After three seconds, she smiled and replied, "Breakfast is usually eggs and milk. Lunch is three dishes and a soup with a combination of meat and vegetables. Dinner is simple, with fried egg noodles, shredded pork noodles, or chicken noodle soup."
Anyway, Mr. Lu is willing to eat, and he has money and tickets to eat, so the meals are very good every day.
Bai Chunhua drooped her eyelids. At home, they were considered to be living a good life if they could eat meat once a week. But at Yaya's grandma's house, there was meat almost every meal.
There was also milk in the morning. She had never drunk milk, but she heard from the educated youth that milk was very nutritious and that drinking it would make children smarter and taller.
Thinking of this, Bai Chunhua glanced at Yaya, who was thinner than her peers.
If Yaya had milk to drink every day, would she be able to grow up as well as the city kids and be as smart?
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