"What's wrong?" Li Jianguo came out immediately upon hearing his eldest daughter-in-law's voice.
"Have the tuition fees for the sixth and seventh kids been paid?"
As soon as Ye Xiaoxiao entered the house, her mother-in-law came out of the kitchen.
She quickly took her eldest grandson from him. Hao Hao grinned and giggled at everyone he saw. Liu Juan, his grandmother, was overjoyed.
"They...they don't want to."
Li Jianguo was a little embarrassed at this moment, because his daughter-in-law cared more about whether the child went to school than he, the father, did.
"Oh, sister-in-law is here!"
Sun Xiuju also came out at this time. To be honest, Sun Xiuju really disliked this sister-in-law.
She's prettier than me, and she speaks very assertively to her in-laws.
Ever since I arrived at this house, all I've heard from the family members is them talking about how my sister-in-law is like this and how she is like that.
"Oh, third brother's wife, come visit me anytime. I'm just here to talk to Dad about the sixth and seventh sons' schooling."
The children are still young; we can't let them do whatever they want. I guess we can register for another day tomorrow.
Dad, I have to send these two boys to school tomorrow.
After school, just let me stay at my place... Uh, right, Dad, I'm planning to go back to my parents' house for a couple of days.
"We haven't been there yet. I'll take care of their schooling when I get back."
As soon as Ye Xiaoxiao mentioned it, Li Jianguo immediately agreed.
"Okay, I'll definitely register them tomorrow. If they don't go, I'll beat them up."
Li Jianguo glanced at the room and saw that his third son's wife was also there. He had originally planned to give his eldest son and his wife 150 yuan.
He decided to use it as travel expenses, thinking it was better to avoid trouble, and secretly gave it to his elder brother at his house that evening.
Don't let the third son's wife see this and cause any more trouble.
"Alright, then we'll head back first. We absolutely must register both of them."
Ye Xiaoxiao then looked at the fifth brother standing in the room. He was fifty-four years old, an age when he should be in the first year of junior high school.
However, for someone like the fifth child, they would have to spend an extra year in sixth grade and pass an exam before they could attend.
"Lei Zi, why don't you try again and go back to sixth grade for another year? Then you can go to junior high next year."
The fifth son had a very low profile. After growing up, he married a formidable wife who treated him like a farmhand, feeding him worse than a dog and handing over all his earnings. At home, he was constantly being scolded by his wife.
"Oh, me? I'm already fourteen. I can still go to school."
“You can go to school. If you want to, you can go. Anyway, at your age, you can only do some farm work. If you ask me, it’s better to go to school.” Ye Xiaoxiao thought that this kid should be given a chance to improve.
"But going to school costs money. Will Dad let me go?" The fifth child looked at his father fearfully.
Li Jianguo was furious. Registering for school only cost five yuan. This kid, if he wants to go, then go! Why are you looking at me? It's your own fault for not going, what does it have to do with me?
Sun Xiuju rolled her eyes. This sister-in-law was too nosy. What business was it of hers whether the fifth son went to school or not? She was just being nosy. But she didn't dare say anything more at the moment.
"Why are you looking at me like that? If you want to go, then go. You finished elementary school on your own, and you didn't say you wanted to go to junior high. This is none of my business."
Li Chenlei whispered, "Then should I go back to sixth grade for another year?" He was thinking that his eldest sister, second brother, and third brother had only gone to elementary school, so he thought that was the only way to go to elementary school.
“Then you should go tomorrow too. You have to study hard from now on. Even if you don’t do anything else, just finish junior high school.” Li Jianguo thought that graduating from junior high school meant you were educated.
"System, will I get more rewards for doing tasks on my own initiative?" Ye Xiaoxiao was quite happy that Lao Wu could go to school.
【Well……】
Seeing the system's state, Ye Xiaoxiao figured it was gone. But oh well, it was gone anyway; this fifth brother was practically invisible. She hoped that if he went back to school, he would study hard.
Back home, Ye Xiaoxiao started thinking about what to bring for her family.
Thinking back to the original book, the female lead's first time returning home was pitiful; she didn't even go back on her own, but years later, her second brother said the family had suffered a disaster.
That winter, the cabbages and radishes didn't grow well, and there were no vegetables to eat back home. My second brother bought a new tricycle.
The truck that was hauling goods drove for three days and three nights to get to their house.
I spent money to buy all the Chinese cabbages my father-in-law grew; it cost one cent per pound.
This time, the original owner carried a basket of eggs and went home with her second brother. She had been here for several years, and when she returned home, she brought a basket of eggs for her parents.
Ye Xiaoxiao herself wiped away tears when she saw this plot. Who can you blame? Everyone's poor, everyone's poor.
They took three bolts of cloth back with them: one for their parents, and one each for their two older brothers.
"Hey, do you have anything good? Like that health tonic you gave me before, could you give me a few more? I need some for my parents."
[...] Even the system wants to curse. Do you think they're cabbages? You're giving away several.
I prepared two baby bottles, one large and one small, for Hao Hao. The milk inside is warm and ready to drink right away. These can be kept in the storage space.
Li Chenyang brought in two white burlap sacks. These days, there weren't many suitcases or anything like that; when traveling long distances, you just used bags to carry your things. Ye Xiaoxiao put about thirty diapers in and threw them in.
There are also clothes for the children, and two sets of clothes for the two of them to change into; they'll be staying there for a while. The other bag is for storing gifts and such.
Ye Xiaoxiao packed the three bolts of cloth she had prepared earlier into the bag. She also didn't take out the other items the system had given her as rewards, except for the television and washing machine, which were hard to explain. She'd just take the meat, oil, noodles, and the like out of the bag when she got home.
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