"Su-Lan, where's Dad?"
Yu Chengyuan glanced around the room but didn't see his father-in-law, so he asked.
"I don't know either, Mom. Where's Dad?"
Liu Sulan then noticed that she hadn't seen her father since dinner.
He quickly turned to ask his mother.
"After your dad finished dinner, he said he was too full and wanted to go for a walk in the village."
Hey, your dad has always loved rural life. Now that he's here, he's bound to wander around.
Ping An then took him for a stroll in the village.
Never mind him, he'll be back soon.
Weng Hong explained with a smile.
"Mom, if Dad likes living in the countryside, you and Dad can come and stay for a couple of days on the weekend. You can talk to Sulan and see Xiaotangtang."
It's a bit cramped now, and the house is old and run-down, but once the new house is built, there will be plenty of empty rooms.
I'll have Sulan specially set aside a sunny room for you then.
"You two can stay here now."
Yu Chengyuan never expected that his father-in-law would actually like living in the countryside.
When his mother-in-law said that, he was determined to set aside a room for them to stay in.
"Okay, we'll come visit Tangtang when we have time and stay for a couple of days."
Since her son-in-law was so thoughtful, Yvonne Yung naturally accepted with a smile.
"Not just on weekends, but during winter and summer vacations, Dad can come and stay for an extended period."
Doesn't school give students a holiday?
"Come with us to fish and shrimp, and there are wild mushrooms to pick on the mountain too, you can come with us to pick mushrooms."
My father-in-law is the school principal, and the school has holidays during winter and summer vacations.
He then had a holiday, with time available during winter and summer vacations.
"That would be great, your dad will be very happy to hear that."
Otherwise, he would feel uncomfortable being cooped up at home for so long.
Aside from playing chess with a few old friends, he doesn't do much else.
It's different in the countryside; you can climb mountains, fish and shrimp, and pick mushrooms. He must be overjoyed.
However, due to the nature of my work, I definitely won't have that much time to come over.
"Sigh, I won't be able to see my precious little Tangtang as often anymore."
Weng Hong looked at her precious little Tangtang with a face full of doting affection, and said with some reluctance.
She can't stay there for long, after all, she's an attending physician. Sometimes when she's on holiday, there are major surgeries at the hospital, and if she gets a call, she has to get up in the middle of the night to go to the hospital.
That's how doctors are; they work all the time.
"Mom, you can see Little Sugar often too."
I've saved enough money to buy a house in the county town.
My wife and I will be living in separate places, so you can see our little Tangtang more often.
Yu Chengyuan said with a smile.
He wasn't joking or exaggerating; he had been planning this for a long time.
Su-lan is an only child, and she will continue to stay by her parents-in-law's side as they get older.
Another important reason is that Tangtang will have to go to kindergarten when she turns three.
There is no kindergarten in the village; the children here go directly to school for preschool.
Moreover, it's a long walk of five or six miles to the town's primary school, which is too far.
In summer, I'm drenched in sweat; in winter, I get frostbite from the cold. My fingers and toes swell up like radishes, and I don't want to move at all.
That feeling of pain and itching was really unpleasant.
He couldn't let his child suffer like that.
Boys are more resilient; they can handle a little hardship.
Girls are delicate and lovely, how can we let them suffer like this?
Therefore, buying a house in the county town was a plan Yu Chengyuan had long ago.
Weng Hong and Liu Sulan were both surprised and delighted to hear this.
Weng Hong was genuinely surprised that her son-in-law had such a plan, and her face was full of astonishment. She quickly asked, "Cheng Yuan, are you serious?"
Are you really planning to buy a house in the county town and live in both places?
Building houses in the county town isn't as cheap as building houses in the countryside.
Yu Chengyuan nodded seriously and said, "Mom, of course I'm serious."
Look, Su-lan is an only child. When you and Dad get older, you'll need someone to take care of you, won't you?
"Buying a house in the county town and living in both places will allow me to take good care of you two, keep you company, and Tangtang can also keep you company and help you pass the time."
"Also, when Tangtang reaches kindergarten age, she will definitely have to go to kindergarten."
There's no kindergarten in the village, and she has to travel all the way to town to go to primary school. I can't bear to let Tangtang suffer like that. Girls should be pampered a bit.
It's quite a walk from the village to the town; it takes about an hour.
In summer, I'm drenched in sweat and get prickly heat all over my body; in winter, the biting wind chills me to the bone and I get chilblains on my hands and feet.
My fingers swelled up like carrots, and my toes felt numb and didn't belong to me.
That painful and itchy feeling was awful; he had experienced it as a child, and it was truly unforgettable!
It's even harder to forget than his first love, even though his first love was only his wife.
Therefore, he cannot allow his child to attend the town's primary school.
It's okay for boys to suffer a little, but girls are precious and delicate, and he can't let her suffer like that.
I've already suffered myself, but the child shouldn't have to endure such hardship.
This is what Yu Chengyuan truly thinks.
He paused for a moment, then continued, "On another note, I'm also thinking about doing some other business in the county town."
Rural areas are developing better and better now, and there are definitely more opportunities in county towns. Maybe I can even start some other businesses.
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