"Go to school? Aren't you 7? You can only start primary school at 8." Mei Si frowned, thinking that Xu Aihua's parents were too confused. How could they forget how old their own daughter was?
"You can start school early, didn't you know?" Xu Aihua looked at Mei Si with suspicion, not understanding how she could not know that it was possible to start school early.
"Early? Any age is fine?" Mei Si's eyes lit up. Did that mean she could go to school this year?
"I don't know about that. You can go home and ask your parents." Xu Aihua shook her head, indicating that she didn't know the answer to Mei Si's question either.
When Mei Si got home that evening, she told her mother, with a "let's give it a try" attitude, that she wanted to go to school.
"Go to school? Why do you suddenly want to go to school? Daycare is so much fun. Once you go to school, you won't be so free." Mei's mother didn't understand why her daughter suddenly wanted to go to school. She didn't seem like a child who loved studying.
“Where is the freedom in a daycare? You have to queue to go to the toilet, and the caregivers follow you everywhere you go.” Mei Si always felt that the daycare her mother was talking about was not the same place she was in.
"...Now that you mention it, it seems like daycare isn't as free as primary school. But once you start school, there won't be time to play games or take naps." Mei's mother needed to prepare her daughter in advance, lest she regret it after starting school.
“I don’t like playing games, and I’ve never taken a nap. Every time they take a nap, I pretend to be asleep.” When Mei Si heard that elementary school didn’t require playing games or taking naps, she felt even more that she was suited to go to school.
"What? Pretending to be asleep? Why would you pretend to be asleep?" Mei's mother couldn't understand where her daughter got so many tricks up her sleeve. She was so young, yet she knew how to pretend to be asleep.
"When I keep my eyes open, Aunt Li comes over and pats me. When I close my eyes, she leaves." Mei Si felt that pretending to be asleep was easier.
“…You could have just told Aunt Li that you didn’t want to sleep.” Mei’s mother looked at her daughter speechlessly, realizing she had just praised her for being clever.
"So it's okay to just say you don't want to sleep?" Mei Si stared wide-eyed at her mother, never expecting that this was possible.
"I'll discuss the schooling issue with your dad when he gets back."
"Huh? Go to school? Sisi is too young. Won't she get bullied if she goes to school?" Mei's father thought that the school was full of older children, and his daughter would definitely be bullied if she went there.
"Heh, being bullied? It's good enough if she doesn't bully others." Over the past six months, Mei's mother has come to understand that her daughter is quite unruly. Her son and his two classmates are much older than her, but they are well-behaved in front of her.
When their daughter said to go east, they dared not go west. When their daughter pointed south, she said that was north. None of the three dared to refute her. When Mei's mother saw them getting along like this, she was very shocked. However, she gradually got used to it. It was good that her daughter was like this, and she was never bullied anywhere.
"Nonsense! My daughter is so well-behaved, she would never bully anyone." Mr. Mei was displeased. In his heart, his daughter had always been a good girl.
"Okay, alright! See if you have time tomorrow or the day after, and remember to ask about it." Mrs. Mei nodded perfunctorily, not intending to tell Mr. Mei the truth about his daughter. She was waiting for Mr. Mei to discover the truth himself; his expression at that time would surely be priceless!
"What if she regrets it after going? Elementary school is nowhere near as carefree as daycare. Maybe we should let her go next year?" Mei's father was still a little hesitant, feeling that his daughter was too young and should have more time to play.
“That’s not what your daughter said. She feels more uncomfortable in daycare because there are nannies watching over her wherever she goes.”
"But, it's so much fun to play with lots of other kids in daycare!" Dad Mei thought that kids love playing games the most, and if his daughter went to school, she would definitely regret it when she found out she couldn't play games every day anymore.
“Your daughter lives in the same neighborhood, she doesn’t like playing games,” said Mei’s mother, rolling her eyes.
"..."
Mei Si only waited a few days before her father happily told her that she could go to school with Mei Liang this fall.
"Sisi, isn't Daddy amazing? As soon as you said you wanted to go to school, Daddy got it all arranged for you right away." Dad Mei smiled as he waited for his daughter's admiring gaze.
"Why can't we go now?" Mei Si frowned as she looked at her father, not understanding why they had to wait until autumn.
"...Because that's when new students enroll!"
"Oh." Mei thought of what Mei Liang and the others had said. They would be on summer vacation in a few days, and if they went to school now, they wouldn't be able to attend for more than a few days.
"Then I don't need to go to daycare anymore, right?" Xu Aihua hasn't been coming these past few days, so Mei Si thinks she doesn't need to go anymore either.
"Why not go? Do you want to spend every day with your brother?" Mei's father knew that his daughter couldn't stand her brother the most. Mei's grandmother was already very tired from taking the boy to work every day. He thought his daughter should stay in daycare for another two months.
“Then I’ll stay for another two months.” Mei Si’s head ached whenever she thought of her younger brother sleeping in the inner room. That kid always cried. She had told him not to cry, but he just wouldn’t listen.
Mei Si: Let's go to the daycare center. I haven't told Liu Jiajia that I'm leaving yet.
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