Another year has passed, and Zhou Yueyun's youngest son is already six months old. He is as strong as his older brother Xiaohu and they all look exactly like Du Guoqiang. The three of them look like they were made from the same mold.
Zhou Yueyun has lost a lot of weight compared to before. She paid attention to her diet during pregnancy and went to Tang Yuanyuan's place for a month of recuperation after giving birth. She lost weight after the postpartum period. The baby's nutrition was also guaranteed. The little guy is chubby, eats and sleeps, sleeps and eats, and is very easy to take care of. He doesn't cause the adults any worry.
Little Pig is four and a half years old, the same height as Seven-Year-Old Tiger. Tiger will be starting first grade in the second half of the year, right after the summer vacation. Zhou Yueyun enrolled her child in a bilingual private school, one of the better private schools in Pingjiang. The tuition is, of course, not cheap, costing 250,000 yuan a year. In addition, there are overseas study tours during the winter and summer vacations, as well as interest cultivation such as fencing, horseback riding, piano, and violin. These are all so-called elegant hobbies popular in the upper class, also known as aristocratic culture.
Zhou Yueyun and her husband were determined to make their son a superior person. They didn't care how much money it cost and were determined not to let their son lose at the starting line. They believed that aristocratic education should start from a young age and that nothing should be neglected.
Xiao Jie and Xiao Hu are still in the same class. He is now in first grade. Lin Baiwei and Zhou Yueyun went to register together and paid the tuition.
"Oh my, raising children is really expensive these days. Three years of kindergarten costs almost 500,000 yuan, and six years of primary school tuition alone costs 1.5 million yuan, not to mention food, drink and clothing. I heard that they also need to learn at least one or two hobbies in the future. I asked Xiaohu, and he said he wants to learn to ride horses, but that stuff is really expensive."
There are also study abroad programs during winter and summer vacations. I talked to Xiaohu's homeroom teacher, and she said that he goes abroad for study at least twice a year, once during the winter and once during the summer vacation. There are also exchange programs; every semester, some students are selected to study abroad. All these miscellaneous expenses add up to a lot of money. I calculated that a primary school education would cost at least two million yuan.
Zhou Yueyun was filled with emotion. It wasn't that she was worried about the money; the company's business was getting better and better, and earning hundreds of thousands a year to raise her son wasn't difficult at all. She just felt that it was too damn expensive.
“When I was in junior high school, it only cost a dozen yuan a semester, and my parents wouldn’t let me continue. Now it costs hundreds of thousands. Xiaohu’s school isn’t even the most expensive. I heard there’s a school that costs 500,000 yuan a year. It seems to be a joint venture with some Ivy League school. It’s easier to get into universities in the US. They call it elite education.”
Zhou Yueyun was speechless. One of Du Guoqiang's clients' daughters studied at that school, and she wanted to go there too, but unfortunately, Xiao Hu's aptitude was too poor, and the school didn't want him.
"That school is quite difficult to get into. The school's model is completely based on that of Europe and America. It is indeed elite education, and the children are under a lot of pressure. Some of my friends' children go to school there, and the children have a tough time. The pressure is enormous. Xiao Hu and Xiao Jie can't handle that kind of learning model."
Although Lin Baiwei was a top student herself, she knew how hard studying was, so she didn't want her son to suffer like her. She just wanted him to be a happy and ordinary person.
Furthermore, Xiao Jie's IQ is not low. Even if he doesn't go to an elite school, it doesn't mean he can't succeed. Lin Baiwei has confidence in her son.
No one can be certain about the future. Children from elite schools may not necessarily become elites, and those from ordinary schools may not necessarily be academic failures. Lin Baiwei just wants her son to enjoy the happiness of childhood so that he won't have any regrets when he grows up.
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