Chen Hong patted the two dogs' heads. "Black Tiger and Glasses are such good boys. It's alright now, go back to sleep!"
The two dogs wagged their tails, rubbed against her hand, and then turned and trotted back to the backyard.
Sigh! Jinan has apartment buildings, so there's no way to keep a dog! Do I have to buy a villa just for my dog?
The next day, Chen Hong drove Yu Yang to the city to say goodbye to their friends.
I've already visited Zhang Baiqiang, Zheng Gaoxing, and Liu Quantian, and they said they can't supply goods anytime anymore. I have to give them an explanation.
They heard that she was taking her child to Jinan for school. Although they regretted losing the best source of goods, they were very understanding.
Ordinary people live their lives, aren't they all raising their children? If they could provide their children with a better learning environment, they would make the same choice.
Chen Hong is right. There's no such thing as enough money. As parents, we can't let our children's future be ruined no matter what.
Zhang Baiqiang and the other two were also silently pondering. Even a woman like Chen Hong could find opportunities to create the best conditions for her child.
Although they are not as wealthy as Chen Hong, their living conditions are much better than those of most ordinary working-class families.
Chen Hong gave up fishing, such a lucrative job, without hesitation. They didn't have to quit their work; their wives could take their children to school!
This way, they can earn money and their children's future at the same time. What is there for them to be reluctant about?
At most, it'll just mean the two families are separated and it'll cost a bit more money. Anyway, my wife doesn't work, so going to Jinan to accompany her to study won't interfere with anything.
They didn't know how to handle the procedures for transferring schools in another city. After seeing Chen Hong off, the group started to privately look for connections and ask people to help them find a receiving school for their child to transfer.
Chen Hong was unaware that she had sparked another wave of school transfers!
Families in Rongcheng with slightly better economic conditions have all taken action. Those who can send their children to the provincial capital are going there, and those who can't are going to Weihai.
If you can't go to any of those schools, you should at least try to find a good school in Rongcheng.
Even the local education department in Rongcheng found it unbelievable that such a wave of school transfers had suddenly swept through the city this year.
Parents don't care about the education department's concerns about losing students. Their careers as parents started later than those in other developed regions, so they can't let their children lose at the starting line!
Since the local educational resources are inadequate, those who need to transfer schools should do so.
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Chen Hong also visited Geng Dazhi and Yang Wei, and each of them brought a large box of fruit, honey, and dried fish.
She also mentioned wanting to buy another boat and hoped they could find a way to reserve one for her.
Both of them readily agreed, promising to keep it in mind and call her if they had any news.
Yang Wei also told her some good news: her cousin Yang Xiaomei is doing very well now, her relationship with her husband is stable, and they are preparing to have a second child.
Chen Hong's wish is for all her friends to be doing well. Yang Xiaomei was the first friend to help her after her rebirth, and she was happy for her when she heard that Yang Xiaomei was living a happy life.
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The next day at noon, Chen Hong had already brought Yu Yang to Jinan. Standing downstairs at their new home, Yu Yang looked up at the tall buildings.
"Mom, it must be so tiring to climb stairs every day to live so high up! Luckily, we don't have any elderly people in our family, otherwise this house would be uninhabitable!"
Chen Hong chuckled. Her son was really something else; his little mind was always wandering with wild ideas, and he even worried about the elderly.
But it's not entirely his fault; Chen Hong had never taken her son to see a high-rise residential building before!
The only hotel in Shanghai I've ever stayed in with my child was so big that even though my son had ridden in the elevator on the upper floors, he never associated it with the residential building where we live.
“Son, our building has an elevator. Taking the elevator to come and go makes it more comfortable for families with elderly members.”
"What if there's a power outage? Then we won't be able to go out, and we'll miss school or work."
"Most elevators are equipped with comprehensive safety devices and have backup power, so power outages are rare."
If you are trapped inside the elevator due to a power outage or malfunction, you can press the elevator's call button to seek rescue assistance.
The elevator is staffed, and staff will arrive to rescue trapped individuals within half an hour of receiving a call for help.
The mother and son walked and talked as they entered the elevator. Luckily, the elevator was empty, so Chen Hong carefully demonstrated how to use it to Yu Yang and told her son what to do if they got trapped.
Yu Yang watched his mother demonstrate intently, overjoyed. "Mom, look, my height is just right, I can reach the top help button."
When Chen Hong looked, it was true! She hadn't noticed this at all. Luckily, her son was taller than other children his age, otherwise he really wouldn't be able to ride the elevator by himself. Now she was worried about the children on the upper floors.
Their home was on the sixteenth floor. As Chen Hong opened the door, she said to her son:
"Xiao Bao, the roof is just two floors above our house. If the elevator loses power, we can climb to the roof and use the elevator in the next building to get in and out."
"So, what do you think of the floor Mom chose? Great view, lots of sunshine, fresh air, and no noise at all."
Yu Yang followed her mother into the living room, dropped her suitcase, ran to the balcony, and looked down. "Mom, look, the supermarket and pedestrians downstairs look so small."
But it's very clear, that's the south gate, that's the east gate of the community, right? We came in from the east gate, didn't we?
That looks like a supermarket. There's a small pond in the neighborhood, and lots of people are taking walks there.
There are lots of exercise equipment there, and some aunties and kids are playing on it!
As Chen Hong took off her coat, she said, "This community has good landscaping and a lot of fitness facilities."
There aren't many people here now; there will be more people playing downstairs after dinner!
Xiao Bao, come help Mom clean up first. It seems your grandpa hasn't been here for several days; there's a layer of dust in the house.
Let's pack up and put our luggage away. We'll go out for lunch first, and Mom will pack it up more carefully this afternoon.
We'll go to the supermarket to buy some groceries when it's cooler in the evening. From now on, we'll cook for ourselves, three meals a day, and the food in the kitchen won't be enough.
Yu Yang pulled his luggage and followed his mother into the second bedroom. He would be living in this room for several years, so he had to decorate it carefully.
Chen Hong found a rag and carefully wiped the wardrobe twice for him. Then she had him stand on a chair and put all his clothes into the wardrobe.
Yu Yang is a master of organization. Back in Yujia Village, he was already able to organize and tidy up his own clothes and stationery.
After wiping Yu Yang's wardrobe, Chen Hong went back to the master bedroom to clean it. She took all the clothes out of the suitcases, hanging them up and arranging them neatly.
Looking at the huge wardrobe, Chen Hong sighed. She should buy more clothes for herself and her son.
Life in Jinan is quite different from life in Yujia Village. The bigger the city, the more prevalent the phenomenon of respecting clothes before respecting people.
If you want to have fewer troubles in life, it's quite necessary to buy a few high-end outfits.
After all, there are plenty of people in this society who bully the weak and fear the strong, and look down on others. She doesn't have the time to get angry with such a petty person.
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