"I've never gotten a zero on a test, and I plan to study hard after school starts so I can finish junior high with the best grades and then get my high school diploma. That way I can find a good job and won't have to be sent to the countryside by the educated youth office!"
Qin Boyan relaxed completely and said with a touch of cynicism, "There's nothing wrong with going to the countryside."
"Who said that? Going to the countryside is hard work. Every day you go to work and come back to the educated youth settlement, and once you lie down, you don't want to get up. I definitely don't want to go to the countryside."
As Qin Yaxin spoke, she suddenly remembered something, and her face turned ugly, her eyes filled with resentment as she said, "My eldest sister is heartless. When she went to the countryside, she did it behind our backs. Once she arrived, she didn't send a single letter or telegram..."
With tears welling in her eyes and a slightly hoarse voice, Qin Yaxin said, "When Dad had his accident and Mom was seriously ill and hospitalized, I wrote to her, but I didn't see her..."
Qin Boyan interrupted, "Why bring her up?!"
Her face also turned pale. Qin Boyan said, "You rest, I'm going out." A person who has no family or parents in their heart doesn't deserve to be his eldest sister!
"stop!"
Song Lan and the two children were still sitting in the living room when they saw Qin Boyan come out of Qin Yaxin's room with a gloomy face. He walked through the living room without saying hello and went straight to his own room, so Song Lan called out to him.
"Is something wrong, sister-in-law?"
He stopped in his tracks and turned his gaze to Song Lan.
"Did you have a fight with your second sister?"
Song Lan asked.
"……No."
Qin Boyan paused for a moment, then shook his head.
"You don't look well."
Song Lan clearly didn't believe Qin Boyan's words. She said, "There's nothing that siblings can't talk about. Besides, you're the older brother. It's not shameful for you to give in to your sister on non-principle issues."
"Sister-in-law, you're overthinking it. Qin Yaxin and I didn't have any conflict."
Qin Boyan said, "As for my complexion... it's because I suddenly remembered something, which affected my mood."
Upon hearing this, Song Lan asked, "What is it? Why don't you tell me? Maybe your sister-in-law can help you."
"It's nothing serious."
Qin Boyan's expression had returned to normal. He said, "I'm going back to my room. Sister-in-law, get some rest."
“Sister-in-law, my second brother is already an adult, you don’t need to worry about him.”
The adorable child, Qin Xiaowu, suddenly spoke up.
Upon hearing this, Song Lan couldn't help but laugh out loud: "You little rascal!" She ruffled the child's hair, stood up and said, "Go wash up quickly, go to bed early and get up early. Tomorrow, your sister-in-law will take you to register for kindergarten."
The machinery factory has its own kindergarten, which is located in the old residential area, making it very convenient to pick up and drop off children.
"Can I not go to kindergarten?"
The adorable Qin Xiaowu was a little reluctant.
"Why?"
Song Lan lowered her eyes and asked.
"You can't just play around in kindergarten."
Qin Xiaowu's answer was very honest.
"Xiao Wu, you're not a three-year-old anymore. You should know that kindergarten isn't just about playing. If you don't like going to kindergarten because you have to follow the rules, that's not how a good child behaves."
Song Lan spoke softly and gently. She patted the little guy's head again, then patted the little girl's head beside her, and continued, "Besides, if you don't go to kindergarten, who will protect our sixth child if she gets bullied?"
"...Okay, I'll listen to my sister-in-law."
After glancing at his younger sister, Qin Xiaowu finally nodded his head: "I'm the older brother, and I will never let Xiaoliu be bullied by the other kids at kindergarten!"
Qin Xiaoliu blinked her big eyes, and after realizing what she meant, she gave a shy smile: "Thank you... little brother..."
"You're welcome."
Qin Xiaowu waved his little hand with great magnanimity.
Qin Xiaoliu: "Go...wash up..."
"good."
Qin Xiaowu responded, took his sister's hand, and the two little ones walked out of the living room.
Looking at them, Song Lan's smile was unusually gentle.
Little did she know that her encounter with Song Jiaojiao in town today would soon bring her trouble.
The capital city.
The residential area for employees and their families at the steel plant.
The Song family.
What's your opinion on this?
Luo Yueqin was in a terrible mood when she received a call from her daughter Jiaojiao at noon. She had thought that Song Lan was still on vacation and hadn't come to work at the hospital, but... Jiaojiao's call told her that her adopted daughter was actually in the countryside more than 200 kilometers away, which left her completely baffled.
It wasn't until she went to the hospital leadership to inquire that she learned the girl's job had been transferred.
"What can I say? You've already informed Deputy Factory Director Qian's wife about this. Given her personality, what do you think?"
Deputy Factory Director Qian's wife, Cui Hongxia, is a domineering person. Once she sets her mind on something, she will definitely find a way to achieve it.
It's easy to imagine that Cui Hongxia would definitely use all sorts of means to force Song Lan to marry into the Qian family when it comes to her adopted daughter.
"You mean... Deputy Factory Director Qian's wife uses underhanded tactics to force Song Lan to ask us for help, and then through us, she can get her help from Deputy Factory Director Qian?"
Luo Yueqin revealed her guess.
"Deputy Factory Director Qian's father-in-law holds a very important position in our factory. It is said that because his wife passed away early, he dotes on his only daughter, who is also Deputy Factory Director Qian's wife. If Deputy Factory Director Qian's wife asks her father for help, he can get a lot done with just one phone call."
Furthermore, Deputy Factory Director Qian has no shortage of connections. Even without his father-in-law's help, Deputy Factory Director Qian alone could make things difficult for Song Lan at the machinery factory.
Song Weiqiang frowned and spoke slowly. Upon hearing this, Luo Yueqin asked, "You won't blame me, will you?"
Before Song Weiqiang could speak, she continued, "It wasn't that I specifically asked Deputy Factory Director Qian's wife about that brat's job transfer. It was just that she happened to be at the hospital for a check-up that afternoon and, seeing that Song Lan wasn't there, asked me how things were going. I didn't think much of it at the time and just casually mentioned that the brat had been transferred to the machinery factory."
"Because of that girl... our family's reputation has become quite bad these days."
Song Weiqiang said with a solemn expression: "Now that I have been suddenly transferred to the branch factory, things are definitely not simple. From now on, we... we will not care about that girl's matter for the time being. Let Deputy Factory Director Qian's wife do her work. If she can get that girl to willingly become her daughter-in-law, we can just provide a dowry later."
Conversely, if things go wrong, only Deputy Factory Director Qian and his wife will suffer the consequences; it will have nothing to do with us.
Luo Yueqin remained silent for a long time.
Song Weiqiang couldn't help but look at the other person: "Do you understand what I mean?"
Luo Yueqin: "You suspect that the girl's transfer to the machinery factory was deliberately arranged by someone, and that it was out of good intentions?"
"Is there any need to doubt this?"
Before they knew that "Song Lan" was not their biological daughter, both Song Weiqiang and Luo Yueqin did love this daughter dearly, and had loved her for many years. But this so-called love actually had its reasons.
—It will allow them to climb the social ladder!
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