"Oh, I see." Yun Qiao smiled and nodded.
Qin Lin said, "Why are you here so early today? The kids haven't even come back from kindergarten yet."
Yun Qiao naturally wouldn't tell the truth, so he just made up an excuse that he had no classes this afternoon and got away with it.
Anyway, Qin Lin wouldn't specifically ask her to review his class schedule.
Qin Lin still didn't take it seriously and called upstairs, "Xiaochang, your cousin is here. Come down quickly and say hello to her."
As soon as Qin Lin finished speaking, a male voice from upstairs responded with a "Tu".
Maybe the voice change period has not yet ended, the voice is a little hoarse.
After Qin Lin finished calling Qin Chang, he turned to Yun Qiao and said, "Yun Qiao, you might not know yet, but your cousin's child is here as a guest. Your cousin got married early and became a father early too. He's only a year younger than your brother, but your eldest nephew is already ten years old today."
"Really? Then we should meet."
In front of Qin Lin, Yun Qiao naturally would not reveal the fact that Feng Juan had called her in advance to tip her off.
She pretended not to know and smiled, saying, "It's a pity that I, as an aunt, didn't know about it in advance and didn't prepare a red envelope for the child in advance."
"We're family, so we don't care about these things." Qin Lin said, "It's the same if we make up for it later."
As he was speaking, Qin Chang came down from upstairs.
Perhaps it is because nephews look like their uncles and grandnephews look like their uncles. Qin Chang's eyebrows are quite similar to Qin Lin's. When the upper half of his face is covered, only the mouth and nose are left, he also looks very similar to Qin Zheng.
Moreover, his height also inherited the tall gene of the Qin family. At the age of ten, he has grown taller than many adults.
When she walked up to Yun Qiao and called her "cousin", Yun Qiao found that she had to look up at her.
Yun Qiao responded with a smile and said, "You are Xiaochang. I often heard your uncle mention you before. You have grown up so much now."
"My cousin didn't know you were coming home, so I didn't prepare a red envelope in advance. I'll make it up to you."
"Thank you, cousin." Qin Chang was a little reserved. He lowered his head when speaking, and didn't dare to look Yun Qiao in the eye. His eyes were also very honest, not like a slick child.
Not wanting the atmosphere to become awkward, Yun Qiao asked him, "Xiaochang, you're really tall, are you 1.8 meters tall?"
"Cousin, I'm 1.82 meters tall." Qin Chang said, "I discussed this with my family before coming to the capital."
"Yes, he's almost catching up with your cousin." Yun Qiao asked with a smile, "Do you know your cousin? He was a soldier in the army and he's almost 1.9 meters tall."
"I know." Qin Chang pursed his lips and smiled. "My cousin is from the Northeast. When I was a child, my cousin sent me empty bullet casings to make a small pistol. I still have it now."
Qin Chang's tone was filled with admiration. Yun Qiao felt a little more affection for this child when he heard it. "You admire your cousin?"
Qin Chang nodded and said, "I've been listening to my grandmother tell stories about my uncle and his military service since I was a child. I not only admire my cousin, but I also admire my uncle and his military service even more."
Yun Qiao's heart moved: "Since you admire your great uncle and your cousin so much, have you ever thought about joining the army yourself in the future? Becoming a soldier like them?"
Qin Chang's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Is it okay?"
Qin Lin coughed lightly and said, "No. Xiaochang, your grandmother doesn't agree with you joining the army."
"Oh." Qin Chang's eyes visibly dropped.
Yun Qiao asked in confusion, "Why?"
Qin Lin explained, "There were about twenty of us from our village who went off to fight in the war, but only two made it. I made it out alive, but the other one had both legs blown off and shrapnel in his head. He was only forty years old when he died. Xiaochang's grandmother didn't approve of her children joining the army. When your brother ignored the family's objections and went to join the army, your aunt was so angry that she chased him all the way to the Great Northern Wilderness. She only came back when she couldn't find him anymore."
"That's how it is now. But it's okay. There are other options if you don't join the army." Yun Qiao smiled and then asked, "Xiaochang, what grade have you reached in your hometown? Have you finished junior high school? Now that you are in Beijing, what are your plans for the future?"
Qin Chang scratched his head. "Cousin, I went to school to finish junior high school, but failed to get into the county high school, so I ended up studying in town. As for my plans... to be honest, I haven't thought about it yet."
Yun Qiao said gently, "It's okay. If you haven't thought about it, you can think about it later. But I have a question for you now. You are in the second half of your first year of high school now, so school should have started already, right? Why didn't you go to school? Instead, you followed your uncle to the capital?"
Qin Chang smiled awkwardly: "It's my grandma. My grandma thinks that Beijing is the capital, and the schools in Beijing must be better than those in my hometown."
"It's in the capital, but you can't get into schools there. They all require students to have good grades. You came here so suddenly, it won't take long to find a school." Yun Qiao asked, "How are your grades?"
Qin Chang's expression became even more awkward: "It's just... just normal."
Yun Qiao guessed it was right, after all, he couldn't even get into the county high school.
Qin Lin coughed lightly and tugged at Yun Qiao's sleeve, signaling him not to speak so directly.
This will not discourage children's enthusiasm.
After chatting for a while, Yun Qiao got to know the kid a little bit, so he made an excuse, saying that he wanted to prepare a red envelope for the kid and left the room first.
After returning to the room, she took out the red envelope left over from a few days ago from the drawer and put twenty yuan into it.
For a ten-year-old child, a twenty-yuan red envelope for a meeting is not a small amount.
After all, these guys are apprentices at the age of seventeen. When they first started working, their monthly salary was only eighteen or twenty yuan.
Just as Yun Qiao was putting the red envelope away, Feng Juan knocked lightly on the door behind him.
Yun Qiao nodded and said quickly, "Mom, come in quickly."
Feng Juan nodded, closed the door, and walked towards Yun Qiao.
Yun Qiao pulled his mother aside and asked about the family situation in the past few days.
Feng Juan quietly told Yun Qiao that Qin Lin had not yet mentioned the household registration issue, and that he would probably wait until the weekend when everyone in the family was ready to talk about it.
As for Qin Chang...
"I don't think he's very interested in continuing his studies. He wants to join the army, but your aunt won't let him. Your father listens to your aunt and doesn't dare to hide her wishes from her."
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