Chapter 19 Kindergarten Decided
Lin Ruoyan felt very happy when she thought that so many expensive projects would be fulfilled one by one. By the way, she also made it clear about the layout of the office on that floor according to her own department and the concept of comfortable office.
Qin Shuang had been to that luxurious office before, and as soon as her leader said so, she sketched out the zoning maps of each department. This was a quick method of drawing house layouts that she had learned by herself while working as a real estate agent, and she soon formed a concise task book for office layout.
She casually suggested, "Boss Lin, why don't we ask Professor Qiao to design the office decoration?"
Lin Ruoyan thought this girl was smart and knew how to spend money, so she nodded in agreement. "Yes, you're absolutely right. But if Professor Qiao feels busy, he doesn't have to do it himself. He can just assign someone else to do it. This must not be confused with the Siheyuan project. After the separate project contract is drawn up, there's no need to give any design fee discounts. Just follow the market conditions..."
Lin Ruoyan's original intention was of course to pay another design fee. Although it might just be a simple decoration arrangement such as erecting a partition wall, buying furniture and placing it in the office, she could pay a huge design fee according to the price of public decoration. It would be another way to spend money in every minute!
Qin Shuang was thinking, "Such a simple matter, just sign the contract. What's the market situation?" She wanted to maximize the benefits for her boss. If Professor Qiao couldn't do it himself and sent someone else to do it, then the design fee must be kept within a reasonable range. Shouldn't the construction be included as well?
Lin Ruoyan didn't know Qin Shuang's idea of trying to save money for the company at this time. After talking about the so-called work, she saw that it was almost four o'clock. Of course, she would get off work as soon as possible and go home to be with her son.
Although Mr. Lin didn't give any instructions, Qin Shuang would definitely not be so crazy as to think that he could get off work at 4 o'clock.
After leaving the café, she took the initiative to go to Professor Qiao's studio and immediately proposed a new office renovation project. The company paperwork was all ready, and the renovations would definitely require overtime. According to her experience, a simple renovation like that could be completed within a week, and then the business could start hiring.
The next day, Lin Ruoyan's main activity during the day was to accompany her son to choose a kindergarten. She asked Qin Shuang to take care of the courtyard house renovation and office establishment for a few days. In the evening, she was going to meet someone, a family friend who had come from afar and whom Lin Ruxu had arranged for her to meet.
Since Lin Ruxu couldn't make it back, she asked her younger sister Lin Ruoyan to take her place, arrange accommodation, and accompany her to a welcoming banquet to show her sincerity.
In the original novel, her brother was worried that she wouldn't know the proper etiquette, so he asked Li Yiqi to accompany her. The vicious female supporting character naturally tried to discredit the fake daughter, but she herself was worldly-wise and made a fool of herself. If it weren't for Li Yiqi's efforts to defend her, her uncle, a close friend, would have almost completely shattered his impression of the Lin family.
Now her brother had actually let Lin Ruoyan go alone, without mentioning Li Yiqi, which inevitably gave her a little confidence. Unfortunately, Lin Ruxu had already booked and paid for the uncle's accommodation and dinner in advance. This was originally done to prevent the uncle from spending money, but it unexpectedly created an obstacle for her younger sister to spend more.
Lin Ruoyan didn't dare to change the hotel and meals chosen by her brother, so she could only think of other "wrong" ideas.
After the incident with the courtyard house, the prodigal system had become quite trusting of its host's reckless spending habits and temporarily stopped nagging. This allowed Lin Ruoyan to focus more on finding a kindergarten for her son.
In her limited eight months of life, besides spending money on her own enjoyment, she also tried to spend more time with her son. She had to decide on a kindergarten as soon as possible. After all, even if she chose a public kindergarten in the city, she still needed to go through some procedures, such as getting a household registration transfer and approval, so it wasn't so easy to enroll her son immediately.
Wang Kui's revised list included six kindergartens, all located near West D. Lin Ruoyan's request was met on two sheets of paper, clearly marked with maps and ranked by value. Unable to choose on her own, Lin Ruoyan took her son to try out the rankings.
The first is an international kindergarten in X City District, located near the Second Ring Road. They offer bilingual instruction in both Chinese and English, taught by real foreign teachers, all of whom hold nationally certified early childhood education certificates. While their facilities aren't as large as those in the villa district, and the school building is a converted old building, they are still one of the largest and best-equipped in X City District.
The students come from all nationalities and races, and the teaching philosophy respects the individual development of each child, with mixed classes of varying ages. However, there is little emphasis on traditional Chinese culture, nor is there a strong emphasis on learning to read and write in preschool. Not even a single Chinese character or letter is taught.
If you do not continue to attend an international school in the future and want to go to a public elementary school, you will need to attend preschool classes to make up for the missed lessons, otherwise you will not be able to keep up with the learning progress of ordinary children when you enter school.
Lin Ruoyan thought that her son already knew so many words, so it didn’t matter whether the school taught him or not. Being able to interact with foreign children and foreign friends might help broaden his international perspective.
Arriving at this kindergarten, Lin Mengxi completely treated it as a playground. Besides the fantastical colors and comprehensive play facilities, the overall atmosphere didn't feel like a school at all.
The children ran around and played wildly indoors and outdoors, sat or lay down freely in the classroom during class, and the older children led the younger ones to climb trees, play in puddles, and roll in the mud. The teachers did not force the children to sit in rows, but simply provided appropriate guidance and maintained their safety, never interfering with their preferences or nature.
Unfortunately, Lin Mengxi’s interest in the amusement park was only short-lived, and she said she wanted to leave after an hour.
Lin Ruoyan took her son to the second kindergarten according to the list.
This is a municipal public first-class kindergarten, hidden in an alley. It is said to have been converted from a royal palace. It is low-key and luxurious. The parents of the students all work in nearby ministries and large state-owned enterprises. There are transition courses from kindergarten to primary school for the senior classes.
The children who graduate from here can recognize at least a thousand characters, master a musical instrument or learn calligraphy, have some talents, fully understand our country's cultural traditions, and can communicate in simple foreign languages.
However, if you want to enter the park, you need to have a household registration in the x district of this city, and it is impossible to pay the sponsorship fee without a connection.
When entering this public kindergarten, Lin Mengxi stood next to the large wall of bookshelves and finally smiled happily.
According to the original book, because Lin Ruoyan was busy with various things and abandoned her son, Lin Mengxi had been at home with no one to arrange for him to go to kindergarten. After all, he would be old enough to go to elementary school in a year, and he had the maid Mrs. Chen to look after him at home, so why did he need to be sent out every day?
Back in the small southern town, Lin Mengxi had been raised by Lin Ruoyan's adoptive parents. After their passing, Lin Ruoyan sent him to a private daycare center. He wasn't interested in the childish games and toys his classmates played, and instead spent his days watching television and daydreaming, so naturally, he didn't have a good impression of kindergarten.
He took a quick glance at the books in this kindergarten and found that he had never read most of them. He felt like he had found a treasure and immediately didn't want to leave.
Looking at her son's obsessed expression, Lin Ruoyan knew that unless other kindergartens had more books than this one, this one must be it.
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