The next day was the day when the elementary school students in the company started school and new students registered. Chu Tian got up early in the morning and went out with Xinxin and Pingping together with Yao Xiujuan. When they walked to the door, they met Uncle Chu who was waiting for Xinxin and several children from Uncle Chu's family who were also going to elementary school.
Seeing that no adults were following, Chu Tian asked in disbelief, "Are you going to register by yourselves?"
One of Uncle Chu's grandsons, who was in fifth grade at the start of the school year, said, "Uncle Xiaoshi, my grandfather and his family still have to go to work. They gave me the money, so I can just take them to sign up!"
"Uncle Xiaoshi, Aunt Xiaoshi, are you still going to send Xinxin and Heping away?"
Yao Xiujuan smiled and replied, "Your uncle wants to go and take a look."
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Chu Tian was speechless for a moment, thinking that Xinxin is only eight years old this year, and Pingping is only five years old. It takes more than half an hour to walk from their brigade to the company's primary school. Isn't it normal for him to take them there?
However, looking at the curious eyes of the children, Chu Tian closed his mouth and did not explain, but said.
"Ah, when Xinxin was in first grade, I wasn't home, so I didn't want to miss Pingping's enrollment this time..."
The children all said "Oh" in unison, and then hurriedly urged, "Uncle Xiaoshi, Aunt Xiaoshi, let's go quickly? Otherwise, we'll be late..."
When he arrived at school, Chu Tian first paid Xinxin's tuition for the new semester. Just as he was about to say something, he heard someone calling Xinxin.
"Chu Yaxin..."
"Dahua, I'm here..."
Chu Tian looked back when he heard this and saw a little girl with a ponytail running towards him, holding Xinxin's hand with a pout on her face.
"Chu Yaxin, why don't you come to play with me recently?"
Xinxin smiled and said, "Didn't you see it?"
The little girl named Dahua pouted and said, "We haven't seen each other for a long time..."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Chu Tian standing next to Xin Xin, blinked and asked, "Uncle, are you Chu Yaxin's father?"
Chu Tian smiled and nodded, "Yes, you are Xinxin's..."
Before he could finish his words, the little girl hurriedly said, "Uncle, I am Chu Yaxin's best friend."
Chu Tian looked down and saw his daughter looking at the little girl helplessly, so he smiled, "Oh, so you are best friends? Then come to uncle's house to play next time."
The little girl's eyes widened instantly, "Really?"
Before Chu Tian could answer, he heard his daughter say, "Okay, okay, let's go back to the classroom. I just saw the teacher walking towards the classroom..."
As he spoke, he turned around and glanced at Chu Tian, Yao Xiujuan, and Pingping. "Dad, Mom, brother, I'm going back to the classroom first. You don't have to pick us up after school this afternoon. I'll take Pingping home with my cousins."
After he finished speaking, without waiting for their reaction, he grabbed the little girl who still wanted to speak and Si Ya and walked towards the classroom.
Chu Tian blinked, turned around and looked at Yao Xiujuan after a while, and said with a smile, "This little girl has a very lively personality..."
Yao Xiujuan also smiled and said, "Yes."
After Chu Tian registered Pingping, he saw him sitting together with a group of new students from the younger generation of the Chu family. He waited until the teacher started the class before he and Yao Xiujuan walked towards home.
Yao Xiujuan glanced at Chu Tian while walking on the street. "Brother Tian, have you noticed that among the new students, only the children of our Chu family are young. I see that many children are only in their teens when they enter the first grade."
"Don't you think it's a bad idea for us kids to go to school so early?"
"Why is it bad? I think it's better to start school early, a few years earlier. Even if you can't keep up at the beginning, you can repeat the year. This way you can learn more solidly."
Chu Tian had discovered long ago that for children living in rural areas in this era, it was considered early to enter the first grade at the age of seven or eight. Most of them came to the first grade when they were around ten years old, and then studied for a few years, and were not allowed to continue after learning some words.
But the Chu family was different. Although Mrs. Chu had never been educated, she had always believed that learning could change the family's fortunes. So, except for Uncle Chu and Uncle Chu II who were born in a difficult era and never went to school, she sent all the other children to school, no matter how poor they were. Although they only went to school for a few years at most, she gritted her teeth and supported the children who were good at studying to go to junior high and high school...
"Yes, yes, yes, Brother Tian is right."
Yao Xiujuan glanced at Chu Tian helplessly. She had realized that Chu Tian always had a lot of crooked ideas and she couldn't argue with him, so she just went along with him.
Chu Tian was happy, he had discovered that every time Yao Xiujuan couldn't convince him, she would go along with him and never go against him. He thought that a woman with Yao Xiujuan's personality would probably be the type that many chauvinistic men like?
"Chu Tian..."
The two men had just walked back to the brigade and had not yet reached the door of their home. They were just passing by the brigade headquarters when they saw Captain Sun coming out of the brigade headquarters and calling him.
"Captain? What do you want to talk to me about?"
Captain Sun walked up to him and glanced at Yao Xiujuan. Before he could say anything, he heard Yao Xiujuan speak first.
"Captain, Brother Tian, you guys chat, I'm going to the fields."
Chu Tian nodded, "Well, go ahead, I'll come find you later."
Yao Xiujuan pursed her lips and smiled, then glanced at Captain Sun. "No, go ahead and get busy. I don't have much work left from yesterday, so I can finish it today."
After he finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the field.
Captain Sun invited Chu Tian to come to the brigade headquarters to talk. The two walked into the brigade headquarters and sat in his office.
"Has your second brother not returned from his trip yet?"
Chu Tian smiled and nodded, "Well, this is his first time traveling alone to Southern Xinjiang. It will probably take him ten days to come back."
He paused and then smiled again, "Captain, if you have anything to say, just say it directly. Why are you being so polite to me?"
Captain Sun smiled upon hearing this and immediately stopped being polite. "Nothing much, actually. I just wanted to ask if you have any ideas."
Chu Tian listened attentively, "Captain, please speak."
Captain Sun sighed, "Our brigade has been raising rabbits for two or three years. Every household has earned at least 40 to 50 yuan extra each year..."
"Now, because the rabbit farming has stabilized, the company does not allow team members to continue raising them at home. I just said a few words to a few team leaders today, and their reactions were particularly strong."
"What do you think we should do now?"
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Chu Tian wanted to say that he hadn't been a member of the team for a long time, so why was he asking him? But seeing Captain Sun's expectant look, he was silent for a while before finally asking.
"Captain, does the company want us to build a farm for centralized breeding?"
Seeing Captain Sun nod, Chu Tian continued, "Then who owns the breeding rights?"
Captain Sun looked at Chu Tian, feeling a little puzzled.
"Who else can it belong to? Of course it belongs to the company..."
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