Chapter 293 The Pretty Widow 11
Chapter 293 The Pretty Widow 11
Two years passed in a flash, and Xiang Song was old enough to go to elementary school.
Because their home is near the steel plant, Chu Yuan plans to talk to Sister Cuijuan and ask her to help ask if it is possible to arrange for Xiang Song to attend the workers' primary school.
The workers' primary school was set up by the government specifically for workers from several nearby factories. Each factory also has a number of preferential places, and every year there are outstanding workers who can enjoy the policy of free enrollment for their children.
If Xiang Song could go to school there, it would be close to home and he wouldn't have to spend too much time on the road.
Secondly, most of the children there were Xiang Song’s former playmates, such as Huzi from Cuijuan’s family, who will also be entering the first grade this year, and the two children can just be companions.
This is also a good thing for children. At least it can shorten the adaptation process and allow them to enter the learning environment as soon as possible.
Chu Yuan has always been in touch with Sister Cuijuan over the years. Sometimes, when there are specialties sent from his hometown, or when Xia Yu has developed a new dish, Chu Yuan will send a portion to Sister Cuijuan.
Of course, in return, Wu Cuijuan would give her something in return, usually internal benefits of the steel plant, the kind that ordinary people couldn't get. With this back and forth, their relationship became closer.
The children of the two families get along well. Chu Yuan likes Hu Zi very much. He is polite, clean, and caring.
Every time Xiang Bai wanted to follow his two brothers, he would carefully hold his younger brother's hand to prevent him from running too fast and falling. Many times, he was even more concerned about him than Xiang Song, his biological brother.
It just so happened that Sister Cuijuan was pregnant recently, so Chu Yuan took out some seasonal fruits from his space and brought them to her house.
The apples, peaches and other things she took out were all ones she had seen in the supply and marketing cooperative, but they were much fresher than those in the cooperative.
As soon as Xiang Song and Xiang Bai entered the door, they were taken by Hu Zi to the room to play, leaving Chu Yuan and Sister Cuijuan talking in the living room.
"Girl, just come if you want to. Why bring so many things? These fruits are not easy to handle."
Chu Yuan put the bags in his hand on the table: "Sister-in-law, you are pregnant, I thought you would like to eat some fruit, so I brought some over, it's not something rare."
These fruits are nothing to Chu Yuan, he can just pick some from the space, but they are very precious to Wu Cuijuan.
Fruits are hard to buy these days, and even if you can buy them, they are a little wilted after long-distance transportation.
The things Chu Yuan brought over are so fresh, I guess they can only be found in that place.
Wu Cuijuan patted her hands earnestly and said, "Sister, you should avoid going to places like that in the future. It would be bad if you get caught."
Chu Yuan knew what she was thinking of as soon as she heard it, but she didn't deny it. After all, the origin of these fruits was unknown. Although she had tried her best to pick out those of ordinary quality, they were still much better than those available on the market.
The fact that someone could automatically fill in the blanks saved her the trouble of explaining.
"I understand, sister-in-law. I have two children at home. I won't do anything risky."
As the two chatted, Wu Cuijuan took the initiative to bring up the matter of the child: "Xiang Song should be old enough to go to school. My son Huzi was pestering me a few days ago, saying that he wanted to go to the same school as Xiang Song."
Chu Yuan nodded: "I came here this time just to ask my sister-in-law, can my son Xiang Song still go to the staff primary school? I will pay for his tuition and he won't take up the preferential quota in the factory."
Wu Cuijuan rolled her eyes at her and said, "What's wrong with that? I can just ask my husband, Wang, to say hello. Do you really have to bring such a valuable gift just for this?"
Chu Yuan smiled and said, "It's good for the skin of pregnant women to eat more fruits. I just feel sorry for my sister-in-law."
"You're the only one who can talk. Don't bring so many things next time. It's not good if someone sees you."
Chu Yuan certainly understood that Sister Cuijuan's husband was the factory director. If he was seen accepting gifts, he would inevitably be criticized and his reputation would be bad.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law. How could I not understand this? I was careful when I came here, and no one saw me."
When it was time to say goodbye, Chu Yuan prepared to go back with his two children. As soon as he opened the door, he ran into Director Wang who was just going home from get off work.
"Old Wang, it's just right that you're back. Sister Chu Yuan said she wants to send Xiang Song to the Staff Primary School, and they'll pay for the tuition themselves. Do you think this is feasible?"
Director Wang immediately made the decision: "No problem, I'll just tell the school and then you can just bring your child to register."
As the factory director, he still has this right. As long as he does not take up the factory's preferential quota, I believe no one will care about these trivial matters.
If there are really people who are short-sighted enough to question his decision, he also has ways to shut them up.
Xiang Song's schooling problem was solved. With two months left before school started, Chu Yuan took him to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy him a new set of stationery and schoolbag.
When he was at home before, Chu Yuan taught him some simple arithmetic and pinyin, and there were many learning supplies at home, but this was the child’s first time going to school after all, so there had to be some sense of ceremony.
Xiang Song had come to the supply and marketing cooperative many times in the past few years. He found the stationery counter with ease and selected a few pencils and notebooks.
Chu Yuan pointed to several school bags on the counter and said, "Xiang Song, take a look at the school bags above. If you like any one, I'll buy it for you."
Xiang Song was surprised: "Really?"
But this surprise didn't last long, Chu Yuan saw a disappointed expression on his face: "But buying a schoolbag costs a lot of money, I can just go back and ask Aunt Xia Yu to make one for me."
Chu Yuan patted his head and comforted him: "Don't worry about money, kid. Auntie has money. Xiang Song just needs to pick what he likes."
Xiang Song was a young boy who had considered a lot. After confirming many times that Chu Yuan was really willing to buy it for him, he pointed to one of the army green bags and said, "Aunt, I want this."
Chu Yuan paid the money readily, and Xiang Song immediately put the bag on his back.
When he saw this shoulder bag in Hu Zi's room before, he was very envious. He didn't expect that he now has the same one.
Young aunt is really good to him. In Xiang Song’s young heart, young aunt and Aunt Xia Yu are the best people in the world to him!
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A few days before school started, Chu Yuan called Xiang Song into a room alone. He was about to go to school and would meet all kinds of people in school.
The human heart is a very complicated thing, and Chu Yuan cannot guarantee that everyone he meets has good intentions.
So I can only give him a dose of vaccination in advance.
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