Back to 1984: Earning Money, Raising Kids, and Keeping the Household Busy

Chapter 84 A blessing in disguise
Li Maojie also expressed his opinion and apologized to the two, saying, "The principal misunderstood you that day. You are both good children. Keep up the good work, and you will definitely be able to get into university and make something of yourself in the future."

Lin Yi liked hearing this, and his frustration dissipated considerably. He even said he wanted them to stay for dinner.

Huang Weixiong shook his head repeatedly in refusal, "Uncle, there's no need to be so polite with us. We came here today not only to see the children, but also to resolve the issue. We have thoroughly investigated the matter of An Yijie's long-term bullying of Chen Ruiyu and Chen Xinyue."

It was indeed his fault. An Meihua, as An Yijie's aunt and their class teacher, was not unaware of the situation. However, she was biased towards An Yijie and had her own misconceptions. She didn't want to get involved. The whole class was also unfriendly to Chen Ruiyu and Chen Xinyue because of An Meihua's attitude.

This is a very serious offense. The Education Bureau has already disciplined An Meihua, transferring her to a village primary school in Nansheng County and prohibiting her from holding any teaching positions again.

Meanwhile, the Education Bureau also sent personnel to Anshanshe Primary School to supervise and educate all teachers and students, strictly prohibiting such incidents from happening again.

Regarding the two children's schooling, the higher-ups have already made arrangements for them to enroll in the Municipal Experimental Primary School. We have informed the principal of the school about the children's situation, and the principal has indicated that he will help select the most suitable homeroom teacher for them.

Chen Wenjun and Lin Qin exchanged a glance and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

Lin Qin stepped forward, repeatedly expressing her gratitude.

Chen Wenjun was also extremely excited and immediately said, "Thank you very much, supervisor, thank you to the leaders of the Education Bureau. We are very satisfied with this arrangement. Please feel free to let us know if there is anything we need to cooperate with in the future."

Huang Weixiong chuckled and shook his head, only indicating that he wanted to take the two children's homework books with him.

This is nothing to the couple.

Lin Yi insisted that they stay for dinner at his home.

Huang Weixiong disagreed with everything he said, put down his things, grabbed the two children's homework books, and hurriedly walked out.

Chen Wenjun caught up with them; he still had to help the three people cross the river.

Once the gate at the breach is closed.

Lin Qin excitedly hugged the two children and spun them around, "That's wonderful! You've turned misfortune into blessing this time!"

The Municipal Experimental Primary School is the best primary school in Anshi. The children there are either registered residents of this area or are children of officials, wealthy families, or teachers. The overall teaching level is far superior to other primary schools, and the quality of teachers and students is relatively high, so bullying incidents are less likely to occur.

Most importantly, this matter has been passed over by the Education Bureau, and Huang Weixiong just said that the principal there will carefully select the homeroom teacher, so Lin Qin has even less to worry about.

Because she was too excited, Lin Qin forgot what Huang Weixiong had left behind. It was Lin Yi who went over and opened the bag and found that it contained some fruit, two cans of malted milk powder, and a red envelope with ten yuan inside.

There was also an apology letter signed by Anshan Primary School.

Lin Qin had been learning to read with Chen Wenjun recently, and she was able to finish reading the letter, albeit haltingly. "Dad, these are apologies from Anshan Primary School to the children. We can accept them without worry. Let's not go to Anshan Primary School again to avoid causing any more trouble."

They all share the same surname in their village and stand united against outsiders. Now that such a big incident has happened, regardless of whether they are in the right or not, the villagers of Anshan Village must be furious. But it's better if they go there; if they really enter Anshan Village and are recognized, someone might throw stones at them or do something malicious in secret.

Lin Yi nodded repeatedly, and then reminded the two children.

At the same time, Li Maojie and Teacher Zhou, who had just disembarked, also parted ways with Huang Weixiong.

The two walked back to Anshan Village.

Teacher Zhou looked displeased as he walked along. "Principal, I just looked at the homework of two children. They are promising students. Teacher An was so foolish!" Li Maojie sighed as well. "We were also at fault in this matter. Fortunately, the matter has been resolved. In the future, we must never allow such discriminatory behavior to occur again when there are students from other places."

In fact, he should have realized that any student who could be proactively arranged by the Education Bureau must have some kind of background, regardless of where they were from. Why didn't he think of that when he heard "boat people"?
No matter how much the two regret it, the matter is already settled, and there's nothing more to say.

The Education Bureau acted quickly; both children were able to register at the Municipal Experimental Primary School on Monday.

The Municipal Experimental Primary School is located in the city center, which is some distance from Nanxi. It takes 40 minutes to walk there and 15 to 20 minutes to cycle there. It's impossible to walk all four round trips a day.

Lin Qin was considering buying a bicycle, but the family's debts had not yet been paid off. After thinking for a while, she whispered to Chen Wenjun, "Why don't we borrow money from Boss Zheng to buy the bicycle first? We can bring some fish and shrimp over in the next few days and then we can pay off the debt."

"I'll pay back half of what Mr. Zhang owes first, and explain that it shouldn't be a problem to pay the rest a few days later."

We'll need to invite Zhang Yongquan to renovate the first floor later, and we'll have to schedule a date with him.

Chen Wenjun agreed.

The next day, after the couple finished their work, they brought over a brand new bicycle.

Because Zheng Guoxing bought it through connections, it only cost 120 yuan.

When the bicycle arrived at Nanyu, Lin Yi and his two children were extremely excited.

Chen Wenjun proactively placed the bicycle in front of Lin Yi, saying, "Dad, try to learn how to ride it these next couple of days. If you can ride it, you can pick up and drop off the two kids from now on. If not, then Aqin will have to come. I have to set up my stall early in the morning and can't spare the time. I can pick her up at noon though."

Lin Yikuang nodded, "Okay, okay, I'll learn right away. Qingxiang said this bicycle isn't difficult, I'll give it a try."

Seeing that Lin Yi was very enthusiastic, Chen Wenjun immediately took his fishing gear and went out. Lin Qin had to help Lin Yi with his bicycle, so she couldn't go out to work at all.

For two days in a row, Lin Yi still wasn't very good at riding, but Lin Qin got the hang of it first and could ride back and forth on the dirt road in front of their house with the child on her back, and she looked very steady.

Lin Yi was incredibly envious and secretly resolved to practice hard.

For now, Lin Qin can only take the child to school. Chen Wenjun knew how to ride a bicycle in his past life, so he can do it without learning. He will pick the child up after school.

This greatly frustrated Lin Yi, who was unaware of the situation. He resolved to work hard and strive to become proficient at riding within a month so that he could take on the responsibility of picking up and dropping off his child.

Sunday afternoon.

After finishing her work, Lin Qin first rode her bicycle to take the two children to the Municipal Experimental Primary School to check out the route, and then bought them new clothes and shoes.

It's getting cold, so we need to prepare long pants and long sleeves, and replace sandals with cloth shoes. The two children were bullied by An Yijie before, and their clothes and pants were damaged to varying degrees, so they can't wear them to school. We need to buy them a new set of short sleeves and shorts.

After all that, it cost another thirty-odd yuan.

On the way back, Lin Qin kept calculating her expenses after her rebirth. She was shocked when she did the math. In her previous life, she was incredibly frugal. Except for the large sum of money she spent on illness later, she hardly spent any money. In this life, only a few months had passed, and she had already spent tens of thousands of yuan. It was terrifying.

(End of this chapter)