Quick Wear: Reversing Life

Chapter 243: Escape from the Mountains (24)

Xiaocao smiled faintly: "Okay."

Chen Xianhua said, "Let's talk about it after I finish the entrance exam."

"The countryside is different from the city. The learning progress here is much faster. Let's take it slow." Ding Min smiled.

Xiaohua had no objection. She was already old enough to start first grade and would go directly to first grade after school started in September.

It’s just that Xiaohua has never been to kindergarten, so Xiaocao has been taking her to read books and learn to read these days.

After the family dinner, the housekeeper took Xiaohua and Xiaocao back to Luyuan.

Chen Xianhua was pushed to the second floor by the nurse.

The secretary was already waiting in the room. When he saw Chen Xianhua coming, he handed him a document.

"Mr. Chen, these are the data we found."

Chen Xianhua took it.

The secretary had checked before and confirmed that the two girls were indeed Chen Shanshan's daughters, so Chen Xianhua brought them to the Li family.

"Before arriving in S City, they stayed in the county town for a few days. The day they left, a murder occurred in the city and made headlines."

"The deceased was the human trafficker."

Chen Xianhua stared at the document in his hand, then slowly asked, "Are you saying that you suspect Xiaocao did this?"

The secretary said, "The police have yet to find the anonymous complainant, and a large amount of evidence of human trafficking was found in the deceased's home."

Chen Xianhua smiled and said, "She is really amazing."

The girl Xiaocao is a little too thoughtful.

"By the way, there's one more thing."

"On the day they arrived in S City, Miss Xiaocao asked the front desk to pass a newspaper to you."

"What newspaper?"

"The headline about Miss Shanshan's disappearance in 97."

"And the newspaper?"

The secretary glanced at Chen Xianhua and said, "Since you're not here, they've handed it over to Mr. Chen."

"But...Mr. Chen didn't seem to take it seriously."

Chen Xianhua lowered his eyelids and put the document aside.

"I see. Have you finished with the household registration?"

"done."

After the secretary left, Chen Xianhua pushed the wheelchair and slowly came to Chen Shanshan's side.

She had just taken her medicine and had fallen asleep.

Looking at her huddled up sleeping posture, Chen Xianhua sighed softly.

-

Before school started in September, Xiaocao took a pre-admission ability test.

She deliberately hides her shortcomings. She is good at Chinese, average at math, and very poor at English.

After seeing her grades, Chen Xianhua asked her to start from the first grade of junior high school and found someone else to tutor her in English.

Xiaocao also agreed with this decision, so when school started in September, she was in the same class with Chen Jiahui.

The new school is a famous aristocratic school in the city, covering from elementary school to high school, but the elementary school campus is a little far away.

Xiaohua knew that she would have to go to school in the future, and she suddenly felt scared and retreated.

She asked her sister if she could skip class.

The grass knew her fear.

It is normal to be afraid. Even children who grew up in the city feel afraid when they finish kindergarten and go to elementary school, not to mention Xiaohua who has just arrived.

"Xiaohua, I know you are afraid of contact with strangers."

"Just like when we had classes in the village before, all the students were the same age as you."

"Maybe those kids are just like you, afraid to interact with you."

"But do you think you are a scary person?"

Xiaohua leaned on Xiaocao and shook her head.

"That's right. They are all kind and lovely children just like you. If you are willing to take the initiative to contact them, you might become good friends with them."

"If you think about it this way, are you still afraid?"

Xiaohua thought for a moment and said timidly, "Still, a little bit."

Xiao Cao said: "It's normal. It's normal to be afraid."

"Just like the first time I went up the mountain to herd cattle, I was also scared." Xiaocao patted her back and said softly, "I was always afraid that ghosts would jump out of the woods, but I went up the mountain so many times later and never encountered anything scary."

"There's no one in the woods."

"But the people in school won't eat you." The grass said, "Little Flower, you have to remember that we go to school to learn knowledge. If we can't interact with people, then we can interact with books."

"But why do we need to go to school?"

Xiaocao asked, "What if one day you found that everyone around you knew how to read and write Chinese characters, but you didn't? Would you regret not going to school?"

Xiaohua nodded.

"The grandparents in our village never went to school. They only knew how to herd cattle and work as farmers."

"My aunts and uncles who went to elementary school already knew how to run small businesses, like Little Monkey's and Yuanyuan's. If they didn't study, they wouldn't even know how to do accounting, so how could they run a business?"

"The cars we rode in, the skyscrapers, and the railway bridges we saw along the way were all designed and created by people who have spent many years studying."

"Going to school is to teach you more skills and give you more choices. When you grow up, you can choose to herd cattle, be a farmer, or do business, build cars and skyscrapers."

"Xiaohua, I won't ask you to learn everything, but you must never back down without trying."

Xiaohua nodded confusedly.

"You have to try it. What if after trying it, you find going to school to be a very interesting thing?"

"Go ahead and try it. If you still don't like it, we'll think of another way."

Xiaohua nodded.

...

On the first day of school on September 1st, Xiaocao sent Xiaohua to the gate of the elementary school campus. An accompanying staff member took Xiaohua to register and familiarize herself with the campus.

Xiaohua looked back every few steps, with a look of fear still on her face.

But Xiaocao knew that this was a process that everyone had to go through.

You have to walk your own path in life.

The driver took Xiaocao to the gate of the junior high school campus. Xiaocao carried his schoolbag and walked into the new campus.

When she found her new class, she saw Chen Jiahui already inside.

She was chattering about her summer vacation fun with a few close friends and didn't see the grass.

Someone touched her arm.

"Jiahui, is that girl your cousin you mentioned?"

Chen Jiahui turned around and saw Xiaocao.

"Oh, yes, it is."

Chen Jiahui turned and walked to the edge of the grass: "You're here? My mom asked us to sit together and be deskmates from now on."

Xiaocao nodded. It didn't matter who I sat at the table with, there was nothing new about it.

When Chen Jiahui's friend saw this, he pulled Chen Jiahui over.

"Is your cousin really from the countryside?"

Chen Jiahui glanced at Xiaocao and nodded.

"Does she know how to farm?"

"No wonder he's so dark, it seems like all farmers are dark-skinned."

"Why did you live in the countryside before?"

"Jiahui, your cousin isn't very pretty."

The girls chattered in the way they thought they were very quiet, but Xiaocao heard it all.

She didn't bother with a group of little girls and just quietly cleaned up her desk.