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Chapter 295: Chapter 295: Listening to His Second Sister is Definitely Right
Chuxia Lin took him straight to the department store, thermos, washbasin, tooth mug, toothbrush, towel, scented soap, soap..., even buying change of clothes and socks.
Leaving the department store, Lin Jiadong had his hands full and realized how meager his own luggage roll was.
"Second Sister, you’re the kindest to me. You don’t know, our family has been quite chaotic lately."
Chuxia Lin looked back at him, Lin Jiadong, rarely feeling ashamed, "I know about mom and dad asking you for money. That day, when they came back, Big Sister found out they didn’t get any money and had a big fight with them. Afterwards, she was sent back to her in-laws’."
Before, he didn’t understand why Big Sister always stayed at her maternal home. After finding out, he felt indignant and tried to reason with Big Sister, but it was truly impossible to reason with her.
"Recently, Big Sister had a son, and upon hearing the news, mom started visiting her again. I heard Big Brother-in-law is going back to his old trade to sell vegetables. Because of their debts, they sold their bicycle and mom even lent ours to Big Brother-in-law. Now, I feel more and more that Big Sister is unreasonable and mom is also showing favoritism."
He finished speaking and sneaked a glance at Chuxia Lin.
He hadn’t felt it before, it seemed the family had always been like that. Only after this incident did he realize that his mom seemed to have always favored Big Sister.
Chuxia Lin didn’t expect Lin Jiayi to have given birth to a son so quickly. Guang Yuan in his previous life desperately wanted but never had a son.
No wonder they picked up the old trade so quickly.
Lin Jiayi wanted to marry Guang Yuan, and Guang Yuan wanted a son; in this life, both of them got their wishes.
"You don’t need to worry about family matters. Let them deal with it. You just need to focus on studying well now. If you can’t handle anything, just tell your Second Sister."
"Okay, I got it, Second Sister."
After having lunch together, Chuxia Lin took Lin Jiadong to register at Ancheng First High School.
Their generation hadn’t caught up with the family planning policy; there was even a baby boom, so there might not be many who could attend high school.
Not like in future generations, where the entrance of high school was crowded, and even being a bit late for registration meant there were no spots left.
When Chuxia Lin and Lin Jiadong arrived, there were just a bit more people at the school gate than usual. Besides those with bedding rolls, some were just holding admission notices, few parents accompanied, mostly students asking around like headless flies looking for their destination.
Thankfully, the registration area was conspicuous.
Chuxia Lin handed over Lin Jiadong’s admission notice to the staff, who checked the names, and she paid the tuition and the accommodation fees. The teacher at the registration gave them two slips.
One was for the dormitory, the other for the classroom.
"First go settle down in the dormitory, the cafeteria is behind the dormitory building. You need to go there to exchange for food tickets and meal tickets. Didn’t you bring any food with you?"
Lin Jiadong shook his head subconsciously, not aware that he needed to bring food for school.
Chuxia Lin directly asked, "Teacher, can we just buy food tickets directly?"
"Yes, it’s just a little more expensive. I see that you’re from the rural areas; if your family has food supplies, bring some next time during the holidays. Wheat flour is fine, and if you don’t have ready-made wheat flour, we also accept wheat, though the exchange rate is a little less."
These days, going to school isn’t easy, especially for villagers to support a student; the phrase ’sell everything including the kitchen sink’ isn’t just said in passing, as many need to borrow money to pay for tuition.
The teacher already knew Lin Jiadong’s home address when she registered and kindly reminded them.
Chuxia Lin quickly thanked her, "Thank you, teacher, we understand."
After leaving the registration spot, Lin Jiadong discussed with Chuxia Lin, "How about I go home and bring some of the flour dad exchanged yesterday?"
"Let’s talk about it next time. First, let’s buy food tickets, it’s getting late, and teachers might roll call in the evening. Don’t leave a bad first impression on the first day."
Lin Jiadong gave an affirmative hum, listening to his Second Sister was certainly right.
The dormitory was bigger than Chuxia Lin had imagined, with bunk beds combined into one long bed, and fourteen people per room.
Chuxia Lin and Lin Jiadong arrived early and chose an upper bunk by the wall.
That’s the inconvenience of a shared long bunk, the movements of someone climbing up and down can easily disturb others.
Picking a spot by the wall could minimize disturbance from others as much as possible.
Before they finished settling in, a few other boys arrived at the dormitory.
All came alone, dressed simply, carrying minimal luggage, with some even having less than Lin Jiadong.
Indeed, most boarding students were from remote villages. Forget about city kids, even students from a ’village within the city’ like Qin Family Village don’t need to board.
Perhaps noticing a woman in the dormitory, the two boys looked curiously at them several times. 𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝒎
Lin Jiadong, knowing how to act, greeted them first as they would be classmates in the future.
The boy with particularly simple luggage immediately smiled and introduced himself, "I’m Li Youmin, from Qu Gou Village."
The other also said, "I’m Hou Xuehui, from Beizhao Village."
The youngsters chatted, and Chuxia Lin had already skillfully made the bed.
"Jiadong, let’s go check out the cafeteria."
Lin Jiadong responded and just was about to leave when Li Youmin casually asked, "Your family member?"
Lin Jiadong grinned, somewhat proud, "My sister."
He turned and chased after Chuxia Lin, "Second Sister, wait for me."
Li Youmin watched them leave the dormitory and nudged Hou Xuehui next to him, "Lin Jiadong said he’s from Daqing Mountain Village, but his sister doesn’t look like she’s from a village. She seems like a city person."
Hou Xuehui responded; he thought Lin Jiadong’s sister seemed like a city person too, but what did that have to do with him?
Seeing Hou Xuehui had no interest in continuing the topic, Li Youmin changed the subject, "Besides us, do you know anyone else who got into Ancheng First High School?"
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Chuxia Lin took Lin Jiadong to the cafeteria and bought 20 jin of food tickets and 10 yuan of meal tickets in one go.
Food tickets were for staple foods, counted in dry flour weight, and when getting the cooked food, it was also weighed in dry flour, with about one tael of flour equating to one tael and six of staple food.
Outside, a jin of food tickets would include a processing fee. When exchanging food tickets at the cafeteria, the processing fee would have been paid in advance, and students could directly exchange food tickets for staple food later.
Meal tickets were for vegetables; the cafeteria offerings were cheap, varying from three fen to ten fen, with 10 yuan enough to last him for a while.
After handing all these things to Lin Jiadong, it was as if all matters had been settled.
"Study hard, listen to the teachers, don’t skimp on food, you’re still growing. If you need anything, ask the teachers for leave and either come to the Bun Shop to find me or go home."
Chuxia Lin admonished him for a bit longer and Lin Jiadong sniffled, not knowing why, but he felt like crying.
His Second Sister was really too good to him.
Not to mention anything else, the money Second Sister spent on him was without a blink of an eye; if it was his mother, she would definitely have had a few remarks.
"Second Sister, I understand. I will definitely study hard, get into university and make you proud."
"Mhm, Second Sister believes in you."
Chuxia Lin waited for Lin Jiadong to return to the dorm before she headed out of school.
