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Chapter 156 The Brothers Go Back to School

At this moment, Yun Xiaowu and his friends, unaware that they would regret it later, were happily strolling around the village and their new schoolbags.

Their backpacks were all hand-sewn, made of their favorite military green crossbody cloth, with a red five-pointed star on the flap.

The children cherished that five-pointed star. Even when they went out to show off their new schoolbags, they only allowed others to look at the star and wouldn't let anyone touch it.

“Our schoolbags are all new. Our mother sewed them for us specially. Look how pretty this five-pointed star is.”

Some children who can only carry their older brothers' or sisters' old schoolbags are quite envious.

"Yun Xiaowu, let me touch it."

"No, your hands are so dirty. What if you get my star dirty?"

"Can I wash my hands before touching it?"

"Okay, but you can only touch it once."

For the sake of you being my best brother.

Yun Jiao munched on a boiled egg as she followed her brothers, and she also had a new little bag on her.

She has everything her brothers have.

It's also military green and has a five-pointed star, but her bag is much smaller and more delicate; it's used to carry small snacks.

The egg you eat at this point is taken out of it.

It has several layers of fabric lining inside.

Similarly, Yunjiao's friends were envious.

"Jiaojiao, are you going to school too?"

"But this backpack is so small, it can't hold any books."

"This isn't a schoolbag; my mom made it for me to carry snacks."

There were also a few candies, a piece of chocolate, and some cookies wrapped in a cloth.

Hearing her words, Yun Xiaohua and the others became even more envious.

"When I go back, I'll ask my mom to make me a pretty little bag."

"Me too, if she won't do it, I'll do it myself."

A few girls got together to discuss how to make a pretty little bag.

Yun Jiao finished eating the egg white, leaving a round yolk.

She divided the egg yolks into several smaller portions and handed a few to Yun Xiaohua.

She doesn't really like eating egg yolks; they make her choke.

Although her family still can't afford to eat a boiled egg every day, Yun Jiao firmly believes that her chickens are growing plump and will soon bring her a pleasant surprise.

When will it lay eggs? Then my brothers can have an egg every day.

However, her chickens, ducks, and geese are now even uglier.

Yun Jiao can no longer lie and call them chicks, ducklings, and goslings.

After showing off outside, Yun Jiao's brothers took her home.

However, the children who were shown off went home crying and demanding a new schoolbag, specifically the military green one with a five-pointed star.

Some children got what they wanted, but others were caught by their families and given a good spanking.

"Why do you want a new schoolbag? This is fine. Where am I going to find military green fabric to make a new schoolbag for you? And you want a five-pointed star? With my skills, I can't even sew a five-pointed star for you. Why don't you just fly to the moon?"

Some people complained privately that Yun Xiaowu and his friends were really something. They had new schoolbags, so why did they have to show them off? Now, all the kids in the village are getting restless.

On the first day of school, Yun Jiao went to school with her older brothers.

The third and fourth brothers brought them to register.

She walked hand in hand with her third brother through the school, looking around curiously. The school playground was made of cement, with a few trees planted on it, and a flagpole where a bright red flag with a five-pointed star was fluttering at the highest point, the most eye-catching feature in the entire school.

Yun Jiao also saw that some students had red scarves tied around their necks. The red scarves were folded three times and then tied around their necks, which is the symbol of primary school students.

There were quite a few students registering on the school playground; some were brought by their parents, while others came on their own.

This is the nearest primary school to them, Hongxing Primary School, where they attend school from preschool to sixth grade.

Yun Chennan also came from here before.

He first took his two eldest younger brothers to the office where they registered for second grade.

As luck would have it, his homeroom teacher turned out to be the same one who had taught him before.

For teachers, the students who leave the deepest impression are either the best students or the worst students who are most prone to causing trouble.

Yun Chennan clearly belongs to the former category.

As soon as he appeared, more than one teacher in the office recognized him.

"Yun Chennan!"

His teachers and homeroom teacher were all delighted.

In particular, his homeroom teacher came up and patted him on the shoulder: "Yun Chennan, what brings you to school? You've grown up so much in the blink of an eye."

Looking at the white hair sprouting on his teacher's head, Yun Chennan felt a pang of emotion.

"Teacher Yang, I brought my younger brother to register."

He pushed Yun Xiaowu and Yun Xiaoliu over: "These are my Xiaowu and Xiaoliu, named Yun Chenqin and Yun Chenshu respectively. They might be a bit timid, so I'll have to trouble you with them from now on."

"Okay, okay... What was their situation like before?"

After some questioning, it was learned that because the family was poor, neither of the two children had ever attended school, and their education was taught by their older brothers. The teacher was not surprised.

There are many families in this situation. Now that education is gradually becoming more widespread, all the children who have never been to school will have to go to school in the future.

This has resulted in some older children being mixed up with preschool or first-graders because they can't keep up with the learning pace. The students' heights are quite uneven, with some being tall and others short.

These two are alright. They're ten years old, which is normal for third or fourth graders. Even in second grade, they were already considered to be on the taller side, but it's still not too bad.

After a few simple tests to confirm that the two children were at a second-grade level, we enrolled them in school.

Teacher Yang pushed up her glasses and looked at the other children behind Yun Chennan.

The only little girl among them was fair-skinned and very pretty, and he couldn't help but take a few more glances at her.

Yun Chennan noticed this and took Yun Jiao's small hand to introduce her to him.

"Teacher Yang, this is my youngest sister. She is three years old this year. We will wait two more years before she can come to school."

In front of outsiders, Yun Jiao has always been very well-behaved.

"Hello, Teacher Yang."

She greeted Teacher Yang politely.

Teacher Yang exclaimed "Oh!" and patted himself down. He actually found a piece of candy, a preserved plum candy, and handed it to Yun Jiao.

"You have quite a few kids in your family."

According to what Yun Chennan just said, the children who registered with him are fifth and sixth graders. There are also three boys who are younger, and with this girl, that makes a total of 10 children.

Hiss... No wonder the family is so poor that the other children can't go to school.

"Thank you, Teacher Yang."

Yun Jiao accepted the candy and thanked them obediently.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Teacher Yang, Yun Chennan left with his younger brothers and sisters.

Let's move on to the next place.

(End of this chapter)