The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

During that period, Darong always went to work early and came back late. In order to earn more overtime pay, she almost never got home until 6 o'clock in the evening every day and had to go to work at the factory at o'clock the next day.

So except for sleeping time, Darong is rarely seen at home.

At the beginning, Zhong Yunxing's project had not started yet. When Darong was not at home, Zhong Yunxing would do housework at home. After Zhong Yunxing's construction site started, Ruyi was alone at home most of the time.

"I have discussed this with your grandfather. From now on, he will come over to keep you company before I come back every day. You can go home directly after school, okay?"

Zhong Yunxing's project this time is quite far from his home, and it takes him more than an hour to get home every day by riding his motorcycle. With Zhong's father coming to keep Ruyi company, he doesn't have to rush on the road.

"I'm not afraid, why should my grandfather make such a fuss?" Ruyi looked at Zhong Yunxing with confusion.

"Is it okay for me to be scared?"

Zhong Yunxing looked at his silly daughter speechlessly. This child was always a step slower than others in some aspects. He was really afraid that she would be fooled by someone one day.

From that day on, Mr. Zhong would go to Darong's house every night to accompany Ruyi for a while. Only after Zhong Yunxing returned home would the old man ride his bike home by himself.

Mr. Zhong is a quiet man, but he would occasionally buy a chocolate popsicle for Ruyi from the store downstairs. He always remembered the flavor that Ruyi liked when she was a child.

When Wu Meifeng and Xiaoping were so close that they were like one family, Darong was not jealous. When they had a falling out and almost went to court, Darong was not surprised.

"Fortunately, you insisted on buying a house and withdrew your shares, otherwise you would have been involved as well."

When Darong came back in the evening, Zhong Yunxing told her what he had heard at Zhong's mother's house.

"If I say that I had predicted that this day would come between them, would you believe me?" Darong said slowly while sitting on the sofa and eating a popsicle.

"Believe it, why not believe it? You are so smart all day long." Zhong Yunxing stared at Darong with a smile on his face.

"Xiao Gao is too cunning, and Wu Meifeng is the kind of person who never gets tired of taking advantage of others. Even though they were so close in the past two years, there have been things going on behind their backs." Darong didn't get annoyed and continued to slowly eat the popsicle in her hand.

Although Wu Meifeng was very foolish and was very eager to argue about this and that, she followed Xiao Gao to the south for two days to purchase goods. She was so confused that she didn't realize there was any problem. She was also inexplicably fooled by Xiao Gao's few words and spent several thousand dollars.

It was not until she returned home that she slowly realized that she seemed to have been fooled by Xiao Gao. But no matter what she said, Xiao Gao seemed not to understand her and kept interrupting her with irrelevant things. Wu Meifeng was completely fooled by Xiao Ping and her husband.

When she asked to withdraw her shares, Xiao Ping returned the original 15,000 yuan to Wu Meifeng without saying a word. However, as for the business operations and profits over the years, she always said "we have divided it up" and refused to discuss it with Wu Meifeng again.

Wu Meifeng is a very interesting person. She actually took the account book of the shop to Zhong Yunsheng. After Zhong Yunsheng sorted out the originally messy account, not only did she not make any profit, but she also lost a lot of the principal.

Wu Meifeng suffered a lot of losses in this wave, but the most important thing was not the loss of money, but that she was once again left alone by Zhong Yunhong.

From beginning to end, she was the only one arguing and confronting, while Zhong Yunhong turned a deaf ear to what happened between her and Xiaoping when he went to work and came home every day.

"Erhong is really something. After all, she is his own wife. How could he not say a word to help?" Darong looked at Zhong Yunxing and asked with a sigh.

"If he doesn't help, this family can still be maintained. If he gets involved again, the brother won't be a brother and the sister won't be a sister anymore, and the family will fall apart."

Zhong Yunxing has been the eldest child in the family since he was young, and his thinking has always been trapped by the saying "A harmonious family brings prosperity".

"What if it's me? What if Xiaoping and I have a falling out?" Darong suddenly turned around and faced Zhong Yunxing, and asked very seriously.

Zhong Yunxing didn't expect that his words would bring trouble to himself. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "You are not that stupid!"

Although Darong knew that Zhong Yunxing was fooling her, she did not ask any more questions. She smiled and got up to take a shower.

"Ruyi, you should also go to bed early. Don't sleep too late. You will not have enough energy for class tomorrow."

After Darong came out of the shower, she saw that the light was still on in Ruyi's room, so she opened the door and spoke to Ruyi.

"Okay." Ruyi replied without raising her head.

"After you finish your bath, come to the big room and sleep. Mom will make the mat for you."

There is only one air conditioner in Darong's house, so Ruyi sleeps directly on the floor of the master bedroom in the summer.

"It's not too hot today, I'll just turn on the fan. I haven't finished writing this essay yet, so you can go to bed first."

After Ruyi stopped writing, she looked up and said to Darong.

Darong nodded and did not continue to disturb Ruyi, but just gently closed the door for her.

After the final exams, Linlin, who had been attending primary school in the city, also returned to the southern suburbs for the holidays. She should have been promoted to junior high school this year, but she was not able to be admitted to a private middle school in the city because she did not have a local household registration and could not attend a public middle school according to the school district.

"Then will you go to Jingrong Middle School? Can't you get into No. 3 Middle School?" When Darong's father heard that Linlin couldn't stay in the city to study in middle school, he let out a sigh of relief and asked Sibeier listlessly.

"It's not a movie from No. 3 Middle School. Jingrong is also very good. Many people say that Jingrong is better than No. 3 Middle School." Sibei replied sullenly.

Jingrong is a local private school in the southern suburbs. Its reputation and teaching have always been comparable to those of No. 3 Middle School. Even though nine-year compulsory education had already reached universalization at that time, the school's reputation and teaching level still had a great influence in the southern suburbs.

Therefore, many parents would rather choose the more expensive Jingrong Middle School, hoping to choose a school with a better reputation for their children.

"Bai has been studying in the city for so many years. The tuition fees in these years must be about 200,000 yuan, right?" Darong's father said with a little regret.

In fact, Sibei'er and Xiaoling never felt sorry for the money when they were raising Linlin. The private lessons from electronic organ to piano have long exceeded the tuition fees for her studies in the past few years.

It’s not that Linlin didn’t work hard. Her piano score had already reached the maximum level. However, her academic performance was indeed lacking. She managed to maintain her scores by relying on rote memorization. However, it was still impossible for her to be admitted to a school in the city.

Private schools also have their own admission standards. Since students need to apply for high school based on their scores after the junior high school entrance examination, in order to maintain their good reputation and high enrollment rate, private schools will independently set up another entrance examination when admitting students.

Linlin applied to three schools but failed to get in, which actually gave her a lot of pressure and blow.