Chapter 67 The Daughter Is Really Dad's Little Padded Jacket
Chapter 67 The daughter is indeed daddy’s little cotton-padded jacket
Li Li knew her husband well and guessed that Ling Jiang would definitely come home after learning about her brother. She prepared dinner early and Ling Jiang had hot meals and dishes as soon as he got home.
The food at home, even if it is simple food, is better than the food outside.
Ling Jiang ate voraciously, but he did not forget to care about Li Zhijie, "Tell me, what is Zhijie's situation now?"
Li Li said angrily: "What else could it be like? The person's dirty work has been harvested, and the person is now locked up in a detention center, waiting to be sentenced."
"Then I'll go to the detention center to see your brother tomorrow and see if I can be of any help."
Li Li gave him a blank look and said, "They say they want to hire a lawyer. Do you have the money to hire one?"
Li Li's original intention was to stab her husband with words, but Ling Jiang actually asked her seriously, "Have you asked about it? How much does it cost to hire a lawyer?"
Li Li was furious and said, "Do you really want to hire a lawyer for Zhijie? Are you stupid? Do you have too much money to burn?"
Ling Jiang was very puzzled by his wife's anger, "After all, he is your biological brother, so we can't ignore him."
"You can handle it. If you have money to hire a lawyer, you might as well find a better school for Jiale. Jiale will be 5 years old after the Chinese New Year."
After being reminded by his wife, Ling Jiang thought of his daughter.
My daughter Chunhua is nearly two years older than my son Jia Le. The son is 5 years old, so the daughter is 7 years old and it’s time to go to elementary school.
In fact, Chunhua should be sent to preschool this year. Li Li didn't mention it, and Ling Jiang didn't care about it when he was working outside.
When this was mentioned, Ling Jiang said directly: "School will start soon. Find a kindergarten for Chunhua and get used to it first, so as not to be unable to keep up when you enter the first grade."
Hearing her father mentioning her schooling, Ling Chunhua raised her little head expectantly, her big black grape-like eyes turning back and forth between the two adults.
Other friends of the same age in the alley were in kindergarten, but she did not go to kindergarten. She also longed to go to kindergarten like other children, carrying a beautiful little schoolbag.
Li Li glanced at her daughter, with a look of displeasure on her face, "It's easy to say, it's free to go to school? The cheapest kindergarten nearby costs 30 yuan in tuition per semester."
Ling Jiang thought about it and said, "30 yuan a semester is not too expensive."
"Of course it's not expensive to attend just one, but Jia Le also has to go to kindergarten. The two together cost 80 yuan per semester."
Ling Jiang was confused. "Didn't you say 30 yuan per semester? How come the two children add up to 80 yuan? Did you make a mistake in your calculation?"
Li Li touched her son's head and said, "I found the best kindergarten in the east of the city for Jiale. The tuition fee is 50 yuan per semester. The children who attend it are all children with good family conditions. Our Jiale is different from these."
Only when children play can they be successful in the future. Even if I tell you, you won’t understand."
Ling Jiang didn't quite understand his wife's thoughts. "Jia Le is still young. Let him go to the same kindergarten as Chun Hua. The siblings can still take care of each other and go to and from school together."
Li Li had already made up her mind and would not listen to her husband's words at all.
"I have already registered for Jiale and paid the deposit. I will go to study next month. You can take some extra money home next month and pay the tuition for Jiale."
"What about the spring flowers?"
Li Li disagreed, "Let's talk about it next year. It doesn't matter if a girl goes to school two years later. She won't be able to study for a few years anyway. She just needs to know a few words."
Ling Jiang disagreed with his wife's words.
He and Lingchuan just haven't read many books and have tasted the pain of being uneducated. He is now working exhaustingly on the construction site in order to let his children go to school and read more books so that they will not leave him again in the future.
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"I will find a way to deal with the tuition fees. You go and register for Chunhua tomorrow. It's the kindergarten you registered for Jiale. Both siblings will go to that one."
When Li Li wanted to say something, Ling Jiang said directly: "This matter has been decided. Either the siblings will come together, or neither of them will come together and just play around at home."
Ling Jiang's rare moment of strength made Li Li silent.
Anyway, it's not her who works hard outside to make money, so she doesn't care about that.
After dinner, Ling Jiang took his pipe and sat at the door and started smoking.
He spoke freely at the dinner table, but in practice it was very difficult to implement it.
For two children to go to kindergarten, the tuition alone costs 100 yuan a semester, which is undoubtedly a heavy burden for those who rely on hard work to make money.
Although he and Lingchuan had earned some money over the years, except for household expenses, they had all used it to pay off debts.
Although I am debt-free now, I still don’t have much spare money on hand.
How to raise the 100 yuan tuition fee?
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Just as he was feeling worried, his daughter's shout suddenly came from behind him. Ling Jiang hurriedly put away his sad face and turned around with a smile.
"Chunhua, have the dishes been washed?"
"Um."
Looking at his well-behaved and sensible daughter, Ling Jiang was both pleased and distressed. He put the pipe aside, pulled his daughter in front of him, and lovingly touched the little flower bud on his daughter's head with his rough hands.
"This rope is so beautiful. Did your mother buy it for you?"
Ling Chunhua shook her little head happily and replied bluntly, "No, my aunt bought it."
Hearing that it was Yun Mo who bought it, Ling Jiang was startled for a moment, and then said lovingly: "Chun Hua, dad is often not at home, thank you for taking care of your brother."
Ling Chunhua quickly shook her head, "It's not hard work. It's hard work without a father making money outside."
As he said that, he touched Ling Jiang's chin with his little hand, "Dad, you have become darker and thinner."
The daughter is indeed his father's little cotton-padded jacket. Listening to his daughter's concern, Ling Jiang felt as sweet as drinking honey water.
"Chun Hua, good boy, as long as you and Jiale get along well, it will be worth it no matter how hard dad works."
Ling Chunhua lowered her head and took out two pieces of candy, a piece of white rabbit and a piece of corn candy from her pocket, and handed them to Ling Jiang, "Dad, here they are for you."
Ling Jiang was a little surprised when he saw the candies in his daughter's hand, because these candies were not cheap, and his wife would definitely be reluctant to buy them, and even if she did, she would not give them to his daughter. He knew his wife's partiality all too well.
"Where did the sugar come from?"
"Auntie gave it to me."
Ling Jiang took the candy, peeled off the wrapper, and put the candy to his daughter's mouth, "Chunhua, you eat."
Ling Jiang saw his wife's partiality, but he could do nothing about it. After all, the conditions at home were there, and he was always away from home, so he couldn't see much, so he could only turn a blind eye.
His daughter's kindness in leaving the candy to him was enough. How could he be willing to eat his daughter's candy?
Although Ling Chunhua is sensible, she is still just a child and has no resistance to sweet and delicious candies. Ling Jiang obediently opened her mouth as soon as she fed her.
"Dad, can I really go to kindergarten?"
"Of course, you will go to kindergarten with your brother next month."
"Wow, I can go to school!"
Ling Chunhua was so happy that she jumped up and down several times, then turned around and ran back home.
Looking at his daughter's joyful back, Ling Jiang couldn't help but smile, and the depression in his heart caused by having no money also dissipated a lot.