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Chapter 151: Sky Screen Live Streaming System (26)

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After sending her nephew to the school gate, she straightened his collar and bowtie, and urged him:

"If you finish the water in your bottle, you can go to the direct-drinking fountain to refill it. There is a spare set of clothes in your backpack; if they get dirty or you sweat a lot during PE, you can change. You'll eat lunch at school, remember to put your tableware away, and bring it home in the evening for sterilization..."

"I know, Auntie."

Xie Yang wanted to add a few more words of advice, but suddenly heard someone calling her nephew's name.

"Xie Jilin! Xie Jilin!"

Turning her head, she saw it was actually Feng Zinuo, whom they had met by chance at the airport.

He was wearing the same school uniform as Xie Jilin, so it was clear he was also a new student this year.

When Feng Zinuo's mother saw the aunt and nephew, she was first surprised, then happy: "So you are also at this school? What a coincidence!"

"It is quite a coincidence." Xie Yang smiled and exchanged a few pleasantries with her.

She learned that her son Feng Zinuo was assigned to Class 1, while her own nephew was in Class 6; the two classes were on opposite ends of the teaching building, so it was no wonder they hadn't met during registration yesterday.

"We can play together when we have time in the future," said Feng Zinuo's mother.

She liked Xie Jilin from the bottom of her heart; although he was only half a year older than her son, he was much more steady.

She was happy to see her son making friends with such a sensible and well-behaved child.

Especially after learning that Xie Jilin and his sister had lost their parents at a young age and were living with their aunt, Xie Yang, her liking turned into a layer of pity, and she urged her son to look after Xie Jilin more at school.

"I know, Mom!"

If Xie Jilin, upon first arriving in the Modern Plane, was like a little social phobe, then Feng Zinuo was a total social butterfly.

Although he was also just starting first grade, he was not the least bit afraid of the new campus and environment, and he pulled Xie Jilin along as he rushed into the school.

Like a little cannonball of enthusiasm, he naturally approached new classmates to strike up a conversation: "I have the cards you guys are talking about, too. My grandma asked my uncle to buy them for me, there are so many, so many..."

Xie Jilin hadn't forgotten that his aunt was still at the school gate; while being dragged forward by Feng Zinuo, he turned his head to wave at Xie Yang.

Xie Yang also smiled and waved back at him.

Feng Zinuo's mother looked at the sensible Xie Jilin, then back at her own chatterbox of a son, who was busy chatting and joking with new classmates and had almost walked into the wrong classroom, and her mouth twitched:

"If my Nuo Nuo were half as sensible as your Linbao, I would be satisfied. I'm praying now that he won't keep chatting with his desk-mate during class, and won't interrupt when the teacher is speaking.

This child, I don't know who he takes after, he talks so much it's maddening. In kindergarten, he was reported by his teachers every other day; either he was chatting during nap time, or he loved interrupting the teacher's lecture... Sigh, it gives his father and me such a headache."

"Auntie, give you this, eat candy, the ouchies will fly away."

Xiao Jinchu took a lemon-mint flavored lollipop out of her little backpack and, standing on tiptoe, handed it to Feng Zinuo's mother.

Seeing this, Xie Yang couldn't help but be amused.

The little girl must have remembered when she accidentally bumped her forehead during their trip and got a bruise; when Xie Yang rubbed it for her, she was afraid she would cry from the pain, so she had taken a lollipop to coax her.

She didn't expect her to still remember after two months, and even apply it to a new situation.

"Oh my! Jinbao is truly a little sweetheart! So thoughtful!"

Feng Zinuo's mother squatted down to take the lollipop and nuzzled Xiao Jinbao's chubby cheeks.

"Seeing Jinbao, my desire for a second child is stirring again. If God could give me a guarantee that the second child would definitely be a little sweetheart, I would rush home right now to make a baby with Nuo Nuo Ba."

"..."

The people of Daliang under the Sky Screen were truly stunned by the bold style of Feng Zinuo's mother.

The men were dumbfounded, and the women were embarrassed.

Heavens! Are the women of the Heavenly Palace this... this bold?

Is "making a baby" something that can be spoken of so openly?

Not to mention the pedantic older generation who spent their days saying "zhi, hu, zhe, ye," even the young men were blushing and flustered, hurriedly lowering their heads to pretend they were busy with their work, not daring to stare at the Sky Screen.

Not to mention those young ladies waiting to be married, who were so embarrassed they hid back in their chambers.

"Auntie, Brother is going to school, Jinbao is going to school too."

Xiao Jinbao put her little backpack back on, hugged her little pink water bottle and took a sip, and couldn't wait to remind Xie Yang that it was time to take her to school.

Feng Zinuo's mother couldn't help but be surprised: "Isn't Jinbao not yet three years old? Can she go to kindergarten?"

Xie Yang smiled and shook her head: "She isn't old enough for kindergarten yet, I'm taking her to the nursery in our residential complex to adapt."

"Is she willing to go?" Feng Zinuo's mother said, "Many children refuse to go; even when they start kindergarten, they just howl there."

"Jinbao wants to go!" Before Xie Yang could speak, Xiao Jinbao answered crisply, "Brother is going to school, Jinbao is going to school too."

Feng Zinuo's mother once again marveled at the little sweetheart's sensible and well-behaved nature, picked up Xiao Jinbao, and insisted on walking her to the intersection, still worrying and urging her along the way:

"Jinbao, you must eat well and sleep well at the nursery, find the teacher immediately if you need to pee, don't be shy, and don't be afraid if other children bully you, report it to the teacher immediately..."

Her demeanor was more like a guardian than Xie Yang's.

Feng Zinuo lived in the Sicily Residential Complex across the road, right next to the farmers' market; after dropping off her child, she went to buy groceries on the way, while Xie Yang led her little niece to the nursery.

According to the information Xie Yang had gathered that morning, the nursery at the Sicily Residential Complex was quite legitimate:

Besides the Canteen cook and the childcare worker responsible for cleaning, the teachers in charge all held preschool teacher qualification certificates, making it more legitimate than most nurseries.

Of course, the fees were also quite touching: eight thousand a month, and that was even the discounted price for residents of the complex.

Xie Yang led her little niece to look around inside and out, and sighed that the high fees did indeed have their reasons; both the hardware facilities and the childcare philosophy were very reliable.

But in the end, it depended on whether her little niece liked it.

"Like it!"

Xiao Jinbao's almond eyes curved, and it was clear she really liked it here.

Xie Yang then presented her property deed and household register, and successfully completed the enrollment procedures for Xiao Jinchu.

The nursery's fees were different from a kindergarten; kindergartens charged by the semester, while the nursery required monthly prepayments.

After all, the children were still too young; if they didn't want to come halfway through, the nursery wouldn't force them.

After completing the procedures and prepaying the childcare fees for September, Xie Yang sent Xiao Jinchu to the two-to-three-year-old class.

"Jinbao, this is your class. From now on, listen to the teacher and get along well with the other children, but if you are bullied, don't endure it; fight back as Auntie taught you, and then tell the teacher. When school is over, Auntie will come to pick you up, and then we will go pick up Brother together."

Actually, the nursery school's dismissal time is the same as the kindergarten's, which is later than the first grade of elementary school, but Xie Yang thought that since it was Xiao Jinbao's first day, she didn't know if she would be adjusted, so she decided to come pick her up a bit earlier.

"Okay!"

Xiao Jinchu nodded vigorously.

Afterwards, she couldn't hide her excitement as she carried her little schoolbag and trotted over to the group of children: "Hello everyone, I am Jinbao, I am two and a half years old this year, please take care of me!"

"..."

It was clear now, the little niece was a social butterfly.

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