CHAPTER 1275: CHAPTER 1276: THE LITTLE WIDOW OF THE SIHEYUAN 3

Auntie Zhao suddenly became nervous, recalling the discussion between the old man and the younger uncle last night, she couldn’t help but smile awkwardly.

"Little Yu, although your Old Master Zhao works in the factory office, he’s not very clear about such matters."

In fact, the factory already had a resolution regarding Zhao Jun’s issue, knowing that Old Master Zhao was Zhao Jun’s neighbor and somewhat related, they let him handle it.

Originally, this was a matter that could be settled by just talking to Zhang Yu, but now that the old man had his own ideas, he just wanted to drag it out.

Zhang Yu acknowledged with an "Oh", "Alright, I understand."

No solution in the factory? Hmph, even without the original memory, it’s clear that the factory has had a solution for a long time, it’s just that the righteous Old Master Zhao wanted to take over Zhao Jun’s job, so he hung it over her.

Zhang Yu didn’t mind, anyway, it still needed her signature to proceed, she wasn’t the one who was anxious.

Returning home, Zhang Yu found that breakfast had already gone cold, and Zhao Lei had already helped Zhao Hong with her hair.

Looking at the tidy children, Zhang Yu admitted that the system was not lying, they were indeed two sensible kids.

Zhang Yu glanced at Zhao Hong, "Xiao Hong, do you want to go to school with your brother?"

Previously, Zhao Hong attended the Mechanical Factory Kindergarten, since she was a child of a factory employee, there was no fee required.

Now that Zhao Jun was gone, it was uncertain whether Zhao Hong could still go, and whether there would be any fees to pay.

Zhang Yu felt that since they had to pay anyway, it would be better to send the child to elementary school.

Before the movement started, she could learn more, otherwise when the movement began, teachers would have no heart for teaching, and suspensions would be normal.

Even when classes resumed, the level of teaching wasn’t commendable, it was better to let her learn more now.

Zhao Hong looked at Zhao Lei, "Go to school?"

"Then can I still play with Lili?" Zhao Hong kept flipping her small hands over and over.

Lili? Zhang Yu was slightly startled, not remembering at first, but then recalled it was the neighbor Xue Li.

Regarding the Xue family, Zhang Yu held no good feelings, when Zhao Jun was around, working in the propaganda department, occasionally writing submissions and getting paid, plus Zhang Yu working at the scrap station with decent income.

Every time there were good snacks, Zhao Hong would share with her friend Xue Li.

After the Xue family prospered, Xue Li would always mock Zhao Hong, and eventually even stole Zhao Hong’s man.

Regarding that girl, even though she’s just a child now, Zhang Yu had no good feelings.

She suspected that Xue Li befriended Zhao Hong also to keep an eye on the Zhao family’s movements, to see if they were doing any digging or such.

"Of course you can continue playing." Zhang Yu didn’t want to tell Zhao Hong how bad Xue Li was.

For children, they don’t understand these things, as long as she’s monitoring, not letting Xue Li lead Zhao Hong astray, it would be fine.

Once Zhao Hong started school, their relationship would only grow apart, with different social circles, Zhang Yu believed their bond would slowly fade.

Zhao Lei never liked Xue Li, he felt that girl was only friends with Zhao Hong because of the good food at home.

He had thought about persuading Zhao Hong not to play with Xue Li, but that girl wouldn’t listen, even sulking with him, her brother.

"Sister, don’t you want to go to school with brother?" Zhao Lei said with a face full of grievance.

Although Zhao Hong played well with Xue Li, in the little girl’s heart, her dear brother’s position could not be shaken.

"Okay." Zhao Hong readily agreed.

Zhao Lei looked up at Zhang Yu, "Sister should attend the same school as me."

Originally, Zhao Lei was supposed to attend the Mechanical Factory Affiliated School, Zhao Jun thought the primary school near Zhang Yu’s workplace had better teachers.

Plus, during lunch, he could eat at Zhang Yu’s place, so he used his connections to let Zhao Lei attend there.

Zhang Yu thought about it and figured it should be possible, given her current special situation.

"Xiao Lei, why don’t you go ask at the school." Zhang Yu assigned this task to Zhao Lei, and if he couldn’t resolve it, she would step in, but there was no rush.

Zhao Lei agreed immediately, "Okay." No matter what, the school must agree.

Zhang Yu quickly cleaned the dishes and took the two kids out, "Today, we’ll eat together at the scrap station."

Zhao Hong noticed the direction Zhang Yu was biking, "Mom, aren’t we going to the kindergarten?"

"We’re not going, doesn’t Xiao Hong want to be with mom?"

"Don’t you want to see brother at noon?" Zhang Yu would no longer send Zhao Hong to kindergarten.

"Mom has comic books there, don’t you want to see?" There were always such novels at the scrap station.

The original owner would always collect them and bring them home for Zhao Hong to see, in fact, many kids in the courtyard had seen the comic books she brought back.

During those turbulent days, someone even brought it up, saying she was taking advantage of state property, but fortunately, every time she bought and sold, there were transaction records.

Originally, the original owner didn’t want such trouble, but Zhao Jun insisted on doing so, saying if a leader came to inspect and saw her carrying a bunch of books home, how would the leader view her?

The original owner thought it made a lot of sense, and being timid, she followed suit, in the end, during those turbulent times, it indeed saved her.

This time, Zhang Yu didn’t want to take any books home, hadn’t the courtyard kids seen enough of the comic books she brought back?

Yet when it came to betrayal, they didn’t hold back, so she didn’t want to follow the original owner’s footsteps.

"Can I take them home to read?" Zhao Hong was very puzzled, she always used to bring them home, why not now?

"You can, but every time mom spends money to buy them, after you read them, she sells them back to the recycling station."

"Every time they say a few books are missing, and mom has to cover it."

"When dad was around, every time a few books were missing, the loss wasn’t a big deal."

"But now that dad is gone, and it’s just mom earning a salary, I can’t afford those losses."

Zhang Yu stated not only that, in the future, there would be no more snacks either.

"Mom, it’s okay, Xiao Hong can go without snacks." Although Zhao Hong was small, she remembered Zhang Yu’s demeanor in the past few days—crying constantly, unable to remember anything about her and her brother.

Even though she missed dad, she didn’t want mom to be in trouble.

"Mom will work hard to make money, although life isn’t as good as when dad was here, mom will try to make your life better."

Zhang Yu had already planned, there were not many ways to earn money now, but she could still write submissions, there was manuscript payment for that.

During those turbulent times, she could still write submissions, but there would be no manuscript payment, by then, she wouldn’t want to write anymore, who knew if she might offend anyone by mistake.

Especially for things without reward, Zhang Yu didn’t want to do them.

"Mom, it’s enough for us to be together." Zhao Lei, being older, understood more.

After Zhao Jun’s accident, all Zhang Yu did was cry, making him very anxious, he was just worried that something might happen to Zhang Yu.

If anything happened to her, he feared he and his sister might end up in an orphanage, and they would be separated.

Don’t ask how he knew, just know that when a classmate’s parents passed away, his relatives didn’t take him in, so he had to go to an orphanage, and they never saw him again.