Traveling between the 70s and the modern world

Chapter 481 Zhou Limei's Request

Lin Qingyan has maintained the habit of going to Modern once or twice a week over the years.

Sometimes he went to deliver vegetables to Zhou Limei, sometimes he went to purchase goods, sometimes he went to visit Grandpa Lin and others, and sometimes he appeared on the streets of Country M.

Of course, whenever she appears in modern times, she will always carry her cell phone with her.

On this day, Lin Qingyan came to modern times to deliver vegetables to Zhou Limei as usual. After delivering the vegetables, she went to the morning market.

Looking at the lively atmosphere at the morning market, I felt very longing and satisfied. After having breakfast at the morning market and preparing to go back, I received a call from Zhou Limei.

Lin Qingyan pressed the answer button and heard Zhou Limei's surprised voice from the other side: "Qingyan, you actually have time to look at your phone today?"

Lin Qingyan also laughed when she heard this. This might be the first time that Zhou Limei called and got the call connected without saying hello in advance.

"Sister Zhou, I just happened to have nothing to do these days, so I came out for a walk, and my phone is right next to me."

Zhou Limei also laughed on the other end of the phone: "I thought it would be the same as before, and I would not receive your message until a few days later."

"I'm sorry, Sister Zhou, my situation here is special and I can't stay here all the time. There's no signal on my cell phone over there."

Lin Qingyan felt a little sorry for Zhou Limei. During the years they had worked together, Zhou Limei treated her almost like a younger sister.

And she couldn't even tell her where she came from, and she couldn't contact her whenever she wanted.

Zhou Limei became even more confused when she heard her talk about this and that. In fact, she had always had a guess in her mind.

Lin Qingyan said before that her home had no electricity and no signal, but the food was always delivered to her on time.

Although the warehouse is located in a remote area, there are people living nearby. However, no one has seen anyone delivering vegetables to the warehouse over the years. They have only seen her going to the warehouse to pick up goods.

In fact, she wanted to explore and ask where Lin Qingyan came from, but a voice in her heart told her not to explore or ask.

If she explored it, everything might turn out to be nothing, so she ignored all the abnormalities and pretended that everything was reasonable.

Zhou Limei suddenly felt strange again and said to Lin Qingyan apologetically,

"Qingyan, there is something I want to discuss with you. Can I transfer our fresh food store to someone else?"

Lin Qingyan didn't expect it to be about the store transfer. She asked in a serious tone,

"Sister Zhou, what happened? Why did you suddenly transfer the store?"

Zhou Limei sighed, "With your help over the past few years, I have made a lot of money from this shop. If I spend this money frugally, I may not be able to spend it all in my lifetime.

Qingyan, thank you, meeting you is the greatest luck in my life."

"Sister Zhou, what happened?" Lin Qingyan was a little anxious.

Zhou Limei heard Lin Qingyan's anxious tone and hurriedly comforted her: "Qingyan, nothing happened, don't worry."

She felt that the other person's emotions had calmed down, so she slowly said,

"Our store is doing very well, and our customers are very stable. They automatically make reservations in advance. I only need to spend a little time in the store every day.

I am very free the rest of the time. This is the easiest job I have had since graduation and also the one that earns me the most.

Qingyan, I am really lucky to have met you. You have given me such a job.

Tongtong is growing up and will graduate from primary school soon. She will have to choose where to go to junior high school.

Although our Xishui Town is a tourist town, its economy is developing very well, even better than some county towns.

But the educational resources in the town are far inferior to those in other places, and are even backward.”

Hearing this, Lin Qingyan somewhat understood what Zhou Limei meant. This was for Tongtong's future.

"Sister Zhou, are you planning to take Tongtong to another city to study?"

Lin Qingyan actually wanted to say that she could send vegetables to other cities, but she knew that if she said this, she couldn't just find an excuse to get away with it.

She has had a very good relationship with Zhou Limei and Tongtong over the years. Tongtong likes her very much and likes to be close to her. She treats her like a sister.

Basically, she would call Zhou Limei to chat every week when she went to Modern, and would visit them once every few months to have a meal and chat with them or go out for fun nearby.

"Qingyan, I plan to take Tongtong to study abroad."

Zhou Limei's voice came from the phone again.

Lin Qingyan didn't expect this answer. She asked in surprise: "Take Tongtong to study abroad? Why?"

"Qingyan, you also know how many exams students in China have to take now. Not only do they take exams in Chinese, mathematics, and English, but now they also have to take exams in interest classes and physical education.

The children of my former colleague are about the same age as Tongtong, and their English level is now good enough to prepare for the college entrance examination.

Qingyan, they are only in primary school, but the English they have learned is enough for the college entrance examination. What a terrifying existence.

My former colleague told me that it was not just her child who was unsuccessful, but all the children in her class were like this.

Some follow the Oxford and Cambridge system, some follow the New Concept system, and some follow the Pearson system, but no matter which system they follow, they have all learned English to the level of the college entrance examination in elementary school.

Mathematics is also advanced. In primary school, students are learning junior high school knowledge. Chinese is even more difficult. Students are reciting classical Chinese texts from junior high school and high school.

After chatting with my former colleague, and looking at Tongtong, who is doing very well in school and makes me very proud, I don’t know what to say.

Tongtong is a smart child. She has a very good memory and the knowledge in school textbooks is very simple for her.

But I didn't let her learn ahead of time, nor did I let her learn too much English knowledge in advance.

Now I suddenly feel a lot of pressure and a little anxious. I don't know if Tongtong can keep up if she goes to junior high school somewhere else.

I don’t want Tongtong to work too hard, I just want her to live a simple and happy life.

But in such an environment, she may not be able to do what she did before and can only be forced to curl up.

Otherwise, faced with the gap between her and her classmates, she may not be able to accept this fact, and a huge gap may also have an impact on her physically and mentally.

I only have this one child. Since divorcing her father, I have no plans to remarry. I just want her to grow up safely and happily. "

Zhou Limei finished her speech with emotion. She really couldn't stand the current way of education. The children were too tired and were too exhausted from being forced to study hard.

She and Lin Qingyan opened a shop together in the past few years and earned a lot of money. They didn't spend much money on food and drink on a daily basis, and most of their money was spent on Tongtong's studies.

Although she is divorced from Tongtong's father, Tongtong's father pays child support to Tongtong every month, and Tongtong's grandmother sometimes gives Tongtong some money, so they are not short of money.

The money she has saved over the years is enough for her to take Tongtong to study abroad. When Tongtong finishes her studies and becomes an adult with her own ideas, she will decide whether to return to China based on her opinion.

But when she gets older, she plans to return to Xishui Town to retire.