Chapter 448: 448: Plan

On the 18th day of Lunar New Year, the governmental office officially reopened and Di Yelei returned to work. Most importantly, Di Xuan and Zhang Yun started attending the village school.

Early in the morning, Liu Sisi prepared cooked dishes for the two to eat before they left home.

Since it was Di Xuan’s first day at school, and considering the previous incident, Liu Sisi was worried about Di Xuan walking to school alone. So, she followed him after Di Yelei rode his horse out of the house.

“Mom! Go back! I know the way to school.”

Di Xuan’s cheeks turned slightly red; after all, he was a grown-up boy and a male – how could his mother accompany him to school?

However, Liu Sisi smiled gently, “Don’t worry. I’ll leave as soon as you’re at school and won’t go inside.”

Thinking of the attitude of Mr. Meng, she had no intention of going inside.

“No! Mom… Your body is heavy. You should go back and not accompany me.” Di Xuan became a little irritated.

“No way! Who knows where those who kidnapped you came from? What if they show up again? I won’t insist on anything else, I’ll just send you to school today!” Liu Sisi insisted again and again.

Di Xuan couldn’t argue with her, so he simply sped up his pace while Liu Sisi quietly followed behind.

When they were not far from the village school, they saw many students coming one after another.

There were ordinary students with patched clothes from poor families, noble children dressed in fine clothes accompanied by a group of people and sedan chairs, lonely teenagers walking alone like Di Xuan, and young men accompanied by attendant students or maids.

However, it was natural for people to associate with those in similar situations, and the village school was no exception.

Seeing these groups of students moving forward, Liu Sisi’s thoughts whirled in her head.

It can’t always be like this!

Right now, Di Xuan was still young, but as he grew up, she wouldn’t be able to take care of everything. Besides, she was a stepmother, and excessive interference might lead to criticism.

Her eyes swept across the other students, and it was better to arrange an attendant student for him as soon as possible to take care of his daily life!

Speaking of Di Xuan’s attendant student, YingEr was already five years old, which was the appropriate age to have a maid. Moreover, her body was getting heavier, and she needed to find an old woman to help in the kitchen and a nanny soon…

With such thoughts, Liu Sisi’s head began to ache!

If they were to hire so many people, the monthly expenses would be enormous!

She calmed her emotions and decided that the most pressing matter now was to find an attendant student for Xuan’er. As for the rest, she would deal with it one step at a time!

“Xuan’er! You’re finally here! I’ve been waiting for you for a long time!”

From a distance, Zhang Yun was standing by the side of the road, waving at Di Xuan and bowing politely to Liu Sisi when he saw her.

“Auntie…”

“Zhang Yun, you are really early!”

Liu Sisi greeted him, “By the way, what did your mother say about the thing I mentioned to her the day before yesterday?”

Considering the long way the children had to walk to school, Liu Sisi proposed having the Zhang Family move into the small town, so Zhang Yun wouldn’t have to walk so far. Guihua said she would consider it, but there had been no further development.

Zhang Yun’s smile disappeared at these words.

“Auntie, my dad said that it would be inconvenient to go hunting if we move to the small town, so…”

Liu Sisi thought about it, Zhang Peng seemed nice, but his decisions were hard to change. She decided to take a different approach.

“How about this? You tell Sister Guihua that from now on, you can stay at our house when you go to school, and you’ll go back home on holidays, alright?”

The governmental office’s holidays were once every five days, which meant working for four days and then having a day off. The village school, on the other hand, took a break on the first and 15th day of the lunar month, as well as during holidays and busy farming days.

“My mother did say that I could stay at your house occasionally, but I can’t live there for an extended period…”

Zhang Yun was clearly a little disappointed.

“You two should go to school first. As for your mother, I’ll talk to her again. Remember to focus on your studies!” Liu Sisi repeatedly reminded them.

Zhang Yun immediately cheered up and exclaimed loudly, “Auntie, don’t worry! We will definitely study hard.”

Watching their figures disappearing into the main entrance, Liu Sisi smiled and turned back.

Instead of going straight back home, she detoured to the bookstore.

Although it was still early, there were already quite a few students buying the four treasures of the study in the bookstore. When Di Cheng saw Liu Sisi, it was as if he had seen a savior.

“Third Aunt, you’re just in time! I’m too busy to handle everything!”

It turned out that all these students were busy buying the four treasures of the study before going to school!

After all the customers bought their items and left, Di Cheng finally sighed in relief, “The sky wasn’t even bright yet, and customers were already knocking on the door. This is really…”

“Where’s Shou Hou?”

Liu Sisi casually glanced around, but she didn’t see Shou Hou’s figure, so she asked curiously.

After hesitating for a moment, Di Cheng said, “I don’t know if Shou Hou had a conflict with Auntie Cuihua or if it’s something else, but he often disappears for half a day. So…” He stopped there.

Liu Sisi, who had been checking the accounts, looked up at him, “What exactly do you want to say?”

Di Cheng glanced around and then carefully whispered to Liu Sisi, “Curious, I secretly followed Shou Hou yesterday, and I found that he seems to have rented a hut on the west side of town and settled a woman there…”

“What!”

Liu Sisi gasped!

She hurriedly looked left and right, making sure that no one was nearby, and then she scolded Di Cheng in a low voice.

“This is a matter of life and death; don’t talk nonsense!”

Di Cheng defended himself unwillingly, “Third Aunt! Have I ever said anything carelessly? I really saw Shou Hou enter that room, and then he helped that woman…”

“Hush! ”

Liu Sisi quickly stopped him from continuing, and whispered sternly, “As the saying goes, ‘It’s better to dismantle ten temples than to destroy one marriage!’ From now on, I’ll pretend I didn’t hear anything, and you’ll pretend you didn’t say anything. As for the rest, let time be the judge!”

Who would have thought that Shou Hou, who seemed so weak and timid on the surface, would do such a thing!

If it hadn’t been for Di Cheng telling her this, she would never have believed it!

She suddenly felt inexplicably saddened for Miao Cuihua. Although Miao Cuihua was fierce and had a robust appearance, she managed everything inside and outside of the house and the education of her children. Still, she couldn’t win her husband’s heart, which was really…