Chapter 9 - 008: Each 1
At night, when resting, Bai Xue finally confided in her husband, Ye He Ping, while lying on the bed in the West Room.
"What’s going on with Lingzi? It’s like she has a grudge against us; she was never by our side, and it’s not like we could help it, right? The family conditions were poor in the previous years, and afterward, we thought mom was too old to stay alone in the village. That’s why we didn’t bring her back. She’s not that young anymore, she’s about to graduate from middle school, why can’t she understand our situation?" Though there wasn’t much blame in Bai Xue’s words, they were full of her heartfelt troubles.
Ye He Ping patted his wife beside him, "It’s hard for you. Lingzi is a stubborn child. Now she’s grown up and has her own ideas, which makes it hard to manage. You have to start straightening a tree while it’s young, and she didn’t grow up with us. If she speaks with a wrong attitude, you should be more tolerant. After all, mother and daughter are different from outsiders."
Bai Xue laughed, "Look what you’re saying, that’s my daughter. Could I abuse her? Besides, why am I bitter? Now every family is in the same condition, and I think I’m better off than many others. When I came over with my husband, mom was afraid I couldn’t adapt here and left Lingzi beside me; no other daughter-in-law got such a good thing."
Hearing the coquettish tone in his wife’s voice, a smile appeared on Ye He Ping’s serious face, "That’s your only good point; you always see the bright side of everything. You don’t know how many people envy me."
"Give me a break, you’re just flattering me here." Bai Xue laughed, leaning into her husband’s arms and sighing softly, "But about Lingzi, you saw it at the dinner table today. Mom strongly supports Lingzi and says she’s good at studying. If we don’t let Lingzi go to high school, won’t mom be mad at us?"
"You also said that the rural education quality isn’t good. She might not even be able to pass the exam. High school isn’t something you can attend if you don’t pass the exam." Ye He Ping didn’t seem too concerned.
Bai Xue’s heart sank, but her tone remained cheerful, "Right."
Her brows knitted tightly as her heart grew heavier. Although the rural education quality is poor, she is still ranked among the top ten in her year group, which should give her a good chance of getting into high school. If, by any chance, she fails, it would give Bai Xue a headache; the younger daughter’s studies are only mediocre. If she can’t pass, she will have to repeat a year. If the younger daughter has to repeat, wouldn’t the older daughter be allowed to repeat too?
Such blatant favoritism; how would outsiders see it?