Chapter 499 - 433 Text Concluded
"Ask for what? No need to ask, I can manage, and aren’t you also at home?"
Madam Rong had never hired help.
Moreover, she was somewhat resistant to the idea of hiring help.
Rong Yan: ...
Alright, it seems it will be hard to convince her.
So, she turned to look at Qin Ye.
When Qin Ye saw his wife’s expression, he hurriedly said to his mother-in-law, "Mom, we have two kids at home, and we don’t want you to overwork yourself. How about we hire someone? That way, Yanyan can also free up some time to tend to her own matters."
Rong Wenming understood the intentions of his daughter and son-in-law, which was simply not wanting his spouse to overexert herself.
So, he also chimed in, "Since the kids are suggesting it, let’s hire someone!"
Madam Rong was not very keen, so she was not persuaded.
"With the kids still young in the coming months, I can manage. Let’s wait until they are a bit older. If it really becomes too overwhelming, we can consider hiring help then."
Seeing her speak like this, nobody pushed further on the issue.
Besides, Rong Yan wasn’t planning to work during this period; she could manage to watch over things at home.
Qin Ye’s vacation had long ended, he had started working again on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
He generally came home from work at 8 p.m. each day.
He would leave for work at 6 a.m.
Rong Yan didn’t understand why he bothered to return... Wasn’t it exhausting?
She had suggested that he stay at the dormitory at his workplace, but Qin Ye did not agree.
He preferred to come home, even if it was just for a short time in the evening, but it allowed him to see his wife and children... He felt that made his life worthwhile.
Since Qin Ye insisted on this.
Rong Yan just let him be.
Fortunately, he now had a car to drive, which didn’t take up too much time.
In the blink of an eye, the time for Qin Yu and Qin Mei’s high school exams arrived.
Rong Wenming and his wife were more nervous than the actual participants.
During this time, because these two were taking their high school exams and the younger two had grown a bit and were full of energy,
Madam Rong, taking care of them, really felt somewhat unable.
Thus, she didn’t object when her daughter decided to hire a maid to cook and help with the children.
And, truth be told, having help with cooking and taking care of the children did make things much lighter for her.
"I will take you guys," Rong Yan said.
The siblings were quite happy to hear that their sister-in-law would take them to their exams.
"We really don’t need to be taken..." Qin Yu said.
If Rong Yan hadn’t seen the corners of his mouth lifted, she might have thought he really didn’t want her to go!
He really was saying one thing but meaning another.
"Can I just experience what it’s like to send someone to their exams?"
"...Sure," Qin Yu smirked.
The young man had grown tall and robust, with handsome features that made him a sight to behold.
"Let’s go! I’ll drive you there today." Qin Ye had specifically left the car for her to use today.
"Okay." Qin Yu and Qin Mei grabbed their things and headed out.
Madam Rong still wanted to give a few reminders, but thinking that she had already said enough, she held back.
If not for her needing to stay home to watch the kids, she would have loved to go.
Rong Yan walked out, got into the car, and then started it...
When she arrived at an open space outside the school, she parked the car.
Rong Yan turned her head to look at the two in the backseat, "Get out now, and I wish you smooth sailing in your exams. Just relax and be yourselves, don’t be nervous. I believe you both will perform exceptionally well."
The siblings were really not nervous.
Qin Mei: "Sister-in-law, you can head back first! Our exams will take a long time! We’ll just head home by ourselves once we’re done."
"You don’t need to worry about that; get out of the car now."
The siblings no longer lingered; they got out of the car and walked toward the school...
Rong Yan didn’t get out of the car, but she could see them enter the school.
She wasn’t too worried about their exams; after all, both siblings had very good grades.
The national college entrance examination lasted three days.
During these three days, Rong Yan was in charge of picking up and dropping off.
After the exams finished, Madam Rong cooked them a big table full of dishes.
Then it was time to wait for the results, as for their university preferences... both siblings had their own target schools.
Qin Mei stayed at home helping take care of her niece and nephew, whom she adored.
When the college entrance examination results came out, the family was extremely happy.
However, Qin Mei didn’t achieve first place, which was taken by a boy from another high school.
Qin Mei ranked second, but she was still delighted with her results.
Qin Yu’s scores weren’t as good as Qin Mei’s, but they were still very impressive, and he was admitted to the National Defense University.
Qin Mei got into her favorite art school, and many schools regretted her decision due to her high scores.
Even some teachers tried to persuade her!
But she was resolute.
So they just let her be.
The entire summer... Qin Yu went for special training with the military as usual, while Qin Mei stayed at home helping with the children and spent her free time painting.
When university started, Qin Yu lived on campus, but Qin Mei went home every day, since the school wasn’t very far from home.
Life passed quietly.
Rong Yan took up a job at the Military District Hospital. However, she didn’t go there every workday.
Instead, she went intensively two days a week; one day for consultations and one day for surgeries... she was appointed as a special consultant.
Her time otherwise was at her disposal.
Thus, she was only busier during those two days of the week. Even during her free time, she didn’t stay idle.
Because she also wrote novels, though she no longer drew comics.
It could be said... her income was rather substantial, as she owned a pharmaceutical factory and also cooperated with a state-owned pharmaceutical company.
After Qin Mei graduated... she went abroad for further studies.
This was unexpected to everyone.
The once shy little girl took the initiative to study overseas.
Qin Yu’s future was even more predictable; he joined the military right after graduation...
At the age of twenty-eight, he started dating a girl he met during a military comfort performance by the cultural troupe.
She was a very spirited girl.
And very beautiful.
After Qin Mei returned from studying abroad, she married Qi Yan’s elder nephew... the other was the childhood friend of Qin Yu, Qi Quan.
After the marriage, the couple had a pair of twins.
Qin Yu married a bit later than Qin Mei; he married three months after starting the relationship.
After marriage, his wife gave birth to twins.
It goes without saying, their family’s twin genes were strong.
Wenming had long retired, and he and his wife no longer needed to take care of children.
Both Qin Yu and Qin Mei’s children were well taken care of.
Moreover, after the siblings got married, they moved into their own houses...
The elderly couple lived to their nineties and then passed away peacefully.
They saw their grandchildren get married and have children, and achieve their own successes... to them, life was complete.
After retiring, Qin Ye and Rong Yan went to see various landscapes together... When he was young, he was busy with work and seldom had holidays.
So after retirement, the couple rekindled their romance, leaving their traces at beautiful scenic spots across the country.
Until they could no longer walk and had to return home to live out their old age...
Rong Yi inherited the pharmaceutical factory, his business acumen was exceptional, and his newly founded company involved various industries including real estate.
In just three years, he became the wealthiest man in the country and was a remarkably young magnate.
Since he started his business at eighteen, by the age of twenty-one, he had become a successful person...
And Qin Wei, not interested in business, didn’t want her mother’s pharmaceutical factory, but she loved medicine and also inherited her biological mother’s talent in the medical field.
At a young age, her medical skills were highly advanced...
Rong Yan and Qin Ye had a very happy life together, and in their later years, they truly enjoyed a life surrounded by their children and grandchildren...