The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling both took a rare leave and personally took Wang Gang and Zhuang Xiaoting to school.

You should know that Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling can be called model workers, especially Zhuang Chaoying. He never took a day off even when he was sick with a fever. His work attitude is absolutely impeccable, otherwise the school would not have arranged for him to mark the college entrance examination papers.

This time, in order to allow Wang Gang to skip a grade, Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling went out together to communicate with the elementary school principal, and it was obvious that they took it very seriously.

The principal also warmly received Zhuang Chaoying. After all, they were in the same system and had met each other privately.

"Teacher Zhuang, you have a genius son!" The principal said respectfully to Zhang Chaoying as soon as he came up:
"Yesterday I personally tested Zhuang Tunan. Not only has he mastered all the knowledge in primary school, but he has even mastered some knowledge points in junior high school in mathematics. He has a strong sense of advanced learning."

Zhuang Chaoying was happier to hear the principal praising his son than to hear others praising himself.

"The school has done a good job in teaching. Tunan still has a lot to learn." Zhuang Chaoying said politely.

"I have discussed this with several teachers and I believe Zhuang Tunan can skip to grade six and take the entrance exam to junior high school next year." The principal looked at Wang Gang with satisfaction.

Huang Ling said anxiously: "The sixth graders are all much older than Tunan. Will he be unable to adapt?"

The principal smiled and said, "We have also considered this issue. The sixth grade teacher said that they would pay more attention to Zhuang Tunan."

Zhuang Chaoying shook the principal's hand and thanked him: "Thank you for the help the school gave my son. Principal, you took the trouble."

The principal smiled and said, "Mr. Zhuang, you are too polite. It is an honor for our school to have such an outstanding student like Zhuang Tunan."

The matter of skipping a grade was happily decided. In fact, Wang Gang wanted to skip a grade and go directly to junior high school. He felt uncomfortable attending classes with those little kids.

However, it is only the first half of the semester and the previous primary school to junior high school entrance examination has ended. It is still very difficult to enter junior high school directly without passing the exam. Wang Gang himself knows that this is unrealistic.

Before leaving, Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling told Wang Gang that he must study hard after reaching the sixth grade and not become complacent.

Wang Gang agreed readily, but he did not listen to the class seriously and kept reading his junior high school textbook.

The teacher didn't say anything after finding out. As long as Wang Gang didn't read any idle books and didn't affect others, the teacher would turn a blind eye. After all, Wang Gang always ranked first in the class in every quiz.

The sixth grade students were curious at first about Wang Gang, the junior who suddenly came up to them, but as the novelty wore off, they gradually accepted him.

A few short-sighted students had caused trouble for Wang Gang, but he had given them all a good beating. After that, they all behaved themselves and no one looked down on this short guy anymore.

Ever since Wang Gang skipped a grade and entered the sixth grade, Zhuang Chaoying and Huang Ling have become well-known in the unit. Many people come to them for parenting advice, and their vanity is greatly satisfied.

After the Zhuang family learned that Wang Gang skipped a grade, they seemed to have forgotten what happened on Zhuang's mother's birthday and even invited Zhuang Chaoying's family back for dinner.

Wang Gang also didn’t understand why they were so shameless!

Whether it was Wang Gang, Huang Ling, or even the youngest Zhuang Xiaoting, they were all reluctant to go to grandpa and grandma's house. Only Zhuang Chaoying was very happy.

It was just because the college entrance examination was approaching and Zhang Chaoying was too busy at school to spare any time to visit his parents-in-law, which made Huang Ling feel relieved.

Before New Year's Day, the cotton mill gave the keys to the new house to Huang Ling, and she immediately took her children to see the new house.

Huang Ling was assigned a bungalow located in a small alley with two rooms, one large and one small, and shared a small courtyard with her next-door neighbors.

The environment of the house was not very good. There was no toilet, no faucet, and many inconveniences in life. But compared with other families of the same era, this small house was enough for the four members of the Zhuang family to live in.

When Wang Gang walked into the alley for the first time, he found that everyone around him had some luck, which made him happy.

Although I have got the house, it still needs some renovation. It is impossible to do a major renovation, but it is still possible to paint the walls white and put in some furniture.

Huang Ling asked for help from her colleagues in the factory and prepared to spend money to make furniture.

Zhuang Chaoying had no time to take care of the house, and Huang Ling took care of it all. After all, it was her own house, so Huang Ling took it very seriously.

On weekends, Huang Ling brought Wang Gang and Zhuang Xiaoting to paint the walls, and also found a carpenter named Wu to make furniture. Master Wu was also a worker in the factory, living not far from the alley, and was also a neighbor of the Zhuang family.

Wang Gang heard that Master Wu was very good at carpentry, but he was unlucky. His wife passed away early, leaving behind a pair of children. Their life was very hard, so he usually took some private jobs.

Huang Ling brought her children to the house and was quite polite to Master Wu. After all, they would be neighbors and work in the same factory, so they would see each other every day.

"Master Wu, I want to make two beds, a wardrobe, and a dining table. How much does it cost in total?"

"Do we need chairs for the dining table?" Master Wu thought about it and asked.

"Let's get two chairs!" Huang Ling said, "I can find some old stools."

After Master Wu calculated the bill, he gave Huang Ling a fair price.

"You pay a deposit of fifty yuan first, and I will buy the materials. You can pay the rest of the money after the furniture is finished." Master Wu said:
"Do you have any requirements for furniture styles?"

Huang Ling smiled and said: "My son has some ideas about furniture."

Master Wu looked at Wang Gang in surprise.

Wang Gang took out some drawings and said, "Master Wu, these are the furniture drawings I drew. Please take a look."

"You drew this?!" Master Wu took the drawing in surprise and found that it was indeed a furniture design drawing. It was very detailed and even an experienced carpenter like him might not be able to draw it.

Huang Ling touched Wang Gang's little head and said with a smile: "These are all drawn by children. Do you think they are appropriate?"

Master Wu looked at the drawing carefully and praised: "It fits, it fits perfectly. I can't draw it so well. Your son has learned carpentry at such a young age."

Huang Ling said proudly: "No, he just thought about it casually."

Master Wu sighed: "I can't draw a blueprint, your son is very talented."

When Huang Ling heard Master Wu praising his son, she couldn't stop smiling.

Zhuang Xiaoting then shouted proudly: "The teacher said my brother is a genius."

Master Wu seemed to remember something and asked, "I heard from my daughter before that there was a boy in their elementary school who skipped directly from the third grade to the sixth grade. Could it be your son?"

Zhuang Xiaoting raised her chin proudly and said, "My brother is awesome!"

"Awesome, awesome." Master Wu sighed, "If my kid can be half as capable as your brother in the future, I will wake up laughing in my dreams."

At this time, a little girl walked into the yard carrying a basket of vegetables.

"Dad, I'm back." The little girl saw that there were other people at home and didn't seem angry. It seemed that she had already gotten used to it.

Master Wu called the little girl over and said, "This is my daughter, Wu Shanshan. Shanshan, come and meet your Aunt Huang."

Wu Shanshan looked at Huang Ling with great vigilance, her eyes were very strange, as if she was looking at some enemy.

"Hello, Aunt Huang." Wu Shanshan said unnaturally.

"Hello, Shanshan." Huang Ling greeted with a smile, not paying much attention to Wu Shanshan's look.

"Shanshan, Aunt Wu's children are also your classmates. You go to the same school, and her son is the boy who skipped a grade." Master Wu introduced.

Wu Shanshan looked at Wang Gang in surprise. (End of this chapter)