Once We Come Across Love 爱情来了你就上

Chapter 5: Where Else Could We Find Such an Obedient Daughter-in-law?

After Mr. Ling's return, Ling Chao's home became livelier. Along with that, relatives that they had never seen before had come for a visit. They had received so many guests, that the small courtyard's doorstep had nearly worn out at this point.

Xiao Tu didn't like these people, especially with how they looked at Ling Chao, as if they wanted to devour him.

Naturally, Ling Chao also didn't like them. Therefore, every time they went home, as long as he saw unfamiliar shoes at the doorstep, he would carry his backpack and go to Xiao Tu's house to do homework instead.

After finishing their homework, Xiao Tu's mother would allow him to stay for dinner until after the visitors at his own house had left. It was only once they were long gone did he pack his things and go home.

Later on, Mr. Ling noticed a change in his son and felt that if this continued, it wouldn't be good for his son's future. He straightforwardly suggested to his wife, Mrs. Ling, that they should move to the city. He told of the houses in the city being big, the schools being good, and along with this, he spoke of the benefits for Ling Chao's future.

But Mrs. Ling didn't agree, saying, "If we moved away, where would we find such an obedient daughter-in-law such as Xiao Tu?"

Mr. Ling also agreed after thinking about it more, and he didn't have any more thoughts about moving. In fact, these past few years when he was working far away from home, he always felt that he had been a shameful father. Thus, ever since he returned and was forgiven by his wife. From then on, he became extremely dedicated to his family, such that one could say, he had the criteria of becoming one of the 24 Filial Exemplars.

Ling Chao never moved, however, months later the government's development plans were announced. The plans had designated the old neighborhood that Xiao Tu and her family lived in to be a new theme park, and they would prepare to begin construction by the end of the year.

In order to appease the residents, the government had already prepared new houses for them early on. The new houses were built in a new development zone. Although they were a bit far, they were much bigger than their current homes, they had elevators, and were also in a small neighborhood styled area. Even the moving was taken care of by the government. Slowly but surely, they moved one household at a time.

At the beginning, Xiao Tu's mom wasn't willing to move. After Xiao Tu had heard there were elevators, she impatiently urged her mother to move. Thankfully, her mother wasn't too headstrong and didn't put up much of an argument. She had wanted to be a householder who refuses to vacate their home, but didn't have enough of a reputation, and thus agreed to move.

When Xiao Tu's family moved, Ling Chao's family moved immediately after. They didn't know if it was luck or fate, but to put it shortly, they were living in the same area yet again. This time however, they were even closer than before. Going up one flight of stairs, Xiao Tu's family was on the left, and Ling Chao's family was on the right, with only 3-4 meters separating them respectively.

By the time they were done moving it was already August, and Xiao Tu had muddle-headedly finished elementary school and became a first-year middle school student.

Speaking of advancing to middle school, the elementary school and middle school actually share the same school campus. Xiao Tu and her classmates had simply moved from one building to another, her classmates had barely changed.

However, the principal of the school is the same old man from six years ago who enjoyed giving the students a placement test. With a single stroke of his pen, he had all these new incoming students take a placement test.

This time Mrs. Xiao's two pounds of apples didn't work.

The principal said, "Your child's foundation isn't very good, and in the future when she tests for high school will definitely lose out. Maybe you should just let her study art?"