Back to 1984: Let's Work Hard Together to Raise The Kids!-Chapter 299: Encountering Fang Yin

Lin Qin couldn’t help but laugh out loud, "Your Aunt originally wanted to ask about Tang Jing, but before she could find out about Tang Jing, she had already figured out everything about Xu Jiahui."

"Huh? Aunt wants to matchmake Tang Jing and our eldest cousin?" Chen Xinyue was even more surprised.

Seeing her reaction, Lin Ying suddenly had a bad premonition, "What? Is there a problem with Tang Jing?"

"Not really!" Chen Xinyue thought for a moment and then explained everything she knew, "Back when the four of us were in the dormitory, Tang Jing’s family was relatively poor, her old home is in a remote valley in the northwest. According to her, it takes several days to get home by changing buses, and all her holidays are spent on the road. Once she finally gets home, she can only squeeze into a narrow room and there’s endless farm work to do.

She worked hard to get into university because she wanted to change her destiny through knowledge so that her family could have a good life. But when she arrived in the capital, she realized the harsh reality. At that time, we set up stalls mainly to help her.

Fortunately, she was able to endure hardships. All year round, apart from attending classes, she worked at stalls. By the time she graduated from university, she had finally saved enough money to go to graduate school at our provincial capital university and bought a house in our provincial capital last year. She has passed the teacher’s exam and is now teaching in the provincial capital.

Besides this, I also know a bit more. She has many siblings, six in total. The two older brothers and sisters are not into studying, but the younger brother is doing well and also got into a university in the capital. After graduation, he ventured to Guangdong Province. I don’t know the specifics, but if Aunt is interested, I can inquire. I just don’t know if she is seeing someone."

"No, no." Lin Ying answered very quickly, which surprised Chen Xinyue.

Lin Ying, catching Chen Xinyue’s skeptical gaze, finally conceded and honestly explained the situation.

Chen Xinyue was dumbfounded, and Xu Xinyi also had the expression as if she was meeting her mother for the first time.

The sisters thought to themselves how experienced their Aunt was and stopped asking further.

The cruise ship set off on its predetermined route, and it didn’t take long to reach the provincial capital from An City, even though they deliberately slowed down, it still docked quickly.

Seeing Chen Xinyue still longing for more, Xiao Jinlin comforted her, "If you like it, after the baby is born, we can take another cruise, apply for a route, shop in Hong Kong, and travel abroad."

"Okay." Chen Xinyue nodded happily.

The group disembarked, immediately finding a car parked nearby waiting for them to get on and depart.

The development in the provincial capital was evidently much better than in An City, with smoother roads.

The group arrived at the provincial capital university just at noon, the perfect time for a meal.

Everyone accompanied Xu Xinyi to the registration office to pick up materials.

The staff, seeing the large group of them like a tour group, couldn’t help but widen their eyes and look frequently at them.

Handing over the materials, even a bit dazed.

Lin Qin and Chen Wenjun were reminiscing about the days they used to accompany their child for registration when they were abruptly stopped.

"It’s you!" Fang Yin looked at Chen Wenjun and Lin Qin incredulously, blinking hard to make sure she wasn’t hallucinating.

Lin Qin and Chen Wenjun also recognized Fang Yin, feeling a bit disoriented.

"It’s you!" the couple exclaimed in unison.

Fang Yin looked down at her clothes delightedly and said warmly, "You guys must be the parents, right? I’m a teacher at the school, just in time for lunch, let me treat you to a meal! Would you do me the honor?"

Lin Qin nodded and followed Fang Yin to the faculty’s dining room on the second floor of the school cafeteria.

The restaurant had round tables, each of which could seat ten people, similar to a restaurant where you could order dishes, different from the downstairs cafeteria.

Fang Yin looked at everyone and asked, "What would you like to eat? There’s a menu here; you can order yourself."

Lin Ying clicked her tongue in wonder, "This provincial capital university is something else! Eating here feels like dining at a restaurant, not like our high school cafeteria where we have to queue at the window, people squeezing each other."

Chen Xinyue laughed heartily, "Aunt, do you want to go downstairs for a look? That side is also window service, crammed with people."

"No wonder! I was wondering why it’s so quiet up here, and the few people eating don’t look like students. What’s going on? Does your school cafeteria run a restaurant?" Lin Ying looked bewildered.

Fang Yin quickly explained, "It’s not like that. This is our school’s faculty dining room, only teachers and leaders eat here. Of course, if students have gatherings and need it, they can come here to order meals. The prices here are cheaper than restaurants outside and more sanitary."

Everyone suddenly realized.

Fang Yin looked at Lin Qin and Chen Wenjun, pondering for a moment, and then explained carefully, "Back then, thanks to your help, I had the chance to change my fate. However, even though I successfully enrolled, I couldn’t keep up with my studies as I had missed a year.

Another thing was that although Fang Meixiang was expelled, some of her relatives and friends remained. Outwardly, everyone knew that I was the victim, but privately, they thought I ruined Fang Meixiang’s family.

They had many relatives and kept oppressing my parents. Those years were tough for me, and I wasn’t able to come find you to say thank you.

After I graduated, with my partner’s help, I stayed to work in the provincial capital and had fewer opportunities to return.

When I got married and my life stabilized, I wanted to come back and find you, but everything had changed. An City transformed greatly, and the old police station was relocated. It seemed even the officers had changed. When I mentioned it to a policeman, they brushed it off and didn’t want to help, stalling me several times, so I understood.

I thought it would remain my lifelong regret, but didn’t expect to run into you today.....

Everyone understood Fang Yin’s identity.

Lin Ying looked at her in surprise, covering her mouth in astonishment, "So you’re the girl who got wronged! That’s not easy! Thankfully, it turned out fine in the end."

Fang Yin nodded repeatedly, "Thanks to my benefactors, I still don’t know how I should address you?"

Lin Qin smiled and said, "I am Lin Qin, and this is my husband Chen Wenjun. Helping you back then was just a small effort, you don’t need to dwell on it."

Fang Yin shook her head solemnly, "That’s not true! For you, it might have been a small effort, but for me, it was life-changing. Had it not been for you, my life would have been completely different... You knew my situation back then; if the police hadn’t shown up in time, that man would have taken me away."

With that, Fang Yin laughed self-deprecatingly, lowering her eyes, "I thought that clearing my name would stop my parents from blaming me for being useless and pressuring me to marry. But they came to school, berated me, saying I caused trouble and humiliated the family in the village.

I didn’t understand why they blamed me for setting things right and causing unrest in their eyes. They came to the school with one goal: to force me to return home and threatened to cut off my living and tuition allowances.

Luckily, someone helped me at the time, and, by working and studying, I managed to persevere until graduation."