Chapter 1206
Tan Shanyun's Reaction
Chapter 1206 Tan Shanyun's Reaction
Tan You pulled out her Chinese and math textbooks: "I'll go over the key points with you this afternoon, and I'll take you out to play tomorrow."
"Okay, where shall we go?" Tan Yue exclaimed excitedly. "Sister, you said we would go out to play during the National Day holiday, but Grandpa came back, so we couldn't go out."
"Let's go during winter break. We can travel to some nearby cities during winter break." Tan You could only arrange it for winter break: "We'll go with Grandpa and Grandma then. As for them, Dad likes to stay at home, and he doesn't want to leave Mom."
"How much longer is winter break?" Tan Yue asked with a worried look. "Can't we have it on New Year's Day?"
"We only get three days off for New Year's Day, that's not enough time to have fun." Tan You patted Tan Yue's head: "We'll go for half a month then, and come back just in time for the New Year."
Wang Hunu was also wondering: "Will there be enough time for the family to prepare for the Spring Festival?"
"Let Dad handle it, he just needs to pay." Tan You used her financial power: "Besides, we're spending the New Year in town this year. By the way, if that house is demolished, will we live in the village or in town?"
"We'll stay in town before the foundation is laid, and then we'll stay at your third grandfather's house after the New Year when construction starts." Tan Deming had already discussed this with Tan Deru: "Your third grandfather has spare rooms, and your grandmother and I can stay for a maximum of two months."
"Don't worry about the rent, just focus on your studies."
“Alright,” Tan You said, not arguing further since Tan Deming had accepted the task. She pinched Tan Yue’s round cheek: “Now, let’s begin our studies…”
The two were studying in the main room when Tan Deming glanced at them, then silently went to the kitchen to pour some hot tea. He was worried that teaching Tan Yue might tire out his eldest granddaughter.
After October, the light wasn't very good before five o'clock. Wang Hunu looked at the sky and started preparing to cook. Tan You went over the key points with Tan Yue, "Put your textbooks away, let's play a little game using Grandpa's mahjong set."
Tan Yue immediately became interested: "What game?"
Tan You: "After you've packed up your textbooks, we'll play together again."
Tan Yue quickly put away her textbook and then laboriously carried over Tan Deming's mahjong set. Tan You instructed her, "Pick out the flower tiles from the mahjong set, and you'll have a total of 136 tiles."
"Randomly shuffle the order, place the mahjong tiles face down, and arrange them into 8 rows, with 17 tiles in each row."
The two quickly arranged the mahjong tiles on the table. Tan You flipped the tiles over, and soon a manual version of a matching game appeared before everyone.
After Tan You explained the rules of the game, Tan Deming became interested. Tan You raised an eyebrow, thinking to herself that the game of Connect Four is truly timeless; from the old to the young, no one dislikes playing it.
Tan Deming and Tan Yue played mahjong together, while Tan You went to the kitchen to help Wang Hu Nu. Mainly, she just needed to reheat the lunch dishes; it wasn't troublesome at all.
Just as she put the food on the table, an uninvited guest arrived. Tan You raised an eyebrow; it was Tan Shanyun, the second son of Tan Deji. Come to think of it, this was the first time she had met Tan Shanyun since she had sent Tan Desheng to Tan Deji's house.
"Tan You, congratulations on getting the national first prize." Tan Shanyun had heard the news yesterday, but as a salesperson, he couldn't just take leave whenever he wanted, so he could only come back during his one day off a week.
Tan You forced a smile: "Thank you, Uncle Shanyun. Did you just get off work?"
Tan You understands the ins and outs of social interactions. But she genuinely looks down on the Tan Deji family. From what she's seen, apart from the children, not a single member of the Tan Deji family is a good person; their marriage prospects are all a tangled mess.
Tan You used to think city people were more open-minded, but now she realizes she was naive. Some villagers are the truly open-minded ones. This is a genuine open relationship; we both mess around outside, but the benefits we get are all for the sake of this family. Tan Shanyun smiled as if the past conflict had never existed: "Yes, just got off work. I should have come to congratulate you yesterday. You're amazing now; I've noticed the banner outside your school is always of you, it's never changed."
"You've been good at reading since you were little."
Tan Deming chimed in, "She's just like her mother. Tan You, go cut some platters. It's rare for your Uncle Shanyun to come all the way to our house."
“Fine,” Tan You turned and left, determined not to say anything more to Tan Shanyun.
Tan Shanyun was somewhat disappointed, but she still mustered her spirits and asked, "Uncle, I heard that Tan You got first place in the national college entrance exam. Does that mean she can be admitted to university without taking the entrance exam?"
“She can be admitted without taking the entrance exam,” Tan Deming poured Tan Shanyun a cup of tea. “But she wants to take the college entrance exam. After all, she didn’t do well in the middle school entrance exam, and she would feel regretful if she didn’t take the college entrance exam either.”
Tan Shanyun said with some envy, "My son Zhiwei is about the same age as Yueyue. I don't know what kind of achievements Zhiwei will have in the future. If he can achieve half of Tan You's achievements, no, even a third of them, I will be satisfied."
Tan Deming offered a half-hearted consolation: "With you and Xiaojing working hard together, and since Zhiwei doesn't need glasses, he's sure to have a good future..."
Tan Shanyun's lips curled into a smug smile; to be honest, he looked down on Tan Deming's family. A family of old, weak, sick, and disabled people, with only the woman leading the household—it was laughable.
But ironically, this family, seemingly on the verge of collapse, produced someone like Tan You. The thought that Tan You was the only person in the entire province to achieve such a high national ranking filled Tan Shanyun with unbearable jealousy.
Why aren't such successful children his own daughters? If she were his daughter, he would have so much more room to maneuver, but it just so happens to be Tan Lin's daughter!
After exchanging a few more words and putting down the gifts she had brought, Tan Shanyun declined Tan Deming's offer to stay for dinner and got up to return home.
Tan You came out carrying a plate of braised meat: "Are you leaving?"
"Hmm," Tan Deming sipped his tea with an air of nonchalance, "You're feeling resentful, thinking we're lucky that you ended up at our house and not his?"
“A blessed person does not enter the door of a wicked person,” Tan You said softly. “The Tan Deji family is no good. It’s best to have less contact with them in the future. The eldest son, Tan Shanqin, has been keeping women outside since he got rich, and he even had an illegitimate child.”
"Tan Shanyun and Cao Xiaojing... it's disgusting to even mention them. It's funny, both of them were having affairs, and Tan Zhiwei is actually Tan Shanyun's son."
Tan Deming was aware of the rumors circulating outside: "We were never related. Tan Deji and I aren't blood brothers. He was brought here by his mother."
The grandfather and grandson were whispering gossip about the village in the living room, and the atmosphere in Tan Deji's house soon became tense.
Wu Yunzhen threw down the rag: "They didn't invite you to stay for dinner? Shanyun, why did you go to that family's house up ahead? They're a bunch of good-for-nothings."
Yes, Wu Yunzhen never hid her dislike for Tan Deming's family; she was the type to hate those who had it and laugh at those who didn't. Moreover, because Tan Lin had poor eyesight and there was no man in the family to carry on the household, Wu Yunzhen felt that her two sons were arrogant and looked down on everyone.
Now that Tan Shanyun has returned, she rushes to Tan Deming's house, which Wu Yunzhen naturally finds unappealing.