Chapter 340: An Unwanted Child
Han Jianyou spoke up in a timely manner, "It was Yun Xirou who started quarrelling with me for no reason. She said that I was wasting resources by studying. Our community people are not even allowed to take college exams, and we are destined to just catch fish all our lives. When I told her that it had nothing to do with her and my family was happy with me studying, she started hitting me. The teacher clearly saw her biting and scratching me, but he did not stop her. Instead, he punished me by making me stand outside when I pushed her away from me. She was clearly the one trying to poke my eyes with her nails. What was I supposed to do? I was only defending myself."
As Han Jianyou spoke, he could not help but feel saddened. He was actually the victim, but Teacher Li treated him as the culprit. He knew it was all because his family was too poor and could not give any gifts to Teacher Li; if his father had given a few pounds of pork belly to Teacher Li, the latter would have treated him just as well as Yun Xirou.
Teacher Li choked for a moment and immediately retorted, "I did not punish you for no reason. You clearly pushed comrade Yun too hard. She is a girl; how can she withstand such a hit? Just because you were hit a few times, you can hurt someone so harshly?"
And in his heart, Teacher Li did not think that Yun Xirou was wrong. He also thought that Han Jianyou was just wasting resources of their school by studying here. If not for the fact that his sister paid back the fees that Han Jianyou owed the school, he was going to bring the matter of expulsion to the principal. What was the point of teaching someone like Han Jianyou when he could not even take the college entrance exam? He was not even allowed to sit for the exams. So why waste their time on a student like this?
"Then why did you not punish Yun Xirou? You only asked my brother to stand outside as punishment? Could it be you believe that my brother is a pushover and can be bullied as you like?" Han Ruochen questioned plainly. She then turned to look at the principal and continued sternly, "And what is with this old ideology being spread in the school? So what if our community is not allowed to take entrance exams? The reform is still ongoing, and everyone must have heard that very soon even the former landlords will be pardoned and allowed to take exams. Since that is the case, how can our community be left behind?"
"I have heard it clearly: before the middle school exams are over, the college entrance exam rules will be changed, and our community people will be allowed to sit for the exams as well. Am I wrong, Principal Ji?" Anyway, there was no legal ban when it came to their community people taking college entrance exams. It was always some high-level official trying to withhold their application because of the social stigma and the fact that most of the fishermen did not hold a household registration.
But with the reform opening, changes were bound to happen, and now even the explicit ban was bound to be removed, for the government wanted the development of the country more than anything else.
Principal Ji nodded as he accepted Han Ruochenโs words. "That is indeed the case." He turned to look at Yun Xirou and stated sternly, "Comrade Yun, I donโt know who taught you to say such words, but please be careful from now on. According to the new laws, no one is allowed to discriminate against the fishermen community any more. Even the officials can no longer withhold their registration forms, or else if someone files a complaint against them, there will be a lot of legal trouble."
Yun Xirou pouted.
She did not like the fact that the laws were changing. Her father told her that the Han family was not as good as them and was destined to be under their feet. So when she saw that Han Jianyou was getting better grades, she wanted to remind him of his place.
"Principal, are you sure about that?" Yun Xinye was stunned when he heard the response of Principal Ji. Han Jianyou could sit for the college entrance exams? How could that be possible? And when did the rules start to change? Why was he not aware of it at all? No, the important thing was โif Han Jianyou sat for the college entrance exams, how was he going to continue sucking the blood of the Han family? He still needed Meng Yunhan to continue funding his family!
If Han Jianyou sat for the college entrance exams, he would require a lot of money. If Han Jianyou took all the money, then how would his daughter sit for the entrance exams? Yun Xinye naturally knew that the Han family did not have much money at the moment. After all, he took away ten thousand yuan from them. This meant that either Han Jianyou or Yun Xirou could sit for the college entrance exams.
He deliberately provoked his daughter because he wanted to kick Han Jianyou out of the school. The longer he stayed in school, the longer he would spend the money that he could coax away from Meng Yunhan. Yun Xinye did not want to see his money being wasted, so he egged his daughter to cause trouble. Thatโs right! He had long considered the Han family money as his own and no longer felt guilty for using the money.
When everyone turned to look at Yun Xinye, he could not help but chuckle softly. "I do not mean anything harsh but I just think that it is not right for the principal to make false promises to a young boy like this. What if he finds out the truth later on?"
