I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 146. Walking Side by Side Through Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter
"Xiaoyu, don't you want to transfer schools?" Xu Qingfan was taken aback for a moment before gently opening his arms and embracing Wu Lingyu.

"I don't want to be separated from everyone." She originally wanted to say that she didn't want to be separated from Xu Qingfan, but she changed the words to "everyone" before she could finish speaking.

"Brother Qingfan, look! Xiaoyu doesn't want to transfer schools either. Brother Qingfan, please think of a way!" Lin Wanning put her little hands on the shoulders of the two of them and jumped up and down excitedly.

"Brother, think of something!" Zhang Yiyi pulled out a tissue to wipe away the tears from Wu Lingyu's eyes.

Xu Qingfan scratched his head; this matter was indeed a bit difficult. "Let's go to the bus stop first, and I'll think about it as we walk."

"Ok!"

"Brother Fan, you have to find a way! I really hate to see Xiaoyu leave!"

Everyone gathered around Xu Qingfan and Wu Lingyu, chattering away.

When Xu Qingfan heard Wu Lingyu say that she didn't want to transfer schools, he felt a strange sense of smug satisfaction.

No matter how much he seemed to be at peace on the surface, he was probably still reluctant to see Wu Lingyu transfer schools and leave.
The fundamental reason why Wu Lingyu had to transfer schools was that she was too young. Li Meijuan was worried about leaving her daughter alone at school for full-time boarding.

If we wait a few more years until Wu Lingyu is in junior high school, there won't be such worries about her being dozens of miles away from home.

Just like Xu Qingfan in his previous life, he went home once a day in elementary school, once a week in junior high school, once every two weeks in high school, and only once every six months in college.

After everyone sat down on the benches in front of the bus stop, Xu Qingfan said, "If we want to persuade Aunt Li not to let Xiaoyu transfer schools, we first need to find a guardian for Xiaoyu. Aunt Li is definitely worried about Xiaoyu sleeping alone in the school dormitory at night!"

"Then we can stay at Ningning's house! Ningning has so many empty rooms!" Lin Wanning eagerly answered.

“Yi Yi, there’s one too!” Zhang Yi Yi stared at him intently.

Xia Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and said, "My family also has spare rooms."

“My grandparents also live at home, so there are no spare rooms, but Xiaoyu, you can sleep in the same bed with me!” Xiao Ruanwen said enthusiastically.

"Mm," Wu Lingyu said gratefully, looking at everyone.

Xiao Ruanwen was immediately rejected. There were too many people in her family, and friction was bound to occur in their daily interactions. If she were to inadvertently say something hurtful, Wu Lingyu's pride would be devastated.

Living under someone else's roof is a terrible feeling!
If it were his first choice, Xu Qingfan would still think that staying at Xia Xiaoxiao's house would be the best option. With his own family as neighbors, and Lin Jing and Wu Lingyu being very familiar with each other, he shouldn't feel any panic about the unfamiliar environment.

Moreover, Aunt Lin is a primary school Chinese teacher. If Lin Jing can persuade Wu Lingyu's mother, it will definitely be twice as effective and successful!
"Brother Qingfan, say something!" Lin Wanning couldn't help but say when Xu Qingfan didn't speak.

Everyone fell silent, turning to look at him, waiting for Xu Qingfan to make a decision.

"Tsk~ Then let's temporarily arrange for Xiaoyu to stay at Xiaoxiao's house. Next, we need to figure out how to persuade Aunt Li not to let Xiaoyu transfer schools," Xu Qingfan said.

"Think of a way, think of a way, what way is there?" Lin Wanning pouted, looking like she was deep in thought.

“You can use the quality of education as a reason. Transferring schools might affect Xiaoyu’s grades!” Xiao Ruanwen snapped her fingers and said.

“Yeah, right! My grades will definitely get really bad after I transfer schools!!” Lin Wanning nodded vigorously in agreement.

"It would be best to find a similar example to illustrate this!" Xia Xiaoxiao said earnestly.

"Find bad examples!"

The little ones finalized the specific details of the operation to save Xiaoyu in just a few words, without giving Xu Qingfan a chance to interrupt.

"The bus is here, let's get on and talk!"

Children pay half price, one yuan, for bus rides. Xu Qingfan put in a five-yuan note and a one-yuan note, and the six of them quickly boarded the bus and sat down.

Because Reef Ridge is the first stop for the bus, there were only six people on the bus besides the driver. Xu Qingfan continued the previous topic: "Aunt Lin is a teacher. If we let Aunt Lin persuade Xiaoyu's mother, it will definitely work."

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they all turned their gazes to Xia Xiaoxiao.

"I'll go back and tell my mom," Xia Xiaoxiao nodded and said.

"With Auntie on the case, one is worth two!" Xiao Ruanwen clapped and laughed.

"Yay~ Xiaoyu won't have to transfer schools now!" Lin Wanning was already celebrating even though nothing was actually going to happen.

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With things progressing smoothly, everyone was in a good mood on the way back.

Wu Lingyu sat next to Xu Qingfan. She was unsure whether her insistence on not transferring schools was the right thing to do. Her dream was for her family to reunite like they did when she was a child. However, a voice in her heart told her that if she left like this, she would definitely regret it in the future.

Wu Lingyu couldn't quite explain what she would regret, but she didn't want to gamble.

She first learned about Xu Qingfan at the awards ceremony after the midterm exams. Surprisingly, a boy tied for first place with her. That was her initial impression of Xu Qingfan.

The second incident occurred on Monday during the flag-raising ceremony. Xu Qingfan was disciplined by the school for organizing his classmates to stand up for his group members.

Back then, I just thought he was so amazing, so incredibly capable, doing so much in first grade. But the disciplinary action was terrible; the teacher said only bad kids get demerits, and we should take it as a warning. But he was clearly not a bad kid.
The third time was at the old fried food stall. My mother fainted. I was terrified. I don't remember what the passersby said. Fan Ge was like a hero who pushed through the crowd, and then Uncle Xu took my mother to the hospital.

And then... and then came Fan Ge's countless acts of help: finding a new fried food stall for my mom, stopping the girls from bullying me at school, the shoes for my birthday, introducing me to all sorts of new and interesting things, and the delicious duck neck shop.
My parents thought that things were getting better because of good fortune, but only I knew that the dramatic changes in our family were all because of Fan Ge.
She had similar dreams more than once. In her dreams, Xu Qingfan wasn't there. Her mother was selling goods on a roadside tricycle, but a group of very, very bad people were driving her away. Her father's health was deteriorating because they couldn't afford medical treatment, and her grandfather was overworking several jobs, ruining his health. Xiaoyu's grades plummeted because she was overthinking, and she left the experimental primary school for a very bad one. In the end, Xiaoyu, like the little match girl in the fairy tale, lit the last match in her hand.
Every time she woke up from a nightmare, she would think of Xu Qingfan more than once, silently praying, "Thank goodness it was just a dream, thank goodness for Brother Fan."
It's okay if Mom and Dad don't know what Fan Ge has done. Xiao Yu knows, and she will definitely repay Fan Ge when she grows up!

She said it to herself countless times.
The bus soon returned to Lianhua Courtyard. After learning that Xu Qingfan cooked at home every day, the little girls all said they wanted to try his cooking.

The group had been here quite a few times before. As soon as they entered the Lotus Courtyard, they excitedly ran up to the third floor, leaving Xu Qingfan behind.

"Brother Fan, hurry up!"

"Brother Qingfan, open the door quickly!"

"Coming, coming." Xu Qingfan took two quick steps, took out his keys, and opened the door.

Since there were no adults at home, the little girls acted as if they were in their own home, turning on the TV, the air conditioner, and going to the toilet, completely embracing the atmosphere as if they were guests.

"Make yourselves at home. There's juice and cola in the fridge. Xiaoxiao, call them back for dinner. I'll cook quickly!" Xu Qingfan changed his shoes and went into the kitchen without looking back.

"Oh." Xia Xiaoxiao got up, picked up the landline phone, and called her mother.

Before leaving home, Xu Qingfan had already prepared the dishes for today. He turned off the kudzu root and pork bone soup that had been simmering for more than two hours, washed his hands, and started cooking rice.

I put the pickled preserved mustard greens and steamed pork patties into the rice cooker. When the rice was cooked, the preserved mustard greens and pork patties were also cooked.

Chicken with ginger and scallions, stir-fried beef with straw mushrooms, steamed scallops. The last dish, stir-fried greens, was served, just as the adults who had gone fishing or playing mahjong returned home.

"Hiccup~ Brother Fan, is there any soup left? It's so delicious!"

"Hehe, that's all! Ningning just filled the last bowl!"

"I'll drink some water, I choked!" Xiao Ruanwen burped and ran into the kitchen. "Xiao Fan can open a restaurant and be a chef someday," Lin Jing said with a smile.

"That's far from enough. I can only cook a few simple home-style dishes."

"Auntie was just mentioning it casually. No matter what job you do in the future, you must always take care of your family," Lin Jing said earnestly, looking at Xu Qingfan and then at her daughter.

What's with the way the mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law?

"Auntie, I understand." Xu Qingfan nodded.

"Brother Qingfan will become a cartoonist with Ningning in the future, and they can draw comics at home!" Lin Wanning always remembered the original dream of the three little ones: to create an animation that could go global like Doraemon!

"Fan Ge, sing with us! Just like S.H.E. from Taiwan, you're the wind, you're the electricity, you're the only myth!" Xiao Ruanwen came out of the kitchen after finishing her water. "Our group will be called OUR!"

"OUR? Why don't you just call it UFO!" Xu Qingfan said irritably.

"Hehe~ Brother Fan, you can call it UFO if you like!"

"Pfft~" A large group of people in the room burst into laughter at the two's antics.

After everyone had lunch in a cheerful atmosphere, Xia Xiaoxiao, as usual, cleared the table and went into the kitchen to wash the dishes. Several little girls followed her in to help.

Xu Qingfan stopped Wu Lingyu, who wanted to go in with him, and gave her a wink, indicating that everyone was looking for Lin Jing's help right now.

After finishing his meal, Xu Aiguo went out to drive a taxi (fishing), leaving only his two mothers in the living room.

"Auntie, Xiaoyu needs your help with something!" Xu Qingfan said, pulling Wu Lingyu to stand in front of Lin Jing.

"Oh? What's wrong?" Lin Jing and Yao Jinping both looked at each other with a puzzled expression.

Wu Lingyu looked nervously at Xu Qingfan, who nodded encouragingly.

She bravely spoke up, "Auntie, my mom wants me to transfer to Gangcheng to study in the third grade next semester, but I don't want to transfer. Could you please talk to my mom?" Her voice was soft, but loud enough for everyone in the room to hear.

"Why do I need to transfer schools?" Lin Jing asked, puzzled.

Yao Jinping knew about this and explained from the side, "Meijuan is going to Gangcheng to take care of her husband, so the fried food stall here will be closed."

"Oh~" Lin Jing nodded understandingly, "Xiaoyu, why don't you want to transfer schools? If you stay at Experimental Elementary School, you won't see your parents often!"

"I'm going to study in Gangcheng. My mom will have to take care of me. I'm afraid my classmates at the new school won't like me. I'll miss my friends from Experimental Primary School. I'll miss Brother Fan." She spoke the last sentence so softly that none of the people present could hear it clearly.

"If you stay here to attend primary school, where will you stay at night? My aunt has a spare room, but your mother might not agree."

Wu Lingyu was too embarrassed to say that she was staying at Lin Jing's house, and nervously lowered her head.

“Auntie, you should tell Aunt Li that transferring schools will affect your grades. Experimental Primary School has such good teachers and a great learning environment, and it's even free. You won't find anything so good in Gangcheng!” Xu Qingfan chimed in.

"Was it you who couldn't bear to see Yu'er transfer schools, and instigated her to say that?" Yao Jinping looked at her son with suspicion.

"Auntie, no, it's my own fault for not wanting to transfer schools, it has nothing to do with Brother Fan!" Upon hearing that Xu Qingfan was involved, Wu Lingyu hurriedly explained despite her nervousness.

"Okay, Auntie knows. Auntie is also reluctant to let Yu'er transfer schools." Yao Jinping smiled and pulled Wu Lingyu to sit on her lap. "But Yu'er, have you thought it through? If you stay to study, you will never see your mom and dad again."

“I’ll take the bus home this weekend,” Wu Lingyu said, giving a response that wasn’t really an answer.

"You really don't want to transfer schools?"

Wu Lingyu shook her head firmly, "No!"

"Will Jingjing's transfer to another school really affect her grades? Why don't you go and talk to Meijuan about it?" After spending more than a year together, Yao Jinping had long regarded Wu Lingyu as her own daughter and was equally reluctant to let her leave.

"There is some impact, more or less. The more emotionally sensitive a person is, the greater the impact. And Xiao Fan was right just now. It will be very difficult to transfer to a good school like Experimental Primary School after transferring."

"Then let's not transfer schools, okay? We can live at Auntie's house from now on, and let that brat Xu Qingfan sleep on the streets!" Yao Jinping said, covering Wu Lingyu's hand with her own.

Xu Qingfan:
"Auntie, no! Don't let Fan-ge sleep on the streets! I'm not transferring schools!" Wu Lingyu said in a panic.

"Haha~ Auntie was just kidding with you. Our Yu'er is such a good girl. I'll tell your mom later that we're not transferring schools!"

"Xiaoyu will live at Auntie's house from now on and go to elementary school with Xiaoxiao and Xiaofan!" Lin Jing also quite liked the well-behaved and sensible Wu Lingyu. Besides, it would be good to have another person living in the house so it wouldn't feel so lonely.

"Um"

Lin Jing is capable of doing the work of two people.

Parents in China always prioritize their children's education. Even when they are sick, they only dare to ask for leave during unimportant classes. They don't dare to slack off in the hospital, doing their homework while receiving IV drips. This has almost become a unique and beautiful sight in the world.

After learning that transferring schools would indeed greatly affect her child's academic performance, Li Meijuan did not hesitate to put the transfer plan on hold.

Li Meijuan naturally wanted to pay for Wu Lingyu's stay at Lin Jing's house, but Lin Jing naturally refused to accept it.

After a round of polite, back-and-forth banter typical of Chinese society, the saga of Wu Lingyu's school transfer finally came to an end.
"I'll be going to school with everyone again next semester!"

"Great!!!"

Let's all sing together!

Happy Little Fairy

[Wind, Thunder, Rain, Snow, Lightning]

[Happy Little Boy]

[Songs Soar Through Dreams]

Happy Little Fairy

[Training in Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter]

In 2004, a TV series called "Happy Planet" became a hit across the country. Countless children dreamed of being chosen by the polyhedron like Lele, possessing the necklace to travel to Happy Planet, and searching for the polyhedron, lotus seed paste bun, ice lemon, and the old rascal grandpa.
At the end of the story, Lele waved goodbye to Happy Planet, leaving only the pendant key as a memento.

Although the story on TV has ended, the friendship between the six boys continues in real life.

Several springs, summers, autumns, and winters have quietly passed, and the six of them have walked together side by side.

This year was 2008.

That year, they were in sixth grade.

The agreement remains in effect; please stay tuned.
(End of this chapter)