Su Xiaocao had originally finished her training and returned to the provincial capital's middle school after the start of the semester.
However, because she had found her biological mother and confirmed her relationship with Su Sangong, the situation had changed somewhat.
Teacher Xie Nan had been in the capital for many years and had some connections.
She did not want her only daughter to return to the northwest. Firstly, it was because her daughter would be too far away from her after returning. Secondly, she felt that although Mr. and Mrs. Su Changjiu were good people, the daughter-in-law of the Su family, especially Tian Xiaohe, was not an easy person to deal with.
Therefore, after discussing with Mr. and Mrs. Su Changjiu, Teacher Xie Nan used a lot of her connections and favors to transfer Su Xiaocao to a school in the capital.
Of course, the Su Xiaotian family also pulled strings to help.
After all, Director Li had a good relationship with the Su family. This kind of matter was not considered a violation of regulations, and Director Li provided great assistance.
He also gave the provincial capital's middle school two training spots at Capital City No. 7 Middle School.
When Su Xiaocao returned to school to handle the procedures, the school leaders were reluctant to part with her, but considering that Su Xiaocao had given the school two spots to train in Capital City No. 7 Middle School, they did not obstruct her.
However, this time, instead of young teachers, teachers who had already settled down and established careers in the provincial capital were arranged to study in the capital, so that after training, they would not return to the school.
Su Xiaocao was now teaching at a primary school in the capital.
Her educational background was indeed not high, only a graduate of the Provincial Normal University. In a place like the capital, which was full of talents, being able to teach in a primary school was already very good.
Su Xiaocao was already very satisfied with this.
At the same time, she had also put the postgraduate entrance examination for next year on the agenda, planning to do as others suggested, to teach and study at the same time, and strive to improve herself.
She had no classes this afternoon, so she came to visit her two mothers.
Both mothers lived near Peking University. Su Xiaocao always visited them together.
Teacher Xie Nan had a house allocated by Peking University, a three-bedroom apartment.
Teacher Xie Nan had lived alone for many years and had converted one of the rooms into a study.
Another room was used as a reception living room.
Now that her daughter had been recognized, Teacher Xie Nan quickly rearranged the layout of the house, leaving a large, sunny room for her daughter.
However, Su Xiaocao's current school was still near the Su family's residence. At the strong insistence of Grandma Su, she continued to live with the Su family.
Only when she came to visit her two mothers on weekends did she have time to stay with Teacher Xie Nan for a night.
Even so, Teacher Xie Nan was very satisfied.
"Mom, how was business today?"
Su Xiaocao, familiar with the way, walked to Li Yuling's spicy hot pot stall.
"Xiaocao, you're here?"
Li Yuling's face lit up with a smile when she saw her daughter.
Among the three children at home, her two biological sons were unreliable, and this adopted daughter was the one who caused no trouble.
All her earlier worries were gone.
Even though Xiaocao knew she wasn't her biological mother, she became even more filial.
She even said that the grace of birth was not as great as the grace of upbringing.
"Xiaocao, you're here? Why didn't you bring your mother with you?"
"She's visiting friends today, so I came to see you first." Su Xiaocao had a bright smile on her face.
During this period, perhaps because of different experiences and perspectives, Su Xiaocao had become much more generous and cheerful.
Seeing Li Yuling busy, Su Xiaocao was about to help, but Li Yuling stopped her.
"Xiaotian and Second Brother are over there, you go chat with them."
This daughter would be part of the Su family from now on, so it was not wrong to build good relationships with the children like Ciliang and Xiaotian in advance.
When Su Xiaocao entered, she hadn't paid attention to Su Xiaotian and Su Ciliang being there.
At this moment, following Li Yuling's direction, Su Xiaocao finally saw Su Xiaotian and Su Ciliang.
She walked over and greeted them with a smile.
"Brother Ciliang, when did you get back? You've gotten darker and thinner!"
Hearing Su Xiaocao's voice, Su Xiaotian looked up and smiled at her.
"Sister Xiaocao, you're here to see Auntie."
"I had my afternoon class early today, so I came to see my mom." Su Xiaocao sat down without waiting for Su Xiaotian's invitation.
Su Ciliang was a little surprised by the suddenly cheerful and bright Su Xiaocao.
However, he thought this change was quite good.
Su Xiaocao was actually a good girl, but she was a bit introverted. When she met people, she always lowered her eyes, making it impossible to see what she was thinking.
"I just got back at noon and went straight to school. I plan to go home tomorrow." Su Ciliang touched his face with a smile. "You two keep saying I've gotten thinner and darker, but I actually think I'm fine!"
"It's not bad to be a little darker. It's just that Brother Ciliang, you're a painter, so being fair-skinned would give you a more scholarly aura."
Su Xiaocao replied with a smile, her dark eyes shining.
It was good to be darker, as it gave a man a masculine aura.
Of course, Su Ciliang didn't dare to say this out loud.
So that these two girls wouldn't say it didn't fit his persona.
"Sister Xiaocao, there's so much food. Second Brother and I can't finish it all. Let's eat together."
Su Xiaotian was feeling troubled. Everyone had sent food to their table, so what should they do if they couldn't finish it?
Su Xiaocao's arrival was just in time to help solve the problem.
The three of them chatted and laughed happily.
While talking, Su Ciliang learned that Su Xiaocao was not actually Longjiu Uncle's biological daughter.
She was Teacher Xie Nan's biological daughter, which was truly unbelievable.
Su Ciliang was also a student at Peking University, and Teacher Xie Nan had taught him before.
However, because Marxist Philosophy was not a major course, their relationship was not very close.
Thinking back now, when he first saw Teacher Xie Nan, he had also felt a sense of familiarity.
It turned out that she had a slight resemblance to Xiaocao.
However, this was not what shocked Su Ciliang the most.
What truly shocked him was that Su Xiaocao and Su Sangong had gotten together.
And their wedding date had already been set.
Su Sangong was the third child. He, the second brother, was not yet ready to get married, so how could Sangong's wedding be on the agenda?
This meant he was being overtaken?
But in the next moment, Su Ciliang thought that his girlfriend had not yet graduated from university, and they would have to wait to get married.
He no longer felt that Su Sangong getting married early was wrong.
But why did he suddenly feel that all this delicious food didn't taste good anymore?
Su Ciliang was disappointed!
He was the older brother, was he going to be left behind by his younger brother?
But since he was already behind, what could he do? He couldn't stop his younger brother from getting married just because he couldn't get married yet, could he?
When Su Xiaotian and Su Ciliang returned to school, they laughed heartily when they asked Su Ciliang why he was in low spirits.
They repeatedly said that they never expected their brother to have such a side to him.