Chapter 274 Something just doesn't feel right.

When Lei Jingwu saw Yao Shula asking for his opinion, he quickly fanned Yao Shula with the banana leaf fan in his hand.

"Shuli is a smart child, more mature and polite than other children his age, and he is also perceptive. Apart from not liking to study, he has no other problems."

"There are 360 ​​professions, and every profession can produce an expert! Shu Li should take a different path," Lei Jingwu said in a low voice.

Yao Shula instinctively wanted to retort, "What do you mean by 'good at everything except studying'..."

Well, Yao Shuli is indeed good at everything except studying.

It's not that he doesn't want to study; Yao Shuli also wants to study hard. However, he gets distracted in less than five minutes after sitting down at his desk, and he can't control himself.

He really has to thank his homeroom teacher, Mr. Wang, for getting him into the top junior high school!

"My cousin Yamin said that she has already taken Shuli into her class, and she thinks that nothing serious should happen to him during his three years of junior high school."

As for taking the high school entrance exam... even if you can't get into the top high school, you should be able to get into the second-best high school.

As for those vocational schools and technical colleges... just try your luck! Maybe you'll get in!

"If he doesn't pass the exam... it's okay. I'll keep an eye on him for a few years, and when he's old enough, I'll find a way to get him into the army so he can toughen up in the military." Yao Shula said, explaining her plans.

Upon hearing this, Lei Jingwu realized that he had also considered making arrangements for Yao Shuli's future.

It seems feasible at the moment; we're prepared for both possibilities, but...

"Actually, Shuli is a good kid, quick-witted, so there's no need to think about arranging a path that everyone else is taking for him."

"How about we try another route?" Lei Jingwu suggested in a low voice.

"What road? You don't mean he went out to do business after finishing junior high school, do you? Lei Jingwu, I know that in the coastal areas, many children go out to do business when they are very young."

Shuli was thinking the same thing, but I... I just couldn't rest easy. I had to watch Shuli grow up.

You can call me old-fashioned, or you can say I don't know how to be flexible, but that's what I mean.

"I can't let Shuli go out and make her way in the world so early!" Yao Shula insisted on her idea.

If Yao Shuli is left unsupervised, who knows what kind of trouble she might cause! She has to keep an eye on her, at least until she's eighteen!

Lei Jingwu did not refute Yao Shula; instead, he offered his own suggestion.

“I didn’t say he couldn’t continue his schooling. I think it’s okay for Shuli to go to a school that’s more interesting and let him learn something he likes.”

Yao Shula, let Shuli go to a vocational college in Shanghai after he graduates from junior high school!

A finance and economics school, a school within the banking system.

That school not only teaches financial knowledge, but also offers courses on trade.

"Hasn't Shuli always wanted to go into business? This school is perfect for him."

Lei Jingwu's words startled Yao Shula.

Finance schools in Shanghai?

She knew about this school; it was a vocational high school, and a popular one at that, whose graduates were almost always assigned to the banking system…

Most of the students there are relatives or friends.

To be honest, if Yao Shuli could get into this school, her score would definitely be high enough to get into the top high school...

"What? Still have concerns? Shura, you need to be more realistic."

Even if Shuli manages to get into high school, what are the chances of her going to university?

If you can't be as absolutely certain as Shuxin, you might as well go to a finance school!

If you graduate from a finance school and want to work, you can get a good job. If you don't want to work in those places, you can go out and find opportunities, like me, to start a business.

Ultimately, how one ends up on the road depends on Shuli.

"Shuli should be eighteen by then! He's an adult now and has to take responsibility for his own life!" Lei Jingwu earnestly advised.

Yao Shula...

“Lei Jingwu, I didn’t mean anything by it. What I meant was… Shuli might not be able to pass the exam!” Yao Shula said softly.

"Who said he has to pass the exam! Gu Changqin's uncle, who is Tiantian's maternal uncle, is in charge of that finance school!"

Sending a student in is just a matter of a word.

Don't feel embarrassed. Half of the students in that school got in on their own merit, and the other half are children of bank employees or people with connections.

Sending Shuli in wouldn't be noticeable at all! Lei Jingwu quickly explained.

Yao Shula understood.

Actually, these are just the quotas within their system...

Yao Shula never expected that her family would receive such treatment...

"Won't this be too much trouble for Tian Tian's uncle?" Yao Shula was still a little worried.

“No way! I’ll talk to him then. Uncle Tian owes me a huge favor, he won’t refuse to make arrangements,” Lei Jingwu said immediately.

Yao Shula breathed a sigh of relief. Oh well, then she'd better just be shameless and accept this arrangement!

"Thank you so much! Not only are you thinking of Shuxin, but you're also thinking of Shuli!"

What would you like to eat tonight? I'll make it for you!

"Here, have another bowl of mung bean soup!" Yao Shula said, serving Lei Jingwu another bowl of mung bean soup.

Lei Jingwu...

He really couldn't drink anymore! He felt his stomach was already a bit full...

...

Lei Jingwu lay alone on a recliner in the courtyard, fanning himself with a banana leaf fan, with a bowl of mung bean soup on a small stool beside him.

Looking up at the paulownia trees overhead, I could hear cicadas chirping in the trees.

For the first time, Lei Jingwu felt that summer was quite comfortable. He didn't have to worry about business matters and could just relax in this recliner for an afternoon.

...

Yao Shula, who was in the kitchen, was already thinking about what to make for dinner that night.

However, what Lei Jingwu had said was still on her mind.

Shuxin is going to take the college entrance exam in Shanghai and plans to stay there afterward.

Shu Li is going to a finance school in Shanghai, and he'll most likely stay in Shanghai afterward.

Tian Tian will also be returning to Shanghai in three years.

More importantly, Lei Jingwu said he would use the money he had entrusted to him to buy a house in Shanghai...

Wouldn't I be all alone in this courtyard three years from now?

Something seems off...

...

Xiao Tiantian and Yao Shuli had been waiting under a sycamore tree not far away for quite a while.

The two watched for a while as ants fought, then watched two caterpillars crawl from under the tree to the middle of the trunk, and then watched for a while as cicadas urinated on the sycamore tree...

"Tian Tian, ​​what do you think your older sister and brother have been saying all this time?"

"I don't know! Anyway, if my older brother doesn't say anything, I definitely won't talk to him anymore!"

"You can't make a living off a piece of mud!" Little Tiantian snorted.

Yao Shuli glanced at the sun again; it was getting late, and the two of them had been out for almost two hours.

"Brother Shuli, it's time to go back! It's almost time, I need to go back and help my older sister cook!" Xiao Tiantian stood up first.

Yao Shuli quickly stood up and stretched her limbs.

"Yes! It's time to go back!"

"When I get back, I'll definitely ask my older brother what he and my older sister talked about!" Xiao Tiantian grabbed Yao Shuli and ran home.