Chapter 182 Being Favored...

Wang Anfen and his wife returned home and shook their heads helplessly at their son who was waiting for the results at home.

The light in Wang Qingxiang's eyes shattered. "Big sister actually disagrees? How could she disagree? She loved me the most before."

He was raised by his eldest sister!

Wang Anfen said, "Your eldest sister has changed. She's not the same as before. She was led astray by the second brother. She's been living away from home for over two years. She's become wild and has no regard for her parents or her brother, you."

"I don't believe it. Didn't you tell her? If I don't have a job, I'll be a bachelor my whole life and won't be able to marry. Our Wang family will be extinct!"

Wang Anfen: “…”

Wu Xiuhua: “…”

They wanted to say something, but before they could, Wang Qinghong left them speechless and they returned home in shame.

But is this even necessary? Isn't this as obvious as lice on a bald head?

She must know it clearly in her heart, but she just doesn't want to help!

Wang Anfen said, "We've tried everything to persuade her, but she just won't agree. There's nothing we can do. Why don't you go to night school? Learn your culture well, and then take the exam yourself."

"Who knows if there will be another opportunity in the future? If the factory doesn't hire workers in the future, then I've gone to school for nothing."

"How is it a waste? What you learn is yours, isn't it? When people first started night school, they didn't know there would be jobs now, but they all went, didn't they? If you go now, if there are jobs in the future, won't you be able to catch up?"

"I'm already 22! When is the next job opening? If I miss this opportunity, I'll have to wait several years before I can get married!"

Wang Anfen said, "What are you yelling at us for? They look down on you, what can we do? When the night school first opened, we didn't say you couldn't go. Who do you blame if you don't go? Who do you blame if you're not good at your job? If you could get full work points every day, those young girls wouldn't be so unwilling to even look at you."

Wang Qingxiang burst into tears. What was going on? He had only earned 4 work points before, and his parents had praised him for his ability. Now they wanted him to earn full points? He couldn't do it! Wasn't he his parents' darling?

Wu Xiuhua said, "Tsk tsk, why are you crying? 22 isn't that old. Aren't they advocating for late marriage? They encourage men to marry at 25, and you say you're listening to the brigade and will get married at 25. There are still three years left, and you still can't get a job in three years?"

Wang Qingxiang: "That's easy for you! Work isn't like growing cabbages in the fields!"

Wu Xiuhua rolled her eyes. "Whatever you want to do. This is the situation anyway. How about you see how much money you can get by selling me? Is it enough to find you a wife? If that doesn't work, sell your father too and see if anyone wants him."

She and her husband were simply incompetent. They couldn't afford a large tiled house, and they couldn't save much money. They had previously thought of marrying off the eldest daughter and getting a dowry. If the second daughter could marry, they could also get some dowry. If not, she would stay at home to work and take care of them.

Who would have thought that suddenly the eldest and the second in command would quit?

Their plan completely failed.

Wang Qingxiang: "...How about you go talk to Big Sister again?"

It is impossible to sell his parents. Not to mention that his parents are too old to be sold, even if they can be sold, he can't sell them because he still depends on the work points earned by his parents to make a living.

As long as his parents are around, he will not starve to death.

You can choose not to marry a wife, but you cannot choose not to eat.

Wang Anfen: "If you want to go, you go. Your mother and I won't go."

What are you talking about? He went there, got scolded, and came back. Doesn't he have any dignity?

Wang Qingxiang gritted his teeth, went, and came back with a bruised face.

When his parents went, they only got scolded. But when he went, he was not only scolded, but also beaten. His sister would not hit his parents, but she beat him without hesitation. She beat him even harder than his second sister had beaten him before.

He was such a good elder sister! How did she become like this?

A few days after this incident, the official job posting came out. Seeing the words "No Private Job Transfers" written in large red letters on it, Wang Anfen, Wu Xiuhua, and Wang Qingxiang were all speechless. If this notice had been posted earlier, they wouldn't have had to go to the office and get scolded and beaten!

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Zheng family.

Ever since the third brother retired and returned from the army, he maintained harmony with his family on the surface but actually fell out with them. Li Aiyun began to teach Zheng Lanping.

She taught her how to wash clothes, cook, and clean. Zheng Lanping wasn't stupid, and she learned quickly. Or rather, it wasn't something that required much learning; you could learn it just by watching. It was just a matter of doing it well. Some people strive for perfection, while others just get by.

Zheng Lanping is the type of person who just deals with things.

As for working in the fields, she went twice and never again. When Li Aiyun tried to dissuade her, she tried to commit suicide.

There was no choice, Li Aiyun had to give up.

I guess that can be considered as teaching.

So, more than a year has passed, and Zheng Lanping has made some progress, but it is very limited.

She refused to go to the junior high school run by the team, nor did she want to go to night school.

Now that the recruitment news has come out, Li Aiyun is very excited and Zheng Lanping is extremely anxious.

Li Aiyun thought that her daughter was a proper elementary school graduate after all, so she should be better than those night school graduates, right?

Zheng Lanping was obviously not as optimistic as her mother, and even felt a lot of resentment towards Li Aiyun's optimism and expectations.

Her grades weren't great back in school, and after so many years away, she's basically forgotten everything she learned. She hasn't read a book or held a pen in years, and now she struggles to even write a letter. An exam? You're kidding!

Li Aiyun kept on nagging, "As soon as the official recruitment notice comes out, we'll go sign up. Those who went to night school, even though they only got elementary school diplomas, are just getting by. They're definitely not as good as you. You'll definitely pass. Once you have a job, Mom will be relieved."

"Mom! Can you please stop talking? I'm just an elementary school graduate. I haven't touched a pen in years. I don't know if others can pass the exam, and I'm even unsure if I can understand the questions. How can I take the exam? Unless everyone else gets zero!"

Li Aiyun was stunned, feeling completely chilled by this bucket of cold water.

Old Man Zheng scolded his daughter: "How dare you talk to your mother like that? You are already 17! You sit at home doing nothing all day. Look at the other girls in our brigade. Who is like you? Who is 17 and still working in the fields to earn work points? They can support themselves at the age of 17, and the work points they earn are enough to feed themselves. What about you? You are still relying on your parents for support. What qualifications do you have to yell at us?"

Your mom spoiled you, pampered you, and it's made you sick! Didn't she tell you to go to junior high school? Didn't she tell you to go to night school? You didn't go, so why are you yelling at us now? I'm telling you, Zheng Lanping, starting tomorrow, you have to work hard in the fields and earn work points! You have to earn at least six work points a day, or you won't eat!

You eat and dress well at home, but you do nothing. Your mother protects you and spoils you, and because of you, our family has become like this. If she hadn't favored you, would your eldest brother and second brother have caused trouble at home? This is all because of you! You still dare to be impatient with your mother now, you are such a heartless ungrateful person.

Zheng Lanping was completely confused by Old Man Zheng's output, "Dad..."