Bai Ruozhen collected all the money in their family. Gu Changqing had been secretly making money in the past few years. Bai Ruozhen calculated it and said, "About 50,000 yuan."

"So much?" Gu Changqing laughed. "Oh, I thought it was only 30,000 yuan." He gave his wife a kiss and said, "You are really capable."

Bai Ruozhen felt very happy. One hundred yuan was a lot of money these days, but her man was really capable. He made a lot of money when others were still unable to get warm. He was truly a millionaire.

"Then let's buy a yard as soon as possible, so that Second Uncle and Second Aunt can move in together." Bai Ruozhen didn't know the housing prices in Beijing, but she trusted Gu Changqing, so she didn't think about it. "Anyway, we have to do it as soon as possible, otherwise I won't be able to give up my tofu buns and dumplings."

Gu Changqing hummed, "Go to sleep."

The Chinese New Year is just a few days away. With the arrival of the New Year, more and more people from the village come to the Gu family. Not only people from their village, but even those who are slightly related to them from miles around bring their children to the Gu family, under the pretext of letting the top scholar teach their children how to become the top scholar.

Bai Ruozhen and Gu Xiaoli have it really hard. They are surrounded by a bunch of old women, and their heads are about to split open with their chatter. In comparison, Gu Changqing has it much easier. His daily job is to take his two sons out for a stroll.

Without Bai Ruozhen's knowledge, Gu Changqing even took his two sons for a walk on the beach in the middle of winter. By the time Bai Ruozhen found out, the three of them had already been there for two consecutive days.

Not many children in the countryside go to school, but Xiahe Village suddenly produced two top scorers, and they were from the same family. Families with children in the surrounding area all felt that their children were talented and that they were the ones who had delayed their development. In addition to coming to the Gu family for advice, they also started to look for school teachers with a few dollars to send their children to school.

The schools were on vacation, and the teachers and village cadres who used to persuade parents to send their children to school were also free. When they heard about their purpose, they were naturally happy to see it happen. For this reason, the school principal even came to the Gu family to talk with Bai Ruozhen and Gu Xiaoli, and decided to give a talk about studying at school on the morning of New Year's Eve.

On New Year's Eve, Bai Ruozhen and Gu Xiaoli were forced to go to the village primary school.

Xiahe Village itself is quite large, and there are many children of school age. However, when Bai Ruozhen arrived at the school and saw the sea of students and parents, he was a little scared.

Damn, all the kids and parents in the county must be here.

It's so scary.

Bai Ruozhen worked hard to become the top scholar. This was because he had a brain that God had suddenly given him, and he had never studied step by step in the past.

Gu Xiaoli, on the other hand, was a very good student in her previous life, so Bai Ruozhen shamelessly let Gu Xiaoli be the main force in this speech.

Fortunately, Gu Xiaoli knew her former master and took the responsibility.

It was very cold in the middle of winter, and Bai Ruozhen thought they could stay indoors, but there were too many people, so they moved to the playground. There was no room left on the playground, so they piled up at the school gate.

The school leaders went to the commune to borrow a metal loudspeaker and asked them to speak.

So Bai Ruozhen and Gu Xiaoli gave their first speech in two lifetimes in the howling north wind.

Gu Xiaoli is indeed a top student. She stood on the stage and spoke eloquently, making the students and parents below listen to her eyes full of stars.

When it was Bai Ruozhen's turn, she opened her mouth with the loudspeaker, not wanting to drink a mouthful of wind, so she covered her mouth and coughed twice, and suddenly saw Gu Changqing standing not far away.

Gu Changqing smiled at her and gave her an encouraging gesture. Bai Ruozhen pursed her lips and began to blow.

Well, she really was bragging. After all, she was from the provincial capital, and these people didn’t know her past anyway, so Bai Ruozhen made up a good story for herself about studying hard.

The people listening below were filled with passion.

In the evening, the family had the New Year’s Eve dinner and talked about going to school after the New Year.

Since the end of the Great Revolution last year and the downfall of the Song family in Yancheng, Song Mei's confidence in the Gu family has suddenly disappeared. In addition, she has given birth to two daughters and has always kept silent at the table.

Bai Ruozhen was just about to sigh inwardly that Song Mei had learned her lesson when she heard Song Mei say to Qiu Lanying, "Mom, do we have to pay for the tuition for the three of them?"

Qiu Lanying was in high spirits when she said she would pay tuition for the three of them, but she didn't expect her eldest daughter-in-law to object.

"That's my plan," Qiu Lanying said. "After all, Lao Wu and his wife both need to go to school, and they have two children to raise."

"That's not fair." Song Mei frowned and put down her chopsticks unhappily. "We've already split up the family, so why should we pay for their tuition? Even my younger sister's tuition shouldn't be paid by you. She's a salaried employee. It's okay for her to not send money home for the next few years and pay for it herself, right? Right, Xiaoli?"

The originally lively room suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Song Mei like she was a fool.

Anyone could see that Qiu Lanying was just talking. Even if she really wanted to take the money, Lao Wu and his wife would not agree. Of course, even if they really gave the money to support them, could they still forget their parents after they graduated?

The fifth brother and his wife were admitted to university. Not to mention other families, how could the Gu family not benefit from it in the future?

Gu Changbai understood the situation best. He frowned and said, "Take the child back to the house."

Song Mei burst into tears. She looked at Gu Changbai and said aggrievedly, "Have you disliked me for a long time? Do you want a divorce?"

Bai Ruozhen suddenly felt a headache. It happened again, and he couldn't even have peace during the New Year.