Chapter 167: Suggestions? Don't listen
Lin Xiangxi was not afraid of being scolded by Hu Meili. She hid behind Lin Xiangnan with a smile and complained, "Sister, look at mom. She is bullying me again."
"Mom, my younger brother is still young, you should talk to him nicely." Lin Xiangnan directly stood on the side of his younger brother.
"You little flatterer, your flattery is not in vain, ask your sister to be a shield for you."
Hu Meili wanted to scold both of them at first, but after a while, she felt something was wrong. "Didn't your sister give you the test paper? She was the one who tested you. Why are you picking a fight with me?"
"It's because you're too impatient. I haven't even said anything yet, but you're already arguing with me."
"Then I'll keep quiet, okay?" Hu Meili shut up in frustration. She wanted to see what Lin Xiangnan could say.
After dealing with Hu Meili, Lin Xiangnan turned around and taught Lin Xiangxi a lesson, "Although your current level is still shit. But if you read more books every day, you will always improve. I took this set of papers away. Next time I go home, I will ask you to do this one."
"My sister..."
"Stop howling." Lin Xiangnan gave him a look of disdain. "Since your performance today was too bad, you won't get any of the fried crispy meat today."
Everything else was fine, but this punishment was what was going to kill Lin Xiangxi. He stretched out a finger tentatively, "Can I try one? Just one."
"No." Lin Xiangnan refused mercilessly.
With his level, Lin Xiangnan doesn't expect him to get into Tsinghua University or Peking University. If he can go to a junior college, it will be a great honor. If not, a technical secondary school will be fine. In this era, a junior college is considered a high level of education.
The two classes of college students just after the reform were all trendsetters of the times. If Lin Xiangxi could be admitted, not only would he have a good academic record, but his horizons and thoughts would also be broadened a lot.
I went to work in a restaurant to avoid going to the countryside. If I kept working in a restaurant all the time, I would miss a lot of opportunities.
However, these are all secondary reasons. The main reason is that Lin Xiangnan was influenced by the atmosphere of encouragement to study in his previous life.
When I watched TV dramas in the past, if the heroine failed to get into college because of the influence of the hero, she would be so angry that she would quit the show on the spot.
Even when watching a TV series, Lin Xiangnan is concerned about the protagonist's academic performance, not to mention his own family members.
Lin Xiangxi is her best brother, and he is still very young, only 17 years old, which is the age for high school students. It would be strange if Lin Xiangnan didn't worry about his studies.
"Study hard, and if you do well in the next test, I'll give you a tweed coat. You'll look more handsome than your brother-in-law when you wear it."
Lin Xiangxi was a little embarrassed, "I am an adult, I work and earn money, and you still give me things."
"Don't be polite. It's not certain whether you can get it or not." Lin Xiangnan poked his shoulder in disappointment.
Hu Meili is not well educated and has no say in this matter, but she is happy that Lin Xiangnan is educating his son.
She saw that Lin Xiangnan found a decent job because of his good academic performance. She also knew that Zhang, the chief engineer and others in the factory could get high salaries as soon as they started working because of their good academic qualifications. So she now also began to pay attention to studying.
Hu Meili couldn't offer any constructive suggestions on studying, so she could only stand beside Lin Xiangnan and act intimidatingly, "Listen to your sister, do you hear me? Otherwise, next time you come back, I'll see how she'll deal with you."
"I know, I know." Lin Xiangxi agreed helplessly.
Although he himself did not like to study, he understood that Lin Xiangnan was using bribes to keep him reading for his own good.
Knowing that Lin Xiangnan was leaving soon, Lin Xiangxi took half a day to pack up his jars and cans, and put all his hidden goodies in small bottles for Lin Xiangnan.
"This mushroom sauce is delicious, but it's difficult to make. I'll put it on and you don't have to make it..."
Seeing Lin Xiangnan and his brother busy packing and labeling things in the kitchen, Gu Zhenhua said, "You guys go ahead, I'll go to Gu's house."
"Go ahead. Be careful not to scare Xu Xiaodong and her child." Lin Xiangnan reminded without even raising his head.
"Don't worry. I know what I'm doing."
Gu Zhenhua’s main target of attack is always his good brother Gu Zhenguo.
When he arrived at Gu's house, he rolled up his sleeves and started fighting without saying a word. After the fight, he stopped and went home.
Incredibly smooth throughout.
Although his beatings hurt, he avoided the vital parts, mainly for deterrence.
Gu Zhenguo was used to it. After being beaten, he was relieved. "Gu Zhenhua should be gone in two days."
"Yes. Either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Xu Xiaodong, who was standing nearby, answered calmly.
Gu Zhenguo was eager for him to leave, but Gu Chouni was still a little reluctant.
"It's been so long since they came back, but they've never brought back a grandson." That's the eldest grandson that Gu Chouni has been thinking about all the time!
"Don't think about it, don't think about it. Aren't you afraid of thinking about Gu Zhenhua again?" Gu Zhenguo covered his arm and said, "If you want a grandson, I will give birth to you, okay! Don't think about Gu Zhenhua's child anymore."
His self-sacrificing expression left Xu Xiaodong speechless.
She said disdainfully: "You'll have to take care of the baby for at least half a month or a month if you're like this. Why are you going to give birth?"
In fact, Xu Xiaodong also wanted to have another son, otherwise she would never be able to hold her head up high in the Gu family. Every time she said something, Gu Chouni would use the matter of the child to stab her, making her feel very embarrassed.
But the factory's health worker had previously promoted the idea that the best birth interval should be three years, so she kept a close eye on the period during the three years after the second child was born.
Now the propaganda of each unit follows the policy.
When Lin Xiangnan went to the train station, he found that the slogan on the billboard outside the train station had changed in just one month.
"Fewer births, better quality births, a lifetime of happiness." Lin Xiangnan read out the slogan and asked curiously, "When was this slogan changed?"
"I changed it when I came back." Gu Zhenhua replied.
Lin Xiangnan came back on the third day of the Lunar New Year. It was a little early and the staff in the unit were still immersed in the atmosphere of the New Year and did not work seriously.
Seeing Lin Xiangnan staring at the slogan without moving, Hu Meili pulled her sleeve and urged her, "What are you looking at? There's nothing good to see. Let's go."
"This is a new policy, what's wrong with me taking a look?"
Hu Meili said lightly, "It's a bullshit new policy. A few years ago they were saying 'one is not too little, two is just right...', and the year before last they were promoting 'late, sparse, few'. You were a student before, so you didn't pay attention."
"Are these policies in place so early?" Lin Xiangnan was a little surprised. She had never paid attention to this before.
"Why do you care so much? They are just suggestions. You should know what 'suggestions' means, right? They give their suggestions. We just don't listen, right?"
Hu Meili expressed the arrogance of an outlaw.