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Xu Nian just stuffed a mouthful of meat into his mouth and swallowed it slowly before speaking, "That's about right."
Xu Xiuman was dissatisfied, "What do you mean by almost? Almost means how different it is. You kids can't even say a few honest words now."
An old man like his grandfather, who had been in charge of the household his entire life, would find fault with everyone he saw and would scold them whenever he saw them. Xu Nian had become immune to this over the years. He would say what he wanted to say, and she would eat and drink as she pleased. This was until Xu Xiuman scolded Xu Qinghua, "You've spoiled your child to no end. Why are you running all this way? I don't think it's going to have any effect. It's just a waste of time."
Xu Nian hated her grandfather's behavior so much that she said to her grandmother unhappily, "Grandma, look at my grandfather."
Li Jinhua had just slapped her husband, and when she heard her granddaughter complain, she said, "Eat your meal. Don't scold the older ones after you've scolded the younger ones. The children can't enjoy their meals if you do that." She then put a piece of meat into her husband's bowl with her chopsticks and said, "Eat it. When our granddaughter comes home, we can all have a good meal together happily."
"You eat too, don't worry about me." Xu Xiuman said and ate the chicken nuggets in the bowl.
Xu Nian admired her grandmother very much. She had lived with a man like her grandfather with an awkward personality all her life, and yet she still managed to make him obey her. Her emotional intelligence and EQ were simply off the charts.
The whole day was either spent traveling or chatting with family about the past year's life. After dinner at night, Xu Nian and Xu Hongqi were so tired that they could hardly keep their eyes open. They went to their rooms to sleep and had a dreamless night.
In addition to the feeling of being suffocated when waking up in the morning, another thing is that I keep sweating while sleeping, and my whole body is sticky, making it uncomfortable to sleep.
Everyone in the family was weeding in the fields, leaving only Xu's mother at home. Seeing Xu Nian wake up and wash her face, she quickly brought the rice from the pot to the main room, "Niannian, wash your face and come over to eat. I put it in the main room for you."
Xu Nian sighed, took care of her needs, and trotted to the main room while avoiding the sunlight. She picked up the bowl and drank some soup, and felt that the dryness in her body had subsided a little.
"Mom, are all the family members going to the fields?"
Seeing her daughter only drinking porridge and not eating rice, Xu's mother put a pickled vegetable in her bowl and said, "Yes, there are too many weeds in the field, and the corn has just grown a little bit. We can't let the weeds steal the nutrients."
"Mom, has Xu Hongqi also gone to the fields?" Xu Nian asked while holding a bowl.
Speaking of Xu Hongqi, Xu's mother was really happy. She scolded him, "Do you think he is the same as you? Hongqi got up early. He said there are only six days left before the college entrance examination. He wants to give you a sprint. He is making the test paper for you."
Xu Nian didn't dare to complain about the hardship of studying at this time. She had just put down her job when her mother urged her to go find Xu Hongqi to study.
Xu Nian sighed silently in her heart, looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar environment in the yard, encouraged herself, and called Xu Hongqi to go to her room.
When Xu Hongqi heard the shouting, he rubbed his eyes, cleaned up and went over.
During the six days, apart from going to school to get information, collect admission tickets, and take physical examinations, I spent the rest of the time studying day and night. People at home walked lightly, and even the children at home didn't dare to speak loudly. I was away from home every day.
Some villagers also heard that Xu Hongqi, who was staying at Xu's house, was a college student. Those whose families had students taking exams wanted Xu Hongqi to tutor them. All these incidents were resolved by Xu's mother.
By July 6, Xu Nian was already staying in the guesthouse. This time, Xu's mother and Xu Hongqi were accompanying her. At 7 o'clock in the evening, Xu Hongqi randomly checked Xu Nian's recitation of a few passages, asked her to memorize a few uncommon characters, and then let her wash up and go to bed.
At seven o'clock the next day, Xu's mother woke Xu Nian up on time for dinner. Xu Hongqi personally packed her examination supplies. When the time was almost up, the three of them went to the examination room together.
When they arrived, there was already a large group of people waiting outside the examination room, and there were more candidates than in Xu Nian's previous two college entrance examinations. She felt both relieved that it was about to be over, and nervous about the uncertainty of everything.
After the exam room door opened, Xu Nian completely stopped thinking about it. Xu Hongqi told her, "Don't think too much. Do your best. This year's hard work will not be in vain."
Xu's mother changed her good motherly attitude of the past few days and encouraged Xu Nian, "Nian'er, this is our third year. You must give your all to the exam this time. If you fail, I will really arrange for you to work. If you can't go to the factory, you can go home and work in the fields."
Xu Nian pouted, "Don't worry, I will definitely make it this time!"
The departing figure was heroic and proud, and slowly disappeared among the many candidates.
The three-day exam was conducted. Except for the first day when Xu Nian felt a little nervous, the next few days were no different from any other exams. On the last afternoon, she took the English test. For the science students in their class, the English score accounted for 10% of the college entrance examination score, while the liberal arts score was not included in the score at all.
Unfortunately, Xu Nian is a liberal arts student. She asked Xu Hongqi about this issue. Xu Hongqi suggested that she take it seriously. Since the Ministry of Education has set up a foreign language exam, even if it is not included in the score, it will definitely be compared and selected.
But society is very realistic. In the previous life, if you came from a family like Xu Nian and hers, you could be an average student, but you had to master one or two foreign languages. There was no other meaning, it was just to make it easier to go abroad for academic advancement.
Xu Nian also studied with foreign teachers since she was young. English was not difficult for her at all. After she finished writing the test paper, there were still more than 40 minutes before the end of the exam. After she checked it three times out of boredom, she still did not hand in the paper in advance. She was afraid that she would affect the mentality of other candidates. Today's college entrance examination can really determine the lives of most people.
As the bell rang, the invigilators asked the candidates to stand up. They collected the test papers one by one, put them in bags and sealed them. Then the teachers and students walked out of the examination room, and the mid-afternoon sunshine shone on every candidate.
Xu Nian suddenly wanted to run. She looked around, put on her backpack, ran through the classroom, corridors, stairs, and out of the school gate. While panting, she saw the person who cared about her right in front of her.
Seeing Xu Nian, Mother Xu took a few steps forward and said, "My daughter, you've worked hard. The exam is finally over. Go home and have a good rest."
Xu Hongqi came over with the luggage for the three of them and smiled at Xu Nian.
"Let's go home."
Xu Nian also smiled brightly, "Go home, go home."
The three of them paid for a donkey cart ride back. On the way, Xu Nian closed his eyes and lay in Xu's mother's arms to rest. When they returned home after a dusty journey, they found his third brother waiting for them at the door.
Xu Nian rushed over, "Brother, you are finally home."
Xu Fengcheng caught the little sister and said, "You are really impetuous." After he stood firm, he said, "Hey, Baichubby, you have grown up."
Xu Nian laughed and punched him in the face, "You're the only one in the family who talks badly to me."
The four of them came in chatting and laughing. No one mentioned how Xu Nian did in the exam. The children knew that their aunt had finished the exam, so they finally dared to play around. Big Brother Xu was so annoyed that he really wanted Xu Nian to take the college entrance examination every day.
After dinner, Xu Nian went to the room where Xu Fengcheng and Xu Hongqi lived. She covered her nose as soon as she entered.
"Brother, did you not wash your feet?"
Xu Fengcheng chuckled, "Why can't it be that the red flag hasn't been washed?"
Xu Nian took two steps back towards the door and said, "That's impossible. Xu Hongqi is much cleaner than you." Then he held his breath and ran over to push the person to wash.
Xu Nian couldn't push the car anymore and called Xu Hongqi for help. Xu Hongqi didn't care whether he was living under someone else's roof or not, and said bluntly, "Brother, why don't you go wash it? It's a bit smelly."
Xu Fengcheng sneered again and again before leaving, pointing at the two of them and saying, "You two clean people, don't let me see you pooping."
As soon as Xu Nian left, he pulled Xu Nian to his room. After taking a deep breath of fresh air, he hurriedly said, "Brother Hongqi, we need to estimate the score quickly, otherwise I won't be able to remember what I wrote in two days."
Xu Hongqi also knew about her problem, but seeing her anxious look, he found it particularly funny. "You should have a little confidence in yourself."
"Yes, I do!" Xu Nian replied.
"But when I go to school in two days to check the answers, I'm really afraid I won't be able to remember them." She was very depressed. Now when applying for school admission, you have to estimate your scores yourself, unlike their time when they were not allowed to apply based on their grades.
Xu Nian took out a pen and paper. She first calculated Chinese and math, then history and politics, and finally geography. Since foreign languages were not included in her grades, she didn't calculate them.
After copying down the answers to several courses, Xu Hongqi looked at his watch and it was already past midnight. Xu Nian felt sleepy but also energetic. Everyone was fast asleep at night, so she simply lay on Xu Hongqi's shoulder without any bones. She felt that everyone at home turned a blind eye to her affairs.
Xu Hongqi looked down at Xu Nian and said, "Go to sleep if you're tired."
Xu Nian took Xu Hongqi's hand, turned it over to his palm, and slapped it lightly. "You don't have any romantic cells at all."
Xu Hongqi's palms were numb. The night was too quiet and Xu Nian's voice was vague and soft. He first held her hand gently and then held it tightly.
Xu Nian moved his head to a comfortable position and said calmly, "I forgot to tell you, after I get my grades estimated at school, if my scores are high enough, I'll be your junior this year."
Xu Hongqi looked down at the top of Xu Nian's head, stunned for a long time, and then said hoarsely, "Don't lie to me."
Xu Nian thought he was usually so smart, did he get stupid from staying up late today?
"Don't lie to me."
She really couldn't stand his pitiful look, so she raised her head and kissed Xu Hongqi on the cheek, then quickly lowered her head, shyly continuing the same state.
She leaned in Xu Hongqi's arms and felt a thudding sound, but she couldn't tell whether it was her own or his.
Xu Hongqi stretched out his free arm and hugged Xu Nian, and he seemed to see pink bubbles in the air.
"Nian Nian, I'm very happy today."
Someone with a raised corner of his mouth said stubbornly, "Of course, how can I not be happy when a beautiful woman takes the initiative to kiss me?"
Xu Hongqi: "Yeah."
Xu Nian muttered, "I'm in love with a mute."
My chest, which was resting on the pillow, was shaking constantly, and I couldn't stop laughing anymore.
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Perhaps because they were afraid that students would forget their test answers, the teachers notified us to go to school to estimate our scores three days after the test.
This time Xu Yan accompanied her. Yan'er had graduated and was home. In a few days, she would go to work at the factory assigned by the school. The two of them chatted with each other for a few days after not seeing each other for a few days, and now they were like good sisters again.
Following the teacher's answers, she added and subtracted and got an unexpected score.
"406"
"Yan'er, can you help me calculate again? Is it wrong? Brother Kaikai only scored 317 points last year."
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