Another month-end mock exam begins.
As one of the students involved in setting the exam questions, Zhou Chen's exam paper was quite different from that of all the other students at the high school. All the teachers in the school created a separate exam paper for him.
After the exam, most students began to relax, either going shopping or going to internet cafes. Zhou Chen was too busy because he had to use his two-day holiday to organize all the back ten or so issues of the three years of college entrance examination and five years of mock exam papers.
Lu Ye has been extremely busy lately.
In order to obtain the printing rights for the college entrance examination papers of other provinces, I made several business trips to negotiate with relevant local personnel. Fortunately, the result was good, and I finally got the past years' college entrance examination papers for all provinces.
After completing this task, Zhou Chen gave Lu Ye a new task.
The first phase of the exam papers is based on the college entrance examination papers of various provinces.
For the second phase of the exam, Zhou Chen plans to gather renowned teachers from across the country to create a more challenging practice book.
Therefore, Lu Ye needed to personally visit these well-known teachers, sign contracts, have famous teachers compile questions to form a huge question bank, select questions, print them into the real exam papers, and sell them.
While Zhou Chen was extremely busy working on the past exam papers,
After finishing tutoring a child at one household, Zhou Na went to another household in the same neighborhood to tutor another child.
It turns out that the students who received tutoring from Zhou Na had significantly improved their test scores this time. The parents believed that this was closely related to Zhou Na, so they spread the word among their neighbors. As a result, some people also approached Zhou Na, willing to have her tutor them for the same price.
For Zhou Na, earning extra money is certainly a good thing.
She didn't refuse; she agreed on the spot.
Since starting tutoring, Zhou Na's life has improved considerably. She no longer has to scrimp and save as much as before. She bought herself a new dress as a reward.
Now that there's another child, Zhou Na believes it's a good time to save up for her future college tuition. She thinks she might be able to earn all the money before college starts.
Later, when she goes to university, she can continue tutoring, and then she will earn even more.
Zhou Na didn't say anything, but she envied Zhou Chen for making money in business. She often heard her classmates talking about how much money Zhou Chen made and how rich he was.
She didn't want to lose too much to Zhou Chen, and she didn't want to have to beg Zhou Chen for money. Being a tutor allowed her to showcase her talents while also earning money, which she found very satisfying.
Compared to Zhou Na
Zhou Ling has been having a rough time lately.
Because Wang Xiuhua's 'condition' is very serious, she needs to go to another place to find a senior expert to perform surgery in order to have any chance of recovery.
This involves the cost of surgery, which can be a considerable sum.
Wang Xiuhua and Zhou Dana didn't ask her for money, and kept saying it was no problem and that Zhou Ling shouldn't worry, but how could Zhou Ling not worry?
She was torn about whether to use the compensation money from the demolition of her home as funds to help Wang Xiuhua with her medical treatment.
Originally, Zhou Ling wanted to discuss it with Zhao Kun, but these days, Zhao Kun was almost never home, only returning at eight or nine o'clock at night, and then falling asleep as soon as he got back, without communicating with her much at all.
She wanted to improve her relationship with Zhao Kun, but her physical condition prevented it, as it might harm the baby in her womb.
Therefore, although they don't say they sleep in separate beds, they each sit on one side of the bed with a large distance between them.
Faced with this situation, Zhou Ling wanted to ask Zhao Kun for his opinion, but she couldn't find a suitable opportunity to speak.
On this day,
When Zhou Ling saw Wang Xiuhua cough again and wipe her mouth with a handkerchief, she saw a bright red stain on the handkerchief, and her expression changed drastically.
“Mom, your illness is getting worse and worse. We can’t delay any longer. You have to go to the hospital for surgery. If you don’t have the money, I will pay for it.”
Zhou Ling held Wang Xiuhua's hand, her eyes reddening.
Upon hearing this, a fleeting, almost imperceptible look flashed in Wang Xiuhua's eyes. She feigned weakness and said, "Xiaoling, Mom is fine. My throat is sore, that's why I coughed up blood. Don't worry."
“We’ve already wronged you three siblings enough, how could we possibly spend your money? Xiaoling, we appreciate your kindness, but we absolutely will not take your money. I’ll find a way to resolve the money issue,” Zhou Dana said with a righteous expression.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Ling's eyes reddened even more, and tears welled up in her eyes. "Dad, I heard you calling people and begging for money, but who would lend you so much money? They won't even answer the phone. Listen to me, okay?"
Zhou Dana scratched his head awkwardly and forced a smile, "Dad has other friends, but I haven't contacted them yet. If I had, I definitely would have lent them the money."
"What will you do if your friend still doesn't lend you the money, or only lends it to you after a long time? Mom's illness can't be delayed. If you're desperate, are you going to borrow from loan sharks again? Have you forgotten how our family separated in the first place?"
As Zhou Ling spoke, tears streamed down her face. Then, with her pregnant belly, she went back to her bedroom and took out a bank card. "Dad, Mom, there's 300,000 yuan in this card. Almost all of the compensation we received from the demolition is in here. Take it and use it to treat Mom's illness."
Zhou Dana and Wang Xiuhua's eyes fell on the bank card, their hearts pounding with excitement. They were finally going to swindle this demolition compensation money into their hands.
Suppressing their joy, the couple began to act again.
“Xiaoling, this is unacceptable. The money belongs to you and your son-in-law. If you give it to me, what will happen if your son-in-law asks about it? I don’t want you two to have a conflict.”
As Wang Xiuhua spoke, she coughed again.
Zhou Ling believed that Wang Xiuhua was truly thinking of her best interests, and her resolve to make the decision she had just made grew stronger.
“Your health is the most important thing. Money can be earned again, but you only have one mother. I don’t want anything to happen to you. You must listen to me, otherwise, I will disown you.”
"Xiaoling, Mom is so sorry..."
Wang Xiuhua forced out a few tears and hugged Zhou Ling tightly.
“Daughter, your mother and I can’t take this money. Consider it a loan, and we’ll pay you back later. Do you trust your father?”
Zhou Dana continued his act.
Zhou Ling was completely absorbed in it and nodded hurriedly.
Five minutes later,
Zhou Dana and Wang Xiuhua packed some clothes and got into a taxi, watched by Zhou Ling.
The couple, who were waving goodbye to Zhou Ling just a moment ago, sat up straight and their faces were no longer sad at all; they were all smiling from ear to ear.
Three hundred thousand!
That's how easily they tricked Zhou Ling out of her.
"With this money, we're set for the rest of our lives and won't have to worry about money anymore."
Wang Xiuhua looked at the bank card in her hand and sighed.
"It's only 300,000, not millions. It'll be a bit difficult to spend half a lifetime on it. But we don't need to worry too much. We'll come back after we spend all this money. Anyway, that silly girl is easy to fool. We can easily fool her with an excuse."
Zhou Dana smirked.
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