Yu Shan snatched the admission notice from Qian Hong's hand, scolding, "Why are you crying over such a good thing? Really!"
"Women are just not good at handling things."
Holding the admission notice, Yu Shan looked at the six characters "Beijing Agricultural University" on it. His hand trembled slightly as he held the notice and said repeatedly, "Good, good, good! This admission notice, frame it and hang it on the wall of our main room."
Hearing this, Xie Yan couldn't help but laugh and cry. He said softly, "Dad, you have to take this admission notice to the school. The school uses this to admit students."
Upon hearing this, Yu Shan realized he had made a mistake and immediately handed it to Xie Yan, saying, "Keep it safe, keep it safe quickly."
Xie Yan asked with a smile, "Father, would you like to take another look?"
Yu Shan slung his hand behind his back, feigning indifference, and said, "No need, just put it away." He spoke calmly, but if he hadn't said earlier that he wanted to frame the notice, it would have been more believable.
However, since he was his father-in-law, Xie Yan, as the son-in-law, naturally obeyed and did as he was told.
He could tell that Qian Hong wanted to look at the notice again, but considering Yu Shan's temper, he put the notice away for the time being and secretly gave his wife a wink, implying that she should bring her mother into the house to see it later.
Why not let Qian Hong see it now?
Xie Yan was also in a difficult position!
Yu Shan is a man who cares a lot about his reputation. If he were to hand the notice to Qian Hong now, although he wouldn't say anything to Xie Yan, he would definitely give Qian Hong a good scolding: "A woman like you, meddling in everything."
Is this something you should be meddling in?
"He can't read a single character, so what good will it do him to read it...?"
Xie Yan was also afraid.
Both he and Yu Yuehui had tried to reason with Yu Shan, and they had tried many times at the Xie Yan banquet a few years ago, but all to no avail.
This is completely different from the plots in TV dramas and novels where the protagonist can move their stubborn parents with just a few words, making them realize their mistakes and correct them.
In reality, people like Yu Shan, who have been stubborn for most of their lives, are impossible to reason with. They always have a hundred sets of fallacies waiting to be refuted.
Later, Xie Yan also grew tired of it and stopped interfering in these matters.
Sure enough, Xie Yan felt much more relaxed after giving up.
Yu Yuehui's admission to university was an incredibly joyous occasion for the Yu family. The very next day, Yu Shan enthusiastically began discussing the banquet, even deciding to invite the entire village for a continuous feast to celebrate.
Xie Yan wanted to offer financial assistance, but Yu Shan firmly refused.
Yu Shan said with a serious face, "This is a matter for our Yu family, and we must invite them ourselves." Seeing that he couldn't get involved in the financial aspect, Xie Yan took the initiative to take on some physical work, busying himself with preparing the banquet.
Yu Yuehui was even more energetic, hunting a wild boar and several rabbit broods on the mountain. With these game animals, the feast was quite lavish. In the kitchen, meat simmered in a large pot, its aroma filling the air.
The chefs are all experienced cooks from the village. They don't care about fancy dishes; they're very down-to-earth and simply stew the meat and potatoes together.
Meat and vegetables were served in large bowls, plentiful and substantial.
The villagers who came to the feast were all smiles when they saw the tables laden with sumptuous dishes.
Although life in Xiliu Village is much better than before, there are still few opportunities to eat meat on ordinary days, let alone a table full of meat like today.
Seeing such a hearty meal, the villagers were overjoyed and showered the villagers with compliments, saying things like, "The Yu family has truly produced a promising daughter!"
"The Yu family will definitely have a better future!"
"This banquet is so lavish!"
Exaggerated claims were constantly being made.
The whole village was immersed in a joyous atmosphere.
The good news that Yu Yuehui had been admitted to university had already caused a huge stir in Xiliu.
The banquet hosted by the Yu family brought this joy to a climax.
In the days that followed, the news spread like wildfire, like a light bird spreading its wings and quickly traversing every path in the village, crossing fields and hills, and spreading throughout the entire Red Star Commune.
Whether in the commune's government compound or a remote village; whether in a bustling market or a quiet alley, people were talking about Yu Yuehui being admitted to a university in Beijing. Unlike the educated youth students who were admitted, Yu Yuehui was a real farmer, the kind who grows crops in the fields.
"Many people find it hard to believe."
"I heard her husband was a sent-down youth!"
"ah!!!"
"This probably has little to do with her, right? Aren't there several girls in our village who married educated youth? Why didn't they pass the exam?"
"Hi!"
"Can't you figure this out? It must be because their men are not as good as Yu Yuehui's. Otherwise, they all married educated youth, so how come Yu Yuehui was able to get into university!"
"right!"
"Those girls are so short-sighted. I told them before that educated youth are no good, but they wouldn't listen. Look at them now, their men have been admitted to university, while they're still toiling in the fields. Who knows, they might be abandoned by their men one day!"
"You can't say that!!" A short-haired woman wearing a khaki-colored collared shirt looked back with some lingering fear.
The lady who had just spoken realized she had misspoke, but still stubbornly insisted, "I was telling the truth!"
Seeing this, the others regretted sitting and chatting with this person.
The people they were talking about were extremely envious when they heard the news that Yu Yuehui had been admitted to university. Of course, they also felt a little regretful, since they had all married educated youth. Especially those who knew Yu Yuehui, they knew about her situation when she was studying.
If someone who is so bad at studying can get into university under her man's guidance, then if they had men to teach them, they would definitely be able to get into university too.
Once this feeling of regret takes hold, it sweeps over them like a tidal wave. This is especially true for women whose husbands have been admitted to university; they are acutely and clearly aware of the subtle changes in their husbands' attitudes.
Meanwhile, after learning about Yu Yuehui's situation, her family began to criticize and despise them. They felt that they were not as smart as Yu Yuehui and did not know how to use the resources around them. In this situation of being beset by internal and external troubles, their regret grew stronger and stronger, like waves crashing over them, almost engulfing them.
Under Yu Yuehui's powerful aura, her family also became the focus of everyone's attention.
Of course, most of the attention was focused on Xie Yan, after all, he had many labels: husband of a college student, educated youth sent to the countryside, gigolo, and didn't take the college entrance examination. Any one of these could be a story in itself, so naturally, he received extra attention from the villagers. Some people even used the excuse of visiting relatives to come to Xiliu Village to see Xie Yan.
This made Xie Yan too afraid to go out.
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