Faced with questions from good classmates and friends, Xu Jiahao just laughed it off.

Xu Jiahao: Haha, the bonus is really not as much as you imagine. It’s not as exaggerated as you say. If you don’t know, you would think I got rich from the bonus!

Gong Jinkang: Hmm? Isn't it?

Ma Shuxi: Hmm? Isn’t it?

Peng Bolin: Hmm? Isn’t it?

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The screen was flooded with messages again, which frightened Xu Jiahao so much that he hurried to explain.

Xu Jiahao: That’s definitely not the case! Who would get such a big bonus? It’s just enough for my tuition and living expenses for four years of college! It’s just a small profit! It’s just a break-even!

This has to be explained. If Xu Jiahao doesn't explain, today the news in the group will spread that Xu Jiahao got rich by relying on the bonus, and tomorrow the news will spread that the bonus Xu Jiahao received is almost a small goal.

As soon as Xu Jiahao's words were spoken, the group began to "denounce" the old squad leader again.

Everyone seemed to be quite jealous and envious of Xu Jiahao, but in reality they were just good friends joking with each other.

Of course, although there is no jealousy, there is definitely envy. After all, not everyone can get into Kyoto University. We are not Celestial Dragons, but just ordinary small town test-takers.

For the Celestial Dragons, going to Kyoto University is as easy as drinking water. They have many choices, and Kyoto University is just an ordinary way for them to gild themselves.

But for a small town test-taker like Xu Jiahao, a prestigious university like Peking University is a real avenue that can help them change their fate and transform their ordinary life.

Seeing that the floor had veered off track again and the topic shifted to scholarships, Xu Jiahao quickly interrupted, trying hard to steer the conversation back in the right direction.

Xu Jiahao: Stop messing around, my phone is running out of battery. Let's be serious. When can you arrive in Ruxu? After you confirm your return time, let's set a time and get together. By the way, let's discuss whether we should buy something to bring back when we go to see Laoban. We won't go there empty-handed, right?

When the others saw that the old squad leader started talking about serious topics, they stopped joking and started talking about the time they were going to return to Ruxu.

Unlucky Student: Hey, I’m already home and have had dinner with my parents!

Zhao Linlin: Huh?! How come you are so fast! Oh, I forgot, you went to school in Luzhou.

Yu Min: It’s good to study in Luzhou. I remember someone else was studying in Jinling, which is quite close!

Ma Shuxi: Damn, if I had known earlier I would have enrolled in a school closer to home!

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Looking at the messages sent by classmates in the group, Xu Jiahao roughly counted them. He found that among the high school classmates who were sure to come back for the National Day, most of them could only return to Ruxu on the first day of the National Day due to various reasons.

Only a small number of people, like him who have plenty of money, can just buy a plane ticket or a high-speed rail ticket and come back, or like the unlucky guy who was admitted to a university very close to home and went home directly on the same day.

Taking into account that most people can only get home on October 1st, and that they will be very tired from the long journey, Xu Jiahao suggested that friends who have already returned to Ruxu can make an appointment with their friends to meet on October 1st.

The group activity can be considered on October 2nd. Everyone can come out to meet, have a meal, and discuss in person the rules for meeting with the class teacher.

Everyone agreed with the suggestion put forward by Xu Jiahao. Except for one or two people who had objections to the meeting time, it was basically passed unanimously.

So Xu Jiahao immediately set a time and just waited for everyone to meet the next day or the day after tomorrow.

Xu Jiahao: Then it’s settled. Let’s not talk about it anymore. I have to wait to get on the train. The high-speed train doesn’t wait for anyone!

Xu Jiahao put down his phone and got on the train to the high-speed rail station. Looking at the scenery passing by outside the window, he couldn't help but feel emotional.

Once upon a time, Xu Jiahao was just confused about his future. He didn't know what to do in the future. He even considered attending a non-key first-class university at most, and then after graduation, he would either find an ordinary job in a big city, or follow his parents' arrangements, return to his hometown to take the civil service exam, and become a member of the county Brahmins.

But now, Xu Jiahao is no longer confused.

Being admitted to Peking University did not only mean that his future would become brighter and broader, with more options available, but it also meant that his vision would become broader.

Xu Jiahao was very grateful to the person who brought all these changes to him.

It was because of the homeroom teacher he met in his senior year of high school that he was able to achieve what he has today. It was because of Mr. Zhou’s hard work that Xu Jiahao was able to successfully enter Peking University, and it even brought about a great change in his life.

Xu Jiahao and his parents actually have a clear idea of ​​what is going on. They are not like Ouyang Ming's father, Ou Jianren, who has a natural confidence in his son, or even to the point of being arrogant.

Ou Jianren felt that the reason why his son Ouyang Ming could achieve such good results now was all due to the help of them as parents and his son Ouyang Ming's own efforts, and had little to do with his class teacher Zhou Yu.

On the contrary, Xu Jiahao and his parents were very aware of the role Zhou Yu played in all this.

Xu Jiahao and his father and mother know very well who deserves the main credit for Xu Jiahao's current achievements.

To the extent that Xu Jiahao felt that if he had not gone to Teacher Zhou's class, it would have been difficult for him to get into Peking University, let alone even a slightly better 211 school, with his grades at the time.

In other words, Xu Jiahao and Xu's father and mother did not know Ouyang Ming's father, Ou Jianren, and did not know what Ou Jianren was thinking. Once they learned that Ou Jianren actually had such an idea, Xu Jiahao would punch him without hesitation.

What do you mean by all this is all due to the help of you as parents and your son Ou Yangming's own efforts, and has nothing to do with the class teacher, Mr. Zhou? Don't you have any idea about yourself and your son? !

If your son is really as good as you say, he should be sitting in the experimental class of Ruxu Middle School and Ruxu No. 1 Middle School now, instead of wasting his time in Ruxu No. 2 Middle School, which is only a second-rate high school!

Especially after Xu Jiahao went to Beijing and Peking University and saw the vast world outside, his gratitude towards Zhou Yu, his homeroom teacher who had only taught him for one year, became even stronger.

So this is why, even though he was so far away from home and had little time, Xu Jiahao resolutely spent a large amount of money and boarded a plane back home!

The purpose was to see his homeroom teacher who was not much older than him, to say thank you to him in person, and to listen to the homeroom teacher, Mr. Zhou's teachings to them.

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When I got home, it was already past seven o'clock.

The high-speed railway station in Ruxu is more than ten kilometers away from the urban area, but fortunately there are special buses going to the urban area, so this is not considered a transportation inconvenience.

However, Xu Jiahao did not take the bus. After learning the time of his son's arrival, Xu's father drove to the high-speed rail station to wait, just to pick up his son in time so that he could return home as soon as possible and have a hot meal.

"How's it going? Are you getting used to the food in the capital? You seem to have lost some weight!"

As soon as they got home, Xu's mother hurriedly asked her son to sit down. While nagging her son distressedly about whether he had lost weight, she filled a bowl of rice for him and told him to eat quickly. "The capital city is under the emperor's feet, but the food here is incomparable to what we have here. From now on, you have to come back here for work or anything like that!"

When Xu's mother mentioned this, Xu's father was a little unhappy. He put down the wine glass in his hand and scolded Xu's mother, "What nonsense are you talking about! Our Jiahao finally got admitted to Peking University. From now on, his connections will be in Beijing! Do you think Jiahao went to Peking University for four years just to study for four years?!"

"Those seniors and professors in the school will help our son's development in the future! You are just talking nonsense when you open your mouth. You are not considering the child, you are harming him!"

After scolding Xu's mother, Xu's father looked at his son who made him more and more satisfied, and said with a smile, "Jiahao, don't listen to your mother! Your mother doesn't know anything. You, just study peacefully in Beijing University!"

"Behave well in school. In the future, you can stay in school to continue your postgraduate study or start your career after graduation. It's up to you! Come on, eat quickly. You must be hungry after such a hard flight, right?"

Xu's mother was scolded by her husband, but she did not refute.

If it were the same as before, Xu's mother would probably have quarreled with her husband directly, but now she didn't say anything and just smiled foolishly.

Xu's mother also knew that what she said was a little unrealistic. Having worked in a public institution for so long, even in a small place, Xu's mother was not just a simple woman with long hair and short knowledge. She also had her own opinions.

Just like what Xu's father had just said to her, Xu's mother also knew that

Then why did Xu's mother still say such things even though she knew?

No matter what, it all comes down to the parents’ reluctance to let go of their son.

If Xu Jiahao really stayed in Beijing after graduation, they would have much less time to see their son.

Ruxu is more than a thousand kilometers away from Beijing, and Xu's parents are not wealthy, so it is impossible for them to fly back and forth all the time just to see their son.

So even if Xu Jiahao was in Shanghai, they wouldn't feel so bad. If Xu Jiahao was in Shanghai, the couple could just start from Jiangcheng and take the high-speed rail for two hours to get there.

But Xu Jiahao happened to be in the only megacity in the north, the best place under the feet of the emperor. It might not be friendly to ordinary workers, but for a "quasi-prodigy" like Xu Jiahao, it is a real opportunity to change his destiny.

This is also the reason why Xu's mother was refuted by Xu's father as soon as she said it.

Could it be that Mr. Xu was willing to give up his son?

He was also reluctant, but as a father, Mr. Xu was rational. For his son's future, Mr. Xu could endure the pain of not seeing his son for a long time, just for his son's future path to be better.

This is how the older generation lives their lives.

But my son is different. He has the ability to change and to take another brighter path!

So even though Xu's mother verbally mentioned to her son that he could consider returning to his hometown to work after graduation, after their son Xu Jiahao was admitted to Peking University, the couple had actually begun making preparations for their son Xu Jiahao to stay in Beijing.

One of the first is the house.

If Xu Jiahao stayed in Beijing, he would have to start a family and build a career. If he wanted to start a family and build a career, he would have to buy a house.

How can you have a home without a house?

This is the most simple idea of ​​the Chinese people.

So while they are still able to work, they should earn more money so that they can save more money for the down payment for their son.

They knew that with the current housing prices in Beijing, it would be extremely difficult for them to even buy a few square meters, let alone a down payment. But they still did it. They were the most typical parents in China, willing to give everything they had for their son.

After Xu Jiahao was admitted to Peking University, without Xu Jiahao's knowledge, Xu's father and mother began to clumsily search for information about Beijing's housing prices and locations among a pile of advertisements, carefully distinguishing where the facilities were complete and where the housing prices were affordable.

The purpose is to find a better house for their son Xu Jiahao as soon as possible after he decides to stay in Beijing, even if it is just to help him pay a down payment.

These days, housing prices are rising everywhere, with Beijing and Shanghai bearing the brunt of the impact.

Although the current housing prices are far from being as exaggerated as those in later generations, the current housing prices in Beijing are still unaffordable for ordinary people like Xu's father and mother.

So after getting a rough idea of ​​the housing prices in Beijing, Xu's father and mother secretly smacked their lips in amazement and broke out in cold sweats.

"This... is so expensive, do we really want to buy it?!" Mother Xu's hands were shaking, and her voice was shaking unconsciously as she looked at the house price of several million. "With so much money, after our Jiahao graduates, the house price will probably be more than it is now! Can we really afford it?!"

"You have to buy it even if you can't afford it! For the sake of the child, you have to fight for it even if it costs your life!" Father Xu gritted his teeth and then comforted his wife softly, "Fortunately, our family is very hardworking. We got 500,000 or 600,000 in bonuses alone!"

"I calculated that if we take out all our housing fund (there are other ways to withdraw housing fund, but this topic is a bit murky, so I won't go into details), add our family savings, and borrow some from relatives! If you calculate it all, it will be enough for a down payment!"

"And it doesn't matter even if our son doesn't plan to stay in Beijing in the future! I've taken a look and found that housing prices are rising everywhere, especially in Beijing. If you buy a house, you will definitely not lose money!"

"Looking at the current development of our country and the growing population, how can we lose money on this housing price? There will always be someone to take over!"

Father Xu's words successfully convinced Mother Xu.

So, without Xu Jiahao's knowledge, his parents had already begun preparing for his future.

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