Chapter 9 So Proud

"Xiaoxiao is good at studying, good-looking, and so well-behaved. There is no girl around here who is worthy of him, not even the girls in the city." Grandpa praised him without reservation.

Lin Xiao said nothing, just smiled foolishly, greedily enjoying this moment.

At this moment, my grandparents’ smiles and my parents’ pride seem so luxurious.

Dad drank cheap soju and asked, "How are your grades lately? Have you taken the exam?"

He took an exam. In last month’s monthly exam, he scored 353 points, ranking last in the class.

"Not bad, an improvement from last time." Lin Xiao said: "553 points."

Grandpa asked, "Your great grandfather was a scholar, so my grandson must be better than him. Can he pass the exam and get into a top university?"

Lin Xiao said: "Grandpa, there will definitely be no problem."

Because of the long distance, there was no telephone at home, and his parents were self-conscious, they felt that going to the county town was too busy and uneasy. So he seldom went to Lin Xiao's school, and never interacted with the teachers. As for grades, Lin Xiao said how many points and what ranking, and his family believed it unconditionally.

In addition, Lin Xiao did well in the high school entrance examination, so his family has always believed that he has good academic performance.

In his previous life, Lin Xiao had been hiding the truth, and kept hiding it until his college entrance examination results were exposed and he could no longer hide it, and his whole family fell into the abyss.

At this time, a figure walked in.

Linshan.

Lin Xiao's uncle settled in the next village and was the accountant of the village committee. Moreover, his family had a college student, Lin Xiao's cousin Lin Fei, so in the family, Lin Shan's status was higher than Lin Xiao's father.

After he came in, Grandpa and Dad warmly invited him to sit down.

"Come, let's eat together, let's eat together."

"Some wine, some wine."

Mother immediately went to get new dishes and chopsticks.

Lin Shan smiled and enjoyed the subtle flattery of Lin Xiao's family. After the new bowls and chopsticks were put out, he waved his hand and said, "I've eaten and drunk. I ate at Yiqiu's house and drank Luzhou Laojiao."

Lin Yiqu is the village party secretary and an authoritative figure in Lin Xiao's village.

"Then have a cup of tea." Mother went about her business again, making tea for her cousin.

Tang Bolinshan picked up the tea, blew on it several times, took a sip, and spit out the tea leaves.

Then she started talking about her son's college life, how he joined the student union, how much the teachers valued him, and how the girls in the class had a crush on him.

Lin Xiao's family had no idea how many times they had heard such words, but they still flattered him again and again.

After talking about his son who is in college, he started talking about his new house, a three-and-a-half-story building built last year.

How thick the steel bars are, thicker than those of other houses in the village. How good is the water grinder used in the renovation, how good are the tiles, and how much did it cost in total.

"Don't underestimate this three-story building. It cost me 130,000 yuan in total." Lin Shan said, "I used 12mm steel bars, while other people use 8mm steel bars. I don't know why they save this money."

Grandpa said to Lin Xiao's parents: "Look, look, your third brother is still the most capable. Learn more from others."

Although my father felt bitter, he still smiled ingratiatingly: "Third brother has been better than me since he was a child."

Lin Shan glanced around, stepped on the ground and said, "Old Five, when will your family build a new house? Will this mud house be comfortable to live in? I saw that the wall of the pigpen next to it has a hole dug out by the pig's snout."

The smile on Dad's face was a little forced, but he still smiled and said, "I'm not that capable yet. It's more important to train Xiaoxiao to go to college."

Lin Shan said: "Let's build it first. Now more and more people in your village are building new houses. Your family is still living in a mud house. We brothers have no face. If you don't have money, I can lend you some."

In fact, he would never lend it. In his previous life, when his family was in the most difficult time, his grandparents were sick and needed to borrow money. When his father asked him for money, he refused to lend the 8,000 yuan. However, he went to the ward to visit him and gave him a red envelope of 500 yuan.

"Even if the new house is not built, the ground should be leveled with cement. Your ground is still lime, full of potholes, and it's hard to sweep clean."

My parents lowered their heads and smiled awkwardly, and stopped talking.

Grandpa said, "Xiaoxiao's dad wanted to pour cement on the floor, but I wouldn't let him. Now everything is based on Xiaoxiao's college entrance exam. Nothing else matters. If Xiaoxiao gets into a key university, he'll have everything. Besides, he can go and keep your Lin Fei company in the future."

Ever since Lin Xiao was born, Lin Huaili became Xiaoxiao's father in his grandfather's mouth.

Lin Shan chuckled, and it was obvious that he had some stress reaction after hearing the words "key university".

Then, he said to Lin Xiao earnestly: "Xiaoxiao, be honest."

Then, he said to his grandfather, "Uncle San, my wife's relatives have a nephew named Zhong Lianping, who is also in No. 1 Middle School and is in the same class as Lin Xiao. He told me that Lin Xiao ranks last in exams. He only scored 353 points in the last monthly exam, which is more than 100 points short of the junior college entrance line."

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole family's faces changed drastically.

Grandpa slammed his chopsticks on the table and said, "Lin Shan, what do you mean by this? Why did you come to my house to spread rumors?"

Dad said seriously, "Xiaoxiao told us that he scored 553 points in the last monthly exam, which is already above the first-tier line. Third brother, your Lin Fei got into a second-tier university, and our Xiaoxiao's grades can get into a first-tier university, so you don't have to be so jealous."

Just now, Lin Shan boasted about his son, his house, and even secretly criticized his grandfather and father for being incompetent, but the whole family still smiled and flattered him.

And now when Lin Shan mentioned Lin Xiao, it immediately touched the sore spot of the whole family. They immediately turned hostile and almost kicked him out.

Lin Shan would not have been so direct at first, but because he had drunk too much and Lin Xiao's father often boasted to him about how good Lin Xiao's grades were and how he would definitely get into a top university, he had long been dissatisfied.

"Not only did my wife's nephew say so, I also specifically asked Wu Xiaohua from our village. He is also from Linshan No. 1 Middle School and is in the class next to Lin Xiao. He also said that Lin Xiao's grades were at the bottom and he couldn't even get into a junior college. He also went to the Internet cafe every day to surf the Internet and watch pornographic videos." Lin Shan sneered.

Grandpa said angrily: "Lin Shan, you are drunk, don't talk nonsense in my house, go back."

The grandfather couldn't stand it anymore and just chased the man away.

Without saying a word, the mother took the teacup from Lin Shan's hand and poured the remaining tea out the door.

She was uneducated, didn't talk much, and had a very straightforward temper, but her doting on Lin Xiao was even more direct and fierce.

Lin Shan stood up and sneered, "What's fake won't be real, and what's real won't be fake. When the college entrance examination results come out, you will know how shameful it is."

Then, he just left.

Lin Xiao said, "In a few days, the new monthly exam will begin. Uncle San, you can ask Wu Xiaohua and Zhong Lianping to find out how many points I got."

Zhong Lianping, the nephew of Lin Shan's wife, was not only a companion to Lin Xiao, but also shared the same dormitory. At that time, they even fought for the upper and lower bunks. Lin Xiao was cowardly at the time and ultimately lost the fight and slept on the upper bunk.

Moreover, Zhong Lianping said at the time: "I just insulted you, so what?"

After Lin Shan left, the whole family was still angry.

But they all expressed the same meaning, that they absolutely believed in Lin Xiao, and that Lin Shan must be jealous, so he was talking nonsense.

Grandma suddenly said, "When I went to the next village, I heard someone spread rumors that Xiaoxiao's grades were very bad and he ranked last in the exams. I cursed him back at that time."

Grandpa said, "Humph, there are many people who are jealous of our Xiaoxiao's good grades. Who would believe it? Our Xiaoxiao has always had such good grades since he was a child, and he got such a high score in the high school entrance examination."

There is no wall that is impenetrable. There is no one in Lin Xiao's village who goes to the same high school as him, but there is one in the neighboring village, so it is vaguely revealed that his current grades are very poor, but he is always rebuked by his parents and grandfather.

Seeing how confident they were, those people felt that they had heard wrongly.

It was not until the college entrance examination results came out and the scores were set in stone that the whole family finally became convinced that Lin Xiao had been lying to them and fell into complete darkness.

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"The clan is going to compile a family tree. Our Xiaoxiao happened to be admitted to a good university when the family tree was being compiled. This can be considered an honor to the family."

Outside, Lin Xiao is eloquent and his tongue is as sharp as a knife.

At home, he just behaves well and smiles along with his family.

Even if his family is really behind the times.

They are so hardworking, yet so poor.

He didn’t understand it when he was young, but after he was in his twenties or thirties, Lin Xiao realized that people need inner spiritual support to live.

Although this is the poorest place in northwest Zhejiang Province, many people in the village have built new houses, because many people have gone out to work, but Lin Xiao's father was a little timid and reluctant to leave his hometown, so he did not go out to work. Therefore, the economic situation is not good, and the family still has a mud house, which is considered backward in the village.

Lin Xiao is the spiritual pillar of the whole family. We don't build a new house because we have a higher goal, which is to train a key university student. It is definitely not that we can't afford it.

Therefore, for the whole family, Lin Xiao has become a bet that they cannot afford to lose.

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The next day!

Lin Xiao's family has several acres of land, part of which has insufficient fertility and water, so it is used to grow one crop of rice.

This period of time happened to be the time when the rice was ripe, so the next day the whole family went out to harvest the rice, including my grandparents.

Lin Xiao changed into work clothes and decided to go and harvest rice.

But neither my grandparents nor my parents would let me go.

"Your hands are not the hands for working. My grandson is a scholar, and he holds a pen."

"You don't need to work, just study hard at home."

It has been like this since he was a child. Although he was born in the countryside, Lin Xiao has never done any farm work. Unable to persuade his elders, Lin Xiao stayed at home, took out paper and pen, and began to write essays based on his memory.

During the years when he was paralyzed in his previous life, he played the rebirth game and planned his route with complete certainty.

His highest score in the mock college entrance examination was 676, which was enough for him to enter a prestigious university and far exceeded his family's expectations.

But in order to increase his fame, he still planned a route to participate in the New Concept Essay Competition, so that when he starts a business in the future, he can enrich his personality and become a hot topic.

I'm just sitting around doing nothing anyway.

At this time, the New Concept Essay Competition was at its peak, with star figures such as Han Han and Guo Jingming appearing, and it definitely attracted national attention.

Now it is the third session. As long as you win the first prize, you can enter a prestigious university without taking the entrance exam, and the second prize can add 20 points in the college entrance examination.

The winners can bring great honor not only to themselves but also to their high schools.

Lin Xiao planned to give a big shock to his alma mater, Linshan No. 1 Middle School.

In his previous life, Lin Xiao participated shamelessly, but of course the essay he submitted was lost in the sea.

There was no topic for the preliminary essay, so he had a lot of room to express himself.

Relying on his memory, Lin Xiao wrote his first article, "The Crack in Time", in a very short time.

This was a college entrance examination essay that was once famous on the Internet and had a perfect score. The level was extremely high. Although the subject matter was not very novel, it had no problem passing the preliminary round.

The second essay, "The Second Moon," is a pure new concept, and it absolutely meets the purpose of the competition. Even among the works of the new concept essay competition in the next decade or so, it will definitely stand out.

He prepared five essays of this level, each one more amazing than the last.

The next three pieces are "Butterfly Dream", "The Metaphor of the Sun" and "Burning".

What matters is a saturated submission that will surely impress the judges.

He has no intention of pursuing any writing career; writing articles is something that no one would do.

I'm just taking the opportunity to show off and improve my reputation.

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