Chapter 233 Second to Last
"Thank you, Xiaoqi."
Su He took the hot water that was handed to her. Jiang Yueying's younger brother was both enthusiastic and capable. If such a person worked in a clothing store, he should be able to sell a lot of clothes in a day.
Jiang Siqi smiled: "You're welcome, Aunt Su. When will you return from Ice City?"
"We came back yesterday."
"Aunt Su, is Ice City fun?"
Jiang Siqi thought it was great to be rich and be able to go wherever he wanted.
"It's OK. We went to see the ice sculptures... The buildings there are better than here... Here, this is the red sausage I bought from Ice City, it's a specialty there."
"You two can take it home to eat."
Su He gave the red sausage to Jiang Siqi, who was flattered and said, "Thank you, Aunt Su. You are so kind to bring us these things when you travel."
"This must be expensive, right?"
"It's OK. It's not expensive. You can take it home and eat it."
Su He bought a lot of red sausages, not only for their own family, but also to send some to her third brother and his wife, and to mail some to her eldest brother and his wife. When she returned to her hometown, she also brought some back to her second brother and his wife, and to her three aunts to share.
Jiang Siqi muttered, "This is all meat, it must be expensive."
After the guests left, Su He told Jiang Yueying and Jiang Siqi about the holiday on the 19th.
"Thank you for your hard work these past few days."
The brother and sister said, "Don't worry, Aunt Su, it's our duty."
"We'll get paid on the 19th, the day of the holiday. Siqi will also get his salary."
Jiang Siqi has been helping out in the jewelry store for almost a month. She certainly doesn't do as much work as her sister, a formal employee, but she's not idle either, so she should be paid.
Hearing this, Jiang Siqi was surprised, "Really, Aunt Su, I also have a salary?"
Jiang Siqi didn't expect that he would get paid for helping his sister in the jewelry store these days. At this moment, he felt that his sister, the boss, was really a nice person!
"Yes, if you come to work in my shop, I will definitely pay you."
Just a more or less thing.
Jiang Siqi was really happy. Even though his sister gave the money she earned to the family and his mother also gave it to him, it was completely different from what he earned himself.
He spent his sister's salary, and his sister always complained about it in private. Now that he has his own salary, he can spend it as he pleases and no one can say anything to him.
After chatting with the siblings for a while, Su He came out of the jewelry store and went to the bakery for lunch. In the afternoon, he continued to visit friends with sausages in his hand.
She went to her third brother and sister-in-law's house first. She went at an inopportune time and happened to see them quarrelling. Sister-in-law Feng Shuning was quarreling with her eldest son Su Chengyao.
"What do you do if you don't study?"
At this moment, the usually quiet third sister-in-law put her hands on her hips, her chest heaving violently, and it was obvious that she was very angry.
Mother Feng: "Don't yell at the child like that."
Father Feng, "Talk to him nicely!"
Feng Shuning was so angry that she almost died. "I talked to him nicely, but did he listen? He is only 15 years old this year, and he just entered high school, but he doesn't want to study anymore. What else can he do at this age besides studying?"
The second child is always smarter than the first child. Seeing his mother so angry, nine-year-old Su Chengwang ran to his brother and said, "Big brother, please don't make mom angry."
Su Chengyao, "Go away, little brat, stay away."
Su He saw this scene as soon as he came in. The crowd calmed down when they saw that a guest had arrived. Feng Shuning complained to Su He,
"This kid really pissed me off!"
"What's the matter, sister-in-law? Cheng Yao doesn't plan to study anymore?"
Feng Shuning talked about this with Su He, "You say whether his grades are good or not, at least he should finish high school. If he can't get into college, we can talk about it later. His father and I can afford to support him."
It’s really sad. I have two sons, and both the older and the younger one have poor academic performance.
Feng Shuning couldn't understand it. Her parents, as her grandmother and great-grandmother, were college students and university teachers, but her parents-in-law didn't go to school for many years because of the times. It wasn't because they didn't want to study, but they had no choice. Even so, her mother-in-law could still learn to read and her cultural level was not inferior to that of junior high school and high school students.
Their parents are also college students, and their father was the top scholar in the province that year.
Logically speaking, their children shouldn't be like this. They can't be said to be very good at studying. It shouldn't happen like this!
It depends on whom!
Most children live with their uncles or aunts. She is an only child and has no brothers or sisters, so there is no such thing as living with her uncle.
But it’s not right to say that she takes after her aunt. Xiaohe is so amazing. She has been amazing since she was little.
Feng Shuning was really upset. Could it be that all the IQ in her family had been used up by the previous two generations, which was why her two sons were so bad at studying?
"Third sister-in-law, you are right."
Su He agreed with this very much. Since the family could afford it, no matter how poorly the child's grades were, they would just let him finish high school.
"Cheng Yao, you are only fifteen years old after the Chinese New Year. You are so young and there is nothing we can do except study. You should listen to your aunt and finish high school."
Su Chengyao said with a bitter face, "But Auntie, I'm really not good at studying. I ranked second to last in the class in the final exam this time."
The teachers all talked about him, saying that his parents, grandmother, aunt, cousins, and whole family were so amazing, so why was he just like this?
Second to last?
Su He looked at Feng Shuning, and Feng Shuning covered her face. Yes, she is the second to last. It is okay to be bad at studying, even in the middle or lower level, but she cannot be the second to last. This might make her the last.
Su He knew that her third brother's two nephews did not do well in academic performance. They were OK when they were young, and she thought at that time that it might be because the children were too young, but when they grew up, they would not do well either. But she did not expect that they would be so bad.
This grade is not enough to get into university. She said to her third sister-in-law Feng Shuning, "Sister-in-law Cheng Yao is not good at academic subjects. Why don't we look for other directions, such as art?"
Studying art is more expensive, but her third brother and his wife's family are not short of money.
Father Feng suddenly realized, "Yes, why didn't we think of that? We are really old and confused, forcing our children to study all the time."
The main reason was that the daughter-in-law and her husband were unwilling to accept the fact and could not believe that the child born to two college students would be so bad at studying.
Mother Feng smiled and said, "Sure, Chengyao, we still have to go to school, but you can study art, such as fine arts, singing, and dancing."
Worrying too much will lead to confusion. After Su He's reminder, Feng Shuning suddenly understood. Yes, if you are not good at academic subjects, you can improve in other aspects. You can go to university by studying art.
"Su Chengyao, what do you think? Do you still insist on dropping out of school?" she asked.
Su Chengyao shook his head, "No, Mom." As long as he doesn't study, he can do anything.
Su He sat next to Cheng Yao and said, "Cheng Yao, what do you want to learn?"
“Art, dance, music, and sports.”
Su Chengyao thought for a moment and said, "Aunt, I am quite interested in singing."
His classmate had a guitar, and he liked to play it and sing.
Su He, "Then let's study music, starting from the next semester. But you still have to take academic subjects. Although you will apply to a music college in the future, your academic scores are also very important."