"Ah! Can you be gentler? I'm just saying it! I'm your brother, dear!"
"Hmph." If he had a choice, Xu Jianmin really didn't want this younger brother.
Chen Ming, who was sitting across the corridor, didn't join in the fight between the two brothers. He leaned over and asked Xu Jianbing, "Brother, you filled out your application first, right? Which one did you apply for?"
"The choice of military academies is limited. My second brother and I both applied to the Command Academy in South City as our first choice. We won't know whether we'll be accepted until the results come out."
After he said that, Xu Manman had an idea in her mind. They were all in the navy, so naturally they would apply to the highest corresponding institution. Moreover, her eldest and second brothers were currently officers at the company level and above. As long as their scores passed the line, admission should not be a problem.
"Xiao Ming, you guys must have a lot of study time at Peking University and Tsinghua University. I heard from Dad that you and Man Man both applied for a second major?"
"Yeah, I'm minoring in English. Luckily, I have Manman here. She usually helps me study."
Xu Jianbing nodded and changed the subject, "There should be a big age gap in your class. What about the gender ratio?"
"Our department is more focused on engineering, and there are mostly boys. Although there are also mostly boys in Manman's class, the gender ratio is better than ours."
Then, Xu Jianbing asked Chen Ming a lot of questions about Tsinghua and Peking University, focusing on interpersonal communication. After asking all the questions, he also analyzed that Chen Ming, as a brother, was quite responsible and did not let the many playboys affect his sister's studies.
At this time, Xu Manman had already fallen asleep amidst the sound of their chatting.
Xu Jianbing carefully supported his sister's head, took out a shirt from his bag, and covered her head with it to block the sun outside the window.
At 9 p.m., the car arrived at Baishi Bus Station. As soon as Xu Manman got off the car, she saw her second cousin Xu Jianjun leaning against the jeep.
After buying the ticket in the morning, Xu Jianbing sent a telegram to his family. Xu Jianjun borrowed a car and just caught the boat leaving the island.
Xu Jianjun unloaded Xu Manman's schoolbag and asked everyone to get in the car. "Let's go eat first. I've already made arrangements."
Xu Manman sat in the passenger seat. There were two rows of cars in the back, and they could just fit everyone in if they squeezed together. Fortunately, there was no concept of overloading at that time.
Xu Jianjun drove them to a small courtyard. Hearing the movement of a car, the person inside came out to open the door. It was a dark-skinned middle-aged man. "I calculated the time and knew it was time. Come in quickly, the food is ready."
A group of people came in. The lights were on in the yard, and a large round table was set up. A middle-aged woman and a girl of twelve or thirteen were arranging the dishes.
The eldest brother Xu Jianbing introduced them to everyone, "This is our former squad leader, just call him Brother Liao. That one is Cuifang's sister-in-law, and that one is their only daughter, Pingping."
My younger brothers and sisters followed behind and greeted me obediently.
"Haha, come and sit down." Liao Dekai smiled and asked everyone to sit down.
Xu Manman sat down next to her second brother and looked at the dishes on the table. As expected, they were at the seaside and most of the dishes were seafood.
Steamed fish, fish head stewed with tofu, blanched shrimp, salt and pepper mantis shrimp, steamed abalone with garlic, stir-fried clams with chili peppers, omelette with clams, and cold jellyfish. The only non-seafood dish was stir-fried water spinach.
"Brother Liao, tell your sister-in-law to stop working and come over to eat with us."
Liao Dekai wasn't the type to not let his wife and children sit at the table. Seeing that the dishes were almost ready, he said, "Mom, come quickly. We've been waiting for you."
"Hey, here I come." Sister Cuifang came out with a plate of cold-mixed bean curd sheets, found an empty seat on the table and put it there, then pulled her daughter to sit in the empty seat next to her husband.
With so many boys at the table, how could there be no wine? Brother Liao took out the bottle of wine and asked, "Can the brothers drink it?"
Xu Jianbing glanced around and said, "Don't overdo it."
Having said that, in the end everyone poured themselves a full glass. Xu Manman and Sister Cuifang shared the homemade fruit wine.
In fact, it is best not to drink white wine when eating seafood, but there is no such requirement now.
Brother Liao raised his glass and said, "Come on, everyone here today is a college student. This is a great honor for our humble home."
Xu Jianjun picked up his wine glass and said, "Brother Liao, what you said is not accurate. They are all admitted. My brother and I haven't been admitted yet."
Brother Liao waved his hand and said, "Oh, I don't know about you two brothers yet. This is only a matter of time."
He took a sip of his wine and turned to his daughter Pingping, "Pingping, you should also learn from these brothers and sisters. Go to college and come back. Then your father's life will be worth it."
Pingping nodded seriously, "Don't worry, Dad, I will study hard."
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