Yun Mo did not respond to Huang Wen's request for help immediately, but instead gave a solemn advice:
"Cousin Xiaowen, repeating a grade is very hard. I don't mean the physical hardship, but the mental pressure. Do you want to reconsider it? Actually, your current scores are not bad, you can choose a good major."
Huang Wen shook his head. "With my grades this year, I can only get into a first-tier university through independent enrollment. The tuition alone will cost more than a thousand yuan over four years. If I can get into a repeat class, I am confident that I can do better than this year."
Seeing that Huang Wen was determined, Yun Mo stopped trying to persuade him.
If repeating the grade can really help him get a better score and save more than a thousand yuan in tuition fees, it will undoubtedly reduce a great financial burden for Huang Wen.
Nowadays, the annual income of a bachelor's degree is only three or four hundred yuan, and it takes three or four years of saving without eating or drinking to save more than a thousand yuan.
The next day, before dawn, Yun Mo was still asleep when someone knocked on the door.
"Yun Mo, come out here! Yun Mo!"
Yun Mo was in a bad mood when she woke up. She looked at Peng Fang, who had woken her up from her sweet dream, and spoke rudely.
"What's the matter that has to disturb everyone so early in the morning?"
Peng Fang's finger almost poked her nose, "Yun Mo, if you don't want to lend money to my Xiaowen to go to college, just say so. You are urging my Xiaowen to repeat his studies. What are you thinking?"
It was Huang Wen who came to her and asked for help, so it was her fault?
"Second aunt, Xiaowen is an adult now. Whether he wants to repeat his studies is his own business. It has nothing to do with me. If you want to take care of your son, go back to your own home and stop bothering me!"
After saying that, Yun Mo slammed the door.
Peng Fang refused to leave and kept cursing outside the door for a long time. In the end, he was chased away by Yang Xinghua with a broom.
After Peng Fang's disturbance, Zeng Fang and the others couldn't sleep.
"Cousin, don't pay attention to Second Aunt. I think you should stop caring about Third Brother's repeating the grade. If Third Brother doesn't do well in the exam next year, Second Aunt will definitely blame you!"
You know what, with Peng Fang's personality, he is really capable of doing such a thing.
Yun Mo thought about it and felt that the matter needed to be made clear. She was not Iron Man and she didn’t like to take the blame for others.
After breakfast, Yun Mo found the village chief, called a few respected elders in the village, and went to Peng Fang's house.
Before I even entered the door, I heard Peng Fang arguing with her youngest son Huang Wen about repeating a grade.
When she saw the village chief coming in, Peng Fang immediately burst into tears.
"Village chief, my Xiaowen has been obedient and sensible since he was young. I don't know what Yunmo has instigated him to do, but now he insists on repeating his studies.
It’s not that easy to repeat a grade. If Xiaowen fails the exam next year, his life will be ruined..."
"If I don't pass the exam next year, I'll take it again the year after!"
Without waiting for Peng Fang to finish, Huang Wen responded with this sentence in a very tough manner, almost making Peng Fang die of anger.
"Repeating a grade was my own idea. It has nothing to do with Yun Mo. Mom, stop dragging her into this."
Huang Wen's two sentences were quite responsible, and Yun Mo felt a little relieved.
"Uncle, aunt, I asked the village chief to come to my house today to make this matter clear so that you won't keep pestering me about it in the future. Cousin Xiaowen, please tell the village chief everything about why you came to see me last night."
Because the Huang family donated money to the village to build roads, the village chief's heart was already leaning towards Yun Mo. After listening to Huang Wen's explanation, he immediately scolded Peng Fang rudely.
"Peng Fang, this is your fault. Your son Xiaowen repeated his grade to relieve the burden on you and Jianguo. What does it have to do with Yun Mo? Yun Mo kindly agreed to help find a school for Xiaowen, but you are not grateful, and you even wrongly accuse her. You are repaying kindness with enmity."
Others followed suit and accused Peng Fang, "Your Xiaowen wanted to go to college, but they didn't agree to lend him money. Your Xiaowen wanted to repeat his studies, and they agreed to help him. But you blame them. I think they shouldn't have helped you."
"Yeah, how can a human being be like this? His conscience must have been eaten by a dog..."
Listening to the villagers' accusations one after another, Peng Fang couldn't hold back his anger and turned around to fire at Huang Wen.
"If you dare to repeat the grade, I, I will not live anymore! I will find a rope to hang myself, and when I die, you can do whatever you want, I will never stop you!"
After cursing, Peng Fang sat down on the ground and cried loudly, "Oh my god, why is my life so miserable? I finally gave up a college student, but God can't bear to see me get well. Why didn't God take her away? He left her here to harm others..."
Yun Mo was too lazy to listen to Peng Fang's nonsense. Seeing that the matter had been made clear, she turned around and was about to leave.
"Yun Mo, stand still!"
When Peng Fang saw that she was about to leave, he jumped up from the ground and grabbed Yun Mo.
"You are the one who caused all this trouble. You want to just walk away? No way!"
Before Yun Mo could react, the village chief became angry and stepped forward to pull Peng Fang away.
"Peng Fang, why are you pulling Yun Mo? What does this have to do with Yun Mo? Let go!"
Peng Fang tightly grasped Yun Mo's sleeve and said, "No, I won't let go. If she hadn't made a promise to my Xiao Wen, how could Xiao Wen want to repeat his studies? Yun Mo, don't even think about leaving until this matter is resolved today!"
The villagers couldn't stand it anymore and condemned it.
"Peng Fang, don't be unreasonable. Your son Huang Wen said that he repeated the grade to get better grades and to reduce your responsibility. You can't persuade your son, so you take it out on Yun Mo. You are so shameless!"
"You are so rude. Yun Mo even lent 500 yuan to your Xiao Wen for tuition. I have never seen anyone as ungrateful as you."
Peng Fang responded to the person who scolded her, "Borrow your money, what the hell? She said she was generous, but in private she asked my Xiaowen to write an IOU. Can you write such an IOU casually? She just wanted to use the IOU to control my Xiaowen. She has no good intentions!"
Everyone was stunned by Peng Fang's fallacies and heresies.
If someone lends you so much money and doesn't charge you interest, isn't it natural for you to write an IOU? Could it be that you just want to borrow money and not pay it back, so you don't want to write an IOU?
After figuring out Peng Fang's plan, everyone looked at Peng Fang and his wife with eyes full of contempt and disgust.
Yun Mo didn't want to argue with Peng Fang, "Second Aunt, please let go first. I won't leave. Let's make things clear today."
"That's right, if there is anything you can't say it in a nice way, you've torn Yun Mo's sleeves."
In order to protect herself from the sun, Yun Mo always wears a sun-protective jacket when she goes out. The jacket is thin and breathable, but the material is not very strong and it will tear if it is pulled slightly.
Under the mediation and scolding of the village chief, Peng Fang had to let go, but he stared at Yun Mo vigilantly.
"We've agreed that you can't leave until I've made things clear. Otherwise, I'll chase you to the Huang family and make trouble. If I don't live well, no one else will either!"
(End of this chapter)