Chapter 173 Everyone Passed the Exam
Pengfei and Lin Dongzhe may not know that Tunan's change is also related to what he saw during this Chinese New Year.
These days, Zhuang Tunan sometimes feels a little dazed.
Everyone in the family felt familiar yet strange to him.
Grandpa's impotent rage.
Grandma's pretentiousness.
The dullness and withdrawal of my father and uncle.
My aunt’s strength and helplessness.
Aunt Zhu's forbearance and tact.
And the tacit understanding between my aunt and Aunt Zhu when dealing with grandma.
But the two seemed only polite to each other and had no intimacy at all, as if they were on guard against each other.
He even felt that Pengfei and Hongbin had changed.
He couldn't explain these changes, though. He didn't know if it had always been like this or if it started to happen after he joined the banker's business.
He remembered his mother telling him: You should read and listen more, life is also a necessary part of your practice. You can't just bury your head in books, reading alone is also a form of escape.
At that time, he didn't understand, but now he seems to understand a little.
He always thought that he was slow to understand these things, but he didn't expect that he could see them clearly.
He recalled the New Year celebrations when his parents were still together. Everyone seemed different back then.
Zhuang Hualin did not meet Huang Ling. They took the train early in the morning on the third day of the junior high school, and Huang Ling came back after having lunch at Huang's house on the third day of the junior high school.
Zhuang Hualin left a letter for Huang Ling at Pengfei's place.
In her opinion, her elder brother was not someone who could counsel others, and she could not fully trust Zhu Xiu Yu, so she asked Huang Ling to pay attention to Pengfei's mental state and asked her to help counsel Pengfei and never give up his studies because of his current life.
Zhuang Hualin left Suzhou and returned to Guizhou. This place could no longer be called home, but she still hoped that Pengfei could have a home here in the future, a home that truly belonged to him.
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Summer vacation of 1981, results announcement day. (I checked and found that the junior and senior high schools of No. 1 Middle School were still together in 1981. Since I am not a local, please forgive any mistakes.)
Parents and children all came to see the list.
Song Ying was extremely nervous. She held Huang Ling's hand and said, "This reminds me of the day we were assigned rooms. I was just as nervous that day."
Two people couldn't squeeze in.
Fortunately, there were Pengfei and Dongzhe. They bent down and squeezed into the crowd, squeezing to the front of the list.
"Mom! I passed the exam! I passed the exam!"
I don’t know who called “Mom” each time.
Song Ying asked: "Is it Dongzhe?"
Huang Ling wasn't sure either. Her voice was hoarse from shouting, so who knew if it was true?
"Don't panic, wait a moment." Huang Ling said calmly.
Soon Pengfei and Dongzhe squeezed out: "All three of us passed the exam!"
"Ahaha! That's great! Did you see it clearly?" Song Ying asked happily.
"I saw it carefully. We were looking from the front. We saw Zhuang Xiaoting's name first and didn't see ours. We were scared to death. Then we saw the end and we were in the last row, right next to each other." Dongzhe explained.
Huang Ling thought that the ranking was most likely based on scores, so Xiaoting was in front and the two of them were at the end.
"Okay, okay, as long as you have a name! That's great, that's great." Engineer Lin seemed to understand after hearing this, and patted the two boys' shoulders with a smile.
"Hey, Zhuang Xiaoting, why don't you go and see if you can squeeze in?" Lin Dongzhe asked.
"I know." Xiaoting said lightly, with a hint of Huang Ling's flavor.
"That's right, if you two passed, how could Xiaoting fail?" Song Ying pushed her son and looked towards the place where the high school results were posted. "Tunan will definitely have no problem. I wonder if Hongbin passed."
Everyone looked over there. Zhuang Chaoying and Zhu Xiuyu stood on the periphery, while the two children went in to see by themselves.
After a while, the two came out. From their expressions, it was clear that they had passed the exam.
After Tuanan and Zhuang Chaoying finished talking, they ran over here.
"Mom, Aunt Song, Uncle Lin, I passed the exam."
"Congratulations, my son is awesome!" Huang Ling said with a smile.
"Let me tell you, Tuanan will definitely be fine." Song Ying patted Tuanan's arm.
"Where are your brothers and sisters?" Tunan asked.
"Brother, all three of us passed the exam!" Lin Dongzhe replied.
"I'll go check it out again! I'm worried about you two." Tuanan smiled and joined the crowd of people who were watching the junior high school results being announced.
He looked from front to back, and Zhuang Chaoying also came over at this time, looking from back to front, and he saw it before Tuanan.
"Lin Dongzhe, here. Xiang Pengfei, all right! We have them all! Tunan, look for Xiaoting. I found them both."
"Dad, I saw Xiaoting a long time ago and was looking for them!" Tuanan responded.
The two confirmed it once and finally felt relieved.
Tunan was successfully admitted to the high school department of No. 1 Middle School.
Hongbin also got admitted to the high school department of No. 1 Middle School.
Xiaoting was admitted to the junior high school of No. 1 Middle School with excellent grades.
Dongzhe entered the junior high school department of No. 1 Middle School with the last grades.
After being forced to study for half a year, Pengfei was admitted to the junior high school of No. 1 Middle School with a barely passing score.
"That's great, the children are all in the same school! We can have a series of classes together in the future, haha, just thinking about it makes me happy!" Song Ying was both happy and proud.
"Song Ying, don't be happy too soon! We still have a few years of hard battles to fight!" Zhuang Chaoying poured cold water on her.
"Teacher Zhuang, I know. I'll just be happy for a while. There are still a few years left, and you still have to take care of our Lin Dongzhe!" Song Ying was not polite at all.
"Don't worry, Dongzhe is with me. He is the same as Pengfei." Zhuang Chaoying said generously.
Lin Gong patted Zhuang Chaoying on the shoulder and said, "Teacher Zhuang, you feel very different. You have become more energized."
"That's right. It's not right for us to call him Teacher Zhuang. Now we should call him Deputy Director Zhuang." Song Ying reminded.
"Oh, yes, yes, Deputy Director Zhuang." Engineer Lin replied hurriedly.
"Excuse me, excuse me." Zhuang Chaoying pushed his glasses, feeling a little embarrassed.
Zhu Xiu Yu couldn't get a word in, but it was obvious that she was very excited that Hong Bin was admitted to No. 1 Middle School.
"Xiaoting, no matter whether you and Dongzhe are in the same class or not, you still have to help me look after Dongzhe and check his homework for me every day. Auntie Song will make you a new dress and treat you to cake!" Song Ying was very happy.
"I understand, Aunt Song." Xiaoting answered obediently.
After picking up the child and about to leave, I saw Zhou Huaiyi riding a bicycle and stopping in front of everyone.
"Uncle Zhou." the children called.
"Luckily we made it in time. Congratulations to you all who passed the exam."
He glanced at everyone and saw only joy on their faces, and knew that they all had passed the exam.
Lin Dongzhe spoke first: "Uncle Zhou, they all passed the exam."
"Your Aunt Huang couldn't sleep all night last night. She wasn't worried about Xiaoting, but about you and Pengfei. Now she feels relieved."
"Aren't you having a meeting at the Industrial Bureau?" Huang Ling came up and asked.
"We were in a meeting. I was so anxious! I wanted to go on stage and grab the microphone from Director Mo. This was a big deal. Fortunately, I made it in time." Zhou Huaiyi was sweating profusely and smiled at her.
Everyone laughed when they heard what he said.
This summer vacation, Pengfei and Dongzhe had a chance to take a break. They played ball, read picture books, and ran around together. They were very happy.
Pengfei finally had the expression a child should have on his face.
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