Village Chief Ma rushed over to find Southwest with documents and forms. Seeing Southwest sitting in the main room, intently flipping through a book, he quickly handed over the documents and forms.
Southwest's heart skipped a beat. He took the document and started reading. Sure enough, this year's college entrance examination was going to start in July. Luckily, Nan Nan reminded him in time, otherwise he would have thought he had plenty of time.
After filling out the form and noting down the time and location of the exam, Village Chief Ma quickly snatched the form away: "Study hard, I'll hand it in for you, don't waste your time."
"Thank you, Uncle Village Chief. I'll have to trouble you then," Southwest said gratefully.
Village Chief Ma shook his head with a smile. He was in a hurry to find Ma Mingchun. If the truck couldn't be driven, he would drive the tractor instead, which would be much faster than walking.
Oh right, we also need to find someone in the village to drive the tractor. How about Fenqiu? He's a good kid, hardworking and reliable. When he gets back, I'll have Mingchun teach him how to drive the tractor.
Tang Xiaoling stood in the courtyard, torn between asking Southwest if he would take her away after he got into university. After thinking for a long time, she decided to wait until he got in before asking him.
The most urgent task was to prepare food and drinks for Southwest. With that in mind, he rushed into the kitchen to prepare white rice, braised pork, steamed egg custard, stir-fried bok choy with cured pork, and a chicken soup.
Tang's mother glanced at it and finally understood. The Southwest can make money, and Cuihua is not a stingy person. The old sister-in-law of the Yan family is even more open-minded. If you take good care of your children and husband, you will have good fortune to enjoy in the future.
If you can't even understand such a simple principle, you've lived so many years in vain, always looking at what's in the bowl and thinking about what's in the pot. The pot is so big and so high, how can you even remember it? Really.
Southwest was full of confidence for the three consecutive days of exams, thanks to the excellent review outline that Nannan had prepared for him.
For the Chinese composition, Nan Nan gave herself five topics, one of which was "Youth." Sure enough, that topic appeared on the test, and she wrote it with incredible speed and skill.
My math is a bit weak, but passing is definitely not a problem. As for politics, that's a piece of cake. Listen to Nan Nan, she's right to take the humanities exam. Who says men can't take the humanities exam?
Southwest was very determined. He filled in the list of universities in Beijing where Nan Nan was currently studying. Of course, he also had to fill in some other universities in Beijing as backup options. Now he just had to wait and see the scores.
To prevent Tang Xiaoling from causing trouble, Xinan asked the post office staff to make sure the letter was delivered to him. Seeing the staff's somewhat ambiguous look, Xinan blushed.
Two weeks later, the cut-off scores were released, and the admission notices also came out. If you want to get into a prestigious university, the cut-off scores in Southwest China are still not high enough. Fortunately, there is still an industrial university whose admission score is just within reach.
Yan Xinan has rightfully shed his peasant background; once he registers at the school, he will have a Beijing residency permit.
Upon receiving the news, the villagers of Mushroom Village were in an uproar. The family had four children, three of whom were college students, and Bei Nan had even become an overseas Chinese.
Village Chief Ma bought firecrackers out of his own pocket to celebrate that Mushroom Village had produced another college student this year, and also to celebrate that Mushroom Village had produced a logging team and a forest clearing team.
Because Mushroom Village has been developing its economy and building roads, the young men and women in the village are now highly sought after. They have no trouble finding husbands, and even old bachelors have suitors, though they have lost interest in such things.
The most excited was Wu Jinban. He took the money to Village Chief Ma and said, "Grandpa Village Chief, I want to call my aunt. Here's the money for the call."
How could Village Chief Ma possibly accept money from a child? He checked the time and figured Nan Nan should be in class, but Sister-in-law Yan would definitely be there.
"Five and a half catties, do you know the phone number? Do you know how to call it?" the village chief asked.
Wu Jinban nodded repeatedly. Seeing that Village Chief Ma had agreed, he skillfully dialed the phone. Hearing the ringing of the receiver, Wu Jinban became nervous. Who would answer the phone?
"Hello, who is this?" Cuihua's voice came through.
"Grandma, I'm Wu Jin Ban! My dad got into a university in Beijing! I'm so happy! I can come to Beijing!" Wu Jin Ban's voice was trembling with tears.
Cuihua felt a pang of heartache. "Poor child," she thought, and quickly said, "Grandma is so happy! I've already found several schools for you. We'll see which school you get into based on your grades."
Wu Jinban felt warm inside. It turned out that his grandmother had been looking forward to his going to the capital for a long time and had even found a school for him. Fortunately, he got first place in the class in this exam, and his father praised him.
"Grandma, I got first place in the class this time, and I scored 199 points in both subjects!" Wu Jinban said proudly.
"Wow, you did so well on the test! Grandma is so happy! My little Wujin is amazing! Grandma will reward you when you come back." Cuihua was overjoyed to hear this; with these grades, she could go to the elementary school near their home.
"Grandma, what about Duoduo?" After worrying about herself, Wujinban was now worried about Duoduo.
"Grandma's here to tell you, Duoduo can go to kindergarten with Fubao. Fubao is currently at his dad's workplace kindergarten, and your uncle has already enrolled Duoduo. He can go in as soon as he arrives," Cuihua quickly told Wujinban.
Wu Jinban's heart is completely at ease. He goes to school by himself, Duoduo goes to kindergarten, and Dad goes to work—no, Dad goes to school. Perfect.
Tang Xiaoling finally couldn't hold back any longer and ran up to Southwest to ask, "Southwest, when are you leaving? I'll go pack the family's luggage."
Looking at Tang Xiaoling, Southwest had mixed feelings. Tang Xiaoling had indeed taken good care of him and Wu Jinban during this time, but as the saying goes, it's easier to change mountains and rivers than to change one's nature. Once they got to the capital, she would definitely cause trouble everywhere.
“Xiaoling, I’ll give you two choices. One is to divorce me and I’ll give you a sum of money. The other is that you can stay in your hometown and come to Beijing once a year for Chinese New Year.”
"Then I'll stay in my hometown. I'll help you pack your luggage." Tang Xiaoling turned and left, thinking to herself, "You leave today, I'll come back tomorrow. Once I get to Beijing, you can't possibly kick me out."
Southwest spent two days checking on the logging and clearing teams again, went up the mountain once more, said goodbye to Zhongnan and Tiger King, and Nanfeng gave him a roe deer. Southwest understood that it was for Nannan.
Ma Minghua had developed feelings for Duoduo and was reluctant to let her go. Duoduo hugged Ma Minghua's neck and said, "Aunt Hua, come visit me when you have time."
Tang Xiaoling watched the two of them dawdling and bickering, and her anger flared up. But because Southwest was there, she held back her anger and endured it.
Only after the train rattled away did Tang Xiaoling sneer, "Duoduo is my biological son, don't get it wrong."
Ma Minghua rolled her eyes, turned around and left, muttering before she left, "So Duoduo is your biological son. If you hadn't told me, I would have thought Duoduo was someone you picked up."
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