Chapter 571 Let's see how she goes to take the exam!
"Are you sick, you surnamed Yan?"
Mr. Xu, still half-asleep, nearly threw the phone away. "Look at the time! You're so dedicated, staying up all night and not letting me sleep either! Am I Zhang Huaimin?! Calling in the middle of the night, and I don't answer, but you keep calling! You better not let me catch you these next couple of days, or I'll pluck every last hair off your head..."
When Yan Shi heard him cursing angrily, he not only wasn't angry, but he also laughed heartily.
"You old rascal, how dare you be so ungrateful? I was just praising you!"
Xu's father spat at him, "I don't want it, you can have it all, you shameless bastard!"
Yan Shi laughed even louder.
"Alright, alright, I was wrong. 'Su Zizhan' apologizes to 'Brother Huaimin.' Don't be angry. Let me tell you, your good son-in-law and his third son have done a lot of great things for me. My promotion is in sight..."
"……real?"
Mr. Xu was intrigued by Yan Shi's words. After listening to Yan Shi praise Su Lao Er for a while, he happily raised his chin and said, "Of course! How could my daughter's judgment be wrong!"
Xu's father felt both proud and distressed.
Xu Ying was pleased that she had chosen the right person this time, but she felt sorry for her daughter who had been tormented by that bastard Zheng Huaixin for ten years!
Otherwise, her child would be in junior high school by now.
Right now, Xu Haoyang is just a baby who is only a few months old and can't even speak.
She was also relieved that she and Zheng Huaixin didn't have children, otherwise seeing them every day would have been distressing, and she wouldn't know whether to feel pain or not.
The two chatted for a while longer, until the sky began to lighten.
Xu's father urged Yan Shi to rest, saying, "You're over sixty years old. It's good that you have energy, but you also need to take care of your health. Health is the foundation of everything. Don't stay up all night all the time. The world will keep turning even without you."
"I see."
Yan Shi smiled and said, "Go back to sleep for a bit. I'll make a cup of coffee and see if we can get these new projects that Su Fengtiao brought up."
"...You're really courting death."
Xu's father cursed a few more times in anger, but seeing that Yan Shi wouldn't listen, he hung up the phone helplessly.
That very day, he personally went to Li Banxia's health center, hoping that Li Banxia could help Yan Shi regulate his body. "...This old guy has been working on projects lately, staying up all night. How can he keep going like this?"
Li Banxia nodded.
“The body repairs itself during sleep, so you still need to sleep. When Mayor Yan has time, I will take his pulse and make a treatment plan based on his physical condition.”
Mr. Xu thanked him with a smile and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
July has arrived in the blink of an eye, and the countdown to the college entrance examination has begun.
Su Hongmei asked the store for leave in advance. The store's long-time employees knew that she was going to take the college entrance examination and they all encouraged her to do well.
"...Get into university, find a good job, and make a lot of money!"
"Yes! Don't suffer like us from a lack of education, ending up only able to do manual labor!"
"I heard that our main store has hired a few more college graduates, and they're offering them 500 yuan a month. We only make 5 yuan a day at most, it's such a huge difference!"
"Go, Su Hongmei!"
Su Hongmei nodded solemnly, "I will do my best!"
In the last few days, she wanted to go through her textbooks again at home, but Su Youfu moved the TV to the shade in the yard and watched it with Grandma Su, turning the volume up very high, making it impossible for her to concentrate.
She decided to take the book and ride the bus for an hour to the library to read, then catch the last bus home.
On July 6th, I went to check the exam venue. When I came back, I found Grandma Su sleeping in her room with the TV off.
She decided not to go to the library in the afternoon, but to rest and adjust at home, prepare what she needed to prepare, and go directly to the examination hall early the next morning.
When Grandma Su woke up, she saw her reading a book. She hesitated for a moment in front of the TV, then went out to chat with someone.
She didn't return until the aroma of food wafted in from outside. She then slowly sat down in a rocking chair and fanned herself with a palm-leaf fan.
Su Hongmei glanced at her, feeling that the old lady had been strangely quiet lately.
But if she doesn't cause trouble, Su Hongmei won't say a word.
As dusk fell, Su Youfu returned drunk, clutching a wine bottle in his hand. The wine inside was sloshing around as he stumbled along, threatening to spill out of the bottle.
Su Hongmei glanced at the sky, got up to put the book back in the room, and went to the kitchen to cook.
Su Youfu suddenly became drunk and asked Su Hongmei, "Everyone outside is saying you're taking the college entrance exam, is that true?"
"……yes."
Su Hongmei pursed her lips, not at all surprised that Su Youfu had learned from others that he was going to take the college entrance examination.
Grandma Su exclaimed, "Oh? You're taking the college entrance exam? Didn't you just get into high school?"
Su Hongmei glanced at Old Lady Su out of the corner of her eye, but said nothing.
"What's the point of taking an exam? If I pass, will I have to pay for your living expenses?"
Su Youfu staggered, let out a hiccup, spat on the ground, and yelled at Su Hongmei, "No exams allowed, do you hear me?!"
"I heard you."
Su Hongmei met his gaze and said coldly, "But I won't listen to you. I will definitely take the college entrance examination tomorrow."
This was the key to her defying fate!
She didn't want to do odd jobs for the rest of her life, earning only five or eight yuan a day.
She can either work for the government and have a secure job for life, or go to a private or foreign company and earn a high salary to live a free life where she can buy whatever she wants.
She never wanted to live with her biological father and grandmother who didn't love her again, and have to live her life at their mercy!
"...You've gone too far, you brat!"
Su Youfu smashed a wine bottle over the ground with a 'bang,' spilling wine that reeked of a disgusting, fishy smell. Su Hongmei glanced at it and then walked towards the kitchen.
I knew long ago that there was no reasoning with them. Judging from Su Youfu's attitude, someone must have been gossiping about him.
She didn't want to cause any trouble before the college entrance exam.
She went to cook.
"Where are you going? Stop right there!"
Su Youfu stumbled and tried to lunge at Su Hongmei, but Su Hongmei stepped aside. Su Youfu fell headfirst into the vegetable garden, yelling, "Mom, go get a rope and tie that little bitch up! Let's see how she goes to take the exam!"
What's wrong with you now?
Grandma Su rolled her eyes at Su Youfu and glared at Su Hongmei, "What are you standing there for? Go make dinner! Eat and go to bed early. I see you're not worried at all about the exam tomorrow, and it's already dark, you don't even know how to cook..."
Su Hongmei was used to Old Lady Su's complaints, so she just hummed in response and went to the kitchen with her book.
When the meal was ready and brought out, Su Youfu had already turned over and was lying on the ground, groaning and cursing.
Su Hongmei glanced at it twice.
Grandma Su waved her hand, "Don't worry about him. He'll be able to come inside by himself once he sobers up. It's so hot, he won't freeze to death!"
After eating and resting for a while, Su Hongmei checked all the things she had packed to make sure nothing was missing before she felt at ease and put them on her pillow before going to sleep.
Su Youfu slept in the vegetable garden, and Grandma Su closed the door and went back to her room to sleep as well.
As dawn approached, Su Youfu woke up, slapped his forehead, and went back to his room. He saw the exam admission ticket in the transparent bag next to Su Hongmei's pillow, went over, grabbed it, and started tearing it while cursing, "I'll let you take the exam! I'll let you take the exam..."
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