Bai Jiaojiao reached out and touched the sender's name on the envelope, then carefully tore it open amidst everyone's expectant gazes.
He took out the admission notice from inside.
"Bai Jiaojiao, congratulations on being admitted to our college..." Zheng Xu leaned over and read the words on Bai Jiaojiao's admission notice. "Modern Medical College? Jiaojiao, you actually applied to medical school!"
"That's incredible! Does that mean you'll go straight to work at a big hospital after graduation?"
"Doctors have good salaries, but it's not easy to get a job..."
Bai Jiaojiao was so excited to receive the admission notice that she couldn't hold back her tears and burst into tears in front of everyone, hugging Shen Heng next to her.
Shen Heng patted her head, a smile creeping onto his lips: "Congratulations, Jiao Jiao."
Bai Jiaojiao looked up, her eyes glistening with tears: "Heng-ge, look at yours, is this the School of Economics?"
All eyes turned to Shen Heng, and someone asked, "Shen Heng, how did you manage to get into university? Did your ancestors' graves emit auspicious smoke?"
Shen Heng snorted: "It's just a university, isn't it? You can easily get in by just passing the exam."
Shen Heng opened his notification letter and handed it to Bai Jiaojiao: "See? I told you there's no need to worry."
Bai Jiaojiao stacked their college acceptance letters together: "Heng-ge, we can go to college together!"
"Hmm." Shen Heng was clearly overjoyed, but he still maintained a composed demeanor.
Bai Jiaojiao jumped up and down with joy, while someone said, "Two college students from your family, don't you have to treat us this time?"
"Yes, we're treating! Our village hasn't had a proper banquet in years. Your family has such a big celebration, shouldn't we have a proper celebration?"
The crowd grew more and more excited as they talked. Before Bai Jiaojiao could even speak, Bai Shihai said, "We'll definitely set up a stall. Our Bai family will pay for it. Just bring your pregnant bellies!"
Bai Shihai never expected that his younger sister and brother-in-law would be so successful, both getting into Yenching University.
Yenching University, what does that mean? How is it any different from becoming the top scholar in the imperial examinations?
Zheng Xu's chest heaved with excitement; it seemed he was one step closer to an interview with the newspaper.
Everyone was happy, but Shen Guangsheng objected: "What kind of celebration is your family having? Your sister will take the surname Shen after marrying into our Shen family. If anyone should have a celebration, it should be our Shen family."
Upon hearing this, Bai Shihai's smile vanished abruptly, replaced by a frozen awkwardness.
The villagers who had been watching the spectacle, praising the young couple, all quieted down after hearing Shen Guangsheng's words.
When Shen Heng was begging for food, why didn't you say he was from the Shen family? Now that he's about to go to university and become successful, you come up to him and say it's because of good fortune from your family's ancestral graves. Have you no shame?
However, since they were from the same village, it was not appropriate to expose each other's shortcomings in front of each other, especially since they had all avoided Shen Heng back then.
The scene was quite awkward. Bai Jiaojiao went inside and gave the postman a bag of pork floss cakes: "Thank you for coming all this way. It's not convenient for me to entertain you in this cold weather. Please take this and share in the good fortune."
The postman didn't know what was inside, but the oil paper package smelled of meat, and it felt substantial in his hand, which pleased him.
"I can't accept this. Delivering mail is my job."
"Please accept this; consider it a way to share some joy with our family."
The postman thanked her, took the package, and was about to leave. He thought to himself how particular Bai Jiaojiao was; even he, the mailman, could benefit from her kindness. He hoped that more people like her would get into university.
Bai Jiaojiao said to everyone, "Alright, everyone, just wait for us to invite you to the feast. Now you can all go home. Thank you all for coming."
Bai Jiaojiao's words are quite telling; once everyone knows about this joyous occasion, they'll definitely want to celebrate privately.
Everyone left in high spirits, leaving only the Bai family and Shen Guangsheng standing there.
“Let’s discuss the idea of having a continuous banquet,” Shen Guangsheng said.
“This has nothing to do with you,” Shen Heng said, his face falling as he looked down at Shen Guangsheng. “Jiaojiao didn’t refute you in front of everyone just now because she was giving you face. Don’t push your luck.”
Shen Guangsheng angrily retorted, "Don't forget your surname is Shen! What do you mean by this? Have you married into their family?"
“What my surname is has nothing to do with you. My father and grandfather are already buried in Nanshan. If you have any complaints about my surname being Chen, have them come and talk to me.”
Shen Heng's attitude made it impossible for Shen Guangsheng to accept the Bai family's gaze any longer, and he left angrily.
The affair between Widow Zhou and Shen Jiawen caused the Shen family to lose all face in front of everyone, and they couldn't hold their heads up for a whole year.
Seeing that Shen Heng had become a college student, Shen Guangsheng felt that this was a great honor for the family, something that would allow the Shen family to hold their heads high. Of course, he wanted to do this well and help the Shen family regain face in the village.
Who knew Shen Heng would have this attitude?
Shen Guangsheng felt even more choked up when he recalled Shen Liquan's temper.
His younger brother didn't respect him when he was alive, and left him such a huge mess after he died!
After Shen Guangsheng left, everyone tacitly acted as if he didn't exist.
"Dad, come inside, it's terribly cold outside."
Bai Jiaojiao invited everyone inside, where it was warm and cozy, which made everyone even happier.
There were other people around, so Bai Shiqing didn't dare to say much. Now that it was just her family, she immediately said, "Quickly let me see what it looks like."
Bai Jiaojiao handed the two notices to Bai Shiqing, who held them in both hands and examined them very carefully.
"Wow, that's amazing! Look at the handwriting here, it's clearly the work of a cultured person. And this is the principal's signature, right? Dad, look."
Bai Shiqing handed the admission notice to Bai Zhiman again. Bai Zhiman glanced at it and asked, "Are you going to study in Yancheng? Will you come back after graduation? Do you plan to develop your career there?"
Upon hearing his question, Bai Shiqing's expression immediately soured: "Dad, why are you bringing this up on such a joyous occasion? These are college students from Peking University; do you expect them to come and serve you after graduation?"
“That’s not what I meant,” Bai Zhiman handed the notice back to Bai Jiaojiao. “Do you know that your mother’s family is in Yancheng?”
Bai Jiaojiao had heard Bai Shiqing mention it, but Bai Shiqing also said that her mother's relationship with her maternal family was not good. She had no contact with them since she was a child, and even when her mother passed away, her maternal family did not come over, nor did they send a single word.
"Know."
"If you see your grandfather, please give him our regards. If he's willing to help you, with your education, you'll definitely have a bright future."
Bai Zhiman spoke cryptically, but it also revealed that her maternal grandfather's family seemed to have some wealth.
But if they don't even care about their own daughter, how can they possibly care about their granddaughter?
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