Sheng Xitai, who was still at home playing with Chen Feng, Chen Yue, and Sheng Xinhua, was so happy when he learned about his results that he hugged Sheng Xinyu and spun him around three times.
Sheng Liancheng and Zhang Shuzhen were also overjoyed.
Who would have thought that the chubby boy who loved to eat and play could get such a high score?
When the news spread, the Sheng family was in an uproar. Families who were on good terms with each other came to offer their congratulations and even urged Sheng Liancheng and his family to host a banquet.
Everyone wanted to join in the fun and share in the joy.
When talking about his son's grades, Sheng Liancheng's mouth practically stretched to the back of his ears with a grin.
"That's because the teacher taught us well. My husband and I are illiterate and can't help us at all."
"It's all thanks to the teacher's strict discipline; otherwise, how could my son Xitai have achieved such results?" At this moment, Sheng Liancheng didn't forget to be modest.
"Come, let me toast Director Zhang and the other teachers. Thank you all for your hard work. Without your care, my son Xitai wouldn't have achieved what he has today."
Sheng Liancheng stood up politely and toasted all the teachers.
"Oh, Brother Sheng, you're too kind."
Director Zhang and the others quickly stood up, clinked glasses with Sheng Liancheng, drank their wine, and then sat down.
Sheng Xitai's achievement truly shocked everyone.
Therefore, what was originally a banquet for the house-building ceremony ended up with everyone discussing Sheng Xitai's achievements and the Sheng family's good fortune and luck.
The family has six children, five of whom are doing very well in school. Although Sheng Xiping didn't go to university after graduating from junior high school, his wife is a university graduate.
Moreover, Sheng Xiping is now the company's CEO and has returned to his hometown to invest in building a factory, which can be considered a great success.
"So whether a child becomes successful or not does not depend on whether his or her parents are educated."
Parental support is only temporary; ultimate success depends on the child's own abilities. "That's what everyone concluded."
Raising the roof beam only means the work is half done; next, you still need to build partition walls, install a kang (heated brick bed) and stove, and plaster the interior and exterior walls, among other things.
Right now, pebble-dash walls are popular for exterior walls. In a few years, mosaic walls with small pieces of colored ceramic tiles and glass will become popular, and then ceramic tile walls will follow.
Sheng Xiping didn't cause any trouble; following the trend, he also had the exterior walls of his house finished with terrazzo.
For most households, a cement floor is already quite good. If you want it to look nice and be sturdy, you can use terrazzo flooring.
Due to limitations in materials and location, marble or tile floors are not very popular here. On the construction team's advice, the new house was fitted with terrazzo flooring.
The interior walls are simple; whitewashed walls will suffice.
The windowsills were also finished with terrazzo, and the stove and kitchen countertops were covered with white tiles.
In those days, there were no aluminum alloy doors and windows, so the window frames were all made of wood. The windows were just bigger, making the room brighter, and they were double-glazed for better insulation.
The door has a wooden core covered with tinplate, which is sturdy, durable, and won't warp or rot.
In short, whatever's popular right now, we'll get it.
Sheng Xiping had no intention of leading trends. He preferred to stay out of the limelight and live a stable life, as long as he didn't fall behind.
In the blink of an eye, summer vacation is over, and the children who had played too much are back in the classroom.
Zhou Mingyuan returned in triumph after his overseas inspection tour, and resumed his duties in charge of the overall work.
Sheng Xitai was indeed admitted to Tsinghua University. Before the admission notice was even mailed to him, the news came from the provincial department.
Upon hearing the news, Songlin High School happily set off two strings of firecrackers outside the school gate.
The school even invited Sheng Xitai back to the school to give a speech, sharing his learning experience with the younger students who are about to enter the college entrance examination.
Meanwhile, the bureau and the school held a celebration party for him and awarded Sheng Xitai two thousand yuan.
A few days later, the admission notice was mailed to the school. Sheng Xitai went to pick it up, and this time, he was finally at ease.
Now, all six children of the Sheng family have a place to go.
Upon hearing the news, Sheng Xikang, who was in the capital, called back and said that there was no need for the family to prepare anything; Sheng Xitai only needed to bring some changes of clothes to report for duty, as everything had been prepared for him.
This saved a lot of trouble; all that was needed was to bring enough money for Sheng Xitai.
Sheng Xitai got into such a good university, so we should have celebrated properly.
However, the Sheng family just held a wedding recently, so it's really not appropriate to make any more arrangements in such a short time.
So they arranged a few tables at home and invited families from the forest farm with whom they had good relations. The Sheng family didn't accept gifts; it was just a fun get-together for everyone.
"Dad, Mom, aren't you coming along?"
Anyway, there's nothing much going on at home, so let's go back to our hometown together, and then go to the capital for a few days. Wouldn't that be great?
After finishing his meal and seeing the guests off, Sheng Xiping leaned lazily against the kang (a heated brick bed) and tried to persuade his parents.
"No, it's too tiring to travel all that way. I won't be able to recover for a long time."
We have a lot going on at home this year, and the expenses are quite high, so let's not make any more trouble.
Didn't you promise your third uncle you'd go back and visit? Since you're taking sixth brother to the capital, you can conveniently visit your hometown on the way."
Sheng Liancheng waved his hand, saying that he hadn't done anything else in the past two years but had been going out all the time.
I went back to my hometown last spring, went to the capital to get engaged to Sheng Xikang in the winter, and then went to Harbin after the New Year. I was exhausted from all that traveling.
As people get older, their physical strength declines, and they can't compare to young people.
Sheng Liancheng now feels that going out is a real ordeal, and he really doesn't want to go out unless absolutely necessary.
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