Chapter 74 Midterm Exam

After having lunch at home, Deng Yunheng took the living expenses given by his father and rode his bicycle back to school with his sister.

Deng Shirong saw that there were still a lot of large stones piled on the open space in front of his house. They were all transported down from the stone mountain by the young and strong men in the village. When his family laid the foundation of their new house, not all the stones were used up, and about a quarter of them were left.

Seeing this pile of big stones, Deng Shirong became more determined to build the river embankment.

Deng Shirong's homestead is about two acres in size. The new house is built in an inverted 7 shape. The long end is in front of the homestead, and the short end is built on the left side of the small river. Directly in front of the new house is the original old mud brick house.

By the small river in front of the mud brick house on the left is a longan tree that is more than 30 years old.

The rest of the area is open space, extending all the way to the road at the entrance of the village.

After the new house was built, Deng Shirong had an idea, which was to build a river embankment along the small river on the left side of the house, about 20 centimeters above the ground, and then reserve holes to make beautiful wooden railings.

At the same time, a wall was built along his homestead on the right. The foundation of the wall was as high as the river bank, and beautiful wooden railings were also built on it. Only a "gateway" a few meters wide was left in front of the road, and two stone lions were placed back to protect the house. It was perfect.

After moving into the new house, we will demolish the old house, level the ground, pave cement, and plant a few fruit trees along the river bank and the right wall. It would be best to build a pavilion under the old longan tree.

Once all these are done, the grade of his house will be upgraded to a higher level.

However, one must eat one bite at a time. Right now the orchard at home is in full swing and the furniture making is also in progress. I really can't spare anyone to help transport stones and repair the river embankment.

After all, in previous years, the production team would start harvesting rice by the end of September in the lunar calendar. Although this year's distribution of land to households has delayed a lot of time, it won't be long before the whole village will start harvesting rice, so now is really not the time to ask for help.

Deng Shirong put this idea aside for the time being and decided to do it when the time was right.

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At the end of September in the lunar calendar, on the day of the beginning of winter, the midterm exams of Naye School arrived as scheduled.

During this period of time, because of the financial incentives provided by Deng Shirong, whether it was his second son who was in high school, Deng Yunsong who was in junior high school, or Deng Yunhua and Deng Yunheng who were in elementary school, they all studied much harder than before.

As for whether his grades have improved, whether his average score can reach above 90 points, and whether he can successfully get the reward from his father, the results will be revealed soon.

At 4:42 in the afternoon, Deng Yunhua walked out of the classroom with a sad face. In the Chinese test that had just ended, he could not answer several questions that accounted for a relatively high score. Even if he answered all the other questions correctly, his Chinese score would not exceed 82 points.

If I get other questions wrong, I probably won’t even get 80 points.

Even if the math score is better than the Chinese score, there is no hope of getting the average score above 90.

When Deng Yunhua thought of this, he wanted to cry but had no tears. This meant that he would not get the reward his father promised him for this midterm exam! Just when Deng Yunhua was looking depressed, Deng Yunheng came over and asked, "Fourth brother, how did you do in the Chinese test?"

Deng Yunhua sighed with heartache: "It's hopeless. I definitely have no hope of getting the reward. How did you do in the exam, Xiaoheng?"

Deng Yunheng said happily: "I did OK on the test. I just didn't know the answers to three questions. I finished the others. If nothing unexpected happens, my score shouldn't be lower than 90."

Deng Yunhua felt even more distressed when he heard this. He knew that his younger brother did well in math and estimated that his score would not be less than 90. Now his Chinese score was also not less than 90. Doesn't that mean that his younger brother has a high probability of getting a reward from his father? Thinking of this, Deng Yunhua hooked his younger brother's shoulders, showed a particularly friendly smile, and said, "Xiao Heng, what do you think of my fourth brother's treatment of you?"

Deng Yunheng blinked and said, "Fourth brother is very good to me. Last semester, a classmate of mine wanted to bully me, and you helped me beat him up."

Deng Yunhua smiled and said, "Brother Four didn't do well in the exam this time. If you get the reward from dad, we brothers will spend it together, okay?"

Deng Yunheng is not stupid. He shook his head and said, "No, that won't work. This is the reward I got for my hard work. I want to keep it for myself to spend slowly."

Deng Yunhua frowned and said, "Xiao Heng, am I still your good fourth brother?"

Deng Yunheng said: "You are my good fourth brother, but this is my money, I want to keep it for myself."

Deng Yunhua was tired. His brother was getting older and harder to deceive. He could only grit his teeth and said, "Xiao Heng, tell me what you want. What conditions do you want me to give you your reward and spend it with you?"

Deng Yunheng laughed and said, "Fourth brother, I like your slingshot very much..."

Deng Yunhua said cheerfully: "Okay, from now on, the slingshot belongs to you!"

Deng Yunheng said happily: "Okay, Fourth Brother, then it's settled. When I get the reward, we'll spend it together!"

At this moment, the brothers reached an agreement at school.

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Midterm exams and final exams are the standards for testing the performance of his sons, so Deng Shirong naturally attaches great importance to them.

Therefore, after dinner, Deng Shirong called his three sons to him and asked, "Now that the elementary school midterm exams have been completed, and the junior high school exams have also been completed, how did you three brothers do?"

The three brothers looked at each other, and finally Deng Yunheng stood up and answered: "Dad, I think I have improved. The average score of the two subjects should be over 90 points."

Deng Shirong was not surprised to hear this. After all, his youngest son was only in the second grade and the things he was learning were relatively simple. It was normal for him to get a higher score. He nodded and said, "That's right. If the average score exceeds 90 points, I will fulfill my promise to you. It depends on whether you have the ability to get more."

After that, Deng Shirong looked at his third and fourth sons and asked, "How about you two? How did you do in the exam?"

Deng Yunsong hesitated for a moment and said, "Dad, after entering junior high school, I have a lot more homework. Although I have worked hard, it is still not easy to get an average score of 90. I may not be able to do it in this midterm exam. Let's see if there is any improvement in the final exam!"

Deng Shirong nodded and said, "Well, then you work hard, I believe you can do it."

Of the five sons in his previous life, only the third son, Deng Yunsong, was admitted to a technical secondary school.

The value of a technical secondary school in this era is incomparable to that in later generations. As long as you pass the entrance exam to a technical secondary school, it is equivalent to having a stable job. Therefore, in his previous life, only the third child in his family entered the system and worked hard, and achieved remarkable results - he enjoyed the treatment of a deputy director-level official upon retirement.

Therefore, Deng Shirong was not too worried about the third child's studies. Even without monetary incentives, if he followed the pace of his previous life, the third child would be able to get into a technical secondary school.

(End of this chapter)