Chapter 258: Admission Banquet
Xue Yuxin's college entrance examination results were also good, with a score of 520, which was similar to her mock exam score.
Her first choice was the accounting major at Qingyuan College. According to last year's score line, it should be enough. Gao Meifeng was very happy. After graduating from the accounting major, she would work in an office, be a white-collar worker, and have a stable job.
At least I don't have to work overtime and stay up late in the workshop like her, and work hard all year round.
She suggested that Su Houli hold a graduation party for Xue Yuxin at the China Travel Service so that the family could have a good time.
Xue Yuxin was very happy with the result, but she felt depressed when she thought of Su Jiaojiao's score.
She could accept that Su Jiaojiao was better at studying than her, but she could not accept that Su Jiaojiao was much better at studying than her.
Both of them were students of No. 1 Middle School and had worked hard for three years, but their scores differed by more than 100 points.
Gao Meifeng asked Su Jiaojiao how much she had scored in the exam. She said she didn't know and hadn't seen it. She also complained about why Gao Meifeng cared so much about Su Jiaojiao, and sarcastically said, "Are you going to give her money, or are you going to send her to college?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I'm just asking casually." No one knows a daughter better than her mother. Seeing that Xue Yuxin didn't want to mention Su Jiaojiao, Gao Meifeng knew that Su Jiaojiao must have done better than Xue Yuxin in the exam, so she didn't ask any more questions.
On the other hand, Su Houli ran to the school and went to the score bulletin board. He was surprised to see Su Jiaojiao's college entrance examination results. He knew that Su Jiaojiao had good academic performance, but he didn't expect it to be so good!
With this score, you can easily choose any 985 university, let alone a key undergraduate university.
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. He rode his bike to Century Garden and knocked on the door for a long time, but Chen Guilan and Su Jiaojiao were not there. He had no choice but to go to the workshop downstairs to ask where the mother and daughter were.
Ding Mei had met Su Houli and knew that he and Chen Guilan were divorced. He didn't want to say that the mother and daughter were selling goods at Hualian Department Store, so he said he didn't know and asked him, "Why did you come to see them?"
"I heard that Jiaojiao did very well in the exam, so I came to see her." Su Houli's tone was full of pride. Su Jiaojiao was his daughter, and it was because of his good genes that his daughter had such talent.
"Then how much money have you prepared for your daughter?" Ding Mei asked him thoughtfully.
Su Houli was speechless and returned home angrily. He was so excited that he didn't even think about giving the money.
Gao Meifeng called all the relatives one by one and told them that Xue Yuxin had scored 520 points in the exam and that a graduation banquet would be held in a few days.
Seeing Su Houli come back, Gao Meifeng excitedly discussed with him: "Let's hold a graduation banquet for Yuxin at the China International Travel Hotel. Last time, everyone said that the food at the China International Travel Hotel was delicious."
"It would be enough to have a meal at home, why do we have to go to a travel agency?" Su Houli didn't want to go. A meal at a travel agency would cost hundreds of dollars, and they still had a mortgage. How could they make ends meet?
Besides, with Su Jiaojiao’s performance as a good example, Xue Yuxin’s 520 points are not enough. Is it worth celebrating so grandly?
"Is it still called a graduation banquet when we're having dinner at home?" Gao Meifeng was very unhappy. "I think you just don't want to spend money. You say you treat Xue Yuxin like your own daughter, but in your heart you don't treat her as your own daughter at all."
"What are you talking about? Su Jiaojiao scored 687 points, and I didn't even mention holding a graduation banquet for her." Su Houli couldn't help but mention Su Jiaojiao's college entrance examination results. "Yuxin only scored 520 points, which isn't a very high score. Having a meal at home is the same."
"Are you saying that my daughter doesn't do as well as your daughter in the exam and therefore doesn't deserve to go to CITS?" Gao Meifeng was shocked when she heard that Su Jiaojiao scored 687 points. Su Jiaojiao is a rural student who sets up a small stall outside all day to earn a living and tuition. How could she get so high a score?
She suspected she had heard wrongly.
This score would rank high not only in the No. 1 Middle School in the city, but also in the province. Is Su Jiaojiao that good?
Is it plagiarized?
A thought flashed through Gao Meifeng's mind. In her eyes, it was already very good for Xue Yuxin to score 520 points. Who knew that Su Jiaojiao actually scored 687 points? This is unscientific!
"Of course not. I'm saying it's more economical to be at home. What's the difference between that and whether she's your biological daughter?" Su Houli said impatiently, "Let's just talk about the matter at hand. Don't bring up other things."
"What do you mean by discussing the matter at hand? I think you're just discussing the issue personally." Gao Meifeng saw Su Houli's impatient expression and said angrily, "Even if your daughter gets 700 points on the test, it has nothing to do with us. Stop comparing your daughter to Yuxin all the time. If you want to hold a graduation party for your daughter, that's up to you. I won't stop you anyway."
"I said, it's not that I won't do it, but I mean there's no need to go to CITS to do it. Even with Su Jiaojiao's score, there's no need to go to CITS. It's not about the score, but the family background!" Su Houli felt that it was becoming increasingly difficult for him to communicate with Gao Meifeng. Whenever there was something, she would say that Xue Yuxin was not his biological daughter, so he didn't take it seriously.
It was as if he had to obey Xue Yuxin's every command, otherwise he would not treat her as his own daughter.
He is so fed up!
"The college entrance exam only happens once, so why should we consider family background?" Gao Meifeng wanted to slap Su Houli twice when she heard what he said. "If Chen Guilan asked you to hold a graduation banquet for Su Jiaojiao, you would definitely agree."
In the final analysis, he just doesn't want to pay.
He didn't treat Xue Yuxin as his own daughter, nor did he take her seriously as his wife.
"Why are you bringing up Chen Guilan?" Su Houli became even more angry. "I don't even have money to throw a graduation party for Yuxin, so how can I afford one for Jiaojiao? They don't have that much trouble."
"You mean, I have too many things to do?" Gao Meifeng was so angry that she burst into tears. "Su Houli, ask yourself, after we got married, which of the things I asked you to do did you do happily?"
"Okay, okay, I'm wrong." Su Houli didn't want to argue with her, so he had to compromise. "Do whatever you want. Notify whoever you want. I'll pay for it when the time comes. But I have to make it clear in advance that if I treat everyone to a meal at Guolv this month, then by the time Yuxin goes to school, there won't be much money left at home. You have to find a way to go on your own."
"Su Houli, I didn't expect that you would have such an attitude towards us mother and daughter. If I had known that you disliked me so much, why did you look for me in the first place?" Gao Meifeng felt cold in her heart when she heard him say this. Before they got married, he didn't say this. He said that he would treat Xue Yuxin as his own daughter.
But he wasn't even willing to give his daughter a graduation party...
"Gao Meifeng, I'm just telling you about our family's financial situation. Don't bring up other things." Su Houli was also tired. "Then go ahead and do it. After the graduation banquet, we can talk about Yuxin's schooling. There's no money to borrow, okay?"
Xue Yuxin, who was upstairs, felt very uncomfortable after hearing this. She carefully went downstairs and said to Gao Meifeng, "Mom, I won't hold the graduation banquet. You and Dad should stop arguing."
"We're not arguing. We're just discussing holding a graduation party for you." Gao Meifeng felt distressed when she saw her daughter's cautious look. She forced a smile and said, "Go back to your room. We'll go on an international trip this weekend. You can have something your classmates have too."
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