Chapter 224 (Catching Bugs) 2 in 1
Ding Jianguo, Ding Jiandang and Lu Xiaomei took the college entrance examination together, but only Lu Xiaomei was admitted to the local Textile Engineering College.
I don't know where I heard the news from, but it said that once I graduate and return to the factory, I will at least be a middle-level manager.
The Lu family was so happy that they walked with the wind.
They just wait for Lu Xiaomei to become a cadre in the factory in the future so that they can transfer her jobs there.
Since he received the admission letter, relatives of the Lu family have come to visit him one after another, especially Ding Jianguo's uncles, who patted him on the shoulder and spoke in a preaching tone, saying that he had made a fortune by marrying a girl from the Lu family, and asked him to be nicer to his wife.
"My sister has brought honor to you, Mr. Ding. Please be nice to her!"
If you want to benefit from your sister in the future, you have to support her now.
Ding Jianguo earned this treatment through his own ability.
Ever since Lu Xiaomei gave birth to her second daughter, Ding Jianguo had been sullen several times, said some unpleasant things, and even hinted that he was the eldest son of the Ding family and had the responsibility to carry on the family line.
Mother Lu helped take care of the children here, and she also suffered a lot.
But people's thinking these days is stuck in a certain framework. Lu's mother, who usually has the upper hand over her son-in-law, is a little angry because Lu Xiaomei didn't give birth to a son. If her daughter and son-in-law quarrel again, she can't take sides with her daughter.
Now that Lu Xiaomei has been admitted to university and has become a college student, her future is limitless, which makes Lu's mother feel proud.
Then you have to pay back for the grievances you suffered before.
Even the word "coward" was used to describe Ding Jianguo behind his back.
Privately, he often expressed his regret to Lu Xiaomei: "Ah, you are also unlucky. If you had been admitted to university a few years earlier, you would never have found a loser like Ding Jianguo. He is just a piece of cake, but he has no skills. He has been an ordinary worker for several years. With such a useless father, you still want to have a son, but what the hell."
Last year, Ding Jianguo failed the rating assessment due to family matters or something else, and continued to stagnate.
Now that he failed to get into college, I really can't stand this son-in-law.
Lu Xiaomei now looks down on Ding Jianguo at all, even though she was not happy living in her parents' home before. Her sister-in-law always wanted her to go out early, and the guy introduced to her before was not as good as Ding Jianguo in her opinion. But now her family members are trying to please her, praising her to the point of feeling a little flattered, and she feels very happy.
So he didn't speak up for Ding Jianguo at all, and just sighed along with him.
Why don’t we resume the college entrance examination earlier?
Ding Jianguo was also very depressed. He felt that he had failed the exam, but his wife had successfully entered university, which made him feel a little embarrassed.
Yes, he didn’t feel very proud. He felt a sense of… being slapped in the face by being surpassed by his wife.
He thought that this matter should be reversed, with him being the one who passed the exam and Lu Xiaomei being the one who failed.
In this way, he can not only firmly grasp the right to speak in the family, but also become the most influential person in the big family.
That way, it would be the same as before, with his younger brothers and sisters respecting him as the eldest brother, and he would be able to restore the balance of the family.
Only if I can have another son will I have hope for the future.
But things went against his wishes, he fell behind Lu Xiaomei and now he is the one who cannot hold his head up in the family.
In this regard, Ding Jianguo is surprisingly in sync with his father's thoughts.
Although Ding Zhigang had previously thought that it would be a great honor for the family if one of his sons and daughters-in-law could become a college student, when the time really came, neither of his two sons received admission letters, and only his daughter-in-law became a golden phoenix, he felt very bad.
There is a feeling of being suppressed by the Lu family.
Especially during the Chinese New Year, Ding Tao went to visit his family and said that Zhaodi from the second wife and Dazhu from the third wife had both been admitted to university. Although this was a great honor for the family, the honor did not come from the children of his first wife, which made Ding Zhigang feel a little embarrassed and even more uncomfortable.
The more frustrated he became, the more he blamed his two step-sons at home.
If Xiangxiang had taken the college entrance examination normally, would she have passed?
The Wenquxing in our family might really be Dingxiang, but she was destroyed by the untameable one at home, and now she is complaining at home.
Humph, you really think he is stupid.
Previously, Jiandang was accused of peeping into the toilet, and Dingxiang was accused of secretly stabbing Jianhua, but he chose to believe Zheng Wenfang and her two children, and later admitted that they did it. Now, he is complaining about Jia Anping's failure to take the college entrance examination, and he insists that Dingxiang harmed Jia Anping. Do you really think he still believes in them as before?
It was retribution for Jia Anping to fail to take the college entrance examination.
You deserve it!
He cursed in his heart, and regretted that Ding Xiang could not take the college entrance examination, so he couldn't help but sigh. As soon as he sighed, Mother Lu, who didn't understand, immediately followed up with a sarcastic remark: "Hey, father-in-law, are you unhappy or what?"
Because her daughter has done well for herself, Lu's mother now looks down on her son-in-law. She also doesn't like her father-in-law and speaks to him impolitely.
Ding Zhigang was stunned, and quickly explained with a smile: "No, no, I was thinking that Xiangxiang should have taken the college entrance examination at that time."
Mother Lu rolled her eyes.
None of his two useless sons succeeded, and now he remembers his little daughter. What have he done before!
Although Lu's mother didn't have any feelings for her daughter's sister-in-law, she also looked down on the behavior of her father-in-law and his ex.
Before my daughter got married, I didn't realize that Ding's parents were actually two weirdos, and there were few normal people in the family.
My own daughter was also deceived. It was all caused by that Ding Nianjun.
Lu Xiaomei was feeling somewhat proud at this moment.
Her husband and brother-in-law took the college entrance examination with her, but both failed. What's the point of her father-in-law mentioning Dingxiang now? Dingxiang couldn't even get into the examination room.
Thinking of the people on her husband's side, Lu Xiaomei suddenly thought of Ding Guo and couldn't help asking Ding Zhigang: "Dad, did my eldest sister take the college entrance examination?"
Ding Zhigang's expression suddenly became a little unnatural. How did he know that Ding Guocan didn't participate?
At that time, I completely forgot to ask Ding Tao whether Ding Guo had registered for the college entrance examination.
But Ding Zhigang's expression made Lu Xiaomei misunderstand. She thought Ding Guo had participated, but failed like Ding Jianguo. Or maybe he didn't even participate and was content with the status quo.
Lu Xiaomei smiled and said, "Ding Tao must know. Ask her when you see her later."
He looked as if he was going to get to the bottom of things sooner or later.
Oh, I heard that Ding Tao and Ding Dayong also took the exam, but also failed.
It really makes people want to laugh.
If Lu Xiaomei hadn't known that the second and third branches of the Ding family each had a college student, she would have mocked the Ding family's ancestral grave as well.
Although feudal superstitions are not allowed, if the Ding family's entire generation really took the college entrance examination but failed collectively, we would have to pay attention to it even if we dare not.
Ding Zhigang didn't know about his eldest daughter-in-law's secret affair yet, so he nodded absentmindedly: "I'll find Taozi to ask her when I have time."
Lu Xiaomei rolled her eyes and said she had to ask, she had to ask in person.
Lu Xiaomei hated that elder sister-in-law so much that she wanted to show her goodwill at first, but she didn't give her any face at all.
What's wrong with marrying into a wealthy family? Your life will probably be like that, with no progress, and all your glory will depend on your husband's family.
Lu Xiaomei thought happily that without her husband's family, she would be nothing!
Her mother-in-law, Yue Hongmei, didn't feel much honor about her being admitted to university.
If Jianguo or Jianguo passed the exam, she would set off firecrackers to celebrate, but her son failed and her daughter-in-law passed, and Yue Hongmei felt that her daughter-in-law was slapping Jianguo in the face.
Especially as soon as you step into the steel plant's family compound, there are those who like to watch the fun and make trouble and start making a fuss: "Your son didn't pass the exam, but your daughter-in-law did. When she graduates and returns to the factory, she will be a cadre. Your son will not be able to control his daughter-in-law."
Although she knew that some people said this on purpose, Yue Hongmei still couldn't help but get angry. Her face darkened: "How dare she! How dare she do that after studying at a crappy university?"
Although she said this, she was also worried that Lu Xiaomei would look down on her husband Jianguo after she became a college student and would dump him.
Just like that, the crazy guy came in and advised Lu Xiaomei to give up going to college.
"If you go to school, what will happen to Jianguo and the two children?"
This was definitely asking for trouble, so Lu Xiaomei and her mother scolded Yue Hongmei together.
Lu Xiaomei: "Why, your son is disabled and can't live without me! The children are mine alone? They have my last name Lu? I'm going to school, and the father can't take care of the children? Their father is not dead!"
She now had no respect for her own mother-in-law and was not polite at all when she scolded her, even if it meant scolding Ding Jianguo.
The same thing happened to Mother Lu. If she hadn't been holding her little granddaughter in her arms, she would have wanted to grab Yue Hongmei.
Yue Hongmei was so angry that her eyes turned black. She kept shouting at Ding Jianguo beside her: "Are you mute?"
Ding Jianguo was in a dilemma. No matter how unhappy he was, he knew that what his mother said was extremely disgusting. Lu Xiaomei's biological mother was still alive. How could she say it so bluntly?
"Mom, it's a good thing that Xiaomei is going to college. You don't come to see the child normally, but when you come, you make a scene that makes my house restless. Why are you here?"
Yue Hongmei was stunned and angry. Who did this ungrateful guy do this for?
With Lu's mother here, she didn't dare to confront Lu Xiaomei, and could only go to her own son: "Okay, you heartless man, who am I doing this for? I am doing this for your family. She is a daughter-in-law, but she doesn't take good care of her husband and children at home, and she wants to go to college. If she tells others, she won't be afraid of being laughed at by the neighbors..."
But they forgot that Ding Nianjun went to the street to make trouble because the street refused to approve her application for university.
I forgot that Ding Nianjun is also someone's wife.
Mother Lu's face turned red with anger. She said in a long voice, "Oh my, this is so funny. You are not afraid of being laughed at if you tell others that your son can't get into college, but my daughter will be a college student soon. If others know about it, they will all say that my daughter is capable. Let's go out and talk about it and see who the neighbors laugh at."
Although the neighbors in this compound are old acquaintances of Yue Hongmei, Lu's mother is not afraid at all.
She just couldn't believe that her neighbors would offend her Xiaomei because of a mentally ill Yue Hongmei.
She had heard from others that college students were reserve cadres, and when they graduated and returned to the factory, they would at least be middle-level cadres.
Who in the family compound doesn't have a growing child? If the child has no future, can't get into school, and can't find a job, the responsibility will inevitably fall on Xiaomei.
Let’s see who would be so stupid as to offend a future cadre.
Before Yue Hongmei could say anything else, Ding Zhigang growled, "That's enough! What are you doing? You've ruined the child's happiness!"
Why didn’t I know Yue Hongmei was so stupid before? Can some things be said openly?
Besides, if they don't let Lu Xiaomei read it, will the Lu family agree? They will definitely come and smash their house!
Since this has come to this, it would be better to let Lu Xiaomei go to school happily. When she becomes successful, she will be able to help her brother-in-law and sister-in-law in the future.
After being yelled at by Ding Zhigang, Yue Hongmei subconsciously shut up. Then she was stunned for a moment before she realized that this heartless man was no longer her man, so why was he yelling at her?
So, he went to Ding Zhigang again.
In the end, Yue Hongmei was dragged out by her eldest son himself.
"Mom, can you please stop making trouble? Everything was fine at home before you came, but now you've made my home restless. Are you my real mother?"
Yue Hongmei felt cold in her heart. She grabbed Ding Jianguo and pinched and hit him, but she didn't yell again: "You are stupid, you fool. Lu Xiaomei is your wife. If she goes to college, she will be superior to you in the future. Who am I doing this for? You are a useless thing. You can't even control a woman."
Of course Ding Jianguo was unhappy, but he was not crazy. If he really prevented Lu Xiaomei from attending this university, his uncles would kill him.
Besides, he just failed the exam last year and he wants to take it again this year.
I don't want my mother to make a fuss at this moment.
"I know what's going on, Mom, please stop making a fuss. Dad is right, you've ruined my good fortune. Just go back and take care of Ding Nianjun and Jianshe Jiandang, and don't worry about my business."
Ding Jianguo looked at the neighbors who were gradually gathering around him, and felt ashamed. His face turned red, so he turned around and went back to the house.
Yue Hongmei felt like she was falling into an ice cellar.
What does it mean?
Does her eldest son find her annoying as a mother?
Yue Hongmei was filled with anger and was about to go crazy again when she heard several neighbors screaming from behind her.
"Hey, Wenfang is here, what are you doing..."
"Wenfang, I haven't seen you for a while. You came to congratulate me because you found out your daughter-in-law got admitted to university."
While greeting each other, the neighbors looked at Zheng Wenfang and the two Jia brothers who were following her reluctantly with meaningful eyes.
Zheng Wenfang ignored those meaningful looks and smiled gently and quietly: "Sister-in-law Anping was admitted to university. This is a great event for our Ding family. I don't have anything good to give her, so I made a quilt for Xiaomei overnight. Anping also used his own pocket money to buy a pen for his sister-in-law. It's a token of his thoughtfulness, right?"
When Yue Hongmei heard this, her face became even uglier.
It's obvious to her, isn't it?
On one side was the gloomy-faced mother-in-law, who had come here for no apparent reason and was dragged out by her own son by the arm.
On one side was the stepmother-in-law who came to congratulate with a smile on her face and a thick quilt in her hand.
The neighbors in the family compound rolled their eyes back and forth.
Zheng Wenfang also saw Yue Hongmei, and acted as if she hadn't seen her extremely unhappy expression. She smiled and said, "Sister Yue is here to give Xiaomei something, right? You are Xiaomei's real mother-in-law, I wonder what Sister Yue gave her?"
Yue Hongmei glared at Zheng Wenfang and Jia Anping behind her, then turned and left.
Zheng Wenfang smiled and pulled her eldest son into the house.
The neighbors were a little disappointed that they didn't start a fight.
Ding Zhigang saw the mother and son, without a smile on his face, and frowned, "What are you doing here?"
Zheng Wenfang glared at him and said, "Look at what you said. Xiaomei got into college. Can't I come and celebrate with my child?"
He pushed Jia Anping and said with a smile, "Why don't you take out the pen you bought for your sister-in-law? This kid was chattering on the way saying he admired his sister-in-law's ability, but he became silent again when he got home."
Jia Anping looked gloomy. He suppressed his impatience and walked forward, putting a pen on the table.
Zheng Wenfang presented a quilt.
Mother Lu looked outside the door. Yue Hongmei's back had already disappeared, but that didn't stop her from shouting, "Oh, Xiaomei just got into college, and she still let her mother-in-law spend so much money. Anping, right? You are such a kid. Why buy a pen? You're wasting money!"
He said it politely, but rolled his eyes in his heart.
She didn't like Yue Hongmei, nor did she like Zheng Wenfang, who seemed a little coquettish in her eyes.
But compared to Yue Hongmei, who just came here and talked nonsense without any expression, she naturally had to praise Zheng Wenfang highly at this moment.
No matter what their purpose is, at least they don't come empty-handed.
Lu Xiaomei rarely avoided confronting her stepmother-in-law and said with a smile, "Thank you, Aunt Wenfang, and thank you, Anping."
Ding Zhigang's expression eased a little.
Wenfang did do some things wrong, but when it comes to saving face, she is indeed better than Yue Hongmei.
That will only cause trouble.
Zheng Wenfang chatted for a while, then turned to Ding Zhigang and said with a smile: "Zhigang, do you want to stay for a while or go back together? I have to go back first, Jianhua is still at home."
Ding Zhigang coughed lightly and stood up: "Let's go back together."
Zheng Wenfang showed a somewhat excited smile on his face at the right time.
Jia Anping's face became even gloomier and he turned and left.
Mother Lu couldn't help but roll her eyes behind her.
After the father-in-law left, Lu's mother unceremoniously sent Ding Jianguo to buy groceries and said to Lu Xiaomei, "You are a stepmother-in-law, you have your own way."
Lu Xiaomei didn't care about that. She also put on her coat and said, "Mom, I'm going out for a while."
"What are you doing?"
Lu Xiaomei smiled mysteriously: "I'll go to the food factory and ask Ding Tao whether my elder sister-in-law who married to the capital has taken the college entrance examination this year."
Mother Lu thought more than Lu Xiaomei: "Why do you care about her?"
Even if she didn't pass the exam, the strength of her husband's family is there.
Although she has been very successful these days, she is still very clear-headed. Xiaomei can only compare with other losers in the Ding family, but she cannot compare with Ding Guo.
She is lucky to have married into such a family, and she will never have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of her life.
You can't gain a sense of honor by competing in this way.
It would be better to find some time to go and hang out in front of Ding Nianjun and take a liking to that little bitch.
But Lu Xiaomei had her own obsession and the desire to fight, so she went to the food factory and came back in about half an hour.
He lowered his head, hiding the shock and jealousy in his eyes.
Mother Lu asked her several times but she didn't respond.
Huada!
Ding Guo was actually admitted to Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
An idea was growing wildly in Lu Xiaomei's mind.
She suddenly raised her head and looked at Ding Jianguo: "Your mother, that old woman, is right. Ding Guo is your whole family's unlucky. As long as she is well, none of you will be well!"
Otherwise, how could the gap be so big? It's simply outrageous.
Ding Jianguo and Ding Jiandang failed to get into even the worst schools, and Ding Xiang was even framed before the college entrance examination and couldn't even enter the examination room. However, Ding Guo was admitted to the top school in the country.
Ding Jianguo frowned: "Why are you suddenly talking about this?"
Mother Lu also asked, "What's wrong? You asked that person what's going on with Ding Guo!"
Lu Xiaomei bit her lip tightly and stared at Ding Jianguo, refusing to tell him the result she asked. Lu's mother slapped her arm several times in a hurry, but it didn't work!
Ding Jianguo made Lu Xiaomei feel uneasy. When he was about to go find Ding Tao, Lu Xiaomei finally said with an indescribable injustice: "Your eldest sister... was admitted to Hua University."
Influenced by the recent hot topics of the college entrance examination, Lu's mother did not know about Huazhong University of Science and Technology before, but now she knows about it these days. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, and Fudan University are all top universities. Those who can enter those universities are amazing, and their future after graduation will also be amazing.
Can……
Can Ding Guo get into such a good school?
Isn’t the Ding family a family of poor students?
"Could it be that we made a mistake? Is there a school with the same name?"
Lu Xiaomei lowered her head again, recalling the words that Ding Tao had said word by word when she raised the same question.
You are not mistaken, it is the BGI University.
There is also Ding Dazhui, who was admitted to a school in the capital, Capital Normal University, which is also a very good school, different from the normal universities in local cities.
Realizing something, Ding Jianguo suddenly jumped up, his face flushed with excitement: "My sister really got into Huazhong University?"
Lu Xiaomei rolled her eyes: "Your sister passed the exam and got into heaven, will anyone care about you?"
Ding Jianguo's excited heart gradually calmed down.
Yes, so what if my elder sister got into Huada? She still doesn't recognize them.
He sat back dejectedly, and after a long time he gave a bitter smile, feeling extremely uncomfortable in his heart.
Big sister, you are so cruel!
On the other hand, Yue Hongmei also knew about this.
She heard it from Ding Nianjun and Pan Dingfeng who had just returned from the countryside.
After listening to it, he was stunned for a moment, then said: "What's the use? Even if she gets the highest score in the exam, she's still an ungrateful person!"
Ding Nianjun's heart was also filled with complicated feelings and indescribable jealousy.
How could Ding Guo, who grew up in the countryside, returned to the city and then went back to the countryside for a few years, be admitted to a school like Huazhong University of Science and Technology?
This is the fate she wanted!
Marry into a wealthy family and get admitted to a top university.
But it just so happens that these have nothing to do with her, they belong to Ding Guo.
"Dingfeng, we must try our best. No matter what method we use, no matter how hard we try... no matter what, we must be transferred back to the capital." Ding Nianjun said in a serious tone. Because she was too serious, she used too much force to make her look a little ferocious.
Pan Dingfeng was startled and frowned, "What are you going to do now?"
He hasn't achieved any outstanding results in the past few years in the countryside. How can he be transferred to the capital?
As for the weak connections at home, I'm sorry, they have been basically exhausted from helping Nian Junping with this and that again and again.
He has no connections and lacks the ability. What can he use to be transferred back to the capital?
"Stop it!"
He plans to try to register again this year to see if the commune will grant him the qualification to register.
Ding Nianjun's expression and tone were firm: "I am unwilling to accept this, we must go back!"
No matter what method you try.
This sounds quite ambitious, but there has to be a way to make her think about it.
In the capital, Ding Guo calmly closed the background interface that had been crazy all night, yawned and started to get dressed.
The hardworking elders in the family got up early.
Just now when she was half asleep, she heard her mother-in-law check the things she was going to bring today at least three times in the main room.
Auntie San lowered her voice and recited one by one: "Quilt, mattress, pillow, pillowcase... Why did you only take one pillowcase? You need to change it."
Then came Shao Xunping's low voice: "Guoguo said to bring it back when it's time to change clothes."
In addition to the sound, there is also the aroma of scallion pancakes wafting in from the window.
Sometimes the smell of food can be so overbearing that it can actually wake people up from their sleep.
Ding Guo resigned himself to his fate and got off the kang, opened the door and went out. Shao Xunping and his third aunt pulled him over to check the things he wanted to take and repeatedly confirmed whether he had left anything behind.
When counting the items, Ding Guo saw Dazhu showing a sympathetic look beside him. He couldn't help but wink at him and asked, "Are you like this too?"
Dazhu nodded helplessly.
Ding Guo lowered his head and laughed.
After washing up and having breakfast, the group set out in a mighty procession, splitting into two groups and heading in two different directions.
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