Mai Sui was wearing a military uniform, and the two bars and four stars on his epaulettes were still very eye-catching.

Mai Laosan didn’t understand the meaning of these epaulettes before, but since two of his family members were soldiers, he made a point to learn them.

While everyone was helping to move the New Year's goods out of the car, Mai Laosan was the first to notice the changes in Mai Sui's epaulettes.

Then he said in a very loud and exaggerated tone: "Girl, you got promoted again!"

When everyone heard what Mai Lao San said, they all turned around and looked over.

Mai Xiangdong asked curiously: "What kind of official is this? He seems different from Captain Qi."

The highest-ranking "official" Mai Xiangdong and his friends have ever seen is Qi Chuanqing, so they can only use him for comparison.

Mai Sui said calmly, "Now he is the commander."

"Master!" Mai Lao San said excitedly, "My girl, I knew you were a capable person! Thanks to our ancestors, our Mai family actually has a master!"

When the others heard this, they also smiled and were happy for Wheat Ear.

The seven-year-old Maoqiu, who was eating candy next to him, asked Hutou: "What does the commander do? Why are you so happy?"

Tiger Head, who is only five years old this year, has no idea what a teacher does, but he doesn't want to expose his ignorance, so he pretends to be profound:

"You don't even know this. A division commander is a higher official than any other teacher in the school. His full title is 'the teacher's superior'. All teachers in the school are under the division commander's jurisdiction."

Maoqiu wondered: "Isn't the teacher's superior the principal?"

Hu Tou was stunned for a moment, then he tried to make up for it: "The way the army calls him is different from the outside. Here we call him the principal, while the army calls him the division commander."

"Oh~" Maoqiu and other children suddenly realized.

Then, in less than an hour, almost everyone in the village knew that Mai Sui had become the principal.

The villagers were still a little puzzled. Wasn’t Mai Sui serving in the army? How come he suddenly became a principal?

Could it be a military academy built by the army?

I can't figure it out, so I just stop thinking about it. I'll go find Mr. Mai tomorrow to ask if I can send my child to school.

Since you are the principal now, you should have some power.

Didn’t the government announce the resumption of the college entrance examination in October this year?

Coupled with Mai Xiangdong's vigorous publicity, the villagers began to pay attention to the education of their children.

This time, all the educated youth in the village signed up for the college entrance examination, including those who were already married.

Mai Xiangdong also encouraged villagers who had been to school to give it a try.

If you pass the exam, it will be a great event that brings honor to the family.

But after putting down the book for so many years, it is still a bit difficult to pick it up again in a short period of time.

The result was that no one in the entire village passed the exam, including the educated youth.

It's just... a bit embarrassing.

However, this is understandable.

The resumption of the college entrance examination was announced in October, and the examination was held directly in December, leaving only two months for preparation.

You know, the college entrance examination has been suspended for ten years, and some people are not fully prepared at the moment.

Fortunately, there is another chance in June.

And now it's February, so there's not much time left.

Therefore, in order to make good use of every opportunity to review their lessons, none of the educated youth went home for the New Year this year, but chose to stay in Lianhua Village to prepare for the exam.

Song Hewei also took the exam, but as she expected, she failed.

It seems that she has a very accurate understanding of her own positioning.

This time she applied for the exam just to test whether she could pass. The result was within her expectations, so she was not disappointed at all.

She didn't go that time in June. She just held Mai Sui's thighs tightly. It was better than anything else!

...........

On the other side, it’s Mai Laosan’s house.

Everyone was amazed to learn that Mai Sui had achieved two special merits during his further studies in the capital, which was why he was promoted so quickly.

Especially when he knew that Mai Sui had also been to the United States, he became extremely curious and kept asking her for details.

Tian Guifen also asked her: "Do those foreign devils eat people? I heard that the moon in foreign countries is red because they eat people and the blood is dyed red."

Wheat Ear: ...Is there really anyone who believes such nonsense?

During the meal, Yang Huizhen saw that everyone was happy, especially Mai Laosan, whose tail was almost up in the air.

She took the opportunity to say, "Old Third, your life is getting better and better now. Mai Sui is now a division commander, and Hong Cai has also joined the army. They will definitely have a bright future."

Mai Lao San said proudly: "Second sister-in-law, what you said is true! I have known for a long time that one day, I, Mai Lao San, will become rich! Look, isn't it coming true now!"

"That's right! Not only that, the business of this factory is also visibly getting more and more prosperous. They should have made a lot of money this year, right?"

"Not much, not much, just..." Mai Laosan was about to brag and exaggerate when he was stopped by Mai Xiangnan.

He said in a half-joking tone: "Third brother, people are saying that you are rich now, and they want to borrow money from you.

We didn’t have many relatives in the Mai family before, but now that you’ve built this factory, all kinds of monsters have come out.

Today a great aunt pops up, tomorrow a great uncle appears, my brother and I are confused."

This may be the meaning of "No one cares about the poor in the downtown, but the rich have distant relatives even in the mountains."

There are actually people who are so shameless as to come forward and claim to be their relatives. How shameless of them!

Of course, Mai Laosan and Mai Xiangdong were not the kind of people who would suffer losses, and they did not let the other side take any advantage.

These fake relatives can be ignored, but real relatives cannot be ignored.

For example, Yang Huizhen’s brothers from her mother’s side.

Ever since Mai Laosan became rich, especially after the channel in Beijing was opened up, the factory suddenly became busy.

Later, Mai Laosan recruited a group of employees in the village.

Yang Huizhen's relatives come to Lianhua Village to visit every now and then.

They were not like this before. They only visited each other during the Chinese New Year.

Moreover, most of the time, it was Mai Xiangnan who went there, and they rarely came over.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows why they are so active now.

In fact, there was nothing wrong in originally assigning them a job.

But didn't Yang Huizhen and Mai Xiangnan have shares in the factory? What if Yang Huizhen's brother had big ideas and brought factory matters to Yang Huizhen to gossip about her? It would be hard for Yang Huizhen to avoid having any concerns.

In line with the principle of "less trouble is worse than more", Mai Lao San finally decided not to take on this hot potato.

This led to the Yang family being very dissatisfied with Mai Lao San, and they also took their anger out on Mai Xiangnan, and often made things difficult for the Mai family in front of Yang Huizhen.

Yang Huizhen had heard a lot of what her family said, and seeing that Mai Laosan lived a very carefree life, she couldn't help but feel envious.

The most important thing is that she had the opportunity to join in the first place, but she just didn't seize it.

But on second thought, Mai Laosan and Mai Xiangnan are brothers, shouldn't they be given a chance?