Ji Yong held it carefully with both hands, as if he was holding the most precious thing in the world.
When Ji Ling saw this scene, she felt inexplicably sad and warm in her heart.
She stood quietly by the side without disturbing them, but someone still watched and greeted them from afar. Only then did Ji Yong put the admission notice into his bag.
"Why are you two here?" Zheng Pingshun asked Ji Yong, but he patted Ji Ling's shoulder. "Xiaoling, good job. Your aunt and I bought you gifts. It's a good thing that you are here. Let's go home now. Zheng Shi has been refusing to come back from the county. He said he was playing with you and lied to me. I will break his legs when he comes back."
Ji Ling: This is feasible.
Only then did she realize that the other person was Zheng Shi's father. In fact, they looked 80% alike.
"Old Zheng, you're not going to work today?"
Zheng Pingshun laughed, "Now that you are here, I will take a leave."
"Just work hard. You are not a stranger. Why are you being polite? Let's get together again when you come back to the county during the holidays." Ji Yong did not agree and told him about their presence to pick up the notice.
Zheng Pingshun laughed and said, "Old Ji, you are so proud now, right? I said your Xiaoling will definitely have a bright future. Do you believe it now?"
"Believe it." Ji Yong said.
Zheng Pingshun took out five yuan from his pocket and stuffed it into Ji Ling's hand without saying anything. "Go to the store across the street and buy some delicious food. Spend it all. This is what your uncle bought for you. Your father doesn't agree to my leave this time, so let's get together again when we return to the county in a few days."
Ji Ling didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Seeing that her father didn't stop her and asked her to accept it, she thanked him and walked across the street.
I wonder why adults nowadays like to use this trick to get rid of people.
Standing at the entrance of the Education Bureau, Zheng Pingshun and Ji Yong watched the people reach the other side of the street safely. Ji Yong then asked, "Tell me what's going on? Do you want to send Xiaoling away?"
"Did Xiaoling get the college admission letter?"
Ji Yong nodded.
Zheng Pingshun said seriously, "She is the top scorer in the college entrance examination. Have you ever thought about why it took so long to get it? Did you forget about it?"
Ji Yong repeated what he had heard from Xu Wangting on the phone, his tone gradually slowing down, "Do you mean there is something else going on here? If that's the case, my brother-in-law can't possibly not know about it."
Looking at his good friend's serious expression, Ji Yong hesitated and said nothing.
Zheng Pingshun said, "I also heard something about the notice. Even if I didn't meet you today, I would have called you to talk about it. Someone must have said hello and suppressed it. It must be because your eldest brother-in-law asked about it that the other party didn't dare to provoke your father-in-law's family, so they withdrew their hands."
"Xiaoling is the top scorer in the college entrance examination. How can such a big thing happen?"
"As long as someone has money, they don't have to use their college entrance examination status to apply, or they can lower their score to other schools." Zheng Pingshun said, "Since there is no further mistake, you just need to know the situation, and don't investigate. I guess your brother-in-law knows something, but he didn't say anything because he didn't want to make a big deal out of it."
Ji Yong pursed his lips and didn't respond.
"I know your temper. There is no evidence. Even if you make a big fuss, it will eventually come to nothing. Please listen to my advice. I know you can't get over this. I will help you find out in secret. If you can find out who it is, you will be able to get over it when you have the chance in the future."
Ji Yong also knew that with his family background, he couldn't do anything to the other party, or if he made a fuss, it would only make the person behind the scenes hide deeper.
After hearing his good friend's advice, Ji Yong nodded reluctantly.
Zheng Pingshun patted his good brother on the shoulder. Which man doesn't want to be a mountain for his wife and children and support everything for them? But when faced with some things, sometimes he can only grit his teeth and swallow it.
"Xiaoling met a friend?" Zheng Pingshun didn't know how to comfort his good friend. He happened to see Ji Ling talking to someone opposite him, so he led Ji Yong to look over.
Ji Yong put aside what he had just done and looked across the street.
Ji Ling didn't expect to meet Zhu Weidong again. She wanted to leave, but was stopped by Zhu Weidong.
"Wait a moment."
Ji Ling turned around and looked at him.
I want to see what tricks he will play next.
Zhu Weidong still stared at her closely, looking her up and down.
Zhu Weidong reached into his pocket, took out her handkerchief, and handed it to her.
"This is yours."
Ji Ling: "Are you serious?"
A breeze blew by, and although summer should have been refreshing, Zhu Weidong felt a little cold. The little girl in front of him stared at him with a pair of black eyes, as if she would tear him to pieces if he opened his mouth.
Zhu Weidong: Is there anything wrong? He just checked the clothes again and again and found that he had not recognized the wrong person.
But the little girl's eyes were a little scary, so he hesitated and said, "I'm sorry, I recognized the wrong person."
Seeing that the other party was unmoved, Zhu Weidong thought that he had indeed recognized the wrong person. He put the handkerchief back into his pocket, nodded apologetically, turned around and strode away.
Ji Ling: You know how to play! !
After living two lives, Zhu Weidong had made her mind more and more confused, and she really couldn't guess what he was up to.
Every time I meet him, he is always inexplicable and confusing.
When Ji Ling returned to her father, she was still a little confused. When her father asked her who she was, she just said that she was asking for directions and didn't say much.
When she parted with Zheng Pingshun, Zheng Pingshun asked her to help look after Zheng Shi, and Ji Ling readily agreed.
On the way back, Ji Ling noticed that her father was absent-minded, but from a child's perspective, she didn't need to ask about adults' affairs.
At Xu's house, when Ji Yong and his daughter came back, Xu's father, who usually went out for a walk, did not go out today. When he looked at the admission notice handed over by Ji Yong, a rare smile appeared on his serious and old-fashioned face.
"good."
Although it was only two short words, you could tell that he was happy.
Xu's mother winked at her daughter and Xu Fang's mouth corners were raised high.
Ji Ke was standing aside, leaning forward to squeeze in front of Xu's mother. After seeing the notice, she pouted and said, "I also want to go to Kyoto to study."
"That won't do. You've already applied for admission, and the major you chose is the best in our province," said Xu's mother.
Father Xu nodded.
However, when Xu Fang saw the disappointment on her little daughter's face, she did not say anything for a moment.
Ji Jianhua went back to the factory to work in the morning, and Xu Wangting also had to go to work. Xu Hongmei said she had something to do, so the two children followed her. After having lunch at Xu's house at noon, Ji Yong's family of four got on the bus back to the county.
On the way, the couple sat in the back row and their two daughters sat in the front. Xu Fang suddenly sighed.
"It would be great if Xiao Ke also went to university in Kyoto, so that the two sisters would have someone to take care of them."
After waiting for a while without her husband answering, Xu Fang looked up and saw her husband staring out the window in a daze. She pushed him and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Ji Yong came back to his senses, "What did you just say?"
Xu Fang looked him in the eye. "You and Ji Ling were worried when they came back from getting the notice today. I can't ask too much at my mother's house. What happened?"
Ji Yong thought of his wife's prejudice against their eldest daughter and how their relationship had just started to warm up. If he told his wife about this, she would be ashamed and angry and would definitely take her anger out on their eldest daughter.
He shook his head and smiled, "It's just that when I think about all three of our children leaving us, I feel like we're getting old."
Xu Fang was stunned for a moment, then chuckled and twisted his waist with her hands, "A man still worries about getting old, you are really promising."
Looking at the smile on his wife's face, Ji Yong felt that keeping the matter secret was the right choice.
(End of this chapter)
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