Chapter 209 209. Reporters are coming
Qiao Hongbin and Gu Aiguo came to Lao Shi's house with bags of gifts, and began to thank Shi Liu as soon as they saw him.
Originally, the two thought they were lucky enough to pass the exam, but when the results came out, the entire educated youth compound was shocked.
Qiao Hongbin said modestly, "Comrade Shi Liu is the provincial champion. However, our Shan Province uses the national unified examination system. With Comrade Shi Liu's near-perfect score, he's probably the national champion! Although I can't compare to Comrade Shi Liu, I still ranked 15th in the province and second in Lin City."
Gu Aiguo followed up by saying, "I'm ranked fifth in Lin City." He was extremely satisfied with this result.
Shi Liu immediately understood. It turned out that the two people came to express their gratitude for their good grades. "You really don't have to be so polite. After all, I accepted the gifts in the first place." One hundred yuan each.
Qiao Hongbin didn't think he was being polite. Although buying and selling was not allowed these days, there were still many middlemen who sold information secretly. Many people were cheated by fake information and suffered a lot of money. He was truly grateful to Shi Liu.
"Comrade Shi Liu, you don't know this. When I first left the exam room, I encountered a girl who was completely devastated. She was crying and cursing at me."
Shi Liu blinked, looking confused. How could she not remember this happening?
Qiao Hongbin sighed and said, "The girl was cheated by a shady dealer. She spent a lot of money on a bunch of crap information, but it turned out to be of no use at all."
At that time, he just thought that the girl did not do well in the exam. Later, he heard that someone was arrested. Only then did he know that the girl was deceived into buying fake review materials at a high price. Not to mention the money spent, all the efforts of the year were wasted. Moreover, the girl’s time is limited, and the other party’s family may not be willing to let her take the exam for another year. Maybe the girl will never be able to go to college in her life.
Gu Aiguo looked at Shi Liu with gratitude, secretly glad that he had followed Qiao Hongbin to buy the information.
Seeing how grateful the two were, Shi Liu had no choice but to accept the gift. She accepted it with a smile on her face. "Three people from the village have passed the exam this time, and the village is planning to hold a banquet. The captain wants you to be part of the village, too, so you can join the celebration together."
Qiao Hongbin and the others had heard the news early on, but since the village was paying for it, they felt a bit embarrassed to join in. However, since Shi Liu had invited them, it seemed the captain also wanted them to attend, so they decided to just attend the banquet before leaving.
Qiao Hongbin thought for a moment and said, "Since it's a celebratory banquet, I'll also bring two bottles of good wine."
Gu Aiguo followed up by saying, "I'll bring two bottles of good wine too."
Su Sanlan, who was listening, laughed and said, "There's no need to bring anything. Just go and join us."
Qiao Hongbin and Gu Aiguo smiled and nodded, but they still planned to bring two bottles of good wine each.
Not only did all the villagers of Shitou Village attend the celebration banquet, but even the villagers from the neighboring Baijia Village and Sujia Village came to join in the fun. Of course, everyone brought some food, otherwise there would not be enough to eat.
The fine wine brought by Qiao Hongbin and Gu Aiguo was well received by the men, young and old.
Seeing this, Su Sanlan endured the pain and took a bottle of brandy to share with those close to her.
Shi Liu helplessly rubbed her forehead and whispered, "Mom, if you can't bear to part with it, forget it. The other two families didn't take anything either."
Su Sanlan took a careful sip of wine. "Our situation is different. Although the villagers haven't said anything because of my son-in-law's special status, it's unheard of for a girl from an ordinary family to be allocated a residential plot in the village. Just wait and see. If we don't express our opinion this time, others will definitely be muttering about us behind our backs."
Su Sanlan didn't mind being criticized. After all, criticizing her would cost her a piece of meat. Let anyone say what they want. However, her son-in-law and daughter need a good reputation. She could see that she couldn't save this bottle of brandy.
Shi Liu paused. Nowadays, rural housing land is worthless. She didn't expect that someone would gossip about her behind her back. It's true that there are all kinds of birds in the forest.
Shi Liu leaned close to Su Sanlan's ear and whispered softly, "Small champagne is more suitable for ladies. Next time, I'll ask Zhou Pan to buy you a few bottles of small champagne."
Su Sanlan's face suddenly turned into a smile: "Mom doesn't like drinking, so you can drink that little champagne by yourself."
Shi Liu: "You are his mother-in-law, it is his duty to respect you."
Su Sanlan was immediately delighted: "As expected of my mother's son-in-law, he is so filial."
Shi Liu thought about what her mother always said to her elder brothers and felt like laughing. Her mother was really double-standard. Usually, whenever her elder brothers got close to their father-in-law, her mother would say in a sarcastic tone that they were ungrateful. But now that her son-in-law did this, she thought he was a good son-in-law.
Uncle Shi is very successful now. There are three college students in the village. In addition, six educated youths have also been admitted to universities. The leaders praised him very much at the last meeting. Their production team will definitely win the title of advanced this year.
When some people are happy, others are sad. Baijia Village is getting worse every year. There are few villagers left alive. The cost of medical treatment and medicine has overwhelmed countless families.
Now, watching the once "oppressed" Stone Village gradually rise, they can't explain the feeling in their hearts. Do they regret using the luck-transfer needle method? If they could do it again, they would probably still choose to take a shortcut.
The people in Sujia Village were also not very happy. They also failed to get into university. Previously, several middle school students from Shitou Village tried hard to take the college entrance examination. Some of them laughed at them behind their backs, but in the end, they actually got in. Although it was not a famous university, college students were also popular these days.
The villagers of Stone Village were all boasting. One said, "I've always thought Gangwazi was great," and the other said, "I've always thought Shiliu has a bright future..."
The villagers were chatting happily when reporters from the newspaper came over. Uncle Shi and other cadres hurriedly stood up to entertain the reporters.
The cadres of Daqiao Commune looked at Uncle Shi with envy: "Captain Shi, you are really amazing. Your production team has become famous this time. I remember that our top scholar had the same last name as you. Could he be your relative?"
Uncle Shi laughed so hard that he couldn't stop: "The number one scholar is my niece! My second brother's little girl, hahahaha——"
The commune cadre's eyes froze at the first sight. He only knew that the provincial champion was a girl, but he hadn't expected her to be so pretty. Thinking of his son at home, he immediately became interested: "Has your niece found a partner?"
Uncle Shi: "They just got married. Her husband is the company commander of the military region."
The commune cadre originally wanted to take advantage of the situation, but when he saw that there was no hope, as the company commander was a higher-ranking official than him, he decided to give up on his son.
The reporter didn't expect that this year's top scorer was also a military wife. His eyes suddenly lit up: "Comrade Shi Liu, can we chat?"
Pomegranate nodded generously: "Okay."
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