This was not the most upsetting thing for him. What made him most upsetting was that Liu Jiajia passed the exam.
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After hearing about their children's college entrance examination results, the old couple of the Li family immediately decided to return to the village as a family.
This is such a great joy.
As soon as Li Mingqing arrived home, he saw the old couple standing at the door.
"Dad, Mom, why don't you come into the house? The key is still where it was before."
"Your father and I heard that the children did very well in the college entrance examination. If you are free today, let's go back to the village. If not, we can go back to the village with Da Niu and the others and go to the grave of Old Li to announce the good news."
Old Mrs. Li said happily.
"I'm free and have taken a special leave," said Li Lizhu.
Today is a big day, and I should be with the children on such an important day.
The whole family walked back in a mighty procession.
On the way back to the village, I met a lot of people, most of whom were educated youth from various villages.
There are relatively few local people in the village who take the college entrance examination.
Most of the children in the village dropped out of school after finishing primary school. Only a very few of them went to junior high school, let alone high school.
Cui Ji came over and said shyly, "Xiangdong, can you lend me the books and test papers you used before? I plan to take the exam again next summer."
"Of course, come get it at my house later."
Anyway, they don’t need these books for the time being.
If it is left idle at home, it will easily attract rats.
He Jing also said: "I want to borrow it and take a look."
Cui Ji said generously, "Of course it's no problem. We just didn't pass the exam, but we will definitely pass next year."
"That's right, half a year of preparation time will definitely be no problem."
"Oh, I get so worried when I think of Zhou Jingli. He didn't pass the exam either, and we have to live with him. I'm really worried he'll pick up a knife and kill someone in the middle of the night."
Wu Shengli, who was standing by, patted his shoulder and consoled him, "He doesn't have the guts."
"It's hard to say," Cui Ji was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He got a headache when he thought of Zhou Jingli.
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The villagers of Lijia Village stood on the street to bask in the sun.
When they saw Li Mingqing and his family coming back, they all surrounded them.
"Old Lady Li, what brings you back? You've rarely been back to the village since you moved to the county town."
"Did something serious happen?"
"I heard from some educated youth that after looking at the test results today, Da Niu and the other kids did very well in their studies and should be able to get into university."
"Could it be that our village has a college student?"
"Look at the way the old couple from the Li family are grinning from ear to ear. It's a sure thing. I'm afraid they both passed the exam."
…
Li Mingqing said loudly: "Fellow villagers, my child has done very well in the exam. I will give everyone some candy later. The Li family will treat you all to lunch tomorrow. Everyone is welcome to come."
Hearing this, the villagers said in unison: "Congratulations, we will definitely go."
Dazhu Niang pulled Yang Daya's sleeve and asked, "Did my daughter-in-law pass the exam?"
"I passed the exam, auntie, congratulations."
Dazhu Niang stood there in a daze.
Passed the exam?
There is also a college student in her Wang family!
I wondered why Wang Dazhu and Liu Jiajia haven’t come back to announce the good news yet.
Then I thought again, maybe Liu Jiajia would run away and never come back!
For a moment I didn’t know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
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