In the afternoon, Yu Sui had to go out to make a long-distance call. She was a little worried about leaving her child at home. However, it was really cold outside, and it was inconvenient to take the child out.
Yu Sui said to Xia Xiao'e, "I'm going out for a while. Do you think you can take good care of the child?"
"Sister-in-law, I will take care of you however you want me to."
"He's still sleeping now. He usually sleeps for two hours, and when he wakes up he asks for water..." Yu Sui explained the situation to Xia Xiao'e, who nodded seriously. "Don't worry, sister-in-law. I promise to stay with my little brother."
"Okay, you have to understand that I risked my life to give birth to this child. If you slack off even a little bit, I will fight you to the death."
Yu Sui hurried out.
Yesterday, Xia Linsheng said that he and Yu Hemiao had agreed to talk on the phone again at 2 o'clock, so Yu Sui went to the post office to get a long-distance call.
When the call got through, it was Secretary Zou who answered. When he heard it was Yu Sui, he immediately praised her:
"Oh, we are Qinghua University students! Oh my God, I never thought that I could talk to someone from Qinghua University in this life. Our brigade can even produce someone from Qinghua University. It really makes our brigade leader proud! Yu Sui, I'm telling you, the commune secretary said that if you go back to your hometown, you must notify him. He will come to see you and give you a big red flower on behalf of the commune!"
Yu Sui: "I don't want the big red flower. Thank you, Secretary. I'm just lucky. I think if you pay more attention to the education of our brigade, maybe we can even produce college graduates."
Secretary Zou: "Looking away? How could I look away?"
"For example, you could collect statistics on middle school students and understand the situation of each family. If there are some children who are good at their studies but their families are poor, the brigade can help them."
"How can I help?"
"Hey, isn't the brigade's garment factory doing quite well right now? You could use some of the money as tuition for needy students, or simply offer a reward to whoever gets admitted to university next time. Even better, find some exceptional teachers to tutor our brigade's middle school students, so they can outperform students from other places. If we can do that for five or six months, our brigade will have the most college students in the entire commune. And when these students succeed in the future, they'll all contribute back to the brigade. It'll be a virtuous cycle, and the cultural atmosphere in our brigade will be exceptionally good. Then you'll be a great contributor, and all the students will be grateful to you."
After Yu Sui finished speaking, Secretary Zou took a breath on the other end of the phone:
"Hiss! I have no choice but to pay attention to what you said. Okay, Yu Sui, I get it. You said that you, a Qinghua University student, would teach me personally. I will definitely help those families who want to study."
Yu Sui: "Hey, Secretary Ye, how dare I teach you? Stop talking like that."
"Why isn't it teaching? If this were in ancient times, it would be a lawsuit. A lawsuit teaches a small village secretary like me, that's definitely worthy of it!"
"Ahem, ahem, okay, okay, Secretary, is my sister here?"
Secretary Zou was still reluctant to speak, but now Yu Sui was a student at Qinghua University. He quickly called Yu Hemiao to answer the phone: "Hurry up, Hemiao, our village wants to call you!"
Yu Hemiao was now a bit bolder, and she said with a smile on her face over the phone, "Secretary, a few days ago you were calling me the hope of the village, and now, in just a few days, you've changed the name of the village hope to my second sister?"
Yu Sui heard Secretary Zou laughing like crazy on the other end of the phone: "Hahaha, you are all the hope of our village, big hope and small hope, you are all one family of hope, hahaha!"
Yu Hemiao then spoke to Yu Sui: "Second sister, when Dad heard you were admitted to Qinghua, he immediately kowtowed dozens of times at the ancestral grave!"
Yu Sui didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "...You've worked so hard, Dad."
Yu Hemiao: "Dad, you've worked really hard. When I received the acceptance letter first, Dad went to kowtow to the ancestral grave. Later, when my younger brother brought back the acceptance letter from school, Dad went again. And yesterday, your son Xia Linsheng called me. When I told Dad that you got in, too, and to Qinghua, Dad burst into tears and immediately ran to pay respect to the ancestors. And then..."
Yu Hemiao paused and didn't speak for a long time.
Yu Sui: “Then what happened?”
"Nothing much, I'm just happy, extremely happy. Second sister, congratulations!"
"Big sister, I also want to congratulate you and my younger brother."
"Second sister, although all this seems like a dream, I know it's all thanks to you..."
"Cough cough cough!" Yu Hemiao spoke emotionally, and Yu Sui coughed quickly.
Yu Hemiao understood immediately: "Ahem, it's all thanks to your encouragement."
Yu Sui had told them that if they passed the exam, they should never mention the fact that she had been urging Yu Hemiao and Yu Qi to review for the exam, for fear of causing unnecessary suspicion.
Yu Sui quickly changed the subject at this point: "Xia Linsheng already told you yesterday, right? What are your plans going forward?"
Yu Hemiao hesitated. "Mom really wants to help you, but she's afraid she doesn't know how to do it. Besides, we've already arranged to hire a craftsman to paint the house, and she can't wait. She said, once the house is painted, she'll go to the capital to help you. It'll take about three months, ah, no, about two months."
Yu Sui frowned: "Sister, do you think this is a reason? What's going on? Otherwise, go call my mother and I will ask her directly."
"Mom...Mom is very busy today. She went out to buy something."
"Second sister, you are hiding something from me!"
"I don't!"
Yu Sui sighed, "Sister, you can't even lie. If you're really fine, you should say, 'Ah, I'm hiding something from you.' If you say nothing, you're lying. Just tell me the truth about what happened at home and stop making me worry."
Yu Hemiao paused for a moment, and finally could only sigh: "I really can't hide anything from you. Dad is injured. If he doesn't keep it safe, it will be inconvenient for him to travel. Don't worry."
"The more details you explain, the less worried I am. How could you be injured? Why is it inconvenient to travel?"
Yu Hemiao: "A few days ago, it was cold, and Dad's injured leg suddenly hurt so much that he couldn't walk. This happened before, and today he was tired from building the house, so he had to lie down the whole time. But when he heard that we had passed the college entrance examination, he insisted on going to thank our ancestors. This worship made his leg worse.
He had been feeling a little better after a few days of rest, but yesterday when he heard you had been admitted to Qinghua University, he was so happy that he insisted on going to the cemetery. No matter how much we tried to persuade him, he wouldn't listen. He said it was such a great honor, such a big thing, how could he not tell his ancestors? As a result, he fell at the cemetery and sprained his other leg. Now he can't walk anymore. How can I leave without worrying about him?
Yu Sui: "Oh! What a shame!"
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