Youcai has always been straightforward. He said whatever he thought. After hearing the captain admit it, he had nothing to hide. "It's all your fault! You only saw that I did better than Guoxiang in the exam, but you didn't see my efforts. Since elementary school, Aunt Zhang invited two educated youths to come to my house to give me extra lessons. In junior high school, I asked our class teacher to give me extra lessons. In high school, Jidong gave me extra lessons. All these cost money. You didn't spend any real money, so how can you blame Guoxiang for not doing well in the exam?!"

This really hit the captain's nerves. "Lijiatun has never hired a tutor, but many of its students have been admitted to universities. Take Jidong for example. He only attended high school for one year and was admitted to Tsinghua University!"

Youcai was unhappy when he heard him mention Jidong, "How many people in this world can compare with Jidong? He has a photographic memory. He is a genius. How can we compare with him?! You overestimate us too much."

The captain choked up. Fine, let's not compare him with Jidong. That kid is indeed not like a normal kid. He immediately changed his words, "And your uncle's Hongwu and Hongxia, they both don't have tutors, but they still did well in the exams, right?!"

Youcai planned to go to the old man's house later, but he didn't expect the team leader to know about it, so he asked, "How many points did Sister Hongxia get in the exam?"

"Even worse than you. 498!" the captain snorted.

Youcai sighed, "No comparison, she is too hardworking."

Hongxia can sit still very well. Even when she goes home on holidays, she seldom goes out to play. She stays at home to study.

"You admit it, right? Hongxia relies on hard work, not extra classes? What else do you have to say?" The captain said coldly. What the boy just said was too irritating. He had to suppress his arrogance.

Youcai shook his head, "Diligence is cultivated from childhood. When Guoxiang didn't study and played around, you didn't urge him! Sister Hongxia can't even cook now. Auntie always urged her to study. What do you say? Now you blame him for not passing the exam. You are unreasonable!"

The captain was so angry that he fell backwards!

Even Song Lianhua was dumbfounded. The children in the village actually grew up under everyone's watch. Everyone knew that the three children of Li Jiandang's family rarely went out to play. But they really didn't know that they never did housework. Hongxia was a teenage girl, but she couldn't even cook. How did Xu Chunying's mother teach them?

Youcai complained a lot, then gave Guoxiang a look and left.

He was gone, but the captain looked ten years older. Guoxiang came over to help him, but the captain pushed him away and let his wife help him back to the house.

Song Lianhua said to him, "You are already old, why are you arguing with a child? You know what kind of personality Youcai has. He is just a fool!"

The captain waved his hands feebly, his eyes fixed on the beams, "I just think a good wife is so important."

Song Lianhua sighed, "The daughter-in-law we married to Hongbing is pretty good. She's capable, hardworking, and takes care of everything at home. What else can you not be satisfied with?"

"Be content?!" The captain used to think so, but he suddenly felt regretful.

At the beginning, Hong Bing fell in love with a young girl from the countryside, but he was the bad guy who broke up the couple. The young girl's family was not good, and she came to the countryside to seek refuge. He was worried that she would bring trouble to her family, so he forcibly separated the two.

He had been cautious all his life, but the world suddenly changed. With the reform and opening up, college students had a future.

What about his family? Guoxiang can't pass the exam. The others in his family don't do as well as Guoxiang! It's even worse! Their family is doomed!

The captain sighed, "Only if we have a college student can our family have a future. Guoxiang's grades are so poor. How can I be content?!"

After hearing this, Song Lianhua slapped her thigh and said, "I used to think Jianguo was crazy for marrying a second-married wife with three burdens. I laughed at him behind his back for being blinded by beauty. But now look what has happened! There are two college graduates in the family."

When Jidong was admitted to university, they actually didn't take it seriously. After all, Jidong was not an ordinary child. Whose child could enter university after only being in the first year of high school? ! She had only heard of such a case in her life.

Now that Youcai has been admitted, she feels a little upset. In elementary school, Youcai's grades were obviously as bad as Guoxiang's. But what about now? ! Youcai can go to college, but Guoxiang is more than 200 points less. The gap is so big that she can't let it go.

To say that it was Li Jianguo's achievement is sheer bullshit! Li Jianguo was away from home for ten days or half a month, and Zhang Xiuhua was the only one who took care of everything at home and outside. When she paid for Youcai's tutoring, the college entrance examination had not yet been resumed. She knew the importance of education. This shows how far-sighted she was!

"Sometimes you just have to accept your fate." The captain took a long puff of his pipe. "I'm old and outdated by the times. From now on, the world will be ruled by the young."

After Song Lianhua envied Li Jianguo's good fortune, she quickly calmed down. No matter how good Li Youcai was, he was someone else's. She still had to consider her own grandson. "What about Guoxiang? Should I let him go to school?"

The captain thought for a moment and said, "Let's report it first. Let Guoxiang write a letter to his father tomorrow and ask for his opinion."

After saying that, he knocked on the pipe and lay down.

**

On Zhang Xiuhua's side, after Youcai left, she asked the children to wash up.

Xu Chunying came over, and Zhang Xiuhua also learned about Hongxia's grades.

Hongxia did so well in the exam that Xu Chunying planned to hold a graduation banquet for her. This result was indeed worth holding.

Xu Chunying wanted to hold a banquet, so Zhang Xiuhua naturally wanted to help. After telling the date, she left.

When Youcai returned home, Zhang Xiuhua asked him if he wanted to hold a graduation party like Jidong's.

Youcai was embarrassed for the first time, "If I hold a graduation party with my grades, will anyone talk behind my back?"

It was the first time Zhang Xiuhua saw him care about the feelings of others. "What's wrong with you? This is not like you at all."

Youcai told Guoxiang's scores, including what he said to the team leader, without missing a word.

Zhang Xiuhua stroked her forehead, wondering how this kid could be so honest. He wasn't afraid of offending anyone.

She sighed, "It's a bit difficult for Guoxiang to get into a good college with his grades."

Youcai thought for a few seconds, "Aunt Zhang, I still don't want to do it! We already did it once last year when Jidong was admitted to university. Let's do it again when Baolin is admitted to university. Her grades are much better than mine."

After all, he still felt that his achievements were not impressive enough, and was worried that others would talk behind their backs about how they were shameless in their quest to make money.

Zhang Xiuhua looked at him several times, because in her opinion, Youcai was the kind of man who was fearless and didn't care what others said about him.

But she understood after a little thought. He didn't care what others said about him. He cared about being compared with his good brother Guoxiang! They were both troublemakers in the village. He was admitted to the university, but Guoxiang failed. Others would only say that Guoxiang was a waste! This was like rubbing salt into Guoxiang's wounds.

He actually has such a delicate mind. How rare!

Zhang Xiuhua didn't insist, "If you don't want to do it, then don't do it!"

"When will Auntie hold a banquet for Sister Hongxia?" Youcai asked.

"We have to wait for the notice to arrive." Zhang Xiuhua thought that with the current inventory, the goods would probably have been sold out by the time the notice arrived.

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