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Chapter 131 College Entrance Examination

Time flies!

"Time flies!" Lu Yuanqing sat on the recliner, swaying leisurely. "In the blink of an eye, it'll be New Year's again!"

He's actually going to spend his second New Year in Shihua Village!

"You blink so much, you should blink less in the future!" Lu Mingdong, who was doing his homework, gave him a friendly reminder.

Lu Yuanqing: "Hey, you little rascal, where's your cleverness! You didn't realize I was exaggerating!"

"You're not kidding me if you're always number one! If you don't pass the junior high entrance exam after the New Year, you'll be exposed!"

Lu Mingdong paused, holding the pencil, and said, "Third Uncle, aren't you being a bit too bored?"

Or perhaps he's been too idle and needs an autumn harvest to give him a profound realization!

snort!

Lu Yuanqing hummed softly, rocking back and forth in his recliner, completely at ease.

"What leisure?! I'm exhausted!"

With the Lunar New Year approaching, farm work in the fields has been suspended for a long time, but Lu Yuanqing still has a lot to do!

"Look, we'll be selling all the pigs from the pig farm soon. The New Year is almost here! We need to deliver the pigs for the task, collect the money from the purchase, and then distribute them to the villagers so everyone can have a good New Year. Everyone's thinking about it!"

"Now, whenever I go out, from one end of the village to the other, at least ten people ask me how much money I'm expecting for the New Year!!"

Lu Mingdong expressed his deep sympathy, "Not only are you being chased around asking questions, but when we go out, they also ask us, as if it's something very important. But you, as the village accountant, don't tell everyone the specific amount, yet you tell your own family members!"

What are you talking about? Is his third uncle the kind of person who abuses his power for personal gain?

They're really looking down on his third uncle!

Lu Yuanqing chuckled, "Of course it's a very important thing! Isn't that what we ordinary people care about most?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Lu Mingdong rolled his eyes. "Third Uncle, since you're still busy, go ahead and get busy!"

Perhaps it would be better to be more proactive! Otherwise, when the captain is in a hurry to come to his house to find him to do something, he will be particularly disgusted with Lu Yuanqing, who seems to be hibernating.

Lu Yuanqing pursed his lips. What could he do? He was someone who relied on underfloor heating and air conditioning, so he was now completely in a state of being afraid of the heat in summer and the cold in winter.

Winter arrives, and since there's no need to do farm work, it's the perfect time for him to indulge in laziness.

Unlike Cheng Xiaobao and his friends, who would run outside to play even in the dead of winter.

So the house felt a bit deserted, which led Lu Yuanqing to disturb Lu Mingdong, who was reading and doing his homework.

Uh!

This also made Lu Mingdong a little annoyed with him.

So, while Lu Yuanqing was bored and liked to bother Lu Mingdong with idle chatter, Lu Mingdong, while annoyed by him, wouldn't let him utter a single word.

The aroma of fried food wafting from the kitchen finally broke the 'torture' between Lu Yuanqing and Lu Mingdong.

"The crispy pork is ready!" Lu Mingdong immediately put down his pen and got up to go to the kitchen to check!

"Your aunt's cooking skills are getting better and better!" Lu Yuanqing exclaimed.

I even felt a little relieved, finally I was willing to let go!

In the past, we were reluctant to use oil when cooking, but now we can use it to fry meatballs, crispy pork, and other foods.

Sure enough, being poor meant saving on everything. Now that things were looking up, Lu Yuanqing suggested making some fried food for the New Year. Lu Yuanhuan hesitated for a moment, but then agreed.

Then Lu Yuanqing went to do some serious shopping. Lu Yuanhuan, along with Lu Mingxi and Lu Yuanbo, worked for several days. In the end, they even brought over their uncle to help smoke the sausages they had made. Now they are hanging on the beam of their kitchen, looking particularly attractive to thieves!

Now they're frying crispy pork and fried dough sticks...

"The crispy pork is here! Come and eat!"

Before Lu Mingdong could go to the kitchen, Lu Yuanbo had already run out with a bowl of freshly cooked crispy pork.

"Wow, it smells so good!" Lu Yuanqing didn't care about being picky anymore. He reached out and picked up a piece of fried crispy pork, ignoring the heat, and put it directly into his mouth. "Ah! Hot, hot, delicious, so delicious!"

"It's delicious!" Lu Mingdong couldn't wait to stuff it into his mouth.

"Isn't it delicious! After frying the crispy pork, we'll fry all sorts of meatballs too!" Lu Yuanbo had been pulling everyone together to work on it for the past few days, just waiting for today.

After working so hard for so many days, I naturally need to eat more.

Lu Yuanqing: "..."

Lu Yuanqing touched his face expressionlessly and glared at Lu Yuanbo. "Fourth brother, swallow what's in your mouth before you speak!"

"Hehe, bro, sorry!" Lu Yuanbo apologized without any sincerity.

While turning to speak, she was afraid of spraying Lu Mingdong's face.

Lu Mingdong: "...Fourth Uncle!"

"Hehe," Lu Yuanbo chuckled as he wiped his face.

"...Oil!" Lu Mingdong was truly enraged this time!

Lu Yuanqing held his bowl and ate bite by bite, glancing casually at the scene of Lu Mingdong chasing Lu Yuanbo, which made his rice especially delicious... with crispy pork!

……

Lu Yuanhuan spent the whole afternoon frying food; he fried quite a lot of things.

She's fine, and she doesn't mind being tired!

Why buy so much meat? How much money will that cost? Lu Yuanhuan thought for a moment and prepared to talk to Lu Yuanqing about it.

Lu Yuanqing had no time to listen to what she was saying; he was busy packing things up, making sure to pack some for Zhao Zhongcai and Lu Guobin's families.

Looking at the two bags of fried food on the table, Lu Yuanqing pondered for a moment and then called out, "Lu Yuanbo, Lu Mingnan, come here for a second!"

To avoid being pulled into casual conversation by the captain and Lu Guobin, Lu Yuanqing decisively entrusted the task of delivering the fried goods to the two of them.

……

This year, Shihua Village raised pigs and received money, making their lives incomparable to previous years.

During the Spring Festival, the atmosphere in the village seems to become even more lively.

Time may indeed be as Lu Yuanqing said; in the blink of an eye, a long time has passed, so long that Lu Yuanqing feels as if he has just arrived and just decided to send his children back to school. Of his three children, one is about to take the college entrance examination, one is about to take the middle school entrance examination, and one is about to enter junior high school.

"Stop hanging around in front of me!" Lu Yuanqing said irritably.

Lu Yuanbo, who was being looked down upon: "I was nervous!"

Lu Yuanqing rolled his eyes. "Why are you so nervous? Is it your exam? What's the point of you walking back and forth like this?" You're making him nervous too!

“Fourth Uncle, Third Uncle is right. It should be Aunt who is nervous, but Aunt didn’t seem nervous at all when she went in just now. She seemed quite relaxed!” Lu Mingxi said.

As it is, the college entrance examination takes two days and started yesterday. His family brought Lu Yuanhuan to school for the exam, and the examinee calmly ate the apple that Lu Yuanqing gave him throughout the entire process.

The others were extremely nervous, especially Lu Yuanbo, who was so nervous that he was incoherent!

Lu Yuanbo, feeling slighted, said, "My little sister will definitely pass the exam. Her teacher said that if she doesn't, we'll come after her!"

Everyone: "..."

Lu Yuanqing finally couldn't take it anymore and kicked him, "Who are you looking for? You didn't get into high school, so we went to see your homeroom teacher?"

"Alright! Stand properly to the side and stop embarrassing yourself!"

Everyone: "Mmm!!!"

Lu Yuanbo: "..."

Everyone dislikes him, hmph!!!

Lu Yuanqing breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Lu Yuanhuan had finally calmed down. He was originally quite calm, after all, Lu Yuanhuan's grades had always been good, and he had seen her test papers.

Even in the last few months, he went to the school to see Lu Yuanhuan's homeroom teacher several times. The homeroom teacher said that Lu Yuanhuan's grades had always been very stable, and as long as there were no major problems, she would definitely be able to get into university.

With this reassurance, Lu Yuanqing was no longer worried.

Even now, standing at the entrance of the exam school, waiting for Lu Yuanhuan to finish his last exam, he wasn't nervous at all.

But there's always Lu Yuanbo standing in front of him, constantly creating tension for him. He's really asking for a beating!

The two-day college entrance examination finally ended when the bell rang to signal the end of the exam!

In the classroom, Lu Yuanhuan handed in the completed test paper, walked out of the classroom, and finally let out a long sigh of relief. Success or failure depended on this one moment!

Although her family comforted her, saying that if she didn't pass the exam this year, she could try again next year, and that she would definitely be able to get into university.

But Lu Yuanhuan didn't want to go through that again.

Although the teacher said that if something went wrong, she could go to the county to repeat a year, since the county school was always better than the middle school in their town, and the chances of getting into university were much higher!

Her former homeroom teacher once said with regret that if she had been able to study in the county, she would have had a much better chance of getting into university than she does now, and might even have been able to apply to a better university.

Lu Yuanhuan understood.

But I have no regrets.

Despite the sudden change in her family's circumstances, she was already very grateful that she was able to finish high school.

Right now, she can't think about too many things, so for her, getting into university is more about fulfilling Lu Yuanqing's wish.

Third Brother didn't know. He said he wanted her to get into university, to see the world, and to become the only college student in Shihua Village. Every time he said these words, his face was full of trust.

Lu Yuanhuan was deeply moved. It would be impossible for her not to be happy if she could get into university, but right now Lu Yuanhuan didn't want to tell anyone. She really wanted to get into university and wanted to see her third brother and family members happy because of it.

As the exam papers were handed in, more and more students left the classroom, and all you could see were people.

Their faces were filled with expectant longing; everyone wanted to get into university.

Some candidates may not have done well on the exam, and after leaving the exam room, they squatted down and cried.

Lu Yuanhuan's initial confidence was immediately shaken.

So, when she followed the crowd to the school gate, Lu Yuanqing noticed something was wrong with her face.

Eh!

Lu Yuanqing steadied himself, his mouth moving faster than his brain.

"None of you are allowed to ask Xiaohuan how she did on the exam, understand?"

Because Lu Yuanhuan had already seen them and was walking towards them, and time was of the essence, Lu Yuanqing adopted a rare serious tone.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuanbo and the others immediately swallowed the words they wanted to call for help and nodded repeatedly.

"We won't ask, we won't ask anyone!"

Lu Yuanhuan approached, but instead of the welcome he had expected, or the inquiry about his exam, he was taken aback.

"What... what happened to you guys?"