bookrandom Chapter 333 Pengfei also passed the exam!
Chapter 333 Pengfei also passed the exam!
Chapter 333 Pengfei passed the exam too!
Xiaoting didn't break free from his hand, nor did she continue to ask questions. The two of them quietly walked to their doorstep.
"Xiaoting, I'm home."
Xiaoting pulled her hand away. "Mmm."
He quickly ran into the yard, taking deep breaths of fresh air.
Just now, when Lin Dongzhe held her big hand, she was so excited that she couldn't breathe. Her heart was pounding in her ears. Luckily, her lung capacity was enough, otherwise she would have suffocated.
Meanwhile, Zhuang Chaoying was in the kitchen, simmering chicken soup and preparing pork ribs.
Ah Ling was helping out on the side, a bright smile on her face, humming a song, when Xiao Ting walked into the room.
"Xiaoting, why is your face so red? Are you suffering from heatstroke?" After saying that, Huang Ling quickly took out the mung bean soup she had made that morning from the refrigerator.
"Here, take two small bowls and drink with your brother. Look how red your face is." Handing the bowl to Xiaoting, Huang Ling reached out and touched Xiaoting's forehead. "Does your head hurt?"
Xiaoting carried a basin. "Mom, I'm fine, it's just... it's just that it's too hot outside, and it's a bit stuffy."
"Go back to your room, enjoy the air conditioning, and have some mung bean soup."
Xiaoting nodded, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she reached the stairwell. "It's all your fault, Lin Dongzhe, making my face so red."
Lin Dongzhe, you're not stupid after all!
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In the morning, their homeroom teacher called to say that the admission notices had arrived. Dongzhe rode his motorcycle to take Xiaoting to pick up the notices. He and A-Ling were at home preparing a delicious meal to celebrate with the two children. Song Ying and Lin Gong were also cooking at their own home, waiting for the notices to be picked up so they could bring the food over. The two families celebrated together that Xiaoting and Dongzhe had both been admitted to Fudan University.
Ring ring ring!
Zhuang Chaoying was holding a pot lid. "Ah Ling, the phone is ringing."
Huang Ling was busy in the kitchen, her hands still wet. "Chao Ying, I'll go get her."
She quickly wiped her hands on her apron, hurried to the phone, and picked it up. "Hello."
"Sister-in-law, this is Hualin. Pengfei got accepted into Jiaotong University's School of Economics and Management." Hualin's voice trembled with excitement on the other end of the phone, her joy radiating through the telephone line.
Immediately afterward, Pengfei's voice came close to the microphone. "Auntie, I passed the exam! I passed!"
Huang Ling was slightly taken aback, and then it dawned on her that the results from Guizhou Province were released a few days later than those from Suzhou.
She was genuinely happy for Pengfei when he got into university. After six years together, she had long since come to regard Pengfei as her own son.
Unable to contain her excitement, Huang Ling turned and shouted loudly into the kitchen.
"That's great! Hualin and Pengfei have made something of themselves! Chaoying and Pengfei have both passed the exam."
Zhuang Chaoying, who was by the stove, quickly opened the lid of the soup pot, gently placed it aside, and hurried over to Huang Ling, taking the phone from her hand. "Hua Lin, Pengfei passed the exam!"
“Big brother, he got in! It’s all thanks to listening to you and not changing my household registration. Pengfei is studying science. The admission score for Jiaotong University in Suzhou is 550, while the score in your province is 465. Pengfei just barely made the cut. Big brother and sister-in-law, Pengfei is my only hope in this life. Thank you, big brother and sister-in-law. Without you, there would be no hope, and Pengfei wouldn’t have been able to get into university.”
As Hualin spoke, she became increasingly agitated, covering her mouth and trying hard not to cry out loud.
All the hardships and difficulties of these past years have turned into tears of gratitude at this moment.
The bond between my elder brother and sister-in-law is too heavy; I could never repay it in my lifetime. If my elder brother hadn't kept Pengfei with him, there would have been no hope for our parents, and Pengfei would have had no choice but to return to Guizhou Province.
She quickly handed the phone to Xiang Dong.
"Sister-in-law, brother, Hualin is just too excited. Pengfei got into university. He's the first college student in our village. We'll have to take leave to send Pengfei to university. We'll go to Suzhou first to thank you properly, brother and sister-in-law, and then we'll quickly transfer Pengfei's household registration back to Suzhou."
Xiang Dong's voice was filled with joy. As he spoke, he glanced at Hua Lin with concern, but thankfully Peng Fei was there to comfort him.
Zhuang Chaoying's eyes reddened as he listened to the words on the other end of the phone. He knew that his younger sister was strong-willed and had suffered a lot.
Hearing his sister's cries, his nose also felt sore. "Alright, come home. You've finally made it through this. Xiangdong, you're so lucky to have found such a wonderful wife as my sister."
Xiang Dong replied with a smile, "Brother, I'm just lucky. Phone calls are expensive. Let's talk when we meet."
After saying that, he hung up the phone and paid the one-yuan phone bill. "Let's go home. Pengfei, your grandparents are waiting for you to come back and pay respects to our ancestors."
Pengfei helped his mother up, and made up his mind that he must earn more money in the future, buy a house like his uncle's, and bring his parents back to Suzhou to live out their retirement and give them a good life.
Zhuang Chaoying listened to the busy tone on the phone and put the receiver back. "Hua Lin and Xiang Dong have finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel. Thankfully, Peng Fei is doing well."
Huang Ling nodded. "Hua Lin has a hard life, but with such a sensible child as Peng Fei, there's hope for the future."
As she spoke, she picked up the phone and dialed the number of the convenience store downstairs from her parents' apartment in Changcheng.
I shared the good news with my parents in Changcheng. This time, the old couple didn't make any excuses and said they would pack their bags and take a bus to Suzhou in a few days.
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Knowing that her parents were coming, Huang Ling led the whole family to the neighbor's yard that very evening for a thorough cleaning.
Everyone had a clear division of labor: sweeping the floor, wiping the windows, and making the beds.
Huang Ling even went out of her way to buy new bedding and daily necessities, just waiting for her parents to come over.
Xiaoting and Dongzhe went to school to pick up their admission notices and then returned home.
The two families are celebrating today in the courtyard. They set up two tables, one for the three of them and one for the four adults.
On the table were poached chicken, lard, stir-fried bean sprouts, glutinous rice balls, braised pork, and stir-fried shrimp with bok choy.
Song Ying looked at Dong Zhe and Xiao Ting and started talking.
"Sister Ling, Teacher Zhuang, it's funny to think about it now. Back then, Wu Feng and I were wondering if Dong Zhe would go to a cotton mill or a compressor factory if he didn't get into high school. But after Dong Zhe got into high school, Wu Feng and I hoped that even if he didn't get into a university, he would at least get into a junior college."
"I never imagined my son, Song Ying's son, could get into university. It seems the abbot of Hanshan Temple was referring to Dongzhe's university entrance exam."
These past few days, Song Ying has been telling everyone she meets about Dong Zhe getting into university, as if she wanted to wear a megaphone on her waist.
"Tunan, Xiaoting, eat this glutinous rice ball. Auntie made it."
Xiaoting picked one up and put it in her mouth. "Aunt Song, it's delicious."
"It's delicious. Auntie will make it for you again tomorrow so you can eat your fill."