“No, I have to go and meet your teacher tomorrow. We’ll ask him to fill in your registration. Even if he won’t let you go, you will go.”

Bai Xiaofeng angrily said: “I said I will go next time, can’t you understand?” After Bai Xiaofeng said those words, he turned around and went inside the house. He looked so fierce.

Mrs. Liu couldn’t understand: “Hay- did this child ate a strange medicine today? How can he be so grumpy?”

Old Lady Bai looked at Mrs. Liu and said: “Stop talking, come with me into my room.”

Mrs. Liu followed the old lady inside the house. When they entered the old lady’s room, Old Lady Bai shut the door.

When Mrs. Liu was pulled inside the room, she thought the old lady wanted to give the money for Bai Xiaofeng’s exam. So she said: “I’m not going to meet his teacher now, you don’t have to give me the money yet. But if you really want to give it, I’ll take care of it.”

Old Lady Bai sat down on her bed and looked at Mrs. Liu as if she was a fool: “Guihua, can’t you really see it? Or are you just playing dumb?”

Mrs. Liu was shocked: “Niang, what do you mean by this?”

Well, she really didn’t see it. That’s why she has this stupid looked in the face.

“About what your sister-in-law has said, you really don’t understand? Don’t you know Xiaofeng’s temperament? You are his mother!”

Mrs. Liu still can’t understand: “Niang, what’s the matter with you? What’s going on?”

Old Lady Bai sighed and said: “How much Xiaofeng boasts when he gets credit at ordinary times, don’t you know? If he took the third place and was allowed to participate in the country exam, do you think he will not say it?”

Mrs. Liu was suddenly taken aback. Yes, with Bai Xiaofeng’s temperament, such a special event, if he truly took the third place and was allowed to participate in the country exam, why wouldn’t he mention it? That was absolutely impossible!

Mrs. Liu looked at the old lady: “So, Xiaofeng is lying? He didn’t get into the top 10?”

Old Lady Bai said: “I’m afraid not only he didn’t get into the top ten but got the rank as what Zhang Shumei has said. He was the last one. He doesn’t want to tell us about it, but there is more than one student in Huangtou Village. He can’t hide it forever. The villagers didn’t say it in front of you, they gave you enough face.”

Mrs. Liu’s face drastically changed, as she kept shaking her head: “No, no, my Xiaofeng is extremely smart. He always studies and works hard. How can he be the last one? This is impossible.”

“No, I am going to ask his teacher tomorrow.”

Old Lady Bai frowned: “What will you ask? Don’t you have any shame in yourself? This time, he didn’t do well, but there will be another exam next year. Xiaofeng is still young, he still has plenty of opportunities, do you still need to jump in there like a clown?”

Just by thinking that she needed to wait for another year, her heart felt bitter… …

Old Lady Bai looked at the sky outside and said: “You go and tell Dabao that he needs to go with his second uncle and Fugui to harvest the wheat in the fields.”

Mrs. Liu’s complexion in the face changed: “Niang, Dabao has never tried harvesting wheat, I’m afraid it will be too much for him to handle!”

Old Lady Bai said in a bad tone: “It’s too much for Dabao, but not Fugui? Why aren’t you saying for Fugui to also rest at home?” Although she also likes Bai Dabao deep inside her heart, it’s not the time to be playing favoritism, they have to harvest the wheat as soon as possible. This will serve as their rations during winter and payment for Bai Xiaofeng’s tuition fee next year.

Mrs. Liu muttered: “We’re also doing this before, but you never said anything. How can you say that now?”

 

 

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