bullyxtreme Chapter 279 Mutual Combat
Chapter 279 Mutual Combat
Zhuang Chaoying then told Huang Ling about some of her observations at school. Many children were originally doing well in their studies, but after joining the poetry club and having ambiguous relationships with classmates, they were talked to by the teachers, and things went wrong. These rebellious children would risk everything for beautiful love, going against their teachers and parents, and their grades would plummet.
Huang Ling thought about it and felt it made sense, so she just watched and didn't mention it to anyone else.
Song Ying, however, was a very easygoing person and seemed oblivious to the fact that Wu Shanshan frequently came to her house. She still thought of Wu Shanshan as a little girl who didn't know how to do her hair very well.
Before the Lunar New Year, Li Yiming installed a telephone in the convenience store.
This was the first telephone in the neighborhood, and its installation was quite a spectacle. Everyone wanted to see what the telephone shown on television actually looked like.
The result was the same; when no one was making calls, it was just like a model. The only difference was that Li Yiming wrote down the telephone usage fee on the small blackboard next to the telephone.
Many people speculated about the cost of the telephone, because telephones were very expensive at that time, like luxury cars from two thousand years ago. People had only heard the approximate price but hadn't asked for the exact cost. But Lin Wufeng knew that the telephone cost three thousand four hundred yuan. It had been a great help to Li Yiming, and Li Yiming had no reason to hide it.
Song Ying and Huang Ling were green with envy, but then they thought of taking a leave of absence without pay and gave up their plans for the promotion.
Arguments frequently broke out in Wang Yong's home. Wang Yong's younger sister, Wang Fang, had secretly run away from Xinjiang and returned home.
The family of three originally planned to go to Shanghai with Wang Fang's husband, Zhou Zhiyuan, and stay at his older brother's house. However, the older brother disagreed and kicked them out. As a result, Wang Fang had no choice but to return to Suzhou and seek refuge with her parents' family.
Wang Fang's family in Suzhou wasn't exactly respectable either. After Wang Fang returned, Wang Yong argued with her every day, trying to get them to leave. But Wang Fang never actually left and shamelessly stayed on.
At first, Wang Fang's parents would try to persuade their children not to argue, but later they stopped. They realized that the small courtyard really couldn't accommodate two families. After their daughter returned, their son's life was thrown into chaos.
End of the semester.
Wu Shanshan came to see Lin Dongzhe again.
Lin Dongzhe glanced at Wu Shanshan, who was returning books to the bookshelf with her legs up, and asked, "Shanshan, does your dad know about the high school you applied to?"
"I don't know. I want to keep this from my dad for now, and tell him after I get accepted." Wu Shanshan paused for a moment, then continued arranging the items.
Lin Dongzhe stood up, walked to Wu Shanshan's left, took the magazine from Wu Shanshan's hand, and easily placed it on the bookshelf. "I suggest you go and confirm with the teacher before the registration deadline."
Wu Shanshan was taken aback, but then she understood what Lin Dongzhe meant. "You mean, my dad might go to the school to check my application? And then change it to a vocational school?"
Lin Dongzhe nodded. "Your parents don't want you to go to high school; the neighbors all know that."
Her pretty face paled slightly. Wu Shanshan didn't want to admit it, but she had to, "What... what can I do?"
Wu Jianguo explicitly told Wu Shanshan that he wanted her to attend a teacher's college, not high school. The reason was simple: the family didn't have the money.
In this matter, the father and daughter played a double game of deception. Without Lin Dongzhe, Wu Jianguo would definitely have been more skillful, given his privileged background.
"Ultimately, the decision of your choice is up to you. As I just said, you just need to check on the last day to see if your choice has been changed."
Wu Shanshan nodded, "That's the only way."
“Actually, you should be more concerned about your living expenses. I think your family situation is so special that if you insist on going to No. 1 High School, your parents might cut off your support.” Lin Dongzhe arranged the bookshelf and sat on his bed.
Wu Shanshan sat down in the chair in front of the desk. "I know, but I have no choice. I want to take a gamble and see if my dad is really that heartless."
"Ultimately, the economy is the foundation of all architecture, and it's also the source of a person's confidence to stand tall." Lin Dongzhe handed Wu Shanshan a stack of papers. "That's the source of confidence!"
Wu Shanshan took the manuscript paper, looked at its contents, and asked, "This... is this the manuscript you want to submit?"
Lin Dongzhe nodded. "Take the next serialized article and get it published for me. Keep the royalties; they'll be enough for your living expenses for a year. If things really come to a head, this is your way out."
"I can't accept this!" Wu Shanshan put the manuscript on the desk. "It's too expensive!"
Lin Dongzhe shrugged. "I'll keep it for you. If you need it, come and get it anytime!"
After Wu Shanshan returned, she looked at Wu Jianguo and felt that Wu Jianguo looked at her with a guilty expression.
The day before the deadline for submitting college applications, Wu Shanshan went to her teacher to check her application, and sure enough, it had been changed to a teacher training vocational school.
With mixed feelings, Wu Shanshan changed her college application to No. 1 Middle School.
The teacher's eyelids twitched. This family kept changing their college application choices, treating it like a battlefield.
However, she also felt guilty, since Wu Jianguo had specifically instructed her not to tell Wu Shanshan when he changed her college application. So when it was Wu Shanshan's turn to apply, she didn't say much.
For the first three weeks of summer vacation, the Wu family lived peacefully.
Lin Dongzhe knew that this might be the calm before the storm.
Three days later, the tranquility was broken, but it was not the Wu family that broke the tranquility, but the Zhuang family.
Xiang Pengfei's quota for returning to the city was approved, and Zhuang Hualin personally led Xiang Pengfei back to Suzhou.
First, they took Xiang Pengfei to stay at his maternal grandparents' house, but after arriving in Suzhou, they were disliked by his parents. Zhuang Hualin suggested that Xiang Pengfei stay at Zhuang Chaoying's house, but his grandparents objected. The couple knew that their eldest son had been raised to be too family-oriented, so they didn't dare to tell Zhuang Chaoying about it.
But Zhuang Chaoying still found out.
Zhuang Hualin went to the old house and saw his second brother Zhuang Ganmei's place. Regardless of whether his second brother would accept Xiang Pengfei, the conditions his second brother offered made Zhuang Hualin give up the idea of letting Xiang Pengfei stay at the old house.
So Zhuang Hualin secretly went to the office of the academic affairs director of the affiliated high school without telling his grandparents, and found Zhuang Chaoying, who was trying to deal with the inspection from her superiors.
"Hualin? What brings you back?"
Zhuang Hualin's heart sank when he heard Zhuang Chaoying's words, "Brother, Pengfei's quota for returning to the city has been approved..."
Grandpa, Grandma, and Zhuang Hualin arrived together at No. 37, the dormitory of the cotton mill.
Huang Ling already knew about this from Zhuang Chaoying. Seeing everyone arrive, she knocked on the Lin family's door and said, "Dongzhe, Pengfei is here. Take him out for a walk."
"Okay!" Lin Dongzhe led Xiang Pengfei to the Wu family's house. "Pengfei, you play with Xiaojun for a while. I'll be back in a bit."