"Whether you are sincere or not is a matter between us. Aunts and aunties, you haven't even taken care of your own family affairs, so how can you have so much energy to care about me?" Zhao Shichu said sarcastically, and then looked at Wen Yishu beside him, "And Wen Zhiqing, didn't your mother-in-law and sister-in-law ask you to feed the chickens and wash the clothes today? How come you have time to come out and chat with everyone?"
As soon as she said this, Wen Yishu's face turned red with embarrassment. She loved her reputation the most. Although she had always been bullied by her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law at home, she never wanted others to know, especially Zhao Shichu and his sister. She got married before to live a good life, but who knew that her life would be even more difficult than when she was single. How could she face Zhao Shichu and Zhao Shijian
Now Zhao Shichu's words exposed her self-deception. How could she not feel ashamed and embarrassed
"… What does it have to do with you whether I feed the chickens or wash the clothes?" Wen Yishu shouted guiltily, "This village is not your home, why can't I come and chat with people?"
Zhao Shichu said sarcastically: "How Ye Song repays our family is none of your business. You should worry more about yourself."
Zhao Shichu scolded Wen Yishu and those sour and gossipy villagers, then left quickly. She was too lazy to pay attention to these people, as they would be leaving for college soon anyway.
Zhao Shichu and Zhao Shijian's admission letters arrived on the same day. As soon as the postman arrived at the village entrance, he began to shout excitedly: "The admission letters from Jingcheng University have arrived! They are from Zhao Shichu and Zhao Shijian!"
When the villagers heard what the postman said, whether they were villagers or educated youth, they all became excited and no longer cared about the work in their hands and surrounded the postman.
"Is this really the admission letter from Jingcheng University? Or is it from Zhao Shijian and his sister?"
"The postman's notice, you must have read it wrong, right? How could these two siblings be admitted to Beijing University?"
"This is impossible! Zhao Shijian dropped out of middle school. How could he possibly get into college?"
"And Zhao Niu'er, she doesn't like studying either."
…
The postman was surrounded by everyone, so he had to get off his bicycle and push it towards Zhao's house, saying to everyone: "Please make way! I want to go to Zhao's house, please stop surrounding me so tightly..."
After he said this, the people in front of him made way for him, allowing him to push his bicycle towards Zhao's house.
"Comrade postman, are you sure you didn't see it wrong? The admission letters are really from that brother and sister?" someone asked anxiously.
The young postman immediately replied confidently, "I couldn't have read it wrong! The names Zhao Shichu and Zhao Shijian were written on the envelope of the admission letter. I read it several times!"
"Those brother and sister are really lucky..." someone said sourly.
Another educated youth who had also taken the college entrance examination asked anxiously, "Besides these two notifications, are there any other notifications from other schools?"
"Not really, but you don't have to worry too much. Notifications from other schools will arrive one after another." The postman comforted.
A group of people followed the postman to Zhao's house. It was winter and there was not much work to do. Zhao Shichu and Zhao Shijian were both at home. What the postman said at the village entrance had already been told to the brother and sister by children who had excitedly run to Zhao's house, so they already knew that they had really been admitted to university.
Zhao Shijian rushed out of the door excitedly to greet the postman, and asked in a trembling voice: "Comrade! Is there really my admission letter?"
"Are you Zhao Shijian? Yes!" the postman said, taking out two letters from his bag and handing one to him, "Here you go."
"There's another one from Zhao Shichu," the postman said again. Zhao Shichu quickly said, "It's me. Give it to me."
The postman immediately said with envy: "So you are brother and sister. It's amazing that you both got admitted to Beijing University."
"Zhao Shijian! Open it quickly and take a look. None of us have ever seen the admission letter from Capital University!" Someone shouted to Zhao Shijian curiously.
"Yes, yes! It also broadens our horizons!" someone else agreed.
So Zhao Shijian opened the letter on the spot, read it himself, and was urged to read the notice again. Then the notice was passed around among everyone.
Just as everyone was talking to Zhao Shijian and Zhao Shichu with congratulations, jealousy, or admiration, a sharp female voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Impossible! How could Zhao Shijian and Zhao Shichu be admitted to Jingcheng University?! It must be fake!"
Then the person who rushed in was Wen Yishu, who was pale and looked incredulous. As soon as she said this, the talking in the yard stopped abruptly. Everyone looked at Wen Yishu in astonishment, as if she had suffered a great shock. They didn't understand why she was so upset about the Zhao siblings being admitted to university.
"Wen Yishu, my sister and I's admission letters are absolutely real. What makes you say that we won't pass? My sister and I have been reviewing every night since we found out the college entrance examination was resumed, and we have never slacked off for a single day! Moreover, now that Mr. Ye has been taken back by his son, I am not afraid to say it. Most of my sister and I's homework was taught by him. Mr. Ye used to be a university professor, so he is more than qualified to teach us. It is normal for us to be admitted to university. If we fail, we will be letting down his careful teaching." Zhao Shijian said to Wen Yishu with a cold and serious face.
"So they asked Old Man Ye to teach them. No wonder! I was wondering, they dropped out of school long ago, how come they were admitted to university suddenly..."
"Damn it! Why didn't I think of asking Old Man Ye for guidance before? Oh my, what a pity! If I had known earlier, I would have gone to ask Old Man Ye for guidance!"
"These two siblings are so cunning. They actually went to Old Man Ye secretly to ask for help with their homework without telling us. How selfish..."
"Are you mentally ill? At that time, Old Man Ye had not yet recovered his status and reputation. It would be a big risk to ask him to tutor you. Did you dare to go?"
…
After listening to Zhao Shijian's words, everyone talked about it. Those who took the college entrance examination regretted why they did not think of asking Old Man Ye for advice, while those who did not take the exam thought they knew the reason why the Zhao brothers and sisters were admitted to university. When Wen Yishu heard what he said, she felt mixed emotions and her heart was in turmoil.
She stared at Zhao Shijian in a daze, and suddenly her eyes turned red. She murmured, "I missed another chance? I missed it again..." As she spoke, she suddenly covered her face and started to cry, gasping for breath.
Everyone looked at each other, not understanding why she was crying in front of the Zhao family's door. Zhao Shichu could understand her psychology a little bit. Didn't she just not expect to ask Ye Song for help with homework? It seemed that Wen Yishu must have done poorly in the college entrance examination this time, otherwise she wouldn't have collapsed and cried in front of him and his elder brother.