Chapter 228

Sister Xue thought she knew everything after reading one erotic book, but when it came to actual operation, she was in a mess and had to let Wei Ming teach her hand-in-hand.

And Wei Ming had two hands, one for teaching and one for exploring. Sister Xue looked thin, and was indeed thin, but not flat; one hand was just right.

The foot-soaking water prepared last night came in handy and was still hot. After Sister Xue washed her hands and poured out the water, she let Wei Ming wash as well. Although it was a foot-washing basin, it was the first time it was used.

And during this process, Sister Xue inevitably saw it. Before, it was covered by the quilt. Hmph, now it wasn't showing off anymore and was much better behaved.

What a dreamy morning. The relationship between herself and Ma Xiaowei had taken another big step forward, Gong Xue thought, looking down at her palms.

"Oh!"

Wei Ming suddenly cried out. He was currently in a weak state. He had originally wanted to hug Sister Xue and cherish the moment for a while, but he thought of one thing: "This house hasn't finished renovation yet. The renovation team will come to start work in a while, and they have keys!"

"What!"

Gong Xue was also terrified. If people saw them like this, how could they face anyone? She hurriedly pulled together her messy top. "Then let's leave quickly."

Wei Ming said regretfully: "I originally wanted to deep-fry some cicada nymphs for you to eat."

"We'll eat them when there's a chance later. Let's pack up and leave quickly." Gong Xue urged, feeling fortunate at the same time. She didn't dare to eat them originally and was wondering how to refuse.

"I'll go to the latrine to relieve myself."

When Wei Ming came out of the latrine, he saw Gong Xue holding something in her hand, looking like she wanted to say something but stopped.

"What's wrong, good sister?"

Gong Xue: "I, I bought you a gift in the Magic City. It's a Shanghai-brand watch. I know you have a watch, and the quality is better than the one I bought, but I heard that successful people have more than one watch. Keep it and use it."

After saying this, Gong Xue stuffed it into Wei Ming's hand and went to the latrine herself.

Actually, before coming, Gong Xue had thought about letting Wei Ming use the watch she bought to replace the one from Melinda. She hoped this would be Ma Xiaowei's only watch.

However, when the words reached her lips, her heart softened after all, and she didn't force Wei Ming to make a choice.

Perhaps it was also fear, fear that the one he chose wouldn't be her.

And when the two pushed the motorcycle out, Gong Xue saw that Wei Ming had already changed to her Shanghai-brand watch on his wrist. She couldn't help but smile sweetly.

There were relatively few people at this time. The two found a small shop in the alley for breakfast, and then Wei Ming sent Gong Xue back to the General Political Department Drama Troupe.

"I'll give you a key when the courtyard renovation is finished," Wei Ming promised Gong Xue when they parted. The current lock would definitely have to be changed by then.

She nodded and asked again: "Then you must remember to come find me after you return from your hometown, because I don't know how many days I can stay in Yanjing either."

"Ah?" Wei Ming asked, "What's wrong? Is the Shanghai Er Yingchang asking you to film again?"

Indeed, several scripts had been handed to Gong Xue. Gong Xue said seriously: "If you don't like it, I'll refuse them all and focus on staying in Yanjing."

Before they were together, she would struggle over whether to stay in Yanjing or return to the Magic City. Since having an intimate relationship with Ma Xiaowei, she only had one option in her heart: Wei Ming.

Wei Ming shook his head: "They are looking for you, which means they recognize your acting skills. As long as you recognize the script, go ahead and take it boldly. If the two hearts are forever, why do they need to be together day and night?"

Hearing Wei Ming's thoughtful encouragement, Gong Xue really wanted to hug him, but they were already at the entrance of the unit, and people were coming and going, so they could only part ways here.

Wei Ming then went to New World. Little Mei was always the first to arrive at the shop every day; he was quite competent as a manager.

"Brother Ming, you're here!" Mei Mei Wenhua pulled Wei Ming over and whispered to him, "Yesterday when I came back, I heard from the shop assistant that Comrade Gong Xue came to look for you!"

Wei Ming: "I know."

"You know? Did you see her?"

"Ah, well," Wei Ming coughed twice, "Xiaohong and I are going back to our hometown tomorrow. Help me keep an eye on the renovation team."

"Alright." Mei Mei Wenhua silently added in his heart: and Xu Yunyun.

Then Wei Ming went to Peking University, first going to Section Chief Wei's new office. Although the rank hadn't changed, he was now in charge of one area alone, and the office had become a bit larger.

"What is this you're holding?" he asked.

Wei Ming: "Cicada nymphs I caught last night. I soaked them in salt water for a whole night, and they've already absorbed the flavor. Let's have the cafeteria chef stir-fry them for lunch."

Wei Ping'an didn't know whether to laugh or cry; this kid's initiative was truly strong.

"You'll have to go say that yourself; I don't have as much face in the cafeteria as you do."

"Then leave it with you first. I have to transfer posts in a while, and it's not very convenient to carry."

"Fine, leave it here."

"And the illustration for the fourth issue of 'Black Cat Detective'; please pass it to my aunt."

Once Wei Ming left, Wei Ping'an picked up the bag, weighed it, and swallowed his saliva. Whoa, quite a lot!

At the school journal office, although several colleagues were not on duty due to summer vacation, the colleagues present knew Wei Ming was leaving and all reluctantly pulled him to chat.

Although Wei Ming often arrived late, left early, and asked for leave, he didn't treat his colleagues to meals any less; such a comrade was a good comrade!

Yang Hao, who was treated to meals by Wei Ming the most, was particularly reluctant: "Ma Xiaowei, come back and visit often!"

Wei Ming said "I will, I will; I still have to come back to develop photos, don't I?"

What he thought in his heart was that after the courtyard was tidied up, he could set up a darkroom there. He still had to learn from Brother Hao about what things needed to be bought.

Afterward, Wei Ming went to the library to handle his entry, but he didn't need to sit in the office. Curator Xie Daoyuan promised Wei Ming that he could come whenever he wanted before school started; there was no business anyway.

Moreover, after joining, he wouldn't be assigned the tedious work of borrowing and collecting books, but would be responsible for the management of the library's collection room. It was not only quiet and easy work, but also convenient for him to check information while writing.

Wei Ming shook Curator Xie's hand and thanked him repeatedly. In the coming August, he could focus on polishing his works. If necessary, he could even cut off contact with Nan Xue and Bei Lin and seal himself in the courtyard, just afraid they wouldn't let him go.

After finishing these, Wei Ming returned to Uncle Ping'an's office, carried their lunch to the faculty and staff cafeteria, said a few good words to Master Chef Old Fan, offered a processing fee, and then received a full large plate of deep-fried cicadas.

This Old Fan, he had tasted five of his cicada nymphs; he kept count.

However, seeing that he was generous with the oil and the cicadas were fragrant, Wei Ming didn't haggle with him.

Old Fan: I'm a chef; don't I have to taste the saltiness?

The deep-fried cicadas were served. Wei Ming let his uncle taste first.

"Mmm, fragrant. When I was a child, I stole oil from home with your dad and stir-fried them once. I'll never forget it in my life; that was simply a delicacy of the world!"

Wei Ming asked with a smile: "The price of a delicacy of the world wasn't light, right?"

Thinking of this, Wei Ping'an was all tears: "Although two people ate it, the idea was your dad's. As a result, after eating, he wiped his mouth and ran away very fast, leaving me alone to get beaten, and it was a mixed double beating from two moms."

Wei Ming asked: "Didn't Grandma have to give my dad a supplementary beating?"

"Supplementary what? When he came back, your grandfather had been urgently recalled to the army; how could she still care about him?" Uncle Ping'an fell into memories. Thinking about it, it had been almost 30 years ago.

Wei Ming and Wei Ping'an only ate half of this large plate. Passing colleagues basically took one or two, and in the end, even Wei Ping'an was anxious.

"My son and daughter haven't eaten yet!"

Unfortunately, it wasn't saved in the end. Wei Ping'an, like Wei Ming, had a particularly good relationship with his colleagues and had a strong spirit of sharing.

Wei Ming comforted him: "This thing won't be crispy after half a day. How about this: when I come back from my hometown, I'll take Xizi to get some more at night, fresh and hot."

Wei Ping'an said seriously: "Looking forward to the good news you bring back."

After eating, Wei Ming returned to the Overseas Chinese Apartments. He also called Zhu Lin's unit to ask if the Beijing Er Yingchang had given any word; she had left her unit's phone number.

"Not yet. Aren't you at work?"

Wei Ming: "Going back to my hometown tomorrow; what work is there to do? Don't I have to pack up?"

"Ah, going back to your hometown?"

Wei Ming slapped his forehead. He had messed up. He had told Sister Xue, but hadn't told Sister Lin yet. Fortunately, Sister Lin didn't notice the tone issue, and Wei Ming explained it again.

Zhu Lin pursed her lips, hesitated, and asked: "Xiaohong and the others won't be back for a while, right?"

"Yeah, no matter what."

"Then wait for me at home; I'll ask for leave," Zhu Lin said.

Wei Ming: "..."

No, I already emptied my pockets this morning, and you're coming again!

It wasn't that Wei Ming was willing but unable, he just felt a bit guilty. But when it came to it, he could only hurriedly start doing push-ups to actively prepare for battle.

Of course, he also had to put away Sister Xue's watch and put Melinda's back on.

And while waiting for Zhu Lin, Wei Ming found the sanitary napkin packaging in the trash can.

He excitedly exclaimed "Holy crap!" This, this must be what Xiaohong used; Xu Yunyun's had already passed!

Wei Ming couldn't help but hum: "Waited for a long time, finally waited for today!"

His sister was finally a big girl.

In the evening, when Wei Hong and Xu Yunyun returned home, they found a large pack of sanitary napkins on the bed in the room. She had been worried that Sister Xu Yunyun's leftovers wouldn't be enough.

In the afternoon, Wei Ming and Sister Lin strolled through the Friendship Store, bought this necessity for Xiaohong, bought some small gifts for Sister Lin, and also replenished some color film for himself.

Xiaohong silently put her brother's care into her bag but was too embarrassed to say it out loud. The next morning, the two took a bus to the train station to catch the train. Wei Ming brought the July issue of "Harvest," and his old friend Bai Hua's novella "Mom! Mom!" was published in this issue.

Xiaohong brought the economic books Wei Ming borrowed for her. While waiting for the train, Xiaohong finally had the opportunity to ask about her doubts regarding finance and stocks.

As a middle-aged person in his previous life, how could he not have floated and sunk in the A-shares? Wei Ming could be considered to have had both wins and losses. His only experience was not to touch A-shares.

For a period of time, he wanted to write a TV script about the domestic stock market, benchmarking against TVB's "The Greed of Man." During that time, he had a deeper understanding of finance and the stock market.

As his understanding deepened, he became more disappointed with A-shares. Afterward, the project didn't succeed, and he withdrew from the stock market from then on.

However, it was still fine to give his sister some lessons. Moreover, there were indeed many opportunities to get rich at the beginning of the reopening of the domestic stock market, it was just that it later became a leek factory.

In the afternoon, the two arrived in Ping'an County. Teacher Zang had said before that the results would be out today.

Wei Ming and Xiaohong went to the Yang family first as usual to borrow the motorcycle from the old man.

Old Yang said: "I guessed you should be back. Your Yang Laoshi asked you to go to the school first after you come back."

"Alright!"

When they arrived at the County No. 1 High School, it was almost dark. Candidates basically came to the school to check their results in the morning, so the school was empty now.

!

However, before the two stepped into the school gate, the gatekeeper just shouted "Wei Hong is back," and then a middle-aged man suddenly popped out.

"Wei Hong, where, where?!"

Xiaohong was quite polite and raised her hand: "Here."

The middle-aged man immediately came to her, pushed up his glasses, and said seriously: "Hello, classmate Wei Hong. My surname is Lai; you can call me Teacher Lai. Welcome to join our Tsinghua!"

"Ah, I joined Tsinghua?" Wei Hong was a bit bewildered. Had the country already decided this? Could they discuss it? But she wanted to go to Peking University!

Wei Ming saw it; this should be a teacher from Tsinghua's admissions office. But they came all the way to a small place like Ping'an County; it seemed Xiaohong's results should be quite good.

"Hello, Teacher Lai. I am Wei Hong's brother. My sister's first choice seems to be Peking University."

The second was Tsinghua.

"Yes, that is the case, but people, it's hard to avoid being confused for a moment. A science genius like classmate Wei Hong should come to our Tsinghua. If she goes to Peking University, her life will be ruined," Teacher Lai said incessantly. "As long as you come to Tsinghua, you can choose any major."

Wei Ming laughed: "Teacher Lai, although Peking University is just so-so, it's not very good for you to speak ill of Peking University in front of a Peking University student."

"Ah, you, are you from Peking University?" Teacher Lai hadn't expected this at all. The genius girl's brother was also a genius!

Wait, that's not right. As far as he knew, this Ping'an County hadn't had any Tsinghua or Peking University students since the resumption of the college entrance exam.

"This classmate, you aren't fooling me, are you? Are you really from Peking University? Which grade, which department?"

Wei Hong said seriously: "Let me introduce: former Peking University security guard, later Shaoyuan dormitory manager, school journal editor, current Peking University librarian, cutting-edge writer, poet, musician, glutton Wei Ming, my beloved brother!"

"What, you, you are Wei Ming, the Wei Ming who wrote 'The Herdsman' and 'The Sheep-Herding Class'! The Wei Ming who wrote 'Ideal' and 'Love Life'!? You are siblings?!"

Wei Ming nodded: "Yes."

After getting a positive answer, Teacher Lai didn't give up just like that. He first apologized: "Sorry, I didn't mean Peking University isn't good; it's just that classmate Wei Hong is a science genius, and Tsinghua is more suitable for her. Moreover, Peking University's school spirit is relatively loose and free. Classmate Wei Hong is so young, I'm afraid she'll learn bad things."

Wei Ming: "Rest assured, I will supervise her at Peking University and let her focus on academics."

Teacher Lai: "Comrade Wei Ming, actually our Tsinghua library is also quite good, and you can choose any other position."

Didn't expect that he would also have a day of brother-relying-on-sister's-prestige. Wei Ming politely declined: "Thank you, I don't have any thoughts of changing jobs for the time being."

Tsinghua's Teacher Lai sighed: "Didn't expect to encounter your situation. However, I still hope Comrade Wei Ming can think clearly about which university is more suitable for classmate Wei Hong. And as long as classmate Wei Hong comes to Tsinghua, we can even promise a publicly funded study abroad quota now."

Good heavens, promising publicly funded study abroad before even enrolling. Wei Ming was very curious: "Thank you, Teacher Lai and Tsinghua, for your sincerity. We will consider it. However, what kind of results did my sister actually get?"

Teacher Lai: "Hebei Province science first place! Don't you know yet?"

"What!?" Wei Hong's eyes lit up immediately.

Wei Ming hurriedly grabbed her sleeve, afraid she would float away.

However, when stepping into the teacher's office, Xiaohong took particularly large steps, like a crab.

She had a premonition that she had done very well, but didn't expect it to be this good.

Total score 530. Her estimated score was 440, losing most points in Chinese and politics, losing some points in physics, chemistry, and English, and not losing points in math.

Could 440 be enough to get first place? Or did she perform extraordinarily well?

Wei Ming was also very surprised that his sister could perform so well this time. In his previous life, she studied for another year. Although she also scored 400-plus and was the county first, she couldn't rank in the province, and because of filling in the application, she only got into Beijing Normal University, and then wasted a good time because of emotional problems.

It seemed that the learning materials he provided, as well as the good food and drink and the worry-free family environment, created this champion girl.

Because Wei Hong took the college entrance exam in her first year of high school and studied with the second-year graduating class for the last half year, she had two sets of teachers. Now both sets of teachers were there, and of course, the principal was there too.

They got the scores from the province in the morning, and then the whole teaching and research group boiled over.

Not only were Tsinghua and Peking University stable, but she was also the first place in science in the whole province!

First place! Champion!

The principal pulled the two head teachers and laughed loudly: I won't enjoy this glory alone; this is an honor belonging to all teachers!

In this day and age, although students weren't clear about their rankings, the champion was an exception. That was, after all, the head of all students in a province. There would definitely be a special prompt when releasing the scores, just not as much publicity as in later generations.

However, the principal planned to use this opportunity to do something big. He had already written a red-background, black-letter good news report and prepared to post it out, and also contacted a newspaper correspondent he knew, wanting to establish classmate Wei Hong as a typical example.

By then, let the provincial leaders know that a champion was born in this backward small county with very, very poor teaching resources. By then, would the county and district be embarrassed not to allocate funds and provide policies for them!

At this time, Wei Ming and Wei Hong had already pushed the door and entered.

Last time Wei Ming returned to school, the principal was enthusiastic, but today he was directly reduced to a passerby next to Wei Hong. The principal talked to Wei Hong for a long time before realizing that the champion's brother was also there.

Teacher Zang Kefou told Wei Ming: "Wei Hong scored 451. It is said that she was only one point higher than the second place in the province, but she was more than fifty points higher than the second place in our school!"

Wei Ming asked: "How did our school do this time?"

Yang Laoshi, A-Long's mother, told Wei Ming: "This time the science admission score line is 340, and the liberal arts is 310. We have 520 students this year, and about 53 students passed this line."

"Oh my, doesn't that mean the admission rate is over 10%!" Wei Ming was surprised. "My grade was only 5%, right?"

Yang Laoshi laughed: "This year, because of the preliminary exam system, there were over a million fewer candidates than last year, so the overall admission rate should increase a bit. However, our school performed excellently and is definitely above the average level."

The principal also held Wei Ming's hand at this time and said seriously: "I also want to thank you, Ma Xiaowei, for the learning materials you brought back from the capital. They helped us a lot. Many students changed their destiny because of this, and they all want to thank you!"

Wei Ming hurriedly said he didn't dare to accept it.

Afterward, the principal talked about the media interview problem.

"Not only the media, but also leaders want to see classmate Wei Hong. Our county hasn't produced a college entrance exam champion since the resumption of the exam. What a great honor this is!"

Indeed, even Wei Ping'an, who was famous in Ping'an County back then, wasn't a provincial champion. The results Wei Hong achieved today were more shocking than Uncle Ping'an's back then. Wei Ming had to write a letter to his grandfather separately.

However, Wei Ming put forward a request: "Can those interviews and meetings with leaders be arranged in our village?"

"Ah, would that be impolite?"

Wei Ming: "I just want to let those parents in the village who haven't realized how important education is see what a sensation it can cause when a child succeeds in learning, even if she is a girl."

After studying in Yanjing, Wei Hong would become another successful case spurring Gouzitun up and down.

Unfortunately, there were no private companies yet; otherwise, just by accepting entrepreneur rewards, Wei Hong could directly become rich. That kind of benefit brought by learning was more intuitive.

Wei Hong also said: "Right, let them come to Gouzitun. Our village just paved the road; it's very easy to walk."

The principal would still hesitate at Wei Ming's words, but now that Wei Hong had spoken, he didn't say a word.

"Fine, let's do it!"

It wasn't early anymore. Wei Ming pulled his sister to say goodbye: "Teachers, rest early too."

At the same time, Wei Ping'an saw that it was time to get off work and hurriedly wanted to get up. He was going to take Xizi to catch cicada nymphs tonight.

He told his wife about the deliciousness of cicada nymphs yesterday, and Lu Lu Xiaoyan couldn't sit still, clamoring to eat them too. Xizi was very interested in catching cicada nymphs at night.

However, just as Wei Ping'an was about to get up, he received a phone call.

"Section Chief Wei, I am Old Pi from the admissions office. You must help!"

"Brother Pi, how do you say that?"

Teacher Pi said: "Wei Hong from Ping'an County No. 1 High School is your niece, Wei Ming's sister, right?"

"Right."

"Sure enough, it's correct," Teacher Cai said. "I thought they were my own people and wasn't in a hurry, so I went to Shijiazhuang first, thinking about taking down the Hebei liberal arts champion. As a result, Old Lai from Tsinghua went directly to your hometown. I'm just afraid that the shameless Lai will use flowery words to trick our niece away."

"My niece scored very well?"

"Good! Provincial science champion! Full marks in math, full marks in physics, one point away from full marks in English. We want such a student too much! And her first choice is Peking University's economics department. I wish I could stuff the admission notice into her hands now, but I can at least arrive in Ping'an County tomorrow."

Hearing this good news, Wei Ping'an laughed loudly: "Then I can't rush back to my hometown directly. Old Pi, rest assured, with Wei Ming there, he knows how to choose."

Hanging up the phone, Wei Ping'an sighed: Our Wei family's ancestral grave is going to smoke blue smoke again!

(Minimum two-in-one, there should be another chapter in a while)

(End of chapter)