Chapter 452: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 452: Interests Coercion, Wang Xiaohua's Volunteer Application, No Longer Just His Own A

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

When Niu Chunsheng arrived at the County Government, Xiao Xueqing acted with ruthless decisiveness, carrying a handbag as she rushed over in a hurry.

Once she got into the passenger seat, Xiao Xueqing hurriedly said:

"Let's get on the road right away!"

Niu Chunsheng nodded, then started the car and drove off.

On the way, both of them wore incomparably heavy expressions.

Xiao Xueqing didn't speak much with Niu Chunsheng; she was busy making calls to pull strings through connections.

"Hello, Bureau Chief Zhu, do you have the contact information for Wang Xiaohua's homeroom teacher?"

Bureau Chief Zhu was the Director of the County Education Bureau; Xiao Xueqing contacted him wanting to reach Wang Xiaohua's homeroom teacher through him, so the teacher could do ideological work on Wang Xiaohua.

"County Magistrate Xiao, a big shot like you — what do you need a teacher's contact info for? If there's anything, just order me to help you handle it!"

Bureau Chief Zhu laughed heartily; although he and Xiao Xueqing didn't actually have a direct superior-subordinate relationship, verbally he was still very polite, giving Xiao Xueqing plenty of face.

This is what they call human relations within the system.

"I just got reliable intel that Wang Xiaohua doesn't plan to apply to Tsinghua or Peking University; if he doesn't apply to Qingbei, our county would suffer a massive loss, so I thought I'd contact his homeroom teacher to do some ideological work on that clueless kid."

Xiao Xueqing put it just like that.

Bureau Chief Zhu was immediately shocked:

"This kid, he can get into Qingbei but actually won't apply? This is indeed a big thing, it must be taken seriously! I don't have his homeroom teacher's contact info, but I have No. 1 High School Principal He's contact info. County Magistrate Xiao, rest assured, I'll call the principal right back and have him go smooth this over."

"Then I'll have to trouble you!"

Xiao Xueqing hung up Bureau Chief Zhu's call, her expression heavy, and asked Niu Chunsheng a question:

"Do you think we can persuade Wang Xiaohua's parents?"

Niu Chunsheng smiled:

"County Magistrate Xiao, don't worry. From what I know of his parents, persuading them is easy, especially Wang Xiaohua's father — he cares a lot about face, and Qingbei is probably the greatest face Wang Xiaohua's father could get in this lifetime."

And at this time, on the other side.

Bureau Chief Zhu hung up Xiao Xueqing's call and immediately called No. 1 High School Principal He, informing him of the news that Wang Xiaohua didn't plan to apply to Qingbei.

Principal He heard this and was also greatly alarmed.

These past few days he had been immersed in joy, but now Wang Xiaohua actually didn't want to apply to Qingbei — how could that be allowed?

"Bureau Chief Zhu, rest assured. I'll immediately notify Wang Xiaohua's homeroom teacher and have her go do ideological work on him. Additionally, I'll organize a volunteer application team and invite Wang Xiaohua tomorrow for an application meeting first, then have him fill out his applications."

Bureau Chief Zhu nodded and said:

"Good, then you hurry up and handle it. This matter cannot afford any mishap, otherwise that would be a loss for all the county's people!"

Principal He hurriedly gave his guarantee:

"Bureau Chief Zhu, rest assured. I will definitely put in maximum effort to make Wang Xiaohua change his mind!"

After Principal He hung up Bureau Chief Zhu's call, he immediately contacted Wang Xiaohua's homeroom teacher and had the teacher go do ideological work on Wang Xiaohua.

The homeroom teacher heard this news and her mood was somewhat complicated.

Actually she still wanted to respect Wang Xiaohua's personal wishes; although she also really wanted the reputation of being the county's first Qingbei student's homeroom teacher, she still felt that everything had to be on the premise of Wang Xiaohua's voluntary choice.

But now, the principal had called her in the middle of the night.

And gave her a hard mandate — she absolutely had to persuade Wang Xiaohua to turn back.

She knew then that Wang Xiaohua filling out his university applications was no longer just Wang Xiaohua's own affair.

It had evolved into a matter where the interests of the entire county leadership team were hooked in.

Under this kind of situation, things would definitely go off course.

Everyone would definitely no longer prioritize Wang Xiaohua's personal choice.

Wang Xiaohua would probably be swept up by the overwhelming tide and ultimately forced to make a choice against his heart.

To tell the truth, she didn't want to go persuade Wang Xiaohua.

But she also knew she had no choice.

The principal had already personally called her, and the meaning between the lines was very clear — this wasn't communicating and discussing with her, it was giving her an order.

In the end she could only call Wang Xiaohua:

"Hello, Xiaohua."

"Teacher, what's up?"

Wang Xiaohua had just returned to the rental house not long ago when he received the homeroom teacher's call.

At this time the cramped rental house was incomparably quiet.

Wang Xiaohua completely had no awareness that because he had unintentionally revealed his application intentions to Niu Chunsheng, the outside world had already stirred up a violent storm.

"Tomorrow is the day for filling out volunteer applications. Have you thought about what school and what major you want to fill in?"

The homeroom teacher asked with concern.

"Teacher, I don't plan to apply to Qingbei anymore. I want to pick a better major."

Wang Xiaohua poured out his heart to the homeroom teacher.

"Sigh..." The homeroom teacher sighed; actually in her heart she knew a good major was definitely more important than a good school.

Whether considering personal future development prospects or economic benefits, a good major could let someone find a good job after graduation and earn more money.

Even if it's a famous Qingbei school, if one studies an unpopular major, the development prospects after graduation might not compare to popular majors at other universities.

"Teacher, what's wrong with you?"

The homeroom teacher really could not bear it, and finally told the truth:

"Now the whole county hopes you can apply to Tsinghua or Peking University, whether it's the county magistrate, or the bureau chief, or our school's principal, all hope you apply to Tsinghua or Peking University, even me, your teacher, previously also very much hoped you could apply to Tsinghua or Peking University, because if you can become the first Tsinghua/Peking University student of this small county town, then it can bring huge benefits to our entire county town's education circle."

But teacher I still hope you can follow your own inner thoughts, if you have really already decided, and feel that a certain major absolutely must be studied, then you don't need to listen to other people's persuasion anymore, remember, no one will kindly persuade you, those who persuade you claiming it's for your own good definitely all have other motives, just like me now, it's the principal who asked me to call you to persuade you."

Wang Xiaohua, hearing these earnest words from the homeroom teacher, was left speechless.

"Teacher, so you already knew before you called that I don't plan to apply to Tsinghua or Peking University?"

"Yes."

"How did you know?"

"The principal told me, he probably got wind of it outside."

Wang Xiaohua was full of surprise, less than an hour ago he had just confided his application intentions to Niu Chunsheng, never expecting that in such a short time this news had already reached the principal's ears.

This made Wang Xiaohua's mood very complicated, and at the same time, he felt some dissatisfaction toward Niu Chunsheng.

He trusted him so much, and told him his innermost thoughts.

Niu Chunsheng actually turned around and spread it everywhere outside.

"Teacher, if I don't apply to Tsinghua or Peking University, surely the principal won't blame you, right?"

Wang Xiaohua asked this at this time.

He also knew that his homeroom teacher was surely in a difficult position.

"Hehe, it's fine, at most the principal will say a couple of words, the worst is just not being rated excellent this year, what big deal can it be?"

The homeroom teacher said this while pretending to be light-hearted.

Wang Xiaohua however felt mixed emotions in his heart, if the homeroom teacher of the first student in the whole county to bring out 680 points cannot be rated excellent, how absurd would that be.

"Teacher, I will think about it again carefully."

Finally Wang Xiaohua replied with this sentence.

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