Chapter 453

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Niu Chunsheng drove, carrying Xiao Xueqing along the way.

On the road, besides calling Zhu Bureau Chief of the County Education Bureau, Xiao Xueqing also called Zhong Town Mayor of the town where Shanggou Village is located. Xiao Xueqing told Zhong Town Mayor that she would soon visit Wang Xiaohua's home in Shanggou Village, hoping he could step forward to help handle some matters.

Upon receiving Xiao Xueqing's call, Zhong Town Mayor was immediately flattered and hurriedly nodded in agreement.

After all, she is a Deputy County Magistrate, and moreover a Selected Graduate, with boundless future prospects.

Now she personally called to seek help, so naturally, regardless of the details, he agreed first, because this favor might well have great use in the future.

"County Magistrate Xiao, please rest assured, I will go arrange everything properly right now!"

After hanging up Xiao Xueqing's call, Zhong Town Mayor immediately called Shanggou Village's Village Committee Secretary Zhang Zhongtian, asking Zhang Zhongtian to help guide the way to Wang Xiaohua's home.

Upon learning the Deputy County Magistrate was coming to visit, Zhang Zhongtian was both surprised and delighted.

Surprised why the Deputy County Magistrate would come visit so late at night.

Delighted that he could do his bit for the Deputy County Magistrate.

From the County Town to the Town, it takes about thirty minutes by car.

When Xiao Xueqing and Niu Chunsheng arrived at the Town Government and met Zhong Town Mayor, Zhong Town Mayor had already arranged everything. He brought several Town Government leaders to welcome Xiao Xueqing's arrival.

"County Magistrate Xiao, welcome. Didn't expect you to come so late. We didn't prepare enough to receive you; it's truly our work oversight!"

Xiao Xueqing smiled in response:

"Town Mayor Zhong, you're being polite. That you came to welcome me, I'm already grateful beyond measure."

After exchanging pleasantries with the various Town Government leaders, Xiao Xueqing smiled and said:

"Let's skip the empty talk. Coming here late at night this time, I'm here to do real things. Let's set off for Shanggou Village!"

Zhong Town Mayor hurriedly nodded:

"Good, good, let's depart right away!"

So the group set off together.

Five small sedans formed a queue, advancing under the dark night sky. On the winding mountain highway, they resembled a glowing crawling insect, tearing through the darkness inside the great mountains.

Arriving at Shanggou Village's entrance, Zhang Zhongtian had already been waiting there for a long time.

He hurriedly introduced himself to Xiao Xueqing, then led Xiao Xueqing toward Wang Changgen's home.

At this time, Wang Changgen and Li Xiulan just happened to be at home eating dinner.

Ever since Wang Xiaohua's college entrance exam scores came out, Wang Changgen's spirit and energy have been much better than before.

However, he completely changed his usual style of loving to show off and caring about face, and actually didn't go around telling everyone Wang Xiaohua's exam scores.

Instead, he held his breath, wanting to wait until the admission notice came down before speaking of this matter publicly.

So right now in Shanggou Village, no one else knows Wang Xiaohua's scores yet.

Wang Changgen had experienced many times before that he would blab before things were fully settled, resulting in good things being directly ruined.

After this serious illness, his personality seems to have undergone a subtle change.

Although he still loves face as always, his temper is no longer so urgent, so impulsive.

Perhaps because he knows in his heart that if he kept his original temperament, whether he could live to see his three sons marry and have children was uncertain.

So after this major surgery, he gained restraint, gained composure.

"You really don't plan to hold a banquet?"

The two were eating dinner when Li Xiulan suddenly asked this sentence.

Their own son scored so well, yet Wang Changgen doesn't plan to hold a banquet — this is simply the sun rising in the west. So although Wang Changgen clearly stated days ago he wouldn't hold a banquet, Li Xiulan still finds it hard to believe.

"Hold what banquet? Waste that money for what? As long as our Xiaohua gets into Tsinghua or Peking University, not holding a banquet I, Wang Changgen, can still have plenty of face!"

Wang Changgen's tone of speech is still as blunt as ever, but his way of doing things is already very different from before.

Wang Changgen also said:

"Right now the admission notice hasn't come down, the matter isn't settled. If we're too high-profile, there will definitely be people jealous. Rural people, once jealous, are capable of doing anything!"

Li Xiulan chuckled and said:

"Not holding a banquet is even better. I was just afraid you'd be unhappy, so I asked a few more times to confirm."

Wang Changgen said at this time:

"I have a premonition that the Big Leaders from the County will definitely come to the village to see us."

Wang Changgen indeed has a very strong premonition. This premonition has no basis, yet he believes it firmly.

"I told you long ago, those Big Leaders are so busy, why would they come see us ordinary people? Just stop hoping for that." Li Xiulan said this, then added:

"Actually, it's better if they don't come. If they do come, we wouldn't even know how to host them. Look at our current situation — the newly built building is stalled again, and now we're living in this broken house near the village entrance. If leaders come and see, how embarrassing!"

Wang Changgen said:

"What do you know? This isn't embarrassing; it's actually an honor. Ever heard of 'a noble son from a humble family'? With our family conditions, producing a high-scoring university student like Xiaohua — that's absolutely big news!"

Li Xiulan frowned:

"Actually our family's conditions now have improved a lot compared to before, especially after Dashan and Erhai went out to work. If it weren't for your sudden cerebral hemorrhage costing a lot of money, we'd be wealthier than many rural families."

Wang Changgen said:

"My cerebral hemorrhage is fate. If I didn't have a cerebral hemorrhage, Xiaohua might not have scored this high. Gain always comes with loss; there's nothing to say about it."

Even Li Xiulan, such a superstitious middle-aged woman, hearing Wang Changgen's absurd remarks, could only cry-laugh.

Xiaohua finished the college entrance exam long ago. The score he got — what necessary connection does it have with his cerebral hemorrhage?

"Do you think reporters might come to interview us when the time comes?"

Wang Zhanggen suddenly asked this question again.

"That's quite possible." Li Xiulan replied, "The big leaders from the county don't have time to come, but they'll probably send reporters over. Do you think we should clean up the home environment in advance? The house is a mess right now, just afraid reporters will come and you'll lose face."

Wang Zhanggen, however, said:

"Don't clean, just keep it as is. A noble son from a poor family — the poorer our door, the more it can reflect Xiao Hua's nobility!"

The two were talking back and forth like this.

At this moment, footsteps came from outside the door.

Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan looked up.

Only to see Zhang Zhongtian leading a group of people walk in.

Among them, one was surprisingly Niu Chunsheng.

As for the other few unfamiliar ones, they all had the appearance and bearing of big leaders.

"Zhanggen, Xiulan, look who I brought for you?"

Zhang Zhongtian greeted them with a hearty laugh.

"Could it be the big leaders from the county?"

Wang Zhanggen hurriedly stood up, walked toward the oldest person, and hurriedly went to shake hands, very excited.

That oldest one, however, said with a hearty laugh:

"I'm not a leader from the county, I'm just a small fry from the town. This one is the leader from the county, County Magistrate Xiao!"

That old man hurriedly brought Xiao Xueqing forward, he was also very embarrassed inside, completely unexpected that Wang Zhanggen would actually mistake him for the leader, he dared not usurp the guest's role.

"County Magistrate Xiao, hello hello, didn't expect you to be so young!"

Wang Zhanggen was even more excited, feeling as if he were dreaming.

Just now he was saying he had a premonition that county leaders would come visit, didn't expect they'd actually come for real now, this middle-of-the-night sudden visit, isn't it too unreal!

Immediately he hurriedly turned back to Li Xiulan and said:

"What are you spacing out for, hurry up and brew tea for the leaders!"