Chapter 471: Five Adults, Each Different in Appearance and Demeanor

Niu Chunsheng had just ushered Li Xiulan, Wang Zhanggen, and Zhang Zhongtian into the house to sit down when Wang Xiaohua, Niu Linxin, and Wang Xiaoqian, who were in the study, heard the commotion and all came out to greet them.

"Dad, Mom, Secretary Zhang, hello!" Wang Xiaohua, seeing his parents had brought a live chicken, also felt it was a bit rash, but he couldn't very well say anything to their faces.

"Uncle, Auntie, hello, Uncle, hello." Wang Xiaoqian didn't know Wang Xiaohua's parents or Zhang Zhongtian, so she just politely gave a greeting and didn't say anything else.

"Uncle Wang, hello, Auntie Li, hello! Uncle Zhang, hello!" Niu Linxin, on the other hand, wasn't the least bit shy; she bounced out lively and even walked up to Zhang Zhongtian to act coquettishly and ask for a gift:

"Uncle Zhang, did you bring me a gift?"

Back when Niu Chunsheng's family lived in the town, Zhang Zhongtian often visited their home; every time he went, he would bring Niu Linxin a small gift, and over time, Niu Linxin and Zhang Zhongtian's relationship became very good; Niu Linxin didn't treat Zhang Zhongtian as an outsider at all.

That's why she now dares to directly open her mouth and demand a gift.

Zhang Zhongtian didn't mind either, laughing heartily as he said:

"Lin Xin, your Uncle Zhang came to see you, so of course he'd bring a gift!"

Zhang Zhongtian took out an exquisite small box the size of a palm, and Niu Linxin immediately looked full of anticipation.

"Uncle Zhang, what are you giving me?"

"Open it and see for yourself!"

Zhang Zhongtian laughed heartily.

This was a small gift he bought at the mall on the side when he went to buy cigarettes and alcohol for Niu Chunsheng.

Niu Linxin opened the gift box and discovered inside was an exquisite diamond necklace.

"Wow! This is too beautiful!"

Niu Linxin was overjoyed; she hurriedly put it on in front of the mirror, turning her body left and right to admire the necklace on her neck, looking extremely pleased with herself.

"Secretary Zhang, why did you buy this for her? She's still so young, not at the age for dressing up yet."

Niu Chunsheng said with a smile.

Zhang Zhongtian, however, said:

"She's not small anymore; look at her height, she's almost 1.7 meters! Walking on the street, who would know she's still a junior high student? They'd all think she's a great beauty! Besides, this necklace of mine isn't valuable; the diamonds on it are synthetic, not real diamonds, just a little over a hundred yuan."

Niu Linxin smiled radiantly:

"I thought they were real diamonds, but Uncle Zhang giving me a necklace makes me happy even if they're fake diamonds. Thank you, Uncle Zhang!"

One must say, Niu Linxin's EQ really takes after her dad; the way she spoke made Zhang Zhongtian laugh until he couldn't close his mouth.

"When the day comes that your Uncle Zhang becomes a millionaire, I'll buy you, this little girl, a real diamond necklace!"

Niu Linxin immediately said:

"Then I'll have to pray Uncle Zhang you hurry up and make big money, become a two-millionaire soon, and buy me two diamond necklaces!"

"You little girl, getting insatiably greedy, huh? Secretary Zhang is willing to buy you two necklaces? Do you have two necks to wear them?" Niu Chunsheng laughed and said this.

Niu Linxin then said:

"I'd give one to Xiaoqian; she's my best friend!"

"This little girl is really sensible!" Zhang Zhongtian laughed and praised, then said to Niu Chunsheng: "Your daughter, when she grows up, will absolutely be extraordinary; she's so articulate, she'll be welcome anywhere!"

Niu Chunsheng, however, said: "You don't know; her studies are terrible, she hasn't worried me to death for nothing!"

Zhang Zhongtian laughed and said:

"Studying isn't the only way out; many people who didn't study much, don't they still turn out promising? Take you, General Manager Niu, for example; you didn't go to university either, right?"

Niu Chunsheng knew Zhang Zhongtian was just being polite; he was just afraid Niu Linxin would hear it and take it seriously.

"Times are different now; without a university diploma, it's very hard to get ahead out there."

Niu Linxin said with a grin:

"Dad, don't worry; your daughter, even with only a junior high diploma, will definitely do better than most people in the future!"

Hearing this, Niu Chunsheng felt Niu Linxin was about to be led astray by Zhang Zhongtian's polite words.

He hurriedly said:

"You three hurry back to the study and continue studying; the adults are chatting in the living room, you kids shouldn't butt in."

"Okay, Uncle Chunsheng!"

Wang Xiaohua gave Wang Xiaoqian a look, and the two hurriedly turned and left.

Niu Linxin, however, was unwilling:

"We have guests at home, why do we still have to study!"

Niu Chunsheng glared at her:

"You hurry up and go, don't dawdle, or I'll have Secretary Zhang take your necklace back!"

Niu Linxin could only hang her head:

"Fine fine fine, I'm going, you dictator!"

Watching Niu Linxin reluctantly drag herself back to the study to study, Niu Chunsheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Li Xiulan, who hadn't interjected much, spoke up with a smile at this moment:

"Studying depends on self-motivation; forcing it is useless. Take my Xiao Hua, for example; from childhood to now, he's always been very self-motivated."

Niu Chunsheng smiled wryly:

"Not everyone is as sensible as Xiao Hua, and not everyone can test into Tsinghua; your Xiao Hua is a rare genius seen once in a hundred years; how can my Lin Xin compare to him?"

Wang Zhanggen then said:

"I think you've just spoiled her; don't let her play with electronics, and her grades will naturally go up. When my Xiao Hua was in junior high, his grades weren't that great either, just top twenty or so in the grade; later I smashed his MP3 and strictly forbade him from playing with any electronics; and look, his grades shot up, and in high school he ranked first in the whole school every time!"

Wang Zhanggen had the air of an old master instructing a young apprentice, speaking to Niu Chunsheng from a position of superiority, with earnest sincerity.

He felt that in terms of doing business and making money, he wasn't qualified to point fingers at Niu Chunsheng, but in terms of educating children, he was more than qualified.

Look at that Niu Linxin, no sense of propriety, daring to joke with elders; it was obvious she hadn't been disciplined well.

If it were him as Niu Linxin's biological father, he would have long since taken a bamboo strip and whipped Niu Linxin severely.

"Brother Changgen, what you say has some merit. Lin Xin has developed a bad habit now — she doesn't put her phone down all day, and that's really not conducive to studying!"

Niu Chunsheng quite agreed with Wang Zhanggen on this point.

But directly forbidding Niu Linxin from using her phone would be too extreme.

After all, the County Town is different from the Rural Area.

In the County Town, you need a mobile phone everywhere for contact and communication.

And a direct ban would definitely provoke strong resistance from Niu Linxin.

By then, I'm afraid it would make the relationship stiff and awkward.

"Then you hurry up and take her phone away, don't delay — the longer you drag it out, the worse it gets!"

Wang Zhanggen spoke like this.

Li Xiulan also said:

"My three kids, before high school graduation, never played with phones, and now they're all doing quite well."

Niu Chunsheng said with a laugh:

"That's your good fortune, having such sensible kids. Xiao Fang and I don't have that fortune — Lin Xin has given us plenty of worry from childhood on up."

Zhang Zhongtian spoke at this moment:

"General Manager Niu, you're being too humble. I see your daughter will definitely be promising — she's so young and not stage-shy at all; when she grows up she's got the makings of a Female CEO!"

Lin Xiaofang finished brewing the tea, carried the teapot over and poured the tea water:

"Lin Xin really isn't stage-shy. If you ask me, if her studies don't pan out, maybe she could go the art-exam route — being a female star earns big money these days!"

Zhang Zhongtian hurriedly said: "Right, right, right. This little lass Lin Xin has such a good figure and looks — if she studies music or dance, she'll definitely have great development prospects!"

Five adults in one room, each showing their own colors.

Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan wore the air of people who love to play teacher, feeling that since they'd raised a University Student like Xiao Hua, everything they said must be right.

Zhang Zhongtian's mind was entirely on saying flattering, bootlicking words — after all, he still needed to build a good relationship with Niu Chunsheng.

Niu Chunsheng responded politely; he knew perfectly well which words were bootlicking and which were true.

Lin Xiaofang, however, felt Zhang Zhongtian made some sense, while Wang Zhanggen and Li Xiulan's talk of banning phone use was simply absurd — what era is this, and still no phones? Wouldn't that be totally out of touch with Society?