Chapter 472: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 472: Huangsheng Zhang Zhongtian

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Time flew, and it was already past ten o'clock when Xiao Xueqing called Wang Xiaohua to ask whether Wang Xiaohua had brought his parents to the county town.

Wang Xiaohua replied politely, saying his parents had already arrived in the county town.

"Alright then, you all come over to the county government side, come early to prepare a bit, the ceremony is about to start too."

"Okay, County Magistrate Xiao, we'll head over right away!"

Wang Xiaohua came out of the study and explained the situation to Niu Chunsheng and the others.

Everyone then set off together.

Niu Lin Xin and Wang Xiaoqian also went along to watch the fun.

Niu Chunsheng didn't stop them; he just thought that his daughter seeing Wang Xiaohua standing center stage accepting commendation would probably inspire her to study even harder.

Everyone arrived together at the underground garage.

Niu Chunsheng invited Wang Xiaohua to ride in the same car as him, but Wang Xiaohua declined and had Lin Xiaofang, Niu Lin Xin, and Wang Xiaoqian ride in Niu Chunsheng's car.

Wang Xiaohua, meanwhile, went with his parents to ride in Zhang Zhongtian's car.

The vehicles drove off toward the county government square.

"Xiaohua, I also brought you a chicken, and winter melon and pumpkin, all good stuff from home!"

In the car, Li Xiulan said this to Wang Xiaohua.

"A live chicken too?" Wang Xiaohua asked.

"Yes, didn't have time to slaughter it, so brought a whole live one down; after we finish this meeting thing, let's go together to your rental place, if you can't handle it I'll help you process it and then we'll head back to Shangou Village."

Wang Xiaohua was noncommittal, only saying:

"In the future if you want to bring anything down, give me a heads-up in advance."

Li Xiulan sensed Wang Xiaohua's displeasure and hurriedly asked:

"Xiaohua, you don't like it? When you were little, you loved eating chicken drumsticks."

Wang Xiaohua gave a wry smile and couldn't help saying:

"This has nothing to do with like or dislike; if you want to give something to me, I certainly have no objection, the problem is you gave such a big live chicken to Uncle Chunsheng's family, and they're clearly not too willing — a big live chicken is so much trouble to deal with, and Aunt Xiaofang loves cleanliness, she has to clean the house several times a day; I understand your good intentions, but gift-giving must hit the recipient's heart, you can't just give whatever you think is good."

Seeing Wang Xiaohua actually turn around and lecture them, Wang Changgen immediately became unhappy:

"You little brat, turning things upside down, huh? On how to conduct oneself and handle affairs, we as parents still need you, this son, to teach us? Us giving a chicken to them is thinking highly of them; if they don't like it, they have the guts not to accept it, making it seem like we have to lick their faces to get by — you're a Tsinghua University student, can't you be a bit confident? Right now it's Niu Chunsheng who wants to lick your face, understand?"

Wang Changgen's words were very crude, but they couldn't be said to be entirely without reason.

But to say they were completely right, that didn't seem to be the case either.

Zhang Zhongtian, who was driving, now laughed heartily to smooth things over:

"Don't argue, that's a small matter; Niu Chunsheng is so good at socializing, he won't mind these little details. Changgen has a point; Niu Chunsheng indeed wants to take the initiative to build a good relationship with you, Xiaohua, you should be confident. You're not wrong either; city people really don't like live chickens and ducks, making everything stink, that's indeed not good, but don't blame your parents either, they meant well, just didn't think it through that thoroughly."

Wang Xiaohua's face was still gloomy, but he had to admit Zhang Zhongtian's words had a certain logic.

Soon, they arrived at the county government square.

The venue here was already set up.

A huge temporary stage had been erected.

Behind the stage were some sponsorship ads.

They were respectively from Huangsheng, Jiantao, and Nanqiang and other enterprises.

Conversely, there was no sign of Spring City Real Estate's ad.

Hundreds of chairs were arranged below the stage; the front few rows all had little signs placed on them — which leader sat in which position was all carefully arranged long ago.

The seats further back were free for anyone to sit in.

Wang Xiaohua and the others had just gotten out of the car when Xiao Xueqing personally came over to greet them.

Seeing Xiao Xueqing approach, Niu Chunsheng hurriedly got out of the car and went forward to welcome her.

Xiao Xueqing exchanged a few polite pleasantries with Niu Chunsheng, then walked toward Wang Xiaohua and his parents.

"Uncle, Auntie, congratulations, your son has been admitted to Tsinghua, did you know about this?"

Xiao Xueqing proactively shook hands with Wang Changgen and Li Xiulan, wearing a kind and amiable expression, offering condolences.

"Knew long ago, thank you County Magistrate Xiao for caring so much!"

Wang Changgen beamed, grinning from ear to ear.

Because he had long noticed that County Magistrate Xiao only exchanged a few polite words with Niu Chunsheng, yet came to him and proactively spoke with him.

The weight of him and Niu Chunsheng in County Magistrate Xiao's heart — who was lighter and who heavier — was clear at a glance.

"Caring is only right; after all, your family's child is the only Tsinghua University student our small county has had so far, I even have to represent the whole county's people in thanking you; you raised such an outstanding child, that's our county's glory!"

Xiao Xueqing really knows how to speak and how to conduct herself.

She didn't look down on Wang Changgen and Li Xiulan just because they were genuine farmers; on the contrary, she showed great respect.

Her words made Wang Changgen and Li Xiulan delighted beyond measure.

Xiao Xueqing then said to Wang Changgen:

"During the ceremony later, the host might call you up on stage to say a couple of words; will you be nervous? If you don't want to go up and speak, I can go communicate with the host right now and cancel that segment."

Wang Changgen immediately hurriedly said:

"How could I be nervous, not nervous at all, say a couple of words then say a couple of words!"

This was one of the rare highlight moments in Wang Changgen's life; even if he were nervous, he'd still have to go up and say a couple of words!

When he returns to the village later, he can really show off!

Let's see who still dares not give Wang Zhanggen face!

"Good, alright, then it's settled. When the host calls you, you just go up and speak!"

At this time, Xiao Xueqing said to Wang Xiaohua:

"Xiao Hua, in a moment the host will have you go on stage, you just go on stage!"

"Okay, County Magistrate Xiao."

"When the host lets you speak, you should be able to speak too, right?"

"I can... do you want to write a draft first?" Wang Xiaohua was still a bit nervous.

"Up to you, however you feel comfortable, just do it that way, don't be too nervous!" Xiao Xueqing's face was full of gentleness.

"Okay okay..."

Wang Xiaohua hurriedly found paper and pen, went to sit in the back row, and started writing the speech.

He felt he must have a draft in hand to have confidence.

Otherwise, once on stage, he might go blank in his mind from excessive nervousness and not be able to say anything.

On stage, the host was still testing the speaker.

The leaders had already begun entering the venue one after another.

Additionally, there were various enterprise bosses, as well as reporters from all sides.

Seeing Huangsheng's boss arrive, Niu Chunsheng immediately took the initiative to go forward and greet him.

Huangsheng's Boss Zhang, seeing Niu Chunsheng come over, joked with a smile:

"General Manager Niu, you really know how to do business. I heard you signed Wang Xiaohua's exclusive endorsement. You're simply cutting off my Huangsheng's path!"

Boss Zhang's words hid a knife in the smile.

Niu Chunsheng busily said with a smile:

"I dare not accept that. I'm just a small character, how would I dare cut off your path, Boss Zhang? Everyone does business together, earns money together. If Boss Zhang thinks well of my Cheng Cheng Real Estate, I'd be more than willing for Boss Zhang to buy shares."

Hearing this, Boss Zhang immediately laughed heartily:

"Just waiting for those words. Later we'll talk properly! On price, I won't let you suffer a loss!"