Chapter 803

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

This dinner's atmosphere was still quite harmonious and joyful.

Until nearly ten o'clock in the evening, Niu Chunsheng finally brought his wife and children to bid farewell and leave.

Li Zhongxian had Wang Xiaohua and Li Jianjia go downstairs together to see them off.

From this action alone, one could see that Li Zhongxian already treated Wang Xiaohua as family.

Arriving at the underground garage.

"Xiao Hua, Jianjia, just send us off here. If you have time, you can come to my house to play."

Niu Chunsheng said politely.

"Okay, Uncle. Take care, Uncle."

Li Jianjia replied politely.

Niu Chunsheng pressed the car key, the car lights flashed once, and Lin Xiaofang proactively opened the car door and walked into the driver's seat.

Tonight Niu Chunsheng had drunk a bit of alcohol, so he wasn't fit to drive; therefore Lin Xiaofang proactively came to drive.

"You go to the back row and sit with your daughter."

Lin Xiaofang said this one sentence to Niu Chunsheng.

Niu Chunsheng got into the back row.

Looking at his precious daughter sitting beside him, his gaze was somewhat complex, even involuntarily letting out a sigh.

Such a good daughter, only pity she's not sensible; in the prime of her youth, she doesn't study properly, her mind full of nothing but thoughts of playing.

"Lin Xin, you must be more sensible in the future. Dad and Mom cannot protect you for a lifetime."

Niu Chunsheng suddenly said this one sentence, perhaps because he had drunk a bit of alcohol.

"Got it, Dad. I'm very sensible!"

"If you were truly sensible, you wouldn't be greedy for play and neglect your studies."

Facing her father's scolding, Niu Linxin became somewhat impatient:

"So what if my studies are bad? I didn't go do anything illegal. Is studying the only standard for measuring whether a person is good or bad?"

Niu Linxin's mouth rendered Niu Chunsheng speechless.

She indeed could speak eloquently.

But real society won't reason with her.

As an ordinary person, studying is almost the only opportunity to obtain a channel for upward mobility.

After years of struggle, Niu Chunsheng had acquired some assets, but these assets of his, placed in this society, he was still merely an ordinary person with a bit of money.

"Sigh, Wang Xiaoqian scored so well, how come you scored so poorly?"

Niu Chunsheng scolded another sentence.

"She's smarter than me."

Niu Linxin grew even more impatient:

"Can you stop saying these things? Didn't we agree you'd buy points for me so I can attend the music specialty class?"

Niu Chunsheng wore a gloomy face:

"I heard that buying points to enter high school costs twenty thousand yuan per point. You're short 8 points, that would be 160,000. And most importantly, buying points to enter high school means no academic record; when it's time for the college entrance exam, you can only participate as a social candidate."

"Just 160,000, that's not a lot of money." Niu Linxin had no concept of money; she only knew her dad could earn money, so she felt 160,000 was just a tiny sum.

Niu Chunsheng gave a bitter laugh:

"Back when I partnered with your Aunt Xiulan to open a small shop in Shangou Village, forget 160,000, even 16 yuan was a not-small sum. Never expected society to change this fast; by your generation, you actually take it for granted that 160,000 isn't big money."

Niu Linxin's face was full of speechlessness:

"Dad, don't think about those irrelevant things. Anyway, the money you two earn is either spent by you two or spent on me. It's all spending anyway, don't be so calculating!"

"I'm not being calculating; I'm afraid you'll live badly in the future."

Niu Chunsheng poured out his heart and soul.

What he got in return was Niu Linxin's heartlessness.

"Ugh, so annoying. If you keep nagging about those irrelevant things, I won't talk to you anymore!"

Niu Linxin looked toward Lin Xiaofang driving in front:

"Mom, Dad nagging like this, isn't it annoying?"

Lin Xiaofang smiled:

"Your dad is doing it for your own good!"

"I know he's doing it for my good, but there's no need to nag like this. The high school entrance exam results are already out; the result can't be changed anymore. What use is saying these things? Hurry up and buy points for me to enter high school, or send me to a private high school in a big city. Just two choices, what's there to talk about."

Niu Linxin spoke these words with righteous confidence.

Hearing this, Niu Chunsheng could only sigh again.

And at this time, on the other side.

After Wang Xiaohua and Li Jianjia finished seeing off Niu Chunsheng, Lin Xiaofang, and Niu Linxin, the two of them took the elevator home together.

In the elevator, there were only two people.

Wang Xiaohua suddenly asked a sentence:

"Speaking of, the money in your family..."

He wanted to speak but stopped.

Li Jianjia's face showed a trace of embarrassment, then she said:

"I don't know either, I never asked."

Wang Xiaohua felt a bit strange in his heart.

Just while eating, Niu Linxin mentioned it casually; the speaker had no intention, but the listener took it to heart.

Indeed, Li Zhongxian was merely a very inconspicuous minor leader in the county town; back when Wang Erhai and Wang Dashan held their wedding ceremony together, a whole table of important county leaders came, yet Li Zhongxian didn't even have the qualifications to sit with those important leaders; they only pulled him and his family to sit together because they knew Wang Xiaohua.

Such a minor leader, yet he could live in such a nice house, drive such a nice car, and not just one car — husband and wife each had one.

These expenses definitely couldn't be supported by salary alone.

"Oh oh, not asking is normal too, I never asked my family these things either, I just focused on studying."

Wang Xiaohua replied with a sentence.

At this moment Li Jianjia looked at Wang Xiaohua, her face serious:

"Xiao Hua, if my dad gets into trouble in the future, will you still be with me?"

Her tone was very heavy; one could see she cared deeply about Wang Xiaohua's answer.

Wang Xiaohua looked into her eyes, thought for a moment, then said:

"I love you, and it has nothing to do with your family."

Hearing these words, Li Jianjia finally let out a breath of relief.

She suddenly hugged Wang Xiaohua tightly:

"Xiao Hua, from now on let's both go develop in a big city, don't come back to a small city, okay?"

Wang Xiaohua was stunned.

Li Jianjia suddenly making such a suggestion caught him completely off guard.

You have to know, for the past half year or so he had already started preparing for the civil service exam, planning to take the exam back in his hometown after graduation, precisely to be closer to Li Jianjia, to be able to live together.

Li Jianjia had no objections to this before, but now she suddenly said these words.

"This is... what's wrong?"

Wang Xiaohua gently stroked Li Jianjia's back, asking carefully.

"The county town is a big dye vat; many things force you against your will. I don't want you polluted by the big environment here, and I don't want your talent buried in this small place."

Li Jianjia's way of putting it was quite tactful.

Wang Xiaohua understood; Li Jianjia was just afraid he would follow in her father's footsteps.

And her father being like this now, he probably already has no way out.

Once the matter breaks, he'll definitely have to go eat prison food.

Also associating with the recent high-level national policy of "both striking tigers and swatting flies".

One knows that beneath the currently calm atmosphere, Li Zhongxian is actually already in a precarious position.