Chapter 519

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Li Ye parked the Santana at the entrance of the County No. 2 Middle School. Bean-sized raindrops hit the roof of the Santana, making a dull "thump, thump, thump" sound.

The sky in July is like a child's face; it changes whenever it wants.

A sudden heavy rain finally dispelled the heat of the past few days, bringing a brief coolness to the earth.

At the entrance of the County No. 2 Middle School, parents picking up their children finally appeared, each holding an umbrella, necks craned, looking hard into the campus.

"Sigh, it would have been great if this rain had started the day before yesterday!"

"Exactly. My child hasn't been able to sleep well from the heat for the past few nights, and he has to use his brain to take the college entrance exam during the day. Heaven isn't helping us..."

"Shh, don't say that. Heaven is helping today. This last English exam is the hardest; at least it let the children cool down, right?"

"My child can get fifty or sixty points in English. I took him to worship the Old Locust Grandpa last night; it should be fine this year..."

"Fifty or sixty points? Then it should really be fine. I remember the year Li Ye's two daughters got into the Capital Aviation Academy, their English wasn't even fifty or sixty points!"

"It's different now! University is getting harder and harder to get into. That year Li Ye got into Capital University with four hundred seventy or eighty, but now five hundred thirty or forty isn't safe... If only he could get six hundred points..."

"Six hundred points? That would require the Old Locust Grandpa to send a dream. Three years have passed; who else can get six hundred points?"

Li Ye sat in the Santana by the side of the road, opened the car window a little, and listened to the discussion and nagging of the parents outside, feeling their expectations and anxiety.

By 1985, even the most stubborn parents knew the benefits of going to university. In the past, there was the saying "work early, earn money early" if you couldn't get into university.

But now it's "a half-level deputy section chief can crush people"; a high school student might never catch up to a junior college student in their whole life.

But the success rate of repeating and fighting again in the past few years has been decreasing, and the admission score line has been rising year by year.

Although the total score reached 690, an increase of 50 points compared to 1981, the undergraduate admission score line also increased by 40 or 50 points.

The difficulty of this increase is imaginable.

And this is just the beginning. For example, in 1986, the admission score line for Capital University in Dongshan Province reached 528 for liberal arts and 562 for science.

This is a score that makes top students tremble, especially the mode of reporting volunteers before the college entrance exam, which makes the vast majority of top students afraid to take risks.

And just two years later, this score broke through 600. In 1988, the science admission score line in Dongshan Province was 619, ranking tenth in the country, and the candidates in the nine provinces ahead were even more miserable.

And after a few more years, 600 points will just be the threshold for 211, and it will be very difficult for children of ordinary intelligence to get into university by studying hard.

So, the good thing about students of ordinary intelligence being able to get into Capital University by constantly brushing questions and studying hard will soon cease to exist. 211 is the limit for ordinary people to hang their heads from the beam and prick their thighs with an awl.

Children who can get into 985 or above must be both smart and hardworking; they are children who owed their parents in their previous lives and came to repay them in this life.

"Ring, ring, ring."

"They're coming out, they're coming out."

The umbrellas at the entrance suddenly became chaotic, and the children who had finished the exam poured out of the school like sheep.

Li Ye saw a plain purple-flowered folding umbrella at a glance.

Li Juan came out of the school gate with an umbrella, looked left and right, and found Li Ye's car.

A happy smile immediately appeared on the little girl's face. Under the gaze of a crowd of students and parents, she walked quickly to the front of the Santana, closed the umbrella, opened the car door, and climbed up.

"Brother, actually you don't have to come to pick me up. I can just walk back myself. This is the first time I've used my little flower umbrella!"

Li Ye said while driving: "Oh, are you willing to walk home in the rain just to show off your little flower umbrella? The water on the street has already covered your ankles. Should I stop the car and let you go wade in the water?"

"Oh, oh, then... then it's better to take the car."

Li Juan smiled embarrassedly. The little girl had enjoyed the treatment of being picked up and dropped off by car for the past few days, and she was actually almost dying of happiness inside.

Li Ye glanced at Li Juan, who was ashamed and blushing, and asked with a smile: "Looking at you, you must have done well in the exam this afternoon, right?"

A smile that couldn't be stopped appeared on Li Juan's little face: "It's okay, I think at least eighty points."

"That's quite good."

Li Ye knew the character of this cheap sister of his. If she said she could get eighty points, the actual situation would likely be over ninety points.

If the little sister Li Ying said she could get eighty points, then you could just cut it in half and count it as forty points and burn high incense.

The Santana stopped at the entrance of the Li family's courtyard. Li Juan opened the door and got out first, opened the umbrella, and helped Li Ye block the rain.

By the time the siblings entered the courtyard, half of Li Juan's shoulders were already wet, but Li Ye's body wasn't wet at all.

Li Ye was just about to say a few words to Li Juan, but the little sister Li Ying suddenly opened the window and waved to the two of them urgently.

"Hey, hey, Brother, Grandma and Dad were angry just now. Grandma said she wanted Dad to deal with you later, and Dad just put on his armed belt... I think it seems real this time."

Li Juan was shocked and said: "Why? Grandma said it? Why deal with our brother?"

Li Juan was very clear about the power structure of the family. Don't look at Li Kaijian holding the title of father, but he basically couldn't deal with Li Ye.

But it was different when Grandma spoke; that was more effective than grandfather Li Li Zhongfa's words.

Li Ying shook her little head like a rattle and lowered her voice: "I don't know, but Aunt came just now. She probably won't deal with our brother in front of outsiders. Brother, why don't you take the opportunity to go out and hide!"

"Right, Brother, you go out and hide! Just stay at Brother Li Dayong's house for a day. Grandma will be angry at you for at most one day."

Sister Li Ying was stunned for a moment, and also thought her sister's ghost idea was right, so she hurriedly urged Li Ye to go out and hide.

Li Ye frowned slightly and turned to walk out.

He wasn't afraid of his father dealing with him; wasn't it just about Lu Lu Jingyao? It would be fine if he explained it clearly.

He just didn't want to run into that aunt who had suddenly come to the door.

Aunt Li Li Mingyue's family went to the capital last year to attend sister Li Xia Yue's wedding, then felt they had been snubbed, and after returning, they cried and shouted "never see each other again."

As a result, it hadn't even been a year, and they were running to the door again. What were they seeking?

However, Li Ye hadn't walked a few steps before Aunt Li Li Mingyue saw Li Ye.

"Brother Xiao Ye and Yang Xiaojuan are back? Come into the room quickly, what are you standing under the eaves for?"

Li Ye looked back and saw Aunt Li Li Mingyue standing at the entrance of the main room, smiling and amiable.

Li Ye was fine, but Li Juan couldn't help but shiver.

This aunt's look at Han Han Chunmei's mother and children had always been disdainful. This was the first time Li Juan had seen such a kind smile.

"Let's go!"

Li Ye said lightly, took Li Juan's umbrella, and walked into the main room together.

Sitting in the main room were grandfather Li Li Zhongfa, grandmother Wu Wu Juying, father Li Kaijian, aunt Li Li Mingyue, and cousin Cui Aiguo, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Cui Aiguo had grown taller than in previous years, the acne on his face had disappeared, leaving only a few shallow pits, still retaining the marks of youth.

Seeing Li Ye enter the room, Cui Aiguo hesitated, but still stood up.

"Brother, you're back."

"Hey, sit, sit, sit down and talk."

Although Li Ye didn't like Cui Aiguo, he still maintained the generosity of a cousin on the surface, politely letting Cui Aiguo sit down.

After sitting down, Li Ye didn't take the initiative to speak, just guessing the purpose of the aunt and son.

To be able to make the aunt feel so aggrieved, it must not be a small matter; it was either related to the aunt's husband or related to Cui Aiguo.

Cui Aiguo was studying at a junior college and had just graduated this year, so...

Sure enough, not long after Li Ye sat down, Aunt began to complain: "Dad! Aiguo studied at university in the northwest for three years and suffered so much, but now the job arrangement is actually arranged to the county fertilizer factory..."

"Look at Xiao Liu who was assigned to the county a few years ago. He is also a junior college student, and Aiguo is also a junior college student... You have to make the decision for Aiguo!"

"Many secondary vocational students are assigned to the city's steel factory. Isn't this bullying us because people are gone and tea is cold?"

Li Kaijian was from the county fertilizer factory. Hearing his sister's words, he said with some displeasure: "Isn't it okay to be assigned to our fertilizer factory? Our fertilizer factory is very efficient now..."

The county fertilizer factory updated its technology the year before last, no longer producing liquid ammonia, but instead producing ammonium bicarbonate fertilizer. The products not only met the needs of the county but also covered several nearby counties, and were very popular.

But Li Li Mingyue retorted in a second, disdainfully saying: "Even if it's efficient, there's no future. Kaijian, you've been working for thirty years and only managed to be a workshop director. Xiao Liu in the county became a section chief in four years. Can you catch up in your life?"

Li Ye understood. Li Li Mingyue was jealous seeing Xiao Liu in the county being promoted rapidly and having a bright future.

(End of chapter)