> Yao's mother was impatient to go to Xibao Town, but because Yao Le's assessment was not completed, she had to delay.

The eldest daughter's lifelong happiness is important, but the college entrance examination that the younger daughter takes is not lifelong happiness.

From the perspective of parents, their children are admitted to university before they embark on a smooth road. Even if you are a girl, reading is also very important, because if you study well, you will have a good job, you will be married, you will be poor in reading, not to mention your marriage, your work will be poor, and you will not even have a guarantee if you are not good.

To put it in a way, a college diploma is a free love certificate, and with a college diploma, you have a foundation for who you want to talk to. Even if the other party's family is a wealthy family of the founding fathers, this stepping stone is hard enough, it at least shows that you yourself are capable, and you are always the object of consideration.

Yao's mother was worried about her youngest daughter's grades, and worried about her eldest daughter's pen son-in-law, and within two days, she was anxious to blister at the mouth, and hurriedly prescribed a tube of skin relaxation in the hospital and went home to apply it.

Yao Yue smiled when she saw it at home: "The college entrance examination is over, why are you in a hurry." ”

"Am I anxious about the college entrance examination? Am I just anxious about the college entrance examination? It's not you, a little girl. Yao's mother "snapped" and slapped Yao Yue's head.

"Oh, didn't you say that you don't want to hit your head?" Yao Yue covered her head and complained: "How can you study when you are stupid." ”

"I think when I beat you, you were very smart, you didn't fight in the last two years, and you became stupid. Stupid woman!" Yao Mu became more and more angry the more she spoke, and hit Yao Yue on the head that had just let go.

"Mom-" Yao Yue jumped to her feet angrily, glanced at the mirror, and complained: "It's all red." ”

Yao Le laughed twice, and then slipped away under the gaze of the two.

"You, you, how dare you take such an expensive thing. Yao's mother slapped the table hard, but her palm was hot and painful, and she couldn't help but wonder: Why doesn't it hurt when the leader slaps the table?

Yao Yue was funny and curious, took the skin easily, helped Yao's mother apply it to the corner of her mouth, and said, "I didn't explain, I don't know how expensive this thing is, you don't believe it." If you think about it, it's just a box with a fountain pen, and it's not made of gold, who knows it can sell for so much money. ”

"It's more expensive than gold. Yao's mother grinned exaggeratedly, and said: "I've been thinking about it for the past two days, thinking about it, just thinking about you, I think, this pen can't be bought by himself." ”

"Why?"

"Didn't you say that his father was the party secretary of Xizhaizi Township? The party secretary of a township can have so much oil and water? Yao's mother has asked Yao Yue about the background of the Yang family these days, but it is Yang Rui herself, she hastily understands it, and is ready to meet and judge again, lest her daughter help him brag nonsense.

At this time, Yao's mother said logically: "He does technology for foreigners, no matter how he bragged to you, I think it's a great thing to earn a thousand yuan from hard work, let me think, a thousand yuan is impossible, 100 yuan is about the same." The boiler workers in our unit are also the same as Yang Rui, because they are temporary workers, they work so hard, eight hours and ten hours a day non-stop shoveling coal, transporting coal, and sweating in a sweatshirt in winter, do you know how much it costs a month?"

"I don't know. ”

"28 yuan 5 salary, 5 yuan more subsidy, a total of 33 yuan and five cents, the entire boiler room, as well as cleaning the sewers, all the dirty work and tiring work are thrown to him, you say, there are so many foreigners invited, why should you invite him?"

"He's very skilled. ”

"Good technology?" Yao's mother didn't believe it, and said with a smile: "There are many people with good skills in Pingjiang City, and there are still experts who were sent to the county back then, and there are still those who have not returned." Foreigners burn money, and they must give thousands of yuan to a high school student?

"His technique is exceptional. Yao Yue didn't know how to describe it, took Wei Zhenxue as an example, and the two of them worked together to be Yang Rui's assistant, she admired Yang Rui for not being convincing, Wei Zhenxue was always a little contrasting.

Yao's mother, as a native of Pingjiang, the provincial capital, looked down on the Coal Research Institute in the Nanhu area, shook her head and said: "If it is so easy to make money, the people of the Coal Research Institute are not good, and the head office of the Coal Research Institute is not good, and the research institute in Beijing is not good, there are many capable people in the society, not that he is a high school student who is good at recklessness, what is the Wei you are talking about, I think it is a mixed society." ”

Yao Yue knew that her mother, when she had such a right idea, she could only bow her head.

Yao's mother was a little happy when she said it, touched her chin, although she didn't have a beard, but the leader was the same, and said slowly: "I think, there are two possibilities." ”

"Two more?"

"Of course. Yao's mother snapped her fingers and said, "First, the foreigner gave him a fountain pen, but he didn't understand it, so he gave it to you." Do you think, if he understands, when he sends you, shouldn't he explain, for example, that this pen is very expensive or something?"

"However, if a foreigner gave him such an expensive fountain pen, why didn't he give him money?" Yao Yue pretended not to understand.

Syllable!

Yao's mother's slap fell on Yao Yue's forehead again, and said, "How do I know that foreigners give tips, maybe this is the tip that people give easily, and I just happened to meet a big leader." ”

"You hit me on the head again. Yao Yue's face was wronged.

"What are you calling, find a bad man, what should I do if I am beaten every day in the future?" Yao's mother helped Yao Yue touch it, blew it twice, and said, "I'm also good for you." Also, do you think it was a foreigner who gave him a fake?"

"Didn't you take it to the Friendship Store and ask an acquaintance?"

"He doesn't understand it, who has ever seen such an expensive thing. Yao's mother sighed and said: "Or there are overseas relatives, whether the Yang family has overseas relatives, you don't know? ”

"You've said three possibilities by now. ”

"What's wrong with three?"

"Didn't you say there were two possibilities?"

"Hey, you've got stiff wings, aren't you? Yao's mother waved her iron palm without hesitation.

After driving Yao Yue away to help her sister assess the score, Yao's mother sat down at the desk, took out Montblanc's fountain pen, and tried to write a few more strokes.

Although it was useless for several days, the pen was still lubricated as if it had been used all the time, and not only the lines were smooth, but the thickness of the lines was also very stable.

"If it's a fake, a foreigner's fake is too good. Yao's mother pondered secretly, picked up one of the four bottles of ink distributed by Yang Rui, and carefully pondered the English characters on it.

Fountain pens and ink, in fact, Yang Rui asked the Hong Kong manager Guan Shen to bring back from Hong Kong during the Chinese New Year, he has more dollars in his hand, and it is much more cost-effective to buy these things than in China. Of course, the cost-effective Montblanc fountain pen is still very expensive, always hundreds of dollars, which is a luxury for Europeans and Americans in this era, and it is like a fantasy for Chinese in this era.

Yao's mother didn't dare to use it much, so she tried it and put it back in the box.

Originally, according to the introduction of an acquaintance, since it was to be returned to others, the ink inside should be washed out. Yao's mother was afraid of breaking it, so she didn't dare to wash it, so she wanted to explain it later.

Closing the lid, Yao's mother breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the other furnishings on the desk, and involuntarily opened the pen box and placed it in the middle of the table.

Everyone likes good things, and Yao's mother is naturally no exception.

On the 12th, Yao Le finally assessed the score, and before applying for the exam, he went to Xibao Town with Yao Yue and Yao's mother, ready to return the pen to Yang Rui, and apologize by the way.

No matter where this fountain pen came from, there must always be an explanation for returning it when you use it at home.

For this reason, Yao Le can't wait quietly in Pingjiang to volunteer, but has to follow along.

Yao's mother was especially worried about how Yang Rui would react when he learned the price of the fountain pen.

It's Yao Yue, who is very relaxed. She had used Yang Rui's real room, and she knew the value of those instruments, and most importantly, he believed in Yang Rui's technical strength.

This is where she and her mother are diametrically opposed.

For Yao's mother's generation, no matter how valuable the technology is, it is just a certificate, a certificate of merit, and a bonus of 100 yuan.

With her mode of thinking, she doesn't think that anyone can make so much money, and she doesn't believe that someone has worked so hard to make so much money that she actually used it to buy a fountain pen.

In these years, gold rings and earrings are rare, and gold necklaces are even rarer, but jade is slightly more because there is no international price. If it was any of these jewels, although Yao Mu would still feel abrupt, she could still understand it, but ......

A fountain pen!

Even with it in her hand, Yao's mother obviously still couldn't believe it.

It's as if someone suddenly told her that American astronauts can't see the Great Wall from space!

In the overlapping fantasy, the mother and daughter of the Yao family came to Xibao Middle School.

The holiday town is empty and clean, with pure air and verdant woods, forming a beautiful picture of the town.

From a distance, Seafort Town Middle School seems to be surrounded by greenery.

The playground near the school area has been hardened, and except for a few dusts, there is no dusty scene as expected.

However, unlike the Xibao Middle School that Yao Yue saw in the past, today's Xibao Middle School is exceptionally quiet.

The three of them searched for a while before they heard a faint argument inside the courtyard of the cafeteria.

"No! The focus of the application is irresponsibility to the students. Yes, the results of Hongrui's class are better than in previous years, but you have to take into account the situation of other schools, and other schools will also do better......"

"Just apply for a university safely, the most important thing is to be able to go to college, right?"

"No, no, no, don't apply for a junior college, only apply for a bachelor's degree, what should I do if I slip?"

When Yao Yue heard this, he heard Yang Rui's voice appear: "The junior college is admitted in batches in advance, if you apply for the junior college, you will be admitted by the junior college if you pass the line, even if the score exceeds the undergraduate line, there is no chance to go to the undergraduate, if you want me to say, as long as you have the opportunity, you would rather slip the gear, you should also try the undergraduate, and the focus should not be given up." ”

"Li Xuegong, Liu Shan, Xu Jing, these first few undergraduate applicants, it is understandable, you report so many key points in one breath, you have to consider the students......" The sharp objection rushed to the sky and scattered on the ground.

Yao's mother understood a little and said, "Are they arguing about volunteering?"

"It seems to be. ”

"I remember you saying that Yang Rui did well in the preliminary examination, is it the first in their school or in the county? How did he do in the exam this time? Looking at this way, if he can study for an undergraduate, maybe he can also read the key points, right?" Yao's mother's mind turned, and she felt that although this pen son-in-law may have repeated his studies for several years, if he could also take the undergraduate exam, he would be a good match for her daughter.

Yao Yue said softly: "It is the first place in the provincial preliminary examination." ”

"Who is not participating in the provincial pre-examination, don't be your mother who doesn't understand, just the small county we just passed, Xi County, right, it's good to be able to take a few college students in a county, and there are more people who are the first in the pre-examination and fall off the list." Yao's mother still doesn't care about Yang Rui himself, and always thinks about the Yang family and so on.

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