Chapter 132 Fool
Chapter 132 Fool
Lu Yuanhuan had been home for several days after the exam and should have been able to relax.
But the situation at home made her feel a little strange.
After the first day of exams, her family members were eager to ask her how the exam went, especially asking her "How do you think you did?" every now and then.
Lu Yuanhuan answered patiently and kindly.
I originally thought that after the last day of the exam, the situation might only get worse, and I might even have to ask her to say the answers and then try to compare them with this year's test takers.
And then what happened?
They all seemed to have forgotten about her college entrance exam, and stopped asking her any questions at all.
It's impossible for her not to be surprised by such an unusual behavior!
"So, tell me, what's wrong with you all?" Lu Yuanhuan insisted on pulling Lu Mingxi aside to explain. "Why are you all acting so strangely?"
It's really making her uncomfortable!
Upon being caught, Lu Mingxi instinctively covered his mouth, "I won't ask, I absolutely won't ask!"
Isn't she curious? Of course she is!
Taking the college entrance exam! There isn't a single college student in Shihua Village right now. If someone actually gets in, what an honor that would be!
Later, the first college student from Shihua Village came from their family, and they could hold their heads high when they went out.
Lu Yuanhuan was speechless. "Who told you to ask? What do you want to ask? I'm asking what you guys have been up to lately. Why are you avoiding me!"
"No!" Lu Mingxi was full of questions. "Auntie, are you overthinking this? Who in this family would avoid you? Everyone likes you!"
Lu Yuanhuan choked!
What could she say?
Can she say that she received special treatment on the first day of the exam, and that this treatment would stop after the exam?
Besides, before the college entrance exam, her family focused all their attention on her, but after the exam, they didn't care anymore, and they didn't even ask about her score, which was the most important thing to them!
Simply put, the difference is too great and unacceptable!
Lu Yuanhuan paused for a moment, then asked bluntly, "Why didn't you ask me how I did on the exam? Or if I was confident?"
Tsk!
As soon as he said this, Lu Yuanhuan regretted it and wished he could swallow it back.
She clearly disliked hearing such questions at first.
Which student likes to hear a question like that?!
But she insisted on asking herself, which made me a little embarrassed!
Lu Mingxi didn't notice this and said directly, "So you thought we weren't asking you these questions because we were avoiding you!"
"You guessed right, we were indeed avoiding you!"
Lu Yuanhuan: "..."
Lu Mingxi: "Because we are all very, very curious about how you did on the exam, and we also want to ask you how you feel about yourself, whether you are confident that you will get into university, and whether our family will produce a university student!"
Lu Yuanhuan steadied herself and said, "Then why didn't you ask? Did you not care about her? Or did you think she wouldn't pass the exam and there was no need to ask?"
Just as Lu Yuanhuan was having doubts about himself in his heart.
Lu Mingxi pursed her lips and said, "Because my third uncle said we're not allowed to ask!"
"Third Brother?" Lu Yuanhuan's eyes widened.
"Mmm!" Lu Mingxi nodded vigorously. "I guess it's because after you came out of the exam on the first day, we were so eager to ask you about these things that Uncle San thought it was inappropriate, so he firmly forbade us from asking you any more questions!"
"When you came out of the exam, he was very serious, and we dared not disobey him!"
Therefore, even with their immense curiosity, none of them dared to be the first to ask, and they even remembered Lu Yuanqing's words firmly, not daring to disobey him.
But how can one easily suppress curiosity?
Lu Yuanbo, in particular, was so eager for Lu Yuanhuan to get into university that he was incredibly curious. Perhaps only Lu Yuanhuan's confirmation and the moment he actually saw the university admission notice would extinguish his curiosity.
But since the exams have just finished, don't expect to see the acceptance letter immediately.
They could only rely on Lu Yuanhuan's affirmation.
But Lu Yuanqing forbade them to ask, otherwise they would be in trouble.
I'm itching to ask myself.
There was nothing else he could do but stay away from Lu Yuanhuan, lest he get too close and accidentally blurt it out!
Lu Yuanhuan suddenly realized what was going on at home during this time.
"Third brother, he..."
Lu Mingxi: "My third uncle is very good to us!"
"Yes!" Lu Yuanhuan nodded vigorously!
……
Lu Yuanqing had no idea that he had told Lu Yuanhuan not to ask about her grades because he saw her looking unhappy as she came out of the exam room. He was worried that she hadn't done well and that Lu Yuanbo and the others might keep asking her questions, which would upset her.
However, based on Lu Mingxi's words, Lu Yuanhuan thought that Lu Yuanqing was too considerate as a parent. Even if Lu Yuanqing knew, he wouldn't say anything. Instead, he belatedly realized that he was just that good and a great parent!
He's thinking about Lu Mingxi and Lu Mingdong now.
After the college entrance examination, comes the middle school entrance examination.
As I said before, among the children in the family who are currently in school, apart from the clumsy Lu Mingnan, none of them require his attention in terms of academic performance.
He also took the time to ask Lu Mingxi's homeroom teacher, and after receiving the same confirmation, he felt relieved.
But now...
"What do you say?"
Lu Mingxi was completely unaware of Lu Yuanqing's shock. "Xiaxia and I applied to a vocational school!"
Vocational school?
Lu Yuanqing frowned: Why is it a vocational school?
Lu Yuanbo and the others were overjoyed: "Really? Are you sure it's possible?"
"Can you pass the exam?" Lu Mingdong asked casually.
Upon hearing this, Lu Mingxi's smile vanished, and she shoved him forcefully: "Hey, who do you think you are! I'll show you!"
Lu Mingxi and Cheng Xia thought about it for a long time before deciding on their goal of taking the entrance exam for a vocational school.
"Okay, okay, Xiao west can definitely do it, keep it up!" Lu Yuanhuan encouraged with a smile.
"That's right, Xiao Dong, don't talk nonsense. Xiao west will definitely get into a vocational school!"
Lu Mingxi proudly tilted his head back: "That's right, just you wait and see, I will definitely get into a vocational school!"
Lu Yuanqing: "..."
I was completely dumbfounded!
"No, you don't want to go to high school anymore?" Lu Yuanqing couldn't understand at all.
Lu Mingxi smiled faintly and said, "Third Uncle, I did ask the teacher, and she recommended it to us!"
Lu Yuanqing almost coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Who told her to make such random recommendations?
Although the college entrance examination will be cancelled after Lu Mingxi is admitted to high school.
But one is a high school student and the other is a vocational high school student.
what!
and many more!
It seems he overlooked something!
Yup!
Graduates from vocational high schools were guaranteed job placements, unlike in later generations where those who failed high school faced no other options.
He actually forgot.
Yup!
According to what's about to happen, getting into a vocational high school is the best way out.
Moreover, it seems that vocational high schools are now even harder to get into than high schools!
but……
Lu Mingxi didn't know that the college entrance examination would be canceled. Why didn't she and Cheng Xia think about taking the college entrance examination, but instead chose to go to a vocational school?
Lu Yuanqing didn't understand this point, so he asked directly.
Lu Mingxi explained with a smile, "Because neither Xiaxia nor I want to go to university!"
"If we get into university, it means we'll have to study for many more years. Xiaxia and I want to get into a vocational school so that we can get jobs after graduation and start earning money!"
"Being able to earn money on our own is something we've always hoped for!"
This was indeed Lu Mingxi's honest opinion; she actually preferred making money to studying.
If she could go out and earn money sooner, she wouldn't want to study anymore!
I used to want to study so much because I wanted to get into a vocational school!
a bolt from the blue!
What does it mean to be struck by lightning from a clear sky?
Lu Mingxi's words struck Lu Yuanqing directly.
"So, neither you nor Cheng Xia want to take the high school entrance exam, just so you can leave school as soon as possible and get a job to earn money?"
"Mmm!" Lu Mingxi nodded.
Lu Yuanqing: "..."
Sometimes he really doesn't understand what these kids are thinking.
What the hell?
"You won't regret it?"
Lu Mingxi didn't understand why Lu Yuanqing seemed a little...awkward. Upon hearing this, he immediately smiled and asked in return, "Why would I regret it?"
She got into a vocational high school, which meant she could be assigned a job, become a worker, and receive government-subsidized food rations. Why would she regret it?
I'm not an idiot!
"Third Uncle! Is something wrong with you?!"
Lu Yuanqing twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "I thought you would want to get into high school and then go to university like your aunt!"
Finally, as if seeking an answer, he asked, "Don't you want to be a college student?"
A college student's reputation is worth more than a college student's reputation will be in the future!
The issue is no longer whether or not one can take the college entrance exam, or why one would choose a vocational school, but rather that Lu Yuanqing simply cannot understand Lu Mingxi.
Unaware that the college entrance examination would be abolished in the future, this child doesn't want to go to high school, take the college entrance examination, or get into university.
Instead, he wanted to get into a vocational high school and then become a worker after graduation!
Such thinking is not something that ordinary people can understand!
Moreover, there's no need to worry about the premise: Lu Mingxi's grades are good enough to get him into high school.
Lu Mingxi laughed heartily, "Third Uncle, are you worried that I got into a vocational school while my aunt got into university and became a college student, and that I'm feeling unbalanced and unhappy about it!"
Lu Yuanqing: "..."
He didn't have that idea!
"You said it yourself, your aunt is a college student, are you content to just be a vocational school graduate?"
"Am I willing to accept this?" Lu Mingxi said with a smile. "Why would I be unwilling? My aunt got into university, so as her niece, I'm proud of her! Why would I be unwilling?"
"and……"
At this point, Lu Mingxi's smile faded, and his eyes filled with gratitude as he looked at Lu Yuanqing: "Third Uncle, how can you be so kind!"
"...Why are you suddenly starting to flatter me?"
Lu Mingxi chuckled, "What flattery! I'm just touched!"
"What's so touching about this!" Lu Yuanqing said dismissively.
The girl is so sentimental; she can be moved by the smallest, most insignificant things!
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