Chapter 36: Chapter 36: Happy Too Soon
Jiang Changhai was stating the facts, without any intention of demeaning or mocking, but it was perceived differently by Laosan and his spouse.
Sun Lixia’s face turned dark instantly as she sharply questioned, “Eldest brother, what do you mean by that? So only your daughter is smart and good at studies, and my son is an idiot and a fool?!”
Jiang Changtao’s expression was also unpleasing. As parents, everyone hopes to see their children succeed and be praised by others.
“I never said that, Third Brother and Sister-in-law, don’t pin this on me,” Jiang Changhai said with a shrug, speaking nothing but the truth.
Moreover, his two nephews were indeed not clever, always bringing home test papers full of red crosses.
Seeing his indifferent and casual demeanor, Sun Lixia became even angrier, wishing she could literally throw the proverbial shit bucket over his head!
The old lady finally snapped out of her joy over not spending money, saying, “Alright Eldest, keep quiet, no one will take you for a mute.”
Although she was pleased that her granddaughter San Ya was intelligent and good at studies, her favorite were still her two grandsons.
The most excited at the scene were Da Ya and Er Ya, their eyes shining with hope, thinking they might also have a chance to study without tuition fees.
But the next second, Da Ya’s eyes dimmed again, that seemed impossible.
Even if they really could rank first, free education only started from fourth and fifth grade; their grandmother would never spend the money for them to study from first to third grade.
Er Ya, however, was hopeful. Thinking about pleading with her parents back in her room to let her and her older sister go to school, she was determined to study as hard as she could!
At this moment, the most sober person, Jiang Dashan, spoke up, “Don’t get too excited early. San Ya will definitely start from the first grade when school begins, and thinking about scholarships, you’d have to wait for three more years.”
A few sentences successfully calmed down the crowd that had been swept by ecstasy, right, San Ya had not yet attended school.
When the old lady thought about the tuition for the next three years, her interest waned immediately, waving her hand and saying, “Stop standing around foolishly, go back to whatever you were doing, Zhaodi, go wash the clothes.”
However, the system spoke in Jiang Mianmian’s mind, “Host, you could directly join the fourth grade; the knowledge of primary one to three is minimal and simple, you could self-study it in two months.”
“I don’t want to!” Jiang Mianmian retorted without a second thought, she would be crazy to skip ahead to high school and endure that hardship.
The system continued to tempt, “Host, don’t you want the reward money? With that, you could freely buy meat buns, fruits, and canned goods to eat, and the reward money in high school will definitely be more generous.”
Hearing about food, Jiang Mianmian’s shamefully heart stirred, thus she asked, “Sister Aibao, how much is the prize money for the first rank in junior high school?”
Lin Aibao thought for a moment and said, “Last year it was twenty yuan, and the commune also gave out five yuan.”
“That much?!” The Jiang family members collectively gasped; that all added up to twenty-five yuan!
To think, they worked themselves to death in the fields all month and couldn’t even make ten yuan!
Lin Aibao, feeling the impact was still not enough, added, “Last year, our school’s second year first ranker was the eighth ranker in the county; not only did the school reward an additional ten yuan, but the county also gave a reward of twenty yuan.”
This nearly made the Jiang family faint, fifty-five yuan!!
My God, studying could actually make so much money!
Jiang Mianmian also swallowed, feeling intensely tempted, as she visualized countless steaming hot meat buns waving at her.