In the evening, Yang Dongxu had some drinks with his brother-in-law Shengli and Yang's father. Grandpa has been taking cold medicine for the past two days because he has a cold, so he is not allowed to drink alcohol.
Looking at the half-grown Yang Dongjie, Yang Dongxu felt for the first time that time flies so fast. Before he knew it, he was over thirty. Yang's mother was 52 this year and Yang's father was 49. Grandpa will turn 66 this year and will go straight to 70.
Everyone of Father Yang's generation can drink, and both men and women can drink. So the five of us, Yang’s mother and my aunt, were drinking white wine at the dinner table.
Then Father Yang and his aunt drank some red wine with Zhou Ya and Zhuo Qing'er. Yang Dongxu, his father and his uncle drank another bottle of white wine before the meal was over.
Everyone didn’t drink too much, around six or seven taels. My brother-in-law has become completely calm in the past few years. He doesn't get obsessed with alcohol, and he doesn't stop drinking until he's unconscious and doesn't get along.
Six or seven taels was just right. I felt a little dizzy, so I went home, washed my feet, and went straight to bed. It was beautiful.
"When I was washing the dishes just now, my aunt asked Yang Dongjie to go to school in the city, but my mother didn't answer at that time." After packing his things below, Xiao Wenchen ran to sleep with his grandparents.
Zhuo Qing'er also lives in a house on the street and doesn't come to the courtyard of the old house, so they are the only ones at home here.
"Going to the Magic City?" Yang Dongxu, who was washing his feet and was a little dizzy, was stunned for a moment.
"What do you think?" Zhou Ya asked.
"It's probably Ran Hao's introduction." Yang Dongxu sighed.
It’s not like my uncle’s family has no money now. If he wants to go to school in a nearby city, he can buy a house, even if it’s Zhucheng, or he can go to the provincial capital to go to school.
So now that my aunt wants to go to school in the city, the only places left are big cities like Shanghai and Yanjing.
I guess I came up with this idea after hearing that I went to high school attached to some university, or that the admission scores of universities were different when I went to school in a big city.
"One sheep is raised, and a group of sheep is herded. Just go. If Ran Hao goes to school in the city, he will most likely go to the magic city and we will watch.
Ran Feifei is not a babysitter at all. Compared with her, Ran Hao is probably closer to you. After all, he was more familiar with you during the years when you had Wen Chen at home.
So it doesn’t matter if there is one more Yang Dongjie. However, food, clothing, housing and transportation are all ours, no problem. My uncle’s family has to pay for tuition fees and study fees, so we need to make this clear. Yang Dongxu said.
This is actually not a matter of money, he doesn't care about the money. Although there is a bit of pressure on my uncle's family, it is not impossible to take care of it. This is a matter of propriety and rules. Although it may seem a bit stiff to make a clear distinction, it is better than hurting feelings if there are any problems in the future.
"That's what I mean. I'll talk to my mother tomorrow. By the way, I'll also tell you about the tuition fees for some good schools in Shanghai." Zhou Ya nodded.
If she really goes to school in Shanghai, she will handle the transfer procedures, student status, and finding a school here, and will not discuss it with her aunt. However, the borrowing fees and tuition fees cannot be reduced.
"How much does it cost to borrow money to study in the Magic City?" Yang Dongxu asked casually.
"Feifei checked before my grandma about letting Ran Hao transfer to another school during the summer vacation.
The slightly better schools in Yanjing start with tuition fees of RMB 100,000 per year, and the slightly better schools charge hundreds of thousands per year. Some high schools affiliated with prestigious universities, or key middle schools, etc., are basically not worth the money.
The borrowing fee in Shanghai Magic City is probably similar to this. I will talk to my aunt then so that she can have a reference. Zhou Ya said.
"So many?" Yang Dongxu had a surprised look on his face.
Starting with 100,000 yuan a year, one year's tuition and living expenses to get admitted to a prestigious university won't even cost that much.
"This is just the price, and it doesn't include the favors that need to be paid when the time comes to get the transfer procedures and student status. When the time comes to do things with acquaintances, how much will you have to pay a visit with gifts?"
Yang Dongxu shook his head with emotion, "I didn't expect that a key middle school would be more profitable than a university, and just a few loan students could earn millions. With just a little money, you can find a good place to buy a house in the school district."
"When Feifei told me about it, I was shocked. I didn't expect the tuition fees for key middle schools to be so expensive. But everything is for the sake of the children." Zhou Ya, a mother, also felt a little emotional.
"Then you should talk to my aunt based on this standard. Even if Ran Hao and Dongjie both go to school in Shanghai, it will only be a matter of having two more pairs of chopsticks."
"Yeah, I got it. I'm just letting you know. Wen Chen went to kindergarten in Shanghai before, and my aunt wanted to send Dongjie to school in the city. They made a fuss over whether to sell a house in the city. The family is a bit discordant. Don’t make the relationship too tense this time for the New Year.”
"Actually, if you don't have good grades, even if you go to college, you will only get multiple diplomas. And if you don't have good grades, it's useless to spend money to borrow them.
Even if you go to a key middle school in Shanghai, Fudan University in other provinces will charge 600 points, while the local school in Shanghai will only charge 450 points.
But you also need to be able to get a score of 450, right? I scored more than 200 points in the college entrance examination, and my relatives went to school in the United States like that. Did Dongjie fail the final exam again this year? Didn't you say you just got beaten before you came back? "
"Two days before you came back, I was really beaten up by my aunt. I got over 40 points in Chinese and over 50 points in math."
"What's the point of going to high school in Shanghai with this score? Instead of paying so much tuition fees, it's better to go to high school at home. After the college entrance examination, it depends on where he wants to go to college, and he can directly find a university and donate a few million to donate a place. save time and energy."
"Isn't that place just bought with money?" Zhou Ya said.
"Isn't it the same as paying the borrowing fee and then buying it?" Yang Dongxu rolled his eyes, but the latter looked better than the former.
Even if he didn't need to make connections for future development, he thought people who donated millions to schools and colleges were idiots.
My family has several million to donate, and the family is basically not short of money, so I won’t need that diploma at all for future work.
Even if you don't have enough financial resources, you still have to donate money to go to college. If you donate millions, it's a question whether you can get your money back with this diploma decades after graduation.
So purely from an investment perspective, spending money to go to college is extremely cost-effective.
But who makes Chinese people care about face? For this face issue, many people would rather save money and spend money on it.
"I'll say a few more words when the time comes. It's not just my aunt who has to say it. Feifei and I will talk to him and let him talk to my grandma as well.
Otherwise, I will spend a lot of money on borrowing money and still fail to get into a good university. My aunt will not feel resentful. Zhou Ya said.
In fact, the focus of Zhou Ya's struggle on this matter is still on her aunt's side. Because there is Ran Feifei at my grandma’s side. You don’t need to explain any problems to your grandma, as long as Ran Feifei understands.
For example, when it comes to borrowing tuition fees, whether it is in Yanjing or Shanghai, it must be her responsibility. In the end, Ran Hao's grades were not good and he was not admitted to a key university. She also understood the reason and it would not affect anything.
As for my aunt, borrowing tuition fees originally put a certain amount of pressure on her family. In the end, she spent the money and still failed to go to a good university, even though she knew in her heart that the main reason was that her son was not living up to expectations. But after spending so much money, I felt so wronged.
I will definitely think that I shouldn’t have let my son go to the magic city to borrow a book or something in the first place, otherwise the matter would not be clear, and the family would start to be at odds again.
"Yes, yes, this must be made clear. Even if you go to a good high school, you may not be able to go to a good university. Even if you go to a good university, there are still people who clean toilets and move bricks, right? Not everyone who goes to college People have become big bosses and scientists." Yang Dongxu said.
Then the two looked at each other and sighed.
The biggest problem for many people is that they cannot see themselves clearly and are too blind and confident. I feel that I am awesome, I feel that my child is awesome, and then... I don’t listen to my advice!
...
It is an annual practice to sacrifice pigs to the stove on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.
Compared with when Yang Dongxu was a child, he made a pig urine bubble to play with as a ball, but today's children no longer play with this. They prefer to stuff cannons into pig urine bubbles, or hang pig urine bubbles on trees and shoot them with slingshots.
When the adult slapped me on my butt, I curled my lips and burst into tears. As soon as I turned my head, I forgot about the pain of seeing others playing and continued to join in the fun.
On the New Year's Day, Yang Dongxu went to his younger sister Dandan to pick up Mr. Xuan and his father-in-law.
Mr. Xuan now seems not to have changed much from before. His eyes are still clear, he is neither deaf nor blind, his legs and feet are very flexible, and all his teeth are still neat and intact.
On the other hand, my father-in-law Zhou Yiren feels much older, especially since he is still a big man and his body looks even thinner. One of my teeth started falling out a few years ago, and now I don’t have any real teeth in my mouth, all of them have been replaced with dentures.
However, although his body is thin, he is still strong and he exercises with Mr. Xuan every day. Coupled with his wealth of knowledge, he looks elegant and kind.
At the same time, in the past few years, he has completely separated himself from the political system, and his previous basic connections with students have been severed.
Now, besides fishing, my biggest hobby is to compete with the chefs at Dandan Farmhouse on their cooking skills.
In the past, when I had good teeth, I didn’t pay much attention to eating, as long as it could fill my stomach. Now that I have replaced my dentures, my sense of taste is no longer as sensitive as before. Instead, I have fallen in love with food and cooking.
The two old people returned home and the whole family was very happy.
The only unhappy ones are the two children, Yang Dongjie and Yang Wenchen.
At dawn in the morning, the two of them were arrested by Mr. Xuan to practice martial arts. Yang Dongjie's martial arts training consisted of three days of fishing and two days of netting.
Normally, my aunt doesn't care when there is no Wen Chen to compare with, and he doesn't care about Mr. Xuan if you don't practice.
But now Wen Chen is at home and being trained by Mr. Xuan every day. With the contrast, Yang Dongjie can't escape even if he wants to.
Practice martial arts in the morning and evening, and study with Zhou Yiren in the morning and afternoon.
There are all kinds of classical Chinese poems. When Yang Dongxu listens to them, he can recall the scene when he was holding a brick-like collection of Shakespeare's poems or Russian bricks while learning English and Russian. That feeling...
But no matter how I felt when I recalled it, it was a good feeling to watch these two little brats being abused. Sure enough, happiness comes from contrast.
