Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Of course, despite their hatred, the two did not express these thoughts.

After all, the two of them now rely on their family for food, drink, and defecation, so they have to endure the resentment in their hearts.

In the blink of an eye, the college entrance examination that everyone has been looking forward to for more than ten years has finally arrived, and the atmosphere in the city has become tense.

Siheyuan is no exception. As long as there is a family member taking the college entrance examination, they will pray at home that they can get good results.

At six o'clock in the afternoon on the day after the exam, Wang Dong and his wife Chen Jun, Liang Lazhi's family from the middle courtyard, Aunt Zhang from the back yard, Yan Fugui from the front yard, and even Qin Huairu from the middle courtyard, all waited at the gate of the courtyard, waiting for the candidates to return.

Sister-in-law Chen Li, walking with Sanmao from the middle yard and Zhang Linbao from the back yard, was the first to come into everyone's sight.

Judging from the smiles on their faces, these three people seemed to have done well in the exam. They were chatting with each other and laughter could be heard from time to time.

Of course, you can also hear a few sighs.

If nothing unexpected happens, they should be discussing the college entrance examination questions that have just ended.

"Little sister, how did you do in the exam?" Wang Dong was the first to go over and asked Chen Li with anticipation on his face.

"Brother-in-law...I have done all the questions I can do, so there should be no problem." Chen Li answered confidently with a smile on her face.

"That's good..." Wang Dong breathed a sigh of relief.

He was still very confident in Chen Li's results. As long as she could finish all the questions she could do and there were no unexpected events, she would definitely have no problem getting good grades.

Then he turned his attention to Sanmao and Zhang Linbao and continued to ask: "How did you two do in the exam?"

Because of He Yuzhu, Sanmao had dealt with Wang Dong quite often, and the two were very familiar with each other. She immediately replied: "Uncle Wang... I should be able to get into university..."

Zhang Linbao had not dealt with Wang Dong very often, so he seemed much more reserved when facing Wang Dong's questions. He hesitated for two seconds before speaking: "Uncle Wang..."

"I should be fine too."

"Although my grades aren't as good as Sanmao's, I should have no problem getting into a university."

Liang Lawei and Aunt Zhang, who had gathered around, couldn't stop smiling after hearing Sanmao and Zhang Linbao's answer. Then they pulled them back to the courtyard and asked them all kinds of questions, looking very excited.

Soon the third son of the Yan family appeared at the end of the alley.

Yan Fugui wanted the Yan family to have a college student more than anyone else, so he hurried to meet him.

But the conversation between the father and son did not seem very pleasant. They returned to the courtyard with frowns and gloomy faces, and did not even say hello when passing by everyone.

Soon, most of the young people who had taken the college entrance examination in the courtyard came back. Some were happy, while others were depressed.

Only Qin Huairu was left standing at the door, looking anxious.

I don’t know how long I waited, but Xiaodang and Kuihua finally appeared in Qin Huairu’s sight. Their expressions were solemn and they were not as happy as Qin Huairu had imagined.

Qin Huairu's heart skipped a beat, and a bad premonition quickly flashed across his face. The expectant expression on his face was replaced by seriousness.

But he still walked over quickly and asked with a glimmer of hope: "Xiaodang, Kuihua, how did you do in the exam..."

"More than half of the young people in Siheyuan who took the college entrance examination did not do well..."

"As long as you do about right in the exam, you should be able to get into university."

Seeing that Qin Huairu was still dreaming about going to college with Kuihua, Xiaodang, who had been holding it in for several months, finally couldn't help but explode.

“Exam…exam…exam…”

"Xiao Dang and I didn't go to class for two years in high school, so we had no chance of getting into college..." "We couldn't do most of the questions on the test paper. We had never seen them before."

"If you and grandma hadn't made us stay at home to make matchboxes and not let us go to school, we definitely wouldn't have done so well in the exam. I hate you..."

After saying that, he ran straight to the central courtyard with an angry face. Although Kuihua didn't say anything, the anger and aggrieved expression on her face was exactly the same as Xiaodang's. She followed him and rushed to the central courtyard.

Qin Huairu was dumbfounded.

The dream of hoping that Xiaodang and Kuihua would get into college so that he could benefit from their success was shattered at this moment.

Hurry up and catch up: "Xiaodang..."

"Tell me clearly that your poor performance in the college entrance examination has nothing to do with me. You even brought up the incident of you pasting matchboxes together at home a few years ago."

Jia Zhang just walked out of the house and blocked Xiaodang and Kuihua at the door of Jia's house.

Perhaps the path to changing his destiny by taking the college entrance examination was completely blocked. Xiao Dang could no longer endure it and started cursing at Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi.

"It's because of you that Kuihua and I couldn't get into college."

"When I was in high school, everyone else was studying in school... You told us that studying was useless and that we should go home and make matchboxes to save money so that we could go to the countryside and not go hungry. As a result, we didn't go to school for two years of high school."

"If we had gone to high school and studied hard, we would have definitely been able to get into university through the college entrance examination."

"It is because we did not learn high school knowledge that we cannot answer the questions on the test paper and cannot get into university."

"I don't blame you, who else can I blame?"

Qin Huairu was almost driven crazy. She didn't expect that her two daughters were so resentful of her.

Although both of them will get married sooner or later, they are still her daughters after all. Qin Huairu still doesn't want to completely ruin the relationship between mother and daughter, so she quickly explains.

"Xiaodang, Kuihua, you misunderstood..."

"Mom didn't stop you from going to school, it's just that the school was so chaotic back then, and you couldn't learn anything from studying. You might as well go home and make matchboxes."

"If you hadn't earned over a hundred yuan by making matchboxes, you two would have starved in the countryside, and it would have been a question whether you could survive."

"Mom is doing this for your own good."

"Even if I didn't do well in the college entrance examination, you can't blame mom, right?"

Jia Zhang, who was blocking the door, finally understood what Qin Huairu and Xiaodang sisters were arguing about.

When he heard Xiao Dang saying bad things about him, he started cursing on the spot: "You are such an ungrateful money-loser."

"If your mother and I hadn't asked you to stay at home and make matchboxes, you would have starved to death after going to the countryside. You would never have been able to return to Beijing."

"Not only do you two not thank grandma and your mother, but you resent us instead. Even ungrateful people are not as ungrateful as you."

"Have we ever scolded you for eating and using the things at home these past few months?"

"You didn't do well in the college entrance examination. It's obviously because you are not capable enough, but you actually blamed me, the Jia Zhang family. I, the Jia Zhang family, will not bear this blame."

"Since you are so ungrateful, don't eat the meals at home from today on."

"If you want to eat, you have to pay for living expenses. You are old enough now. Girls of other families have already started to earn money when you are your age. Not only do you two not earn money, but you also eat for free at home. You have brought shame to the Jia family." (End of this chapter)