I was reborn without dreams

Chapter 5 Harmonious Family Values
They sped back to Wuxing Village, and once there, they searched everywhere for Zhang Da'an. The old man at home, wearing an apron, was busy outside the earthen stove, chopping garlic leaves to stir-fry some dried tofu. Seeing Zhang Zhengdong with the bewildered stray dog, he asked curiously, "What are you looking for, wandering around like that?"

"Dad, where is Zhang An, that little dog Zongsang (beast)?"

"What happened now?"

"That son of a bitch handed in his paper early, treating me like a fool, I'm going to..."

"Shut your chamber pot, what are you barking about?! Keep an eye on the stove!"

"not me……"

"Hurry up! If you bark again, I'll stab you to death."

"..."

The old man didn't bother with his son's frustration. While cooking, he said, "We'll talk about the results later. Why do you care whether Zhang An hands in his paper early or not? Are you out of your mind? Are you a pig-headed idiot?"

"..."

Zhang Zhengdong didn't say anything, he just kept stuffing straw clumps into the stove.

Old man Zhang Qihong wasn't concerned about how many points his eldest brother's grandson scored on the exam. As long as he could attend high school, that was fine. It would be best if he could get into university. If he didn't, he would introduce Zhang Da'an to work at the city's fertilizer plant. In short, he had connections.

He was originally retired from the municipal fertilizer plant. Although he wasn't a high-ranking official, he still had some influence in introducing a kid with a high school diploma to work there.

Just as he was busy, a commotion came from outside. Zhang Da'an pushed a tricycle loaded with goods into the yard. After piling the wet cages in the corner, he drew water from the well to wash his hands.

While washing, he called out, "Grandpa, there are two big yellow catfish, should we kill them now?"

"Forget it, we'll cook dinner later."

"it is good."

Zhang Da'an responded and carried two large buckets into the kitchen, then connected the oxygenator and plugged an air nozzle into each bucket.

Seeing Zhang Zhengdong sitting by the stove tending the fire, Zhang Da'an smiled and said, "Uncle's back too?"

"Fuck your mother..."

Just as he was about to continue cursing, his father glared at him, and Zhang Zhengdong swallowed back the words he was about to say.

It's enough to drive you crazy.

Zhang Da'an, however, grinned and said, "Don't worry, don't worry, I guarantee you'll get over 15 in Chinese."

"..."

You motherfucker!

Zhang Zhengdong remained silent on the surface, but inside he was cursing and swearing, staring intently at Zhang Da'an like a starving wild dog.

Thanks to this good nephew, Principal Zhang now holds tens of thousands of yuan in "scholarships," a fact known throughout the entire principal circle in Shazhou City.

The total score for the high school entrance exam is 685 points. After deducting 45 points for physical education and 10 points for the English oral exam, the remaining score is 635 points. So, generally speaking, when the difficulty of the exam is low, the score can be as high as 650, 660, 770 or 800 points; when the difficulty of the exam is high, like this year, the cutoff score for national high schools is only a little over 600 points.

The difficulty level of the same 630-point test varies greatly.

This year's unified exam in Wudu City was of very low quality and very difficult; a score of 630 was basically the highest level among all districts and counties.

However, Zhang Da'an never told Zhang Zhengdong that his 630 points were the total score.

From the very beginning, Zhang Da'an aimed for a pure cultural score of 630 points, deducting five points for Chinese and getting full marks for the rest.

Very simple.

During the meal, Zhang Zhengdong still looked like he was about to bite someone, and several times he wanted to curse, but he immediately held back when he thought about his nephew's exam in the afternoon.

I could suffocate...

Uncle Zhang didn't curse, but Grandpa Zhang certainly did. "Why didn't you go to the introduction the brigade helped you with? You pig-dog, are you waiting until I'm in my coffin before you find a new wife? Other families your age have sons in elementary or middle school! What do you want? To be an official or to fly to the moon?!"

"There are three brothers, the eldest and the youngest all have wives, they don't need me."

"Do you want me to slap you across the face?! Are you even speaking human language?! When I die, someone burns paper money for me, what about you? Who's going to burn paper money for you when you die?"

"Just eat, don't say discouraging things while we're eating. You know how busy I am."

"What are you busy with, busy with turtles? What are you busy with, you motherfucker..."

"Grandpa, Grandpa, the steamed egg is cold. It doesn't taste good when it's cold."

Zhang Da'an quickly got up and served the old man a small bowl of steamed eggs. Once this father and son started arguing, their firepower was fiercer than the other's.

Although Zhang Qihong often said that his elder brother, who was also Zhang Da'an's grandfather, was even more ferocious, Zhang Da'an had no such memory and therefore did not know whether it was true or not.

Anyway, Zhang Da'an felt that he had a pretty good temper, both before and after his rebirth.

It might be because I haven't been mistreated much, since my elders have always taken good care of me, making me feel like a "favorite."

"Ah."

He responded, picked up the small bowl containing the steamed egg and took a bite. Zhang Qihong was still a little annoyed and glared at his son.

He kept muttering scriptures: "Thirty-nine years old, and you don't even have a woman to cook for you at home. Isn't that pathetic? You rotten-faced scum, you'll be..."

"Grandpa, calm down, calm down. Uncle's in high demand outside. Young girls come to him every day asking him to go for a drive. Didn't the school factory owner's sister-in-law keep asking him to go to the movies?"

"real or fake?"

"It's true, I saw it with my own eyes."

How old are you?

"Oh dear, she must be younger than Uncle, only twenty-three or twenty-five years old. But she's in good shape, weighing at least 140 or 150 pounds, so she can definitely have children."

"That's really good..."

The old man was immediately tempted; such a bride must be capable of handling both domestic and external affairs.

"Dad, don't listen to his nonsense. That woman is bigger than a pig. I must be out of my mind to go after her. Besides, I'm a school principal, I'd definitely choose someone educated, otherwise I'd lose face..."

"You're a turtle school principal! You call yourself a principal?! What kind of principal are you?! A school that hasn't even produced a bachelor's degree in twenty years, and you still care about face? Face my ass..."

A heated exchange of insults only requires a small flame.

It still has to be blown up; Zhang Da'an can't just try to smooth things over.

If Zhang Da'an hadn't said he had an exam in the afternoon and was going to take a nap, the argument between the father and son could have continued for another hour or so.

In the afternoon, when Zhang Zhengdong took Zhang Da'an to Binjiang Middle School for his exam, he earnestly instructed him: "You little monkey, listen up! For the math exam, you need to check your work repeatedly and don't hand in your paper early. I'm going back to school to take care of some things, and I'll pick you up after the exam."

"Don't worry, Uncle."

"Ah."

Forty minutes later, the uncle and nephew locked eyes. Zhang Da'an took off running, while Zhang Zhengdong, wearing leather shoes and carrying a stick, chased after him, yelling, "You run! You run! If you, you little dog Zongsang (beast), get away today, all those years of military service of mine have been for nothing!"

Zhang Da'an was speechless, thinking to himself, "You, as my uncle, are trying to play military strategy with your nephew."

I handed in my paper early so I could check on the fish situation sooner, didn't I?

unlucky.

(End of this chapter)