blenderwars Chapter 329 College Entrance Exam Scores Released, Jiangcheng Hosts a Restaurant to Show Off
Chapter 329 College Entrance Exam Scores Released, Jiangcheng Hosts a Restaurant to Show Off
"@All members, congratulations on your fortune and prosperity!"
"@All members, congratulations to my daughter for achieving top marks in her exams!"
A distant cousin with the ID "Jiang Jianye from Jiangcheng" is spamming the group chat.
Bright red envelopes popped out one after another, each accompanied by a long string of animated emojis depicting firecrackers and fireworks.
Each time I open the red envelope, it's only one cent.
It's a classic case of all talk and no action.
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Jianye sent a voice message that lasted more than fifty seconds.
Jiang Chen clicked to listen.
That familiar, nauseating sense of superiority washed over me.
"Oh my, fellow villagers, elders, I, Jiang Jianye, am so happy today! Hahahaha!"
Jiang Jianye's hoarse voice came through the phone receiver, tinged with a hint of drunkenness and an undisguised boastfulness.
"Our Sisi is such a pride of the Jiang family! She passed the college entrance exam this year and got into Nanjiang Normal University! A proper undergraduate university! A second-tier university!"
"Sigh, this child has been smart since he was little, just like me! Good genes, there's nothing we can do about it!"
He suddenly changed the subject and started speaking in a sarcastic tone.
"Unlike some kids in our village, who study for so many years but end up back to tilling the land. A peasant is a peasant, their fate is etched into their bones for generations, and they can't change it!"
"Unlike our Sisi, who will be a city dweller from now on! A government official! A teacher! A secure job with a government salary! She'll be from a different world than us!"
These words made the faces of the relatives in the group who had children who didn't do well in school or didn't get into university turn ashen.
Liu Cuifen was the first to start cursing at home: "Pah! What a piece of trash! So what if he got into a lousy second-tier university? Look at him, thinking he's something special!"
However, out of consideration for face, no one in the group came out to refute it.
Seeing that no one spoke, Jiang Jianye assumed that everyone was intimidated by his "domineering aura" and became even more energetic.
He cleared his throat and sent an even more impactful voice message.
"Well, to celebrate Sisi's academic success, I've made up my mind!"
"The day after tomorrow! At noon! At the most upscale restaurant in the county, the Triumph Grand Restaurant! We've booked the entire second-floor Lily Hall! It's for a graduation banquet!"
"@All members, everyone come! It's my treat, Jiang Jianye! I'll show you poor relatives what a real city hotel is like!"
"Oh, one last reminder," Jiang Jianye's tone became meaningful, "Just come, but the red envelopes... make sure they're generous! After all, Sisi will be going to university, and there will be lots of expenses!"
"The thicker the red envelopes you give, the more sincere your intentions are! Even if our Sisi becomes a high-ranking official in the future, she won't forget you poor relatives, right? Hahahaha!"
These words are nothing short of blatant extortion!
The group chat was completely silent.
Jiang Chen stared at his phone screen, his gaze gradually turning cold.
He remembered Jiang Jianye.
A distant cousin who works odd jobs on construction sites in the county town year-round is extremely sycophantic, vain, and has no real skills but has learned all the bad habits of city people, looking down on everyone in the village.
Jiang Chen shook his head, too lazy to bother with such a clown, and casually muted the group.
He had just put down his phone and was about to go to the greenhouse to check on how the vegetables that had been irrigated with the "activating water" were growing.
As I passed by Jiang Mancang's house, I saw that this man, who had just received a 200,000 yuan bonus and should have been the most triumphant person in the whole village, was squatting alone in the corner of the yard, puffing on his pipe.
There were already seven or eight cigarette butts lying on the ground in front of him.
The old man's brows were furrowed, deep wrinkles gathered together like dried-up riverbeds, and his face was filled with unyielding sorrow.
"Uncle Mancang, what's wrong? What trouble have you encountered?"
Jiang Chen walked over and handed him a soft Zhonghua cigarette.
Jiang Mancang looked up and saw Jiang Chen. On his sorrowful face, he forced a smile that looked worse than crying.
"No...it's nothing, Chenzi, Uncle is just...just feeling a little uneasy."
"Is it because of Jiang Jianye's matter in the group?" Jiang Chen asked.
Jiang Mancang sighed, nodded, and then shook his head.
He pulled out a neatly folded piece of red paper from his pocket, slightly wrinkled from being soaked in sweat.
Unfold it carefully.
That's a university acceptance letter!
Warmest congratulations to Jiang Xiaohu on being admitted to our school's "Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology" program...
The seal at the end clearly reads: "[Huaxia University of Science and Technology]!"
Ranked among the top ten nationwide! An absolute powerhouse in the domestic computer industry!
Jiang Chen's eyes lit up instantly!
"Uncle Mancang! This is... Xiaohu got accepted? To Huaxia University of Science and Technology?! This is incredible news!"
Jiang Mancang looked at the notice in his hand, his eyes filled with pride, but soon that pride was replaced by a deeper sorrow.
"It's a good thing... but... but this is also a worrying thing..."
He stubbed out his cigarette and said in a hoarse voice, "Xiao Hu's dad just called me and said that his in-laws are all making arrangements to hold a banquet to celebrate."
"But I thought that hosting a banquet in the village would cost at least several thousand yuan, and if we went to the town, it would cost at least ten or twenty thousand yuan."
"Xiaohu is going to university, and the tuition alone will cost over ten thousand yuan a year. There will be many other expenses after that. Our family has just started to have some money, we can't afford to waste it like this..."
"I...I can't bear to part with it..."
This elderly woman, who was frugal to the core her whole life, was so distressed by the thousands or tens of thousands of yuan spent on the banquet that she was willing to let her most promising grandson suffer this injustice.
After hearing this, Jiang Chen felt a lump in his throat, a mixture of sourness and bloating.
He looked at the honest man in front of him who, in order to save money, dared not even announce the most joyous occasions.
Then think of Jiang Jianye in the WeChat group, who couldn't wait to announce to the world that his daughter had just passed the second-tier university entrance exam, and also wanted to take the opportunity to make money.
An unnamed anger surged up to my head!
Why should I?!
Why should honest people have to suffer?!
Why should someone with real talent be overshadowed by a clown?!
What kind of logic is this?!
Jiang Chen took a deep breath, suddenly reached out, and slapped Jiang Mancang's shoulder, which was hunched from years of hard work.
His voice, loud and firm, resounded throughout the entire courtyard!
"Uncle Mancang!"
"This banquet must be held!"
"Not only should we do it, we should do it on a grand scale! We should do it in a spectacular way!"
Jiang Chen's eyes gleamed with an undeniable light.
"You don't need to worry about anything! I'll take care of it!"
"I'll pay for it!"
"I'll decide on the location!"
"I promise, I'll make sure our little tiger's college entrance celebration is a hundred times more spectacular than the county magistrate's wedding!"