Time goes round and round, and the day of the entrance examination soon comes.
"10%? 10%? Have you got everything ready?"
Early that morning, Qi Zhiqiang arrived at Qiao's house in a borrowed tricycle, and Qi Weimin came with him.
Qi Weimin, like Li Jie, is a fifth-grade student, and today is also the day when he takes the entrance examination.
In the courtyard, when he heard Qi Zhiqiang's shouts, Qiao Zuwang curled his lips secretly.
'have a finger in the pie!'
In fact, Qiao Zuwang wanted to send his eldest son to take the exam in person. After all, his "10%" score was so good, and he would be very proud when talking about it in the future.
However, the two of them have been in a cold war during this period. Qiao Zuwang, who always likes to save face, will certainly not be the first to bow his head.
He is an father, not a son, so how could he bow his head first?
Qiao Zuwang couldn't lower his head, and Li Jie was even less likely to lower his head, so the two of them stayed frozen like this for more than half a month.
During the recent period, the two of them had almost no communication, not even ten sentences were exchanged, and all these words were said by Qiao Zuwang.
Li Jie didn't bother to say anything to Qiao Zuwang.
"Uncle, you'll be fine soon."
Li Jie quickly took a few mouthfuls of rice and responded outside.
On the other side, the three little ones looked at Li Jie and said in unison.
"Brother, come on." X3
"Um."
Li Jie rubbed the heads of the three little ones in turn, smiled and nodded.
"Brother is gone. You should be good at home and don't run around. Especially you, the second best, don't always hang out with Sparrow Eyes and the others. You should study at home when you have time."
The second strong person's lack of concentration is partly due to his delayed development, and the reason for his delayed development is because he doesn't eat well and cannot keep up with his nutrition.
The other half is due to the group of kids in the alley, especially Ma Liaoyan, who come over every day after school to hang out with the top two.
I play for most of the day and will never go home unless it's dark.
However, this situation has greatly changed after Li Jie entered the dungeon. Since he dropped out of school, the play time of the top two has been reduced a lot.
Even if I go out to play, I will come back within the specified time.
Discipline has been initially developed.
As for the remaining developmental issues, there is nothing that can be done about them in a while, so we can only take care of them slowly.
"Yes, brother, I understand."
In recent times, the top two have become accustomed to the arrangement of their elder brother. As soon as Li Jie finished speaking, he agreed honestly.
Seeing this scene, Qiao Zuwang snorted angrily.
He felt that his status in this family was getting lower and lower. He was obviously the boss, but what he said was not as effective as what the boss said.
The children seemed more willing to listen to the eldest son than to him.
'no!'
'This can't go on like this!'
'If this continues, how can I lose my prestige?'
Qiao Zuwang swore secretly in his heart that he had to do something.
But, what to do?
The three little guys have long been bribed by the boss with various snacks, including malted milk, toffee, sugar, and biscuits, none of which are very expensive.
With my monthly salary, I simply can't afford to buy so many things.
Where did the boss's money come from?
Regarding the source of the money, Qiao Zuwang was very curious. Since the beginning of the Cold War, he had never provided living expenses.
At that time, his idea was very simple. Boss, you have a tough tone. If you don’t want my money, I won’t give it back.
Qiao Zuwang's monthly salary is only in his early thirties. After deducting the ten yuan he gives his family every month for living expenses and deducting the money he spends on food and drink, he only has three to five yuan left on hand at most.
Suddenly the living expenses were stopped, and he had an extra ten dollars on hand.
In the late 1970s, the purchasing power of ten yuan was not low. Originally, he had to spend one month's living expenses for his four children alone, so he did not want to live a life that was too unrestrained.
In the past, Qiao Zuwang could only afford to drink cheap bulk wine. Recently, if he got greedy, he could occasionally buy a bottle of Yanghe to drink.
Eating salted duck and drinking Yanghe River, your life should not be too comfortable.
However, what surprised Qiao Zuwang was that he lived a comfortable life, and several children lived even more comfortably than he did.
Every meal has meat dishes, or fish, or chicken, or duck, or pork, and sometimes even beef.
The most unbearable thing for him was that the boss didn't know where he learned the cooking skills. The food was so delicious, it was even more fragrant than the chef at Fuchang Hotel, and it almost made him cry with greed.
But it was during the Cold War, and he didn't want to be the first to bow his head, so he could only watch it with his eyes and covet it in his heart.
A person has a face, a tree has a skin. Qiao Zuwang is the kind of person who really cares about face. Even if he is greedy to death, he is not willing to take a step back.
Therefore, in order to resist the temptation of delicious food, he deliberately left home earlier and delayed his return home.
According to the rules of the past period, Qiao Zuwang should have left long ago, but today was a special day and he deliberately woke up half an hour late.
Originally, Qiao Zuwang wanted to find an opportunity to test the boss and ask him if he wanted to send him to the examination room himself.
The graduation exam is naturally different from the usual exams. The location of this exam is not at Beiqiao Primary School, but at another primary school.
Qiao Zuwang thought, the eldest son is mature, but he is still young after all, especially if the eldest son's grades are so good, what if he went to the wrong test center and wasted time, thus affecting his grades.
That would be a big loss!
He also hopes to brag about it after the results come out.
If the boss didn't do well in the exam, wouldn't what he said to his coworkers and neighbors become bragging?
When the time comes, people may not know how they will arrange him.
In addition, the most important point is that the boss's exam is related to the future of the Qiao family.
There are too many people in this world who act according to the circumstances. Once the eldest child fails the exam, the school will probably change its mind.
As soon as the school changes its mind, the subsidy of dozens of yuan a year will disappear!
The nickname of Qiao Jingguazi is not for nothing. How could he, Qiao Zuwang, watch the cooked duck fly away?
Just as Qiao Zuwang was deep in thought, Li Jie glanced at him for a second without leaving any trace.
How could Qiao Zuwang's little thoughts be hidden from him? As long as the other person's buttocks were raised, he would know what to fart.
It's just that he was too lazy to say it.
The situation is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. Qiao Zuwang's lazy temper will never be corrected in a short time.
If it doesn't take a few years, I'm afraid you won't see any results.
Li Jie is not like the original person who has no earning power and must rely on adults to survive. He can support a large family by himself.
Therefore, he was not used to Qiao Zuwang.
The two of them were frozen, waiting to see who would bow his head first and admit his mistake.