Qiao Simei came out of the art exam venue in a good mood. She felt that she had performed well and her grades should be pretty good. Passing the art exam should not be a problem.
Before Wang Gang sent Qiao Simei into the examination room, he told her that he and Qiao Sanli were waiting for her at the coffee shop outside.
When Qiao Simei was about to go to the coffee shop to tell her brothers and sisters the good news, she passed by a group of soldiers and was immediately attracted by one of them.
"Qi Chenggang?" Qiao Simei shouted to one of the soldiers.
The soldier brother turned around in confusion, and was slightly startled when he saw Qiao Simei, with a doubtful look in his eyes.
"I'm Qiao Simei! Your elementary school classmate." Qiao Simei said generously.
"Qiao Simei." Brother Bing finally remembered and said with a happy smile: "Why are you in the capital?"
"I'm here to take the art exam at the film school." Qiao Simei also smiled and said: "I didn't expect to meet my old classmates here. I almost didn't dare to recognize you just now. You used to be thin and skinny, and you are not as tall as me!
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Looking at her old classmate who was a head taller than herself and with a slender and muscular figure, Qiao Simei sighed: "You have become a soldier. You look so handsome in military uniform."
Qi Chenggang said sheepishly: "I graduated from junior high school but didn't go to high school, and I didn't want to go to a technical secondary school, so I signed up to join the army. This time the army is on holiday, so I came to the capital with my comrades to visit."
Qiao Simei suddenly said: "Then will you go back to Jinling? We can go back together when we have time."
Qi Chenggang shook his head and said: "I won't go back. I have very few vacations, so I can only wait until next time to go back."
Qiao Simei said regretfully: "That's a pity. Where are you serving as a soldier? Tell me your address and we can write to you when we have time."
Qi Chenggang didn't pay attention and told Qiao Simei the address of the army.
Qiao Simei also solemnly wrote it down with paper and notes.
Qi Chenggang glanced at the film school not far away and asked: "I still remember that your grades were worse than mine before, but I didn't expect that you would go to college soon."
Qiao Simei pouted and said, "Don't look down on others. My grades have gotten better since I entered high school."
"That's not what I meant." Qi Chenggang said nervously: "I admire educated people the most."
Qiao Simei smiled and said, "You're not bad either! If you develop well in the army, maybe you can be promoted in the future."
Qi Chenggang rolled his eyes and asked: "I remember that your second brother seems to be an athlete in the sports team, so why don't you mention it?"
"I've done it earlier. My second brother is not only an athlete, but also a master's student at the University of Science and Technology. He may be promoted to the school level after the Chinese New Year."
Qi Chenggang's eyes lit up and he asked, "Are you still living in Shamao Lane? I'll go visit you when I have time."
Qiao Simei shook her head and said, "I've stopped living there a long time ago. I usually go to school and live on campus, and I live at my second brother's house on weekends. I'll tell you my second brother's address!"
Qi Chenggang was overjoyed and quickly took out a notebook from his bag and handed it to Qiao Simei.
"Write it in my notebook."
Qiao Simei didn't notice anything was wrong and directly wrote the address of Wang Gang's old house to Qi Chenggang.
Qi Chenggang is an old Jinling native. As soon as he saw the address, he knew where Qiao Simei lived. He remembered that there were mostly old bungalows where scholars and leaders lived.
Qi Chenggang solemnly put away his notebook, and chatted with Qiao Simei again. Hearing that Wang Gang was in the capital, he even ignored his comrades and insisted on saying hello to Wang Gang.
Qiao Simei was careless and took her to the cafe.
Qi Chenggang was very excited when he saw Wang Gang and even saluted with a military salute.
For Qiao Simei's sake, Wang Gang invited Qi Chenggang to drink a cup of coffee.
Qi Chenggang sat down with his waist straight and slightly embarrassed. He looked at Wang Gang as if he were looking at a military leader.
Qiao Simei happily introduced Qi Chenggang and told many embarrassing things about her childhood.
Half an hour later, Wang Gang left with his two sisters on the pretext of having something to do. Qi Chenggang looked at Wang Gang's leaving figure with a look of reluctance in his eyes.
After returning to the hotel, Wang Gang reminded Qiao Simei.
"This Qi Chenggang has an impure purpose in approaching you. Be careful when dealing with him in the future."
"Second brother, I'm an adult, and you're still worried about me falling in love prematurely!" Qiao Simei said indifferently.
Qiao Sanli couldn't stand it anymore and reminded her sister: "Silly girl, you haven't noticed yet. Qi Chenggang wants to use you to get to know his second brother so that he can accumulate connections for his future development in the army."
Qiao Simei had never been in contact with society and didn't understand much about this. She said in confusion: "Second brother, can you stop thinking the worst about people? Qi Chenggang is not a soldier under you. You just have a job to help him."
What?"
Qiao Sanli wanted to persuade her again, but Wang Gang stopped her and said to Qiao Simei: "I didn't say you can't associate with him, I just want you to be careful."
Qiao Simei said impatiently: "I know! I have to prepare for the art test of Chinese drama, so I'm going back to my room first."
After saying that, Qiao Simei left Wang Gang's room.
Qiao Sanli knew her sister's character and knew that she did not take Wang Gang's words at heart.
"Second brother, why don't you let me persuade Simei again?" Qiao Sanli asked puzzled.
"You still don't understand Simei's temperament. The more we talk, the more she won't listen. Besides, it's all our guesses. How can you make Simei believe it? Let's talk about it later!" Wang Gang sighed.
"That's true. Anyway, in the future, Simei will go to school in the capital, and Qi Chenggang will go to serve as a soldier. They won't be able to see the superiors at all."
Qiao Simei signed up for two schools for this art exam, one was Nortel and the other was China Drama.
The film school exams will start first, and the Chinese drama exams will be in two days.
Wang just had nothing to do in the capital, so he made an appointment with Xiang Beifang to meet his partner.
Xiang Beifang's girlfriend is called Niu Mengmeng. She is a local girl. She has a dignified appearance, a cheerful personality like a northerner, and is very talkative.
Wang Gang saw that Xiang Beifang and Niu Mengmeng had a good relationship. They had similar family backgrounds and workplaces, and they had many common topics.
After meeting Niu Mengmeng, Wang Gang immediately called Xiang Nannan and praised her future sister-in-law to the heavens.
Xiang Nanfang immediately said that if he was not too busy at work, he would really like to go to the capital to meet Niu Mengmeng.
In the past two years, Xiang Nanfang has been very busy with work. He usually can only go home for one day on weekends. If he has time, he can't come back, so Wang Gang can only go to Jiangning County to see her.
The two have been married for many years and have always made a tacit agreement not to have children for fear of affecting Xiang Nanfang's rising career.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Xiang’s father has already said hello. Xiang Nanfang will soon be transferred back to the city to work in the Propaganda Department. By then, Wang Gang and his wife can think about their children.
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Wang Gang and Qiao Simei stayed in the capital for ten days and returned to Jinling after taking the exam. Qiao Sanli went on winter vacation and came back with them.
Qiao Simei's scores in the art exam were good, ranking ninth in the Nortel major and 21st in the Chinese opera major. As long as the college entrance examination reaches the score line of an art school, going to university is a sure thing.
After returning to Jinling, Qiao Simei immediately told her family the good news. Qiao Yicheng was very happy and specially cooked a large table of dishes at home and invited his younger brothers and sisters to eat together.
Wang Gang brought a bottle of wine to Qiao Yicheng's house, which was the house where he used to live, and found that his sister-in-law Wen Ju'an was not there.
"Brother, where is sister-in-law?" Qiao Simei asked Qiao Yicheng.
"Your sister-in-law's father is sick, and they went to the hospital for a check-up." Qiao Yicheng explained.
"What a coincidence, my sister-in-law's father fell ill when we came back." Qiao Sanli realized something.
Qiao Yicheng coughed to cover up his embarrassment and said: "It's an old problem. The sequelae of the surgery back then are not a big deal?"
Wang Gang asked: "Sister-in-law will graduate from college next year. Are you considering finding a job or taking the postgraduate entrance examination?"
"She went directly to an elementary school for internship, and may become an elementary school teacher in the future." Qiao Yicheng brought out a plate of mixed tofu from the kitchen.
"Mixed tofu, braised tofu, bean sprouts and tofu soup." Qiao Simei looked at the table full of tofu dishes and said to Qiao Yicheng speechlessly: "Brother, do you want to have a tofu feast?"
Wang Gang also discovered that Qiao Yicheng has become obsessed with eating tofu in recent years. He buys tofu every three days and sometimes shares it with them if he buys too much.
"Eating more soy products is good for your health." Qiao Yicheng brought out another bowl of braised pork and said to Qiao Simei: "Here is your favorite braised pork."
Qiao Simei smiled when she saw the meat, sat down happily, picked up her chopsticks and started to eat.
"There are no rules." Wang Gang slapped Qiao Simei's hand and said, "You start eating before we sit down!"
"What does it matter? We are all family members." Qiao Simei pinched a piece of braised pork with her other hand and put it in her mouth.
Qiao Yicheng said dissatisfied: "When I get married in the future, if I continue to be so presumptuous, I will be disliked by my husband's family, and people will also say that our Qiao family has no tutor."
Qiao Simei said nonchalantly: "I'll find an orphan in the future without a wife or father-in-law, that'll be fine!"
"Nonsense." Qiao Yicheng rolled his eyes, and then asked Qiao Sanli, "When will Wang Yiding arrive?"
"It should be soon!" Qiao Sanli looked at her watch, and there happened to be a knock on the door at this time.
As soon as Wang got close to the door, he opened it, only to find that the person knocking on the door was not Wang Yiding, but a woman.
"Sister Ma, why are you here?" Qiao Yicheng saw the woman and hurried to the door.