Back to 1984: Let's Work Hard Together to Raise The Kids!-Chapter 184: Excessive Demands

Wang Ximei echoed Wang Fengying, shouting loudly, "If you have the skill to make up lies, why don’t you have the skill to bring Ah Jian out for a confrontation! I want to see how he got into the city’s best high school!"

Most of the villagers who followed were just there to join the fun, and some came to prevent trouble from escalating.

Lin Ying finally understood the intentions of this mother-in-law and daughter-in-law duo. She was amused and looked at them as if they were clowns.

She didn’t argue, she just silently walked over to the phone and dialed a number.

Wang Ximei and Wang Fengying stood with their hands on their hips, watching, still looking indignant on the surface.

The call connected quickly.

"Hello, is this Teacher Ji, Xu Jian’s homeroom teacher?"

"Yes, who is this?"

"I’m Xu Jian’s mother. Hello, Teacher Ji, I wanted to ask about Xu Jian’s exam results this time. Also, which high school did he get into?"

Teacher Ji was clearly impressed with Xu Jian, and without having to check, she recited Xu Jian’s results and the school he got into. Her tone was very warm when talking to Lin Ying, "Honestly, Xu Jian performed very stably in this exam. I was worried he’d split too much focus onto the saxophone and it would affect his academic score, but it turns out not only is he great at the saxophone, his English speaking is very fluent, and his academic results are quite outstanding too.

I wanted to ask Xu Jian’s mother, are you planning to send him abroad to study in the future?"

Lin Ying was so flattered by Teacher Ji’s praise that she couldn’t stop smiling and didn’t even know how to respond.

When the call ended, her face was stuck in a smile.

By her side, Wang Ximei and Wang Fengying, who were staring at Lin Ying, looked displeased.

Lin Ying crossed her arms triumphantly, "This is my son’s homeroom teacher. If you don’t believe what I say, surely the teacher wouldn’t lie, right? If you don’t believe it, you can also go ask the best high school in the city yourself! The grandchild you sold everything to educate can’t compare to the child we raised in the Lin family, what can you do!

I know you’re not happy about it. So please, continue being unhappy, hahaha...."

Lin Ying laughed arrogantly like she was on top of the world, the more angry Wang Ximei and Wang Fengying got, the louder she laughed.

The villagers, worried Wang Ximei and Wang Fengying might be angered to death, quickly stepped in to persuade them to go back.

The two were almost dragged out of the shop.

Once they left, Lin Ying returned to her normal self.

The customers buying clothes hadn’t left yet. After knowing Lin Ying had raised such an excellent son, they all came up to congratulate her and somewhat bought a few things.

Lin Ying made another easy profit.

She turned to look at Xu Dahai who was tallying up the accounts and scoffed, "When they came here causing trouble, I didn’t even hear a peep out of you!"

Xu Dahai scratched his nose awkwardly, "Wife, with how fierce you looked just now, there’s no problem overpowering everyone. If I went over, I’d just create trouble for you, it’s better to honestly keep my mouth shut.

But I did see just now, sister-in-law was so angry her veins were popping, her eyes were about to bulge out. It’s the first time I’ve seen her this furious in years, even my mom was stunned."

Lin Ying sneered, "Isn’t this normal? In her eyes, besides Xu Jie, she doesn’t care about the other grandchildren. Now the grandchild she looked down on is better than her precious darling, how can she be happy about that?

Also, because we split up and are living on our own now, if we were still tangled together, don’t you believe your mom would force us to have the Lin family teach the grandchild!"

Xu Dahai blinked, about to say it wouldn’t go that far, but then thought again, his mom could be irrational sometimes, she might actually do it.

Since his family didn’t make him proud, Xu Dahai’s voice became much weaker in front of Lin Ying.

In the evening, when Xu Dashan got off work and came home, he found the place empty, with a cold stove and pot, he was dumbfounded and ran to the neighbor’s to ask, only to find out Wang Fengying was at the old house.

He hurried over, and as soon as he entered the courtyard of the old house, he heard the sound of Wang Fengying’s sobbing.

Xu Dashan’s face changed suddenly, "What’s going on?"

Picking string beans in the courtyard, Zhang Guizhi looked up at Xu Dashan, replying without much sympathy, "Big brother, you finally came. Big sister-in-law has been crying at our place for the entire afternoon. We know it’s because Ah Jie didn’t do well in the exams and she’s upset. If someone didn’t know better, they’d think we did something to her!

It’s ridiculous how she came here to cry like this. She’s not afraid of crying her eyes out, but I’m bothered by the bad luck!"

"Enough! You say fewer words." Xu Dachuan nudged Zhang Guizhi twice, signaling her to keep quiet before explaining to Xu Dashan, "The past two days, everyone in the village said Ah Jian got into the best high school, but big sister-in-law and mom didn’t believe it. They felt like Ah Jian didn’t do well, and that second sister-in-law was spreading rumors on purpose to suppress Ah Jie.

They bottled up their anger, and at noon, they took many of the village women to the town to confront the second sister-in-law, insisting she clarify the truth. Unexpectedly, the second sister-in-law called Ah Jian’s homeroom teacher to let them speak instead.

It turned out that not only does Ah Jian have good grades, but he also learns some thing-sax, I don’t really know what it is, and in addition, Ah Jian speaks English very well. The homeroom teacher even asked the second sister-in-law if they plan to send Ah Jian abroad to study.

People heard it clearly, mom and big sister-in-law got a slap on the face, and the second sister-in-law took the opportunity to show off in front of them. Mom got so angry she felt dizzy and complained about being unwell, lying down in the room since then.

Big sister-in-law lay in the main room crying, she’s been crying for most of the day. Several groups of villagers tried to console her, but it’s no use."

Color drained from Xu Dashan’s face as Xu Dachuan spoke, thinking about how their family drained their savings to get their son into schooling, and only for him to get into the fifth best, while Xu Jian got into the best, he felt deeply troubled.

However, being a man, he’s not as fragile as Wang Fengying.

Xu Dashan stepped into the main room, pulling Wang Fengying with a voice suddenly much older, "Stop crying, the child has already worked hard enough. Not comparing with Ah Jian, he’s still one of the top in our area."

"But what’s the use! You know the gap between the fifth and the best school! Why? Why have we worked so hard, the child even retook a year, only to end up in the fifth, while Xu Jian, who used to do so poorly, not even a fraction of Ah Jie, got into the best? I won’t accept it, I won’t accept it!"

Wang Fengying was hoarse from crying, throwing a tantrum at Xu Dashan right in front of him, venting her frustrations.

Xu Dashan, exhausted from a day’s work, was already worn out, and coming home to no food was one thing, but also having to face his wife’s unreasonable tantrums sparked his temper, "What good does it do you to be unrelenting? We’ve already spent every penny buying a house in the city and sent the child to study there, what else can we do?

Go look, in this village, throughout Pingxi Town, how many families can achieve this! This is all I’m capable of. If you’re still not satisfied, then you go handle it yourself, go ahead and do whatever you want, I’m done dealing with this!"

In a fury, Xu Dashan turned and stormed off.

Wang Fengying’s heart completely cooled, and she cried even more heavily.