Chapter 434: Chapter 434: Reported for Scoring Too Well

Ten days later, Qiu Linghua died.

Xu Qinghuan was surprised that Qiu Linghua could hold on for ten days.

The day Xu Qinghuan checked Qiu Linghua’s pulse, she indeed found a lump on the patient’s head, but it wasn’t the fatal injury.

Xu Qinghuan wouldn’t lie for Sun Lazy, as Qiu Linghua’s main illness was a stroke caused by high blood pressure, and stroke is greatly related to emotions. Evidently, when Sun Lazy’s son was scalded so severely, Qiu Linghua was not indifferent.

However, only she herself knew how much she was distressed for the child or fearful of her son.

Qiu Linghua’s death did not invoke sympathy among the team members; many even thought it was good since her death lightened Sun Lazy’s burden.

Those members who saw the state of Sun Shuangyang after the burn, would all curse Qiu Linghua deserved it!

But Sun Lazy’s brothers weren’t so easy to talk to. They wanted to divide the old house Sun Lazy lived in; if Sun Lazy didn’t move out, they’d accuse him of beating his mother to death. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Coincidentally, it was time to fill out the college application forms.

Kong Lijuan came over with her child.

After Xu Qinghuan’s treatment, Sun Shuangyang’s facial and bodily burns were healing well, leaving some scars that still looked scary. However, the child didn’t know this and often picked at the scars on his hands.

Since it was cold, Kong Lijuan made him a pair of cotton gloves, so he couldn’t pick at them.

Qiao Xinyu asked Kong Lijuan, "I heard your brothers-in-law are fighting over the house. What’s going on?"

Kong Lijuan sneered, "Let them fight, I don’t want it anyway."

Yu Xiaomin said, "You don’t want it, but what about your son? If they take it, where will he live?"

Only then did Kong Lijuan remember, the house was not Sun Lazy’s, but her son’s.

"What should I do then? I can’t fight two families by myself!"

Kong Lijuan did not mention that there were two sister-in-laws helping her two brothers-in-law.

"Your mother-in-law passed away, lying on the bed unattended, and no one talked about her funeral, but they immediately started discussing dividing the house?" Qiao Xinyu said, "Once the house is divided, what happens with your mother-in-law later?"

Kong Lijuan never really integrated into this family. Ever since she started preparing for college, she cared even less about the Sun family’s matters.

Now, talking about her son, she realized the need to protect the house, "Moving is definitely off the table, where would we live if we moved? Back then, when his two families kicked Sun Lazy out, the team settled them here. We’ve spent a lot of money renovating this house over the past two years.

Now they want to kick us out too, thinking we’re easily bullied?"

Dong Liangcheng and Shen Jinju came over with the volunteer forms, and everyone started discussing filling them out.

Kong Lijuan filled out Anguang University of Technology.

In later times, this was a prestigious university, a leader among military engineering schools.

Hearing Xu Qinghuan say this university was good, Kong Lijuan started worrying, "What if I can’t pass the exam?"

"They will accommodate you, it’s just a matter of quality. They’ll definitely let you attend college. Moreover, you should have some hope, fight for it, maybe it will succeed!"

Kong Lijuan breathed a sigh of relief, filled with anticipation once more.

Jiang Xingmei, following Xu Qinghuan, chose a university in Yan City, but she opted for the textile university’s design program.

Mainly because she heard from Xu Qinghuan that this was an emerging industry in Hua Country, set to align with international trends, leading fashion and influencing social aesthetics, making it very impressive.

Xu Qinghuan also told her, women should live a more refined life.

Over the years, following Xu Qinghuan, she had changed remarkably, her vision and stature incomparable to before.

Lu Mingxu asked Xu Qinghuan which program he should apply for.

Xu Qinghuan asked him back, "What do you want to do the most?"

Seeing him at a loss, Xu Qinghuan continued, "From childhood to now, when were you most excited about achieving something and wanted to do better to gain recognition?"

Lu Mingxu thought for a moment and shook his head, "That doesn’t count."

"Why doesn’t it count?"

"Back then, I wanted Lu Ranglian’s recognition. Although I got first in class, he didn’t care much," Lu Mingxu chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Those don’t count."

He thought again, "I want to build airplanes, cannons, enhance our country’s military strength, but with my background, I surely won’t pass the political screening."

This time, though he registered, he just wanted to test and see how many points he could score.

He’s still young, not yet sixteen, not in a hurry for college.

Xu Qinghuan said, "Previously, it was a unique period where one’s background was extremely important. But in the future, unless it’s specific positions, the political screening won’t be that strict. If you want to build airplanes and cannons, as long as your abilities are outstanding, the country will certainly give you a chance.

People, if they don’t abandon their dreams, will eventually realize them."

This year’s college entrance exams already have policies in place; aside from certain majors and colleges where political review remains stringent, the rest largely assess individual performance.

Yu Xiaomin, Lin Yufei, and Qiao Xinyu applied to the transportation university in Shen City, while Chen Dewen, with slightly weaker grades, applied to Shen City University—in different schools but the same city, which was no big deal.

Zheng Siqi and Dai Yifeng naturally applied to a university in Yan City, but specifically the National Defense Science and Technology University.

Ultimately, they found their way into the military.

Cao Xiurong and Fang Boran applied to Shen City universities.

Liu Zhijian is a math enthusiast, who thought he could only treat math as a hobby in his lifetime. He never expected to have a chance at college entrance exams, given his poor performance in all other subjects. Without Xu Qinghuan, even if he scored perfectly in math, going to college would be impossible.

But this time, he estimated a score of over 330 points.

Following Xu Qinghuan’s advice, he applied to Yan University’s math department.

The rest followed Xu Qinghuan’s advice and chose universities in Shen City or Yan City tailored to their scores.

Years later, all those who settled in these two cities reflected gratefully on Xu Qinghuan’s valuable advice today.

By the end of January, the scores came out, with all twenty-eight Shangjiang Team candidates passing.

Over the years, Shangjiang Team consistently led other teams in various aspects—economy, industry, agriculture—and now with such stellar exam results, it caused quite a sensation.

Quickly, the province received a report accusing someone of leaking exam questions to Shangjiang Team’s educated youths.

An investigative team arrived at Shangjiang Team and conducted interviews, while the educated youths were indignant.

Previously, Xu Qinghuan had instructed the team’s examinees to organize all their past papers and error books, which came in handy now.

Everyone displayed their study achievements.

The investigators were astonished seeing the mimeographed materials, "Did you all create these questions and complete them yourselves?"

"Yes, our educated youth Xu provided the questions, guided us, conducted training sessions, explained key knowledge points, and organized countless mock exams, which led to today’s achievements."

Song Anping, who scored over 340 points, spoke with tears in his eyes.

The other educated youths also had reddened eyes.

"Our review consisted of various phases, the first being knowledge point review; here are my notes, please have a look!" Luo Zaisheng handed his notes to the investigators.

Seeing the mind maps he created, the investigator asked, "What is this?"

Luo Zaisheng pointed them out, "This is a diagrammatic learning method, deducing through logical relations, forming linked memory, which aids understanding."