Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Chapter 1815 College Entrance Exam Dog
Ye Yaodong was extremely busy in Guangzhou, while his friends were recuperating in Zhoushan, repairing their fishing boats and making preparations in advance.

Before their fishing boats set off, they all made a special trip to call Ye Yaodong.

He happened to choose the evening time; he had just finished dinner and was about to stroll through the night market before heading back the next day.

Upon receiving the call, he pulled Ah Qing to sit down at the guesthouse next door and finished the call first.

"Dongzi, we're leaving tomorrow," A-Guang said on the phone.

"So soon?" Ye Yaodong glanced at the calendar hanging on the wall behind the counter. They set off on the 1st?
"The boats are all here, everyone has rested and is ready, the weather looks good, we paid our respects to Mazu today, and we're thinking of setting off tomorrow."

"Then be careful and listen to the instructions of the other experienced captains."

"That's for sure. We don't know anything about this, and we're not familiar with it. If we're going to make money by following others, we'll definitely listen to their instructions."

"At least the ships we're on are from our side, so we have a common language, but we should still be careful."

"Is that so? When are you coming back from Guangzhou?"

"By the time I arrive at my train station tomorrow, you'll all be far away."

"Never mind then, we'll give you good news when we get back."

"Row."

Lin Xiuqing waited until he hung up the phone before asking, "Was it your friends who called? Have they set off?"

"Yes, it is."

"I hope they have a smooth journey and return home with a full load of money."

"I hope so. Let's go, wander around, and go back tomorrow to buy some gifts for the children."

"it is good."

They successfully completed this Canton Fair, securing even more orders than in the previous two phases.

Ye Yaodong felt that he and Lin Xiuqing didn't need to come along in the second half of the year, as their small group was already quite experienced.

In the second half of the year, the deputy factory director and business manager can lead the team; he doesn't need to do it personally.

Everyone here is very capable and adaptable. They've come a few times and are very familiar with the processes. They're all the same, and he's just a coordinator anyway.

This trip was basically arranged by the deputy factory director and the business supervisor. He and Lin Xiuqing were just there to make up the numbers. They really don't need to come anymore in the second half of the year; they can handle everything more than enough.

Ye Yaodong said this to Lin Xiuqing as he walked.

Lin Xiuqing agreed, "At the beginning, no one had any experience, so we had to come and take a look, to check things out, so that we could make decisions if anything happened. Now everyone has adapted very well and has experience. Neither of us knew English to begin with."

"Yes, so it's the same whether you have me or not. They don't need to come over in the second half of the year. Let them make their own arrangements. We will definitely do our best for their performance and year-end bonuses."

“Your son is still looking forward to the Canton Fair in the second half of the year. If we don’t come, he’ll probably be depressed again.” Lin Xiuqing said, imagining Ye Chenghu’s long face, and couldn’t help but laugh.

"Or you could bring your son over to broaden his horizons."

"That's fine too, we'll see when the time comes."

Both of them kept referring to their son as "your son," as if they were trying to shift the blame and neither of them wanted the son.

"The exam hasn't even started yet, and he's already thinking about this and that. If he doesn't do well, I'll skin him alive! He's thinking about cars, West Lake, and the Canton Fair? I'll give him a good beating with a belt!"

"Wasn't that something you promised him?"

"I'm doing this to motivate him, provided he does well on the exam."

"Now he talks about it all the time, saying that he studied with all his might, and that even if he didn't achieve anything, he still put in a lot of effort. He's already finding a way out for himself."

"Forget it, let nature take its course. Anyway, even if he doesn't pass the exam, there's no shortage of work for him to do. There's plenty of work to be done."

Lin Xiuqing looked at him disapprovingly, "Don't say that, don't talk like that in front of him. He works very hard. Now he reads for a while after evening self-study every night before going to sleep, and he reads English again first thing in the morning."

Ye Chenghu took the college entrance examination in early July. The couple took it quite seriously, asking about his studies whenever they talked on the phone or met in person.

Now there are only two months left until his college entrance examination. Lin Xiuqing makes him a cup of milk every night and brings it to his room, where he can be seen studying.

As her mother, I feel sorry for her. She's usually so loud and boisterous, never seems to get enough of playing, and she even haggles over doing her homework. When has she ever studied so hard?
“He has big and small exams every month now, six or seven at a time. He called a couple of days ago to say that there will be another monthly exam at the end of the month, and there will be one last mock college entrance exam next month. All I see him doing is taking exams and writing papers all day long.”

Ye Yaodong felt a chill run down his spine just listening to this; thankfully, he wasn't good at studying.

"It's not easy for him. I'll see what gifts I can get for him later to encourage him."

"Do you know if they sell college entrance exam papers? Maybe I should check the bookstores around here tomorrow?"

Ye Yaodong looked at her as if she were a devil, incredulous. Just a moment ago she was showing her all sorts of tenderness, but now she was saying she'd buy her a gift to encourage her, while she was suggesting buying her test papers as a reward.

Lin Xiuqing glared at him. "Why are you looking at me like that? I'm worried that all his hard work these past few years has been for nothing. There are only two months left, so shouldn't he give it his all? Do his best?"

"If there are any past years' college entrance exam papers available here, we can buy a few copies for him to take back and work on. Wouldn't that be great? Although the college entrance exam papers are issued by each province, they can still be used as a reference."

"Buy a few more so he can share them with his classmates."

Ye Yaodong clicked his tongue, "Then Ye Chenghu's entire class should thank you."

"Hehe, come on, there's definitely no such thing at the night market here. Get up early tomorrow and go to the bookstore to check."

"alright."

The couple strolled around and returned home with their bags full of purchases.

The next morning, I went to Xinhua Bookstore with great enthusiasm and bought a whole book of local college entrance examination practice questions, not wanting to buy too many.

Ye Chenghu was already living in dire straits, his mind was racing even when he was sleeping. He was originally so happy that his parents were coming back.

Under immense pressure, he had been eagerly anticipating his parents' return from Guangzhou with lots of gifts for him.

For a whole week, this belief sustained him; after each day he walked, he looked forward to the next.

He was overjoyed when they finally came back from their evening self-study session.

Looking at the things scattered all over the living room floor, the room was filled with laughter and cheerful conversation, and everyone's eyes were shining.

"Mom and Dad... I knew you'd be home today! What did you buy? So much again?"

"Big brother, I have Spider-Man... and Ultraman Seven..."

"Cousin, I have an Ultraman too..."

"What about me? What did they buy for me?" He was already squatting down and looking around expectantly.

"Hey, yours is on this table!" Ye Yaodong reminded him with a mischievous grin, wanting to see his reaction to seeing the table full of papers.

Ye Chenghu came running over excitedly, his face full of anticipation.

Ye Xiaoxi, Pei Yu, and Ye Chengyang were already looking at him with pity.

The twins were happily playing with their Ultraman figurines, oblivious to their older cousin's suffering.

"What did you buy for me? Let me see! Ye Chengyang, how old are you? Still playing Ultraman every day?"

"That's good, at least I still have Ultraman to play with."

Pei Yu looked at him with a face full of sympathy, "Big cousin, take care!"

"What do you mean? I'm perfectly fine."

Ye Xiaoxi jumped off the sofa with a laugh, then patted the pile of practice questions, papers, and booklets scattered on the table.

"Big brother, these are your gifts! All of them! Absolutely all of them! They're all yours! All of them are yours alone!"

"!!!"

Ye Chenghu stared wide-eyed at the table.

A stack of past Guangdong Province college entrance examination papers for Chinese, Mathematics, English, and Politics, as well as mock test papers for Chinese, were scattered all over the table.

"Big brother! These are all things you can use! Your parents specially brought them back for you from Guangzhou..."

Seeing his murderous gaze, Ye Xiaoxi quickly shrank back.

Pei Yu quickly tugged at her clothes and pulled her back to her seat, "Sister, Big Brother seems angry..."

"Seems to be……"

"Stop talking, or what if he gives you half of these papers?"

Ye Xiaoxi shrank her neck. "I don't need to take the college entrance exam, so I don't need it. Big brother, if you can't finish it, can you share some with second brother?"

Ye Chengyang immediately protested loudly, "I don't want to! I already have Ultraman!"

What's even more infuriating!

Ye Chenghu's eyes instantly welled up with tears of grievance. "Why did I get a test paper?! Why?!"

Ye Yaodong couldn't bear it. "Well, your mother said she wanted to buy it for you. She said you're working so hard every day, and she wanted to help you so that you wouldn't fail at the last minute. So she went and collected past years' college entrance exam papers from Guangdong Province for you."

"Weren't you worried that he would be working for free? So I thought, why don't we buy some practice papers for him locally, so he can do more questions and learn more about the subject?"

"No, no, this is really bad! You're bullying me! Their gifts are toy figurines, but mine are all exam papers!"

Lin Xiuqing patted his shoulder reassuringly, "There are only two months left. Just hang in there. Let's give it our all one last time."

"Why don't you just gather them all over the country for me?"

"The school should have them, right?"

Ye Chenghu angrily plopped down on the ground and remained silent.

He's very angry right now, extremely angry!

I was so angry my head was practically steaming.

Looking at the papers on the table, his eyes practically spit fire; he wished he could burn them all.

He's going crazy from doing so many practice tests every day. Finally, he was hoping his parents would bring him some gifts to cheer him up and help him relax, but what happened?
Heavens above, why is he so unlucky? Why does he have to take the college entrance exam?
He was just a poor, unfortunate college entrance exam taker.

Lin Xiuqing saw that he seemed really angry, and she was a little afraid to coax him. At this age, you can't hit or scold a child; you have to talk to him gently.

She nudged Ye Yaodong, signaling him to go over and talk to his son.

Ye Yaodong slowly stepped forward and squatted down beside him. "Why don't you offer it to the teacher? Let the teacher make a copy, and everyone in the entire senior year can write it together?"

P.S.: I got two injections today and rested all day, so I feel a bit better. But then my period started, and my back started hurting again. I'll resume normal updates tomorrow.