Xu Fang was not sick, her face was pale and she was completely frightened.

The department store was robbed today, which became the biggest news in Beixian County.

In broad daylight, two masked men robbed the wooden warehouse and took away 8,000 yuan from the store.

Xu Fang sat on the bed, recalling the scenes that happened in the store, and still couldn't help but be afraid.

Ji Yong handed the brewed brown sugar water to her hand, "As long as everything is fine, this is the greatest blessing among misfortunes."

After a few mouthfuls of brown sugar water, Xu Fang calmed down and said, "Who would have thought that someone would dare to come in and grab things during the day? I heard that there was a lot of trouble in Beishi City, and now the county is not stable. You are going on a business trip tomorrow. Are there any bumps in the road?

Just bear with it if you touch it, it’s better to do less than to do more.”

"Don't worry, you don't understand my temper. I won't scold me even if someone hits me. I'm not the one who caused the trouble." Ji Yong asked, "What did your company say?"

"Manager Wang said he would have two days off, and I received a call from Xiao Ke during the day. She wanted to fill in the application form, and my parents also asked me to go back and make up my mind." Xu Fang mentioned her little daughter, and she also had a smile on her face.

He said, "Listen to Mom, Xiaoke did well in the test this time. I think she passed the key points today."

This year, 340 points are for the junior college level, 420 points are for the undergraduate level, and 460 points are for the key level.

Ji Yong happily clapped his hand on his leg, "Well done. Xiaoke's excellence today is inseparable from the efforts of his father-in-law and mother-in-law. Didn't I get back two bottles of Moutai from my last business trip? You can bring it to your father-in-law."

Ji Yong originally ran business in an agricultural machinery company. The company's business was business-to-business, and there were many credit accounts. If the company couldn't handle it, it would ask people to collect debts. In recent years, he has taken on the job of collecting debts again.

He is very capable, and he has collected several large orders for the company, and the company has also given him a share. Speaking of which, the Ji family's conditions at the agricultural machinery company are considered to be very good. Usually when he goes out to ask for debts, the other party will get him something.

, Ji Yong brought them all back.

Xu Fang was also happy that her husband valued her mother's family, "Just take a bottle. My dad doesn't like drinking very much, so he wouldn't consider it a good thing to give it to him."

Ji Yong was silent for a while, "Didn't I bring back a gold-plated and engraved Hero brand pen? Dad is a cultural person, give that to him."

Xu Fang was even more reluctant to part with it, "I promised Xiaoke before that I would give her the pen if she passed the key points exam."

"Is it too early for Xiao Ke to use such an expensive pen now? I will give this one to my father-in-law first, and I will buy it just for Xiao Ke after she graduates from college and gets a job."

"Look at our Beixian County, are there any people who have passed the college entrance examination? Even in Beixian City, there are not many people who have passed the college entrance examination. Xiao Ke has passed the key test, and our children have not been with us these years. We owed her a lot, and now she has passed the college entrance examination.

It’s so good that a fountain pen is not too much.”

Ji Yong had his own concerns, "Okay, then I'll do as you say. I'll see if I can buy another one when I go out this time. As parents, we can't favor one over the other. The two sisters each have one. That's right.

, Xiaoling will also evaluate her scores today, please take the time to ask in the evening."

Xu Fang curled her lips and said, "She's already shouting that she's going to take the exam so early. Why should she ask?"

"The worse you do on the test, the more you need to care."

"Forget it, I have to ask you, how many more years do I want to live? Also, Xiaoke has a lot of money to spend on going to college, so don't spend money randomly. The cheapest all-steel Hero pen is 200

Woolen cloth."

"Both sisters are going to college, how can one be given a scholarship and the other not be given a scholarship?"

Xu Fang was impatient to hear this, "If she can pass the exam, you can see her off, but if she can't, why are you spending that money?"

The most expensive gold-cap semi-steel of the Hero pen costs 800 yuan, and the gold-plated and engraved pen is the second most expensive. You can't buy a pen for nearly 500 yuan. It's small and beautiful, so it's hard to find it.

For a family like the Ji family to have such inventory, Ji Ling guessed that Ji's father had made a lot of money from running the business in the past few years.

Ji Ling is burdened with debts and is two heads tall. She is considering whether to talk to Ji's father in private. Can she ask for money without a pen?

Mother and daughter were not close, so Xu Fang and her husband talked in the house after they came back, while Ji Ling packed up the books that the original owner had accumulated over the past two years and moved them to the yard.

Waiting for the junk collector to come over, a lot of books were sold for only one dollar and twenty cents.

At this time, Ji Jianhua came back from hauling coal.

The alley in the family courtyard was narrow, so he had to reverse the truck in. When the truck finally turned into the courtyard, the truck made two squeaks and suddenly stalled.

I started the fire again, started it again, and then turned it off again. I repeated this several times, but the car backed into the yard without anyone.

Ji Jianhua jumped out of the driver's seat and said, "It locks up after pouring it several times. Just unload it here, and then dump it into the coal bunker."

When there was a stalemate at home in the morning, Tian Jing's arrival broke the stalemate. Ji Jianhua's words to force Ji Ling to apologize could not be saved. The two people who were not close to each other at this time did not say a word.

Ji Jianhua knew that this younger sister had a stubborn temper, so he took the initiative to talk to her, "Xiao Ling, I asked you and Mom to admit your mistakes this morning. I'm not saying that what you did was wrong. It was because Mom was excited at that time. Let her calm down first."

Ji Ling said lightly.

"I just saw you selling books when I was backing up. Do you want those books?"

Ji Ling said frankly, "After the college entrance examination, I won't be able to use it in the future."

Ji Jianhua nodded, opened his jacket pocket, and took out a wad of money, mostly two cents. He took out the largest amount of ten yuan and handed it to Ji Ling, "Take this for your pocket money."

Although Ji Ling wanted it very much, she still held back and said, "No, I can earn it myself."

"You earn what you can. This is what my eldest brother gave you. Xiaoke asked me to help buy a scarf for this business trip. I didn't bring it for you. I'll give you ten yuan to buy what you like."

Ji Jianhua persisted, and Ji Ling thought that he wanted a bowl of water to be balanced, and maybe it meant making up for what he said in the morning, so she didn't refuse and took it.

"Thank you, brother."

Ji Jianhua smiled and said, "Now that you have figured it out, don't fight against Mom. Mom will be strong all her life. You should understand her better."

"Okay." Ji Ling responded.

She knew in her heart that Ji Jianhua misunderstood that she accepted the reality and no longer planned to study. She waited until the results came out and all the misunderstandings were solved, so she didn't bother to explain.

The temperature in Beixian County is nearly 40 degrees below zero in winter. When Ji Jianhua came back from leave this time, he was also hauling coal for his family. At this time of year, he would buy the coal that his family would burn in winter in advance.

Ji Yong and his wife also came out of the house. Ji Jianhua was quite surprised to see Xu Fang at home. He was in a hurry to unload coal and had no time to say much. He didn't find out about the robbery of the department store until dinner.

He said, "It can't be the two robbers from Beishi City, right? The security department of a gear factory was robbed before, and I heard that a wooden warehouse was also taken away."

Xu Fang warned her son, "These two are running around now, and they look fierce. You must pay attention to your own safety outside."

Ji Jianhua agreed, turning to Ji Ling beside him, "Remember to lock the doors and windows before going to bed at home these days."

Ji Ling originally wanted to be left alone, but was pulled out by Ji Jianhua. She was about to say a few words when Xu Fang took over her words.

"Don't go out if you have nothing to do these two days. The zipper factory has a recruitment exam on the 21st. You should prepare well. Wash the shirt your sister brought you back last month and wear it on the day of the exam."

Ji Ling said calmly, "Fill in your application form on the 21st and I have to go to school."

Xu Fang pursed her lips and said, "It doesn't even take a day to fill in your application. You go to the factory to take the exam first, which will be over at ten o'clock. Then it's not too late to go to school."

Ji Ling declined politely, "Let's talk about it then."

Xu Fang's patience reached its limit, "Let's talk about it later? I think you just don't want to go. Ji Ling, let me tell you, don't follow the example of the college student Dong Fang's family in the front yard who re-study for five years and still doesn't give up. If you re-study for two years, you won't be able to pass the exam this time."

, just rest assured that I will find a job and go to work, our family is not used to your bad habits."

In the 1980s, there were high school graduates who did not go to college. Although they did not go to college, they still had a certain knowledge and culture. They could have slipped through the loopholes of going to college. Therefore, people who lived in the courtyard privately gave

The girl from the Dong family was nicknamed "the university leaker".

Ji Ling was disgusted by this sentence, "Mom, it's very uncultivated to care about others behind their backs."

Xu Fang said angrily, "You're talking about self-cultivation to me now? What about your self-cultivation? Why don't you think about self-cultivation when you shamelessly go to your grandma's house and go on a hunger strike to force your parents?"

Seeing that there was going to be another quarrel, Ji Yong hurriedly acted as peacemaker, "It's important to fill in the application form. Xiaoling goes to school first and then to the zipper factory."

Ji Ling's face turned ugly, she put down her chopsticks and stood up, "Dad, I won't go to the zipper factory to take the exam. I'm waiting to go to college in September."

She admitted that Ji's father loved her, but it was obvious that Ji's father never asked about her grades from beginning to end, let alone believed that she would be admitted to college.


Chapter completed!