Papa Lee and Li Ma stayed in the countryside for two days. On the third day, they rushed home at five o'clock in the afternoon.
The reason why they were in such a hurry was that the National College Entrance Examination Score Hotline would be officially opened after six o'clock tonight. They couldn't wait to know how many points their son had scored in the college entrance examination.
Under the gaze of his parents, Li Mu turned on the speakerphone and dialed the Provincial Education Commission's National College Entrance Examination Score Hotline.
After the automatic voice call, Li Mu entered his admission ticket number. Immediately after, the mechanical voice on the phone began to report his score.
"Admission ticket number …. Name: Li Mu. His score in the college entrance examination is …"
Papa Lee and Li Ma held their breath and waited.
"Language: 112 points."
Papa Lee and Li Ma frowned slightly. The score in Language was slightly low, but they knew that Li Mu's advantage was in the science subjects.
"Mathematics, 136 points."
"Not bad, not bad." Papa Lee and Li Ma nodded repeatedly. Li Ma calculated on the paper at the same time and said, "248 points."
"Science comprehensive score, 238 points."
"Not bad!" Papa Lee and Li Ma began to feel nervous. "486 points. It depends on English!"
For the previous three subjects, Li Mu was not nervous at all. Although he didn't remember his specific scores, the three subjects added up to 486 points, which was accurate to his memory.
The only thing he was nervous about now was English.
He estimated his score to be 140 points. It shouldn't be lower than this score, right?
At this moment, the voice on the phone said, "English: 150 points."
"What?"
Papa Lee stood up immediately. He was so excited that he was trembling. He didn't even notice that the cigarette butt had fallen on the ground. "How much did you score in English? 150 points? Full marks? "
"Yes!" Li Ma burst into tears. "It's full marks! My son's total score is 636! "
As soon as she finished speaking, Li Ma started sobbing. She had never dreamed that her son could get such a high score. Originally, the most perfect situation in her heart was that Li Mu would be admitted to a university. The gratification and satisfaction she felt was something she had never experienced before.
At this moment, Papa Lee exclaimed and covered his chest. It took him a long time to catch his breath. "Good boy, how did you do it? You can even get full marks in English!"
Li Mu was also very excited. With a total score of 636, he could definitely get into Renmin University!
"I told you that my English was exceptional, but you didn't believe me!"
"Still, I didn't expect to get full marks!"
Li Mu did not expect that during the evaluation, he would get a full 125 points except for his essay. However, he did not expect that he would get a full score for his essay.
"One World, One Dream" seemed to have a lot of demand!
Papa Lee almost immediately took out his phone and called Li Mu's uncle.
"Daoshun, Mu's college entrance examination results are out … 636 points. Yes, you didn't hear about it. It's 636 points. Hurry up and tell our parents so that they can be happy …"
Li Mu's grandparents didn't have a telephone at home, but fortunately, his uncle lived in the same village as them, so they were very close.
Papa Lee informed all his relatives and a few real friends. After a long phone call, he was in a very good mood. He patted his thigh with a red face. "Okay, let's go to a restaurant today!"
Li Ma said with a smile, "Let's go to Haizhou Hotel! By the way, Mu, you have to call Xiaowan. I think if she didn't bump into you lightly, you might not be able to get full marks in English! You have to thank her for helping you! "
"Mom, what kind of weird theory is that …" Li Mu smiled helplessly, but he immediately called Chen Wan.
What Li Mu did not expect was that Chen Wan was already on the train to Shanghai at this moment, and she was about to arrive at the station.
Li Mu could not help but complain, "Sister Wan, you didn't even tell me before you left. You are not a good friend."
Chen Wan said with a smile, "The most bitter thing is parting. It's better for me to leave quietly. Brat, why are you looking for me?"
"I want to treat you to a meal. My college entrance examination results are out."
"How much did you get?"
“636。”
"So high! What about English? "
"Full score."
"Wow!" Chen Wan cheered excitedly. "I can finally get rid of all the guilt I've been feeling!"
Li Mu said, "I wanted to treat you to a meal to thank you for bumping into me. I didn't expect you to leave."
"I will treat you when I go back!"
"Well, you have to take care of yourself in Shanghai."
"Don't worry, brat. You too."
After hanging up the phone, Li Mu was vaguely disappointed with Chen Wan's departure. However, he tried not to let his emotions plunge into the corner of the parting. After all, the score was out, which was something to be happy about. It was definitely a perfect score. It made his parents very happy, and he was also very satisfied. The full score in English also made Chen Wan's guilt disappear.
After putting away the phone, Li Mu said to his parents with a smile, "Sister Wan went to Shanghai, so the three of us will eat together."
"Okay." His parents nodded.
Papa Lee then said to Li Ma, "Little Mu scored more than 600 points. This is a good thing. I will take a leave some other day, and we will take Little Mu back to the countryside to visit my parents."
"Okay." Li Ma nodded. After hesitating for a moment, she asked Papa Lee, "Why don't we take some time to invite all our family members out to celebrate together?"
A trace of complexity flashed through Papa Lee's expression, but he still nodded and said, "We should invite them, but it's a bit late today. Let's do it tomorrow."
Seeing that Papa Lee agreed so readily, Li Ma smiled knowingly. She held Papa Lee's arm and comforted him softly, "Don't think too much. Our family is different now. Our Little Mu performed so well in the college entrance examination, and he is also so good at making money. If my brother and sister knew that Little Mu is so promising now, they would definitely not say those words to you."
Papa Lee nodded and smiled at Li Ma, but Li Mu found that the smile was a bit awkward and forced.
Li Mu knew that in his previous life, his father had been avoiding his mother's family, especially Li Mu's First Uncle and Little Aunt. He tried his best not to see them.
It was not his father's fault. Li Mu knew that his First Uncle and Little Aunt had always had a problem with his father since his parents were not married. Every time there was a family gathering, his father would be the object of their sarcasm. Even Li Mu could not stand it, not to mention his father. Li Mu did not have a good relationship with his First Uncle and Little Aunt in his previous life. When they targeted his father, he often offended them.
Papa Lee, Li Daoping, was born in the countryside. His family was still in a small town on the border of Haizhou. He was the only one working in the city. In Papa Lee's own words, his family had been poor farmers for five or six generations.
However, Li Mu's mother, Xiao Yunfang, was born in a family of workers. His maternal grandparents were the earliest workers in state-owned enterprises. Therefore, Li Ma, as well as Li Mu's two uncles and two aunts, were all from small towns. They grew up on commodity grain, and their conditions were much better than Papa Lee's. This was also one of the reasons why his First Uncle and Little Aunt looked down on Papa Lee.
Now, his First Uncle and Little Aunt both worked in the tax bureau. Their salary and benefits were at least 40,000 to 50,000 yuan a year. After his Little Aunt was laid off a few years ago, she had a hard time for a while. Later, she had an idea and opened a small-scale children's clothing store on the old street. It was said that the business was good at the beginning. After it stabilized, she could earn 30,000 yuan a year.
The income of both families belonged to the standard well-off level. In contrast, they somewhat looked down on Li Mu's father, who was a coal miner with a dead salary of about 1,000 yuan a month.
In fact, in the eyes of Li Mu's First Uncle and Little Aunt, Papa Lee was despised not only because of his low family background and low income, but also because of a knot in their hearts for many years.
According to what Papa Lee later told Li Mu, back then, Li Mu's First Uncle had wholeheartedly wanted to introduce Li Ma to the son of the deputy director of the tax bureau at that time. The other party also liked Li Ma very much. He was even willing to let Li Ma, who had just been assigned to the coal mine, work in the tax bureau after they got married. He also promised that after Li Mu's Little Aunt graduated from high school, he would also let her work in the tax bureau.
At that time, the tax bureau had not yet carried out the tax distribution reform, and it had a lot of power. It could be said to be one of the most popular departments. No matter how ugly a girl or how lazy a guy was, as long as he could work in the tax bureau, the matchmaker at home could break the threshold. However, in the end, Li Ma did not agree. She was determined to follow Papa Lee.
Although at that time, Li Mu's maternal grandparents were very open-minded and did not object, in the eyes of First Uncle and Little Aunt, Papa Lee became the chief culprit who abducted Li Ma and made Li Ma live a hard life.
In the hearts of Li Mu's First Uncle and Little Aunt, there was a deeper level of dissatisfaction with Papa Lee. Because both of them thought that if Li Ma had married the son of the deputy director of the tax bureau, their futures would have been greatly improved. If First Uncle had such a relationship in the tax bureau, at least he could have been promoted to a cadre. If Little Aunt had entered the tax bureau, she would not have been laid off because of the closure of the textile factory. She had suffered for two or three years. Although her business was a little better now, there was still a knot in her heart.
In Li Mu's memory, this kind of situation became more serious after his parents were laid off in his previous life. Previously, Mr. Li couldn't hold his head high in the Xiao Family. After he was laid off, the situation became more serious. For example, he was good-for-nothing, couldn't make money, and let his wife and children suffer with him. These were all the "crimes" that First Uncle and Small Aunt accused Mr. Li of.
Li Mu, whose mental age had been more than 30 years old, was very clear that in this era, the reason why First Uncle and Little Aunt sneered at Papa Lee was nothing more than that he had no money and was worthless. If Papa Lee could make money and stand tall about money, they would have nothing to say.
Thinking of this, Li Mu suddenly came up with a plan.
If nothing went wrong, the final examination of Metersbonwe would be approved in a few days. Once it was approved, he would hurry up to run the store, so that his parents could have a prosperous career in the future.
However, once it was approved by the head office, the store not only had to be renovated immediately, but also arranged for people to go there to learn. No matter what kind of store manager was hired, as the future boss, Papa Lee and Li Ma should at least go to attend the training.
However, at present, the plan to open the store had not been publicly confessed to his parents, so Li Mu had been thinking about how to force his parents to give up their work and focus on the store.
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