How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 106: Notice_1

Li Qiao, who had been admitted to Beijing University ahead of schedule, was approached every day by classmates from her own class and others seeking help with their studies, and she patiently gave pointers to each one. The atmosphere of learning in the school soared to an unprecedented level, making the teachers exceptionally happy.

Before they knew it, it was Friday, the day of the midterm exams; the previous two monthly tests had been taken by moving desks into the hallway.

This time, the school gave first and second-year students a day off and used their classrooms to create separate examination rooms.

On Saturday morning, during the last exam, Li Qiao turned in her paper twenty minutes early.

She ran back to the dormitory, packed up her books and belongings, and went to the school gate to wait for Qin Jin.

Instead of Qin Jin, a postman was delivering mail to the school; remembering the scenes of Li Jinhua appearing at the reception room the past couple of days, she hesitated before following the postman in.

Communication these days was entirely dependent on letters, and students were free to enter and leave the reception room.

The postman pulled out a stack of letters, and Li Qiao flipped through them one by one.

A large express package caught Li Qiao’s attention; picking it up, she became excited.

Her hands trembled slightly.

It was an express package from Beijing University! She immediately tore open the package and pulled out the large red envelope hidden inside.

The gilded words "Beijing University Admission Notice" jumped out at her.

"Wow! My notice has arrived," Li Qiao shouted, and took candies out of her pocket. "Thank you, uncle, for your hard work."

The postman was also surprised, "Admission notice? Isn’t it not yet time for university examinations?"

"I’ve been admitted in advance!" Li Qiao exclaimed joyously, clutching the notice as she ran to the teachers’ office. Mr. Song had been inquiring every day at the reception room about mail from Beijing; now he could finally be at ease.

The teachers in the office were busy grading exam papers they had collected.

Upon hearing that Li Qiao’s notice had arrived, they stopped their work and crowded around to look at her admission notice.

"I never thought I’d see a Beijing University admission notice in my lifetime."

"Li Qiao is a student in our class," the English teacher said proudly.

Mr. Song stressed, "She was admitted for her excellence in mathematics." Having a student going to Beijing University was enough for him to boast for a lifetime. Eagerly he said, "Open it and let’s see."

Li Qiao opened the admission notice.

Mr. Song read, "Li Qiao, you are hereby admitted to our Mathematical and Physical Sciences major. Please bring this notice to the university..." After finishing reading, he repeatedly exclaimed "Good!" and advised, "Keep it safe, don’t let anyone with ulterior motives steal it... The university counselors will recognize you; it’s useless to steal your notice. Hey! It’s not even half past eleven, have you finished your exam? You turned in your paper early again, didn’t you? You kid."

Li Qiao smiled with pursed lips, what else was she to do after finishing the exam if not turn it in?

After chatting with the teachers for a few moments, she left the office with the admission notice, beaming with joy.

The bell rang just as she exited the school gates.

Qin Jin had already arrived; she waved at him enthusiastically: "Jin, my admission notice has arrived!"

After Qin Jin took it, he laughed heartily: "That’s great. I can already sense that grandma will be burning paper all night again to inform my parents."

Li Qiao giggled.

When the two returned home, Li Qiao took out the admission notice. Old Mrs. Qin couldn’t stop smiling broadly, "That’s wonderful! The ancestors have blessed us." These past few days, she had been nearly driven mad by Dong Lamei’s constant complaints about how difficult it had been to raise Qiaoqiao.

The day before yesterday, Dong Lamei came again and had been caught by her granddaughter-in-law’s elder sister and her partner delivering hand-woven goods. That eldest girl was a fierce one and had gotten into a fight with Dong Lamei, grabbing her by the hair.

With her face scratched up, Lamei likely felt too ashamed to show up today, which was probably why she didn’t come.

Old Mrs. Qin didn’t want to tell her granddaughter-in-law about these incidents, so as to spare her the distress.

She took the admission notice and went out to show it off:

"My granddaughter-in-law’s admission notice has arrived."

"Oh! This cardboard is really nice, what does it say on top?"

Old Mrs. Qin: "An admission notice! Where’s Yu Feng? Tell her to stop spreading rumors that my daughter-in-law is boasting."

Yu Feng could hear Old Mrs. Qin’s booming voice even in her sleep, and when she went outside, Old Mrs. Qin had already gone back into the house.

"What did her grandmother just say?" Yu Feng asked the people who were working.

"Qiaoqiao’s notice has arrived, now a university student for sure."

"I told you, don’t go around saying Qiaoqiao’s bragging, last time she took the exam Jin went with her. Would Jin let Qiaoqiao talk nonsense? And you, stirring things up with Old Cai’s wife, that woman’s got a reputation for running her mouth, and you believe her words too." Yu Cuiying was furious and had long advised Yu Feng to keep her mouth shut no matter what happened in the village, even if there were conflicts with others, and not to kick someone when they’re down.

She wouldn’t listen.

Now look what happened.

Offended a university student.

Wait for the regrets.

Yu Feng was completely dumbfounded.

Old Mrs. Qin locked the admission notice securely in the cabinet with two locks, handed the keys to Qin Jin, "Keep it safe. Take Qiaoqiao to the city right away and buy her two new outfits, the robes we have don’t match her university student status."

"Grandma, there’s really no need," Li Qiao said with a suppressed smile, being clothed was good enough.

"I say there is a need," Old Mrs. Qin stated unequivocally.

Unable to argue with her, Li Qiao said: "Okay." She picked out some large morel mushrooms that had dried in the sun and discussed with Qin Jin about sending them to Xun Dong.

Qin Jin agreed, noting that for someone like him who was on file, it would be much easier to connect with Xun Dong now that his wife was a university student. He then quickly asked, "Is he working today, since it’s the weekend?"

Li Qiao: "I don’t know, for the case of Lame Feng at the beginning of the year, he even worked on the weekends, right?" Forensic scientists on TV seemed to be on call at all times, "I’ll go look for him in a bit."

....

After lunch.

Qin Jin took Li Qiao away from home, and at the intersection, they ran into Li Jinhua coming home.

Li Qiao deliberately hugged Qin Jin’s waist and provocatively tilted her chin, suggesting that she was now reaping the rewards of love and academics.

Li Jinhua realized what was happening and clenched her fists in anger. She had run to the staff office for a week, and in the end, the admission notice was still taken by Li Qiao; now the whole school knew that Li Qiao had received a notice from Beijing University, she even heard Mr. Zhou talk about applying for a scholarship for Li Qiao.

She remembered when her grandson had his turn, the news reported that anyone admitted to Beijing University started with scholarships of at least a hundred thousand yuan.

It might not be that high now, but with pork at 0.6 yuan per jin, Li Qiao could get a hundred or so jins as a reward, and the school would definitely be willing to give out a hundred or so yuan in scholarship money.

After all, it was Beijing University.

Such a school concentrates educational resources from all over the country, and there must be various scholarships. With Li Qiao’s otherworldly intelligence, how much money would she save in four years? Even without winning any scholarships, just the stipends alone would probably be more than she could spend, and she would certainly get grain tickets and meat tickets every month. That’s how it was for Cai Hechuan, she must find a way to use Li Qiao’s notice for herself.

Li Qiao was still unaware that her notice was coveted by someone else.

Qin Jin pulled her to the front of the vehicle, telling her she would need to live on campus because he had to take a long trip next week, and it might be ten days to half a month before he could return.

"Another long trip? Did you receive some antiques?"

Qin Jin pondered, "The village had a meeting the other day to discuss land allocation, and I plan to go out to get some seeds and fertilizer to sell."

Li Qiao began to worry, "Isn’t trading prohibited now?"

"I have a permit."

Li Qiao felt relieved, and then asked, "How come you know about antiques?" She had always been curious about this.