13. Fruits of Midsummer
Is this kid really publishing a book?
The adults couldn't sit still anymore, looked at each other, savoring the authenticity of the news, and felt extremely complicated for a moment.
My uncle Ma Jun almost couldn't even hold the cigarette, and he was a little busy.
However, Yang Yi's two cousins who had never taken him seriously changed their faces in dissatisfaction and muttered quietly below.
Although Yang Yi's eldest and second uncle got married early but had a child late, which made Yang Yi the oldest child in the family. It was this boss who was in the title and the bad performance that made his two younger brothers and sister never recognize the identity of Yang Yi! Now suddenly he heard that this guy with poor grades had published his own book! This gap made the two boys who were in the rebellious period feel lost and uncomfortable.
"Is it a middle school student's composition selection? Then I'll try to submit it too." Yang Ming, the uncle's son, forced himself to laugh. He entered the third year of junior high school next year and thought that Chinese language is also his strength. Then he should make two articles to submit it, not afraid of not being able to compare with this useless brother: "At that time, you won't have to pay pocket money at home!"
As a result, before he finished speaking, his father glanced at him.
The child is ignorant, but it does not mean that Yang Weihong doesn’t understand that the clothes on his sister are also the best silk material. I’m afraid it doesn’t cost nearly a thousand yuan to get it. How could this be a royalty that can be obtained by choosing an essay?
So he looked at Yang Yi, who suddenly couldn't see through, nodded and said, "It's also a good thing that Yang Yi can publish an article..."
There was still a sense of incredibleness in the words, and the subconscious view of what Yang Min and Yang Jie said as publishing articles.
So today's protagonist, Yang Man, had a strange expression, as if he had known Yang Yi for the first time, and whispered: "What book did you publish? It's not "What happened to the Song Dynasty"?"
But his eyes did not look at Yang Yi, and he called him "Brother". He also sneered for a long time but did not shout.
As soon as these words came out, the silence of the table was in sharp contrast to the noise on other tables. A group of people looked at Yang Yi in disbelief, as if they were afraid that he would say "yes".
"I published this book, but there was not much manuscript fee. After buying some things, I was only enough to pay the tuition." Yang Yi's words were a bit like Tai Chi, and he did not deny it at all, but it was very well believed that the book that was popular all over the country was not written by him.
The table of people breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and felt relieved. They thought that it was only enough to buy a piece of clothing and pay some tuition, so it was not a great book. They actually felt relieved, but there were also some subtle changes in Yang Yi's senses.
Second uncle Yang Weidong cleared his throat and said to Yang Min: "That's the case. Your son is ignorant, so you can let him make trouble. Your family is not in good condition now. Why are you buying such clothes? He is lucky now. He paid the high school tuition fee after getting some money, and will there be college in the future?"
Yang Yi's aunt also said, "What the brother said is for your own good. The occasional success cannot explain the problem, so we should plan more for the future!"
Second uncle Yang Weidong and aunt Yang Qiong are both employees of government agencies and institutions. Yang Weidong is also the department director of a directly affiliated agency of a municipal government. His voice in family meetings is even above his uncle Yang Weihong. So when he said this, everyone naturally nodded and agreed.
Yang Yi felt extremely emotional at this moment. Sometimes, blood is thicker than water, and blood is thicker than water. Among his elders, although his mother's brothers and sisters did not have a good face, they would not just watch jokes like outsiders. And his second uncle Yang Weidong looked stern when he saw him, but many years later, Yang Yi realized that this was a sign of hating him for being unable to be a steel.
However, a few aunts and uncles are the ones who look down on Yang Yi and his son from the bottom of their hearts.
"Yes!" Perhaps he knew the second brother's painstaking efforts. Yang Min responded repeatedly, but was helpless about his son's performance. He didn't understand why he was so cautious about his uncle and aunt, and was only robbed and criticized.
Only Yang Yipo complained that even if he only earned 100 yuan, it was his own business to buy clothes for his mother. However, thinking that his second uncle was kind-hearted, he could not become stubborn in public like before.
"By the way, I don't know if you can get extra points for the high school entrance examination when you publish a book this time! If you can get extra points, you might be in the same school with your sister again!" Yang Ming, the son of his uncle, was still a little scheming. This kid was extremely dissatisfied with Yang Yi's performance of stealing some of the limelight today. He was not too presumptuous in front of his elders, so he had to circle around and find fault.
Yang Ming never called Brother Yang Yi, but he called Yang Man, who looked pretty and had a good academic performance.
As soon as he said this, Ma Jun, who had not found a chance to have an attack for a long time, immediately became lively and pretended to be careless, saying, "There is still this statement? Then you have to add a lot of points?"
In fact, he had known Yang Yi's scores from his lover. Even if he added 100 points, Yang Yi's poor math, physics and chemistry would make him unable to pass the score line of key high schools, not to mention that there is no example of a score of more than 30 in the middle school entrance examination.
"No, how can I add points? Even if I can add, time has passed now!" Yang Yi was not angry at all, but instead explained with a smile. This kind of demeanor was equally good and inferior, which made Yang Weidong secretly amazed, and at the same time, he felt a little unhappy towards Ma Jun's brother-in-law.
"No matter where you go to high school, as long as you know how to work hard, don't focus on writing articles in the future. You are not a poet or writer. You are the way out to get into a good university!" Yang Weidong's view of Yang Yi changed a lot without realizing it. Naturally, he would not follow Ma Jun's words and help his brother-in-law squeeze his sister and nephew.
"My uncle, the food is served, let's talk about it after dinner!" Yang Man, the only junior in the family who dares to act coquettishly with Yang Weidong, was the one who celebrated her again today, so the adults naturally would not swear her. So they just thought that the little girl was really hungry and act coquettishly. How could they know Yang Man's complex emotions that were filled with all kinds of feelings in her heart now.
First, the amazing performance at the school conference made his best friend still obsessed with this "brother". Later, he published a book. Now he was able to treat his uncle whom he hated the most. What happened to him?
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"Hey, Yang Man, are you eating here too?" At the table, just as everyone started moving, a boy's voice sounded. Yang looked up and saw a boy with acne-faced look on his face. The clothes on his body were expensive for children of this age, but they were not as good as his own.
Behind him was a middle-aged man with a bit of official spirit. When he saw Yang Yi's aunt Yang Qiong, he nodded slightly and was very reserved. However, Yang Qiong stood up quickly: "Hello Director Dai, come and have dinner too!"
The man, known as Director Dai, waved his hand: "You eat, I'm too late to come. There is no place in Tingtao Pavilion, so I really can't come and sit for a while."
The smile was quite polite, but the meaning in the words also belittled the Yang family a little.
Director Dai is the opponent of Yang Qiong's superior, so he naturally will not show a kind face to his opponent's subordinates. This makes the two chiefs of the Yang family, Yang Yi's uncle and second uncle, look bad on their faces. However, although Yang Weidong is also the director of the department, he is on two fronts that cannot be fought with Director Dai. Naturally, he cannot make others worry about him, let alone his administrative level is one level lower than others.
"You are here to hold a celebration banquet for your children?" Director Dai noticed the small cake in the center of the dining table. Generally speaking, ordinary family dinners would not order such desserts.
"Well, my niece got into a foreign language exam. Let's celebrate it." Yang Qiong smiled naturally, but only she knew the smell in her heart.
Director Dai felt a little proud after hearing this: "Then you can't be a classmate with us Taotao. My son has been to No. 1 Middle School."
Yang Qiong naturally congratulated her, but her movements were a little stiff. The originally warm atmosphere at the dinner table was a little cold for a while.
Director Dai didn't expect that he would meet his subordinate who was not in love with him even after having a meal. He also had a good meal and felt relaxed naturally. He even talked too much. So he glanced at Yang Yi and the other two: "These are also your nephews and nieces? Are they all going to high school this year? Are there any students who Taotao will have in the future!"
The boy next to him with acne-faced face couldn't wait to sneer: "Here, dad, the person sitting next to him is Yang Yi, but this time he is a lot different from the high school level in No. 3 Middle School, and he still needs to pay a sponsorship."
Originally, Yang Yi's grades were not enough to attract the attention of the director's young master. The two never had any, and there would be no intersection in the future. However, this girl whom Mr. Dai liked was very optimistic about Yang Yi's speech that caused the whole school. When the little girl talked about this matter with her peers inadvertently, her affection and interest in Yang Yi made Mr. Dai very angry for a while, so she paid special attention to Yang Yi's grades when the results were released.
As soon as this was said, the Yang family members who were originally smiling reluctantly immediately froze their expressions. Yang Weidong, who was extremely demanding of face, looked even more ugly.
One is a key high school that is well-known throughout the province, and the other is a second-rate school that has never been famous for high school teaching and now even the junior high school has fallen into depravity. This gap is enough to allow Director Dai and his son to experience the superiority of the nobles looking down on the common people.
"No. 3 Middle School is OK, after all, it is an old school!" Director Dai pretended to be an official accent, but the contempt in his eyes was undoubtedly revealed: "I heard that a student from No. 3 Middle School was even more arrogant than the school leaders at the school conference. It seemed that he was also called Yang Yi? It wasn't this little classmate, he was really a young man!"
Director Dai's words seemed a little curious and admirable, but in fact they were full of humiliating tone. For a moment, the Yang brothers and sisters couldn't answer the words awkwardly. Even Yang Min, who had been extremely proud of Yang Yi's courage to justify himself, looked particularly ugly.
If a student of No. 1 Middle School does this, then the impression is that he is brave and agile; but the same thing happens to No. 3 Middle School students, but he can only get a naughty evaluation. This is the cruel reality that people have to accept helplessly!
Seeing that the atmosphere was particularly stiff, Ma Jun, who was beside him, felt that his family was tired of being led by Yang Yi, so he stood up and laughed to smooth things over: "He is also young and energetic, so naturally he can't compare to the model father of the young master. He has a deep family background and is well educated!"
Yang Min's pupils suddenly tightened. Her bastard man had always been a ill of the mother and son. Although the family was dissatisfied with her choice at the beginning, they tried not to mention it after they divorced. However, they did not expect that now this brother-in-law could actually tear off her family's stand in front of outsiders and even rush to praise her stinky feet.
Director Dai and his son couldn't help but smile proudly after hearing this, especially Dai Tao. As soon as he saw Yang Yi, he felt that the outfit on the other party was particularly unhappy. Now that he regained his sense of superiority, he immediately felt that this guy who looked pretty like this was just this! He smiled more and more proudly, and he had the taste of adding fuel to the fire and not afraid of high-level performances.
However, Yang Qiong was a little dissatisfied with her husband's behavior. After stomping Ma Jun, she continued to slander with Director Dai.
Just as the father and son felt very comfortable and were about to leave a few words, a fat and slightly exaggerated figure rushed in. After entering, his eyes swept around and immediately walked towards Yang Yi's table.
Behind him was a figure who looked like a lobby manager, whispering something to the waiter and foreman with outstanding temperament behind him.
Seeing the fat man walking straight over, Director Dai was obviously stunned. A little suspicious surprise flashed in his eyes, but without hesitation, he raised a smile on his face and greeted him. It was countless times more sincere than his sarcastic appearance just now.
"Mr. Luo, you come here for dinner too!" Although Director Dai is also a figure in the officialdom of Yuezhou, he did not dare to give up any entitlement to this fat man who was almost the next generation in front of him.
Their identity is there. The elders in the family are the top leaders of the provincial department and happen to be their own superiors. I heard that they are also commensurate with the new uncle and nephew of the municipal party committee secretary; and the publishing house he brought up with him has recently been uploaded in Yuezhou because of the national hot sale of a red book. He can give him enough face to say hello to him.
But such a person wouldn't have come to say hello only when he saw him here, right? This person is still holding a wine glass! In this case, no matter how high Director Dai thinks of himself, he will not be confused about this. He thinks about the purpose of the visitor.
Some of the guests waiting for the food to be served also looked over curiously. Some people with some knowledge began to gossip about the origin of the fat man for their companions in surprise. This attracted the attention of half of the guests in the hall to come here frequently.
The Yang family on the side were also shocked. Who would be the person who could make a municipal bureau director so hard to please him? Could it be that the mayor and the son? But these people were too idle to squeeze into Ruyi Building instead of Tingtao Pavilion.
Rogo, who rushed in, had no intention of focusing on Director Dai. The fat president raised his wine glass and nodded, smiled happily and greeted him, and then stepped over the director. The wind that brought it seemed to be still touching the heat outside, and he rushed to the director who was busy making way for the way.
Chapter completed!