Chapter 295 - 287: Zhong Yuying Returns Home in Glory
Yuequan Village grandly threw a banquet, presenting six opera performances, hiring troupes from the city whose standards were naturally much higher than those local amateur ones; just looking at their postures was a visual treat even without hearing them sing.
Not only the villagers from Yuequan, but also from neighboring villages came after hearing the news, packing around the old camphor tree to watch the opera. In their conversations, there was much envy for Yuequan Village, leaving the villagers proud and in high spirits.
Both Hu Weiwen from Inner Mongolia and his brother Hu Weichao passed the university entrance exams, as did Sisi’s best friend Liu Qiqi, who all scored quite well. Liu Qiqi’s family had hoped she could stay and attend university in Shanghai so they could be more at ease.
However, when Liu Qiqi learned that Sisi had applied for the Fine Arts program at Tsinghua University, she immediately insisted on going to Beijing for her studies and for the first time in her life stood up against her elders. Naturally, the ending was Liu Qiqi’s victory, as it usually is with children’s struggles against their parents, the parents are the first to give in!
Of course, Liu Qiqi’s parents didn’t completely back down. They insisted that she apply to the English department at Beijing Foreign Studies University, adamantly opposing her choice of an impractical arts program. In their view, studying foreign languages was such a good choice — high salary and prestigious!
"In our hospital, the doctors and nurses who spoke foreign languages could earn several more silver coins a month than someone like me who couldn’t speak them; I would earn several silver coins less. Speaking a foreign language is of utmost importance!" This was Zhou Yali’s constant mutter in front of Liu Qiqi every day.
So, Liu Qiqi had no choice but to settle for Beijing Foreign Studies University, and fortunately, she had planned to learn foreign languages from the start, even taking the optional English exam during her college entrance exams. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to apply for a foreign language program!
While it was a minor regret to not be in the same university as Sisi, Liu Qiqi was still very happy to be in the same city as her dear friend.
Tian Shouhua chose the law program at Renmin University, a choice that surprised Sisi, as she did not expect him to consider studying law in this lifetime. However, with Tian Shouhua’s calm and incisive character, studying law did seem quite suitable.
Mo Xiaomi naturally followed her husband and went to Beijing Normal University, while Zhong Anping surprised Sisi even more when he chose Xiehe Medical College, also in Beijing. It seemed that in this life, Zhong Anping might not go into business anymore!
Hu Weiwen and Hu Weichao also went to Beijing for their university studies. Hu Weiwen went to Beijing Foreign Studies University like Liu Qiqi, but he chose French, while Hu Weichao went to the same school as Tian Shouhua, studying journalism.
Ah, one by one, they all became the elites of society! Thinking about her future network including professionals in various fields made Sisi excited: for illness, there was Zhong Anping, for legal issues, Brother Shouhua, for schooling matters, Sister Xiaomi, and for media relations, Hu Weichao... Tsk tsk, in China, where connections and relationships are everything, her future life couldn’t be too wonderful!
The other students from Yuequan Village also went to various other cities. Tian Ping’an and Gao Qiamei both went to Shanghai, while Zhong Xianming went to Xi’an Jiao Tong University, studying civil engineering, also a very promising major.