TGDS Chapter 41.2

Good Dad System (Arc 4) Chapter 41.2: The Eccentric Dad In The Chronicles (22)

“Dad, Mom, Brother, I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have just accepted it and wanted to eat it.” He pushed the egg soup to the middle, “You drink it.”

 

His apology made Pei Jianlai and Pei Jianshe panic. They waved their hands and pushed the bowl away, with a simple and honest look on their faces: “It’s okay, Jiancheng, you’ve worked hard in studying, so we’ll go to the fields. We’re used to it. We just ate.” It was just that he stayed at the dinner table a little too long tonight, and Pei Jianshe’s stomach was the first to start singing. The gurgling sound was heard by everyone at the table.

 

Pei Jianshe hurriedly covered his stomach: “No, I’m really full. I’ll go to sleep later.” He would not be hungry after sleeping. They were all like this. Their family could eat well. The poor families in the village were the ones who had no food to eat.

 

“It’s okay, brother. I just had some steamed buns on the way. You can have it.” The school cafeteria received subsidies from the county commune. Although there were not many dishes, it was still enough to fill the stomach. After listening to his brother’s words, Pei Jiancheng thought more in his mind: how could studying be as hard as working in the fields!

 

“Xiuzhi.”

 

“What’s wrong?” Li Xiuzhi was in a daze when her husband suddenly called out to her.

 

“When Jiancheng comes back tonight, our family will have a good meal. I’ll go with you. Prepare another portion according to the amount we’ll eat tonight. Let’s drink this bowl of egg soup together.”

 

“Dad, no need! I’m full.” Pei Jiancheng dared not refuse.

 

Pei Naochun looked at his wife with a firm gaze, and Li Xiuzhi was feeling bitter and complicated, so she obediently agreed and followed her husband into the kitchen. She did not forget to take away the bowl of egg soup, otherwise what if it got cold later? It is conceivable that when she came back to her senses, she would stamp her feet in anger for tonight’s food.

 

Pei Jiancheng was left in the main room, where he could only stare at his brothers. The blood ties between the brothers did exist, and the brothers had a good relationship, but Pei Jiancheng was always studying and spent very little time at home.

 

“Jiancheng, you are going to graduate from junior high school this year, right?” Pei Jianlai spoke first, his eyes full of respect. He went home obediently after only two years of elementary school. To him, the things in the books were simply heavenly!

 

“Yeah, brother.”

 

“You are amazing.” Pei Jianlai was proud of it and gave a thumbs up, “You are even better than the accountant in our team!”

 

If it were in the past, Pei Jiancheng might have been speechless for a moment, because the village accountant only studied in junior high school for half a year and then dropped out. But now he explained patiently: “Our team accountant went to junior high school for one year and then came back. I have studied for more than two years and will not get my graduation certificate until the end of next year.”

 

Pei Jianlai probably understood: “Anyway, my brother is amazing.” He laughed foolishly, “You are the only one in the village who is good at studying. You will definitely become a high-ranking official in the future.”

 

This is another fallacy. Although the movement has had a great impact, there are many college students in recent years. Those who graduated from junior colleges are better. If you want to become a high-ranking official, you have to rely on allocation. If you want to join the government after graduating from junior high school, there is basically no chance if you don’t know anyone, because it has nothing to do with them anyway!

 

“Brother, it’s not like that. You can still go on to higher education after graduating from junior high school. If you want to work for the government, you have to…” He was halfway through his words when he saw his brother’s confused look. He knew that the more correct he was, the less his brother would understand. He just said, “Even if we want to go after junior high school, no one wants us! We have to go on to higher education.”

 

“Then read on. My brother is the best. Mom also says you are the best.” Pei Jianlai nodded in affirmation, and poked Pei Jianshe, who had been in a daze beside him, with his arm. The other party was almost wearing peach blossoms on his head every day recently. “Brother, I am right, right?”

 

“Yes, Jiancheng, you will definitely succeed. Look, we haven’t even graduated from elementary school!” Pei Jianshe only listened to the end and agreed seriously.

 

Pei Jiancheng felt warm and helpless. His brothers had high hopes for him, but how could he do it? At the same time, he felt embarrassed. His brothers, whom he had always looked down upon, had always recognized and trusted him, but what about him?

 

“The food is here.” Pei Naochun interrupted the brothers’ conversation and came in with a bowl of hot porridge. After his persistence, Li Xiuzhi finally relented and made a new set of food according to tonight’s meal, counting six portions. Although there were still no vegetables, this was the amount for adults!

 

Li Xiuzhi was at the back, holding the dishes with a sour face, thinking that she was really out of her mind to be fooled by Pei Naochun. She was like a hamster, diligently hoarding food, but ultimately ended up being robbed!

 

The food that Pei Jiancheng got was the same as that of his brothers, and a little less than that of his parents. He lowered his head and swirled the bowl with his chopsticks. The rice grains floating in the air could even be counted on one hand. He had eaten such food before, but his mother would always secretly bury half an egg in his bowl and let him have a small sip of oil when his brothers went out… Later, he went to school, and every time he came home his mother would openly cook for him.

 

“Eat!” Even though it was the second meal, the children dared to eat only after Pei Naochun picked up his chopsticks. He started with the bowl of heated egg soup, scooped up a spoonful and put it in Li Xiuzhi’s bowl, “First, give a spoonful to our family’s hero. If your mother hadn’t helped with the calculations over the years, we would have been in trouble.”

 

Li Xiuzhi wanted to say no, she always had good things for Pei Jiancheng, but her husband gave her the gift, she couldn’t ‘t refuse it for a moment, her face was red, “What kind of hero is this, we are all family, we work hard.”