Chapter 20: Shen Anan’s Smarter After All

South City, Huo Family Residence.

Shen Anan continued to manage the household meals.

Ever since she prepared a therapeutic meal, Huo Aihua had her follow that same recipe.

Whether it was a placebo effect or not, in just one week, Yang Qiuju’s health visibly improved day by day.

Not to mention, she could now exercise in the yard every day.

She even considered returning to work, after all, she had been on sick leave for almost a year.

Shen Anan, shouldering the responsibility of improving Yang Qiuju’s health, became even more focused on researching prescriptions.

She would often be engrossed in medical books.

Huo Jing Yu watched her from beside her.

After getting married, they hadn’t changed much, but Huo Aihua and Yang Qiuju were worried sick.

They thought that since the two children had gotten their marriage certificates, they should let their relatives and friends know.

That night, Yang Qiuju discussed with her husband about quickly organizing a wedding banquet.

At that time, people didn’t really care about marriage certificates; having a wedding banquet and seeing relatives, that was considered getting married!

“Okay, tomorrow you go ask about dates and see which day is suitable?”

Hearing her husband’s words, Yang Qiuju frowned, “I think National Day would be good, wouldn’t it?”

It’s the best time of the year.

Only half a month away!

“That’s good, lively and festive!”

Huo Aihua agreed.

During dinner, the two told Shen Anan and Huo Jing Yu about it.

Upon learning about the wedding banquet, Huo Jing Yu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Shen Anan.

She looked anxious.

“Uncle Huo, Aunt Yang, if we’re having a wedding banquet, I might not have any relatives coming…”

Her grandmother, who loved her the most, lived by the ditch. The road into the city was very tiring, but the old lady didn’t like to go through all that trouble!

Another thing, getting a referral letter was really difficult…

Previously, her grandmother had gone through a lot of trouble to get a referral letter to come to Hecheng to pay her tuition.

Even then, she owed a huge favor to the village head and secretary!

As for inviting relatives from Hecheng?

Only her adoptive parents and younger brother, Shen Yaozu.

Should she invite them?

It was uncertain if they would even come.

Even if they came, who knows what kind of trouble they might cause?

After hearing this, Huo Aihua and Yang Qiuju looked at each other.

At the wedding banquet, if there were only the groom’s relatives and no relatives from the bride’s side, they wouldn’t mind, but Anan would be gossiped about behind her back!

“If it really doesn’t work, just tell your adoptive parents, if they want to come, they can come, if not, then forget it.”

This was the only solution Huo Aihua and his wife could think of.

Otherwise, she would be talked about later.

Even if the Shen family wasn’t good people, in the eyes of everyone, they raised Shen Anan for eighteen years, so the nurturing grace was undeniable!

For a wedding, if the biological parents weren’t there, the adoptive parents should attend!

North City, Apartment Building.

Liu Cailan was washing clothes as usual.

Annoyed.

But there was nothing she could do.

Shen Xiuxiu said she was tired every day after work, and she thought that since she was her biological daughter, she shouldn’t make her work.

Especially now that she was earning a salary.

She also had to coax Xiuxiu into giving her salary to her.

My neighbor Aunt Chen happened to come down to do laundry today.

The two of them were crowded together.

They couldn’t just keep washing clothes silently, could they?

So they started chatting!

“I heard your son Yaozu got into high school?”

Aunt Chen’s news was always well-informed.

There was nothing she didn’t know in this apartment building!

“Yes, my Yaozu has always been quite smart, you know, he didn’t study much in junior high school, and he passed the exam!”

Liu Cailan couldn’t hide her pride.

Before, Aunt Chen always compared her son with Yaozu, now look!

The son of the old Shen family also had the ability.

However, the next moment, she heard Aunt Chen sigh, “Are you planning to let him go to high school?”

Hearing this, Liu Cailan was stunned.

“What do you mean? Didn’t your son also go to high school?”

As if it was something great!

Aunt Chen rolled her eyes.

“That’s old news, I got him a connection, and he transferred to a technical secondary school! Upon graduation, he’ll have a guaranteed job assignment.”

As soon as she said this, Liu Cailan stopped washing her clothes.

When did this happen?

How come she didn’t know?

Seeing Liu Cailan’s expression, Aunt Chen was very satisfied.

“I advise you to quickly find a connection for your Yaozu and let him transfer to a technical secondary school.

Not to mention anything else, graduates from technical secondary schools have guaranteed job assignments! After graduating from high school, you still have to take the job exam, where are there so many jobs for you to take?

My son will graduate from technical secondary school next year, and he will be directly assigned a job, how worry-free is that?”

Liu Cailan listened in a daze.

Torn!

“But my daughter who was mistakenly switched at birth, Shen Anan, she got a job after graduating from high school.

A girl can get a job, my Yaozu, a boy, shouldn’t be unable to get one, right?

Yaozu’s brain is much better than Shen Anan’s…”

Because of this, she had planned to hold a graduation celebration.

That’s the old Shen family’s ancestral grave smoking incense that produced a high school student!

Aunt Chen thought of Shen Yaozu’s dull-witted appearance and twitched the corner of her mouth.

Just that? She still thought Shen Anan was smarter, she had been accepted into a technical secondary school, but who knew that the admission notice was torn up by Shen Yaozu…

“Your Shen Anan was just lucky, that job at the supply and marketing cooperative, I heard, was originally for a relative of the leader.

It was only later that the relative didn’t want it, and your Shen Anan got it!

Even then, more than ten people took the exam together, for her to get it, she must have been the top scorer!

Why didn’t she want such a good job?”

Liu Cailan automatically ignored Aunt Chen’s last sentence and continued to ask, “So you mean, after my Yaozu graduates from high school, there won’t be any jobs for him to take?”

“What else?”

Aunt Chen rubbed soap on her clothes.

“Just wait and see, there aren’t many jobs to take now, and after three years of high school, what’s left?

And, it’s not that I’m being mean, if Shen Yaozu goes out to take the job exam, he probably won’t pass…”

She still didn’t understand how Shen Yaozu got into high school, it was just luck!

Otherwise, with his original junior high school grades, he wouldn’t have passed!

“What… what should I do?!”

Liu Cailan was a little anxious.

She was counting on her son to get a good job after finishing school, so she could enjoy herself!

And also show off to her relatives and neighbors.

But now…

“Didn’t I just say, let him transfer to a technical secondary school!”

Aunt Chen only had a few pieces of clothing, and she finished washing them in a few minutes.

Now she was going to hang the clothes to dry.

Liu Cailan quickly stopped her.

“No, I don’t know who to find, and it will cost a lot of money, right?”

The family had no money!

Although her husband had become a regular worker and her biological daughter was working at the supply and marketing cooperative, how long has it been?

Where is the money?

“I have connections, neighbors can help you connect, but it will cost a lot of money, probably around 130 yuan.”

Aunt Chen said in a low voice.

Actually, it only costs about 100 yuan, but since she helped connect, she had to charge some money, right?

“130 yuan?!”

Liu Cailan was stunned.

The family couldn’t even take out 50 yuan now!

Where would she get the money?

Without money to find connections, Yaozu would be unemployed after graduation…

That can’t happen!

Ask Shen Anan for money?