Chapter 209: Old Zhang’s Familiarity (Part 2)

The grand celebration for the entire county had been set.

The county government prepared ten parade floats, five dragon dance teams, and tens of thousands of fireworks and firecrackers.

This was the most celebratory day in the county’s history, marking the first time a provincial top scorer emerged from the area, hence the county paid great attention.

Additionally.

There was a security team organized by the county’s Public Security Bureau, traffic support from the Transportation Bureau, and joint coverage by provincial, municipal, and county television stations.

Qingfeng’s mother just received the news, personally called by the county leaders.

They arranged for a car to pick them up from the brewery’s family quarters at four o’clock in the afternoon.

Friends from the provincial city also knew about Zhao Qingfeng becoming the top scorer and sent their joyous congratulations, which goes without saying.

After hanging up the phone, feeling this place wasn’t suitable for chatting, Zhao Qingfeng took Zhang Zijun back home.

“Brother Zhao!”

Upon returning to the neighborhood, the neighbors came up to congratulate him en masse, including Zhang Yang, all smiles and overjoyed.

Zhang Yang’s score was not low either, 575 points.

His parents were almost overjoyed to death, wanting to pay great respects to Zhao Qingfeng, who immediately stopped them, “Uncle, Auntie, you can rest assured now! From now on, let Zhang Yang hang out with me, his future is definitely bright.”

Zhang Yang’s parents were still concerned about their child’s marriage.

Despite being only eighteen, rural kids mature early.

In their hometown, being 20 was considered late for marriage.

When the topic of marriage came up, Zhang Yang quickly made a face and signaled with his eyes.

Zhao Qingfeng understood, “Uncle Zhang, Auntie, don’t worry. I’ll definitely help Zhang Yang find a wife who can manage him well and who truly loves him!”

Old Zhang and his wife were extremely grateful, their attitude vastly different from before.

After thanking the neighbors for their congratulations, Zhao Qingfeng briefly described the situation of his three aunts, earning applause and praise from everyone.

“Deserved!”

“Those three evil women deserved it, it’s good they were caught, sentencing them is even better, death penalty best!”

“Little Feng, it’s a pity you didn’t go to those two universities in Beijing, but we all know now, you didn’t choose Tsinghua and Peking University because of Yaoyao, right?”

This was the topic Shen Lingyao was most ‘concerned’ about.

Her face flickered with various emotions, feeling upset at being seen as the reason for delaying Brother Qingfeng’s future.

Zhao Qingfeng didn’t think so at all, he loudly told all the neighbors, “Neighbors, you’re wrong, not a bit of a pity! Everyone knows I studied every day at Uncle Shen’s and Aunt Ding’s house. If Yaoyao hadn’t tutored me, I couldn’t have scored so high. If she hadn’t spent so much time on me, the one going to Tsinghua or Peking University could very well have been her! So, choosing to go to the same university as her, what’s there to regret?”

It sounded a bit strange.

The neighbors felt something was off.

Going around in circles, cloudy and unclear, what he said made sense, but it still sounded odd.

Zhao Qingfeng knew what was strange.

Everything was because his relationship with Shen Lingyao hadn’t been defined yet.

“You’ll know tonight!”

Zhao Qingfeng said with a mischievous smile, “Tonight, during the parade, everyone should come. Later in the evening, after the parade, you can go to the dining area provided by the government or to the banquet organized by Orleans’s headquarters at other restaurants. In short, tonight, in front of all the people in the county, I have something heartfelt to say to everyone.”

“What is it?”

Zhang Zijun blurted out.

“Let’s go upstairs first.”

Zhao Qingfeng thought for a moment, “Didn’t you say earlier that any condition can be mentioned? I actually have one. Let’s go, Teacher Zhang, I’ll tell you about it.”

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