I'm back in 1990

Chapter 1054: Send her to join the army

Yu Xiang casually asked, "How's Liu Jin doing lately? He should have finished his mock exam, right?"

Asking this question would have been better; Zeng Xia's face immediately froze. She hugged Xiao Bayue tighter and sighed, "Don't mention this. I'm thinking of severing my mother-daughter relationship with her."

Upon seeing this, Yu Xiang knew without a doubt that the student hadn't done well on the exam; otherwise, her second sister-in-law wouldn't have come at this time.

Zeng Xia squeezed her eyes hard, trying to squeeze out a few tears, but she couldn't.

With a sob in her voice, she could only lament to Yu Xiang, "I truly regret giving birth to such a troublesome child!"

Just then, Huang Xiaochuan came downstairs.

When the little one in Zeng Xia's arms saw him, he wriggled like a little eel, stretched out his two little arms that looked like lotus roots, and kept making "ah ah" noises.

Huang Xiaochuan walked over with a smile and picked up the little one: "Did you miss me?"

Unexpectedly, Yu Xiang poured cold water on his idea: "What are you thinking? You didn't hug her when you came back, and she's holding a grudge. This is to let you make amends."

Huang Xiaochuan sat down with the little one in his arms and noticed that his second sister, Zeng Xia, looked upset: "What's wrong? Who upset you?"

Zeng Xia gritted her teeth and held up three fingers: "The mock exam results are out, and she only got 260 points! The total score is 630, and she only got 260! I'm so angry!"

This was to be expected, so Huang Xiaochuan wasn't surprised at all. He had experienced firsthand how bad his academically challenged niece was.

Although Yu Xiang knew that the child's grades were poor, this score really surprised her. In her opinion, Liu Jin should be able to score more than 300 points. Even if he couldn't get into a university, he could still get into a junior college.

But this was something she truly hadn't expected.

"That's a bit low."

Zeng Xia was visibly agitated: "Low? She couldn't write more than two hundred words in her Chinese composition, she guessed all the multiple-choice questions in math, and her English answer sheet was just scribbles. Her teacher even told me that she translated the reading comprehension passage in a completely nonsensical way. The question was clearly about why the author liked spring, but she answered that it was because you don't need to wear long underwear in spring."

Upon hearing such a shocking answer, Huang Xiaochuan's hand went limp, and he almost dropped the little guy on the ground.

Huang Xiaochuan gets a headache just thinking about Liu Jin. Everything else is fine, but you just can't talk about studying. Everyone gets a headache when you talk about studying.

The number of private tutors we've hired for her since she was a child could fill a reinforced platoon.

Only families like theirs would invest so recklessly, and what was the result? They forgot everything they learned from their teachers.

Even worse, this girl angered a senior math teacher whom Huang Xiaochuan had gone to great lengths to hire after his retirement, to the point that he ended up in the hospital. When Huang Xiaochuan went to the hospital to apologize to the teacher, the teacher said to him, "I've been teaching math for decades, and this is the first time I've ever seen someone use the law of conservation of momentum to solve a geometry problem."

Huang Xiaochuan was speechless and embarrassed at the time.

"Little brother, what should we do? Can you help me think of a solution?" Zeng Xia pleaded with her younger brother.

Huang Xiaochuan quickly waved his hand: "I have no choice. I've tried every method I can think of, and you know how it turned out."

Zeng Xia came up with an idea: "How about we send her abroad to study? With her grades, she definitely won't get into university in China."

Huang Xiaochuan stared at Zeng Xia with wide eyes: "Study abroad? Second sister, do you think someone with an English score of only 20 or 30 is suitable to study abroad? Even if she goes abroad, do you and brother-in-law feel comfortable letting her stay abroad alone? She'll definitely cause trouble for you."

Zeng Xia admitted that her brother was right. He knew his daughter best. If she were sent abroad, she would be like a wild horse. Besides, her father spoiled her unconditionally, giving her whatever she wanted. She had money and no one cared about her. What if something happened to her?

Zeng Xia was getting anxious: "What should we do then? We can't just end up graduating from high school, can we?"

At this moment, Huang Xiaochuan suddenly thought of a solution: "Let her join the army."

Zeng Xia and Yu Xiang were both stunned, and exclaimed in unison, "To join the army?"

"Yes, join the army." The more Huang Xiaochuan thought about it, the more feasible this idea seemed.

Zeng Xia immediately shook her head, rejecting the suggestion: "She definitely won't go."

Huang Xiaochuan glared at her: "It's not a question of whether she wants to go or not, it's that she has to go."

Yu Xiang comforted her second sister-in-law, "Second sister, listen to what Xiao Chuan has to say first, don't rush to say no." At this moment, Yu Xiang also felt that the man's idea was feasible.

Although Liu Jin is not good at studying, she is very healthy and does not have problems such as nearsightedness. Her brother-in-law, Huang Dahai, is in the army and holds a fairly high position, so arranging for his niece to join the army should not be a big problem.

Zeng Xia wasn't one to ignore advice; since she was already here, she figured it was worth a listen.

Zeng Xia wasn't one to ignore advice; since she was already here, she figured it was worth a listen.

Huang Xiaochuan continued, "Don't tell her about this for now. Let her take the college entrance exam as usual. She can score as high as she can, at least she can get into a junior college. After she gets into junior college, we'll enroll her in the army. There's a national policy now that encourages college students to join the army, so junior college students are still college students. Let her train in the army for a few years, and after she's discharged, she can continue her studies. I think after a few years of training in the army, she might change a bit."

Hearing this, Zeng Xia was somewhat tempted.

Seeing this, Huang Xiaochuan continued to persuade her, "Second sister, as the saying goes, a dragon has nine sons, and each one is different. Some are good at studying, while others are not. Besides, you only have one child. She won't need to worry about survival in the future, right? In that case, a diploma won't be of much use to her. It would be better to let her train in the army, correct some of her bad habits, and then arrange a job for her when she comes back. In the future, we can find her a reliable man to be your family's son-in-law, and that will be fine."

To be honest, after Huang Xiaochuan's earnest persuasion, Zeng Xia thought more and more that her brother's idea was a good one.

However, she still had some concerns: "Little brother, since this enlistment process has to go through the university, what about the school's procedures? You're letting Liu Jin enlist by himself? I think it's risky."

Huang Xiaochuan was confident about this. He wasn't bragging; with his face alone, most universities would give him some face. "This is easy. I'll handle things at the school. She doesn't need to register herself; I'll arrange for someone to register her directly. I'll call my older brother later to discuss it and ask him to help out too. Liu Jin isn't just my niece."

Upon hearing her younger brother bring up their elder brother Huang Dahai, Zeng Xia knew that her daughter's enlistment in the army was basically a done deal.

At this moment, Huo Xinyuan was unaware that her mother and uncle had already decided that she would join the army.