Shi Qing did not take issue with her. She prepared a bowl of sugar water and fed it to Qiao Dongliang
He Yun’s father was shocked. “Qiao Nan, is your father not feeling well recently?” He then helped take care of Qiao Dongliang.
“Not really. It is just that he is busy recently. He must be exhausted.”
“Oh, I see.”
“Look, Principal Meng of Ping Cheng High School is here?!” The people who crowded outside the Qiao family’s residence saw that a car stopped in front of the house, and out came Principal Meng.
The people in this area stayed close to Ping Cheng High School. All of them knew who Principal Meng was.
“Hello, how are you doing? I am here to look for Qiao Nan.” Principal Meng was all smiles. He walked with a spring in his step.
Not only was Principal Meng here, but Teacher Liu, who once taught Qiao Nan and was her form teacher for a year, was here as well. Of course, Qiao Nan’s current form teacher was here as well. In an instant, there were three more adults at the Qiao family’s residence.
“Qiao Nan, congratulations. Congratulations on becoming the top humanities scorer of the province. The director of the Ping Cheng Education Bureau is very pleased with your results. He is all praises for you. He said that you have broken the record. You have the highest score in the province. Your results are higher than the previous record by twenty-seven points!” Principal Meng could not hide his excitement.
This meant that Ping Cheng High School held the record of the provincial highest score in the college entrance examination’s humanities subjects.
Every year, the top scorer of the college entrance examination would have exceptionally high results. Some of them would be a few marks short of full marks.
Qiao Nan was different. Not only had Qiao Nan performed well, but there were also a lot of points that were added to her total score.
It was very fitting of her situation to say that her performance was beyond imagination!
For that alone, there was no way that The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China could be compared to Ping Cheng High School.
“Shi Qing, I know that you must be here too. Congratulations to you as well. This year, you are the provincial top scorer for the science subjects. You have done very well. I am proud of having students like the two of you in Ping Cheng High School!”
The top humanities scorer and the top science scorer were from Ping Cheng and from his own school. After learning of this news, Principal Meng was so ecstatic that he was almost dizzy with joy.
It was indeed two joyous events at the same time.
Oh, my goodness! Was there anything that was more overwhelming than this?
Principal Meng suddenly felt that the best thing that he had done in his life was to become a teacher and principal of Ping Cheng High School. He made the right decision by accepting Qiao Nan as his student. With her at Ping Cheng High School, Shi Qing transferred to the school as well without him doing anything
Qiao Nan was the reason why Shi Qing transferred to Ping Cheng High School. Only a few schools would allow good students who might be the top scorers to transfer out of their schools. They would not be able to scout and ask such students to join their schools as well!
He did nothing, yet he stood to benefit from
it.
If Principal Meng was to fall asleep, he would be smiling in his dreams!
“Do we have two top scorers in this neighborhood?”
“That is such a blessing!”
“Luck is on our side!”
“Is it the trend for good students to stay in the same area?”
Undoubtedly, this community had two top scorers. In the future, everyone would view this place to be of good geomancy.
“Principal, thank you for making the trip here.” Qiao Nan was worked up as well. But she had to calm down and take care of her father who had fainted. “Dad, are you okay?” Qiao Nan was relieved that Qiao Dongliang had woken up.
“Comrade Qiao, you have good fortune!” Principal Meng looked at Qiao Dongliang and gave his hand a forceful shake, expressing his joy and excitement at the news.
He almost wanted to say something to Qiao Dongliang straight to his face: We have to thank you for having such a bright child and that she was able to study at Ping Cheng High School. You have given us a new lease on life!
“Thank you, thank you.” Qiao Dongliang, who had just woken up, felt confused and disoriented. He had missed what Principal Meng first said when he came into the house. “Principal Meng, what brings you here?”
Principal Meng understood that he had just woken up from his fall. “It seems that Comrade Qiao is overjoyed. I am here to congratulate you. Qiao Nan is the provincial top humanities scorer, and Shi Qing is the provincial top science scorer. Your place has garnered all the attention of Ping Cheng!”
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Principal Meng was very pleased at the mention of the small quad.
Thankfully, he found out that Qiao Nan and her father were in a dire financial situation back then and thought of allowing them to stay in this small quad.
If they had not had a roof over their heads, Qiao Nan might have discontinued her studies at the Ping Cheng High School. It would have been impossible for her to concentrate on her studies.
Ping Cheng High School might have lost the chance to have Qiao Nan, the newly announced top humanities scorer as their student. As the principal of Ping Cheng High School, he had the foresight to keep such a good student in Ping Cheng High School!
Principal Meng felt that he would definitely be hailed as the wisest principal in the school magazine of Ping Cheng High School in the future. He would be the principal who made the most significant and greatest contribution to Ping Cheng High School.
This was why Principal Meng looked at Qiao Nan as if he was looking at his own daughter. “The school knows the situation that your family is in. Don’t worry. You are the top humanities scorer who has the highest score in the whole province. The school will definitely reward you with a sum of money. The mayor in Ping Cheng will reward you as well. By the way, do you know the mayor? When he gave me a call today, he kept mentioning Comrade Qiao Nan, and he seems to be quite close to you.”
“We met a few times in the past.”
“Haha. Qiao Nan knows a lot of people.” Since she knew Zhai Sheng, it was not surprising that she would have seen the mayor of Ping Cheng in the past. In the future, she might even have the chance to see the president of the country. “Since you are the provincial top scorer, the government will provide you with scholarship. The director of the Education Bureau of Ping Cheng has also said that we must encourage and help students like you. We should never let talents like you give up on their studies because of financial issues. It will be a huge loss to Ping Cheng and the country. Qiao Nan, you don’t have to worry. You can concentrate on your studies in college like how you used to do in the past. The Education Bureau will help you with the tuition fees in college.”
All the scholarships would amount to a large sum of money.
Other people might not know Ding Jiayi, but Principal Meng knew her very well.
He told the neighbors the situation about the Qiao family. He also told them that Ding Jiayi spent all the savings at home in order to enroll the elder daughter into The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China. When Qiao Dongliang was hospitalized due to a car accident, Qiao Nan had to borrow money for his medical fees, and she had yet to repay the money even now.
The child had a difficult life. Misfortunes befell her one after another.
During the college entrance examination, something cropped up in front of the school and Qiao Nan almost missed the chance to sit for the exams of the first subject. Her unreliable mother was in a car accident at the entrance to the school.