First in the class?

When the second aunt heard her daughter's exclamation, she couldn't help but turn her head and wondered, "Lingling, what are you talking about being the first in the class?" ”

Chen Lingling was a little shocked and felt incredulous about her guess, but from Director Wang's attitude towards Chen Cong, coupled with what he just said, it was vaguely proved that her guess was right.

The first from the bottom of the whole grade, and then go back, just back to the beginning, which is the first place in the whole grade.

"Mom, don't use your cousin as a talking point later." Chen Lingling shook her head, and without much explanation, she walked towards the door of the hotel.

The second aunt was full of doubts, and she hadn't yet reacted to what was going on.

However, the second uncle was shrewd, and Chen Lingling said that he was the first in the whole level, so he immediately understood, and a trace of surprise and surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Mom, don't worry about my sister, then Chen Cong is just playing tricks and sensationalism, running so fast is not afraid that we will expose his old bottom, maybe the so-called progress in grades is also cheating." Chen Ming smiled disdainfully.

As a result, as soon as these words came out, before the second aunt could speak, the second uncle's face turned black directly, and he said in a deep voice: "You mother and son will be more restrained when they eat, what are Chen Cong's grades, and I will confirm with Director Wang when I go back, it will be clear that today is my father's birthday, don't use your results to talk about things." ”

Having said that, the second uncle still didn't believe that Chen Cong would cheat, if he really cheated, the teachers and directors of the school would definitely find out, and Director Wang would never treat Chen Cong's family with the polite attitude just now.

And Chen Ming's eyesight was obviously not very good, and he was puzzled by his father's words, and said unconvinced: "Dad, how can you also be bluffed by him, he was more powerful when he was a freshman in high school, and now he has been wasted for a year, how can he progress, okay, take 10,000 steps back, even if he improves, where can he go?" ”

"You ......" When the second uncle heard this, he suddenly felt that his son was countless times worse than his daughter, and a burst of hatred for iron and steel surged, if it was placed at home, he would not hesitate to slap it out and scold something that was not angry.

But now outside the hotel, in public, he could only suppress the anger in his heart and said in a deep voice: "Can't you see the progress?" Now that he is likely to be the first in the whole grade, do you still have the face to get grades in front of him? I tell you, don't think about going anywhere this summer, let me go to cram school honestly. ”

After speaking, the second uncle threw off his sleeves and left, leaving the second aunt and Chen Ming and the two mothers and sons standing in place in astonishment.

……

At this time, Chen Cong and his parents have entered the private room under the leadership of the waiter, the boss of the hotel and the uncle are acquainted, every year at the family gathering, their family will have dinner in this restaurant, and this year's grandfather's birthday banquet is no exception.

It's just that no one else was invited to the ordinary birthday banquet, only his own family members ate together, so that the elderly could be happy.

And when it comes to this uncle, Chen Cong inevitably admires in his heart, the uncle works in the Education Bureau, rolls for so many years, and is finally promoted to the position of deputy director, his style is honest and fair, and he does not tolerate selfishness towards his family, and it is precisely because of this that the second uncle wants Chen Ming to transfer to another school so that he has to go to outsiders for help in person, and he doesn't expect the uncle to help at all.

According to the uncle's words, it is the same in any school, the important thing is that you are willing to work hard, and there is no difference between the first and second middle schools.

Chen Cong and his parents walked into the private room, and saw that the uncle and aunt were already here, and their only son, who was also Chen Cong's lobby brother, had already graduated and studied abroad, and had no time to return to China this year.

Grandpa and Uncle arrived together, also sitting in the middle.

As soon as Chen Cong walked into the private room, he immediately said: "Grandpa, happy birthday, I wish you happiness like the East China Sea and longevity than Nanshan." ”

"Haha, good grandson, come, let grandpa see if he has grown taller again, eh, the little pockmarks on your face are also better, more energetic." Chen Cong's birthday celebration obviously made the old man happy, and even saw the acne on Chen Cong's face disappear, the old man was even more happy, after all, it was his grandson.

Chen Cong understands that since the death of his grandmother, the only thing that the old man can be happy is to get along with his children and grandchildren, and it is estimated that the time of this kind of gathering every year is the happiest moment for the old man.

Then the two families sat down after a few greetings, and then the second uncle's family also arrived, but the eyes that looked at Chen Cong became a little strange, and they didn't mention anything about the achievements.

Several families were present, and the old man accepted everyone's congratulations with a smile, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

While waiting for the food to be served, the uncle's eyes scanned the audience, and finally fell on Chen Cong and Chen Ming.

Now that the Chen family is left with Chen Cong and Chen Ming in high school, they are about to face the college entrance examination, according to the usual practice, the uncle still has to care about the study of the two nephews and encourage them.

He looked at Chen Cong first, and said sternly: "Cong'er, you will be in your third year of high school next semester, you have to study harder, try to catch up with your grades, and your uncle will not force you to compete for any undergraduate, if you have a junior college, you can also do it, and there are still many ways out when you enter the society in the future." ”

If in the past, when Chen Cong heard his uncle's speech, he must have lowered his head and listened to the lecture with an open mind, but today, he smiled and nodded indifferently.

After the uncle finished speaking, Chen Cong smiled lightly and said, "Uncle, I will work hard, but next year's college entrance examination ...... I want to take the undergraduate exam, and I won't embarrass our Chen family. ”

As soon as these words came out, the uncle was suddenly a little dumbfounded, and then he also noticed that his nephew was a little different today, and he seemed to have an indescribable indifference, or confidence, confident confidence.

"Well...... It's good to have goals, but remember not to be ambitious, just take them one step at a time. The uncle nodded slightly, suggesting that Chen Cong should not be unrealistic.

It's just that when these words came out, the second uncle's family was surprisingly quiet, which made the uncle a little surprised, if it were to be put in the past, the mother and son would definitely come out to laugh at a few words, why is it so unusual today?

The uncle wondered if the mother and son had changed their sex, but Father Chen spoke: "Big brother, Cong'er has been making rapid progress recently, and there should be no problem in taking the undergraduate exam, don't worry, I will also urge this kid to study." ”

"Oh?" When the uncle heard this, he immediately became interested, looked at Chen Cong and said, "It's really progressed?" Come, tell Uncle about the ranking you got in the exam recently? ”

"I just finished the final exam today, and I don't know the results yet, but I was lucky to take the first place in the monthly exam last time." Chen Cong replied with a smile, there was nothing to be proud of in his heart, after all, this achievement was not all he had fully exerted.

"......" Uncle was stunned for a moment, and immediately thought of whether Chen Cong was bragging, or cheating, after all, after working in the Education Bureau for so many years, he had never seen a student jump directly from the bottom to the first place.

Chen Cong also knew that this uncle would not believe it, so he didn't wait for him to ask, and smiled directly: "At that time, the school teachers suspected me of cheating, and then under the witness of the director and my classmates, a teacher gave me a question for me to answer, but fortunately, I was not ashamed in the end, and I answered correctly." ”

……

Hearing Chen Cong's personal explanation, the second uncle's family was finally convinced that Chen Cong really won the first place.

The uncle was also stunned for a while, and finally said with great joy: "Okay, worthy of being a member of the Chen family, toast with the uncle, and continue to work hard in the future to strive for greater progress." ”

The uncle said, and directly raised the wine glass to toast Chen Cong.

As a high school student, Chen Cong is generally not allowed to drink, but on such a happy day today, Chen's father and Chen's mother did not stop them, they raised their wine glasses one after another, and everyone saluted.

Chen Ming was not convinced, originally he got a good score in the exam, thinking that today would be the time for him to show off, but the protagonist became Chen Cong instead, and immediately, he muttered: "Isn't it the first, my sister has also won the first many times." ”

The sound was not loud, but it was clear to everyone.

It's just that no one said anything, so they could only smile and pretend not to hear.

The old man was unhappy, they were all a family, he didn't want to see his family have a side of comparison, so he put the cup in his hand on the table with a "bang", and looked at Chen Ming sternly: "If you have something to say, say it out loud, what are you muttering there?" You should learn from your cousin, bad grades don't mean anything, only if you are willing to work hard, you can catch up, but if you have a bad character, you will be ruined. ”

"Grandpa, I didn't mean that." Chen Ming hurriedly explained that he didn't dare to annoy the old man, otherwise he didn't have to wait to get home, and his father would teach him a lesson on the spot.

The second uncle also glared at Chen Ming, who directly lowered his head, and the hatred for Chen Cong in his heart deepened.

When the old man saw him like this, he didn't say anything more, he could only sigh in his heart, he was old, and he couldn't manage too many things, what should the children do, after all, their father had to discipline them, among so many descendants, now the third son, Chen Cong, made him the favorite.

After a while, the waiter began to serve the food, after the old man picked up the chopsticks, everyone also moved the chopsticks, Chen Lingling did not care too much about Chen Cong's results, in her opinion, Chen Cong had taken the first place in the exam that year, and now it is just a recovery of the past results, as for the first place in the whole class, it is estimated that the overall level of the students in the first middle school is not very good.

"Chen Cong, this first place is going to sit firmly, in addition to No. 1 Middle School, there are also many top students in other schools." Chen Lingling reminded Chen Cong with good intentions.

At that time, she scored a high score of 651 points in the first middle school and won the first place in the whole class, thinking that it would be the first in the city, but she didn't expect that there was a demon in the second middle school, and she directly killed her in 663 minutes, which made her impressed.

"Okay, thank you, Sister Lingling." Chen Cong responded with a smile.

The uncle picked up a piece of fish and put it in the old man's bowl, looked at Chen Cong and asked, "By the way, Cong'er, how many points did you score in the last monthly exam?" Uncle will help you see where the level is, and you can also study in a targeted manner in the third year of high school, and strive to see if you can break through your original grades of Sister Lingling. ”

"712 points!" Chen Cong swallowed the food in his mouth and replied lightly.