CHAPTER 148: CHAPTER 148: THE FAILED SCHEME

Nowadays, having a college student from a place is like having a top scholar, let alone from the Dang people.

For a time, many families came to Nanyu.

This included the family of Chen Yongding.

Zhou Shuifang saw Lin Qin and immediately inquired, "I heard you got into college? Where are you going to study?"

Lin Qin saw everyone eagerly looking at her and couldn’t help but smile, "In An City, I’ve enrolled in An City Normal College."

"Wow! Who doesn’t know about An City Normal College? It’s hard to get in! Amazing! The kids in your family all seem to have the potential for college. Promising!" Zhou Shuifang praised her endlessly, as if compliments were free.

Grandpa Chen and a few elders were discussing whether to set off fireworks or firecrackers, just to let those who look down on the Dang people see, and feel proud.

Of course, this kind of thing needs to be discussed with Chen Wenjun and Lin Qin.

As a result, in the following days, Lin Qin was so busy she didn’t have time to send her children to daycare.

Just as the modified diesel tricycle was ready, Lin Yi took the children out early, avoiding any delays.

Ever since Lin Qin got accepted to college, Nanyu had several days of feasting, first entertaining familiar Dang people, then holding rituals, setting off fireworks and firecrackers, and hanging banners, celebrating for three to five days. After that, Lin Yi took bags of celebration candies back to Shanglin Village, delivering them to each household, sharing the news of Lin Qin’s college acceptance with the village.

The villagers were shocked but quickly congratulated them, speaking good words.

Only Lin Zhi and Li Lian were unhappy, cursing and swearing on the side.

"What’s so great about it, just a useless girl, so what if she made it to college! No matter how successful she is, she’s still a daughter who’ll marry out. Is she going to slam ceramic bowls here in the future?"

The villagers laughed at the couple, "Don’t sour grapes. If you’re capable, let your two boys get into college too!"

The couple, faced with ridicule, got into an argument with the villagers.

On their way home, they saw Lin Qingxiang’s new house half-built, making them even angrier, and they cursed loudly.

Lin Yi knew but didn’t care anymore. After delivering the celebration candies, he went straight back to the seafood shop and shared the rest with the nearby neighbors.

Just then, Liu Ling came to the seafood shop to share her joy. Lin Yi immediately told her about Lin Qin’s college acceptance and gave her a lot of celebration candies.

Liu Ling was overjoyed, "Uncle, you tell Sister Qin that I also got into college. I originally wanted to apply elsewhere, but my grandma didn’t want me to go too far away, so I applied to An City Normal College like Sister Qin. We’ll be classmates in the future. Ask Sister Qin to come to my house to play when she has time."

"Alright, alright! Uncle got it!" Lin Yi laughed so hard he couldn’t close his mouth and packed some seafood for Liu Ling, "Take these home to eat, you guys have helped our Ah Qin a lot before, Uncle didn’t have a chance to thank you."

Liu Ling refused, but Lin Yi insisted, and after a tug-of-war, Liu Ling gave in and went home with a bunch of stuff.

As soon as she reached the alley entrance, she ran into Li San’s old mother.

"Oh! Isn’t this our top female student? Where have you been? Buying seafood? Are you setting up tables again at your place?"

When Liu Ling’s admission notice arrived earlier, her family had already set up two tables to entertain relatives and friends. That day, Ma Cuihua cursed for two hours at home, and all the nearby neighbors heard it.

Even the street director came over, but it was useless, and everyone was fed up with it.

Even the usually good-tempered Granny Liu argued with Ma Cuihua for a long time. If there was another setup, the two families might come to blows!

Liu Ling shook her head, smiling brilliantly, "Not me, it was Lin Qin’s dad who gave it. Lin Qin and I passed the same college entrance. Her uncle treated me to celebration candies and gave me some seafood."

"What? What did you say? Lin Qin got into college too?" Li San’s mother’s loud voice alerted half the street.

Liu Ling seemed unaware, nodding cutely, "Sister Qin is amazing! She studied for just two years and got great grades. Gotta go, aunt, I need to bring these things home."

Watching Liu Ling enter her home, Li San’s mother started gossiping with everyone.

Within half an hour, Ma Cuihua’s family also knew about Lin Qin’s college acceptance.

"Bang!" Ma Cuihua slammed the table, her old face twisted with anger, "Why? Why did that bitch get into college?"

If Lin Qin hadn’t caused a scene at the school, Liu Li wouldn’t have ended up being hunted down by everyone. If it wasn’t for Lin Qin’s mess, her daughter would have been the second college student in the Liu family.

All of this was ruined by Lin Qin, and now the instigator actually got into college. Ma Cuihua couldn’t accept it and wouldn’t accept it.

More resentful than Ma Cuihua was Xu Manzhi, who, ever since she knew Lin Qin got into college, was so jealous her eyes turned red, but she didn’t say it aloud, "Mom, do you think Lin Qin used some underhanded means to get in?"

She didn’t believe someone as dumb as Lin Qin had such abilities.

Ma Cuihua paused, then snorted, "Do you even need to ask? Those who’ve been studying since childhood didn’t get in, but she, who studied for two years, magically got in? What a joke!"

Xu Manzhi took Ma Cuihua’s words to heart.

She went around telling people that Lin Qin cheated, using unfair means to get in, detailing it vividly.

But few believed her.

Unable to bear it, Xu Manzhi even went to the education bureau to report Lin Qin for cheating in the college entrance exam.

The education bureau had to take it seriously and called Lin Qin in for investigation.

That’s when Lin Qin found out she was reported, making her laugh in disbelief. She wasn’t worried and turned in all the papers and exercises she had done over the past two years to the education bureau leaders and even asked Teacher Su to testify for her.

She even completed a test paper equivalent to the college exam on the spot at the education bureau.

After the bureau’s investigation, it was finally confirmed that Lin Qin was innocent.

But it wasn’t over. Lin Qin had no intention of letting it go. She found out through connections that the one who reported her was Xu Manzhi, and specifically went to the police station to file a report.

Xu Manzhi was simply a clever ordinary woman and had never been to a police station herself, apart from witnessing Liu Li’s arrest.

When the police came to her door, she was so scared she nearly fainted.

The Liu family courtyard was filled with cries and curses from time to time.

The street director came, and after learning the whole story from the police, was speechless.

After the police took Xu Manzhi away, the street director started asking around to see how to handle it.

Ma Cuihua and Liu Yongguo rushed to call Liu Yongming back, asking him to use his connections to help and took the opportunity to curse Lin Qin.

Liu Yongming hadn’t been back for a while, so he had no idea Lin Qin got into college nor that Xu Manzhi had caused such big trouble. In front of Liu Yongguo, he scolded Xu Manzhi angrily before turning away to seek connections.

Actually, this incident wasn’t a big deal, but there was plenty of room for negotiation. No matter how many connections Liu Yongming tried, nothing worked. People directly told him they were going to handle it officially.