The Fat Wife of the 1980s Awakens

However, the most shocking thing was that the man was actually Director Zhang Zhenxing, a well-known director in the county commune!

This scene made the always smart and capable Gu Xiaoling's eyes light up. She quickly took a few steps forward and said respectfully, "Director Zhang, are you here to see Captain Guo from our village?"

On the side, Liu Ying seemed a little slow, secretly curled his lips, and felt quite disapproving in his heart.

Director Zhang smiled warmly and nodded gently, but then changed the subject: "Oh, I'm not here to look for Captain Guo today. The purpose of my trip is to visit a little boy named Xie Kailin. I heard that he is from this village?"

"Xie Kailin?"

To the villagers, this name sounded new and slightly unfamiliar, like a sudden cool rain in summer, which made people's hearts tremble.

Gu Xiaoling quickly searched in her mind, trying to associate this name with a vivid image, but her efforts were in vain. She turned her head and looked at the group of aunts whispering behind her, and found that they also had confusion and puzzlement on their faces. Just as she was about to refuse and tell Director Zhang that there was no such person in the village, an anxious voice spoke ahead. It was Liu Ying!

Liu Ying's eyes sparkled with irrepressible excitement: "Yes, of course! This child was definitely born and raised in our village!"

Although Gu Xiaoling was somewhat unhappy in her heart, she had to suppress her emotions in front of Director Zhang and patiently asked, "Who are you talking about? How come I have never heard of such a person?"

"Hey, who else could it be? It must be the eldest son of your second brother and second sister-in-law, the one who follows you around and calls you aunt all day long!"

Liu Ying deliberately lengthened her voice, with a hint of teasing in her tone, obviously intending to give Gu Xiaoling an unexpected "surprise".

When Gu Xiaoling heard this, her face was full of disbelief. Dabao's nephew who always ran and played behind her was actually Xie Kailin?

The surrounding villagers also had confused looks on their faces, exchanging questioning glances with each other, as if asking each other if they had missed any important information.

In that era, materials were scarce, medical and health conditions were backward, and although rural families had many children, for various reasons, not many of them could grow up healthily.

Therefore, in this context, the custom of "a humble name makes it easier to raise a child" has spread among the people. Many parents give their children simple and plain names, even with a bit of teasing, in the hope that this will make their children more tenacious.

As a result, many children, even when they reach school age, only have a nickname at home, and few people know their formal name, unless in the classroom at school, when the teachers solemnly call them by their academic name.

For the villagers, daily life is trivial and complicated, and they don’t pay much attention to these details. It is natural that they are unfamiliar with a child’s name.

As for why Liu Ying was so impressed by this name, the reason can be traced back to an accidental afternoon.

That day, when Guo Jiajun and Liu Ying were enjoying the cool under the old locust tree at the entrance of the village, they inadvertently talked about the topic of naming their child.

Guo Jiajun mentioned his neighbor's child Sanbao with pride, praising his name for being loud and unique, and even half-jokingly suggested that he wanted to follow suit and change his son's name.

This proposal immediately aroused Liu Ying's curiosity and objection, and the two of them started an interesting and slightly explosive debate around the cultural connotations and sonority of the name.

The woman behind Director Zhang couldn't help but flash a glimmer of pleasure in her eyes when she heard Liu Ying's words. She continued to ask politely but eagerly: "I wonder if it would be convenient for you to tell us the specific location of their home? If possible, we hope to get your help and visit them directly."

"There's no problem with leading the way."

Liu Ying was quick-witted and could tell at a glance that the purpose of these two visitors was related to Dabao. In addition, given their extraordinary demeanor and the fact that they were personally introduced by Director Zhang, she guessed that they were of extraordinary status.

"But, I wonder if there is any special reason why you two are looking for Xie Kailin?"

The woman smiled gently upon hearing this, and introduced herself calmly: "I am Teacher Jin from the University of Science and Technology, and this is my colleague Teacher Jiang. We are here because the University of Science and Technology plans to open a junior class to recruit 20 young people with outstanding intelligence to receive university education in advance in order to accelerate the training of future scientific and technological elites. I heard that Xie Kailin is only ten years old, but has already mastered the knowledge level of a high school student, and his intelligence is particularly outstanding, so I came here specially to investigate and invite him!"

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like throwing a huge rock into a calm lake, causing ripples.

Liu Ying was stunned on the spot, and all the aunties around her were surprised. Even Gu Xiaoling, who was always confident in the children's academic performance, opened her mouth in disbelief.

Although these ladies living in the countryside are not well educated and have limited knowledge of the higher education system, they all have awe and high recognition for the scientific and technological development projects that are fully supported by the country, especially the science and technology universities backed by the National Academy of Sciences.

In their simple values, universities of science and technology are almost on par with the top domestic universities and are an important step towards a bright future.

Although the junior class plan described by Teacher Jin was a little difficult for them to understand, there were several key words in it.

"Technology University", "High school level at the age of ten", "Extraordinary intelligence"

"Isn't it a mistake?"

Gu Xiaoling's face was full of confusion, and her voice was mixed with disbelief and subtle envy. "Dabao is an ordinary child in our village. I have never seen him show any extraordinary abilities. He has just entered junior high school, how is it possible that he has reached the academic level of a high school student?"

"Why not? Did you forget?"

Liu Ying retorted with a hint of pride in her tone, "That child is only ten years old. He seems careless in class, but he studies on his own and easily gets full marks in every exam. How could you not notice such a thing? Oh, by the way, he even skipped two grades because of his excellent grades. He is already a junior high school student at the age of ten! Isn't that enough to show off?"

Gu Xiaoling was dissatisfied, with doubt and stubbornness in her brows: "Getting full marks and skipping two grades, what does that mean? If you really have the ability to go to high school, why don't you just skip a grade and go directly to high school? Wouldn't that prove your ability better?"

There was a hint of sharpness in her words, and it was obvious that she had deep doubts about such a behavior of skipping grades.

"Oh, that's not the way to say it," retorted Liu Ying, with a hint of helplessness and laughter in her voice, "Do you have to go to high school when you're at the high school level? Some people may just like the innocence and carefreeness of junior high school life. Besides, you may not have heard that not only is he self-taught, but he is said to have taken the college entrance examination in advance! To be qualified to stand on the stage of the college entrance examination, he must be very capable!"