Traveling through time with spatial abilities, the scientific research genius is a little sweet.

Chapter 18 encourages Su Daliang to take the college entrance exam.

A big event happened in Hongqi Village today: the village head Su Jianjun's youngest daughter was admitted to university!
This news came like a bomb, turning the peaceful Hongqi Village into a bustling place.

At the village entrance, several middle-aged women gathered and chatted.

"Xiao Bao's mom, didn't you say Su Nuannuan wouldn't get into university?"

"Come on, she even said her little one can get into college."

"Yes, has your little one received that...what notice?"

"It's an admission notice."

"Yes, yes, yes."

Sun Dahua's face was extremely pale. She knew, of course, that her youngest son had not yet received his university acceptance letter.

"My little one just hasn't received it yet; maybe the acceptance letter is on its way."

Sun Dahua refused to admit that her son was inferior to Su Nuannuan, stubbornly insisting. In truth, she knew that even if her son got into university, he still wouldn't be as good as Su Nuannuan.

Not wanting to stay there and become a laughingstock, Sun Dahua tucked her vegetable basket into her pocket and went home with a livid face.

As soon as I got home, I saw my third daughter, Liu Xiangdi, coming out of her room with her hands behind her back and crumbs of food still around her mouth.

Upon seeing this, Sun Dahua immediately flew into a rage and reached out to grab Liu Xiangdi's arm, causing a steamed bun to fall to the ground from the other woman's hand.

Seeing this, Sun Dahua's temper flared even more, and she grabbed a broom from the house and started hitting Liu Xiangdi with it.

Liu Xiangdi screamed in pain, tears streaming down her face, her frail body trembling slightly.

The eldest sister, Liu Zhaodi, and the second sister, Liu Pandi, had just returned from work when they saw Sun Dahua whipping their third sister. They quickly stopped Sun Dahua.

"Mom, you can't hit her anymore."

Sun Dahua was already angry, and when she got home she found that the grain in her house had been eaten by the children who had lost money, which made her extremely unhappy. When Liu Zhaodi and Liu Pandi tried to stop her, she directly whipped the three of them.

Liu Xiangdi was in so much pain that she knelt on the ground. Liu Zhaodi and Liu Pandi also knelt on the ground to protect their third sister, shielding her with their bodies.

Suddenly, the front door was pushed open from the outside; it was Liu Xiaobao returning home.

Liu Zhaodi and the other two looked at Liu Xiaobao with hopeful eyes, hoping he would persuade Sun Dahua.

However, to the three's disappointment, Liu Xiaobao did not make any statement.

When Liu Xiaobao returned from outside, he saw his three older sisters kneeling in front of Sun Dahua. He just frowned and went back to his room.

As he walked through the village today, everyone he met asked if his university acceptance letter had arrived. Su Nuannuan had already received her acceptance letter from Beijing University.

This infuriated Liu Xiaobao. "No wonder Su Nuannuan, that good-for-nothing, was able to get into university, while he hasn't even received his acceptance letter yet!"
Liu Xiaobao knew perfectly well that if he hadn't received his acceptance letter within half a month, it meant he had failed the exam.

This made Liu Xiaobao, who always considered himself extraordinary, very unwilling.

Outside the door, Sun Dahua was exhausted from beating. She sat in the courtyard, while her three daughters knelt pitifully in front of her.

When Liu Yongjun returned, he saw this scene. He hesitated, wanting to say something, but Sun Dahua glared at him, and he avoided his daughters' pleading eyes and went back to the kitchen to boil water and cook rice.

Sun Dahua pointed at the three of them with a broom and said in a vicious voice.

"I'm telling you, Xiangdi stole a cornbread bun today, and you must return the food!"

Liu Zhaodi's eyes were filled with tears.

"We've handed over all our work points, so where are we going to get food?"

Liu Pandi echoed in response.

"Yes, Mom, Xiangdi only ate one cornbread. We will definitely work hard tomorrow and try to make up for it with work points."

Sun Dahua showed no pity for the fact that the other party was her own daughter, and still pressed her.

"I don't care. If she dared to steal, she should dare to return it. Who says there's no food? There are sweet potatoes on the back hill!"

Sun Dahua's eyes darted around, and she spoke softly to Liu Xiangdi.

"Xiangdi, the sweet potatoes on the back hill are ripe. If you bring back a whole sack, I won't hold it against you for stealing some cornbread this time."

Liu Zhaodi looked at Sun Dahua in disbelief, her voice trembling.

“Mom, Xiangdi is your own daughter. How can you let her steal public grain? If she gets caught, she’ll be shot!” Although Liu Pandi wasn’t as strong-willed as Liu Zhaodi, her love for her younger sister prevailed. She nodded, disagreeing with Sun Dahua’s idea.

Sun Dahua gave a cold laugh.

"Hmph, I don't care what methods you use, if you don't see sweet potatoes, you won't eat."

Sun Dahua threw the broom at the three sisters and turned to go back to her room.

The three sisters hugged each other and wept bitterly.

Liu Pandi's voice choked with emotion.

"Big sister, what should we do? Mom won't give us food, will we starve to death?"

Liu Xiangdi then emerged from Liu Pandi's embrace and said calmly.

"Big sister, second sister, I'm going to steal it!"

Liu Zhaodi shook her head and said to her third sister in a serious voice.

"No way! The brigade leader already said that the sweet potatoes dug up from the back hill should be stored in the granary. If you go and steal them now, you'll be going against the whole village. If you get caught, you'll definitely get beaten up!"

Liu Xiangdi shook her head again.

"Big sister, second sister, don't worry, I have a plan."

Su family.

When Su Nuannuan was admitted to university, the whole Su family was overjoyed. Su's mother took out some dried pheasant meat, stewed it, and planned to celebrate her daughter's admission to a university in Beijing.

The whole family was very happy to hear that we were going to have chicken tonight.

However, Su Nuannuan noticed that her older brother, Su Daliang, looked rather unwell. Remembering the forlorn expression on his face when he looked at her Peking University acceptance letter, Su Nuannuan understood.

Su Daliang was an excellent student back then.

If it weren't for the famine, Su Daliang would have planned to take the college entrance exam. However, his family lacked food and money, and his younger sister was still in school and needed money, so he didn't plan to take the exam.

That's why Su Daliang is so downcast now that he sees his younger sister has been admitted to university.

While everyone else was busy cooking and fetching water, Su Nuannuan pulled Su Daliang aside. Looking at her older brother, who, despite his young age, had already begun to shoulder the burdens of the family, Su Nuannuan felt a pang of sympathy for him.

When his eldest and second eldest sisters were alive, as the youngest son in the family, he always defered to them. After they got married, as the eldest son, he took care of his younger brothers and sisters. Even Su Erqiang and Su Sanquan, who were the same age as him, were within his care.

Su Daliang is truly a wonderful older brother. Su Nuannuan hopes his future will be bright, allowing him to do what he loves.

"Big brother, do you also want to go to university?"

When his younger sister suddenly asked him a question, Su Daliang stammered a little and tried to cover it up.

"No...no."

Su Nuannuan looked at her stubborn older brother and retorted.

"You're lying, my brother clearly wants to go to university too."

Seeing that he couldn't hide it from Su Nuannuan, Su Daliang had no choice but to confess.

“I do want to go to university. But I’m worried about leaving my parents at home. Besides, we don’t have that much money.”

The last sentence is the key point.

Su Nuannuan rolled her eyes and began her persuasive tactics.

"Brother, you're mistaken. You're spending the family's money because you're not going to university."

Su Daliang looked at Su Nuannuan with disbelief.

Su Nuannuan wasn't in a hurry and continued to analyze the situation with her older brother.

“Brother, if you don’t go to university, your parents will have to find you a wife in the next two years, which will definitely cost a lot of money. But it will be different if you go to university. University students will receive a stipend of 20 yuan per month, which is more than enough for you. If you don’t spend it all, you can even help your family.”

"really?"

Su Daliang looked at Su Nuannuan with hopeful eyes.

(End of this chapter)