Chapter 17: Second Sister

Tan Mo is naturally slow to recognize emotions, and has difficulty identifying the complexity and subtlety of feelings that characterize Asperger's disease.

Disappointment, regret, envy, jealousy, such feelings, in Tan Mo's short life of fifteen years rarely appeared, even if it did, Tan Mo himself could not recognize what kind of emotional fluctuations, he can only generalize all the emotions again to his more familiar, but also more simple emotions, such as anger, such as sadness.

At this moment, looking at Qiao Lan's back, Tan Mo's chest was suddenly filled with some indescribable sourness, and the urge to explain something to Qiao Lan. For example, he really hates people approaching him, he really doesn't like people disturbing him, but for so many days, he doesn't hate Qiao Lan's approaching.

He reacted to Qiao Lan's words that he had misunderstood something important, but he didn't understand that this strong emotional wave was called regret.

There is not only a high school, but also a junior high school, and after each exam, each grade puts up a list of the top 100 students in each grade, which is displayed on a board that can be seen by everyone.

Qiao Yuan just casually glanced at him as he passed by, his intention was to see if Qiao Lu had made it into the top 100, and if he did, he might want to brag about it again.

The result was a glimpse of his own dear sister's name hanging at the top of the senior board.

Qiao Yuan first thought it was the same name and surname, but when he looked at the back of the class, Qiao Yuan was dumbfounded.

I've never heard Qiao Lan say that there's someone with the same name as her in her class, so the girl hanging in the first place position is his third sister?

What the hell, Qiao Lan got first in her grade?

In the afternoon after school, Qiao Yuan almost rushed home, and met Qiao Lu on the way. She was so energetic that she rushed up to Qiao Lu and shouted, "Lulu, how did you do this time?" Without waiting for Qiao Lu to open her mouth, she shouted at the top of her lungs, "My sister got first place in her grade. Before Qiao Lu could say anything, she shouted at the top of her voice, "My sister got first place in her grade, did you get into the top 100 in your grade?"

Qiao Lu's face turned green with anger, and he turned his head and yelled, "Qiao Lan is still not a copy!"

Copied?

Qiao Yuan scowled.

He didn't really believe that Qiao Lan could do so well in the exams, but now that Qiao Lu said so, he really believed it, but he still couldn't lose face in Qiao Lu's face, so he continued with his neck, "Don't accuse people without evidence, if you have the ability, you can also copy the first grade ah."

Qiao Lu rushed up to hit Qiao Yuan, Qiao Yuan rolled his little fat body and ran away, Qiao Lu stood in the same place biting his lips and suddenly cried.

Auntie Qiao was cooking at home when she heard the door open, and when she turned around, she saw her daughter's eyes crying like walnuts and was shocked, so she hurriedly wiped her hands and came out of the kitchen, "What's wrong? Who bullied you?"

Qiao Lu was comforted by her parents and cried even more fiercely, and Aunt Qiao pondered over the time and felt she had guessed a little.

"Out of the grade?"

Qiao Auntie Qiao thought it was Qiao Lu did not do well, "a test is just a test, did not do well it's okay, continue to work hard on it," Qiao Auntie Qiao touched her daughter's hair, "quickly do not cry no cry."

Qiao Lu huffed and cried, "No..."

Took out the report card from the school bag and showed it to Uncle Qiao and Aunt Qiao, the two of them took a look at it, seventh in the class, and three places better than last time, isn't that good, why are you crying again?

It was only after repeated inquiries that we found out that Qiao Lan was ranked first in her grade.

Uncle Qiao and Aunt Qiao glanced at each other, both were astonished, Qiao Lu was agitated and incoherent, "She used to have such poor grades, but all of a sudden she got such a high test, if she didn't plagiarize, what else could it be? I told my classmates that they said that I'm jealous of Qiao Lan, and that I'm jealous of her for what? It's obviously Qiao Lan who is shameless..."

Uncle Joe couldn't listen anymore, "Stop it!"

Qiao Lu was startled by her father's steeply serious tone.

"You say Qiao Lan plagiarized. Do you have proof?"

What more proof is needed?

Qiao Lu was astonished.

"Her grades used to be so bad, how could she have improved so much all of a sudden? The paper this time was particularly difficult, and she was a hundred points short of a perfect score, so isn't this still copying?"

"Your teacher didn't say Qiao Lan plagiarized, and you didn't see her plagiarize, it doesn't mean anything just based on her grades", Second Uncle Qiao directly retorted, he was a bit unhappy with his daughter's direct conviction of Qiao Lan, and he wanted to continue to educate his daughter, but Second Auntie Qiao blocked him off, "You go in, I'll talk to Lulu."

Second Uncle Qiao looked at Second Aunt Qiao and hesitated, Second Aunt Qiao looked back at her daughter, "It's not like you don't know Qiao Lan's previous grades, it would have been strange for her to come in first this time, and when you say that Lulu doesn't have any evidence to prove that Qiao Lan copied, then can you prove that Qiao Lan didn't?"

Second Uncle Qiao frowned and was about to say something else when Second Aunt Qiao hurriedly said, "I know how to talk to her, you go in first, Lulu was already crying and you're scolding her."

Only then did Uncle Qiao Er Shu look at Aunt Qiao Er Shu and went into the house, Aunt Qiao Er Shu sat back down beside Qiao Lu and comforted her daughter, "Your father has a point, if she didn't copy, wouldn't we have wronged her..."

"She definitely copied it!"

Second Aunt Qiao was silent for a few seconds and sighed, "If she can copy this time, I don't believe that she can copy every time after that, if she can copy in normal times, can she copy in the exams and the college entrance exams? We just need to have a clear conscience ourselves, don't worry about her."

Finally coaxing Qiao Lu into a good mood, Second Aunt Qiao stroked her daughter's hair, "Tomorrow is your grandmother's birthday, we'll go to your Third Uncle's house for dinner together, are you going or not."

"No," Qiao Lu refused without thinking, she didn't want to see Qiao Lan.

Second Aunt Qiao also guessed, "If you don't go, then don't go", if you go, you might be taunted and bullied again, and you've already been aggravated enough.

On Qiao Lan's side, Qiao Yuan comes home and tells everyone that Qiao Lan has scored first in her grade, and Qiao's mother, who has just come in to change her shoes, is so shocked that she almost falls down.

Qiao Lan was first in her grade?

Old Mrs. Qiao also scrunched up her face, "It's a mistake."

"How could I mistake Qiao Lan's name?"

Old Mrs. Qiao still didn't believe it, "Then it must be the same name."

"Senior class 13, Qiao Lan, she's the only Qiao Lan in her class, total score of 1,092, 108 short of the perfect score, the whole school knows about it, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Qiao Lu knows about it, too, and Qiao Lu didn't even get into the top 100, by the way!"

Remembering the look on Qiao Lu's face just now, Qiao Yuan was happy.

Qiao Yuan has been very close to Mrs. Qiao since she was a child. She used to be young and unintelligent, but later she grew up and slowly saw and understood some things.

For example, although Mrs. Joe was nice to him, she was particularly bad to his mom, and even he could sense that his grandmother looked down on his mom.

Qiao Yuan is close to his grandmother, but he is definitely closest to his own mother. People are always biased, especially when Mrs. Qiao taunts him over and over again that his mother is not as educated as Aunt Qiao, and Qiao Yuan becomes even more biased towards his mother.

What's more, every time Mrs. Qiao scolded Qiao's mother, saying that she was stupid and gave birth to children with insufficient brains, so she was no match for Qiao Lu.

Mrs. Qiao was actually scolding Qiao Lan, but Qiao Yuan was also born to Qiao's mother, and Qiao Yuan always felt that his grandmother was scolding him too, after all, his grades were also very poor.

So as long as something could make Aunt Qiao and Qiao Lu lose face, Qiao Yuan was always happy to do it.

This time, Qiao Lan got first in her grade, which directly slapped Qiao Lu's face, and it couldn't be better!

Old lady Qiao didn't believe it, but Qiao's mother did, and immediately felt that she had straightened her back.

Didn't Mrs. Qiao say every day that her uneducated children were no good, but Qiao Lan was number one in her grade, so can you let Qiao Lu take one?

When Qiao Lan came back from the outside, she was confronted by a joyful Qiao's mother and an unhappy old lady Qiao, Qiao's mother personally cooked a table, and during the meal she even took the opportunity to insult Mrs. Qiao all over again.

Old Mrs. Qiao was furious and didn't close her eyes for another night.

The next day was Mrs. Qiao's 70th birthday, and in the evening, Qiao Yuan waited for Qiao Lu, but he never came. Qiao's mother was so happy that Qiao Lan had scored first in her grade that she couldn't help but say that my Lanlan was smart and loved to study. Aunt Qiao was once again glad that she hadn't brought Qiao Lu with her, otherwise she might have gotten into trouble again.

However, it is still difficult to avoid being angry, originally unknown results, look at Qiao's mother that small-minded look, really is uneducated and uneducated petty style.

The family came quite a lot of people, Qiao uncle family Qiao second uncle Qiao second aunt, and Qiao's family has been married to the two sisters, Qiao elder sister is still the same as the usual gentle nature, Qiao second sister staggering, wearing a big shiny diamond ring on the hand, attracted a crowd of people from time to time to look at.

Second Sister Qiao instantly raised her chin even higher.

After the evening meal, the group of people left Qiao's family, but the two daughters of Qiao's family didn't hurry to go back and stayed behind.

Qiao Lan had been noisy all night and hadn't finished her homework, so she finally waited for the people to leave and closed the door to do her homework. But Qiao's voice was so loud and clear that she could hear it through a wall. Qiao Lan stuffed her ears with paper, but it didn't help.

Rubbing his temples in annoyance, he heard a knock on the door outside.

Mrs. Qiao and Qiao's mother, Qiao Yuan, never knocked on the door when they entered Qiao Lan's room. Qiao Lan roughly guessed who it was, and opened the door to see that it was indeed Big Sister Qiao.

Qiao's mother had three daughters, the eldest of whom is 23 years old and married the year before last, and her husband is the son of the owner of the vegetable store that often delivers food to Qiao Lan's small restaurant.

Qiao's mother and Qiao's mother can not see this son-in-law, a vegetable store, than her family conditions are not much better, but the back of the vegetable store delivery of vegetables to Qiao's family cheap a lot, so Qiao's father Qiao's mother will be the family's eldest daughter to send out.

But the good thing is that this young couple is living quite a loving life, and Big Sister Qiao gave birth to a daughter last year, and the whole thing looks like it's getting along better than before.

Big Sister Qiao came in from outside and closed the door gently, smiled and sat on the edge of Qiao Lan's bed, speaking softly and slowly, quite unlike the rest of Qiao's family.

Big Sister Qiao asked Qiao Lan how she was doing, and then mentioned Qiao Lan's exam this time, "I heard that she got first in her grade."

Qiao Lan nodded her head with an "uh-huh" as she was temporarily impressed with Big Sister Qiao.

"Really good", Qiao big sister said, she used to study not good, high school is not finished before getting married, at first did not feel how, now slowly began to regret a little, but regret can not be helped, has been like this.

Big Sister Qiao talked to Qiao Lan for a while, then took out a small box and handed it to Qiao Lan.

"I didn't know what to buy, I just happened to see it when I was out and about the other day, and I was told that you young students like to wear these."

Qiao Lan looks down and sees an MP3.

"I had your brother-in-law download some random songs, listen to them, and if they don't sound good you can download some more yourself."

Qiao Lan held the compact MP3 and listened to the sound of Second Sister Qiao, Old Lady Qiao, penetrating the wall outside, and after a long time softly said thank you.

"What are you thanking for", Big Sister Qiao smiled, "We don't have anyone in our family who can study, it's not easy to have a you, you study hard, and get a good college entrance exam in the future", she finished with a glance outside, "Our mom didn't study, she can't talk to her about the truth. Our mom has never studied, so I can't talk to her, so don't take what she says to heart, and just study hard."

Qiao Lan didn't understand why Big Sister Qiao suddenly said all this, but nodded anyway.

Big Sister Qiao talked about something else that was there before she went out of the room, saying that she had children to take care of at home, so she went back first.

Qiao old lady and Qiao's mother didn't stop, Qiao second sister stood up to send her sister out, tearing her voice and sighing, "Alas the child is really troublesome, every day to see the child to see I am also tired of, my husband found two nannies, still can't take care of over..."

Big Sister Jo's eyes dimmed, but she didn't say anything and turned to go downstairs and leave.

With Big Sister Joe gone, Second Sister Joe had just opened up the conversation and began to brake down.

"Or girl care obedient, you see big sister alone on the line, my family that boy, really regiment dead", Qiao second sister looks like complaining, but the face does not have a little bit of annoyance, a face of complacency, almost directly said I gave birth to a son I married a rich man I'm proud.

Joey Two is just barely 20 years old, but already has a half-year-old son.

Qiao's husband is a restaurant boss, not Qiao's family this kind of small restaurant, is the kind of big restaurant, this year will soon be forty years old, long married, have a wife and a daughter with Qiao Ersi almost big.

Second Sister Qiao was supposed to be working at that diner, got pregnant while fighting, and managed to make it to the top a few months later when she gave birth to a son for her good boss.

Since then, Qiao Er Sister has a rich husband, has a son, hands and neck wearing all the diamonds, scenery is not like that.

A look at the ring on Qiao's hand, a few nannies at home, Qiao's mother and Qiao's mother rare not to quarrel, the two people are all eyes shining, asked Qiao Ersister recently how to live, asked her husband's business and how it is.

"Ugh just too busy, he's been busy trying to open another branch recently..."

Branches!

Qiao's mother and Qiao's mother's eyes lit up even brighter when they heard that, one after another saying that Qiao Er Sister married a good son-in-law, Qiao Er Sister had a self-satisfied look on her face, "Yes, and just a few days ago they even bought me a car, which I don't even know how to drive, and I am so annoyed that I still have to learn how to drive it."

Qiao's mother goes, "What kind of car?"

"Audi, I think, it's not too expensive just four or five hundred thousand dollars."

Four or five hundred thousand dollars! That's still not expensive! Qiao's mother 咋舌, glanced at Old Mrs. Qiao, "The car at Second Sister-in-law's house, it's only about two hundred thousand or so."

When Aunt Qiao bought a car, Mrs. Qiao always said that Aunt Qiao was a great person and could drive, and the car she bought was still Japanese, and look at it now, her daughter is driving a four hundred and fifty thousand dollar car!

Second Sister Qiao snorted, "Her car, at most, is only a hundred thousand or so, the second uncle and second aunt is a teacher, and the salary is not high, buy a hundred thousand or so car tops the sky."

Listening to her daughter's light-hearted stomping on Aunt Qiao's mother, Qiao's mother simply can't be faster, Qiao old lady wanted to say something, but couldn't come up with anything even after thinking about it, and could only dryly say, "Your second aunt's family is a cadre family."

"Grandma you when now or you before it, people now say cadres are officials, on the Qiao Lu family, count what a cadre, both families are teachers, a month bitter Baba three or four thousand yuan, not as much as my child's milk powder money a month," Qiao Er sister directly put the dislike on the face, "My grandmother also every day Qiao Lu as a treasure, people even do not want to come to your birthday. "My grandma still treats Qiao Lu as a treasure every day, and people don't even want to come to your birthday."

Old Mrs. Qiao hurriedly explained, "Your second aunt said that was Lulu catching a cold."

"You're the one who believes, I think Qiao Lan did better than her, Qiao Lu won't face it", Second Sister Qiao mocked, "Has Qiao Lan learned to study lately? But to be honest, in this society nowadays, it's useless to study even if you're good at it."

Qiao Lan was at the edge of her room, lifelessly about to put on the headphones that Big Sister Qiao had bought, when her next sentence from Second Sister Qiao directly startled her.

"Qiao Lan It's enough to read this book for a while, what's the point of learning so much."

Qiao's mother hesitantly said, "This time I got first in my grade, so maybe I can do better in the future..."

"What can be done to test first, those who come out of famous universities are still not coming to our store to work for me, what is the use of studying well these days. Hard to study for more than ten years, even if you get into the university, how old you are after graduation, when you can't find a good family, it's all for nothing."

Qiao's mother was still a bit hesitant, but Old Lady Qiao was very agreeable once she heard this, "Female dolls are wild when they read more books, Old Liu's granddaughter read a doctorate, and now she's almost thirty, and she can't even find an in-law..."

Second Sister Qiao nodded, "Being able to recognize words and count is all enough, letting Qiao Lan have more contact with society and meet more people while she is still young is more important than anything else."

Qiao's mother fretted, "Where do I put her in contact with people."

Second Sister Qiao thought for a moment, "A few days ago my husband invited a few people to dinner at home, there is a young man surnamed Zhao, than Qiao Lan can be older than ten years old is not married, the family demolished several suites, the government gave compensation for tens of millions of dollars, and recently is discussing with my husband to invest in a branch of the thing it."

"That's a good feeling!"

Qiao's mother The whole person is excited, pulling Qiao second sister began to carefully inquire about this demolition of the second generation of news.