Tech Hammer

It feels good when the phone is silent for a while, and feels good all the time when it is on.

Ning Wei read seriously in the library from 8:30 to 12:00. The people next to him came and went several times, but no one could disturb him.

When he stretched and took out his phone to look at it, he suddenly felt a headache.

In one morning, there were eleven missed calls, five missed WeChat videos, and more than seventy WeChat messages.

Ning Wei felt as if he was suddenly popular.

In the past, he might not have been able to make eleven phone calls and more than seventy WeChat messages in a week, but today it only took half a day.

First he glanced at the missed calls. Director Li called him three times. Liu Cong, who decided to stay in bed until the end of time, called two. His old mother at home called him once. The rest were Luo Xiang and Contributed by Xu Ruixuan.

When he opened WeChat again, Director Li sent him a bunch of messages and a video. At the top was a picture announcing criticism.

It probably means that he should be mentally prepared before being criticized by the whole school, and not feel too much pressure.

Ning Wei was very grateful to Director Li. He was so worried about his affairs that he couldn't even take a good rest on Sunday.

So as soon as he walked out of the library, he called Director Li back. The call was answered almost instantly, and then Director Li's friendly voice like a machine gun came: "What are you doing? Liu Cong said you I brought my mobile phone with me, but why didn’t I answer the call? Didn’t I reply to the messages on WeChat?”

"I'm sorry, Director Li. I was studying on Xintu just now. I was afraid of disturbing others, so I put my phone in silent mode."

"Oh! Okay, did you read the message on WeChat just now?"

"Looked at it."

"The disciplinary decision cannot be changed. It will be officially posted tomorrow. I will go and talk to the Academic Affairs Office and try not to broadcast it on the school radio station."

"Thank you, Director Li. The school is really becoming more and more efficient. Because of me, everyone has to work overtime on weekends." Ning Wei said with emotion.

After he determined his goal for the postgraduate entrance examination, he really put all these things aside.

"Ahem, stop it. I know you're still not happy. But this matter is over. By the way, how have you considered the Baoyan matter?"

"Director Li, I decided to give up."

"I told you that even if you give up your postgraduate qualifications, you still have to apologize to Teacher Xue."

"Are you going to apologize on Monday?"

"The time is not certain. The school has given Teacher Xue a week off. He will come to school probably next Friday. I will inform you then."

"Um."

"Okay, nothing else will happen."

"Thank you, Director Li."

After hanging up the phone, Ning Wei did not open WeChat to see what was written in the notice and comment that belonged to him, but quickly dialed his mother's number.

Normally, his mother rarely calls him when there is nothing going on at home. He usually calls back on Sunday nights.

I got a call this morning, and there was a high probability that something was going on.

"Hey, Xiaoning, have you eaten?"

After dialing the phone, Ning Wei felt relieved when she heard her mother's voice was quite calm.

"I'm getting ready to go to dinner. I was studying in the library just now. My phone didn't turn on and I didn't hear the call. What's the matter?"

"It's nothing. By the way, has the matter of your postgraduate study come to an end?"

"The results almost didn't meet the standards."

"Oh, that's it," the voice of the mother opposite me was a little lonely, and she was hesitant to speak.

"Mom, don't worry. Although I didn't succeed in applying for the postgraduate entrance examination, I reviewed well and I am very confident about the postgraduate entrance examination." Ning Wei said quickly.

"I'm not worried about your studies..."

Before Ning's mother finished speaking, Ning Wei also realized that something was wrong and asked quickly: "What's going on, Mom, tell me directly, or I'll book a ticket and go home now."

"Hey, it's not like the factory's recent performance has been poor..."

After hearing this, Ning Ma immediately started talking.

It turns out that since last year, sales and profits have continued to decrease due to the emergence of a substitute and higher-tech product on the market.

Correspondingly, the factory is currently only maintaining about 60% of its production capacity due to insufficient orders. Then the management changed the performance calculation method, and the average salary of front-line employees was about 30% less.

Of course, Ning Wei's family does not belong to that kind of particularly poor family.

But with a college student to support and a mortgage to pay, for a dual-income family, each person's monthly salary will be reduced by 30%, which is a big blow to a small family.

Ning Wei's living expenses were not low, and the two adults did not mention this matter when they returned home during the summer vacation.

But seeing that their children were about to take the postgraduate entrance examination, the two adults specifically checked that the tuition fee for a master's degree in Jiangsu University's School of Mathematics was about 8,000 yuan a year. In addition, graduate students also need to prepare some living expenses for the children. According to current standards, 1,200 yuan a month is enough. Very difficult.

So Lao Ning sent his family's antique-grade motorcycle for overhaul and used his spare time after get off work to go motorcycle racing. He could earn some money to support his family. On average, he could earn five to sixty yuan a day.

After working for just over a month, Lao Ning fell down when he went home last night.

For a fifty-year-old man, it was nothing more than a fall. Old Ning was still reluctant to go to the hospital and refused to rest. He also insisted on waiting for his health to go for a motorcycle ride. This made Ning's mother anxious, so she I called Ning Wei.

Of course, Lao Ning was never allowed to make this call. This was because an old Chinese medicine doctor friend of the family came to help Lao Ning apply medicine. Ning's mother called Ning Wei on the pretext of going out to buy groceries.

Now I am avoiding the phone call Lao Ning answered in the kitchen, hoping that Ning Wei would persuade Lao Ning not to be so desperate at night.

"Okay, Mom, I understand. By the way, I have some good news that I haven't had time to tell you. I won the college's first-class scholarship for outstanding students this year, which is worth 5,000 yuan, and the college also decided to recommend me to apply. If I get all the Huawei scholarships in school, I basically won’t have to pay living expenses from my family during my senior year.”

Ning Wei said bravely.

"Huh? Really?"

"Can I lie to you about this? I won't eat!"

"You really have a lot of potential, I'll tell Lao Ning right now..."

"Wait, Mom, don't say it yet. If you go and tell me, won't Dad know that you called me? I'm telling Dad tonight that this matter is left to me."

"Okay, let's put it this way, I'll cook first. Your Uncle Xu came last night to help your dad set his bones. You've been relying on him for the past two days, so why don't you let him have a meal today?"

"Okay, then I'll hang up first!"

…

"call……"

After hanging up the phone, Ning Wei let out a deep breath.

Well, he did receive scholarships for three consecutive years from his freshman year to his junior year, which is why Ning's mother believed in him. However, they were all second-category scholarships, only worth one thousand yuan.

This year, I missed out on the scholarship due to various reasons.

This is just great……

Ning Wei thought about the little more than 600 yuan left in his card, and felt like crying without tears.

Fortunately, as a back-up for the dormitory, there seems to be another five hundred yuan in the meal card.

So the question is, how to survive three months with 1,100 yuan? This is really a problem!