For parent-teacher meetings, it's usually the mothers who attend, because fathers can't handle the homeroom teacher's nagging unless the mom really doesn't have time.

At this moment, Lei Haolong's mom poured a glass of warm water for Xu Lin.

"Xu Lin, have some water!"

"Thank you, Auntie!"

They chatted in the living room for over ten minutes before Xu Lin went with Lei Haolong into his room.

"Long, don't play so many games. Look at Xu Lin, he's focused on studying!"

"Mom, I know!"

Lei Haolong felt a sense of helplessness.

"Xu Lin, you little shit, you're actually making an effort with your studies!"

"Honestly, since I got to college, I've been pretty diligent. I go to the library often and pay attention in class. You know, the environment has a way of influencing people!"

"Xu Lin, if you could really study hard, all the guys trying to quit bad habits online would have succeeded by now."

Of course, Lei Haolong didn't believe that Xu Lin was really working hard at studying.

Xu Lin just smiled without saying anything.

Once inside the room, Lei Haolong locked the door.

"Xu Lin, I have something cool to show you!"

Lei Haolong revealed his true nature.

"What are we looking at? Seriously, with a dad who's 190 cm tall and a mom who's 170 cm, you ending up at 178 cm really shouldn't have happened. You should be at least as tall as me. Clearly, you got into this kind of stuff too early and lost a lot of nutrients."

"Xu Lin, you're bringing my defenses down!"

"No worries, I'm eighteen now anyway. Not like I'm going to get any taller. Let's keep looking!"

"You're seriously ruthless!"

Xu Lin spent the afternoon at Lei Haolong's place and returned home before nightfall.

Ms. Ren had gotten home, and Xu Lin found everything in order, like his bed being neatly made.

"Mom, I'm home."

Xu Lin sent a message to his mom.

Ms. Ren quickly replied, saying she would be home in a couple of days.

Then came a message from Ning Yuhuan.

"Hubby, the package has been sent out and will arrive the day after tomorrow!"

Ning Yuhuan had gotten home. Last night, Xu Lin gave her his home address, and she went to send the package this morning.

Xu Lin: "Alright, I'll pick it up at the station then."

Ning Yuhuan: "Four pounds of dried fish and five pounds of cured meat!"

"Why so much?"

Xu Lin was surprised. That's quite a lot, right? For someone like him who only goes home for the holidays, when would he finish eating all that?

"Your parents can eat it too!"

"Alright then!"

Xu Lin wasn't sure if Ms. Ren and his dad actually eat cured meat and dried fish.

On the other side, after sending the package, Ning Yuhuan returned home.

Her mom asked her, "Does his family like to eat dried fish and cured meat?"

Ning Yuhuan responded happily, "They'll definitely like it. These are the best dried fish and cured meat made by my dad and mom!"

Back at Ning Yuhuan's old home, there was a large river nearby, and the villagers often went fishing there. Her dad was one of them, so they had a lot of dried fish at their rural home. The cured meat was mostly pork, with some beef. She even sent a pound of cured beef to Xu Lin this time.

Ning Yuhuan's family had skills; their dried fish and cured meat were delicious. They made the best ones in the village.

"That's good then!"

Ning Yuhuan's mom nodded, but she was a bit worried inside.

Her daughter said Xu Lin was from Jiangzhou, a city dweller, and that his mom was a lawyer. She thought his family must be quite well-off in the city. Professions like public servant, lawyer, and doctor are very respectable with high social status, so their family conditions should be good.

Also, her daughter mentioned that Xu Lin was particularly smart and outstanding.

Ning Yuhuan's mom had seen a photo of Xu Lin, a very handsome boy with a sunny, sturdy, and grand aura. He looked very impressive, and she felt her daughter might be "marrying up."

So Ning Yuhuan's mom was a bit concerned, wondering if their rural background would be looked down upon by someone like Xu Lin, if even the dried fish and cured meat would be appreciated.

Now in the village, over ten families had already moved to the county town to buy houses.

They had moved to the county town just the year before last, and compared to the village, their home was fairly well-off, but in the county town, they were just average, let alone when compared to the city center.

Ning Yuhuan's mom was somewhat worried.

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