"Xiao Ying, I heard that Yuan Chun from your family came back to earn work points. Oh my, tell me, why did you bother sending an adopted daughter to study so much? Wasted so much money, and in the end, she still had to come back to the village to earn work points from farming."
"Exactly, you and Yuan Chun's dad spent so much money, only to make her a high school graduate who can't get into college. It's such a waste of money. You both must regret it now."
"Hey, even Qian Xiao San came to our village as an educated youth. He's also a high school graduate. What's the use of studying? Nowadays, no matter how much you study, you'll end up doing farm work. It's better not to study from the start."
"Xiao Ying, are you planning to support your two sons in studying? Why not let them drop out early and come home to earn work points? This way, Sangen would have it easier. You two are supporting three kids in school—that's no small amount of money."
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