Chapter 16: Skip a grade and earn money
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is the first month of the year.
This is Zhao Xiaoyue’s second year. Last year was still miserable, but this year she has all the melon seeds, snacks and red envelopes.
On the night of New Year's Eve, Zhao Xiaoyue called Pu Liuye to her home and sat together with the family to celebrate the New Year.
Other families celebrate New Year's Eve by watching parties and chatting, but the Zhao family is different. Uncle Pu Liu stares at the night sky outside the window, while Zhao Xiaoyue's family is doing their year-end summary.
Zhao Xiaoyue was too small to sit on the chair and too tall to stand on the chair, so she simply squatted on the chair and listened to her grandma talk.
The old lady was full of energy, "I won't say much else, just talk about this year's performance.
Overall, it’s pretty good. We’ve become a millionaire now, and we hope to open another branch next year!”
Zhao Guozhong has lost a lot of weight, and Li Guilan also looks good, and the couple are in high spirits.
Zhao Xiaoyue looked at his parents and said, "Overall, the beginning was good."
The old lady spoke passionately for a while, then felt thirsty, picked up the drink and took a sip, summing up, "Overall, this year has been good with both hardships and gains.
Guozhong has also looked at the accounts, I have nothing else to say, who among you has anything else to say?"
The whole family sits together, you look at me, I look at you, and we are all very happy.
Unexpectedly, a lot of changes have taken place in the family in the past two years. Zhao Guozhong thought that the days to come would be smooth sailing!
At this time, someone outside the window set off fireworks and firecrackers. The sound of small firecrackers was very loud, and the sound of double-kick firecrackers made people's livers tremble.
The New Year's Eve dinner was on the table. Uncle Pu Liu said impatiently, "Can we eat now? You talk too much nonsense."
Then he started eating and asked Zhao Xiaoyue to trim his beard. At that time, Zhao Xiaoyue said, "Master, it's the New Year. I'll give you a new hairstyle."
Then the scissors fell on Pu Liuye's head with a click, leaving only a wisp of beard and his hair was cut short.
After getting his hair cut, Pu Liuye looked like a very handsome old man, but he particularly didn't like looking clean.
Zhao Xiaoyue didn't care about anything else and just pulled his master to sit in his house.
Zhao Guozhong and Li Guilan didn't have much objection, as an elderly widower couldn't eat much.
Zhao Xiaoyue didn't say anything, Zhao Guozhong raised his glass, and everyone's glass was filled with wine except for Pu Liuye's. Zhao Guozhong said: "I suggest that we toast to have a new beginning in the new year!"
Then, except for Master Pu Liu, everyone clinked their glasses.
During this festive occasion, everyone was praying that their wishes would come true, but Situ Ming seemed to be going through a tribulation.
Haishi No. 2 Middle School is a school that covers elementary school to high school. It is said to cover an area of tens of thousands of acres and focuses on providing everything in one go.
But elementary schools, junior high schools and high schools are divided into different areas. There is a very appropriate description: a belly filled with chicken and quail, haha!
At this moment, in such a high-end campus toilet, Situ Ming was lying on the ground and unable to get up.
A few hooligans who looked like middle school students came out of the toilet in a frivolous manner, arm in arm, swearing from time to time.
Situ Ming listened to the fireworks exploding outside. He thought it would be better if he died like this, but he had many concerns.
He laughed at himself, what was the point of lingering on like this? He had to get up and continue with the unfinished work.
The teacher on duty called impatiently downstairs, "Situ Ming, come down after you finish cleaning. What are you dawdling for?"
Situ Ming took off his dirty clothes and threw them into the trash can, then wiped the blood from his eyes, "It's fine!"
The teacher with small eyes tidied up her hair and powdered face, "Hurry up and leave, I have things to do. It took me so long to finish such a small job."
Then he walked away muttering to himself!
The fireworks exploded and lit up the night sky, making some places seem even darker!
Zhao Xiaoyue was not a real child after all. She sat on the sofa and chatted with Pu Liuye and listened to the old man tell some stories.
As he was talking, the old man turned around and looked at Zhao Xiaoyue. "I heard that you participated in the competition again and won a good place. Did you skip a grade again later?"
Zhao Xiaoyue was stunned for a few seconds, then asked suspiciously, "Master, where did you get this information? You are so well-informed?"
Pu Liuye crossed his legs and said, "Don't worry about that, just tell me, okay?"
Zhao Xiaoyue answered honestly, "I went straight to the fifth grade in the second half of the year and my head teacher told me that I was too young and could only jump this way."
Zhao Xiaoyue could never figure out Master Pu Liu. When the old man asked her this, her sixth sense told her that there was a trap.
The Sixth Master patiently warned: "Don't be too aggressive in anything you do, otherwise you will break easily if you are too aggressive, and you will get hurt if you are too smart!"
Zhao Xiaoyue ate some melon seeds and said, "Don't worry, I know my limits!"
After crawling in the dark for so long, the nerves that can detect danger have more or less evolved.
"Since you are so filial to me, I will take you out to play after the New Year. Do you dare to go?"
Zhao Xiaoyue's eyes lit up, he threw away the melon seeds, and moved closer to his master, "Where are you going? How long will you be there for? Is the place you're going to have fun? If it's not new, then don't go. You decide!"
Pu Liuye glared, stood up and left, "You can go if you want! Humph! Don't see me off!"
"Hey, hey, Sixth Grandpa, please don't leave. Tell me the details so I can prepare, old man!"
Seeing Master Pu Liu go back, Zhao Xiaoyue also went back to her room to sleep. Zhao Guozhong and the others couldn't stay up late and went to bed early. There were no relatives visiting her house the next day, so she decided to sleep in!
In the spring, Zhao Xiaoyue sat directly in the fifth grade classroom. Both the teachers and classmates were amazed at how magical the world of geniuses was. There was a child prodigy who was not even eight years old!
Zhao Xiaoyue put the trophy of the spring competition on the desk of the fifth-grade teacher and said flatteringly: "Look, I got the trophy. Can we discuss the leave again? I won't ask for more days, just a hundred days, not a day more, okay? Hehehe!"
Then he massaged her shoulders and pounded her legs, and she became very obedient.
Teacher Ji was so happy holding the trophy that he started to scold, "Listen to what you said, Zhao Xiaoyue. You are a student during the one hundred-day vacation, right?"
Zhao Xiaoyue said firmly: "Yes, teacher."
Teacher Ji slapped the table and the trophy was almost shaken. Teacher Ji quickly supported it and his heart almost jumped out of his chest. This was the trophy for the entire province!
"Ahem." Teacher Ji calmed down and continued to criticize, "Tell me what you want to do. Why, you didn't live past a hundred days when you were born, and you feel you lost a lot, so you want to make up for it?"
Zhao Xiaoyue complained in her heart, "Does Teacher Ji have a razor blade in his mouth? Every word he said was piercing."
But the master's conditions were very tempting, it was an adventure, but he didn't even tell her where to go, which made her very anxious.
Zhao Xiaoyue lowered her head and kicked her toes. Teacher Ji sighed, "Zhao Xiaoyue, being a child prodigy is a good thing, but you have to be steady in everything you do. Being too proud is not a good thing. Okay, let's go back to class!"
Zhao Xiaoyue raised her head and asked with tears in her eyes: "Teacher, is it fake...?"
Teacher Ji glared, "If I don't see you on the 101st day, I'll call your parents!"
Zhao Xiaoyue stood at attention and said, "Yes, teacher. Bye!"
Teacher Ji smiled as he watched Zhao Xiaoyue run away, "She's like a naughty monkey."
He turned around and went to wipe the trophy with a handkerchief.