Chapter 4: The Excellent Younger Sister-in-Law (4)

"Father, Mother, I'm off to school."

The next morning, Xu Yin had breakfast and picked up her heavy schoolbag.

Apart from two books for show, the schoolbag was filled with the side dishes and a week's worth of rations that her mother had prepared for her.

She hung the schoolbag on the bicycle handlebars and turned to remind the two elders:

"Father and Mother, take care of yourselves. When it gets hot, don't drink cold water; either make some cool tea or drink boiled water that has cooled down. Keep an eye on my sister-in-law, Mother. She can sew pants during the day, but don't let her sew under the lamp; it's bad for her eyes and wastes kerosene... And for Dou Dou, don't let him play by the stream or the river alone. The water is cold and can cause cramps. Even if he knows how to swim, it won't help if he cramps. Besides, Dou Dou can't swim at all. If something happens, it will be too late..."

"Got it, got it, no need to remind us." Xu's mother waved her hand, feeling that her daughter had become as nagging as she was in recent days.

Little Dou Dou squatted under the eaves, playing with a paper frog. He watched Xu Yin push her bicycle out.

In the past, he would secretly be happy because his aunt would always scold and pinch him. He hoped she would go to school and never come back.

But now, his aunt treats him very well.

If he told the other kids in the village, they probably wouldn't believe it:

His aunt not only gives him sweet and sour orange candies but also tells him stories and folds paper frogs for him.

The paper frog can't croak, but it can jump.

When placed on the ground and pressed at the tail, it can jump forward a big step, even farther than a metal frog, as if it were alive!

After playing on the ground for a while, he held the paper frog and ran to Xu Yin, looking up at her and saying, "Aunt, don't go."

"Does Dou Dou not want Aunt to go?" Xu Yin smiled and rubbed his head.

"Don't worry, Aunt will be back in a few days and will bring you some treats."

Hearing about treats, Little Dou Dou no longer insisted.

Xu Yin chuckled: What a practical little guy!

Xu's mother scolded him with a smile, "When did you learn to get treats from your aunt? Go play somewhere else!"

She then said to Xu Yin, "It's not easy for you to save money. Why spend it on him? Buy some snacks for yourself."

Xu Yin was embarrassed: Her living expenses were still paid by Dou Dou's father, her older brother.

After bidding farewell to the two elders, Xu Yin got on her bicycle and rode to school.

Having not ridden for a long time, her cycling skills were a bit rusty. She wobbled for a while before gradually becoming smoother.

The Red Flag High School, where her original self studied, was the sixth high school in Mingyang County, newly established after the restoration of the college entrance examination.

The students admitted were not all from the county; some came from various townships.

The best students mostly went to the first high school, and those who couldn't get into the first high school chose the sixth high school based on the distance or the convenience of transportation.

Therefore, the students' qualities varied widely.

Some were excellent students who aimed to get into college.

Others came from wealthy families, sent to "plate" themselves, making it easier to secure jobs after graduation.

Xu Yin didn't fit into either category. Her grades were average, and her family wasn't particularly wealthy.

She was purely sent to school because the two elders loved her and didn't want her to start farming and get married early.

Thinking that her older brother, who worked for the state, had a steadily increasing salary, they saved enough for her tuition and sent her to school.

After finishing junior high, she would go to high school, and after high school...

Well, even if she couldn't get into college, she could still aim for a worker's position.

At worst, her older brother could find her a spot in the cultural troupe, and then both siblings would have stable jobs.

When Xu Yin arrived at the school gate, out of breath, a series of electric buzzes sounded in her mind.

She knew this was the prelude to the activation of the life assistance system.

It seemed that every time she crossed over, this glitchy system would appear a few days later.

[Rode 15 kilometers, rewarded with 20 energy points. Store or exchange?]

A dialogue box popped up on the system interface.

Hmm? This time, the activation was for cycling? Last time it was for farming.

But no matter, she could handle cycling.

After considering, Xu Yin chose "store" and checked her balance in the personal center.

As expected, the energy points she had accumulated as a chaotic peasant girl were all cleared.

Once again, it was confirmed that the energy points accumulated in each fast travel could only be used in that world and could not be carried over to the next.

Fortunately, she had exchanged most of the energy points for skills or general supplies, leaving only a small amount for verification, otherwise, she would have lost a lot.

What can 20 energy points be used for?

Xu Yin flipped through the exchange mall and found that the 20 energy points that could exchange for five buckets of rice or two chickens in the last world could now only exchange for two corn buns.

"..."

System, are you inflating?

Even inflation isn't as fast as you.

Xu Yin glanced at the system mall with a resentful look and decisively exited.

After arriving at school, she first went to the homeroom teacher to explain why she returned to school two days late.

Hearing that she was unwell, the teacher didn't say much, asked a few questions, and let her return to the classroom for class.

"Xu Yin, why are you just coming now?"

Tong Guihua, her desk mate and roommate, blocked her face with an open textbook and asked in a low voice.

"Something came up. Where are we in the lesson?"

"Page 28. By the way, there's a quiz next class. How prepared are you?"

"..."

Can I say I haven't prepared at all?

It's too late to cram now.

Forget it, if I do poorly, I'll just say I was too tired from the busy farming days and didn't review.

Anyway, the original Xu Yin's grades weren't outstanding, so how much worse could it get?

Unexpectedly, when the test papers were handed out, it turned out to be Russian.

"..."

What's going on?

She was genuinely stunned.

"Looks like you didn't review either. I was counting on you..."

Seeing her reaction, her desk mate knew it was hopeless and started answering the questions diligently.

Xu Yin wanted to say: Let me copy.

But her desk mate's handwriting was so bad, it looked like worms, and she couldn't even start copying.

In the end, she submitted a blank paper.

Xu Yin, the former graduate student who had won multiple scholarships in the fashion design program at Dongfang University: "..."

She suffered her biggest defeat ever.

During the busy farming period, except for the city kids whose families had no fields, none of the other students brought their Russian books back to review. The results of the surprise test were predictable.

Even though the teacher was mentally prepared for a large number of failing grades, she didn't expect anyone to submit a blank paper.

Xu Yin: Honestly, I didn't expect it either.

The test papers were distributed starting from the last place.

"Those whose names are called, come up to get your papers. Xu Yin!"

"Here!"

"..." The teacher was so angry, she glared at Xu Yin and gritted her teeth, "Zero points!"

"Ha ha ha ha..."

The class burst into laughter.

Xu Yin's face turned red as she took the test paper.

Tong Guihua was very puzzled by her blank paper: "Xu Yin, you scored 75 last month. What happened this time? I passed, so there's no reason for you to not know any of the answers."

"I hit my head on a tree and got a bit silly." Xu Yin said seriously.

"Really? Is that true?"

"..." What do you think?

(End of Chapter)