Learning Makes Me Rich Chapter 4
[Girl, Please Do Not Work Too Hard]
Zhou Xiu finished her homework, it was time for dinner
soon. She went downstairs to do some housework, helping Aunt Niu
wash rice and vegetables. These trivial things are insignificant to Zhou Xiu,
but they are different in the eyes of two old people.
Aunt Niu looked at this silent girl, her brows and eyes
were smooth and calm, and she felt that her worries were unnecessary.
As the water flowed down, and the girl carefully picked out
the lotus cores, which were clean and intact.
Zhou Xiu hesitated for a moment and asked: "Aunt Niu,
can I cook something and take it to school tomorrow?"
Aunt Niu nodded and asked her a little
strangely: "Is the food in the dining hall unappetizing?"
Of course, she could not tell them the real reason, so Zhou
Xiu only shook her head and said, "I like to eat my own cooking."
"Aunt Niu, let me help you cook some dishes."
The system suddenly said: [The intention of
education is to make people more diverse, in addition to homework, the
cultivation of essential skills in life is also necessary.]
[Please learn to make a "plum sweet and sour short ribs", reward 5RMB.]
When Zhou Xiu's attention fell on the kitchen materials, the system is sharp enough to find the plums and short ribs among the many ingredients.
Zhou Xiu is not afraid of the kitchen; country girls know how to cook at a very young age. Zhou's father is relatively thin and weak, cannot go down to the field to do heavy work. But from time to time, he would go out and make wedding banquets for the village people, thus earning extra money. Zhou Xiu often gave Zhou's father a hand, so the cooking skills are also okay.
Aunt Niu was ready to politely decline Zhou Xiu's offer, but the housekeeper was enthusiastic about it: "Okay, XiuXiu, come and try it."
The system lists the steps and methods of the plum sweet
and sour pork ribs. Zhou Xiu strictly follows the recipe to blanch the short ribs in a pot under cold water and stir-fry them evenly. Red fermented rice,
chopped green onion, ginger and garlic for later use. Green plums, rock sugar,
and stir-fried short ribs, add seasonings, sauces, and boil to collect the
juice.
The butler looked a little surprised at her skillful
movements. But he quickly understood that children from poor families were in
charge early.
Zhou Xiu made one dish, and Aunt Niu made four dishes and
one soup.
The housekeeper said to Zhou Xiu, "XiuXiu, you call
the young master down for dinner."
Zhou Xiu nodded and walked to the second floor. She knocked
on Xi ShaoYuan’s room and found that he was not in the room, but was doing homework
in the study.
The door of the study was ajar and did not close. The boy's
study was fully heated. He was only wearing a thin T-shirt with his sleeves
rolled up to reveal tight, muscular arms.
He was making a call with a mobile phone in one hand, his
expression indifferent, but his brow is tinged with a layer of gloom.
"Oh, it doesn't matter if you don't come back. It's
just a birthday."
"Zhou Xiu, oh, I know."
The moment Xi ShaoYuan hung up, he opened the door and saw
Zhou Xiu who was about to knock on the door.
He took out a wad of banknotes from his wallet and said
flatly: "My mom asked me to give you this week's living expenses."
The son of a rich family seems to have no concept of money, a pile of thick bills , at least a few thousand. Zhou Xiu's hand feels heavy and a little hot. Zhou Xiu was stunned.
Xi ShaoYuan frowned, "Not enough?" Mother Xi
would give her son one hundred thousand pocket money every month, which is not
big. Since the year he was in Senior Middle school, Mother Xi has kept several funds in
his name and let him take care of it himself. The annual dividend profits of
these funds are very impressive.
Xi ShaoYuan and his friends can almost eat thousands of
yuan for a meal outside.
Zhou Xiu shook her head, "Thank you, I don't need
it."
Xi ShaoYuan took out all the money in his wallet and added
it to Zhou Xiu's hand.
He impatiently emphasized: "Take it."
He glanced at the malnourished girl who looked like a
washboard in front of him. If Mother Xi had not specifically asked for it, he
would not kindly flood her with living expenses.
Xi ShaoYuan knew that this woman had a deep mind and was
used to acting pitifully.
Zhou Xiu wanted to refuse, but Xi ShaoYuan glanced at her
impatiently and went straight downstairs, his manners all used up. He did not
bother to care about this little money with Zhou Xiu.
Through the look in Xi ShaoYuan’s eyes, Zhou Xiu seemed to
read what he meant: Poor people often make trouble.
There may be another interpretation: he thought it was a
desire to be welcomed and not rejected.
Zhou Xiu had to accept the money, wait for his birthday to
buy a gift to him, and return the money. Zhou Xiu counted the money in her
hand, a total of 45 pieces, she was taken aback.
Xi ShaoYuan’s casual attitude just now seemed to give away
paper instead of money.
When Zhou Xiu was still struggling for five yuan, he was
already able to use the money to hit people at will.
Zhou Xiu can now somewhat understand the journey of
"Zhou Xiu". Faced with such great temptation every day, you cannot
help but have fantasies. Although the Xi family's attitude towards her was cold
and indifferent, it was not a good one, but they did not treat her badly in
terms of food and clothing.
[Girl! Girl! Your thinking is a little dangerous right now!]
Zhou Xiu laughed and went back to find a new paper envelope,
wrote the word "Xi" with a ball point pen and put the money inside.
[I will study hard.]
The heart of the system fell back into its place.
The villa of the Xi family is very large, and there are
many rooms that cannot be occupied. Usually only two old people accompany the
young master of the Xi family to live together, it looks empty.
Until dinner, Zhou Xiu saw that there were only two sets of
bowls and chopsticks, and this feeling of emptiness became more intense. Zhou
Xiu took out the vocabulary book and memorized it while eating.
Xi ShaoYuan took a few more pieces of plum sweet and sour short ribs to eat and seemed to like it very much.
After dinner, Zhou Xiu took the initiative to wash the
dishes and prepared the lunch to take to school the next day.
She made two coconut-flavored steamed buns and made a plum rib
with the remaining ingredients that she did not use up and was going to throw
away. During dinner, Xi ShaoYuan frequently choose this dish several times, and
Zhou Xiu did not dare to touch it at all.
The rice cooker made a "ding" sound, indicating
that the ribs have been simmered. Zhou Xiu ate a piece and she reached into her
pocket and found five yuan.
[The reward for "Plum sweet
and sour short ribs" has arrived.]
Late at night, Zhou Xiu received a call from home. This
time it was from Zhou's father. When the call came, Zhou Xiu was preparing for
her homework.
Zhou’s father said, "XiuXiu, did mother-in-law call
you this afternoon?"
"I'm sorry, but Dad is useless. Do not listen to her,
you must study hard. Dad entrusted your third uncle to find a job at the
construction site, wait for the spring to work in the city, this time dad will pay
for your education."
The middle-aged man on the opposite side was choked with
his voice, his throat seemed to be blocked by cotton. Zhou Xiu's writing on
homework stopped, and the wind roaring outside the window seemed to stop.
Zhou Xiu's heart seems to have been torn by a blow. The
corners of her mouth curved, and she said, "Okay, I'll wait for Dad to
come."
Zhou Xiu's parents are very typical country people, working
more and eating less, never complaining. Because they could not give birth to a
son, they were pressured by Zhou's grandmother for half their lives.
The pen that Zhou Xiu had stopped writing with began to
write again. She spent the whole night writing down a half of the chemistry
test questions, a few test papers, memorizing two texts, and some dictation and
small essays...
At dawn, the first sun rises. The first rays of the morning
sun came through the window, Zhou Xiu stretched and went to wash her face.
After washing up, she made breakfast easily. After
breakfast, Zhou Xiu hurriedly rushed to the school on the first bus.
On the bus, a bunch of voices dinged in Zhou Xiu's head.
[Complete 11.20 homework, 95% correct rate,
15RMB]
[Complete 11.21 homework, 95% correct rate,
15RMB]
[Complete 11.22 homework, 95% correct rate,
15RMB]
[Complete 11.23 homework, 95% correct, 15RMB]
[Girl, please do not work too hard!]
… When Hua Xu came to the classroom, she unprecedentedly
found her good desk mate, who always listened to the lecture with a straight
spine, sleeping on her desk.
She stepped on the morning reading bell and knocked on the
desk.
"Wake up."
Zhou Xiu woke up sleepily, and turned to let Hua Xu sit
in. Handed something to her.
Hua Xu: "???"
"What's this?"
"Eat." The courtesy exchanged for her juice.
After opening the bag, she saw that it was a hot
coconut-flavored bun, and ate it without hesitation.
"Well, it's quite delicious."
Zhou Xiu noticed that Hua Xu liked to eat coconut-flavor
desserts yesterday, and ate two of them in one breath. She was relieved to see
her eating happily.
The class bell rang.
Zhou Xiu stared at the face of Teacher Huang in the first
class, struggling for a long time, and gave up the task of actively answering
questions. There is a 30RMB reward for this task, and Zhou Xiu feels a little
sad to miss the money.
She had previewed these contents in advance yesterday, and
after doing a lot of homework exercises, Zhou Xiu easily understood the new
contents learned today. She started to do her homework frantically.
System: [...]
[Complete the 11.22 homework, 95% of the correct
rate, 15RMB reward]
[Complete the 11.23 homework, 95% of the correct
rate, 15RMB]
Zhou Xiu presses her lips, [I need more money.]
[Okay, you want to make progress, dear, here are
new tasks!]
The system released a new task: ['Books are the
ladder of human progress. Reading history makes people wise, reading poetry
makes people smart, mathematics makes people thorough, and science makes people
insightful.’ Please don’t use
the library carelessly! Reads for 2 hours a day can receive 5RMB rewards.]
['If you have one thought and I have one thought
and exchange them with each other, each of us will have two thoughts, or even
more than two thoughts.' If you want to learn more about the world, you must be
enthusiastic and exchange with people around you. You can get 5RMB for 5 daily
exchanges.]
['The body is the capital of the revolution'. Having
a healthy body is the foundation of learning. Girl, please move. You can
receive 5RMB rewards for 1 hour of daily exercise.]
Zhou Xiu was greatly inspired and picked up the book in
hand enthusiastically.
Teacher Huang, who was dismissed by the students, glanced
at them and found Zhou Xiu, who was idle in the corner, and said loudly:
"Some students never listen carefully in class, and always pretend to be
very diligent after class. Is it useful to deceive yourself and others? "
The math teacher suddenly raised his voice, awakening several
students who had gone to work, slept, and converse in a small talk.
"Hey--" They curled their lips and did not listen
to the class seriously. Was it the first day that Old Huang knew this fact?
Hua Xu were also awakened and yawned.
Teacher Huang said: "Zhou Xiu, come up and do this
question for me!"
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T/S: Hi there! If you guys notice, I have changed Huo Shu to Hua Xu. I made a mistake there and I just notice it. Hua Xu is the correct one. And there is one more mistake that I have changed. It is High School to Senior Middle School. In China, they use Senior Middle School and not High School but it is the same with High school. If you guys want to know about China's Education System, take a look at this article here. They will explain more about the system there. Thank You for Reading!
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