Li Hongmei didn't notice it herself. She was smiling all the way to work. Everything she saw was pleasing to the eye, and even the sun seemed much brighter than usual.
When she entered the unit, her colleague, an aunt in her forties, glanced at her and said "Yo".
"Hongmei, is it a happy event at home?"
"What happy event? What happy event can I have at my age?" Li Hongmei said this, but she stopped in her tracks and stopped talking.
This is one of the weird chat rules for adults waiting for the other person to compliment you.
The woman with the loud voice was also very considerate, "What is that? You look so cheerful, you look more than ten years younger."
At 8:52, everyone in the unit office was basically here. People who dragged chairs, made tea, flipped through notebooks, and laid out calligraphy practice books all pricked up their ears.
"Hey, it's nothing. My kid made some money during the summer vacation." Li Hongmei waved her hand, "I was afraid that I would be tired, so I was not allowed to make breakfast in the morning."
"You spent that wasted money to buy breakfast, and why did you say that he would cover the next breakfast?"
When they reach middle age, apart from gossiping all over the place, the only fun these women in the system have is scolding their husbands and showing off their children, which makes their faces look bright.
"Your son has become sensible. It's rare. That brat of mine knows how to play games." The loud-voiced woman spoke, causing a stir.
The older colleagues around him all echoed a few words, but the young man couldn't get a word in. The new young man said something with a smile on his face.
"Aunt Li, how are your son's grades?"
Some people are indeed gifted and can make the topic awkward with just one sentence. Who in the office doesn't know that Li Hongmei's son has average grades and will have trouble getting into college.
Boom, boom, boom!
There was a knock on the door, and Xu Qianqian opened the door angrily, and it turned out to be Jiang Nian.
"Why are you so nervous so early in the morning?"
Wow, a breakfast was handed to her. Xu Qianqian was stunned for a moment, a little at a loss.
"Stop trying to bribe me here!"
"You can eat whatever is given to you, Aba Aba." Jiang Nian clicked his tongue.
Summer is especially difficult, and a breakfast broke the barrier between the two of them. Xu Qianqian didn't say anything, but she was still a little moved in her heart. After all, she was hungry too.
"Thanks."
"No, let me copy your homework after you finish it."
Xu Qianqian: "."
The dining table was divided into two sides. Xu Qianqian was chewing breakfast slowly at one end, while Jiang Nian was copying homework at the other end. They were in different classes, but the science papers were the same.
He didn't dare to copy everything, but only the answers that were within his own level.
With nothing to do, Xu Qianqian squinted her eyes and watched the molten golden sunlight filtering through the window, and then glanced at Jiang Nian who was working hard at the table.
"I said, haven't you ever thought about improving your grades?"
Hearing this, Jiang Nian paused, raised his head and frowned.
"Yes, it's just that I have two ideas in my head, one is empty, and the other is also empty."
Xu Qianqian was speechless, "What about your college entrance examination?"
Jiang Nian sighed, "I want to learn too, but there are so many homework assignments in the third year of high school, and my foundation is already weak. All my time is spent on homework."
"That's because you are slow."
"Because I don't know how to do it, I do it slowly." He spread his hands, "After finishing this, it's too late for that subject. What can I do if I don't copy it?"
Xu Qianqian crossed her arms and said, "Tsk, this is obviously an excuse."
bite!
[Trigger learning tasks, live and learn
At thirty-eight, you have just divorced and are standing at a bifurcation in your life. In your forties, counterattack in life requires not only a strong body, but also the cultivation of appreciation of beauty.
Task: Have a pleasant conversation with Xu Qianqian.
Reward: Memory Bread (five hours), in this state you can quickly memorize knowledge.】
Jiang Nian stared at the panel, a little confused. The system was announcing the progress of the Gou Ba task. So, was his future self pursuing Xu Qianqian?
He didn't reject it at all, he just thought it felt a little strange.
No matter what, the reward is important.
"Xu Qianqian, you are right!" Jiang Nian suddenly became serious, stared at the girl across the dining table and said seriously, "It is easy to give up, but hard to persist."
"My English is not good. For the sake of asking you to have breakfast, can you teach me how to memorize vocabulary?"
He is not really motivated, but he knows very well that Xu Qianqian has very good English scores. She is the English class representative in their class and gets perfect scores in almost every exam.
What's even more perverted is that she not only memorized the 3,500 words for the college entrance examination, but also memorized CET-4 and CET-6 together. As long as someone asks about English, she will be very happy.
Sure enough, Jiang Nian's words scratched her itch, and her eyes narrowed into a crescent shape.
"Okay, for the sake of breakfast, I will tell you with mercy."
Jiang Nian listened to the lecture for five minutes, and his mental activity was as follows:
*(*ˊˋ)*, he is worthy of being a perfect scorer, he still has something, okay, I understand!
Ten minutes:
(_) She seems to be talking happily. Do you want to interrupt her?
Twenty minutes:
(﹃), Master, don’t read it, think about it!
Half an hour:
(╯▔Van▔)╯can talk louder than my mother!
"So, do you remember what I just said?" Xu Qianqian said until her mouth went dry, and she took a sip of the cold soy milk, having taught her a lifetime of secrets.
"I remember it, but not completely." Jiang Nian stood up immediately and walked out directly, "You wait for me to think about it and I will talk to you in the afternoon."
"Hey! You" Xu Qianqian looked at someone's back, her silver teeth almost shattered.
This guy really wasted half an hour talking!
After returning home, Jiang Nian clicked on the panel.
[Task: Have a pleasant conversation with Xu Qianqian. (Completed)
Reward: Memory Bread (five hours), in this state you can quickly memorize knowledge.】
After listening to the study discussion for half an hour, he finally received the task reward successfully. Almost instantly, a piece of bread the size of Dali Garden appeared in his hand.
Good guys, real-time settlement.
Jiang Nian touched his chin. He was a pragmatic person. Xu Qianqian was right. You can't really let things go on forever. The most important thing at the moment is the college entrance examination.
Personally speaking, as a resident of a small county town, Jiang Nian's starting point is much higher than that of rural children. At least there is a guarantee that if he can't study well, he can come back to find connections and still have a job.
But, this is not what he wants.
Reading is still the best way for ordinary people to change their destiny!
Secondly, getting admitted to a good university not only has low tuition fees, but it can also make your parents straighten up a bit if you tell them about it.
Rote memorization will not lead to a high score, but it will definitely not lead to a low score. If it takes five hours to memorize, it is more than enough to browse the 3,500 vocabulary words for the college entrance examination.
But it would be too wasteful to use it all to memorize words. In fact, you only need to master 70% to 80% of the words in English, and your grades will not be too bad.
Therefore, time must be allocated reasonably. After all, other subjects also have knowledge points that need to be memorized.
Jiang Nian turned over the first page and suddenly couldn't hold himself tight.
"abandon(give up)"
Chapter completed!