Principal Chen continued, "I'm going to Beijing for two months. Bring all your luggage. It's still hot, but you should also bring long sleeves and a jacket. They'll give you some daily necessities... Hey! You guys have experience with this, too."

I will just give you one piece of advice: no matter in study or in life, don't be too burdened, don't feel ashamed, and ask if you don't understand.

We are from a small county town, so in some aspects we may be a little behind the provincial capital or Beijing, but there is nothing to be ashamed of."

Wang Zhaozhao smiled and said, "Principal Chen, the latter only applies to me."

"Hey! That's not it."

Xu Yanni expressed her dissatisfaction, saying, "What Principal Chen said is useful to everyone, and I think it applies to life as well."

“……!”

Wang Zhaozhao seriously suspected that she was just trying to flatter him, but she was telling the truth.

When leaving the principal's office, Xu Yanni accompanied Wang Zhaozhao, knowing that she was going to wait for Wang Xingwen.

Outside the school cafeteria, there was a horizontal bar, parallel bars, and several brick-and-cement ping-pong tables in the corner of the small playground, and there were also trees to shade them, so they sat there.

Wang Zhaozhao opened his schoolbag and took out a novel.

Xu Yanni: “……!”

"No! Why did you bring a novel with you?" She widened her eyes.

"I'm here mainly to accompany my older brother to take the exam, so even if the exam is quick, it will take at least several dozen minutes."

“…”

It made so much sense that I couldn't refute it.

Xu Yanni was silent for a moment, "You read novels, what should I do?"

Are you just going to sit here and watch you read novels?

Wang Zhaozhao shrugged, but Xu Yanni was not happy about this. "Hey! I'm accompanying you..."

A story book was handed over, which successfully made her perform a face-changing. "Haha, I told you, Sister Zhao, you are so thoughtful, haha."

Wang Zhaozhao gave a fake smile.

She didn't expect to meet Xu Yanni here. That was also prepared for her. There was also a magazine in her schoolbag.

So the two of them sat under the shade of the tree, each watching their own thing.

After eleven o'clock, Wang Xingwen came out after taking the test. Wang Zhaozhao and Xu Yanni hurriedly put away their books...

"I haven't finished reading it yet." Xu Yanni put the book into her pocket.

Wang Zhaozhao had no objection.

When the two of them went there, Zhou Donglai and Wang Xingwen were going to the teacher's office, so they went together.

The teachers were all busy. When they saw Zhou Donglai go in, there were three students outside. The teacher near the door took a look and recognized Wang Zhaozhao and Xu Yanni.

After finding out what happened, the teacher joked, "You can just ask Wang and Xu to help you mark it."

Wang Zhaozhao and Xu Yanni, who were curious, came to the door and said, “……!”

"Teacher, we are students." Xu Yanni said with a smile.

"If it were me, I would follow my own preference." Wang Zhaozhao said seriously.

"Hahaha……"

The teachers all laughed, and two of the first-year class teachers took the papers and began to mark them.

Since they had already spoken, Xu Yanni pulled Wang Zhaozhao in with her and stood nearby to watch.

Wang Xingwen, who was left alone: ​​“…!”

This was even more frustrating. His heart was pounding, and he was waiting in agony, feeling like every second was like a year.

In fact, it only took a few minutes.

The two teachers clicked their fingers and it was done.

"The test is above average in difficulty. If you skip a grade, the passing score is 90..."

The teacher who was grading the Chinese test papers took the other one, looked at it, and returned it to Zhou Donglai.

"One 90, one 92, just passed."

Zhou Donglai thanked them politely, took the test papers and took Wang Zhaozhao and the others out.

Wang Xingwen, who was waiting outside, saw them leave and quickly asked tentatively, "Sister...?"

Wang Zhaozhao shrugged.

Wang Xingwen's shoulders slumped instantly, and he let out a long breath, ha...

Zhou Donglai was walking in front, not noticing the interaction between the siblings. He started mumbling, "First, go see Principal Chen, and then you can go back." He didn't know if he had to go through the transfer procedures, but he would ask about it when the time comes. Balabala...

"I didn't say anything." Facing Wang Xingwen's questioning look after being shocked, Wang Zhaozhao spoke with an innocent look.

Wang Xingwen: “……!”

"Haha, have you noticed? Your elder sister looks serious, but she is actually mean." Xu Yanni laughed so hard.

Wang Xingwen nodded repeatedly and discovered it.

When meeting the principal, Wang Zhaozhao and Xu Yanni did not accompany Wang Xingwen. They had just met, and it would not be appropriate to meet him often.

The two of them were standing in the corridor at the foot of the stairs, looking at the campus. Wang Zhaozhao suddenly said, "Actually, we should have waited by the ping-pong table until he was done with everything, and then went over there."

"Sister Zhao, you are talking after the fact."

“……!”

Wang Zhaozhao touched his nose. He just saw Wang Xingwen coming out after the exam and wanted to rush over to see what was going on.

But, "Come to our house for lunch?"

Xu Yanni: This topic change cannot be said to be unrelated, it can only be said to be completely unrelated.

"No." She shook her head.

"You go home and do it yourself?"

"...there are leftovers, I just need to heat them up."

"It's so hot, and you've waited with me for so long, so it's reasonable to invite you to my house for a simple meal."

"I feel embarrassed to always go to your house for free meals."

"You want to play with strangers, right?"

"Hahaha, if you don't want to play, go! You have to go. Why would I want to eat leftovers when I can enjoy your fresh and delicious meals?"

"that is."

Wang Zhaozhao raised his chin at her and they both laughed.

After Wang Xingwen came out, the three of them took two bicycles and returned to Dayun Lane.

Xu Yanni greeted the elders and also greeted Wang Xingwu and the other three. She had also met Wang Qingqing before when she went to Hebian Village, and the youngest one, Xiaodudu, was the one she was most familiar with.

She held Xiaodudu's small, fleshy hand and said, "I envy your family. You have so many brothers and sisters, and they all get along so well."

Wang Zhaozhao patted her shoulder, and she sat down and sweated again.

After drinking a glass of water, she spoke, "Every family has its own problems... Just think about us brothers and sisters. Besides being related by blood, we also share a revolutionary bond of enduring hardships and starvation together."

“……!”

“There are two great sufferings in life: material scarcity and spiritual emptiness.”

"You are no longer lacking in material things, but your spiritual emptiness cannot be filled with material things."

"But in this age where material possessions mean happiness, most people's goal is to have enough to eat. If they can enjoy meat every now and then, that would be wonderful."

"That's true."

Xu Yanni shrugged and asked Wang Zhaozhao with a smile, "Tell me about the time you endured hardship and hunger together?"

Huh? Wang Zhaozhao was speechless. Again?