This damn biological clock!

Xia Minmin turned off her alarm clock yesterday, but she still woke up at five o'clock.

Now that she was awake, Xia Minmin got up and started reading as usual.

This is probably what happens when you can't stop working yourself to exhaustion.

Li Chunmei came out of her room, intending to go to the bathroom, and saw her daughter sitting on the balcony studying.

"Xiaomin, why are you up so early today? Didn't you say you wanted to sleep a little longer?"

Xia Minmin turned her head and said, "I woke up at five o'clock, and I thought I might as well get up and read a book."

Li Chunmei smiled and shook her head. She really hadn't expected this reason. She thought her daughter was too excited about leaving her parents to go out and play, so she couldn't sleep.

Li Chunmei did not choose to go back to her room to continue sleeping, but instead went to wash up.

Xia Jianguo looked at Li Chunmei changing her clothes and said, "Didn't you say you'd sleep in a little longer today? Xiaomin is probably still sleeping."

Li Chunmei said with a smile, "Your daughter probably got up at 5 o'clock and is already sitting on the balcony reading a book."

Xia Jianguo lay on the bed, covering his face with his hands. "Should I push myself? If I had studied as hard as Xiaomin back then, I'd probably be a college graduate now."

Li Chunmei casually remarked, "If there are any regrets, I might take the college entrance examination as a non-student candidate. It would be a wonderful story if I could take the exam with Xiaomin."

Xia Jianguo's eyes lit up. It was indeed a good idea. He immediately sat up straight, put on his clothes, hugged Li Chunmei, and kissed her.

"I've decided to take the college entrance exam! I don't want to be thinking about it when I'm old."

Xia Jianguo opened the door and walked to the balcony. "Xiaomin, Dad has decided to take the college entrance exam with you!"

Xia Minmin hadn't reacted yet, "Huh?"

Li Chunmei followed Xia Jianguo out and saw her overjoyed husband and her dumbfounded daughter.

“Your father has always regretted not getting into a university through the college entrance examination, so he plans to go to the college entrance examination hall with you. You should give your father more guidance in the future.”

Xia Minmin nodded, went to the room and brought out all the first-year junior high school textbooks (Chinese, Math, English) and workbooks, and handed them to Xia Jianguo.

"When you're not busy, just read these textbooks. If you don't understand something, you can ask me in the evening or morning."

Xia Jianguo looked at his daughter's serious expression and couldn't help but laugh. No matter what, he was a college student. How could he not even know how to do a first-year junior high school test?

"Xiaomin, Dad still knows the junior high school material. This is too easy for you," Xia Jianguo said confidently.

Xia Minmin pulled out a math test paper. "Dad, why don't you try this math test and see how many points you can get? I chose the science subject that you're good at."

Li Chunmei laughed, "Jianguo, don't be a coward. I'll go out and buy you breakfast. You two study hard."

Xia Minmin set the alarm clock and then immersed herself in the ocean of physics.

Xia Jianguo had no choice but to pick up the test paper and start working on it. At first, he was careless, but he became serious when he saw the questions. He never thought that junior high school test papers would be so difficult.

The alarm rang, and Xia Minmin looked at her father, Xia Jianguo, who was scratching his head. Xia Minmin glanced at the problem and saw that two-thirds of the questions were still unanswered, and the accuracy rate of the questions he had completed was less than 50%.

Xia Jianguo placed his first-year junior high school textbooks (Chinese, math, and English) next to him, saying, "Xiaomin, whether Dad can go to university depends on you."

Li Chunmei returned while Xia Minmin was analyzing the test paper for Xia Jianguo.

"You two wash your hands and get ready for breakfast! Today's breakfast is your favorite pan-fried buns."

Upon hearing Li Chunmei's words, Xia Minmin immediately abandoned Xia Jianguo and ran to wash her hands. This place's pan-fried buns were incredibly delicious, and there was always a long queue. It was also quite far away, taking about thirty minutes by bike, so she didn't usually go there often.

Xia Minmin picked one up with her hand and started eating it.

Li Chunmei tapped her daughter's hand with her chopsticks.

"I bought this breakfast especially to celebrate Xia Jianguo rediscovering his dream!"

"Thank you, Comrade Jianguo! Thank you, Comrade Chunmei!"

Li Chunmei laughed and said, "You have no manners!"

Li Chunmei bought about forty pan-fried buns today, and Xia Minmin ate ten of them by herself. She ate until she was full and was still preparing to pick up another one with her chopsticks.

Xia Jianguo said, "If you're full, don't eat anymore. If you like it, I'll buy it for you next time."

I've never seen anyone so greedy; they can't eat anymore but still want to eat more.

The child's belly was already round, but Xia Minmin stuffed it in like that, making it even rounder.

"It's getting late, you should hurry up and set off," Li Chunmei urged.

Xia Jianguo opened the door and took out the luggage that was placed in the entryway.

Xia Minmin grabbed her skateboard and prepared to set off.

"Wait a minute, you're not going to bring your skateboard back to your hometown, are you?"

Li Chunmei reached for the skateboard in Xia Minmin's hand, "Mom, please, let me take it back."

"no."

"Sister Qing said she would bring it back too."

Seeing that Xia Minmin brought up Li Qing, Li Chunmei could only let her take the skateboard back to her hometown. "The ground in your hometown is not as good as in Shenzhen. You need to be careful and try to skate on the cement ground to avoid falling or getting injured."

"Okay, thank you, Mom!"

After saying that, Xia Minmin quickly ran downstairs, afraid that Li Chunmei would suddenly object again.

Xia Jianguo and Li Chunmei looked at each other and smiled, then shook their heads. Only at times like this did they realize that Xia Minmin was still a child.

"Jianguo, you should hurry up too. It's getting late, and my brother and the others should be arriving at the train station soon."

"Okay, lock the door yourself."

There was no traffic jam on the road, and I ran into Li Zhonghua and his family at the train station entrance.

Xia Jianguo handed the suitcase to his daughter, saying, "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, elder brother and sister-in-law, I'm entrusting Xiaomin to you."

Li Zhonghua said with a smile, "Why are you being so polite? Xiaomin is also my nephew, it's only right that I take care of her."

"Brother, I transferred four thousand yuan to you yesterday. Please check it when you get back."

"Jianguo, why are you transferring money to me for no reason?"

"Didn't we agree before that we'd get a share when we bought home appliances for my parents-in-law?"

"Since that's the case, I won't refuse. It's getting late, so let's go into the station."

Xia Minmin and Li Qing would always bicker and fight whenever they met, unless they didn't see each other at all.

Xia Jianguo looked at the two of them, thought for a moment, and then gave them a few words of advice to put their minds at ease.

"Xiao Qing, please keep an eye on Xiao Min for your uncle. She's a bit of a show-off. Be careful when you're skateboarding back home. Xiao Min can't swim, so don't go near the water."

"Understood, Uncle! I will take good care of Xiaomin and make sure she is returned to her rightful owner."

"Dad, I promise I won't go swimming! I swear!" Xia Minmin held up three fingers.

Xia Jianguo looked at his playful daughter and ruffled her hair vigorously.

Xia Minmin screamed in a frenzy.

Li Qing pointed at Xia Minmin's hair, which looked like a bird's nest, and burst into laughter.

Li Zhonghua checked the time. "Jianguo, it's almost time. We should go into the station."

"Yes, have a safe trip. When Xiaomin comes back, Dad will be here to pick you up."

Xia Jianguo stood at the entrance of the train station, watching the group enter the station. Only when he saw that Li Qing was carrying his daughter's suitcase did he feel relieved and leave.