Chapter 70 Someone is making trouble
Gu Qiuyue nestled in her mother's arms. "Mom, I really don't want to go to college. For the sake of my two children, my mother-in-law has been separated from my father-in-law for a long time. I don't want to trouble her like this anymore."
"Mom knows, Mom knows everything. You're a kind child, and I don't want your mother-in-law to keep sacrificing so much for you." Xu Qin said with understanding, "This college entrance examination is something that millions of people have waited ten years for. If you miss it, Mom is afraid you'll regret it for the rest of your life."
She took out a few brand new review materials that smelled of ink from her luggage bag and stuffed them into Gu Qiuyue's hands: "Look, Mom brought all the materials for you. You have been smart since you were a child and have a good foundation. It's not too late to pick them up now.
Knowledge is a person's strongest foundation. It allows you to stand higher, see further, and give you more choices in life. It can set the best example for Huahua and Shuangshuang, telling them how wonderful and brave their mother is! "
"Role model..." Gu Qiuyue murmured these two words, lowered her head to look at the heavy documents in her hands, then looked up at the burning expectation and trust in her mother's eyes, and then looked at her mother-in-law and husband who had been hiding at the door and eavesdropping. A long-lost warmth suddenly rushed to her eyes, washing away the fatigue and hesitation in her heart.
Yes, she could ignore her "re-learning", but she couldn't ignore her two children, couldn't disappoint the expectations of so many people, and couldn't let her mother and mother-in-law worry about her in vain.
She took a deep breath, as if a heavy burden had been lifted off her shoulders. Her eyes became bright and determined again. She clenched the documents in her hand, looked into her mother's eyes, nodded vigorously, and said in a clear and powerful voice, "Mom, I'll listen to you! I'll take the exam!"
Not only Xu Qin, but also Wang Xiulan at the door breathed a sigh of relief, with an extremely relieved smile on her face. Xie Shiyu walked forward and held Gu Qiuyue's hand tightly, silently conveying his support.
It was as if some kind of switching button had been pressed overnight in the family compound. The children who used to chase and fight each other seemed to have become much more sensible, and the noise had obviously subsided. Instead, there were lights shining through the windows of each house, which often stayed on until late at night, and figures studying hard at their desks under the lights.
The air was filled with an unprecedented tension, anticipation and a faint restlessness.
Gu Qiuyue's review life officially began.
Xu Qin's arrival and Wang Xiulan's dedication to housework and childcare provided her with a solid foundation. The basic materials brought by Xu Qin became Gu Qiuyue's starting point. She flipped through the pages, and those dusty knowledge points, with a long-standing sense of familiarity mixed with a fresh unfamiliarity, slowly revived in her mind.
Soon, the news that Xu Qin was a teacher at Beijing University spread throughout the family compound like wings, and people who sincerely wanted to learn began to visit her.
Director Zhao brought his nephew, who had just graduated from high school and had a weak foundation, and came to ask for help with math problems politely but nervously, holding a wrinkled textbook.
Sun Juan was even more direct. She pushed her brother, who had been in the countryside for many years and had almost forgotten all his basic skills, in front of Xu Qin in a hurry. She said in a loud voice, "Teacher Xu, please take a look at this kid. Is there any hope for him?"
Although Xu Qin mainly takes care of her daughter and grandson, she is not hard-hearted when faced with these sincere requests for help. When Gu Qiuyue is resting, she will take time to look at those difficult problems and point out one or two key ideas. Her words are concise but always hit the point. Director Zhao and Sun Juan are very grateful for this guidance from a "famous teacher".
One evening, Gu Qiuyue had just sat down to work on a complicated physics problem when there was a gentle knock on the courtyard door. When she opened the door, she saw Wu Cui from next door.
She was carrying a small basket in her hand, which contained a few handfuls of juicy greens that Gu Qiuyue loved to eat.
"Just...just picked, still tender." Wu Cui stuffed the basket into Gu Qiuyue's hand, glanced quickly at the lighted window in the room, and said in a low voice with a bit of embarrassment, "Give...give Teacher Xu an extra dish." After that, without waiting for Gu Qiuyue to thank her, she turned around and hurried back. Her steps seemed lighter than the last time when she gave him the dried radish.
This silent kindness warmed Gu Qiuyue's heart.
However, not everyone has good intentions.
As review enters the critical period, time becomes more and more precious.
Gu Qiuyue's daily time is precisely divided: getting up early to recite, using the daytime working hours, except for work, to practice exercises, playing with the two children for a while at noon and in the evening, and the time after they fall asleep is the golden time, used to review the mistakes and difficulties in the current review and make a review plan for the next day.
During the afternoon break, Gu Qiuyue was concentrating on solving a function problem. Just as she had sorted out her thoughts, the gate rang again. It was Li Caifeng who came in. She brought her sister with her, saying she was going to ask Xu Qin for some advice. But as soon as she entered the door, she left her sister aside and pulled Wang Xiulan and Xu Qin to chat "enthusiastically" about family matters, but her eyes kept glancing towards Gu Qiuyue. After chatting for about ten minutes, seeing that Gu Qiuyue didn't even look up, she simply went straight to the desk and said:
"Oh, sister Qiuyue, you are so hardworking? What kind of book are you reading that is so difficult? My husband used to..." She began to talk about her man's "glorious" past incessantly, her voice sharp and bright, completely ignoring Gu Qiuyue's slightly frowned brows.
Xu Qin frowned and was about to speak when Wang Xiulan stood up first with a smile on her face, but her tone was unquestionable: "Caifeng, Qiuyue is in a hurry right now, let's talk outside and don't disturb her studies." As she said that, she half supported and half invited her out of the house.
What was even more outrageous was that one night a few days later, not long after the two children were coaxed to sleep, Gu Qiuyue was working under the dim desk lamp, racing against time to study a chemical equation that she had not understood during the day. Everything was silent, with only the rustling sound of the pen tip scratching across the paper.
Suddenly, "Bang! Bang! Bang!" A sharp and abrupt metal knocking sound suddenly exploded from outside the window, as if someone was hitting an iron basin hard. The sound was particularly shocking in the silent night.
"Wow!" Mingming and Shuangshuang were awakened instantly and burst into tears.
Gu Qiuyue's heart sank suddenly, and a surge of anger rushed to her head. She immediately stood up and wanted to check.
"Who is this wicked guy! Why are you not sleeping in the middle of the night and trying to get yourself killed?!" Wang Xiulan's roar had already exploded. She moved even faster and rushed out in her slippers. Her voice was loud and fierce, with a kind of protection for her child. Xu Qin also hurried to comfort the frightened child.
The knocking sounds outside stopped abruptly amid the angry curses of Wang Xiulan and a group of neighbors. The night returned to silence, leaving only the children's aggrieved cries and Gu Qiuyue's pounding heart. She walked to the window. The night was dark and she only saw a blurry shadow quickly disappearing into the corner of the wall.
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