Chapter 132, Part 2 (Typoes in the two chapters from last night have been corrected)
Chapter 132, Part 2 (Typoes in the two chapters from last night have been corrected)
In the Gu family of Lijia Village, as they prepare for the New Year, the old lady is making some glutinous rice cakes and New Year's cakes.
Just as the old man and woman finished pounding the glutinous rice, Gu Hua and Gu Yin stepped forward, took the sticks from the rice cakes, and began to shape them.
"Grandma and Grandpa, I'm back!"
Gu Shu's voice came from outside. Gu Le got up and ran over to open the door. He saw his mother riding a bicycle with his brother. He immediately made way for them and waited for them to come in before closing the door again.
After Gu Shu's results came out this morning, he packed his things and took a bus back to town. Then his aunt took him and his luggage back with her.
As soon as Gu Shu entered the courtyard, she saw that the family was making glutinous rice cakes. She didn't take her luggage inside yet, but went straight to wash her hands with water. Then she took a small glutinous rice cake that Gu Yin had made, dipped it in crushed peanuts and white sugar, ate several bites, and then sat down.
"You're back just in time! If you had come back any later, the glutinous rice cakes would have hardened by the time you finished making them, and I wouldn't have been able to eat them fresh and hot! Ah Hua, give me the one you're holding too, but don't put it on the bamboo leaf yet! I'll have two more!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Hua handed him the small glutinous rice cakes she had made and then asked, "How did the exam go?"
After finishing two, Gu Shu slowed down. Seeing everyone waiting for him in the courtyard, he smiled and said, "My student ID number is 35. In this exam, I ranked 25th in my class and 120th in the grade. The international class doesn't participate in the ranking. The students in the top class are really inhuman! The competition is too fierce! It makes me nervous just watching. Maybe I should stay in the regular class? I won't join the top class."
Gu Yin: "You think you can just go like that? There's still half a semester left. Are you sure you can get to the top of your class? 20th place!"
Gu Shu thought about it and realized that he was overthinking things. Only 100th place had a chance to get into the rocket class, and there were so many people ahead of him. There was only one semester left.
"What if I can't get in?" He had studied in advance, but the people there were insane. The more outstanding a person was, the harder they worked. It was said that the top ten guys only slept 3 hours a day, spending all their other time studying! Wasn't that killing them?!
The old lady took a bowl, put a few glutinous rice cakes in it, and handed it to Gu Shu. She patted his hand and said earnestly, "What are you going to do? Study! Study as hard as you can! You can relax once you get into university! Your dad will even buy you a car then! It's a car! You don't even want the car anymore?!"
Gu Shu took the bowl: "...Why study so hard?" He felt that his winter vacation might be even more arduous than his time at school, and sure enough.
"Ayin got the test papers from Jianggao from their teacher and left them all in your room. Don't worry, you'll probably finish them by the end of winter break! Just focus on studying, and we'll bring your meals to your room later. Except for bathroom breaks and rest, we'll study with all our might!"
Looking at the old lady's gritted teeth, Gu Shu shuddered and looked at Gu Le: "How many test papers are there?"
Gu Le looked at him sympathetically, spreading her arms wide: "The table is covered, completely full!"
Seeing his expression, Gu Hua suppressed a laugh and patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, besides A-Le, A-Yin's and my desks are also filled with test papers! It's not just you, we have to study too! And starting tomorrow, A-Yin has to go to school to take math Olympiad classes with the teacher, and when she comes back she has to do league and high school test papers, she's even more tired than us!"
Gu Shu was just joking. He knew his family was doing it for his own good and that they were worried about his future. But after hearing Gu Hua's words, he started to worry about Gu Yin instead.
"Won't this be too tiring?"
Gu Yin shook her head: "It's okay. I allocated the amount according to what we can handle. Besides, after learning math olympiad, my logic has improved a lot, making math and physics easier to learn. You didn't want to learn it, so it's not too late to regret it now."
Gu Shu grabbed his bowl and immediately stood up: "I'm going to do my test papers. Remember to call me when it's time to eat!" He then quickly ran towards his room. Olympiad math? What was that? He couldn't hear him, he didn't know!
Gu Hua turned around and continued working.
Afraid of disappointing her older sister, Gu Le walked over and hugged her leg, coaxing her, "When I grow up, older sister, you can teach me! I'll learn!"
Gu Yin smiled and patted his head: "It's okay, I'll buy you more practice questions later, and we can do them together!"
Gu Le: "...Okay, okay, hehe!" Gu Le laughed awkwardly, then let go of her older sister and sat down next to her mother to be sad.
The others in the room burst into laughter when they saw him like that.
Gu Yin couldn't help but laugh and said, "Sister is just joking. We'll do it again when you're in junior high!"
Ah Le, who had been looking miserable, immediately perked up: "I'll help you out, sister!" He then ran over and sat down next to Gu Yin to help brush the bamboo leaves with oil.
After driving all night, around nine o'clock in the morning, we finally saw the city logo of Z City.
Gu Qinglang called Mr. Chen to remind him not to follow them anymore, as they were about to turn. Mr. Chen saw the sign and honked his horn. Chu Yan's car then turned and headed towards Z city, while Mr. Chen continued driving forward.
They drove for another hour before entering the city. The group had stayed up all night, and even though they had rested at service areas several times along the way, everyone still had bruises under their eyes.
"Uncle Gu, can I take you directly to the wholesale market?" Actually, he would prefer to take them home, but Chu Yan didn't dare to say so.
Gu Qinglang shook his head: "Just drop us off on the side of the road when we get into the city. I need to go to the mall to pick up the clothes I bought for my family. You guys should go back and rest too. The driver must be exhausted after driving all this way by himself. You're young, and it's not good for you to stay up late. Go back and rest. We'll have a meal together at the market when we come back for Chinese New Year!"
The driver hurriedly said he was fine, and that he was used to driving when he went on business trips with his boss.
Chu Yan did not agree and sent the person directly to the mall. After they took the clothes down, he sent the person to the wholesale market.
Gu Qingming had already received the news that they had reserved a shop in the market specifically for him to live in. He needed to stay there often, so it would be convenient for him to have a place to rest.
The shop was about fifty square meters. Inside, there was a partitioned room with a bed, and outside there was a sofa and a kitchen. So when he learned that they had entered the city, he and Li Xiang went to buy groceries, planning to cook a home-style meal to entertain Chu Yan and the others.
When Chu Yan and the others arrived, the meal was almost ready except for the last dish, soup.
Gu Qingming helped his younger brother bring the things in, then looked at the enthusiastic Chu Yan and said with a smile, "We've made some dishes, come in and have a bite! It's so cold, it's too much trouble for you! We won't stand on ceremony, and you shouldn't stand on ceremony either! Eat your fill and warm up before you go back! Come on in!"
Chu Yan didn't refuse: "Then I'll trouble you, Uncle Gu!" After saying that, he went into the house with the driver.
Seeing them return, Li Xiang came out of the kitchen and said with a smile, "Wait a little longer, there's one more soup!"
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