I ranked in the top three on Chapter 12 (typos corrected)
As the group walked to the teachers' building, Mo Wen happened to come from the dormitory building, carrying several ball equipment needed for physical education class.
"Hello, Teacher Mo," Gu Yin greeted him with a smile.
"Are you here to register today? What grade are you in?" Mo Wen was also happy to see them.
Gu Yin reached out and took a few items for him, while Gu Shuquan took the rest.
"First grade, this is my mom Li Mengxin and my aunt Li Xiang, my older cousin Gu Shu, my older cousin Gu Hua, do you recognize these? This is my younger brother Gu Le, and who is this?"
Seeing that they were carrying the items, Mo Wen smiled and led the way into an office: "Come and sit here. The school is going to update a batch of sports equipment. I went to the county to buy some to compare, and then we'll discuss with the physical education teachers of other grades which ones to use."
When I went in, there was no one there; everyone must have gone to the teaching building. There was a lot of stuff, and it was a bit messy.
Mo Wen poured a few glasses of water and placed them on the table: "Please sit down, please sit down. It's a bit chaotic since school started, there are a lot of materials and books here." After everyone sat down, he looked at Gu Yin's head: "How is your injury?"
Gu Yin took off her hat, revealing a bandage on her head: "I'll get the stitches removed after the class placement exam; I'm almost healed!"
Mo Wen nodded: "That's fine then. I teach first-year PE, so you can ask for leave during PE class to have the stitches removed!"
Li Mengxin took out her bag and opened it: "Teacher Mo, you and the other teachers helped us a lot before, and we didn't know how to thank you. We were afraid that giving you gifts would cause you to make mistakes, so we made a banner. Although it's not worth much money and may not be of much use, it is indeed the best way we could think of."
After saying that, he took out three brocade banners.
When Mo Wen saw the eight characters on the banner that read "A project for the soul, combining virtue and talent," his fair face flushed red.
He quickly stood up and waved his hand, "No, no, no, I was just helping out, you're making a big fuss over nothing!"
Good heavens! He'd only ever seen banners from parents at sports schools, the ones given to coaches and principals. The coaches would practically wear them around their necks to show off! He never imagined he'd receive one himself. "Soul-building project," "Virtuous and talented"—the more he looked at it, the more insecure he felt. Was he really that good? Hahaha!
Gu Yin couldn't help but laugh when she saw Mo Wen's shy, excited, and embarrassed expression.
"What's so grand about this? We were originally planning to bring it in with a bang on the first day of school, so the whole school would know! But A-Yin said it's better to skip it, it would be too embarrassing. What if you socially devastated students had to carry your bags out of the school overnight? Oh, A-Yin said socially devastated means that your normal life has been greatly disrupted, and you have suffered 'huge physical and mental harm'. We meant to express our gratitude, not to embarrass you, so we just brought it over!" After Li Mengxin finished speaking, she handed the banner to Mo Wen with both hands.
Mo Wen was truly grateful for Gu Yin's consideration! If she had really delivered it with fanfare, he would have left overnight!
When he saw the banner that Li Mengxin handed him, he wanted it but felt embarrassed. The banner had a heavy meaning. He had only just become a teacher and didn't even know if he was doing a good job. He was not yet qualified to be a "soul engineer"!
Just when he was in a dilemma, the two teachers who had helped Gu Le earlier walked in. Mo Wen's eyes lit up: "Teacher Qin and Teacher Wang, you've come!"
Teacher Qin and Teacher Wang are two middle-aged teachers. They are very robust and look very serious when they are not speaking.
"Wow, there are quite a lot of people here. What's going on?"
Mo Wen pulled the two of them over: "We helped rescue the abducted child before, and today the parents came to present a banner of appreciation. What do you think we should do?"
Teacher Qin blinked. A banner! He touched his nose. "Well, a banner, oh, it's nice. Well, Xiao Mo is just young and shy, unlike me, I'm thick-skinned. Thank you, thank you! I really like it!" After saying that, he took the banner with both hands and shook hands with Li Mengxin, then Li Xiang, and then Gu Yin.
Gu Le automatically handed over her hand: "You're welcome!"
Teacher Qin: "...Okay!"
Gu Hua: "You're welcome!"
Teacher Qin laughed: "Your child is so funny! Gu Hua, I noticed you've gained weight during the holiday. Let's run the 1500 meters a few more times when we come back to class!"
Gu Shu, who was about to reach out, quickly put his hands behind his back: "Teacher, you're too kind!"
Teacher Qin said politely and jokingly, "I'm applying for a competition, and this banner has been a great help! We'll definitely do our best to teach your child in PE class! We'll make sure they excel in moral character, intelligence, physical education, aesthetics, and labor! Old Wang, Xiao Mo, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and take it. It's tiring for the parents to carry it for so long." Then she looked at Li Mengxin and said, "Young people are so inconsiderate. Please come over here!"
Mo Wen admired Teacher Qin immensely and couldn't help but exclaim, "It has to be you, Teacher Qin!" After saying that, he and Teacher Wang accepted the banner together.
Gu Hua tilted her head and whispered in Gu Yin's ear, "Old Tan teaches PE in the second year of junior high, and Old Wang teaches the third year. I never knew Old Tan had this side to him. He should show it to the class, tsk tsk tsk!"
Gu Yin smiled but didn't say anything, afraid that Mo Wen would take good care of her in the future. 1500 meters is no joke!
After saying goodbye to the three teachers, they went to the primary school not far across the road and completed the enrollment procedures for Gu Le in about half an hour. Gu Le will be starting first grade at the age of five or six. There is no kindergarten in their area. In the previous generation, when Gu Yin was twenty-seven or twenty-eight, there was a relatively large kindergarten in the town, which seemed to be public. She did not pay much attention to it.
Afterwards, everyone went to the street to buy some school supplies. Gu Yin originally planned to just buy a pen and a notebook, but then 001 spoke up.
"Buy more, I'm afraid you won't have enough."
Gu Yin explained, "I won't use it much in the first week of school. I'll buy more next week."
001 didn't explain to her and directly issued the task: "Start the task program. Main task: be assigned to the experimental class. Reward: 1 point. Side task: rank in the top three in the class placement exam. Reward: open the shop. Host, do you want to start the task?"
Gu Yin's eyes lit up: "There's a mission? Getting into the experimental class is no problem, but will getting into the top three be a bit difficult? I was just reborn, not had my brain replaced. There are only three days left until the class placement exam, can we lower the bar a little?"
In her past life, she was only in the middle of the class in the placement exam. She never even dared to dream of being in the top three. There are 50 people in a class, and there are six classes in total! There are two experimental classes. Not counting the other four classes, she was ranked around 50th in those two classes. Now she is about to fly to the top. Isn't it too much to expect too much from her?
001 didn't elaborate further: "You can refuse to accept the mission."
Hearing his cold reply, Gu Yin lost any remaining hope and clicked "Yes" on the transparent panel.
"The host has accepted the mission. Please take it seriously and complete it diligently!"
After the cold, electronic voice ended, 001 calmly looked at Gu Yin in the system space and said, "If you only wish to live an ordinary life, then I won't interfere. Just pretend I don't exist. When you grow old, I will leave on my own. If you want to know the reason behind the misfortunes your family suffered in your past life, I hope you will seriously complete every task I assign and strive to improve yourself. Yes, you've been reborn, but your mind is still the same. However, I can make you smarter. Only if you complete the tasks will you have everything you want. But I must warn you first, I will not help you complete any of the tasks, nor will I give you any assistance, unless you encounter danger and need to study desperately. Relaxed days like summer vacation are probably gone forever. What is your choice?"
Gu Yin lowered her eyes. What did she want? Her goal had always been clear: to find the people behind this and make them pay the price! The first half month was because she had just been reborn, and she needed to adjust and confirm that this was really not a dream.
Thinking of this, Gu Yin reached out and took five notebooks, ten red, ten blue, and ten black pens, as well as a lot of other tools: "001, I look forward to meeting your master someday."
Seeing her like this, 001 breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Gu Yin would be a lazy bum, which would really disappoint him. Hearing what Gu Yin said, he was a little proud: "Unless you are exceptionally outstanding, my master will not appear. She is very busy. Good luck!"
Gu Yin's eyes were filled with ambition: "I will!"
When they went to pay, everyone was a little stunned to see how many school supplies Gu Yin had bought.
"Did you buy a whole semester's worth of notebooks?" Gu Hua asked, counting as she went.
Gu Yin shook her head: "No, I'll use it very quickly."
Li Xiang smiled and said, "As long as it's related to studying, and as long as we don't waste it, it doesn't matter how much we use! We'll have to work hard later!"
Gu Yin nodded earnestly: "Auntie, I will!"
Seeing her older sister like this, Gu Le thought for a moment, then ran back to get a few more books and looked at Li Mengxin earnestly: "Mom, I will also try my best and not waste anything!"
Li Xiang looked at Gu Shu: "You're in your final year of junior high this year, and you'll be taking the high school entrance exam next year. What are your thoughts on this?"
Gu Shu: "...Okay, okay, I know! It's just a notebook, it's just a pen, I'll buy it!!!" Is it really necessary? First grade! My God! Heavens above!
"Come on, let's share the good things together. Hua, you should learn from Ayin, you know! Here, here!" After saying that, he handed a small stack of notebooks to Gu Hua.
Gu Hua: "...Thank you so much!"
When I got home in the afternoon, I saw three brand-new bicycles parked in the yard as soon as I entered: one pink, one red, and one black.
"Wow, so cool! I want the black one. You girls can have other colors, right?" Gu Shu ran over and touched and looked at the black bicycle, exclaiming in amazement.
Gu Yin looked at Gu Hua: "I'm fine with any color, you can choose whichever you like."
Gu Hua's eyes lit up: "Then I'll choose pink! Mom! I want to go to driving lessons! Help me!"
Gu Yin also went over to take a look at the bike. She already knew how to ride it, so she didn't need to learn. She rode it around the yard a few times and found it was pretty good, so she got off and let Gu Le ride it.
Back inside, she took out all her elementary school Chinese textbooks. The other subjects in elementary school weren't difficult, but Chinese required memorization. She had memorized some of the ancient poems and texts before, but she would either forget the beginning or the end. Who knew where the test would be?
Take out your notebook and manually copy down everything that needs to be memorized, so it will be easier to memorize later.
Li Mengxin originally wanted to see what Gu Yin was doing, but seeing that she was reading a book, she carefully withdrew and then told Gu Le to go to the door to learn to drive.
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