Chapter 79: Too Many Fish Bones, It's Heartbreaking
The midterm exams were held as scheduled. Gu Yin performed steadily in the first few subjects, but when it came to the politics exam, she suddenly had diarrhea. She thought she could hold it in, but the diarrhea was so bad that she had no choice but to raise her hand.
"Teacher, I need to go to the restroom."
The teacher was just about to hand out the test papers when she noticed her expression was off. She nodded and told her to go early and come back early.
By the time Gu Yin came out of the restroom, half an hour of the exam had already passed.
Fortunately, the political exam was open-book. She had already memorized the political textbook. After reading through all the questions on the test paper, she felt confident and began to quickly write down the questions without even looking up.
Gu Yin was busy until the very last minute before she finally finished writing all the questions. That's how politics is—it's all words! All of them are essay questions, and each essay question requires two or three hundred words in the answer, with no more or less than that. It's not so strict when the exam isn't open-book. I don't know whether open-book or closed-book is better.
This time, Gu Yin didn't even have time to check her political essay before submitting it.
Zhao Xiaomin tugged at Gu Yin: "What's wrong? Are you spacing out? Didn't you finish writing?"
Gu Yin shook her head: "No, I'm exhausted. Let's go eat, we still have an exam this afternoon." Once the exam is over, it's all over, there's no point in thinking about it anymore!
The exams lasted for three days and were all over. The night I finished the exams was Friday, so I had a weekend off. After being so stressed for several days, I can finally rest.
At dinner, knowing that the children had finished their exams that day, the old lady stewed two preserved fish and put the fish heads into the bowls of the four children.
"I heard eating this stuff makes you smarter, you guys should eat more! How did the exam go? Did you perform as expected?"
Gu Shu nodded: "It's all done, and it feels alright."
Gu Hua: "No problem, it's very simple."
Gu Yin sighed: "I could have gotten full marks, but I don't think I'll be able to get full marks this time. I had diarrhea during the exam and didn't come back to take it until half an hour later."
Everyone was surprised by this and became worried: "Did you not do well on the politics exam? Did you not finish?"
"It's okay, it's just a midterm exam. It's alright if you don't do well. The final exam is the most important! We'll get first place again!"
"Yes, yes, even if you didn't do well in one subject, your ranking shouldn't be too low, so don't be sad!"
Seeing that they were all comforting her, Gu Yin blinked and said, "I'm not worried. I've finished writing. I just wrote too fast and my handwriting is a bit messy, so I might lose three or four points. It's not a big problem. I'll still be first."
Gu Hua: "...There are so many fish bones in this fish, they're pricking my heart."
The old lady looked at her in disbelief and said, "How could that be? The bones of a dried fish are all brittle, how could they still prick someone?"
Gu Hua: "Otherwise, why would my heart ache so much?"
Gu Shu: "...Indeed, is the fish head spoiled? Otherwise, why do I feel such bitterness in my heart!"
Gu Le watched with amusement.
Seeing the two of them like this, Gu Yin couldn't help but laugh: "Stop joking around, Grandma actually believed it!"
The old lady was examining the fish in her bowl, looking puzzled. When she heard her granddaughter's words, she realized what was going on and jokingly scolded, "If you're not going to eat it, you can go outside and drink the wind!"
Li Xiang put a piece of potato on each of Gu Shu and Gu Hua's plates: "Eat more, and then go back to your studies. Otherwise, you'll suffer even more heartache later!"
After discussing his studies, Gu Qinglang also talked about his family situation.
"I've already pulled some strings for the land in the suburbs of the county. It's the area we looked at the other day. I bought ten acres for 2 million yuan. Half of it will be used as a wholesale market to rent to individual vendors, giving them a fixed place to sell their goods. Half of it will be a two-story building located away from the county seat, which will then be rented to workers there. When we first started negotiating, they really wouldn't budge an inch. I gave them 50,000 yuan, and the application was approved the next day. They even recommended a construction team to me, saying they'd get it done in six months," Gu Qinglang said, shaking his head helplessly.
The old man nodded: "It's alright. As long as the money is paid and the job gets done, that's fine. The only problem is that we might send out the hawk but not find the rabbit!"
Gu Qingming nodded: "After buying the land and building the house, the family's money will be basically gone. We'll go to S City again to see if there's any business we can do. The shop in town has been completely cleaned up. I'm thinking of opening a two-dollar store, the kind of two-dollar store in the county. I've been there for a few days and I see that business is very good. Most of the customers are students. We can not only sell what students need, but also household items, such as bowls and pans, toothbrushes and towels."
Gu Yin never expected that her uncle could catch up with this trend. In her previous life, two-dollar stores were popular until she was in her senior year of high school, after which they were gradually phased out. Every weekend, two-dollar stores were packed. At that time, there were five or six stores in the county, but each one made money! Later, a store opened in the town, and it also made a fortune.
"Do you know where Uncle gets his goods?" Gu Yin asked curiously.
Gu Qingming nodded: "I treated a boss to a meal, and he told me that since I run a business in town and it won't affect his business, he would definitely agree."
All you need to know is where they source their goods.
The next morning, Gu Yin went to an internet cafe and wrote a promotional advertisement for the stalls that were to be rented out on that piece of land in the county. The advertisement was very simple: it would be seen everywhere in ten years, and those who rented now would get an 80% discount and a free month's rent; those who rented after the site was built would get the original price, and so on. After writing it, she went to a photo studio to print it out.
He took it home and gave it to Gu Qinglang: "Dad, take a look at this first, and then think about it based on our land. Find one that suits our situation, then find a printing shop to make a batch of these menu flyers, and find a few people to distribute them door-to-door in the vicinity and county."
Gu Qinglang's eyes lit up: "Your method is great, I'll go and study it right away!" After saying that, he went into the house to think about it, and Gu Le followed him into the house.
Gu Yin herself doesn't know how to do business, and she doesn't plan to develop in this direction in the future. She can only provide some information she knew from her previous life. However, looking at A Le's figure, there might be an unexpected surprise.
As soon as I arrived at the dormitory on Sunday afternoon, 001's voice rang in my mind: "Ranked first in the midterm exam, task completed, 1 point added."
Gu Yin glanced at the attribute panel and decided to add the one point to the luck section: "I'll add it to the luck section. I might need some luck boosts when I skip a grade in the final exams. I hope the teacher won't stop me."
"Points bonus complete. Attribute details are as follows, please check:"
Bound object: Gu Yin
Stamina: 70, not bad (would collapse in a strong wind).
Intelligence: 65, so-so (better than an idiot).
Beauty, 50, just passing grade (the beauty elixir of the cultivation world is worth having).
Luck, 38/10 (Keep it up, unlucky host!)
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001: "Host, we hope you will participate in the Spring Sports event in May. The more rewards you get, the more points you will accumulate. This is the most points we've ever earned, so be sure to sign up as many times as possible!"
Gu Yin said helplessly, "It's only March now, and it's not even certain whether it will be held at all. If it is, I will participate, don't worry!"
001 flapped its wings: "That's good!" Based on the host's habit of running every day, sprinting and long-distance running should be no problem, not to mention other various events. Maybe the mall can even be upgraded once.
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