Chapter 25 Arguing! (Typo corrected)
Gu Yin only found some snails, while the buckets of Gu Shu and the other two were already more than half full. Gu Yin glanced inside and found that most of them were snails, with a small amount of river shrimp, crabs and fish.
Gu Yin gave the guava to Li Xiaohua and instructed her, "When we get back, let's raise the snails. Come to my house tomorrow and we'll deal with them together."
Li Xiaohua took a guava and left the rest for Gu Yin. Gu Yin glanced into the bucket and nodded, "I have some at home too. I'll bring them over tomorrow and cook them together. I'll invite my brother too. My parents don't like to eat these anyway!"
Back home, Gu Shu soaked the snails, while Gu Yin added millet peppers, oil, and salt to help them expel the mud more quickly, so they could be cooked and eaten by tomorrow.
When they returned, the three adults of the Gu family had not yet come back. The pots in the kitchen were still clean. Gu Shu washed the rice and cooked porridge, while Gu Yin went to the vegetable garden next door to cut some chives and picked a few cucumbers. There were also river shrimp, which would be very fragrant when stir-fried with chives! The cucumbers were used to make a cold salad. Passing by the chicken coop, they also took a few eggs from it, planning to make a plate of stir-fried eggs with chives later.
When Gu Yin came out, Gu Hua took the chives and went to the well to wash them.
Gu Yin took the three guavas to wash and gave one to each of them.
"Keep them for yourself! There are only three, and your older brother isn't eating them! I'll eat more river shrimp later! I've been craving them for ages!" Gu Shu said, waving his hand as he tended the fire.
Gu Yin took a large one, cut it in half, and put it to Gu Shu's mouth: "It smells good, eat it."
Gu Shu swallowed hard, then grinned foolishly and ate it all in one bite.
Gu Le, who was standing next to him, also laughed.
Gu Yin had fallen before and her clothes were dirty, so she picked up a bucket of cold water and went straight to the shower room to wash herself. Luckily, it was still hot outside, so she didn't have to go through all that trouble.
The food had just been prepared when the old lady and her family returned from the fields.
"It smells so good! Looks like you had a good harvest this morning!" After putting down their hoes, the three washed their hands and went to the table.
Three dishes, that's quite a lot!
Gu Yin served them porridge, and only after she sat down at the table did everyone start eating.
"It smells so good! I'm going to catch some more river shrimp tomorrow! Everyone wants fish, but nobody's taking these shrimp! It's such a waste!" Gu Shu ate her food, but her mind was already on the river catching shrimp!
The old lady agreed, "Take that winnowing basket tomorrow. Look for crevices with grass and stones; those places have more river shrimp!"
After the old lady finished speaking, Li Xiang looked at her eldest son: "Seven-day holiday, you went for one day today, and another day tomorrow. After that, you need to get back into the swing of things! If you don't hurry up, you won't pass the high school entrance exam and you'll end up in a factory like everyone else!"
Gu Shu nodded: "I know! I'll start reading at home from now on!"
After everyone finished eating, they sat in the courtyard to enjoy the cool air.
Seeing Li Sen walk past the door, Gu Yin hurriedly called out to stop him: "Village Chief!"
Hearing the sound, Li Sen came back and entered the room, looking at Gu Yin: "Have you eaten? What do you want?"
Gu Yin handed him a stool, and Gu Le got up and poured himself a glass of water.
Gu Yin asked with a smile, "Did the village chief just get back from the hospital? How's Uncle Li? Is he alright?"
Li Sen drank the cold water in one gulp, and his throat, which had been burning, finally felt better.
"Sigh, the town's health center took X-rays and found multiple soft tissue contusions all over his body, a broken arm with two broken bones inside, and a fractured knee with some broken bones. The town hospital couldn't treat him and transferred him to an orthopedic hospital! I only came back after Dashan and his men left, and I didn't even have time to drink a sip of water!" Li Sen sighed after he finished speaking.
The three adults in the Gu family exchanged glances. The old lady cleared her throat and asked, "How did you end up in the hospital? How did you get so badly injured?"
Li Sen nodded in Gu Yin's direction: "Why don't you ask A Yin? She knows more about it."
The old lady's heart skipped a beat. "No way, could it be this girl? No way, she wouldn't be that bold!" But then her heart settled back down.
Gu Yin looked at Grandma and smiled: "Xiao Hua and I were digging for river clams on the other side of the river when, for some reason, Uncle Li jumped into the river from behind me. We called him but he didn't respond, so we ran to the road to look for someone. We happened to see the village chief, and then the village chief and the uncles in the village carried Uncle Li up and took him to the hospital. That's how it was."
Li Mengxin's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this: "From behind you?"
Gu Yin looked at her and nodded.
Li Sen sighed: "Uncle Li said he was going downhill too fast and couldn't stop, so he fell into the river. Who knew there were rocks everywhere on the ground? That's how he got injured. But he's lucky, the injury to the back of his head isn't serious, otherwise he might have died on the spot! It's just that at his age, he still has to suffer like this!"
The others nodded in agreement: "That's really fortunate!"
After sitting for a while, Li Sen stood up and said, "Then I'll head back first. I need to go weed the fields this afternoon and plant some corn later. It'll be nice to boil it when it gets cold! We'll talk again later!"
After everyone had walked away, Li Mengxin grabbed Gu Yin's wrist tightly: "He attacked you again, didn't he?!"
Gu Yin nodded, patted her mother's hand, and comforted her, "He originally wanted to knock me off the riverbank. At the time, I was the only one on the riverbank, and Xiao Hua was below. He didn't see me and probably thought I was the only one around, so he had malicious intentions. Xiao Hua saw me and warned me. When he got behind me, I turned around and left the area. He missed and flew off on his own." As for what she did afterward, she didn't need to tell her family, lest they think she was too cruel and it wouldn't be good for her growth.
Li Mengxin gritted her teeth and said, "Retribution! Good riddance! He should have died from the fall! How could a person be so evil! Worse than an animal!"
Gu Yin quickly comforted him, "He's in the hospital now. It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone, and he won't be able to get out of bed for several months! He'll have to keep quiet during this time, whether he wants to or not!"
Gu Le, standing to the side, kept his head down quietly. He looked at his hands and realized they were too weak; there was nothing he could do. All he could do for now was eat well, study hard, and wait until he was older.
After everyone took a nap in the afternoon, the adults went to the fields again. Gu Yin took the book to the living room and looked at Gu Shu: "You played in the morning, so you should study in the afternoon. There will be midterm exams in two months, so don't be too playful."
Seeing that the other two had also taken out their books, Gu Shu felt a little embarrassed that he, as the older brother, was being lazy. He touched his nose, went back to his room, took out his test paper, and started doing practice questions.
After finishing her homework, Gu Yin began to preview the new lessons. She had an idea in mind, but she wouldn't know whether she could put it into practice until after the final exams.
Once they calmed down, time flew by.
The next morning, Gu Shu went to the other side of the river early in the morning. Gu Yin, Gu Hua, and Gu Le did not go. At two o'clock in the afternoon, Li Xiaohua and her brother Li Dashu came to the Gu family with a bucket.
Gu Yin stepped forward and took a look. Well, there were more snails than they had collected yesterday.
Li Dashu put down the bucket and smiled at Gu Yin: "I was thinking it would be a bit lonely if it was just me and Xiaohua eating, but this time we'll all eat together, it'll be more lively! I brought over two pairs of pliers, let's get started?"
Gu Yin nodded, went into the main room and put away all the textbooks on the table. She also took out two pairs of pliers, and the group began to cut the snail's tail.
When Gu Shu came back, he joined in, taking a kitchen knife and tapping it with the back of the blade. Gu Le was too young, so Gu Yin didn't let him do it. He went to the vegetable garden to pull up scallions and garlic, and also picked some chili peppers, which they would use later when stir-frying snails.
The group worked until four o'clock before they finished removing all the snails.
The old lady happened to be back, so the kitchen was handed over to her. She was the best cook in the family, while Gu Yin and the others went to pick persimmons to eat.
When the snails were almost done, Gu Yin gave Gu Shu ten yuan: "Go to the convenience store and buy two large bottles of drinks."
Gu Shu's eyes lit up: "It has to be you! Wait! Come back right away!" After saying that, he quickly ran out.
The cooked snails filled a whole vegetable washing basin! The old lady added noodles, greens, and river shrimp to the remaining broth, and everyone ate until evening without finishing! Li Xiaohua and Li Dashu wanted to fight until dawn, but in the end, Li Xiaohua's mother came to call for help, and everyone dispersed.
On the third day of the holiday, none of the Gu family children went out again. They all stayed at home reading. Gu Yin had already finished reading the first semester of junior high school Chinese and was now reading math and organizing some formulas and definitions. She planned to integrate the formulas, knowledge points, thinking, methods, and time into a coherent whole. After that, she would practice problems and break through layer by layer, making it much easier to get high scores. These methods were taught by her teachers in high school, and only in this way would it be convenient when she reviewed for the college entrance examination.
On the eve of her return to work after the holiday, Gu Yin received a notification that her mission was completed.
She had just lain down to sleep when she heard a familiar electronic voice: "Host has completed the essay contest task. Reward: 3 points. Please keep up the good work."
Gu Yin opened her eyes, and the system panel appeared before her.
001 floated out: "I suggest you use your points on luck. Your luck is like a drag on your progress, it's really unpleasant to look at."
Gu Yin ignored it and looked at the system shop instead. It was still grayed out. She had three points this time. She would get one point if she got first place in the midterm exam. She needed ten points to unlock the shop. She thought about it and decided to give up and not bother with the shop.
"Put two points into intelligence and one point into luck."
Seeing that she didn't intend to change it, 001 helped her with the allocation.
After the update, the host information changed.
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).
Your luck is terrible, number 21 (I've never seen anyone as unlucky as you!).
Seeing the discounted prices listed later, Gu Yin said helplessly, "The discounted prices don't need to appear."
001 flew back to the system space: "That won't do. This is the only way to motivate you to do more missions!"
Gu Yin: "...Alright, whatever makes you happy. By the way, 3 points, does that mean my article got first place?"
001: "Yes!"
Gu Yin smiled slightly: "Not bad, keep up the good work!" It's a pity their school doesn't have any competition classes, otherwise she would definitely sign up for every single one! For the points!
After the National Day holiday, on the first day after the flag-raising ceremony, the principal began to speak. When he was almost finished, the director took over.
The director held a red notebook in his hand. Gu Yin blinked, as if she already knew what it was.
Sure enough, he smiled and looked down at the audience, saying loudly, "There was an essay competition in the city a while ago, and some of our students participated and achieved excellent results! Of course, some won awards, and some didn't get the certificates this time, but that's okay! The important thing is to participate, don't be discouraged, and keep trying! Participate again next time! Do you have confidence?"
"have!"
There are quite a few people in the class participating in the competition. The results will be out soon, and everyone is starting to get nervous.
Gu Yin felt a tug on her clothes and turned around to see Song Pengfei standing behind her.
Gu Yin: "...Class monitor, maintain order."
Song Pengfei coughed lightly, then said in a low voice, "I'll go back after I ask. Has the teacher told you who won the award?"
Gu Yin shook her head: "No, the teacher didn't come last night, and I haven't seen her yet."
Seeing that she really didn't know, Song Pengfei went back. People around them looked back and forth at the two of them. Since the competition, Song Pengfei's popularity had improved. Last night, countless people came to find him during self-study. Gu Yin really couldn't imagine what kids these days were thinking.
"Now, please welcome Gu Yin from Class 1, Grade 7 to the stage to receive her award! Congratulations to Gu Yin for winning first prize in this essay competition! We hope you will remain humble and continue your efforts! Applause!"
Hearing her name called, Gu Yin stood up and walked towards the stage. To be honest, hearing so much applause made her a little shy o(*////▽////*)q. To avoid blushing, she could only walk forward without blinking.
Upon reaching the podium, the director patted her on the shoulder with delight: "Fantastic! I've read your article too! It's exceptionally well-written! I hope our country will truly live up to your words in the future! May we be able to 'reach for the moon in the heavens and capture turtles in the five oceans!' And may we hold an important position on the international stage, both economically and militarily!"
Gu Yin smiled and nodded: "It definitely will." The future China will have an economic development so rapid that it will shock all the major powers. In terms of military strength, it will make its covetous enemies tremble. Even in the field of space exploration, we will have our own space station! Even though we are still a developing country, we are undoubtedly a great power!
In this competition, only Gu Yin won a place. Gu Yin understood that there were so many high school and junior high school students in the city, while their school was just a small town middle school. In many aspects, their students could not compare with the students in the county and city. Gu Yin also benefited from being reborn.
Back in the classroom, everyone gathered around to look at the certificates. In addition to the certificates, the first prize winners also received a notebook, a pen, and 100 yuan.
"Wow, these rewards are amazing! This pen must be a well-known brand! I heard it's very expensive! And this notebook is a black leather one, it looks really expensive! Gu Yin, you're so amazing! How did you learn it?!"
Gu Yin thought for a moment and said, "Read more newspapers and news, and you'll write better."
"Then I'll take a look at it more often. My dad often buys newspapers, but I've never read them. I prefer reading novels; I can't get into newspapers, I find them boring!"
"Who among us students reads newspapers! Maybe the person has a good relationship with the teacher and the teacher helped them out!"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked towards the person who had spoken.
Seeing everyone looking at her, Wang Yanni pouted and raised her voice: "Where did I say something wrong! How could she know so much? It must have been the teacher who helped her revise it, maybe even the teacher ghostwrote it!"
Gu Yin had previously thought that her little actions were harmless and hadn't bothered with them, but this time her words not only wronged her but also insulted the teacher.
Gu Yin looked at her coldly: "So many classmates didn't get awards, but I've never seen anyone so mean and twist the truth! Just because you can't do it yourself doesn't mean others can't either! Calling you a frog in a well is bad luck! You're so self-righteous, thinking you're the world, your vision is as small as a pinhole! You don't love your classmates, you don't respect your teachers, and you should be grateful to our country's education system for being able to stand here and study! Everyone receives nine years of compulsory education, how come you're like a fish that slipped through the net, is your brain full of water?!"
"You! How dare you insult me!" Wang Yanni was furious and threw her textbook at Gu Yin.
Before Gu Yin could get up, someone reached out and took the book.
Gu Yin looked at the person who came in and quickly stood up: "Teacher."
Wang Shumei nodded, tidied up the books, placed them on Wang Yanni's desk, and walked away without even glancing at her.
"Keep up,"
Startled, Wang Yanni immediately stood up and quickly followed.
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