He Man was furious, but fearing that Lin Qiao would complain to the principal, she had no choice but to suppress her anger and say:
"What note? Show it to me first!"
Lin Qiao quickly nudged Li Jianfeng next to her, signaling him to take out the note.
Li Jianfeng's expression changed, and he said with difficulty, "Lin Qiao, I'm sorry, I lost the note."
Lin Qiao's breath hitched, and her heart visibly sank. But then she thought, why should someone else keep the note for her? She forced herself to suppress her sadness and let it go.
As expected, He Man still yelled at her and kicked her out of the classroom.
Standing outside, she couldn't help but smile bitterly. The moment Li Jianfeng saved her, she really had the urge to trust him completely. Now, reason told her that she had been a bit rash.
After the punishment of standing for a while ended, she returned to her seat, said nothing, handed two boiled eggs to Li Jianfeng, and smiled:
"Thank you for saving me the day before yesterday."
Besides the eggs, she also took out a metal box containing Xu's mooncakes.
These small mooncakes were specially ordered by Jiang Ning for the wedding. She left a box for Lin Qiao, but Lin Qiao couldn't bear to eat them and took them all.
Li Jianfeng's face twitched, and he hurriedly apologized: "I'm so sorry, I didn't know that note was key evidence."
Lin Qiao's smile remained unchanged: "It's alright. Even if we had a note, we might not be able to find that person."
At this point, a student placed their completed English test paper on the podium for everyone to take.
Li Jianfeng immediately volunteered to help her retrieve it.
I searched for a long time but couldn't find her test paper. When I turned around, I seemed to see Gao Xiaolan crumple something into a ball and stuff it into her desk.
He took his exam paper back to his seat and regretfully told Lin Qiao that he couldn't find hers.
Lin Qiao paused, thinking that her English teacher had always been good to her, so it was unlikely that the test paper wouldn't be returned. Perhaps someone had hidden it.
"It's okay, I remember all the questions on the test."
Her best language is English.
In this era, learning English is a painful experience for many people. Moreover, the test papers do not have any multiple-choice or true/false questions, so there is almost no chance to guess. The average score is in the twenties or thirties.
She always scores above 80 on tests and is always first in her class.
When the teacher was explaining the problem, he specifically praised her, which made Gao Xiaolan feel resentful.
Gao Xiaolan excelled in all other subjects, but English was her weakest subject, where she could only score around 60 points each time.
Seeing that Lin Qiao and Li Jianfeng were sharing a test paper, she became even angrier. She should have hidden Lin Qiao's test paper, intending to embarrass her. However, when the teacher asked questions, Lin Qiao answered fluently.
Li Jianfeng also took the opportunity to ask her to tutor him in English.
His exam paper was almost blank, except for a few words he could write.
"Okay, but you have to do as I say, otherwise it's no use saying anything more." Lin Qiao reluctantly agreed.
In her spare time, she began making flashcards, starting with the simplest English letters. After memorizing the words, she moved on to simpler ones.
Li Jianfeng studied very diligently, feeling that he had taken another step closer to Lin Qiao.
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After dropping his younger sister off at school, Lin Chen returned home to find Jiang Ning and his mother had already put the leftover food from yesterday into a basin.
Upon seeing him return, Jiang Ning gave the following instructions:
"Let's return these to everyone!"
This is also a tradition after banquets; leftover food is not thrown away but collected and sent to each household.
In this era of scarcity, no one looked down on these leftovers; on the contrary, they would treat the meat as a treasure and eat it for several days.
Some elderly people who live alone rely on the commune for assistance. They love it when others hold weddings or funerals, because then they can get a big bucket of leftover food and improve their meals with it.
Jiang Ning felt that this was inevitably unhygienic, so she tried to collect them by category and even added spiritual spring water to them.
Eating a large amount of meat all at once can easily cause indigestion, so she added spiritual spring water to all the dishes yesterday to avoid getting diarrhea.
Lin Chen carried the washbasin and delivered it to each household.
Jiang Ning followed behind him, carrying the bowl she was returning.
At each house we visited, the hosts greeted us with smiles, offering to roast sesame seeds and beans and brew tea.
"No, we still have many deliveries to make." The two of them finished their deliveries and ran off quickly, otherwise they wouldn't be able to finish in a whole day.
However, it's still nice that everyone praises them.
In her previous life, Jiang Ning was too pretentious and had a bad reputation in the village. As a result, she also had a bad impression of Lin Chen and Wang Xiufen and rarely had any contact with them.
So much so that when the village was later demolished, Lin Chen's house was supposed to receive a large sum of compensation, but no one spoke up for him.
That's how it is in rural areas; if you become the target of exclusion, many of your interests will be harmed.
Having been given a second chance at life, Jiang Ning has learned how to win people's hearts with small favors.
Since they won't eat these leftovers anyway, why not do them a favor?
After a busy morning, we finally managed to send all the leftovers out, and returned the bowls, plates, chopsticks, washbasins, and other items.
There were also some tables, chairs, and benches, which Lin Chen could return himself in the afternoon. Each bench had the host's name written on it, so there was no chance of making a mistake.
In the afternoon, they were still busy; the long-tail effect of marriage would last for a long time.
Some older women and young wives would often come to visit.
Over here, Aunt Luo was chatting with some women, and neighbors from next door came to visit.
Li Ying held Yu Xiaofeng's hand and apologized repeatedly: "Yesterday was so chaotic that I didn't have time to talk to you. I had no choice but to go next door. We're all from the same village, and we'll run into each other all the time. Even if we're relatives, we have to give them face."
Yu Xiaofeng gave a forced smile: "It's good that Captain Gao is here. Speaking of yesterday, I feel really upset. The neighbors stole the spotlight from us, and Tao Tao is still lying in bed sulking!"
Weddings usually grant three days off, during which time people don't need to go to work.
Lin Tao not only stopped working, but he also handed over the task of returning things to Ma Huijuan.
All morning, Ma Huijuan carried her things around the village, sweating profusely and being pointed at and gossiped about.
"People are afraid of comparison. Logically speaking, your banquet was already quite good, but others were more willing to spend, so they definitely outdid you. If I had known, I would have postponed the wedding."
Li Ying swallowed again, thinking of the roast duck she had eaten yesterday.
Yu Xiaofeng sighed, "There's no going back now! That old hag in my family is still faking illness and refusing to contribute any money. I've lost so much this time, I've emptied out our savings."
Just as the two were chatting, a member of the commune rushed over to tell Yu Xiaofeng the news:
"Your daughter-in-law has fainted."
Ma Huijuan hadn't slept well that night and had been exhausted from working all day, so she collapsed on the edge of the field.
Seeing that she was pale and sweating profusely, the people didn't dare to help her up; they just came to report the news.
Yu Xiaofeng cursed her bad luck and went to wake Lin Tao up.
The new bride fainted from exhaustion on her first day. If word gets out, it will cause gossip. It's best to bring her back quickly.
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