After hearing what Zhou Xiu said, Xi Shaoyuan pursed his lips.
He looked at the darkened screen in his hand and for the first time he had a strange feeling. This was the first time he was rejected by Zhou Xiu after being used to being pursued by her.
It's not like he had never heard Zhou Xiu say this before, but Xi Shaoyuan never took it to heart.
Xi Shaoyuan still wanted to see the emotions in Zhou Xiu's eyes. After Zhou Xiu finished speaking, he turned around and went upstairs, and soon disappeared.
He put his phone in his pocket and walked into the villa.
Zhou Xiu returned to her room to pack her things. She had very few personal belongings. Apart from daily toiletries and a few pieces of clothing, there was almost nothing new added.
While packing up, Zhou Xiu could vaguely hear the bustling sounds downstairs, which made her feel at ease.
While packing her luggage, she was thinking about her future livelihood.
Zhou Xiu was already very familiar with such worries.
When she was very young, she worried about her family's food, clothing and work. Now that she has come to the big city, she worries even more. Her parents came to the big city from the countryside. They have no roots, no diplomas, and can earn very little money.
Yude Middle School is a private aristocratic school with very expensive tuition fees. Zhou Xiu gradually began to think about the possibility of transferring schools.
Zhou Xiu had so little stuff that she had already packed her luggage before she had even finished thinking.
Before Zhou Xiu left, she took one last look at the room, looking at the several pieces of clothing in the closet that Xi's mother had bought for her. They were lying alone, neatly arranged as if they were new.
She looked away and chose not to take them away.
Zhou Xiu did not spend a penny of the living expenses given to her by the Xi family. She saved it all and put it in the money box. At this moment, the cash box was lying quietly on the bookshelf, and Zhou Xiu did not take it away.
Seeing Zhou Xiu so worried, the system couldn't help but say: [Young man, go to wherever you want to study. People with good academic performance have the right to choose! 】
The Xi family has unloaded the heavy responsibility of funding, and from today on the system will assume the full responsibility of funding Zhou Xiu.
It is very confident in itself: [I have a lot of money. 】
Zhou Xiu smiled and said, "Yeah." 】
After packing her luggage, Zhou Xiu went downstairs and saw Zhou Cheng stammering to Xi's mother about what herbs should be used and what should be paid attention to in winter.
Perhaps Xi's mother had never dealt with someone like him before, so she kept a cold and polite smile on her face and didn't say anything.
But Zhou Cheng didn't know this kind of politeness.
Zhou Xiu pulled her father apologetically and said, "Aunt Xi, we'll go back first."
She bowed deeply to Xi's mother and said, "Thank you."
Xi's mother smiled and said, "Let the driver take you there."
Zhou Xiu shook her head, but the Xi family's driver still took the three of them to their new home.
The new house that the Zhou family rented was a small one-bedroom apartment. Because it was very cheap, the street was very shabby.
The road condition was not good either, full of potholes and dust. When we got to the narrow alley, cars couldn't get in.
In the urban village, neighbors are chatting and drinking tea with saliva flying everywhere. Play mahjong and cards.
Suddenly, a luxury car was seen parked downstairs. The hands playing with mahjong tiles paused in mid-air and the voices of quarreling even became a few degrees lower.
Zhou Xiu and her parents walked into their new home. She saw the bed in the living room that was carefully separated by a curtain, and their clothes piled on it.
In the only bedroom, the bed was covered with a brand new quilt; the light pink quilt cover had a girlish feel. In addition to the wardrobe, there is also a desk in the bedroom.
Liu Mei and Zhou Cheng gave up the room to Zhou Xiu.
This small house is not even as big as one of the Xi family’s cloakrooms, but it has been tidied up very neatly in the past two days, and it has a bright and clean feeling.
Zhou Xiu said: "I don't go home at noon, and I come back late at night, so there's no need to make room for me."
Zhou Cheng rubbed his hands because he was cold, and said with a simple smile: "Xiu'er is a big girl now, she needs a room."
After he finished speaking, he went downstairs with a smile on his face, went to the nearby vegetable market, bought a pound of pork belly and a local chicken, and started cooking.
Zhou Cheng used the spices dried in the countryside to make a thick honey sauce, and added a few pieces of brown sugar to stew the pork belly.
Boil the whole local chicken in boiling water, slice half of it into shredded chicken, and use red oil, sesame seeds, and cucumber shreds to make a cold shredded chicken salad.
The other half was sliced into boiled chicken, which was fat and tender when dipped in the oily sauce. Zhou Cheng was reluctant to throw away the remaining chicken bones and chicken broth, so he added winter melon to make a soup.
The delicious dishes exude a warm aroma in winter.
After Zhou Xiu finished her homework, she couldn't help but feel greedy when she smelled the fragrance.
Liu Mei said: "In addition to working every day, your father now also cooks for the construction site. He can earn an extra 50 yuan a day!"
Fifty yuan, Zhou Xiu went over it in his mind, it would just be a matter of writing a few more questions.
Zhou Xiu felt sorry for him because he had to work hard to cook. Preparing big pot meals at the construction site was quite physically demanding. After finishing the construction work every day and having to cook part-time, he must be exhausted.
After finishing his meal, Zhou Xiu, without being urged by the system, took the time to absorb new knowledge and started working on the test paper set newly compiled by Lao Wang.
Time passed bit by bit, and Zhou Xiu carefully wrote the final stroke.
[Ding——Teacher Wang’s accuracy rate in the Olympic Science Competition paper reached 40%, and he was awarded 300 RMB. 】
The three hundred yuan sent by the system had already fallen into Zhou Xiu's pocket. She reached out and touched it, and smiled with a relaxed look.
However, when she thought about the accuracy, which was still far from being correct, the smile on her face disappeared again.
With a 70% accuracy rate, she could earn 5,000 RMB in one go. Zhou Xiu felt sorry for the wasted test paper.
During this period, Zhou Xiu often tried to solve a problem in multiple ways, which successfully consolidated his confidence. However, his true colors were exposed as soon as he started writing the Mathematical Olympiad test paper.
Zhou Xiuwen asked why the system only released reward tasks with a 70% accuracy rate. Did it mean that she was not optimistic about the reward being able to achieve more than 80%?
system:【……】
Young man, are you so carefree?
[When it comes to learning, haste makes waste. It is important to lay a solid foundation. 】
Now that you have laid a solid foundation, why are you still worrying about the 5,000 yuan? Fifty thousand or even five hundred thousand are within easy reach.
The system slowly released the task: [Complete Mr. Wang’s Olympic test paper with an accuracy rate of 80% and you will receive 30,000 RMB. 】
[Complete Mr. Wang's Mathematical Olympiad test paper with a 90% accuracy rate and receive 100,000 RMB]
[Complete Mr. Wang's Olympic test paper with 100% accuracy and you can get 500,000 RMB]
[It seems there is no point in telling you. For now, just take a look. 】
Zhou Xiu stared at the long string of zeros and couldn't help but curl her lips. She carefully compared the answers with the standard ones and corrected the test paper.
How can it be useless? 】
It is useful, although Zhou Xiu cannot achieve it at the moment. But as long as you have hope and keep working towards it, even if you cannot reach your goal in the end, you can still get infinitely close to it.
…
morning.
Zhou Xiu went to talk to her class teacher about Yude’s scholarship system and subsidies for poor students.
Miss Li was slightly surprised when Zhou Xiu asked her this question. She knew that Zhou Xiu got into Yude through connections, and the other party was Xi Shaoyuan's mother, so she should not be short of money.
After all, the school has an experimental building donated by Ms. Xi.
Although Miss Li doesn't like this troublesome student, she has indeed behaved much better during this period, boosting the class's enthusiasm for learning, and her grades are not bad.
Miss Li searched for a while, then handed Zhou Xiu a flyer with a stern face - information about scholarships and poverty subsidies.
These flyers were rarely distributed to students in Class 24, so a lot of them piled up on Miss Li's desk, lying idle like waste paper. It finally came in handy today.
Miss Li said: "If the conditions are really difficult, then apply for a poverty-stricken student subsidy. The school's scholarships are quite generous. Pay attention to the time for submitting the materials."
Zhou Xiu took the flyer, looked through it carefully for a few seconds, folded it and put it in his pocket.
The annual tuition fee of Yude High School is 90,000 yuan, and the scholarships are also very attractive. The final exam ranking varies. The top ten in the grade will receive about 10,000 to 20,000 scholarships, and the top five will receive about 30,000 to 80,000 scholarships. Seeing this, Zhou Xiu's eyes lit up.
If she could do better in the final exam, Zhou Xiu might not have to drop out of school.
To be honest, she also likes the school library very much. The collection of books is very rich, the laboratory instruments and equipment are top-notch, and there are quality and interest development classes every week.
This would be impossible to achieve in other schools.
Zhou Xiu thanked the head teacher and returned to the classroom.
Hua Xi was holding the phone, pursing her lips and smiling secretly. On her desk was a delicious breakfast, which was a fragrant and transparent "water bun".
She gave Zhou Xiu one and asked seriously, "How is it? Is it delicious?"
When you take a bite of the steamed bun, you can smell a light blueberry aroma, sour and sweet, leaving a lingering fragrance in your mouth. Tidbits prefer this kind of beautiful and delicate food.
Zhou Xiu said: "It's delicious. Where did you buy it?"
Huaxu hesitantly tried to cover up the past and did not enthusiastically recommend the store to Zhou Xiu as usual. Zhou Xiu felt that was a bit suspicious and glanced at her.
Huaxu raised his hand and confessed, "This was made by a friend. If it's delicious, I'll bring you more later. But - I still think the desserts made by Xiuxiu are the best."
Zhou Xiu opened her schoolbag and took out the Christmas gift she had received some time ago.
She found this when she was packing her luggage at Xi's house yesterday. She had been busy studying before and had no time to take care of it.
She opened the gift box and handed it to Huatiao.
Huaxu took a quick glance and was slightly surprised: "Xiuxiu has also started to love beauty?"
In her opinion, Zhou Xiu was less interested in these girls' beautiful accessories than a stack of test papers.
Zhou Xiu shook her head. "This is a Christmas gift I received. I searched on Baidu and it's very expensive. I don't know how to return it. I don't know which classmate gave it to me."
After taking a look at the highlights, he roughly estimated the price.
She took the necklace away and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of it. If Xiuxiu doesn't want it, I'll help you return it."
"There is nothing that Sister Xu can't do."
She pinched Zhou Xiu's cheek and said, "Xiu Xiu has a crush on someone too. Let's see who has such good taste."
Huatui has had many experiences of being pursued by others, and her drawers are often filled with things. She doesn't like this anonymous way of sending gifts.
Christmas gifts are just for fun, like the behind-the-scenes gift of a box of candy, but the necklace in Zhou Xiu's hand is far more expensive than a Christmas gift.
Yu Qingyan came over to take a look and said, "Wow, a Cartier necklace."
"Sister Xu, did you buy it recently? This style is so girly, I've been eyeing it for a long time..."
Huaxu nodded perfunctorily, not wanting to leak the matter of Zhou Xiu.
She looked at every boy in the class with suspicion, and felt that each of them was suspicious. But when it comes to any specific one, I feel that none of them is possible.
Could it be that it was sent by someone from Winnerban?
It may be easier for top students to develop feelings for each other.
After Zhou Xiu gave away the necklace, she put this little episode behind her and immersed herself in her studies wholeheartedly.
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