After Zhou Xiu finished her homework, dinner time soon arrived.
She consciously went downstairs to do some housework and helped Aunt Niu wash rice and vegetables.
These trivial matters were insignificant to Zhou Xiu, but they looked different in the eyes of the two old men.
Aunt Niu looked at this silent and shy girl, and her calm expression, and felt that her worries were unnecessary.
As the clear water flowed, the girl carefully picked out the lotus seed cores, each one clean and complete.
Zhou Xiu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Aunt Niu, can I make some food and bring it to school tomorrow?"
The Xi family's aunt nodded and asked her curiously, "Is the food in the canteen not to your liking?"
Of course, she couldn't tell them the real reason. Zhou Xiu just shook her head and said, "I like to eat what I cook."
"Aunt Niu, let me help you cook a few dishes."
The system suddenly spoke: [The purpose of education is to enable people to develop in a diversified way. Learning is diversified. In addition to homework, it is also necessary to cultivate essential skills for life. 】
【Please learn how to make a dish of "Plum-flavored Sweet and Sour Spareribs" and get a 5RMB reward. 】
Zhou Xiu's eyes fell on the ingredients in the kitchen, which happened to be sour plums and pork ribs. The system's eyes were sharp enough to find the plums and pork ribs among the many ingredients.
Zhou Xiu was not afraid of the kitchen. The country girl knew how to cook at a very young age. Mr. Zhou is rather frail and cannot do heavy work in the fields. But he often goes out to prepare wedding banquets for villagers to earn extra money.
Zhou Xiu often helps Zhou's father, so her cooking skills are pretty good.
Aunt Niu was about to decline Zhou Xiu's offer, but the housekeeper agreed.
"Okay, Xiuxiu, you come and give it a try."
The system lists the steps and methods for making plum-flavored sweet and sour spareribs. Zhou Xiu strictly follows the method, blanching the spareribs in cold water and stir-frying them evenly. Prepare red koji sauce and chop green onion, ginger and garlic for later use. Add green plums, rock sugar and stir-fried ribs, seasonings and sauce, and boil water over medium heat until the sauce thickens.
The housekeeper was somewhat surprised at her skillful movements. But I soon understood that children from poor families have to grow up early.
Zhou Xiu cooked one dish and Aunt Niu cooked four dishes and one soup.
The housekeeper said to Zhou Xiu, "Xiu Xiu, call the young master down to eat."
Zhou Xiu nodded and went upstairs. She knocked on Xi Shaoyuan's room and found that he was not in the room, but was doing homework in the study.
The door of the study was half-open but not closed. The heating in the boy's study was turned on full blast. He was only wearing a thin T-shirt with his sleeves rolled up to reveal his tight, muscular arms.
He was holding the phone in one hand and making a call, his expression was indifferent, but there was a layer of gloom between his brows.
"Oh, it's okay if you can't come back. It's just a birthday."
"Zhou Xiu, huh? Oh, I see."
The moment Xi Shaoyuan hung up the phone, he opened the door and saw Zhou Xiu who was about to knock on the door.
He pulled out a wad of bills from his wallet and said calmly, "My mom asked me to give this to you. It's your living expenses for this week."
This rich kid seemed to have no concept of money. He had a thick stack of banknotes, at least a few thousand yuan. It felt heavy and a little hot when it was handed to Zhou Xiu.
Zhou Xiu was confused.
Xi Shaoyuan frowned, "Not enough?"
Xi's mother gives her son 100,000 yuan in pocket money every month, and this is not the bulk of it. Since the year he entered high school, Xi's mother registered several funds under his name and let him manage them himself. The annual dividend profits of these funds are very considerable.
Xi Shaoyuan and his friends would spend several thousand yuan on a meal out.
Zhou Xiu shook her head, "Thank you, I don't need it."
Xi Shaoyuan took out all the money from his wallet and put it in Zhou Xiu's hand.
He stressed impatiently: "Take it."
He glanced at the malnourished girl in front of him who was as flat as a washboard. If he had not seen it with his own eyes, Xi Shaoyuan would not have believed that there was such a thin girl. She was so poor that she did not look like a girl at all.
Girls should be soft, sweet and carefree.
Xi Shaoyuan knew that the girl in front of him was deep-minded and used to acting pitiful and making people feel sorry for her.
Zhou Xiu wanted to refuse, but Xi Shaoyuan glanced at her impatiently, his demeanor gone, and he went downstairs.
He was too lazy to argue with Zhou Xiu about this small amount of money.
Through Xi Shaoyuan's eyes, Zhou Xiu seemed to read what he meant: ugly people tend to do weird things.
There may be another understanding: he thinks it is playing hard to get.
Zhou Xiu had no choice but to accept the money and buy him a gift for his birthday and return the money.
Zhou Xiu counted the money in her hand, a total of 45 bills, and she was surprised.
Xi Shaoyuan's casual and unfocused attitude just now was as if he was giving away paper instead of money.
While Zhou Xiu was still struggling for five dollars, others were already able to use money to hit others.
Zhou Xiu can now somewhat understand Zhou Xiu's mental journey. Faced with such a great temptation every day, I can't help but have fantasies. Although the Xi family treated her coldly and indifferently, which could not be described as nice, they did treat her well in terms of food, clothing and other expenses.
【juvenile! juvenile! Your thoughts are in danger now! 】
Zhou Xiu smiled, went back to find another paper box, wrote the word "Xi" with a ballpoint pen, and put the money in it.
[I will study hard.] 】
The system's heart finally fell back into its stomach.
The Xi family’s villa is very large, with so many rooms that it is impossible to live in them all. Usually, there are only two old people living with the young master of the Xi family, and the house looks empty.
It was not until dinner time that Zhou Xiu saw that there were still two sets of bowls and chopsticks, and the feeling of emptiness became even stronger.
Zhou Xiu took out his vocabulary book and started reciting words while eating, without looking away.
Xi Shaoyuan picked up a few more pieces of pork ribs and seemed to like them very much.
After dinner, Zhou Xiu took the initiative to wash the dishes and prepared a lunch box to take to school the next day.
She made two coconut-flavored buns and used the remaining ingredients that were about to be thrown away to make some pork ribs with plum flavor. During dinner, Xi Shaoyuan picked up this dish several times, and Zhou Xiu didn't dare to touch it at all.
The rice cooker made a "ding" sound, indicating that the ribs were cooked.
Zhou Xiu ate a piece and squinted his eyes unconsciously. She reached into her pocket and felt five dollars.
[The reward for "Plum-flavored Sweet and Sour Spareribs" has been received. 】
Late at night, Zhou Xiu received a call from home.
This time it was Zhou's father who called. When the call came, Zhou Xiu was preparing for her homework.
Father Zhou said, "Xiu Xiu, your mother-in-law called you this afternoon, didn't she?"
"Xiu Xiu, I'm sorry, it's Dad who is useless. Don't listen to her, you have to study hard. Dad asked your third uncle to find a job for you at a construction site, and you can go to the city to work in the spring. This time, Dad will support your studies."
The middle-aged man opposite had a choked voice, and his throat seemed to be blocked by cotton.
Zhou Xiu's pen stopped writing as she was doing her homework, and the whistling wind outside the window seemed to have stopped.
Zhou Xiu's heart seemed to be blown as well.
She curled her lips and said, "Okay, I'll wait for Dad to come."
Zhou Xiu's parents are typical country people. They work hard and eat little, but never complain. Because she couldn't give birth to a son, she was oppressed by Grandma Zhou for half her life.
Zhou Xiu stopped writing and started writing again.
She spent the whole night writing down half of a chemistry test book, several test papers, reciting two texts, and doing some dictation and short essays...
At dawn, the sun rises.
The first ray of sunlight in the morning came in through the window. Zhou Xiu stretched and washed her face.
After washing up, she made breakfast. After breakfast, Zhou Xiu hurriedly caught the first bus to school.
On the bus, a bunch of voices rang in Zhou Xiu's mind.
[Complete the 11.20 homework, with an accuracy rate of 95%, and get a reward of 15 RMB]
[Complete the 11.21 homework and achieve a 95% accuracy rate to receive a 15RMB reward]
[Complete the 11.22 homework and achieve a 95% accuracy rate to receive a 15RMB reward]
[Complete the 11.23 homework and achieve a 95% accuracy rate to receive a 15RMB reward]
[Young man, please don’t work so hard!] 】
…
When Huatuo arrived at the classroom, he discovered for the first time that his classmate, who always sat upright in class, was sleeping on the table.
She came at the morning reading bell and knocked on the table.
"Wake up."
Zhou Xiu then woke up sleepily and turned sideways to let Huaxu sit in. He casually handed something to Huatiao.
Highlights: "???"
"What's this?"
"Food." In return, he gave her juice.
When Huatiao opened the bag, she saw hot coconut-flavored buns and started eating them without hesitation.
"Hmm, it's quite delicious."
Zhou Xiu noticed yesterday that Huaxu liked to eat coconut-flavored desserts and ate two in one go. Seeing her eating so happily, she felt relieved.
The class bell rang.
Zhou Xiu stared at the face of Teacher Huang in the first class, struggled for a long time, and gave up the task of actively answering questions.
This task has a 30 RMB reward, and Zhou Xiu felt a little guilty for missing out on this money.
Having previewed these contents in advance yesterday and done a lot of homework exercises, Zhou Xiu easily understood the new content learned today. She began to do her homework frantically.
system:【……】
[Complete the 11.22 homework and achieve a 95% accuracy rate to receive a 15RMB reward]
[Complete the 11.23 homework and achieve a 95% accuracy rate to receive a 15RMB reward]
Zhou Xiu pursed her lips and said, "I really need money now." 】
[Okay, dear, if you want to improve, we have all the postures here! 】
The system has released a new task: [Books are the ladder of human progress. 'Reading history makes people wise, reading poetry makes people smart, mathematics makes people meticulous, and science makes people profound.' Young man, please don't use the library carelessly! You can receive a 5 RMB reward if you read for 2 hours a day. 】
['If you have an idea and I have an idea, and we exchange them, each of us will have two ideas, or even more than two ideas. ', it is not advisable to work in isolation, young people, please communicate and learn with people around you enthusiastically! You can receive 5 RMB if you communicate 5 times a day. 】
['The body is the capital of revolution', having a healthy body is the basis of learning. Young man, please get moving. You can receive a 5 RMB reward if you exercise for 1 hour a day. 】
Zhou Xiu was greatly encouraged and picked up the book at hand with great interest.
Teacher Huang, who was bullied by his students yesterday, took a quick look and found Zhou Xiu, who was not doing her job in the corner, and said loudly:
"Some students never listen carefully in class, but always pretend to be very diligent after class. Is it useful to deceive yourself like this?"
The math teacher's suddenly raised voice woke up several students who were absent-minded, sleeping, or gossiping.
"Tsk——" They curled their lips and didn't listen to the class seriously. Was this the first day that Lao Huang knew this fact?
Huatiao was also woken up and yawned softly.
Teacher Huang said, "Zhou Xiu, come up here and do this question for me!"
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