In her senior year of high school, Song Xia's school held a small test every two weeks and a monthly exam at the end of the month. On the third day after she returned to school, she happened to be there for the monthly exam.
The students seemed numb to the test and weren't nervous at all. My deskmate propped his chin up and said, "Song Xia, what's the point of taking this test? It feels like we're doing test papers every day."
Song Xia put the books into her desk, and piled the rest on the side of the desk like everyone else: "The teachers probably want to see how well we've grasped the knowledge so they can focus on our review later. They also want us to get used to the exam atmosphere so we won't be nervous during the college entrance exam. I think that's how it is."
"But I really feel so tired, my brain feels like a complete mess."
"But during exams, don't you just unconsciously write down the key points? You'll only have to work hard for these few months. Once you're in college, you can do whatever you want." She sighed as she spoke. "I'm the one who needs to be nervous. I've taken a lot of leave this month, and I feel like I've forgotten a lot of the knowledge."
Her deskmate looked at her with some sympathy. If she had suffered such a blow, she didn't know if she could have pulled herself together, especially since Song Xia hadn't studied at night.
"I believe in you, you can do it."
Song Xia shook his head with a wry smile: "This time we'll probably be near the bottom."
Seeing her like this, her deskmate didn't complain, but kindly advised, "There's still half a semester until the college entrance exam, you'll catch up. Song Xia, which university do you want to apply to?"
"Given my current situation, I can only apply to universities within this city. We'll see what the required scores are then."
Despite saying that, Song Xia already had a goal in mind: she wanted to get into University A, the top-ranked university in the city. Although University A was not among the top three universities in the country, its medical program was its flagship program. University A not only had its own affiliated hospital, but also its own pharmaceutical research and development center.
Having traveled extensively around the world, Song Xia has collected numerous folk and royal remedies. She wants to make these remedies famous and benefit the people, believing that traditional Chinese medicine should not be forgotten or even stolen by other countries.
During this period, she has seen too many news reports on this topic. Due to a combination of various reasons in China, many truly capable TCM practitioners have either gone abroad to develop their businesses or have faded into obscurity. Furthermore, due to the encroachment of capital, some originally diligent pharmaceutical companies have either been acquired or gone bankrupt. Some shameless countries have even claimed that TCM belongs to them, acquiring past prescriptions, rebranding them, and applying for patents.
Good prescriptions have gone abroad, good traditional Chinese medicine practitioners no longer practice medicine, and good medicinal herbs have lost their medicinal properties due to cultivation methods. Coupled with the influence of public opinion, many netizens are now beginning to question traditional Chinese medicine, which makes Song Xia feel very distressed.
She had visited several ancient worlds and knew the power of traditional Chinese medicine. With such a long history and the experience gained through the torrent of time, how could it be useless?
So whenever she arrives in a new world, besides raising her children and traveling, she dedicates herself to collecting various secret recipes, with medicinal recipes being of paramount importance.
She and Xiaoling have already collected quite a few prescriptions in their system space. Now that she can be herself in this life, she wants to verify these prescriptions, promote the power of traditional Chinese medicine, and help people suffering from diseases get rid of their pain.
However, the scores for University A are already very high. To get into its top programs, she will need to score even higher. She has a long way to go!
Following the college entrance examination model, they take Chinese first. Chinese is a magical subject. If you have always had a good score in Chinese, then no matter what the question is, as long as the essay is not off-topic, you will basically maintain a score around that level. Similarly, this subject seems simple, but it is actually the hardest to improve. No matter how many tutoring classes you attend, it is difficult to see any effect.
Song Xia's Chinese language scores were decent, and poetry appreciation and classical Chinese translation were no challenge for her. Having experienced so many worlds, she had extraordinary knowledge and writing essays was also easy for her. She felt that she performed even better than when she took the college entrance examination in her first life.
The smooth answers in Chinese gave her a lot of confidence, but the math section left her dumbfounded. Actually, she used to be very good at math, but over the years, she had forgotten many formulas. Although she had memorized some and done some problems in the past two days, she was still not able to apply them flexibly to slightly more advanced problems.
It was just her school's monthly exam, so the schedule was very tight. She also had to take the physics exam, which was another blow to her. She would have to take the English, chemistry, and biology exams tomorrow.
Even after finishing the exams, Song Xia's tense nerves didn't relax. She felt even more tired than when she was scheming in the palace. And when she got back, she still had to cook for Song Jun and Song Jiao.
"We've finished the groceries we bought the other day. Let's go buy some more together later."
"Why is this so troublesome?" Song Jun said impatiently. "I'm not going."
“Then let’s go together, Song Jiao. Next time, you can go with me, or the two of you can go shopping together. In short, when it comes to spending money at home, both of you should be there to witness it.”
Song Jiao didn't object, but her unease grew stronger. She felt as if her sister was trying to separate herself from Song Jun.
On the way to buy groceries, she raised her question: "Sister, since we're family, why do we have to be so strict about dividing things? You're the older sister, and we won't object to whatever decision you make."
Her expression was sincere and her tone was genuine, so Song Xia couldn't tell if she was telling the truth or not. However, even if what she said now was her true thought, she certainly wouldn't think that way in the future.
In her previous life, after Song Jiao and Song Jun grew up, they always felt that she had embezzled the 400,000 yuan, so no matter how much she gave, it was all her due, as if the 400,000 yuan was inexhaustible.
At the time, the two of them said that 400,000 yuan now is worth much more than 400,000 yuan when they grew up, because she didn't know how to manage money.
Let a barely-adult manage their finances? Does he even know anything about it? Does he have the guts? If he loses, are the three of them going to die of financial hardship?
The two of them never wanted to keep the 400,000 yuan in their hands until they were adults and finished their studies. They wouldn't object to her decision now, but what about when they grew up?
“Song Jiao, we are the closest of family now, but when you and Song Jun grow up, you will fall in love, you will have new families and children, and your focus will shift. At that time, you may not agree with my decision, and you may even have doubts and conflicts because of the inheritance left by Dad. It is precisely to maintain our sisterly bond that I want to clarify things. The old saying goes that even close brothers should keep clear accounts. Money does not mean affection, but if money is not separated, affection will definitely be destroyed.”
Song Jiao didn't quite understand what he was saying, but she kept it in mind. However, she felt a little irritated and thought that this was not good for her.
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