Chapter 9 Cousin Zhang Nini, exactly the same
In the following month, she took extra classes like crazy to familiarize herself with the junior high school knowledge again. In addition to the homework assigned by the school teachers, she bought some extra exercise books, studied late into the night every day, would not go to bed before eleven o'clock, and got up at six in the morning to memorize the lessons. Her hard work made Zhang's father and mother very nervous. They tiptoed when cooking and dared not make any noise.
A month passed in a flash, and the city mock exam was approaching. That day, Zhang's mother got up early to cook for Zhang Wanwan. She also cooked two boiled eggs for her, saying that it was for good luck. Zhang Wanwan smiled helplessly and ate according to her mother's wishes. Only then was she allowed to leave the house.
The city mock exam is unified across the city and all junior high schools must participate. The exam venue is also arranged by the Education Bureau. Zhang Wanwan was assigned to another middle school, and there was no one she knew in the exam room where she was.
Knowing this situation, she felt inexplicably relieved. Finally, she didn't have to worry about those scumbag classmates she knew asking her to help pass on answers so they could cheat.
The three-day mock exam ended quickly, and the next two days happened to be the weekend. Zhang Wanwan originally planned to go out and think about how to make money during the upcoming summer vacation. However, before she even left the house, she received a call from her cousin Zhang Nini, asking her to accompany her to the bookstore to buy teaching aids.
Zhang Wanwan had no choice but to agree as she didn't want to give rise to any other clues at this time. Her cousin Zhang Nini was her uncle's only daughter. She was spoiled and always felt that she was superior to her. She had treated her like a maid since she was a child. In the past, Zhang Wanwan was quiet and would not easily refuse, so she would always dare not go west when Zhang Nini said east. Seeing that she was easy to bully, Zhang Nini became more and more aggressive, and she was not relieved until Zhang Nini went to Yucai Middle School for high school. However, everyone was in Pu City, and although the parents of the two families did not visit each other, it did not prevent Zhang Nini from finding opportunities to make trouble for her.
Perhaps it was because the aunt and her mother gave birth in the same year, one gave birth to a daughter and the other gave birth to a son, so the aunt always disliked their family, and Zhang Nini liked to compare herself with them. When they were young, she compared their clothes and New Year's money, and when they grew up, she compared their grades and brand names. In short, she wanted to use all means to step on them, as if this would make her feel deeply superior.
Thinking of Zhang Nini's character, Zhang Wanwan went out wearing her school uniform. In 2006, there were not many schools that had school uniforms for junior high school students. Their school was one of them. However, the school uniforms were put at the bottom of the box after they were issued and would only be used during school sports meets or inspections by leaders. It happened that the city's mock exam had just passed, and her school uniform had been washed but not collected, so it wouldn't be too abrupt to wear it out.
The two met at the entrance of the student bookstore. Zhang Nini was obviously dressed up carefully, wearing a pair of high heels. Seeing Zhang Wanwan's school uniform, she was immediately dissatisfied and frowned, saying, "Why are you so unsophisticated? It's vacation time and you're still wearing a school uniform. Aren't you ashamed? Or is your aunt so poor that she has no money to buy you clothes? Really! Stay away from me when you go in!"
After saying that, Zhang Nini shook her long hair, crossed her chest with her arms proudly and walked into the bookstore. Zhang Wanwan followed her in with a sullen face and said nothing. After entering the bookstore, she did not look for Zhang Nini, but walked towards the direction of the junior high school auxiliary materials. The auxiliary materials for junior high school and high school were on the second floor, one on the east side and the other on the west side.
When Zhang Nini arrived at the high school tutoring area, she looked back and saw Zhang Wanwan had also come up, but was walking towards the junior high school tutoring area. She didn't come to her side at all, which made her feel a little unhappy. She snorted coldly and decided not to pay any more attention to Zhang Wanwan.
Zhang Wanwan completely ignored Zhang Nini and focused all her attention on the rows of teaching aids. Nowadays, most schools use the People's Education Press edition of teaching aids. She wanted to look at other versions, especially composition books and special exercises for each module of English. She was still relatively weak in the liberal arts and needed to make some progress. In her previous life, she passed the entrance examination for Yucai Middle School but did not take the high school entrance examination, which was a pity for her. She must study hard and get good grades in this life.
When Zhang Wanwan was distracted, Zhang Nini's arrogant voice suddenly sounded behind her, "Are you an idiot? Why are you standing there like that? Hold it for me!"
Zhang Nini put the book she wanted to buy in Zhang Wanwan's hand without saying anything, and kept talking, "I'm not saying anything bad about you, but given your family's situation, do you have the money to let you go to Yucai Middle School? The tuition there is 15,000 yuan a year, and there are other miscellaneous expenses. Can your family afford it? My mother said that when I go to college, she will contact foreign schools to let me study abroad. As for you, it's good enough to be able to go to a third-tier university in China. Let me tell you, high school is not as easy as junior high school. Didn't your brother have good grades in junior high school, but I heard that his current grades make it difficult for him to even go to college."
Zhang Nini kept talking, getting more and more excited. Zhang Wanwan was furious. Before she could finish, she put her books on the bookshelf and turned away, "Take your own things."
Zhang Nini paused for words, looking at Zhang Wanwan in disbelief as she came downstairs. Then she realized what had happened and became furious. She poked her head over the fence on the second floor and yelled at Zhang Wanwan who was paying downstairs, "Zhang Wanwan! What are you doing! Just wait for me!"
No matter how Zhang Nini scolded her, Zhang Wanwan ignored her, carried the book out of the bookstore, and began to walk around several busy business districts and pedestrian streets in the city as planned, looking for business opportunities.
Zhang Nini went home with a lot of anger in her heart. Not long after she came home, Huang Guilian also came back. Seeing her precious daughter sulking on the sofa, she asked worriedly, "Didn't you say you were going out to buy books? What happened?"
Zhang Nini felt wronged and pouted, "Mom! That Zhang Wanwan was so bold today that she even gave me a cold shoulder and refused to help me get the book! What right does a poor girl like her have? I was already giving her a compliment by asking her to help me get the book!"
Huang Guilian's face changed, and she said unhappily, "Didn't I tell you not to deal with that poor family? Why don't you listen? You are lowering yourself! Who are you? Why would you bother with that ignorant peasant? Just take this as a lesson, and don't go looking for Zhang Wanwan again!"
Huang Guilian was about to go to the kitchen angrily, but she turned back halfway and warned Zhang Nini, "Also, don't let your dad know about what happened today. Don't mention that family in front of your dad in the future. It's bad luck!"
"Mom! Are you still my real mom?"
Zhang Nini was furious. She thought that after she complained to her mother, her mother would stand up for her, or at least complain to Zhang Wanwan's mother or something. But in the end, she was scolded. Feeling aggrieved, Zhang Nini was so angry that she took her bag and slammed the door and went out.
Huang Guilian ran out and saw that Zhang Nini had disappeared, so she shouted from the window: "You must come back before eight o'clock, or I'll let your dad teach you a lesson!"
After saying that, Huang Guilian also slammed the window shut. The mother and daughter were just as arrogant as each other when they were having a bad temper.
(End of this chapter)
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