Chapter 32
Summer vacation has just ended, and the students' minds are still very distracted. They gather in groups of three or four in the classroom to discuss their summer vacation.
"My parents took me to Nancheng during the summer vacation! We even bought a new tennis racket! It's really big there, and I couldn't even explore the city in an hour by bus!"
"I went there too! But I didn't go there specifically to have fun. My parents went to a meeting, so I followed them. It's even more lively there at night than during the day!"
"I envy you so much! I was sent back to my grandma's house in the countryside for the summer vacation."
"Ah? What's there to do in the countryside? Isn't it boring?"
"It's not boring, though. My cousin takes me fishing and shrimping during the day, and catches fireflies and frogs at night! Have you ever eaten frogs? They're so delicious!"
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Su Miao put her schoolbag in the drawer and quietly looked at these long-lost faces. Each one was full of vitality, but she didn't know how to fit in. After all, she was no longer a real 11-year-old child at heart.
"Su Miao! Stop daydreaming! Hurry up and get your summer homework out! It's due in class soon!"
A boy ran over and sat down in Li Yuanyuan's seat, looking at Su Miao as if he was a savior.
Su Miao didn't react for a moment, but he couldn't wait to search Su Miao's schoolbag himself.
Just as his hand was about to touch the schoolbag, Li Yuanyuan, who had returned from the bathroom, slapped it away with a loud "bang".
"Wang Xin! You can't touch a girl's backpack! How rude! Get out of my seat!"
Oh! Su Miao remembered, this is Wang Xin, the notorious mischievous boy, who has been a neighbor of Li Yuanyuan since childhood.
His academic performance was not good and he was always at the bottom of the class in Class 1, a key class. Every time school started, he would copy his own holiday homework.
Some classmates privately said that he was able to enter the key class because of his uncle's relationship with the principal, but Su Miao knew that he was very smart, but he just didn't focus on studying.
When she was in college, she returned to Ning County to attend a class reunion. By then, he had already opened a small factory and stood out among his classmates.
His mischief reflects his unconventional way of thinking. These are just some harmless little pranks. He has never done anything like bullying classmates, disrespecting teachers, or violating school rules. On the contrary, he gets along well with all the classmates.
"Student Su Miao! Please save me! If I don't hand in my homework, my homeroom teacher will definitely tell my parents, and then I'll be in big trouble!"
Wang Xin was pulled up from his chair by Li Yuanyuan. He walked around to the seat in front of Su Miao and continued, "Please save me. If my parents knew about this, they wouldn't take me to the beach next holiday, and I wouldn't be able to buy you any gifts."
As he spoke, he took out two small conch handicrafts from his trouser pocket. It was obvious that they were sold to tourists at the beach.
Hollow out the conch and clean it, attach a mouthpiece to the tail of the conch, and then tie two red ropes.
It can be hung around your neck and will make a "wooooooooooooo" sound when you speak hard.
Such handicrafts are very rare nowadays, and Li Yuanyuan couldn't let it go and kept touching it.
Su Miao took out the homework book from her schoolbag and handed it to Wang Xin: "Thank you for the gift. I can lend you the homework this time, but I hope you can write it yourself next time. If you have any questions, you can ask me."
"Okay, okay! Saving your life is the most important thing now. We'll talk about next time..."
Wang Xin had fallen behind in so much that he was still writing furiously until the bell rang.
The first class was a morning reading class. Our homeroom teacher, Mr. Meng, came in and encouraged everyone, asking them to seize the final sprint time of the year and prepare well for the entrance examination. He then asked the study committee member to lead everyone in reciting the ancient poems learned last semester.
Yes, although Su Miao has always been the top student in the grade, he has never been a class cadre such as a study committee member.
Because in the teachers' opinion, being a class leader will distract a certain amount of attention and take up study time. For a top student like Su Miao, they hope that she can study wholeheartedly.
Su Miao just happened to be the type of person who didn't like to be in charge and had never had the idea of competing, which made the teachers who were optimistic about her very satisfied.
After morning reading, it is breakfast time. The four students on duty every day go to the cafeteria to bring back the breakfast allocated to the class.
Today we had steamed buns and soy milk. There is no such thing as contracting out the food in the school cafeteria now. All meals are prepared by the cafeteria staff. The ingredients are very solid, hygienic and fresh.
Each person gets a big steamed bun and a big spoonful of soy milk, which needs to be filled in their own drinking cup.
Su Miao took out a small jar from her schoolbag, which contained stir-fried sauerkraut.
"Miao Miao! How come your schoolbag is like a treasure chest, with everything in it?" Li Yuanyuan said in surprise.
"Hey, this is some pickled cabbage that my family made. It's delicious when put in a steamed bun. I'll share some with you."
Su Miao broke the steamed bun in half, put some pickled cabbage in it, and handed it to Li Yuanyuan.
Li Yuanyuan took a big bite and said incoherently, "Delicious! It's much more delicious with pickled cabbage than just the steamed bun."
"What are you eating?"
Seeing how happily they were eating, Wang Xin jumped up from the last row and begged for some sauerkraut.
Su Miao naturally picked some for him as well. When the classmates next to him saw this, they all came over. Soon all of Su Miao's sauerkraut was divided up.
After eating, the classmates all said that this was much more delicious. One of them said, "Su Miao, my dad works at a sugar factory. He said there's a self-service porridge stall at the factory gate. The daughter of the stall owner looks a lot like my classmate. Is that you?"
Su Miao nodded: "Yeah, yes, during the summer vacation, I helped my father set up a porridge stall in front of the sugar factory."
Another classmate exclaimed, "So that self-service porridge place is owned by your family! I heard there are 20 to 30 kinds of side dishes to eat every day. How wonderful!"
"Hahaha, it's not that exaggerated. There are only a dozen or so side dishes for porridge every day. The sauerkraut I brought today is one of them." Su Miao thought these children were so cute.
"It's not just side dishes. Your fried pork offal is so delicious. My dad brought some back for us one day, and I ate three bowls of rice!"
"What pig offal? What pig offal? My dad also works at the sugar factory, and he's never brought me any!"
"Su Miao, you are so brave that you can actually help parents set up a stall. I don't dare to talk to too many people. My grandma said there are a lot of bad people out there."
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Just when everyone was discussing enthusiastically, some inappropriate sarcastic remarks were heard from the side.
"It's just some pickled vegetables. Even if there are more than a dozen kinds, how much can they be worth? You don't know, Su Miao's father lost his job, so he became a self-employed person. Now in our class, apart from those two farmers, Su Miao is the only one who is not the child of an employee!"
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