Xie Yitao sent his congratulations immediately, "Congratulations! I didn't expect your spoken English to be so good!"
Xiao Muyu also came over, "Xiao Li, your pronunciation is so nice, did you learn it from the tapes?"
Jiang Xiaoli could only respond with "uh-huh" and "ah-ah".
The current first-year high school students only have three classes every afternoon, with the remaining two being physics and history.
Jiang Xiaoli really likes her young and humorous physics teacher.
At first, she listened very attentively, but her exceptional memory made her feel that the teacher's lectures were like a broken record, and she began to lose focus as she listened.
On the first day of school, a student was sitting in the middle of the first row, openly daydreaming. This was the first time Teacher Liu had ever encountered such a situation.
The student stared intently at the podium, his mind seemingly elsewhere.
Seeing that the teacher was eyeing Jiang Xiaoli, Xie Yitao kindly nudged her with his elbow.
Jiang Xiaoli snapped out of her fantasy about a business empire and saw her deskmate gesturing towards the podium.
She then noticed that the young and humorous teacher looked quite unhappy.
Perhaps because it was her first offense, Teacher Liu did not directly criticize her by name. Instead, after explaining a knowledge point, she gave three practice questions and called on students to come to the blackboard to do them.
"The first question is about the girl in the middle of the first row."
Jiang Xiaoli was the first person to be called out.
Xie Yitao was worried that she was distracted and didn't know what the teacher had just talked about, so he quietly pointed out the example problem in the textbook to her.
Jiang Xiaoli glanced at it and went up to the stage to write the question.
She had already self-studied all the first-year high school courses, so this amount of content was naturally a piece of cake for her.
After the three people who were called on finished answering the questions, Teacher Liu gave feedback to each of them.
Finally, he glanced at Jiang Xiaoli and spoke earnestly to everyone.
"The knowledge we've learned at the beginning of the semester is still very basic, but please don't get distracted in class. Our class has an elimination system, so I hope everyone can stay in Class 1 after the midterm exams!"
After class, Chen Jing, sitting in the back row, couldn't help but chat with Jiang Xiaoli, "You're too amazing! You even dared to daydream in Teacher Liu's class. I heard from my neighbor's sister that Teacher Liu seems kind and humorous on the surface, but he's actually very strict!"
A slender girl next to her chimed in, "Yes, yes, yes! I've heard that too. Don't let Mr. Liu's young age fool you; he's the best physics teacher in our school, and he's the most skilled at giving students questions!"
"Oh!" Jiang Xiaoli exclaimed in surprise. How could she have gotten the idea from their description that Teacher Liu was cunning?
I was careless!
In the following history class, Jiang Xiaoli no longer dared to daydream; she became extremely serious.
After class, Xie Yitao couldn't help but ask, "Jiang Xiaoli, do you prefer humanities subjects?"
This is a huge misunderstanding!
She laughed awkwardly, "No, no, I like them all! I like them all!"
After saying that, she met up with Xiao Muyu and Yuan Man and went home together.
Xiao Muyu gave her a ride for a while, and couldn't help but remind her along the way, "Xiao Li, it's the beginning of the semester, so let's pay attention in class and leave a good impression on the teachers. You haven't forgotten what your auntie told you, have you?"
When they reached the intersection where they parted ways, Jiang Xiaoli jumped out of the car, saluted Xiao Muyu, and said, "Roger that!"
After saying that, she ran home.
Yuan Man, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but complain, "Xiaoyu, was she always this talkative?"
Xiao Muyu smiled and said, "She was so naughty when she was little that Uncle Jiang couldn't help but beat her. Later, she became less talkative, and she's been much better lately. Isn't that a good thing?"
Jiang Xiaoli thought she rushed home quickly after school, but she didn't expect Zong Jiayu to already be at her house.
She was astonished. "Young man, aren't you a senior repeating your senior year of high school? Don't you need tutoring?"
Zong Jia shrugged at her, "Maybe I'm just too good, so the teacher allowed me to study on my own?"
Jiang Xiaoli pouted, "You're excellent but still need to repeat a year? Your 'excellent' title is a bit exaggerated."
Dafu, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but defend his good friend, "Little Pear, Brother Zong really wasn't lying. His stepmother tricked him in this year's college entrance exam, making him take one less subject. Otherwise, who knows who would be the top scorer in the province this year!"
Zong Jiayu stood to the side with his arms crossed, raising an eyebrow at Jiang Xiaoli, "Little Li, do you need tutoring? We can deduct the tutoring fee from our share of the profits!"
Jiang Xiaoli snapped out of her shock at the fact that he was a top student.
What? You want to deduct her commission? No way!
"Stop, stop! Do I need your tutoring when I'm this smart? Stop messing around, relationships cost money, and I'm not shortchanged a single penny!"
Just then, Li Guizhi came out carrying two large bags of pre-packaged seasoning packets. "Xiao Zong, Da Fu, here are your seasonings for today."
Seeing that they had brought even more goods today, Jiang Xiaoli immediately stopped arguing with Zong Jiayu. "Wow, business is good!"
Dafu is an honest man. "Yeah, Little Pear, we've all been so busy lately. The only thing that lets me rest and get some fresh air is coming to your house with Brother Zong to pick up the seasoning packets."
Li Guizhi asked in surprise, "Dafu, you still rely on you to handle all this business?"
Dafu scratched his head. "No, Brother Zong hired a few clean and efficient aunties for us. I just need to supervise the work."
Jiang Xiaoli pulled Zong Jia aside, "Boss Zong, we agreed to settle the bill every three days, you see..."
As she spoke, she made a finger-rubbing motion.
Her money-grubbing attitude amused Zong Jiayu.
He looked at her amusedly, "How can you be so greedy for money at such a young age?"
Jiang Xiaoli objected, "Comrade Xiao Zong, your thinking is very dangerous! You have to start making money from a young age, haven't you heard that? Besides, you're not that much older than me!"
Zong Jia was convinced. "You shouldn't have the surname Jiang. You should have the surname Li, the Li of 'always reasonable'."
"What your surname is doesn't matter, what matters is Boss Zong, when are we settling the bill?" Jiang Xiaoli didn't care what he said, getting money was the most important thing.
Zong Jia was surprised that she was so stubborn, and he exchanged a glance with Da Fu.
Dafu immediately understood, took off the backpack in front of him, and handed a wad of cash and a ledger to Zong Jiayu.
He took the money, opened the ledger, and said, "We agreed to settle accounts every three days, but tomorrow's goods have already been ordered in advance, so I'll settle the account for you today."
Yesterday's and today's total sales amounted to 4085 yuan, and your commission is 1225.5 yuan.
Tomorrow's sales are projected to be around 5800 yuan. I'll pay you 1740 yuan upfront. I'll show you the exact figures when I pick up the goods tomorrow, and we'll refund any overpayment or collect any underpayment, okay?
The total for three days was 2965.5 yuan! The profit was around 1900 yuan!
Jiang Xiaoli's expression changed instantly. She patted Zong Jiayu on the shoulder and said, "What do you mean by 'refund if it's too much,' or 'make up for it if it's too little'? That's too formal! We'll refund you if it's too much, and you don't need to make up for it if it's too little! We're all just starting out in business, and it's not easy for anyone!"
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