After buying the books, Chen Yanfeng suggested that they eat out before going back, but Li Xunli was still thinking about the porcelain kiln and could only politely decline.
Chen Man really wanted to play with Shen Qingqing, so Chen Yanfeng had no choice but to leave his daughter at Shen's house and go home himself. He picked her up before dinner.
When Shen Rongzhou returned that evening, he brought back two pieces of good news.
"I've passed my driving test, and my instructor said I just need to wait for the license to be mailed to my home," Shen Rongzhou said, beaming with excitement. "When Boss Zhang found out I passed the test, he told me to start driving with experienced drivers from tomorrow!"
"I'll start by driving short distances around the city to familiarize myself with the road conditions and routes. Once I get my driver's license, I'll officially start driving."
"They also told me that they originally thought it would take two months to complete the driver's license test, but because I finished it ahead of schedule, they would give me an extra 800 yuan for the work I did for the past two weeks of driving and unloading. Starting next month when I get my driver's license, I can start receiving a regular monthly salary of 3,000 yuan!"
"That's great!" Shen Qingqing and Li Xunli laughed in unison.
Shen Rongzhou's job can finally be stabilized.
In the past two months, the family's income and expenditure have fluctuated unusually. Li Xunli, who has the power to control the family's total finances, worries about the savings every night.
This good news finally put half of the weight off her mind.
Shen Qingqing was even happier. Her father had a new, stable job with a good salary, which meant that half of the tragedy from his previous life had been avoided!
This wonderful change made Shen Qingqing skip and hop into the classroom every Monday when she went to school.
During the long break, she was called to the office by her Chinese teacher, and she recognized two of the four older students who had gone to Yanqi Elementary School for the competition last Saturday.
I had a guess in my mind that these three should be the candidates to advance to the semi-finals in the first round.
As expected, the Chinese teacher confirmed Shen Qingqing's guess.
When they heard that Shen Qingqing had entered the semi-finals with a perfect score, the two sixth-grade students were so surprised that they couldn't close their mouths.
The two of them, one is ninety-five and the other is ninety-three.
According to the rules of the competition group temporarily formed by the eighteen schools, those who score above 90 points can enter the semi-finals.
The Chinese teacher patted Shen Qingqing's head with surprise and satisfaction: "Qingqing, I never expected you to be the dark horse of our school!"
Shen Qingqing attends Wangling Primary School, which is considered a lower-middle-class school among the eighteen primary schools that have a chance to participate in the competition.
The teachers and teaching resources are far inferior to those of Yanqi Primary School, which participated in the competition last week.
Yanqi Primary School has a full quota of five students who achieved perfect scores this time.
The Chinese teacher was also thinking of trying anything, and in order to make up the five spots available for their school, she remembered what Shen Qingqing had said during the home visit, so she added her spot as well.
This led to an argument with Chen Songli, the head of the Chinese language group and also the school's director of teaching.
Unexpectedly, Shen Qingqing's competition results gave them such a big surprise. Even Chen Songli, after learning about it, swallowed his pride and shook hands with the Chinese teacher to make peace.
Shen Qingqing smiled slightly and asked calmly, "Then, teacher, when is the semi-final?"
"The semi-finals are at the end of the month, and the test center will still be Yanqi Primary School. All three matches in the first round will be held at Yanqi Primary School." The Chinese teacher's expression softened when she spoke to Shen Qingqing.
"Here are some supplementary materials for the semi-finals. Take them back and familiarize yourselves with them." The Chinese teacher was in a good mood. She picked up three newly printed copies of the materials from her desk and gave one copy to each of the three students.
When Chen Man saw Shen Qingqing return with some things, she quietly asked her where she had gone to the office.
Shen Qingqing told her that she had passed the preliminary round of the competition, and unsurprisingly, she was greeted with affection from Chen Man and a barrage of incredibly direct and flattering compliments.
They've practically hailed Shen Qingqing as the greatest literary figure in the world.
When Shen Qingqing heard the school bell ring, she was thinking to herself, "No wonder everyone loves to hear nice things, these are so nice to hear!"
It was almost dinnertime, and Shen Qingqing still hadn't seen her father or mother return. Frowning, she called her mother to ask.
"Oh, I forgot! Your dad called this afternoon and said he'll be back a little late tonight. The car he's with is leaving late today. Leave some clean food for your dad in the rice cooker to keep it warm. Mom is bringing Yangyang back now!" Li Xunli finished explaining in a few words and then hung up the phone.
After Shen Qingqing left some food for her father, Li Xunli brought Shen Yangyang back.
As soon as he entered the house, he coaxed Shen Qingqing and apologized to her a couple of times. Shen Qingqing's sullen face finally brightened up.
During dinner, they finally shared the good news that the competition had advanced to the semi-finals.
"Really? That's great! Those books weren't a waste of money!" Li Xunli was overjoyed to hear this.
Shen Qingqing took a bite of her chicken leg and shook her head. Of course, she was confident that she would make it to the semi-finals, which was why she dared to ask her mother for so many books!
Otherwise, her mother could have read those books from the moment they were bought until the end of the semester!
After dinner, since Shen Rongzhou hadn't returned yet and Li Xunli still had to go back to the porcelain kiln to work, the task of washing the dishes fell to Shen Qingqing. However, Shen Yangyang tried to sneak over and play in the water by standing on a stool, but Shen Qingqing grabbed her hand and taught her how to wash the dishes from beginning to end.
Then he obediently left the kitchen and unilaterally stopped playing with Shen Qingqing.
But it was no use. After washing the dishes, Shen Qing grabbed Shen Yangyang and took her to take a bath together. As soon as the bath was over, Shen Yangyang's little temper was washed away into the drain along with the bathwater, and she started following Shen Qingqing around calling "sister, sister" again.
After dealing with the troublemaker Shen Yangyang, Shen Qingqing sat down at her desk to look through the new documents.
Compared to the preliminary round materials, the content of the semi-final round has increased in depth.
Unlike the preliminary round, which mainly consisted of simple memorization of authors and countries, or questions with readily available written answers, the review materials for the semi-final round included more comprehension-based content.
However, for Shen Qingqing, it wasn't a big problem. It was just that some details that were slightly confused in her memories of later generations were corrected at this time.
That night, Shen Qingqing studied until bedtime and didn't wait for Shen Rongzhou to return. When she woke up the next day, she found that her mother was making breakfast.
After she finished washing up, she sat at the dining table, tore off some fried dough sticks and put them into her soy milk, and asked her mother, "Mom, didn't Dad come home last night?"
Li Xunli was busy tying Shen Yangyang's hair and said without looking up, "She went back, but she only slept for a few hours before getting up and leaving again. She said she had to catch two trains today and try to catch the early one so she could come back earlier tonight."
Shen Qingqing watched as her mother tied Shen Yangyang's hair into pigtails, then took a bite of a dried fried dough stick and said, "Mom, if Dad is so busy right now, won't you be late if you take Yangyang to school and then go to the factory?"
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