"Qingqing!" Chen Yurong kicked a pebble at her feet, looked up and saw Shen Qingqing riding a bicycle. She quickly raised her hand and waved to her.
Shen Qingqing braked and stopped in front of Chen Yurong, smiling brightly at her: "Sister Yurong!"
"Would you like to sit in the back? I'll give you a ride." Chen Yurong pointed to Shen Qingqing's bicycle.
Shen Qingqing blinked, quickly let go of the hood, and slid from the seat to the back seat. "Done!"
Chen Yurong was amused by her adorable appearance, gently sat on the bicycle, and said, "Hold on tight, let's go!"
As Chen Yurong said, her home is only a ten-minute walk from Yongchanglong Supermarket, and it would be even faster by bicycle.
"Let's go, go inside and wait for me!" Chen Yurong got off her bicycle, held onto it, and looked at Shen Qingqing.
Shen Qingqing obediently climbed down from the back seat and followed Chen Yurong as she pushed the bicycle into her house.
As soon as she entered, Shen Qingqing's eyes were drawn to the konghou (a type of Chinese harp) placed in the living room.
Shen Qingqing had only seen this instrument played live on a certain music note app before, but she had never seen it in real life.
Chen Yurong poured her a glass of water. Seeing how curiously she looked at her instrument, she smiled and said, "You can go take a look, or even touch it. The plectrums are on the stool over there. You can try plucking them a couple of times. I'll go find you some books."
Shen Qingqing took the water, nodded, and watched her go upstairs, but did not approach the harp.
Although she couldn't remember exactly how much the streamer in her past life had mentioned her harp, she did remember that it started at five figures.
I don't know if Chen Yurong's instrument is also that expensive, but musical instruments are temperamental. It's best to avoid touching them if possible. Even if the other person doesn't blame you for breaking them, it can still easily leave a rift between the two of you.
Shen Qingqing didn't have to wait long; she had only drunk half of her water when Chen Yurong came down with a stack of books.
There were twelve books in total, plus six notebooks; it was quite a heavy stack to carry.
With a muffled thud, the stack of books and notebooks crashed to the ground. Chen Yurong, slightly out of breath, said, "The books for third and fourth grade are all here. And these six notebooks are my class notes, which should be useful to you, so I'm giving them to you as well!"
Shen Qingqing accepted everything, "Thank you, Sister Yurong!"
Chen Yurong waved her hand, "You're welcome, you're welcome. I'll find you a bag to put it in..."
After loading it, he kindly helped her put it in the bicycle basket, then pushed the bicycle out of her house, turned around and looked at Shen Qingqing who was following behind, and asked, "Do you remember how to get back?"
Shen Qingqing nodded repeatedly: "I remember, I remember! Goodbye, Sister Yurong, I'm going back now!"
The two waved goodbye, and Shen Qingqing pushed off with her foot, sending her bicycle speeding away.
Shen Rongzhou, who had just returned to work, had secured a spot in the adult high school and, after discussing with Zhang Zeqin, decided to choose an early morning class. He then asked the HR department to reschedule him for the new class.
Anyway, there's not much time left before high school starts. The private school has a separate class for adult high school students, and the curriculum for the three classes—morning, noon, and evening—is kept in sync.
Shen Rongzhou was somewhat relieved that he had been firm enough when he asked Zhang Zeqin to sign up, and he was also grateful that Zhang Zeqin was willing to help him.
Since there are several people who want to enroll in adult high school, it is clear that three spots are not enough.
In the end, Zhang Zeqin had no choice but to appoint one person from each department.
The quota for the transportation department belongs to Shen Rongzhou.
Shen Rongzhou, whose driving shift ended early today, told Li Xunli and Shen Qingqing about it when he got home that evening, and said with great emotion, "It's a good thing I listened to Qingqing and gave it a try."
Li Xunli laughed and picked up her chopsticks to put a piece of chicken on his plate: "Who says otherwise? I thought she was just talking nonsense at first, but who would have thought she was right about everything."
Upon hearing this, Shen Qingqing raised her chin so high it almost popped out of her head, making Shen Rongzhou and Li Xunli burst into laughter.
"Oh, right, Dad, I borrowed a third-grade English book and her notes from a senior at my school today. Do you want me to teach you the 26 letters of the alphabet before school starts?"
After hearing this, Shen Rongzhou paused in his soup-drinking hand and looked at her: "You just borrowed it today, and you already know how to do it all by yourself?"
Shen Qingqing nodded without any hesitation: "Of course! I learn very quickly!"
"You think you can learn English on your own without a teacher?" Shen Rongzhou found it a bit funny.
“What’s so hard about learning English! Dad, just learn from me! I guarantee you’ll amaze your teacher the moment you go to class!” Shen Qingqing said proudly, hands on her hips.
After showing off, Shen Qingqing said, "We can also buy a DVD player and then buy those Crazy English DVDs to learn from."
In her past life, Shen Qingqing only bought the DVD player and Crazy English CDs when she was in third or fourth grade. Now, Shen Qingqing is only in first grade, and her family doesn't even have these things yet.
Shen Rongzhou and Li Xunli were never stingy when it came to learning, and this time it wasn't just Shen Qingqing who wanted to learn, Shen Rongzhou himself wanted to learn too, so he waved his hand and said, "Buy it. Dad doesn't have a shift tomorrow morning, so Dad will take you to buy it."
Shen Qingqing nodded like a chick pecking at rice: "Mmm, okay!"
Not only did we need to buy a DVD player, but we also needed to buy a tape recorder. At that time, the audio accompanying the third-grade English textbooks were all on cassette tapes, and it was only later that they became CDs.
The next day, Shen Rongzhou and Shen Qingqing went out.
If you want to buy a DVD player, you can go to those large CD stores. And they also have tape recorders, not just DVD players.
"Dad, we not only want to buy a DVD player, but also a tape recorder. Our school's English textbooks come with tapes!" Shen Qingqing told Shen Rongzhou on the way to the DVD store.
Shen Rongzhou had no ulterior motives and simply said generously, "Buy it!"
The Shen Rongzhou who is well-off is completely different from the Shen Rongzhou who was always strapped for cash in his previous life.
When buying that DVD player in their previous life, Shen Rongzhou and Li Xunli hesitated for a long time before deciding to buy it. As for the tape recorder, that was out of the question. The tape recorder that Shen Qingqing used in her previous life was returned to her by her cousin from her aunt's side after she no longer needed it.
But by then, Shen Qingqing no longer needed it; she had already learned everything from what the teacher taught.
This life is different. She bought the tape recorder so that she could let Shen Rongzhou listen to it after she got the tape.
However, the era of cassette tapes and CDs was already far removed from Shen Qingqing's later life, which was accustomed to computers, tablets, and mobile phones.
Shen Qingqing knew absolutely nothing about how to choose a DVD player and a tape recorder.
Shen Rongzhou was the one who truly adapted to the era of cassette tapes and CDs, because when they were kids, superstars released cassette tapes and CDs.
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