Xiao Xiezhuang came earlier this time and there were more people coming, including Xie Zhuang.
There were not enough dumplings, so Zhou's father brought out some peach cakes for them to eat and gave each of them two dollars. After they left happily, Zhong Xiong and the others came, so he had to make fried dumplings again.
Then, the six of them also received two new bills from Zhou's father.
More people come to the town to pay New Year’s greetings. Last year it was because of Mr. Yue, and this year it is because of the obvious rise of the Zhou family.
Zhou wanted to hide in the children's room. The fake social activities were too tiring.
At noon, the gang of six stayed to eat. They treated this place as their elders' home.
On the second day of the New Year, Zhou wanted to take his elder brother to visit Doctor Cao's house and the Ling family to pay New Year's greetings.
Doctor Cao was very happy because the gift Zhou Xiang brought her included dried fruits and a jar of pickled vegetables. Needless to say, they were salted eggs.
Since last year, Dong Yunrong decided not to go back to her parents' home on the second day of the Chinese New Year, so going to Ling's house on the second day of the Chinese New Year is definitely the most appropriate.
However, Zhou Xiang no longer stayed for dinner this year. With two more little ones at home, he was quite busy.
Ling Ran sent Zhou Xiang and his sister to the door and returned. Dong Yunrong pointed at her son with a look of disappointment, "Tell me, have you changed your mind?"
Ling Ran was confused by his mother, "What do you mean?"
"Humph! What do you mean? Before, you wanted to stay at the Zhou family's house 24 hours a day. Now, look at you, not only do you not go to the Zhou family every day, you even only send someone to the door and then come back. Tell me, do you have a little devil outside?"
Ling Quan covered his mouth to let his laughter disappear in his mouth.
Ling Ran finally understood and was a little embarrassed. "Mom, what are you thinking about? I have to study hard and get into the military academy this year. The Zhou family must be busy lately. After the sixth day of the New Year, I will stay with her for a few days, and then I have to go back. After I get into the military academy, I will have even less time. You have to get used to me not being home all year round."
"Humph! I've gotten used to it. You should be careful. Don't let wild flowers attract you, and don't let Xiangxiang forget you."
"I know."
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Xiao Chunmei not only brought gifts, but also brought four tails.
Ji Bin, Zhang Ning, Xue Zhendong and Wang Shaoming all came with cigarettes, alcohol and tea. The four of them knew that these were the three things Zhou's father loved the most.
After greeting Zhou's father and mother, the four of them gathered around Zhou Xiang and said, "Zhou Xiang, we've finished our winter vacation homework, so we're here for tutoring."
What could Zhou Xiang do? Everyone had come prepared, each carrying not only a schoolbag but also a cloth bag.
Needless to say, there must be spare clothes and toiletries inside.
"Alright! Let's get settled first. Xue Zhendong and Wang Shaoming will stay in my eldest brother's bedroom, Ji Bin will stay in my third brother's bedroom, and Zhang Ning will stay in mine. Everyone, go put your things down!"
Zhou Niao took the three boys to make arrangements. Zhou wanted Xiao Chunmei to take Zhang Ning upstairs. She prepared fruit tea. Since everyone worked so hard, let's drink this tea recently!
However, she boiled the dried fruit in water separately and used it to make tea.
The dried fruit water was ready and the tea was brewed when Li Li came with her mother.
Looking at Li Li's backpack and the cloth bag in her hand, Zhou Xiang raised his head and pointed upstairs, "Zhang Ning is putting his things upstairs, hurry up!"
Yu Haiying put down the gift in her hand and said embarrassedly: "Zhou Xiang, I'm sorry to trouble you."
Zhou Xiang shook his head. "Auntie, you're welcome. We're all here, so it doesn't matter if she's here alone."
When Zhou's mother heard some movement in the yard again, she came out to check. When she saw Yu Haiying coming, she invited her to sit in the living room.
Zhou Xiang breathed a sigh of relief. She was not familiar with him, and he was her elder. She really didn't know how to entertain him. She quickly boiled another pot of water, made some tea, and brought it to the living room.
The group of people who put down their things ran down again, and together with Zhou's conversation, the cram school for seven people started again.
Zhou Niao Qiangqiang and Zhenzhen Yaya were studying quietly at the other end of the table.
Zhou Xiang asked everyone to review the exercises at the end of each lesson in Chinese, math, physics and chemistry first. If they don’t understand something or feel they don’t quite understand it, they can come to her for help.
It was not until the afternoon that Zuo Heng got involved.
At night, Xiao Chunmei fell into a deep sleep, so she entered the space and started asking questions to everyone.
Junior high school knowledge competitions are definitely divided into subjects, and the total score of four subjects will not be calculated like in elementary school.
There are only Chinese and mathematics in the first year of junior high school, physics is added in the second year, and chemistry is added in the third year.
My third brother and Zuo Heng can take both Chinese and math, and I can also take all three subjects.
Ji Bin and his classmates will decide which subject they are best at and then apply for that subject.
I have copied out some of the more difficult questions from the four space textbooks so that everyone can review them.
When she got tired of writing by hand, she would recite the text. Even if she had already memorized it, she would recite it again.
Then, she continued copying exercises from other subjects, and memorized them when she got tired. After repeating this several times, she finally fell asleep in her space.
Two days later, everyone received exercises for the four subjects.
The few sheets of white paper filled with copied exercises made Ji Bin and the others' eyes moisten slightly.
"Although Teacher Ran didn't specify, the junior high school knowledge competition is definitely divided into different subjects. So, Xue Zhendong, you should focus on the subject you think you are strongest in. Getting a good ranking in that subject is the most important thing."
The sentimental people blinked their eyes vigorously, nodded, and began to practice the questions seriously.
The Chinese and math questions were a bit too difficult for Zhou Hua, so he wanted to explain them to his third brother alone.
On the sixth day of the New Year, people came from Zhoujia Village. Zhou wanted to ask them to move their study to the third brother's study. Zhou Niao took Qiangqiang, Zhenzhen, Yaya, Tiedan and Daya to play in the playroom.
Seeing that Zhou Xiang had so many classmates studying together, Zhou Yidong didn't feel comfortable disturbing her.
Zhou wanted to settle everyone down, so he went to see his third uncle and asked, "Third uncle, was the village's income good last year?"
Zhou Yidong smiled so hard that his teeth were visible, "Very good, very good."
"Has the watermelon planting cycle finished yet?"
"We'll be able to complete the cycle this year."
Zhou Xiang calculated that if he skipped a grade, he would not be able to leave Huai County for three years.
"Uncle San, this time, I'm bringing you 20 kilograms of watermelon seeds. I'll be very busy after school starts, so I don't care whether you plan to plant them all in one year or two. In other words, there won't be any of these high-quality watermelon seeds for many years to come.
Just make sure the arrangements are fair and reasonable. From now on, you can be self-sufficient! I want to focus on my studies."
Although Zhou Yidonggang was disappointed, he also understood that Zhoujia Village had always relied on this niece.
"Okay! I understand! Now that the watermelon varieties are gone, we can just focus on growing vegetables. We're already much better than most people."
"Yes! As long as Third Uncle can understand, it's fine. By the way, it will also help the people of Zhou Village calm down."
“Yes, yes, yes!”
On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Ling Ran began to appear at Zhou's house. He brought his textbooks and sat next to Zhou Xiang, studying quietly.
Li Li and Xiao Chunmei exchanged glances, and Zhou Xiang coughed dryly, "Study hard."
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