Chapter 181 How should I tell her...?
Why did Xue Xiaomei, who was ranked first in her grade, no longer want Shen Xuewei?
It's not so much that they don't want it, but rather that they dare not accept it.
It's true that she has the vice principal as her backer, but that backer might be useful within the school, but not necessarily outside.
She had not forgotten Chen Fangqiu's earlier warning.
Although Shen Xuewei still ranked first in the final exams of the second semester of her second year of junior high school, she was only one point behind the second-place student. Her first-place position was not secure and she could be overtaken at any time.
Almost everyone at the school thought her teaching quality was poor.
Although Xue Xiaomei was unconvinced, she knew in her heart that they were right.
If Shen Xuewei were to actually be taught to second place... she recalled Chen Fangqiu's warning to her.
Those dangerous hooligans dare to act so recklessly in school, showing absolutely no respect for teachers.
She worried that the other party might actually use a knife on her.
Anyway... the difference between first and second place isn't that big, so she might as well go for second place.
Thanks to her, Shen Xuewei's life in the third year of junior high school was much better than it was in the second year.
She usually gets along well with Wu Jingrou, but they don't stick together all the time, since she has other things to do besides studying.
Wu Jingrou has an intimidating appearance, but she is a hard-working student.
Her grades weren't bad in the class; out of 59 students, she was among the top 20.
When no one bothers her, she is simply a diligent and inquisitive student.
After Shen Xuewei entered the third year of junior high school, she was no longer the shortest in her class.
However, it was still impossible for him to be assigned to the same table as Wu Jingrou and become her deskmate.
The first week of school ended, and after only two days at school, it was the weekend again.
After school on Friday, she and Wu Yuhong returned to Xiaoli Village together.
She washed the rice and cooked as usual, and just as she plugged in the rice cooker, the person who had gone to the fields returned.
After the family finished eating, they gathered together to talk.
Just then, the phone rang in the house. Grandma Xi stopped talking and quickly went to answer it.
Grandma Xi didn't know who was calling, but she kept sighing and asking about the situation. The call lasted for almost ten minutes before it ended.
She put down the phone with a heavy expression and slowly sat back down beside everyone.
Seeing her like this, Grandpa Chen asked, "Who called?"
Grandma Xi sighed first and said, "It was Awang calling, my cousin. Didn't his son get married a few years ago?"
When she said that, Shen Xuewei remembered it.
After all, she had attended the banquet with her grandmother back then.
Grandma Xi continued, "The young couple had a fight, and my nephew hit her. Then, in a fit of pique, she drank pesticide. Before she could be taken to the hospital, she was already dead. So young, how could she be so foolish? Now her two children will be motherless..."
Shen Xuewei initially thought her grandmother was going to say something gossipy, but she didn't expect it to be about a death, which made her feel heavy-hearted.
Grandma Xi looked at Grandpa Chen and said, "Zhenyuan, let's go help out."
Grandpa Chen nodded, touched the cigarettes in his pocket, and said, "Of course, let's pack up and head over in a bit."
He looked at Shen Xuewei and said, "Weiwei, your grandparents aren't home. You keep an eye on your great-grandmother and make sure she doesn't sneak off to the fields."
Shen Xuewei readily agreed that she didn't need to get out of bed.
“Okay, Grandpa, leave it to me. I promise Grandma won’t be able to leave the house.”
The elderly couple went back inside to tidy up, then, with flashlights in hand, set off that very night to visit Grandma Xi's cousin's house.
Chen Fangqiu didn't come back today. Only Shen Xuewei, Granny Chen, a cat, and a dog were left at home.
Old people go to bed early, and by eight o'clock in the evening, Granny Chen had already gone back to her room to sleep.
Shen Xuewei turned on the TV, and after watching for less than ten minutes, several other families in the village came over after smelling the fumes.
The television set that Chen Fangqiu brought back earlier was rendered unusable after it overheated and its components were damaged during the seven or eight hours that Chen Fangqiu had been running it continuously.
The one Chen Fangyang has now is a new one he bought after building the new house; it's twice the size of the previous one.
Everyone watched intently until after 10 p.m., when they reluctantly left.
After everyone left, Shen Xuewei moved all the chairs to the corner, closed the door, and went upstairs to sleep.
She slept until seven o'clock in the morning, and just as she was about to go back to sleep, she keenly heard a noise coming from downstairs.
"not good!"
She jumped out of bed quickly, not even having time to put on her shoes, and rushed downstairs, successfully stopping Granny Chen, who was carrying a basket on her back and had already taken two steps out the door.
"Grandma, you don't need to go to the fields today. You can rest at home."
Grandma Chen held up her hoe. She couldn't hear Shen Xuewei speaking, but she could guess what Shen Xuewei was going to say.
"Weiwei, move aside, I need to get to the fields!"
Shen Xuewei insisted on not giving in.
The two stood at the door for several minutes before Granny Chen gave in and went back with a long face.
When Shen Xuewei saw that she had thrown the basket and hoe aside and was lying on the recliner with a huff, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, in front of Granny Chen, he put her basket and hoe in the storeroom, and then... he found a lock and locked the storeroom.
Granny Chen glared at Shen Xuewei angrily.
Shen Xuewei chuckled, put the key in her pocket, and kept it close to her body.
Unable to get out of bed, Granny Chen drank several cups of wine during lunch and fell asleep reeking of alcohol.
As soon as she returned to her room, before Shen Xuewei had even finished cleaning up the dishes, she took out another lock and locked the front door from the inside.
It wasn't until evening, when Grandpa Chen and Grandma Xi returned from helping out, that the Chen family's door was reopened.
Shen Xuewei, who had enjoyed a rare day of fun listening to music, playing games, and reading novels, smiled broadly at her great-grandmother's mournful and accusatory expression.
When Granny Chen saw the grinning face on her face, she was so angry that she didn't speak to her for two whole weeks.
After the Chen family's farmland shrank by more than half, Shen Xuewei basically didn't need to go to the fields when she came back on weekends.
Compared to the busyness of the past, it's so much lighter now.
In the third week of school, Yun Li, who had not received any submissions from Shen Xuewei, finally couldn't sit still any longer.
Yunli: Weiwei, are you very busy now that you're in your third year of junior high school? Are you able to keep up with your studies?
Become a rich woman soon: The material I'm learning is indeed a bit harder than what I learned in the second year of junior high, but it's still okay.
Yunli: Oh, I see. Have you started a new book recently? You haven't submitted anything to me in almost three months.
Looking at the text she sent, Shen Xuewei glanced at the third novel she was editing on her computer, which she had submitted to Feng Xuemei, and fell silent.
How can I tell her... that she's already been poached by Feng Xuemei with a high fee for her writing?
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