Chapter 50: Changing Tickets
The results of the school joint entrance examination are out.
Shen Ruoqing ranked third in the joint exam between the county and several nearby rural middle schools. Shen Ruoqing estimated that he could be in the top three, but he didn't expect to be ranked third. If he had checked his paper carefully before handing it in, he might have been able to rank higher.
The school was very happy and awarded Shen Ruoqing 10 yuan and commended him in front of all the teachers and students. This was a joint school exam, which concerned the reputation of the school. In the past, the top few places were taken by schools in the county, so it was already very good that Shen Ruoqing came in third.
Liu Xinyi in the audience was jealous to death. Although Shen Ruoqing's third place this time was a little lower than in the previous life, if it weren't for Shen Ruoqing, she wouldn't have done so poorly, and the ten dollars should have been hers.
She suppressed the reluctance in her eyes. If only she succeeded, the ten dollars could be her start-up capital. Liu Xinyi calculated in her mind, put on a smile at the end of the commendation, and walked towards Shen Ruoqing.
"Student Shen Ruoqing, congratulations. I may have misread the last time in the exam room. You won't blame me, right?"
"Did you read it wrong? Then Liu had better go to the hospital to check out his eyes. The results of this exam are not consistent with Liu's usual scores. Is it because he read the test paper wrong?"
The classmates around her laughed, and Liu Xinyi ran away with a red face.
Can't bear it? Then what? Collect money to make yourself unhappy? Shen Ruoqing thought to herself, Liu Xinyi's ability to bear pressure is too poor. She was originally wondering who instructed Liu Xinyi, and it seems that Liu Xinyi did it herself. She remembered that Liu Xinyi's grades were not bad, and she was in the top five in the class. Was she framing herself because of jealousy? Anyway, she should be careful with this Liu Xinyi in the future.
When Shen Ruoqing gave the ten dollars to Old Lady Ji, she refused to take it.
"My sweet baby is amazing. No wonder there is a saying that there is gold in books. Look at this kid. He is as amazing as my sweet baby. He can even make money by studying."
"My aunt is very capable." Shen Hansong touched his head. They are obviously the same, with the same brain, but my aunt is much smarter. With my aunt's guidance this time, Shen Hansong's grades have improved a lot. He ranks 8th in the class, and his ranking in the joint entrance examination is far behind.
"Wow, you can make so much money by studying?" Wang was also surprised. The tuition fee was only a few dollars, and Shen Ruoqing earned back double the tuition fee.
She tapped her two sons on the head and said, "Mom has told you to study hard. When will you earn a few dollars for me?"
Shen Hanwen and Shen Hanwu's grades were not very good, so they didn't react much when they heard this.
"If you have the ability, go and take the exam yourself. Why do you have to make things difficult for your son?"
"Hey, you little bastard..."
Mrs. Du looked at Shen Ruoqing with a complicated expression, not knowing what she was thinking.
Shen Xiangdong and his two brothers were very happy. They praised Shen Ruoqing again and again, which also made Old Mrs. Ji very happy. Shen Ruoqing felt a little embarrassed under the admiration of everyone.
"Okay, stop praising me, Mom. I'll hand over half of this money. I don't have much to spend it on."
"No need. I'm going to make it known today that from now on, all the money earned by studying will belong to whoever wants to study. Don't worry about it. If you have the ability, study well and go and earn money. Today is a happy day. Let's make dumplings to celebrate."
Old Lady Ji took out the flour and asked Shen Xiangnan to knead it. The family started to get busy. Because there was no meat, they made vegetarian dumplings. Usually, even if it was vegetarian dumplings, the Shen family would only make a few dumplings per person to try. Today, Old Lady Ji was happy and made a lot of dumplings. She also added wild boar oil to cook them. They were cooked until they were shiny. The adults ate more than 20 dumplings and the children ate more than 10 dumplings. Everyone was very full. They couldn't even drink the dumpling soup.
Now this year, dumpling soup is a good thing, and the family is reluctant to throw it away, not to mention that it is still greasy. Naturally, it is saved for dinner.
After eating, everyone sat in the yard and chatted.
"The sweet potatoes have been dug and should be distributed this afternoon. This year's New Year will be difficult," said Shen Xiangnan.
"Those educated youths can't do much work. Only Mu can do some work. By the way, today these educated youths are still exchanging sweet potatoes for rice with the villagers."
"It's good to exchange some rice mixed with sweet potatoes. The harvest is not good this year, so someone should exchange it. But they exchanged grain for rice. What should we do if there is not enough grain to eat?"
"The food in the educated youth camp is definitely not enough. Captain Tang will definitely not ignore it. It's not something we should worry about anyway."
Sweet potatoes were distributed in the afternoon. Since the educated youth did not earn much, the amount of sweet potatoes distributed was pitiful. Captain Tang made the decision and lent the educated youth another 500 kilograms of sweet potatoes. The educated youth also wanted some brown rice, but there was no way, because the previous rice had been delivered, so they could only lend the educated youth this many sweet potatoes. These sweet potatoes were obviously not enough to survive the winter, but the educated youth had to figure out how to get the rest.
Of course, these educated youths were not completely empty-handed. Even if they had nothing, most of them had a lot of tickets. For example, Mu Bai took out a bicycle ticket to exchange for rice.
Bicycle tickets. There are only two families in the village who have bicycles. One is Captain Tang's family, and the other is the village party secretary's family.
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If you ask people whether they want a bicycle, they definitely do. But few people can exchange for it. First, they don’t have enough rice to exchange for bicycle tickets, and second, even if they have enough rice to exchange for bicycle tickets, they don’t have enough money to buy a bicycle.
So even though everyone is envious, there is no one who really wants to make the change.
When she heard the news, Old Lady Ji was moved.
My family has fine grains and money. Bicycle tickets are hard to come by. Guaibao will be in high school in the second half of the year. With his grades, he will definitely be admitted to a high school, and he will definitely go to the county town. I have checked the bicycle ticket. It will expire at the end of next year. I can keep it first and buy a bicycle when Guaibao goes to high school. If it doesn't work out, I can sell it then. This deal is not a loss.
So Old Lady Ji exchanged twenty-five kilograms of rice for Mu Bai's bicycle ticket.
When Ji Meihua found out, she was so angry that her mouth was twisted.
"Every household is short of food, but Ji Hongying still has enough food to exchange for train tickets. She is showing off to me! And you, you little bitch, didn't you tell me that your grades would definitely surpass Shen Ruoqing's? Shen Ruoqing just got first place, how come you only got such a low score? Your family has spent a lot of money to support your schooling! Shen Ruoqing has received a 10 yuan bonus, and they have supported you to study for so long, but you have never brought anything back! And you keep throwing things away from home!"
Ji Meihua took out all her anger on Liu Xinyi.
Liu Xinyi only felt more resentful. She also persuaded Ji Meihua to exchange food for the bicycle ticket. Ji Meihua herself disagreed. Why did she take her anger out on herself? (End of this chapter)