Chapter 10 Chapter 10 Xiaolin refuses to work overtime
Lin Anran's married and divorced status prevents him from taking the college entrance examination. Fortunately, the country has long introduced night colleges, radio and television colleges, correspondence colleges, etc. to the public. As long as he can graduate successfully, he can get a diploma. If he wants to further his studies in the future, studying at night college is a good way.
In her previous life, Lin Anran was influenced by her grandmother, an English teacher, and studied English as a major in college. Now she is not sure what major to study, but she is sure that she does not want to continue studying English, even though studying English as a major will allow her to graduate easily.
By asking for directions, she walked all the way to the night university. Today happened to be Sunday, and there were many students attending classes at the night university. She arrived at the right time and easily found a staff member. The staff member asked Lin Anran to call her Sister Sun.
After asking about Lin Anran's personal situation, Sister Sun introduced the night school situation to Lin Anran in detail.
"Our night university was originally founded by several institutions with the approval of higher authorities. After years of development, the courses and learning methods have become more diverse, making it more convenient for citizens to learn various professional knowledge and improve themselves."
"Comrade Lin, you're planning to go to university, right? Let me explain. You only have a junior high school education and have graduated many years ago. If you've studied high school textbooks on your own and are confident in your knowledge, you can take the National Adult College Entrance Examination at the end of October this year. If you pass the exam and are admitted to university, the university will arrange your professional courses, and you can graduate with a diploma after completing your night school studies."
"If you're not sure, you can sign up for classes here now. However, your classes will be taught by teachers based on high school textbooks. You'll study with them for a year or two before taking the adult college entrance exam. The most difficult part is the self-study exam, which is a real test of your learning ability."
The textbooks that Lin Anran studied when she was in school were different from those of this era, and the original owner's memory of what she learned in school was basically returned to the teacher. The original owner's academic performance was average, so after her father fell ill and had to spend a lot of money on surgery and went into debt, she dropped out of school after junior high school, just like her elder brother Lin. In other words, she had to start from scratch, starting with elementary school textbooks.
"I have put down my books for a long time and need to start over. Sister Sun, do you know where I can buy textbooks? Used ones will do." Lin Anran immediately took action. She wanted to study the high school textbooks here.
When Sister Sun heard this, she smiled and said, "Walk out of the night school gate and turn a corner. There are many small vendors selling used books in that alley. You can go and find whatever you want."
Lin Anran was certain and asked, "Then how much will it cost for me to enroll in high school courses here?"
"It's free, but good teachers tend to have a lot of students attending their classes. If you really want to attend, remember to come early, otherwise you might just have to stand and listen. You have to prepare your own textbooks, paper, and pens," Sister Sun handed Lin Anran a few class schedules, saying she could take them home and look through them. "The teaching center has many other courses, including English, painting, accounting, and calligraphy... Even if you don't get into night school, you can find a good job if you learn a skill, especially English, which is much easier. You might consider it. English classes are the most popular."
Lin Anran looked down at the schedule: "English?"
After leaving the night school, Lin Anran turned a corner and stood at the entrance of the alley. The shouting became even louder. The alley was filled with small book stalls from beginning to end. People came to buy used books. She followed the crowd inside and found that the book stall had all kinds of old textbooks for all grades. She did not buy them immediately. Besides the fact that she could buy them easily, there was another important reason - did she have to buy all the textbooks from elementary school to high school?
Too many.
"Boss, can I rent books here?" Lin Anran quickly came up with a compromise. High school textbooks can be purchased, but elementary and junior high school textbooks can be rented and returned after reading.
The bookstall owner saw Lin Anran buy a few high school textbooks and smiled broadly. While collecting the money, he revealed something: "Sister, keep walking down the alley. There's a rental bookstore at the very end. The owners are a couple of retired teachers. They have a wider selection of books there. You can go there and take a look."
The plan works!
Lin Anran thanked the owner with a smile, stuffed her newly purchased high school textbooks into her backpack, and headed for the rental bookstore. The shop was quite large, and to her surprise, it actually had textbooks for every grade. Perhaps because the owner was a former teacher? Furthermore, no one frequented this small corner, as most people who visited the rental bookstore were there for entertainment, such as martial arts novels, romance novels, and comic books.
She raised her wrist to look at her watch. It was just after three in the afternoon. She might as well look through her elementary school textbooks here. She had paper and pen in her bag, so it would be convenient to take notes if she needed to. Lin Anran made the decision happily.
There are three rows of fixed tables and chairs by the window in the rental bookstore, where people who come into the store can sit and read. However, Lin Anran found that such a good seat was not full. What's outrageous is that those who can sit down are all busy studying, and no one is reading the books in the store. She sat down quietly and flipped through her elementary school textbooks.
Elementary school textbooks are indeed simple. Lin Anran read them happily and felt more confident and smarter, hehe.
The rental bookstore closed at 5:30, so she stayed until the last second to leave and borrowed a few textbooks. The rental bookstore was closed at night, so she could only come when she was on vacation. It took her just six days to finish one round of reading and then move on to a new round of books.
"Xiao Lin, are you planning to study again for night school?" Aunt Li asked as everyone gathered at the kitchen table for dinner. "I see a lot of textbooks piled up next to your little desk."
Hearing this, the others also looked towards Lin Anran with concern.
Uncle Wang looked at Lin Anran with a little more appreciation: "Learning more knowledge will be very useful for your future development, Xiaolin."
Chef Zhao patted his big belly and said with a smile, "My senior brother was invited to teach cooking at a night university. The teachers there have real ingredients, and the students don't have to pay tuition. Which night university are you planning to apply to, Xiaolin?"
Uncle Ding was curious: "Xiao Lin, what major do you want to study in night college?"
Lin Anran curved his lips and smiled. "Thank you all for your concern. Actually, I haven't made up my mind yet. I just found out today that there's a night school nearby, and out of curiosity, I went to check it out. The staff were very enthusiastic about telling me about it. I still need to think about it. I haven't read a textbook in years."
Uncle Wang comforted her: "This is something you really need to think about carefully. Come to me if you need help."
"Okay, Uncle Wang." It was precisely because her boss and colleagues were easy to get along with and cared about her that Lin Anran chose to tell the truth.
Aunt Li asked, "Xiao Lin, what courses are offered at that night school?"
Lin Anran showed the class schedule she brought back to Aunt Li: "It's a lot, Aunt Li, you can take a look."
Aunt Li took it and looked down at it. Chef Zhao and Uncle Ding also came to join in the fun. In the end, they all sighed that there were so many courses that they could never finish learning them all.
Lin Anran didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "So I just choose what I want to learn."
Lin Anran has added the arrangement of reading and studying, which makes her already limited free time even less. Now raising orchids has really become her way to relax and have fun. Fortunately, everything is moving in the right direction, so she works harder.
I received my salary yesterday and have a day off today. Lin Anran is feeling very happy and counts his money happily. His savings have increased by 500 yuan. If he works hard next month, his savings can reach four figures. That’s great!
Before going out, Lin Anran took care of the three orchids and aloe vera. Two weeks later, the orchids and aloe vera grew better and better. The leaves of the Phalaenopsis turned into a beautiful dark green, and the new leaves were tender and small. Although the Clivia had not grown new leaves for the time being, the originally slightly crooked and slightly yellow leaves had become thick, bright green and particularly neat, which could completely touch the hearts of people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. The Cymbidium was small, with four thin and long leaves, emerald green and shiny. The aloe vera was easier to take care of. As long as it was given enough growth needs, it would grow rapidly.
Lin Anran gently pinched the aloe vera and could feel the abundant juice under the skin without cutting it open. After nourishing the aloe vera, she could finally start using it. She would start trying it on her skin care products as soon as she came back.
Lin Anran went out with his bag to look for Uncle Wang, but he couldn't find him.
"Xiao Lin, are you looking for Uncle Wang?" Aunt Li asked when she saw her.
Lin Anran: "Yes, Uncle Wang is out?"
Aunt Li shook her head: "No, Uncle Wang saw Mr. Zhou out."
"Hey? Mr. Zhou still has to go out to work today?" Lin Anran's rest day is fixed on Sunday. Aunt Li doesn't mind when her rest day is. In Aunt Li's words, her home is in Shenzhen, so it doesn't matter which day she goes back. So when Lin Anran is on vacation, Boss Zhou also has a vacation. After all, it is still a single-day-off system now.
Aunt Li: "Mr. Zhou went to the train station to pick someone up."
Lin Anran was surprised: "Is it someone very important? Mr. Zhou needs to go pick him up in person?"
Aunt Li agreed. "Yes, Mr. Zhou went to answer the phone himself. How could someone who asked Mr. Zhou to answer the phone be unimportant? But I don't know who it was. Uncle Wang received a call this morning and immediately asked Mr. Zhou to answer the phone."
Lin Anran nodded and didn't ask any further: "Then I'll wait for Uncle Wang to come back."
Five minutes later, Uncle Wang came back from the villa gate. He first called everyone together and then looked at Lin Anran: "Xiao Lin, you want to go out for the day off today? Sure, but there's something I need to inform everyone. You should stay and listen."
Lin Anran: "Okay, Uncle Wang."
Everyone quickly gathered, and Uncle Wang said, "Mr. Zhou's cousin, Miss Zhou Yunxue, may be staying at the villa for a while. If there are any changes in your work, I will make arrangements first and increase your bonuses this month."
With Uncle Wang's words, everyone felt at ease. With one more person living in the villa, the workload of each employee would definitely increase, and everyone would naturally be happy with the bonus.
Before leaving, Lin Anran asked, "Uncle Wang, do I need to join everyone in welcoming Miss Zhou?"
Uncle Wang: "Xiao Lin, you have a day off today, so you don't have to go to work."
Yay!
Lin Anran didn't want to be treated specially, but today was her day off after six days of hard work. Did she have to work overtime for the sake of her boss's relative?
Don’t even think about it, refusing to work overtime is a good culture.
Lin Anran continued to go out peacefully. Every Sunday in the past two weeks, she would go to the rental bookstore. Now, when she saw the two owners in the store, she would chat for a while: "Teacher Xu and Teacher Zhou, I'm here to borrow the books and tables and chairs from your bookstore again."
It has to be said that the rental bookstore is a great place for self-study. Lin Anran likes coming here more and more. Occasionally, she will pick up a comic book or picture book to relax her body and mind after studying.
She had never seen anyone reading books in the study area before. It was because no one dared to, not because the bookstore did not allow it. Teacher Xu and Teacher Zhou were very easy-going. The entire building of the rental bookstore belonged to them. They opened this rental bookstore not to make money, but because they wanted to open a rental bookstore after they retired.
"Xiao Lin is here." Unlike the taciturn and fierce-looking Teacher Zhou, Teacher Xu is a kind and gentle old lady. The contrast between the two standing together is huge. Lin Anran suspects that it is Teacher Zhou that everyone is afraid of.
However, Lin Anran felt that although Teacher Zhou looked fierce, he was gentle inside, because the look in his eyes when he looked at Teacher Xu was always very gentle and focused. Look, it was like that now.
Lin Anran touched his stomach and felt full.
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