Running around
Shen Anyan went out today and encountered something not so good.
Standing at the stairwell, the only way down was by a man. He was a stocky fellow, with three or four curlers stuck to his hair, and he was wearing a bright red floral shirt, looking incredibly domineering.
It was Shen Anyan’s landlord.
The landlady had chosen this time on Saturday specifically to block the other party. When they met, she put down the cigarette she had just smoked and walked in front of Shen Anyan.
"Little girl, I don't want to say anything too harsh. I know it's not easy for you to live alone, so I've already given you three months' rent grace period. I'm not trying to be charitable, so I understand that you're short on cash right now. It's okay to delay it for a few months, but I think you're really planning on staying here, right?"
The landlady bluntly explained her purpose and issued an ultimatum: "It's up to you. Either pay the three months' rent plus next month's rent by today, or get out. I blame it on myself, so you can just default on the first three months' rent."
Chen Anyan had never encountered such a predicament. She had never lacked money since she was a child. This was the first time she was treated as a deadbeat. For a moment, she wished she could find a hole to crawl into.
In all honesty, she hadn't considered owing the landlord money. Others had system cheats and golden fingers, but she hadn't only lost her biggest cheater, her CEO sister, but also ended up in debt. Chen Anyan had been trying to find ways to make money these days, but her original situation was truly difficult. She couldn't resort to stealing or robbing, and she couldn't find a way to make a lot of money quickly.
Shen Anyan knew he was in the wrong, so he sincerely apologized to the landlady and promised, "I will definitely not refuse to pay you, don't worry."
The landlady obviously didn't believe it, but she had no choice but to wave her hand impatiently and left as she faced a child who had just reached adulthood.
After seeing off the landlady, Shen Anyan felt a wave of worry. Before she traveled through time, her family was a well-known and wealthy family in Beijing, but her elder sister had always been in charge of the family business, and she knew nothing about it. Going into business was not going to work for her.
Special talents? Her special talents are astronomy and painting, which are not very useful in making money.
Chen Anyan pondered this and that, then wandered the streets again to see if he could get some inspiration. In those days, walls were covered in job postings, and Chen Anyan scanned them all: "Professional Toilet Repairer," "Hot Guys Waiting for You," "Secret Aphrodisiac Recipe," and so on.
Unfortunately, she is not a hot brother, nor does she know how to fix a toilet, and she does not need aphrodisiacs. These things are of no use to her in making money.
Just as he was silently complaining in his heart, Shen Anyan's eyes turned and he saw two small advertisements posted on the corner of the wall.
One is "Buying second-hand goods at high prices" and the other is "Sincerely recruiting private tutors."
Whether these two small advertisements are sincere or not is another matter, but they did provide Shen Anyan with new ideas.
Unlike the future, the crackdown on students taking private tutoring isn't as severe now. It's hard to say about Shen Anyan's other qualities, but his grades in school were quite impressive, whether in the arts or sciences. Does tutoring seem feasible?
The original resume of being the first in the city in the high school entrance examination is now quite impressive and will definitely be competitive when put on the resume.
And the high price of recycling second-hand goods also gave Shen Anyan a flash of inspiration.
She hurried back to her rented apartment and found the clothes she was wearing when she first crossed over.
How could she forget this!
Shen Anyan comes from a well-off family, and the clothes he wears are all branded goods, which can be sold for a large sum of money.
It’s a little difficult to sell clothes and other things, but she was wearing a jade bracelet on her hand when she came, so it should be worth some money.
She took the things and happily went out to find a second-hand goods store.
The shop owner took the bracelet, examined it carefully, and then surreptitiously glanced at the seemingly young boy across from him. He tentatively asked, "How about fifty thousand?"
Chen Anyan hadn't originally expected to make a fortune selling jewelry; he just wanted to pay off his rent quickly. Seeing that the price was enough to pay it back and there was still some left over, he nodded and agreed.
The shop owner was delighted, knowing that he had met a sucker, so he quickly handed over the money and the goods, and negotiated this unexpected fortune.
After paying off the outstanding rent and prepaying this month's and next month's rent, he still had over 40,000 yuan left. Debt-free, Shen Anyan happily set out to find a job as a tutor.
The landlady didn't expect the other party to be able to collect the money so quickly. After finding out that the money Shen Anyan paid was earned by selling things, she waved her hand and let the other party leave with relief.
It would definitely not work to apply directly by looking for a job in a small advertisement on the roadside. Shen Anyan went to an Internet cafe to check online, and chose a well-received and relatively authoritative agency. He went there to fill out the information and apply.
After finishing all these things one after another, most of the weekend had passed. Shen Anyan no longer had the energy to go out and play, so he spent the rest of his time resting in his rented apartment.
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But at school, there's no such leisure. After the opening exams, the teachers are working overtime in the office to mark the papers.
Chen Yuan sneered as she graded the math papers. She was ruthless, unmoved by the students' dismal performance. She would deduct every possible point, deducting as much as she could, even if the answer was barely acceptable. Even if the student's score was two points lower, she would still deduct the maximum possible point.
After grading another paper, as expected, it barely passed. Chen Yuan took the next paper and complained to his colleagues at the next table, "Look at these people. They've lost their minds and are answering like they're sleepwalking."
Teacher Jiang pushed up his reading glasses and said cheerfully, "That's good. It's just the beginning of the school year, so be careful with them."
She poked the answer sheet in her hand and scolded with a smile: "Your work is fine. Math is simple, D is D, Mao is Mao. I've been suffering a lot. Look at what these bastards wrote. It's bullshit."
Lao Jiang is a cultured person, and usually he is polite even when he gets angry. But grading papers is really tiring, and even this usually kind old lady starts to curse.
Wang Meixin, the teacher from the next class, also joined the conversation. She was incredibly fast at grading papers, and like Math Teacher Chen, she was very ruthless in her scoring. In no time, she had finished grading several papers, and the scores were scattered.
Teacher Wang said, "Well, during the summer vacation, everyone had a blast and forgot everything they learned. If they get a failing grade, they'll behave themselves."
Teacher Chen smacked his lips and said, "You really failed?"
Although she was deducted a lot of points, she still managed to get a passing grade.
Teacher Wang was calculating the scores on the written test. When he saw that it was exactly 60, he went back and found two points to deduct, making it 58.
"Of course you have to be tough on these bastards. You give them 60 bucks, and they're still smug, thinking they're really capable of passing the exam without studying for a whole summer."
Teacher Chen thought what he said made sense, so he turned around and changed the scores of those test papers that had just passed the passing line to failing.
If the students from the two classes heard the teachers' conversation, they would probably burst into howling.
The political teacher didn't say anything. He was a young man and didn't quite agree with the ideas of the old teachers, so he gave them very high scores.
The English teacher couldn't help but interrupt, "Exactly. It's the same here. Hey, I just graded a paper, and it got full marks. It seems some students did study hard during the holiday."
Wang Meixin rolled her eyes when she heard that.
Teacher Chen was generous and responded, "That's good. English is a strong subject in the liberal arts class. I don't have such a strong student in math."
She sighed as she corrected the next test paper. Her hands moved faster than her brain, and after ticking four boxes in a row, Chen Yuan realized that this was the first test paper she had ever encountered where all the fill-in-the-blank questions were correct.
You know, the last math fill-in-the-blank question is always the most difficult question on the test paper, and only a handful of students can get it right. She also told her students that they only need to glance at the last question, and if they don't have an idea, skip it and do it last.
Besides, the test was made difficult to keep the students focused. Chen Yuan was slightly surprised and changed the next question.
Yes, yes, yes, it’s still right.
Chen Yuan's eyes became brighter and brighter.
After she finished correcting the last big question, she felt a surge of joy in her heart. Ninety points was no problem. It all depended on how many points she could get on the multiple-choice questions.
Restraining his excitement, Chen Yuan looked at the score column of the multiple-choice questions.
Just as she expected, everything was correct!
Full marks!
Jiang He noticed the situation at the next table and asked curiously, "What's wrong? You look so happy. Did you get a high-scoring paper?"
Chen Yuan couldn't hide his smile: "Hey, it really came true. I also got a perfect score on the paper."
Even Wang Meixin looked over in surprise. "Full marks? I heard the math test was pretty tough this time, wasn't it? Those kids in our class were screaming and howling after the test."
Chen Yuanxi said happily: "I thought so too. I would be satisfied if I could get one over 130. I really didn't expect it."
The English teacher couldn't help but ask, "Can you tell which student it is?"
The political teacher laughed and said, "Needless to say, I guess it's either He Qingtian or Gu Cijiang."
The name column on the answer sheet was sealed. Without saying a word, Chen Yuan picked up a ruler and lifted up the sealing strip to take a peek.
Wang Meixin hurriedly said, "Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? There's no rush."
Chen Yuan laughed and said, "What's the big deal? It's not the college entrance exam... Oh, I saw it. Xiao Qi, you guessed wrong. This student's name has two characters."
Wang Meixin's curiosity was piqued, and she asked, "Two words. Hey, Mr. Jiang, why don't I remember this student in either of our classes?"
Teacher Jiang probably had an idea in mind. She smiled and said, "Didn't you forget that we just had a new student transfer into our class this semester?"
Chen Yuan said: "Oh, I remember now. I was wondering why this name looked so unfamiliar. It turned out to be her!"
She flattened the sealing strip again and announced the name of the student who had scored full marks with a smile.
"feast."
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