Chapter 87 (One Update)
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"It's nothing," Mu Shaoyan said nonchalantly. "Please sit down."
"You should sit down. You need to ask Brother Duan Yi some questions." Ye Qingxi said, and sat down in his special chair.
Mu Shaoyan then took off his coat and sat down in his seat.
By the time Mu Shaoyan finished asking his questions, finished learning, and left Duan Yi's house, it was already completely dark.
Duan's mother still packed a few buns for Ye Qingxi, saying, "These are filled with chives and eggs."
"Thank you," Ye Qingxi said politely.
Mu Shaoyan took it from him and carried it in his hand. The two walked home together.
A cold wind was blowing. Ye Qingxi held Mu Shaoyan's hand and looked at the steamed buns he was carrying in his other hand. She thought about how the weather was getting colder and colder, and how hard it must be for Duan Yi's mother to get up early to sell steamed buns.
Even if he buys things every few days, the amount he can help the mother and son is actually quite limited.
It would be great if more people bought it.
"That's right," Ye Qingxi suddenly thought. Duan Yi's mother's steamed buns were so delicious that not only he thought they were delicious, but his father, his uncle, and others also thought they were delicious. She could totally open a steamed bun shop.
In this way, she wouldn't have to work so hard every morning to earn money, and endure the biting cold winds in autumn and winter.
only……
Opening a shop is a big deal. Even if he is willing to provide the money, and Duan Yi's mother only needs to provide the technical skills, he is still young, and Duan Yi's mother will definitely not agree to cooperate with him. Therefore, Mu Shaoyan has to step in. In the end, not only he and Duan Yi's mother will be busy, but also Mu Shaoyan and Duan Yi.
Thinking of this, Ye Qingxi's enthusiasm waned.
Mu Shaoyan finally started to study properly.
Duan Yi, on the other hand, was just waiting to defy fate and change his destiny through the college entrance examination.
This time would distract them from opening the store, and not only would Duan Yi's mother definitely not want it, but he himself wouldn't want it either.
Ye Qingxi sighed silently in his heart, thinking that he should just forget about it. It's only one autumn and winter. He should try his best to buy more of Duan Mama's buns so that Duan Mama can work less at the stall and suffer less from the cold. As for opening a shop, he would talk about it after his uncle and Duan Yi finished their college entrance examinations.
"Uncle, I have my midterms coming up soon, what about you?" he asked Mu Shaoyan.
He should be taking his midterms soon.
Sure enough, Mu Shaoyan nodded and said, "I'll be there soon too."
"Then let's have a competition and see who does better on the test."
Mu Shaoyan has been taking extra classes for quite some time now; it's time to put him to the test and see what he's really made of.
Of course, Ye Qingxi didn't expect that he could go from the bottom to the top in just over twenty days. As long as there was progress compared to before, Ye Qingxi would be satisfied.
Mu Shaoyan: ...
Mu Shaoyan surrendered immediately, "Then I definitely can't beat you."
"Then you should do well on your exam too, Uncle." Ye Qingxi tilted her head. "Here's what we'll do: if you do well on your exam this time, I'll give you a gift."
"How do you define a decent exam result?" Mu Shaoyan asked sincerely.
Ye Qingxi didn't want him to know that she already knew his current class ranking, so she answered in a childlike tone, "I don't know either, so I plan to ask Brother Duan Yi later. If he says you did well, then you definitely did well."
Mu Shaoyan: ...Is it too late for him to start bribing Duan Yi from today?
If he had known, he wouldn't have been so arrogant in front of Duan Yi!
Ye Qingxi was preparing for his midterm exams, but before the exams, he received an unexpected gift.
The gift was given by Li Wei.
"This is for you, Xiaoxi." On Friday afternoon, when Li Wei picked him up from school, he handed him a cutely wrapped little box. "Thank you for treating me to steamed buns before."
Ye Qingxi was surprised; was there actually a return gift?
He took it, looked at the small box with curiosity, and asked, "Can I open it now?"
"Sure," Li Wei said softly.
Ye Qingxi quickly unwrapped the packaging paper and opened the box in front of her, only to find two felted wool figures inside.
These two felted wool figures are very exquisite, and one of them even has a hanging ring so it can be hung on a schoolbag.
But that's not the point. The point is that these two felted wool figures are none other than him and Mu Feng.
Ye Qingxi was utterly dumbfounded.
He slowly picked up the felt figure in front of him and saw an old man with black hair sitting cross-legged on a green leaf. Beside him, a child was lying relaxed on his lap. The old man raised one hand and gently stroked the child's hair.
Both figures are designed in a cute, chibi style, yet they are instantly recognizable, being both adorable and faithful to the original.
Ye Qingxi loved it so much that she wished she could hang it on her schoolbag right now.
"So cute!" Ye Qingxi exclaimed. "Uncle Li, did you make this? You're amazing!"
"My sister made it for me," Li Wei said somewhat embarrassedly. "I don't have such good cooking skills, so I asked her to do it for me."
However, he provided photos of Ye Qingxi and Mu Feng.
Of course, money was also provided.
"Then please thank her for me," Ye Qingxi said sincerely. "Thank you too, Uncle Li."
"You're welcome," Li Wei said with a smile. "I originally wanted to give it to you earlier, but this thing takes quite a while to make, so I delayed it until now."
"It's alright." Ye Qingxi didn't mind at all. "Slow and steady wins the race. Wool felting is very time-consuming, and I really like it."
"If you like it, that's fine." Li Wei glanced at him in the rearview mirror, feeling somewhat pleased.
That day, he asked Mu Feng what Ye Qingxi liked, and Mu Feng only said, "You've been giving him gifts lately, what do you think?"
Li Wei thought about this question carefully and concluded that Ye Qingxi liked the Mu family and its members.
So he thought of the felted wool figurines that his younger sister often made, and decided to give them to Ye Qingxi.
As expected, Ye Qingxi liked it very much.
The car stopped in front of the house. Ye Qingxi got out of the car, took the wool felt doll, and ran inside.
He ran all the way into the house and saw Mu Feng sitting on the sofa scratching Cotton Candy's chin. He quickly ran up to him.
"Grandpa, Uncle Li gave me a gift," Ye Qingxi said happily.
Mu Feng withdrew his hand. He remembered that Li Wei had indeed expressed such a meaning before, but it had been almost two or three weeks since then.
"Judging from your expression, you really like it," Mu Feng said.
Ye Qingxi nodded, then took out the wool felt he had hidden behind his back and showed it to him. "Isn't it cute?"
Mu Feng was stunned for a moment.
He never expected Li Wei to give Ye Qingxi such a gift.
How should I put it?
Mu Feng took the wool felt from Ye Qingxi's hand and put it into his own.
He looked at the chibi versions of himself and Ye Qingxi and a very faint smile appeared on his face.
It's definitely something kids will like.
As expected of my assistant, she's quite smart and perceptive.
Ye Qingxi sat down next to him and pointed to the two things, saying, "This is me, and this is you, Grandpa."
Mu Feng recognized him immediately. He just thought it was so cute, like his grandson, but not like him at all.
"Is this how your grandfather is?"
Ye Qingxi nodded.
In his heart, Mu Feng was a lovable grandfather who was both serious and gentle.
"I'll hang it on my schoolbag in a little while, and Pei Liang and the others will see it when I go to school tomorrow. They'll definitely be very envious," Ye Qingxi said happily.
After saying that, he suddenly realized a problem: no, he couldn't hang it on his backpack yet.
—Qin Cheng did not.
They are both Mu Feng's grandsons, but he has one while Qin Cheng doesn't, which is not good.
So when Ye Qingxi was in the car picking up Mu Shaoyan, she said to Li Wei, "Uncle Li, could you make another one of those felted wool figurines that you gave me?"
He said, "I'll pay your sister."
Li Wei asked, puzzled, "Is there something you don't like about it?"
Ye Qingxi shook her head, "No, it's just that I really like it and I want to hang it on my schoolbag, so I wanted to make another one. Otherwise, my brother might feel bad if he sees it."
"Have your sister make another one for my brother, one for him and one for my grandfather. I'll give her the money."
Li Wei hadn't expected him to think of these things; after all, even a shrewd adult like him hadn't considered it.
He only thought of it as a gift to repay Ye Qingxi for the steamed buns, so he didn't think much of it.
But they forgot that the Mu family doesn't only have one child.
But Ye Qingxi remembered it and hoped that he could give Qin Cheng a similar gift.
He is so generous and open, gentle and thoughtful. No wonder the Mu family likes him so much.
“Okay,” Li Wei agreed. “I’ll have my sister make another one for Xiao Cheng, but you don’t need to pay her. Consider it a gift from me to both of you.”
"How could I possibly do that?" Ye Qingxi didn't want to take advantage of him.
“There’s nothing to be embarrassed about,” Li Wei said with a smile. “Anyway, the money I have is from your grandfather, so it’s as if your grandfather has already paid for it.”
"How can that be the same?" Ye Qingxi thought to herself. "Does he really treat him like a child? His grandfather paid wages, not payments for goods."
However, Li Wei's words clearly indicated that he didn't want Ye Qingxi to pay, so Ye Qingxi didn't argue with him much. As he said, his money came from his grandfather, so he only needed to tell his grandfather about it when he got back, and his grandfather would naturally not mistreat him.
"Okay, thank you, Uncle Li," Ye Qingxi said kindly.
Li Wei smiled and reached out to rub his head.
Ye Qingxi didn't rush to hang his felted wool figurine on his schoolbag.
He patiently waited for Li Wei's sister to finish making his felted wool figurine for Qin Cheng. In the process, he even took several photos of Qin Cheng and sent them to Li Wei, hoping they would be helpful to him.
Li Wei looked at the front, side, and close-up photos of Qin Cheng that he had sent him, and didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Li Wei: [That's enough, that's enough. My sister says it's enough, that's more than enough.]
Ye Qingxi then stopped the person taking pictures: 【Then I'll wait for you~】
Li Wei laughed: [Okay.]
He put his phone away, thinking to himself, "This kid is really lovable."
Ye Qingxi waited a week, but instead of receiving Qin Cheng's felted wool figurine, she received the midterm exams.
He hadn't really taken the exam seriously. After all, he was only a first-year student, and if he didn't do well, he really wouldn't have to go to school anymore. He should just pack up and go back to his old ways.
Therefore, when Ye Qingxi answered the questions, she wrote them down very quickly and without hesitation.
It wasn't until the last exam that Ye Qingxi suddenly realized something was wrong. He was supposed to be a normal student this time, but he had slept through so many classes and was even a year younger than a normal first-year student. If he did too well on the exam, wouldn't that confirm that he was a genius?
Ye Qingxi doesn't want to be a genius.
Being a genius is too much trouble; he doesn't like it.
He picked up his pen, ready to change a few answers, turning the correct ones into wrong ones.
However, a second before the eraser fell, he hesitated again. Although he didn't want to be a genius, Mu Shaowu seemed to like him being a genius, always calling him "Genius Baby".
Moreover, before the exam today, Mu Shaowu sent him a voice message to encourage him to do his best. Mu Shaoyan also told him not to be nervous before he left home. Even Mu Shaoting rushed back last night to ask him if there was anything he didn't understand, and she could teach him.
They probably actually hoped he would do well on the exam.
Ye Qingxi rested her chin on her left hand and twirled the eraser in her right, pondering whether or not to change it. To change it or not to change it, that was the question.
Before he could figure it out, the bell rang to signal the end of the exam.
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
The proctor announced, "Stop answering the questions now. The teacher is collecting the papers. No one is allowed to write anymore."
Ye Qingxi: ...
Well, now it's too late to change it.
He put away his pen and watched as the proctor took away his exam paper.
"It's alright," Ye Qingxi thought to himself. After all, he had promised his homeroom teacher that he would get good grades.
Moreover, Ye Qingxi comforted himself, saying that the question was so simple that many people must have answered it very well. He was sandwiched among everyone and would not be noticed at all.
Yes, Ye Qingxi nodded. Certainly, at the very least, Pei Liang must have answered very well, and his score must be similar to his, maybe even the same or higher.
With that thought in mind, he felt reassured after the teacher collected all the papers, picked up his schoolbag, packed his stationery, and left with a flourish.
However, Ye Qingxi never dreamed that when he returned to school after the weekend, just one day later, the first-grade teachers' office, where they had painstakingly graded all the first-grade students' test papers, was instantly thrown into chaos.
This exam only covered three subjects: Chinese, Mathematics, and English. Surprisingly, some people got full marks in every single one of them.
It was none other than Ye Qingxi, who had slept, daydreamed, drifted off, and played with her watch in every single one of their teachers' classes.
Teachers: ...
Ye Qingxi's teachers all fell silent!
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