novelraw Chapter 140 Tan Suyun is poor and fierce, what did he see in her?
Chapter 140 Tan Suyun is poor and fierce, what did he see in her?
Auditing students are students with official student status, but their grades are not included in the class average. They are mainly for students who did not pass the high school entrance exam, whose families are well-off, and who get in through connections.
They could attend classes with the officially admitted students, receiving the same treatment, except the tuition would double—from two yuan to four yuan per semester. If Yuyao could really go back to high school, her family would be willing to pay double again.
The school issued a certificate inviting Tong Yuyao and Tong Yuhan to participate in a math competition. Tong Yuheng then asked the class monitor for twenty days of leave for them.
The school issues the letters of introduction; the village doesn't need to provide them. Yuyao was, after all, an educated youth sent to the countryside; she needed to work every day, and her absence required explanation.
When Zhou Manman found out about this, she went to the brigade leader and made a scene, asking why she wasn't allowed to participate, since she was also a high school graduate!
Several students who had done well in school got interested in the idea and even went to the school to ask Teacher Yin to participate. However, when they heard that it would cost more than ten yuan to attend the training and that they would have to pass an assessment, they became hesitant.
To quiet them down, Teacher Yin gave them a set of practice questions to do, and well, they didn't solve a single one!
"Look at Tong Yuyao's test paper. This is the paper I tested her on the day before yesterday. Do you think just anyone can represent our school in the competition? If her grades are bad and she drags the team down, will you take responsibility?" Teacher Yin despised people like this who loved to cause trouble!
"If we high school students can't do it, surely we can do it in junior high?" Zhou Manman was still not giving up, and it was hard to tell how confident she was in her grades.
"How old are you? Junior high school students can't be older than 18, and high school students can't be older than 22. You're at least 20, right?"
Teacher Yin's sharp retorts left Zhou Manman speechless. The others realized that even if they could attend the training without spending their own money, could they really learn it? Let alone win an award—that was pure fantasy!
They had wasted their time and even angered the captain, so the group regretted their actions and vowed never to follow Zhou Manman's lead again.
The group returned to the educated youth settlement with their heads down. The others were fine, but Zhou Manman, who had instigated the fight, was ridiculed by Tan Suyun, and the two got into another fight.
Tan Suyun had learned some fancy martial arts moves from Tong Yuheng and her sisters, and she beat Zhou Manman so badly that she screamed like a chicken. Everyone had watched the show long enough before they went to break up the fight.
Ren Hongmin couldn't help but chuckle as he watched Tan Suyun's feathers grow wildly.
"What are you laughing at? Is it that funny?" Tan Suyun was a little angry.
"Yeah, that's hilarious! You're so funny! Hahahaha!" Ren Hongmin burst out laughing, finding his partner quite adorable.
"Well, I have something to announce to everyone." His smile faded, and he said formally, "I've decided to pursue Comrade Tan Suyun. Tan Suyun, I'm applying to accept your test; please give me a chance to prove myself!"
"What? You want to pursue her?! Didn't you know she was rejected by her fiancé?" Zhou Manman couldn't accept it the most because she had her eye on Ren Hongmin.
"Don't you know best why her engagement was broken off? Besides, breaking off the engagement isn't illegal. That family breaking off the engagement just means they're unlucky and have bad taste!" Ren Hongmin said domineeringly.
"I accept your pursuit. I'll observe you for three months, and if I'm satisfied, we'll get our marriage certificate!" Tan Suyun responded generously.
"Great! I'll definitely do my best, I'll definitely do my best. Hehehe!" Ren Hongmin could finally openly protect her.
The others were completely bewildered. When did Ren Hongmin take a liking to this tomboy? Tan Suyun was poor and fierce, what did he see in her?
Zhou Manman was depressed...
A few days later, Tong Yuyao and Tong Yuhan went to the provincial capital for training with the main group from their school. Qingshi County had a total of one hundred places for junior and senior high school students, but their county didn't even fill eighty spots.
The students live in dormitories previously occupied by university graduates, which are free. They eat three meals a day in the university cafeteria and exchange their own food coupons; the trainees are not required to provide food coupons.
Four people lived in one room. The two sisters shared a room, along with a high school girl from another school and the girl whose mother refused to let her go.
The girl from another school put her things away and went to find her classmates. Another girl nodded to them.
"Sister, you're here! That's great!" Yu Han didn't ask her why she came; she was simply happy that she was able to attend the training.
"Yeah, it took a lot of effort to convince my mom!" the girl said with a smile.
From the conversation, I learned that the girl promised to find a job for her younger brother, who is less than two years younger than her, on the condition that she participate in the competition training.
If she couldn't get good grades and secure a teaching position at the university, she would have to go to the countryside. Anyway, her mother wouldn't let her younger brother go to the countryside; even if she had a job, she would be forced to give it to him.
The other option is to get married, but she's even less willing to do that. She doesn't know if her in-laws will be easy to get along with, or if her sisters-in-law will be easy to get along with; there's a lot of trouble ahead.
"My mom gave me ten yuan, which is enough for food. I'll spend the rest of my time studying. Are you going home after this? Or do you want to study quietly in the dorm?"
The girl's name is Cui Junmei. Her ancestors were not from Northeast China, but from the South. Her father was a veteran of the Korean War and was assigned to Northeast China.
Her mother and father were betrothed when they were children, and the mother was brought from their rural hometown to get married, so they had no relatives to help them here. Her father's salary was only enough to support three children and one adult, so they weren't well-off, and he also had to send money back to their hometown to support his grandparents.
She also has a younger sister who is thirteen years old and in the first year of junior high school. Her sister is also a good student, but she is not good at math, so she can't attend classes like both of them.
"I want to study at home and go back to the dormitory when school starts," Yuyao said.
She was an educated youth sent to the countryside, so she tried to work as much as possible, otherwise there would always be mentally ill people watching her, thinking of reporting her for shirking her duties.
If she can achieve good results in the competition, it will bring glory to Qingshi County. It would be good for her to stay in school for a while longer.
The school system here is 5-3-3, meaning five years of primary school, three years of junior high, and three years of senior high. This is the same as the school system in Yan City, unlike later schools where primary school is six years long.
Xiao Wu had already finished learning all the junior high school material in Yan City, and with the extra intensive study during the winter, he was able to skip from the first year of junior high to the third year without any problem. After half a year, he took the high school entrance exam with Linglong. Now it's vacation time, and he'll be in the first year of high school with Linglong when school starts.
"Aren't you noisy with so many sisters at home? It's so quiet at school! Haha, actually I'm looking for a companion. It's so weird to live in such a big dormitory building with only a few people." Cui Junmei said shyly.