novelraw Chapter 537: The 1950s Cannon-Fodder Tagalong (16)
Chapter 537: The 1950s Cannon-Fodder Tagalong (16)
Kids always love excitement. Seeing her little daughter so enthusiastic, Ms. Wei didn't think anything was wrong at the moment. In fact, she was quite happy in her heart right now.
Loving to study is a good thing! No matter the era, educated people always have far more paths open to them than ordinary folks!
Naturally, the more things one can grasp in their hands, the better!
As someone who had repeatedly tried to find a job but was repeatedly thwarted due to lacking academic qualifications, no one understood the importance of education better than Wei Qiao.
Although Ning Ning was still young, she was visibly clever. Starting school earlier would allow the sisters to look out for each other, which was also a good thing!
Thinking this, Ms. Wei immediately nodded in agreement. The very next day after work, she even took her two daughters to the nearest supply and marketing cooperative and picked out two brand new little blue schoolbags embroidered with sunflowers.
Following the example of the Little Wang Brat from earlier, she also got a whole set of pencils and stationery for each of her two daughters.
As for her eldest son from before, he was already not so little when his father passed and had been sent to school early on. Deeply understanding the importance of education, and since the tuition had already been paid for that term, it wasn't stopped. It was only later when the family truly had no money that he was delayed for half a year.
Later, as soon as she started working and got her wages, Wei Qiao sent him back to continue.
No matter how disappointed she was, he was still her own son in the end, and she still hoped for his good!However, unlike the government organ elementary school where An Ning and the others were, this cheap older brother Jiang Wei Guo attended was just an ordinary primary school nearby.
Great, no need to be stuck near that annoying fellow. Putting other things aside, An Ning was quite happy about this point.
Yet, this bit of happiness lasted for only a few short days.
Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar textbook in front of her, the first time through... wait, didn't... didn't remember it?
At the desk, a six-year-old little girl with pretty buns in her hair and a brand new butterfly hair clip couldn't help but blink.
Hmm, as expected, An Ning thought to herself. Her earlier ominous premonition had indeed come true.
As the saying goes, whether it's skills or other things, under the passage of long time, no knowledge or memory is eternally unforgettable.
So, some life-saving skills from before, like medicine, cultivation, supernatural abilities, and the most basic mathematics. Even though the spiritual energy in that previous world itself was extremely scarce, and no matter how hard one tried in a lifetime, they could only linger at the initial stage of Qi Refining. Furthermore, with limited aptitude, it was difficult to even break through the first or second layer.
Even so, she would rather spend some spirit stones from the start and make an effort to try.
Apart from self-protection, it was more about making herself thoroughly familiar with this feeling!
But this body... hmm... how to put it?
An Ning couldn't help but let out a long, deep sigh!
She had already tried it when she first arrived. The little girl looked quite clever, but unfortunately, her memory and thinking ability were simply incomparable to her own from before.
Even though she had secretly undergone marrow cleansing earlier and had barely managed to store a tiny bit of spiritual energy within her body, her memory in this regard could still only be described as above average at best!
And this was after being enhanced by her soul.
What kind of situation was this? Looking clever on the surface, but actually being half a born academic dunce!
Having finally come to the modern era, intending to learn something new, An Ning: "..."
Unbelievable. An Ning couldn't help but look up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle. She truly never expected the first step to trip her up on this!
Hmm! Whatever, life was pretty hard in the previous lifetime anyway. Occasionally relying on old skills isn't bad either!
Of course, while thinking this inwardly, on the surface, she still had to play the genius persona for a while.
It's 1955 now. By 1966, universities and technical secondary schools will successively suspend classes, and there will be the educated youth going to the countryside. To avoid hardship, she must at least graduate before that.
The current primary-middle-high school system is "5+3+2," which is a ten-year system.
Technical secondary school?
Indeed, due to the hardware issues of this lifetime, An Ning had indeed considered it for a while. But most technical secondary schools at this time were for mechanics, chemical engineering, or even education. Medical ones were mostly nursing schools.
Unless one reached the top, most graduates would be sent to work at the grassroots level. Among them, accounting might be a bit easier.
Considering the severity of that ten-year period and the natural disadvantageous position of the mother and her two daughters, An Ning couldn't help but shake her head:
Naturally, it's better to have more chips in hand.
It's fine to borrow influence appropriately, but she couldn't truly pin her hopes on this cheap new dad!
In short, if conditions permit, she still prefers university more.
Even if she can't become a top-notch scientific researcher, being a public official is also a pretty good path.
It's definitely better than having no power or influence. Just like in the previous life, a small joke from a person in a high position could easily destroy the original owner's entire family!
Who knows how many people like that Meng woman exist in this lifetime?
Covering her little head, An Ning couldn't help but sigh. Fine, for now, take one step at a time, first see how far she can skip grades!
Although it seemed like she thought a lot, it actually only took a few moments. Thinking of this lifetime's "talent," An Ning quickly refocused her gaze on the textbook in front of her.
Hmm... best to test into middle school within a year or two?
With this mindset, as a little elementary school chicken who just turned six, An Ning surprisingly became serious.
The specific manifestation was that since starting school, An Ning no longer went out to play in her daily life. Occasionally, when idle, she didn't bicker with the Little Wang Brat anymore. This six-year-old little one was either reading or on her way to read every day.
She had forcefully transformed from the previous little chili pepper into the current bookworm.
Making money? Sorry, sister has no time for that right now!
If she didn't occasionally still speak with her sharp tongue, Wang Yong Hua would almost suspect that this little sister had been swapped out!
Even a month later, An Ning specifically borrowed last year's second-grade textbooks and some exercises from the Little Wang Brat in the neighboring room.
Another month or so passed. Seeing that this cheap little sister had already started secretly reaching for his third-grade textbooks, while he himself barely scraped by in exams every time, the Little Wang Brat finally completely broke down!!!
Especially after secretly getting hold of An Ning's calculation notebook and tragically discovering that the answers were exactly the same as those announced by the teacher...
Wang Yong Hua: "!!!"
What the heck? They're all human brains, can the difference really be this huge?
That Meng woman, right? He, Wang Yong Hua, remembers her!
Thinking of his dad's recently restless little leather whip lately. Undoubtedly, at this moment, regarding the Miss Meng who caused him to hit his head and "suffer a decline in intelligence," the Little Wang Brat in front of him undoubtedly hated her to the bone!
Completely forgetting that even before his head got cracked, he had also been barely scraping by in exams every time.
Anyway, blaming others is always more comfortable than blaming oneself at any time.
In short, all the fault, every bit of it, lies with that Meng woman.
It's all because of that Meng woman's malicious scheming that damaged his originally super smart brain, Wang Yong Hua's!
Because of this episode, Meng Yu, who was almost about to be pulled out by her own father but then "joyfully" received an extra year of farm labor due to "poor reformation attitude": "..."
Jiang An Yun, who felt sleepy at the mere sight of books but was forced to receive tutoring from her little sister from time to time: "..."
Wait, did mom miss something when she gave birth to me?
If talking about the Wang family at this moment, the happiest one was undoubtedly Wei Qiao. Especially when, over half a year later, with Director Wang's connections and the successive paving of the way with Huazi cigarettes, An Ning smoothly skipped grades to the graduating class with perfect scores of double hundreds on the fifth-grade exam papers.
Wei Qiao: "..."
"I never thought our family actually had a genius! Thinking about your mom back then, it took me forever just to recognize one page of characters!"
Extremely amazed, she stroked her little daughter's clever little head. While sighing repeatedly with emotion, Wei Qiao's hands deftly brought to the table the large pig's trotters she bought and the nearly two jin of big fish she specifically went to the supply and marketing cooperative to snatch up early this morning!
Since her little daughter is so smart, what does that mean? It means she, Wei Qiao, definitely wasn't stupid back then either! As for why she didn't learn very well earlier...
It must have been because of poor nutrition when she was young, affecting her clever little brain!
She always said it! Clearly, among all the siblings in the entire family, she was the cleverest!
As for the children's father? Don't even mention him. A simpleton, only that physique of his was somewhat useful!
So, case solved!
"Our Ning Ning's little brain definitely takes after your mom!" At this moment, Wei Qiao's tone was exceptionally certain, even carrying a sense of vindication, as if a past injustice had been thoroughly cleared!
An Ning, basking in the halo of a genius but actually having to recite an elementary school language textbook more than once or twice: "..."
Jiang An Yun, who had been feeling noticeably strained lately because her sister was busy skipping grades: "..."
Secretly glancing at her eldest sister, who, just like the Little Wang Brat, kept trying to hide her test papers behind her back, An Ning:
Heh, in a certain sense, Ms. Wei's words weren't entirely wrong...
Not far away, seeing this scene, the cheap dad, Old Wang, seemed thoughtful:
"Wife, what do you think about having Ning Ning and A Yun take my surname from now on?"