Rebirth: Starting from a Trainee Teacher

Chapter 4: Ruthless Cousin

"Ride slower."

Liu Hanyu did not hug Zhou Jing, but supported him from behind.

"Hold me, my skills are average, be careful not to throw you out, and you can't lean back on the uphill road."

Zhou Jing said seriously.

"Don't lead me into a ditch."

Liu Hanyu moved her butt forward, straightened her back, held Zhou Jing's shoulders with one hand, and gently grasped Zhou Jing's clothes around his waist with the other hand.

"So let you hold me tight. It makes me feel itchy when you hold me like this, but I'm not taking advantage of you."

Zhou Jing dodged deliberately, causing Liu Hanyu to bump into his back. The soft shock absorption was very comfortable.

"Just trying to take advantage of me."

Liu Hanyu put down her hand that was supporting Zhou Jing's shoulder and hugged the boy shyly.

Liu Hanyu felt weird the first time she hugged a boy other than her younger brother. The masculine aura from the boy gave her an indescribable feeling. Her tense body relaxed and she lay on the boy's back.

"I tried to take advantage of you so I dragged you right into the cornfield."

Zhou Jing said with a snort.

Liu Hanyu smiled and said, "You dare? My uncle is a policeman."

Zhou Jing also laughed and said, "Do you know what it means to be extremely bold?"

"Did you deliberately push me over when we fell on the corn stack during the winter break in sixth grade?"

Liu Hanyu suddenly remembered that when she was a child, she was playing on a corn pile. Zhou Jing fell and pressed her underneath. The two of them were mouth to mouth when they fell. She didn't take it seriously at the time and got up to continue playing.

"I have forgotten what happened in the past. Did I hurt you?"

Zhou Jing remembered but did not admit it.

To be honest, Zhou Jing still remembers the cool feeling with a hint of fragrance when he touched Liu Hanyu's lips.

"What do you think?" Liu Han was speechless. "I'm already a senior without realizing it. What did you do in college?"

"Play games, travel, participate in sports games, write online novels, and teach part-time at tutoring classes."

Zhou Jing's university life is quite fulfilling.

Liu Hanyu asked curiously, "So rich, you're not in a relationship?"

"Once."

"All right!"

Liu Hanyu is about to enter her senior year, and looking back, she finds that her university life was very boring.

I never had a romantic relationship, never participated in club activities, never traveled much, didn't take the postgraduate entrance examination, and my grades were average. What was embarrassing was that I even failed a course. At best, I received a first-class scholarship. Such a college life was not perfect at all.

However, she agreed with what Zhou Jing said, that the best thing about college is to be able to find a good job after graduation.

"There's a car behind you, please wait before passing."

When they reached the road at the entrance of the village, Liu Hanyu looked back and gave a reminder.

My grandmother's house is more than 40 miles away from Qing County, but the transportation is very good. There is a cement road in the village and a national highway outside the village. It takes about 20 minutes to drive there, and it takes Zhou Jing more than half an hour to ride a motorcycle.

After arriving at the county town, Zhou Jing first sent Liu Hanyu to the destination, and then went to his uncle's store.

My uncle's family runs a specialty pancake shop in the county town. My uncle usually does odd jobs like repairing leaking roofs, demolishing walls and making holes for others, while my aunt runs the pancake shop. My uncle's family has two children, a son and a daughter. The son, Wu Hao, is one year younger than Zhou Jing. He is studying at a junior college and is already working. The daughter, Wu Yuan, will be promoted to the first grade of high school next semester.

At this moment, my aunt is making pancakes in the store, and Wu Yuan is helping with odd jobs.

"Brother is here."

Wu Yuan heard the sound of a motorcycle and came out of the store with a smile on her face.

"Are you happy that you got admitted to the city?"

Zhou Jing carried the vegetable box into the store.

Because Qing County High School is very bad, the admission rate to the second-tier and first-tier universities does not even reach 30%, so students with better scores in the high school entrance examination go to study outside, forming a vicious cycle, causing the county high school to become worse and worse.

"I'm happy, but I don't know what the school is like. I've never heard of it before. Our class teacher said that if the estimated score is less than 517, don't apply. I estimated 522 and got . I didn't dare to apply for the Experimental Middle School as my first choice."

Wu Yuan took a bottle of drink, unscrewed it and handed it to Zhou Jing, saying regretfully.

"Zhou Jing, what do you want for a pancake?"

Aunt Zhang Mei came out from the kitchen and said.

"No, I ate dumplings at my grandma's house and my stomach is still full." Zhou Jing took a sip of water, put down the table and continued, "The admission score of Experimental Middle School is 500, and the score of No. 485 Middle School is also good, with a score of . In the city, apart from Yushi Middle School, No. Middle School, and Experimental Middle School, the No. Middle School and No. Middle School have a better reputation." "Yuanyuan's grades will definitely allow her to enter the best class at No. Middle School. Even if she spends some money to transfer to Experimental Middle School and can't get into the experimental class, she might as well go to the best class at No. Middle School."

If the aunt insisted on transferring the cousin to the Experimental Middle School, Zhou Jing could swallow his pride and find someone to try. It would probably be okay if he spent some money, but there was no point in transferring from the best class in the Tenth Middle School to an ordinary class in the Experimental Middle School.

"That's right, it's like that in our junior high school. The regular classes are just for fun, and the teachers who make trouble can't even attend the class."

Wu Yuan nodded. She didn’t even want to spend money to go to an ordinary class in Experimental Middle School.

"Then let's go to No. 10 Middle School." Zhang Mei gave up the idea of ​​transferring her daughter to another school. She served the customer a pancake and said, "Yuanyuan is in high school and your uncle wants to move to Yu City to develop. Zhou Jing, you have been in Yu City for a long time. What do you think of opening a pancake shop there?"

"Not very good. I often brought pancakes to my classmates in high school. They didn't like pancakes as much as dough and rolled dough. But my uncle will have more work in the city. Actually, my uncle is good at making snacks and catering. I can let my uncle learn how to make rolled dough. It would be nice to open a store in Yushi City after researching the secret recipe of rolled dough and pork bun with preserved juice."

It was my uncle who taught my aunt how to make pancakes, and Zhou Jing especially liked the pancakes made by his uncle when he was a child.

"Yes, it is possible. It is troublesome to research on your own. The taste you like may not be liked by others."

Zhang Mei said that it is not easy to research the ingredients by herself.

"I've had two kinds of rolled noodles and noodles in Tangdu that are pretty good. One is spicy with chopped pepper, and the other is non-spicy with sesame paste, and some cold dishes like lotus root slices, potato slices, round beans, and broccoli."

Zhou Jing believed that as long as he provided an idea, his uncle could definitely figure it out.

"Chopped pepper and sesame paste, right? Yuanyuan, write it down."

Although Zhang Mei had never heard of this flavor of rolled noodles and cold noodles, she thought it would be a good idea since someone in the provincial capital liked it.

"Okay, say it again."

Wu Yuan took a piece of paper and a pen and sat in front of Zhou Jing.

"I wrote."

Zhou Jing took the paper and pen and quickly wrote half a page.

Secret chopped pepper rolled noodles and cold noodles, secret sesame paste rolled noodles, cold noodles and side dishes, cured meat sandwiches, tea eggs, etc. The method of making tea eggs is also written down in detail.

It is equivalent to planning a specialty noodle shop for my uncle and aunt.

Zhou Jing respected his uncle very much. His uncle was uneducated and did dirty and tiring work to earn a hard-earned living. He often gave money to Zhou Jing behind his aunt's back.

"How does it feel to be a teacher?"

Wu Yuan said with a smile.

"No, Aunt, don't let Yuanyuan waste time in the store. It's better to familiarize yourself with the high school textbooks before high school starts."

Looking at his carefree cousin, Zhou Jing said with great reluctance.

"Brother, what do you mean? I haven't even finished my high school entrance exam and I haven't relaxed yet!"

Wu Yuan couldn't laugh anymore.

Zhang Mei said: "The revolution has not yet succeeded and nothing can be relaxed. High school is the most critical."

"You have to combine work and rest. If you work too hard now, you won't have enough stamina when school starts."

Wu Yuan retorted.

"I'm serious." Zhou Jing said to the lively and cheerful 15-year-old girl, "Do you know anything about the first year of high school?"

"How would I know if I haven't even started high school yet?"

Wu Yuan said as a matter of course.

"Then let me tell you. There are nine main subjects in the first year of high school: math, physics, chemistry, Chinese, English, biology, politics, history, and geography. Even if you decide in advance to study liberal arts or science, you can't completely ignore other courses. The basic knowledge should be familiar to you. There are tests and exams in the second year of high school. In addition, there are physical education classes, computer classes, and art classes. Only art classes can be used as self-study. Physical education classes should be used for exercise. Computer classes cannot be used as self-study classes in the computer room."

"Not counting evening self-study classes, there are at most two self-study classes a day, and there are at least nine classes that require homework. It's busy enough to complete each homework carefully, and there are also after-class exercises and workbooks. There is not much time to strengthen your lack of knowledge. Many students who have just entered high school cannot adapt to this pace and are easily left behind from the beginning."

"So before school starts, you'd better familiarize yourself with math, physics and chemistry. If you are determined to study liberal arts, you don't need to study physics and chemistry in advance, but you can study politics and geography in advance."

Seeing that his cousin was getting more depressed the more she listened, Zhou Jing couldn't bear to continue.

It was a huge blow to the girl who had just graduated from junior high school, Zhou Jing's ruthless cousin.

"First year of high school is even busier than third year of junior high school! There is really no end to the sea of ​​learning and no limit to the sea of ​​suffering."

Wu Yuan felt depressed before school started.

Zhang Mei patted her daughter's head and said, "Did you hear me? I asked you to study but you were annoyed. Now you just play around. If you are annoyed, go back and find your brother's textbooks to study."

"I'll start tomorrow."

Wu Yuan lay on the table dejectedly, the joy of summer vacation was gone in a minute.

(End of this chapter)