Xu Guangzong?
The name sounded so familiar.
Hua Qingqing always felt as if she had heard it somewhere... Wait! Wasn't this the name she had heard outside the billiards room when she was keeping an eye on Yu Linsen?
That day, she had wanted to find some dirt on Yu Linsen, so she had been lurking outside the billiards room. Then she had heard someone shout the name Xu Guangzong. Why did Hua Qingqing remember it so clearly? Well, the name literally meant "bringing glory to one's ancestors", so it was hard to ignore!
After that, she had seen several young men walking in with their arms around each other's shoulders.
It wasn't that she was being discriminatory, but those guys just didn't look like good people at first glance.
What on earth were Yu Jianshan and Feng Xiang thinking, introducing this kind of person to their daughter?
Hua Qingqing asked, "Sister, have Uncle and the others met this Xu Guangzong?"
Yu Linxiu shook her head again.
She knew nothing. She had been working at the supply and marketing cooperative a few days ago. When her mother came to find her, she had been really happy, thinking her mother had come to see her specially. But it turned out her mother was going to visit her younger brother at school and wanted her to pick out some snacks to take there.
Yu Linxiu wasn't disappointed. She had gotten used to it over the years. She picked out a few popular snacks, and then her mother casually mentioned that she should go back home in a while to meet someone.
She knew what that meant, but of course she didn't want to do it so soon. However, she just couldn't stand up to her mother, so she had to agree.
Even until today, she had no idea what kind of person her parents wanted her to meet. She only knew the name.
Now Hua Qingqing didn't know what to say either.
Should she speak ill of this man and persuade Yu Linxiu to give up this blind - date candidate? Impossible. It wasn't up to Yu Linxiu.
Moreover, she had no evidence. Just that one chance encounter couldn't prove anything.
Hua Qingqing looked at Yu Linxiu's beautiful face and smiled. "Cousin, this is a new society now. We don't do arranged marriages blindly. When you meet him, get to know him well. Some people may look decent on the outside but be vicious inside. If you really marry someone like that, it'll be a disaster."
Hearing her use four idioms in a row, Yu Linxiu was a bit surprised.
Hua Qingqing proudly lifted her little head. "Hehe, I've started studying. In a little over a month, I'll take the exam to get into high school."
This really shocked Yu Linxiu. But after the shock, perhaps recalling the past, she sincerely sighed, "Studying is really good."
After dinner that evening, Granny Fang and Feng Xiang pulled Yu Linxiu into the room. They talked for a long time, and no one knew what they were talking about.
The next day, Feng Xiang took her daughter, who was wearing new clothes, out. When they came back, Feng Xiang was beaming and even greeted Hua Qingqing.
Yu Linxiu also looked shy.
It seemed that things were really going to work out.
Hua Qingqing lay in bed, frowning and re - thinking. Could it be that she had seen or heard wrong?
It was possible. After all, Nan County was so big. It wasn't strange for there to be one or two people with the same name. Maybe what she had heard at that time was Yu Guangzhong or Xu Guangzong?
Forget it. Why bother so much? Feng Xiang wasn't useless. She must be able to handle her daughter's lifelong event well.
It would be better to think about where to find high - school textbooks.
Yu Linxiu had been to high school. When Hua Qingqing asked her, she agreed to look for them.
However, the chances of finding them were slim because they might have already been taken by Yu Linsen.
Hua Qingqing turned over. She'd go to the county town again next week. Maybe she could buy some.
Her junior - high knowledge was very solid. In the latest test, she had firmly secured the first place. That day, Yu Linyang had excitedly announced this at the dinner table, and all the Yu family members had looked gloomy.
It felt so good.
Feng Xiang got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet. When she saw that her son's room door was open, she was startled. She thought Hua Qingqing had come to take something, so she rushed over quickly. When she saw her daughter bending over and rummaging around inside, she put her hand on her chest and let out a sigh of relief.
"What are you doing so late at night? I saw the candle lit in your brother's room and thought Hua Qingqing had come to take something again. You really scared me."
Yu Linxiu straightened up and wiped the sweat off her forehead.
"Mom, where are my old textbooks? The ones from senior one. Brother shouldn't need them anymore."
Her brother was now in senior three. Some of the textbooks were no longer in use and should have been put away, but she just couldn't find them.
Feng Xiang thought it was very strange.
"You're not studying anymore. Why do you need textbooks?"
Yu Linxiu wasn't aware of what had been going on in the family recently, so she told the truth.
"Qingqing wants to take a look at high - school textbooks in advance to get familiar with them."
Feng Xiang exclaimed, "She wants to look at high - school textbooks?!"
What kind of person was this!
She had only been at the commune middle school for a short time. It was bad enough that she had gotten first place in the test, but now she even wanted to look at high - school textbooks in advance!
Could it be that she was really a genius?
Feng Xiang realized what she was thinking and quickly spat twice in her heart. Hua Qingqing was no genius. At most, she was a bit smart.
Alas, God was blind. How could such a malicious person be smart?
Feng Xiang's expression changed several times. Finally, with a cold voice and a bit of impatience, she walked over and blew out the candle.
"There aren't any. Didn't you give your textbooks to your brother? The rest were given to your cousin from your uncle's family. Now you're asking me. Where can I get them back for you? Go, go, go. Go back to sleep. Making such a fuss in the middle of the night. Aren't you just bored? Always causing trouble for your mother over other people's business."
Yu Linxiu was driven out of her brother's room. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.
Why did it seem that her mother really disliked Qingqing? It hadn't been like this before.
Yu Linxiu left early the next morning. She apologized to Hua Qingqing for not finding the textbooks last night because her mother had already given them to the kids in the relatives' family.
Only then did Hua Qingqing know where the voices next door last night had come from.
Alas, Yu Jianshan and Feng Xiang must have done a lot of good deeds in their previous lives to have such a good daughter as Yu Linxiu.
She had just asked casually, but Yu Linxiu had taken it to heart.
The last test was a large - scale joint exam held by several middle schools in Nan County. Her first - place finish wasn't just the first in the commune but also the first in Nan County.
When Principal Song found her, he was grinning from ear to ear. He also gave her a ten - yuan bonus and said that there would be one last exam in May, and the bonus would be twenty yuan.
"Keep working hard. The second - place student is from No. 1 Middle School in the county. This time, he was five points behind you. He may catch up at any time. If you have any difficulties in your studies, just tell your teachers or tell me."
Hua Qingqing immediately felt a deep sense of respect.
This was a real academic god. She had just cheated with the help of her rebirth ability. If it had been her in the past, she would have been at most in the top ten.
Hua Qingqing promised Song Ming that she would study hard and asked him to write some words of encouragement for her.
Song Ming already regarded her as a treasure, a potential candidate to outperform No. 1 Middle School in two months. How could he refuse? He waved his hand and wrote an eight - hundred - word encouragement letter.
Hua Qingqing planned to send the principal's autograph letter to the capital. Last time, she had only said in her letter that her grades were good but hadn't provided any real evidence. Maybe Hua Jia didn't believe her?
This time, she would put the principal's letter in the envelope. It wasn't easy to get this. Only students with really good grades could obtain it, like her.
If Hua Jia still didn't give money to his obedient, well - behaved and high - achieving daughter, would that be reasonable?