May 21, 1996, Tuesday, the fifth day of the fourth lunar month, Xiaoman.

After the joint entrance examination, the parents of the second grade students in Xiwang Town saw the results of the joint entrance examination as they wished, but they did not stop there.

Several parents with relatively good academic performance gathered together and asked someone to inquire about Jin Beibei and Jiang Nan.

Jin Beibei was soon found out. Her academic performance has always been among the best. This time she ranked first in the exam because of her normal performance.

As for this Jiangnan, in this midterm exam, he only ranked seventh in Dadong Town Junior High School, and he had not even entered the top 20 before.

This time for the joint entrance examination, almost every subject was handed in in advance. During the Chinese test, I fell asleep directly.

One parent stared and said, "Is this the legendary genius? That's what it should be. I heard that this child is not serious about his studies."

Another parent also agreed and said: "That's right. Did you notice that this child got full marks in math and physics?"

"Yes, our children came back and said that the math and physics exams this time were particularly difficult. The highest score they took this time, Han Dongdong, only scored 136 points in the math test and only 91 points in the physics test."

These people became even more curious. In addition to curiosity, they all wanted to see what Jiangnan, this legendary genius, looked like.

Xu Changying went out on her scooter again early in the morning. During this period, her task was to buy, buy, buy. Although she bought only houses and land, women liked the feeling of spending money. It felt really good.

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Early this morning, Huang Guiqin rode her bicycle back to Dadong Town from her hometown of Qingxi Town.

Her daughter was discharged from the hospital yesterday, and the rest is to rest at home. There are elderly people at home who can take good care of her daughter.

When passing by the Southeast Gas Station, Huang Guiqin stopped for a moment. She brought two old hens from her hometown today to give to Xu Changying, thanking her for helping to send her daughter to the hospital that day.

Yue Qingqing saw Huang Guiqin walking in pushing a bicycle, and asked a little puzzled: "Auntie, who are you looking for?"

Huang Guiqin smiled and said, "Is Miss Xu Changying here?"

Yue Qingqing said with a smile: "Oh, you said our boss lady, she has been away these days and only comes back at night. Do you have anything to do with her? Can I call her pager for you?"

Huang Guiqin smiled and said: "Oh, girl, I'm fine. That's it. I came today to thank her. I brought these two old hens to her. Later, help me tell her that I am the one who does the surgery in Qingxi Town.

The little girl’s mother, my name is Huang Guiqin.”

Yue Qingqing took the two old hens with a smile and said, "Okay, auntie, I will tell our landlady as soon as she comes back."

When Huang Guiqin saw that Yue Qingqing was about the same age as her daughter, she asked more: "Girl, do you work here?"

Yue Qingqing smiled and said, "Yes."

Huang Guiqin asked with a smile: "Then how much salary do you offer this month?"

Yue Qingqing smiled and said: "We have four hundred and five hundred a month, including food and accommodation."

Huang Guiqin was moved when she heard this. She only made four hundred a month, but she was moved not for herself, but for her daughter. She then asked: "Then do you still need people?"

Yue Qingqing said with a smile: "There are already four of us, so we definitely don't want it. However, we will open gas stations in Fengtang Town, Qingxi Town, Houshan Town, and Chengguan Town in the future. If we go to work, we can only

Went over there."

When Huang Guiqin heard this, she thought, Qingxi Town, that happened to be her hometown. The last time Xu Changying's sister stayed on that mountainside, could that be where they were? It happened to be near their village.

Thinking of this, Huang Guiqin picked up her bicycle, walked over and asked, "Girl, when will the gas station in Qingxi Town open?"

Yue Qingqing smiled and said: "I don't know about this. I have to ask our boss's son."

Huang Guiqin said in confusion: "Isn't the boss's son, Xu Changying's son still in school?"

Yue Qingqing said with a smile: "That's my cousin. Yes, our boss and his wife listen to him when it comes to gas station matters."

Huang Guiqin then asked: "Then when will you start recruiting people?"

Yue Qingqing said with a smile: "Our gas station in Fengtang Town will open in early July. We will have two people here. Then we will recruit two people here and Fengtang Town. We will train them first and wait for the gas stations from Qingxi Town and Houshan Town."

Once the station is clear, send him directly."

When Huang Guiqin heard this, she was very happy. By the middle of next month, her daughter would have graduated and had almost recovered, so she would be able to go to work by then.

Thinking of this, she said happily: "Girl, my daughter is 17 years old this year and will graduate in June. I want her to work at your gas station. I'm talking about the gas station in Qingxi Town. I'll talk to your landlady later."

Yue Qingqing smiled and said: "Okay, if you come these days, just come in time for dinner."

Huang Guiqin left with satisfaction. Who would let their children go to work in the city if they could work at home? Four hundred and fifty a month is really a lot. Even if you work in the city, you may not be able to get this salary.

After Huang Guiqin left, Yue Qingqing said with a smile: "UBS, fortunately you built a chicken coop yesterday."

After that, Yue Qingqing put the two old hens into the chicken coop.

In class, an old man with gray hair was talking about history in class. He was Du Wenqing, a teacher who was about to retire.

Everyone was busy doing their own thing down there, and no one was listening at all.

History is a minor subject and there is no exam.

Jiang Nan put the history textbook on the table to block himself, lowering his head and whispering to Li Muyan: "Muyan, should I take you out for a walk this week?"

When Li Muyan heard this, she immediately became interested and asked, "Where are you going?"

Jiang Nan said: "Didn't our family buy several places in Fengtang, Qingxi, Back Mountain and Chengguan? Let's go take a look and see how to plan."

When Li Muyan heard this, she smiled and said: "I heard from Aunt Xu that Qingxi Town is on a hillside and the scenery is quite good. There is a big river not far in front of Fengtang Town, and the scenery is better than ours."

Jiang Nan said: "So let's go and have a look. The scenery over there is nice, but unfortunately there is no place to build a house, so let's go and have a look first."

Li Muyan nodded in agreement.

Du Wenqing saw Jiang Nan holding up a book and chatting with his head lowered. He felt angry and funny at the same time. You can just chat. What are you doing with a history book? It seems like you have really read it.

"The boy at the end, please stand up and answer the question." The history teacher pointed at Jiangnan and said with a smile.

Li Muyan quickly pushed Jiang Nan, and Jiang Nan put down his textbook. Then he saw the history teacher pointing at him and stood up quickly.

Du Wenqing smiled and said: "This student, I saw that you were holding up the history book and reading it very seriously. I want to ask you a few questions. What are we mainly talking about this semester?"

Jiang Nan thought to himself, what kind of question is this? Isn’t it written in the title of the textbook? But he still said: "Modern History of China."

The history teacher continued: "Then tell me when did modern Chinese history begin."

Jiang Nan said: "China's modern history began with the Opium War in 1840."

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Du Wenqing asked seven or eight questions in a row, from the Opium War to the Anti-Japanese War. Jiangnan answered fluently and was more familiar with it than himself, so he asked a question that had nothing to do with history: "Classmate, what is your name?"

Jiang Nan smiled and said: "Teacher, my name is Jiang Nan."

Du Wenqing heard the name of Jiangnan and said with a smile: "It is the beautiful scenery of Jiangnan. I will see you again when the flowers are falling. Sit down."

He is a teacher who is about to retire. He originally taught physics. In the past few years, many young teachers who graduated from college came to the school, so the school arranged for him to take a back seat and no longer teach physics.

However, the school was short of many associate subject teachers, so the principal asked him to use his spare energy to teach history.

In the past two years of teaching history, he has gradually fallen in love with history. Unfortunately, few students in the class listened carefully to his lectures.

When he met Jiangnan at this moment, he actually had a vague feeling of a confidant. When he heard Jiangnan's name just now, he thought of the poem in "Jiangnan Meets the Year of Li Gui" and couldn't help but read it out.

This incident was just a small episode, and everyone quickly forgot about it after class.

Li Muyan smiled and said: "Brother Jiangnan, you are so awesome, you even read the history textbook carefully."

Jiang Nan smiled and said, "When I have nothing to do, I read it as a storybook."

In my previous life, in college, modern Chinese history was a required course.

And even those messy TV series tell a lot of historical knowledge.

After class, Du Wenqing went to Lu Zongren's office with his textbook under his arm and inquired about Jiang Nan's study situation.
Chapter completed!