I buried my head in chewing the sheep bones and said, "How do I know if you are a fool or a top student?"
"But..." I picked up the cup and took a sip of water, and snickered: "You seemed quite stupid when you were a kid."
"I heard from my dad that you once failed in a math test and broke the records of all the children in Taoshan Village. Grandpa punished you by standing in the corner."
"Oh, that's right, my uncle said that in the final exam of your second grade, in addition to passing the Chinese language, you did not reach 60% in math and English."
"Hey, grandpa cut a thin bamboo strip in the back mountain and hung it on the wall. It is said that it was specially designed to teach you a lesson."
As I spoke, I couldn't help laughing and said, "Thanks to you, the whole family is staring at you, so I played outside until dark and no one cared about me."
Su Tongyuan was so embarrassed by me that she said angrily: "You also said it was when I was a child."
"I, I got very good grades later."
"When I first came here, I was ten years old and in fifth grade as a transfer student."
"My grades are the worst, so bad that my head teacher talks to my mother every now and then. She says that I might as well drop out of school, so as not to sleep in class, skip classes without permission, affect other students, and affect the reputation of the school."
"Ningzi, I missed you right then, I wanted to play with you, I missed grandma's stewed egg custard, and I missed grandpa telling me stories."
"I want my dad to carry me to catch dragonflies on the trees and go fishing in the ditch."
"I am not familiar with the place, I have no relatives or friends, and my mind is not on studying at all."
Su Tongyuan said silently: "Do you know why I worked so hard later?"
She raised her head and said with mist in her eyes: "My classmates laughed at me and said I was stupider than a pig."
"The teacher said I was hopeless."
"The disciples of the Chen family laughed at me, saying that it was a good thing that I didn't change my surname to Chen, so as not to disgrace the Chen family."
"At that moment, it was like I woke up from a big dream and completely recognized my identity."
"My surname is Su, and my name is Su Tongyuan."
"I followed my mother to the Chen family and stayed under someone else's roof."
"I can be laughed at, but I can't disgrace the Su family and let the Chen family, whom I hate, humiliate at will."
Su Tongyuan smiled like a flower and said: "Since then, I have changed."
"I asked my mother to hire a private tutor for me and help me with one-on-one lessons every day."
"Saturday, Sunday, summer vacation, winter vacation, I dare not miss a day."
"I force myself to learn, memorize, memorize, work diligently, and concentrate."
"When I entered junior high school, I entered the best junior high school with the first score in the class."
"In the high school entrance examination, I was ranked third in my grade, top ten in Zhongzhou, and top 100 in the province."
"The college entrance examination, hehe, I am the number one scholar in Zhongzhou City, and I am also the number one scholar in our province."
Su Tongyuan showed her pride and said: "When the freshman year begins, I will take the stage to speak as the freshman representative of that year."
"Do you know what the first words I said on stage were?"
Su Tongyuan's ponytail swayed, and she said confidently and arrogantly: "I say people can be laughed at, but the surname given by the ancestors cannot be laughed at."
"Hello everyone, my surname is Su and my name is Tong Yuan."
She blinked softly and asked me as if she was talking in her sleep: "Ningzi, am I right?"
I looked at Su Tongyuan stupidly, and I had never felt so sorry for her.
The sister I have complained about for eleven years.
