Make a Fortune and Become Well-off [90] - Chapter 159

Jiang Ning and Grandpa Jiang couldn’t finish a bowl of rice. After sharing some with Grandpa Jiang, the rest was given to Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang, who accepted all of it.

Jiang Ning, Jiang Bai, and Tong Jingang all liked to eat meat. Grandpa Jiang loved to eat mashed cauliflower. Jiang Ning also gave Grandpa Jiang some meat, and he looked at his grandson and granddaughter eating with satisfaction.

The day was so promising and beautiful.

He never thought in the past that he would be able to live such a good life. He didn’t have to cook for himself, go to work every day, or pick up rivers and dams. He just needed to sit in the store and people would come to buy clothes and shoes. A dozen pieces were sold, and that day in particular more than two hundred pieces were sold at once.

What he earned in one day was more than his salary for three months of patrolling the mountains.

Who would believe it?

Grandpa Jiang wouldn’t say it out loud; he just admired it silently in his heart.

Jiang Ning did not put all her money with Grandpa Jiang. Grandpa Jiang was a very selfless person to his children. That selflessness was not only for Jiang Ning and Jiang Bai but also for every one of his children and grandchildren. He would give it to anyone who asked for it.

Probably he would give more to Jiang Ning privately and less to others, but basically, he didn’t keep any money for himself.

Anyway, there was a bank next to the school. She had certificates issued by the head teacher and the director of the Political and Education Department. After greeting the doorman, she could just go to the bank window next door and deposit money. It was also very fast.

There was still self-study in the evening. After everyone had dinner, Jiang Bai conscientiously went over to wash the dishes and rice bowls. After asking Grandpa Jiang to go to bed early, the three of them returned to school.

Only then did Tong Jingang remember that he came to Jiang Bai to play basketball but ended up selling clothes with Jiang Bai for a day.

Thinking of the ten yuan given by Jiang Ning, Tong Jingang said excitedly, “This girl is too generous. Next time something good like this happens, you must call me.”

While Jiang Bai was happy in his heart, he was also worried about what to do with the large and a half bags of clothes left in the store. The final exam was nearby. Everyone was preparing for it, and it was estimated that they would rarely come out again. After all, the final results would be posted on the bulletin board, and everyone cared about the final exam results. High schools had always been very efficient, with school exams on Friday and Saturday and results coming out on Sunday night.

But this time, the joint examination was different because it was a unified examination for several schools. Each school had arranged for teachers to come and mark the test papers. It was a streamlined marking method. Teachers in the Chinese group would mark a few questions at a fixed time, and after the marks were completed, they would be quickly passed on to the next teacher. The same process applied to other subjects. This avoided the possibility of a teacher from a certain school correcting the entire test paper and greatly reduced the chance of teachers deliberately manipulating grades out of fear that their school would perform poorly.

Especially for subjects such as Chinese, reading comprehension, politics, and history, there was a lot of room for manipulation, whether giving more or fewer points. The students came to class and discussed the results of the joint examination.

“I don’t know if the joint examination results are out yet.”

“How many schools can get into the top ten?”

“I wonder who will be the topper in the county.”

“I looked at the bulletin board in Wucheng. The name of the top grader in their last exam was Song Peifeng. His photo was posted on it.”

“This time I don’t know if he will be the first in the grade.”

“I know Song Peifeng, the top scorer in our high school entrance examination this year.”

Wuzhong and No. 2 Middle School next door were also discussing that issue.

The students from Wuzhong were a bit calmer and only talked about how many Wuzhong students would be among the top 100.

A girl asked Hehua with a smile, “How many of us from Wuzhong do you think will be among the top hundred this time?” 

Jiang Hehua was still thinking about Jiang Ning. Hearing that, she turned the pen in her hand and said coldly, “Fifty.”

“The remaining fifty will be divided between High School No. 1 and 2.”

The teacher at No. 2 Middle School also said, “If our No. 2 High School can account for a quarter of the top 100, we will be able to compete with No. 1 High School for students next year.”

The students at No. 2 High School were mostly those who did not get into No. 1 High School or Wuzhong. None of them scored more than 600 points in the high school entrance examination. Those who scored more than 500 points were all students with very good grades in their school, and the teachers focused on cultivating them.

But the teachers of No. 2 High School still did not give up and aimed to squeeze into the ranks. Although their reputation in Wucheng was not as good as that of Wuzhong or No. 1 High School, it was not bad. They were among the best for students with average and above-average grades.

Compared with the relaxed students in Wuzhong, the students in No. 1 High School were a little more nervous. As soon as the class teacher arrived, they looked at their class teacher nervously, eager to hear the results of the joint examination.

The teachers were actually nervous too, but there was nothing they could do about it. They calmly took out their books and used the evening self-study time to have class, stating that the results were not yet fully available.

Everyone waited anxiously for a whole day, but they couldn’t get the results, so they had to calm down and come to class. Only Jiang Bai was excited.

Jiang Bai’s heart was too calm and his mood too stable—so stable that nothing seemed to stir him.

But he was different. He had discovered that learning was so interesting. As long as he did not regress in his learning, he could continue to sell clothes in his sister’s shop.

During that period alone, he earned one hundred and twenty yuan from his sister’s shop.

God, it was too much 

So much that he was willing to eat meat.

He finally didn’t have to go hungry anymore.

He finally no longer had to wake up every night with growing pains.

His leg pain had recently stopped cramping.

Studying had also made headway.

How could Jiang Bai calm down? He was like a little donkey with a carrot in front of him. He tried his best to stretch out his neck and chase the carrot hanging in front of him. He could reach it with his mouth and take a bite.

It was delicious.