Soon, the day of the first test arrived.
Qian Shulan asked Zhengkang and Wang Danna to give each other tests.
Because there are eggs as rewards, both of them are eager to defeat the other.
But because Qian Shulan requested that only the content of the first ten chapters be presented, and the scope of the exam could not exceed the syllabus, the two of them racked their brains and spent a whole day to finally finish the exam paper.
Qian Shulan looked at all four papers and found the questions were very tricky.
For two consecutive rounds, I lit the oil lamp and started doing the questions.
It was not difficult for Qian Shulan and she finished it quickly. After finishing, she handed in the paper.
Zheng Kang, who was in charge of the exam, started marking her grades. Then he was stunned.
This, this, this? It's a perfect score
He was a little desperate.
Qian Shulan returned to her room and counted the eggs. These eggs would be given out as rewards later.
Since it's just a quiz, there naturally can't be as many questions as a formal exam.
Each test paper has only twenty questions.
Chinese includes filling in the blanks, making sentences and using opposite and similar words.
Mathematics consists of filling in the blanks, true or false questions, arithmetic problems and word problems.
One and a half hours is definitely enough for two tests.
When the time was up, Qian Shulan found that the two had almost finished grading the papers.
Another half an hour later, the last papers submitted were graded and the results were announced.
What Qian Shulan didn't expect was that Xiaomei was not the only one who scored 100 in both exams. She did so because she had memories of her past life, but what about Xiaomei? She had never been to school. Oh, yes, she had attended a literacy class for a few days before. But because the original owner asked her to help look after her younger siblings, she never went again. It seemed that she was delayed.
Among the children, except Xiaolian who likes gossip and doesn't like studying, the others generally perform better in exams than adults.
Qian Shulan asked the children to leave first. She looked at her sons and daughters-in-law with a heavy face. She slammed the table and scolded, "Look at you. How old are you? Your self-control is so poor that you can't even compare with your own children. With such results, do you still want to get a certificate of completion?"
She pointed at Li Chunhua, who scored the worst on the report card, with 50 in Chinese and 40 in math. "Chunhua, you really disappoint me."
She glanced at Wang Shouren's grades again. He scored 55 in Chinese and 65 in math. She also showed a distressed expression, "Big brother, you still have three sons. Are you going to use these grades as an example for your children?"
Sun Daqin next to her raised her head cautiously and muttered, "Mom, children's memory is better than adults'. Besides, they have learned it in school, but we haven't."
Qian Shulan pointed at herself and said, "I'm a child too? I also learned it in school?" Although it sounded a bit like bullying, Qian Shulan still said it shamelessly.
Sun Daqin was choked, and her courage, which she had finally mustered, was instantly shattered by her mother-in-law. She blushed in embarrassment and took two steps back unconsciously.
Qian Shulan glanced at her sons and daughters-in-law and said earnestly, "You all want your children to be successful, but you never think about setting an example for them. Don't you think about it yourself? Why should your children do what you can't do? Why are you so shameless?"
Several people cowered and acted like quails. Qian Shulan, on the other hand, became more and more angry the more she thought about it. With such grades, why would she even take the exam
It's not embarrassing enough!
She pursed her lips and said, "I think we can't just give rewards, we have to increase the punishment in the future."
She shouted outside, "Come in!"
The children who had been eavesdropping all pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing their parents being scolded by their grandmother, the naughty ones covered their mouths and laughed.
Li Chunhua was thin-skinned and her face turned red immediately when she was laughed at by the younger generation.
Qian Shulan watched as the originally spacious main room suddenly became crowded.
She sat at the dining table with a basket full of eggs in front of her. "Let's distribute the eggs now. According to our previous agreement, whoever teaches better between Zhengkang and Xiaoliu will get seven eggs."
She held up the average score she had just calculated and said, "The group that Xiaoliu is in charge of has a significantly higher score than Zhengkang, so these seven eggs belong to Xiaoliu."
As she spoke, under the envious gazes of everyone, Qian Shulan counted out seven eggs and gave them to Wang Danna.
Wang Danna took it, holding a small basket she had woven herself.
Qian Shulan glanced at the crowd, and following her lead, everyone applauded.
Then, he started to post the names of the three people who had done the best. "Me, Xiaomei, and Zhengguo had the best scores."
Then, he counted out seven eggs for Xiaomei and Zhengguo respectively. There was no need to give her one.
Applause again.
Sun Daqin looked at Zhengguo with shining eyes.
Qian Shulan took in her expression, then looked away and said to everyone, "From now on, I will add another requirement. The three people with the worst test scores will be responsible for cleaning for a week. No one else is allowed to take their place."
Everyone looked at each other.
Qian Shulan carried the remaining seven eggs in the basket back to the house.
How can she reform them when they all do so poorly in the exams? Why is she so worried
Qian Shulan leaned on the kang and racked her brains to think of a solution.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
Qian Shulan didn't even raise her head, "Come in"
Wang Shouren pushed open the door and walked in.
He walked over cautiously and sat down on the edge of the kang, looking at his mother's face which had turned black with anger and had wrinkles all over it like pleats.
"Mom, are you angry?" Wang Shouren took a long time to utter a word. What his mother said just now was really harsh and he felt uncomfortable listening to it.
Qian Shulan forced out a "hmm" from her nose.
Wang Shouren moved forward, clenched his fist and was about to give Qian Shulan a leg massage. This action scared Qian Shulan so much that she jumped up from the kang. Facing Wang Shouren's surprised eyes, Qian Shulan realized that she had overreacted. She immediately pretended to be frightened, "Mom was just thinking about something, and you scared her with this."
Wang Shouren said "Oh" and walked forward to help her massage her back.
Well, this tastes good. Qian Shulan feels that she doesn't have the backache like before. "Why are you so filial today?"
Wang Shouren pursed his lips and almost cried, "Mom, I know you are angry with me. It's not that I don't want to do well in the exam, but I just can't remember it. Zhengguo can remember the same word after writing it fifty times, but I can't remember it even after writing it a hundred times. Am I really stupid?"
Qian Shulan groaned, "Ah!" Is your memory so bad? She patted the edge of the kang and motioned for him to sit over.
Qian Shulan felt that she should have a good talk with him. "Boss, you are wrong to think like this. When you encounter a problem, you suspect that there is something wrong with your brain. I am older than you, how can I remember it? Besides, learning also requires a method. Do you know how I remember things? Every morning when I wake up, I will review the content I learned before. I don’t write it down, but read it aloud with my mouth. If you review it every day, I don’t believe you can’t remember it." Then she taught him a lot of study methods. All of them were her experience.
Although she didn't know whether her study method would work for Wang Shouren, having a method was always better than having no method at all.
After hearing what his mother said, Wang Shouren suddenly felt as if a light had been turned on.
When Wang Shouren was tested again, his scores had improved significantly.
Qian Shulan shared this study method with others, and the study atmosphere improved a lot.
Early in the morning, the whole village could be filled with the sound of noisy reading from Old Wang's house. At first I thought it was just children, but later I found out that there were adults there too.
When asked about this on the street, Qian Shulan did not deny it and openly admitted, "I think literacy can help us better interpret the new instructions issued by Chairman M."
Qian Shulan wondered whether she should go and ask about the certificate of completion exam. She couldn't wait until they had learned everything and then fail the exam, as that would be a waste of effort.
Qian Shulan had previously asked people about Wang Lide, the principal of Wangjiacun Primary School.
This man is a cousin of the original man Wang Liyong, but because he is the only one in the family, when other families were hungry and cold, his family could still spend money to send him to school. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, because of his good background and literacy, he was elected as the principal of Wangjia Village Primary School.
This person is quite upright and doesn't like to give gifts, so Qian Shulan didn't bring anything.
After coming in, he called out, "Third Brother". He didn't call me third cousin, but Third Brother, which showed closeness.
Wang Lide stood up from his desk in surprise, confused as to why she came. As for this sister-in-law, who was from the same village, Wang Lide knew her.
He favored sons over daughters, and only sent his grandson to school, but not a single granddaughter. Zhengjun's child was still young, so it was a bit strange for her to come to his house at this time.
After asking her to sit down, the two exchanged pleasantries for a while. Qian Shulan looked at Wang Lide's smiling face and asked tentatively, "Third brother, do you think it's too late for me to teach the children to read now?"
Wang Lide smiled and nodded, "Of course it's not too late. It's never too late to learn anything. There's an old saying that goes, you never stop learning until you die."
Qian Shulan nodded and said softly, "Third brother, I believe you have heard the rumors about our family in the village recently. A few days ago, I went to the city and found that everyone in the village could read, so I thought about letting the children in my family learn to read. Although the eldest brother and his friends are old, they can't just turn a blind eye."
Wang Lide agreed with her words and supported her. "The fact that you can think this way proves that you have a high level of awareness. Keep working hard. I support you!"
Qian Shulan didn't come here just to get some meaningless praise from him. She told him the purpose of her visit directly, "It's like this, Third Brother, I want to learn to have results, just like we harvest crops, we have to harvest them. I want to know if the school can organize an assessment, and if they pass, can they be issued graduation certificates?"
Wang Lide opened his mouth in surprise, obviously not expecting her to mean this. He tilted his head and looked her up and down. Seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, he immediately started to think seriously.
He was a little embarrassed. He had never done this before.
If he told her no, would she start scolding him? Thinking of his sister-in-law's scolding, Wang Lide felt a headache.
Qian Shulan waited for his answer expectantly.
Wang Lide thought for a long time, gritted his teeth and gave a negative answer.
Qian Shulan was a little anxious. Without a diploma, she would have no chance of getting a job. Just as she was about to speak, she heard Wang Lide say, "How about this? I'll go to the county education department in a few days to report it and see if our village can open another class. Then we'll let them take the class completion certificate. That's for adults. My elementary school diploma is for elementary school students."
Hearing this, Qian Shulan was overjoyed. She grabbed Wang Lide's hand and shook it vigorously, "Thank you, Third Brother. You are such a good person." Where can you find a teacher who is not corrupt and enthusiastic? Anyway, she had never seen such a teacher in her previous life.
Wang Lide felt a little uncomfortable with her straightforward compliment. Just as he was about to say something humble, he heard someone cough at the door.
They both turned their heads to look, and saw an old lady in her 50s or 60s, with her hair neatly combed, frowning at them. This was Wang Lide's wife, Chen Yueqin.
Qian Shulan followed her line of sight and found that she was still holding Wang Lide's hand. She felt a little embarrassed and quickly let go, explaining to Chen Yueqin, "Third sister-in-law, oh, I'm so sorry, I was too excited just now." God, don't think she is seducing this old man, she is not that bold.
Chen Yueqin was embarrassed and annoyed by her finding out what she was thinking. She squinted her eyes and sternly muttered, "Who knows what you mean?!"
Qian Shulan was speechless. This third sister-in-law actually cared so much about Wang Lide that she was jealous even when shaking hands with him. She didn't dare to stand with Wang Lide anymore, so she walked out and changed the subject, "Third sister-in-law, do you still have eggs? My family is building a house recently, and I can't exchange meat. I want to exchange some eggs with you." When building a house in the countryside, the most expensive thing is food. Because it doesn't cost money and it takes a lot of effort, you have to serve people well.
When Chen Yueqin heard this, she quickly responded, "Yes, yes, how many do you want?"
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and eggs are not easy to store. So the price has dropped a bit. It used to be three cents a piece, but now it's only two cents. There's a one cent difference, and many families are unwilling to sell them, so they all start to pickle salted eggs. Chen Yueqin wanted to pickle them, but the coarse salt at home had been used to pickle radishes. This month's quota is gone. But eggs can't wait, so she thought about going to the supply and marketing cooperative in a few days to sell the eggs.
Now when I heard that Qian Shulan wanted to buy eggs, I was very happy, because everyone in the village said that Qian Shulan was more generous than before. She exchanged twelve kilograms of wheat for one kilogram of bacon, giving others a two cents discount.
Qian Shulan did what Chen Yueqin wanted this time, allowing her to get a two-cent advantage, ten eggs for twenty-two cents. Chen Yueqin saved a total of twenty eggs, for a total of forty-four cents.
After the change, Qian Shulan carried the eggs and walked home.
From a distance, Qian Shulan heard Sun Daqin and Zhengguo arguing.
Zhengguo sat on the ground, his eyes red and swollen from crying, waving his hands constantly, "Mom, where are my eggs? Did you take them? Return my eggs to me!"
Sun Daqin stood at the door with her hands on her waist, frowning and cursing, "You bastard, I ate a few of your eggs, so what? Even you were born by me, so why can't I eat a few of your eggs? If you are so unfilial now, how can I count on you in the future?"
Zhengguo stopped crying abruptly and felt very sad when he thought of his eggs.
He pouted and yelled, "If you want to eat eggs, why don't you study hard? As long as you get into the top three, you can have eggs. Why are you stealing mine?"
He shouted the latter sentence at the top of his lungs, as if he was going to fight to the death with someone.
Qian Shulan had a headache. So, she woke up Sun Daqin, and then Sun Daqin started to eat her son's food
It's really weird! The original owner loved his child too much and didn't know how to teach him, so he raised an ungrateful child.
Sun Daqin is purely selfish, so she raised children who are equally selfish.
Is this retribution
Just as Qian Shulan was thinking about this and that, Zhengguo suddenly got up from the ground, patted the dirt off his butt, and glared at Sun Daqin fiercely, "From now on, I will never study again, and you will have no eggs to eat!"
Sun Daqin was so angry that she pointed at his back and started to curse, "You bastard, I worked so hard to raise you, and this is how you repay me? You just can't stand seeing me doing well?"
Her words were cut short when Jungkook slammed the door.
Sun Daqin said to Wang Shouren who had been standing behind her, "See? This is my good son. I ate a few of his eggs and he treated me like this. Do I still dare to count on him in the future? I think we have raised this child in vain."
Wang Shouren pursed his lips, frowned, and his eyes were full of disappointment.
Qian Shulan walked over and scolded Sun Daqin, "Why didn't you ask Zhengguo first when you took his eggs?"
Sun Daqin was frightened when she heard her mother-in-law's voice. She turned around and spread her hands innocently, "Mom, do you think I didn't ask for it? I took it secretly because I couldn't get it."
Qian Shulan was somewhat speechless, they were all a bunch of selfish people. The two of them were equally matched, so no one should complain about the other.
However, Zhengguo is not her target of transformation, so she has no control over it.
She glared at Sun Daqin fiercely, "Since Zhengguo didn't agree, you are stealing without asking. I will punish you by not allowing you to eat tonight."
Sun Daqin was shocked. After she came to her senses, she raised her voice and started to rant, "Mom, why? I ate my own son's eggs, what's wrong with me? What kind of mistake did I make?"
Qian Shulan glanced at him coldly, "It's true that he was born to you, but he is now an independent individual. He is a living person with thoughts. You must respect his wishes. He is not just your son now. You should reflect on how incompetent you are as a mother!"
Sun Daqin paused in clapping her legs, and felt that the old lady was getting confused. However, she did not dare to argue with her. She felt very upset and walked towards the east room with her neck shrunk. After the door was opened, she started arguing with Zhengguo again.
Qian Shulan said to Wang Shouren, "Children learn from their parents. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked."
Wang Shouren turned his head to the east room, walked in and pulled the two people who were quarreling apart. In the end, Zhengguo and Sun Daqin were both punished and not allowed to have dinner.
However, just as Zhengguo said before, he no longer studies as seriously as before and has a rather laissez-faire attitude.
When he took the quiz again, he ranked third from the bottom, even worse than Sun Daqin.
Although Sun Daqin felt sorry for the eggs, there was nothing she could do about it.
This mother and son are at odds with each other.
Although Qian Shulan repeatedly said that her grandson was not her target of reform, she still felt regretful when she saw Zhengguo not taking his future seriously.
Sun Daqin is even worse at being a mother than her original self. Her original self at least had Wang Shouren, a mama's boy, who was filial to her. But Sun Daqin is extremely selfish.
She was proud of having three sons, but she didn't discipline them at all. Moreover, she was not upright.
The child will naturally learn bad things from her because of what she sees and hears.
Qian Shulan called Zhengguo over and looked at his stubborn face. "Do you hate your mother so much that you would rather not have eggs than give them to her?"
Zheng Guo, who seemed to be still angry, felt a little aggrieved when he heard his grandmother's words, "She had eggs but never gave them to me. Why should I give them to her?"
Qian Shulan was stunned by his question. She sighed and frowned, "But she is your mother. Even if she doesn't love you, you are her child after all. Do you have to throw in the towel like this when you encounter a problem? With your smart head, can't you think of a way to have the best of both worlds?"
Zhengguo frowned and thought for a while but couldn't think of a good solution, so he humbly asked for advice, "Grandma, how can we have the best of both worlds?"
Qian Shulan thought for a moment and said, "For example, if you get seven eggs, and give one to your father and one to your mother, you get the eggs and show your filial piety. You still have five left. Isn't that better than getting nothing?"
Zhengguo felt a little aggrieved, but after thinking about it, he felt that his grandmother was right.
Even if his mother didn't love him, she was indeed his mother, and that was something that could not be changed in this lifetime. Since he couldn't change what had happened, why not change what could be changed
Five eggs is not bad.
Zheng Guo said to Qian Shulan solemnly, "Grandma, I understand. I will try my best." Then he blushed with embarrassment, "I will give you an egg too. You are a good person just like dad."
Qian Shulan was amused by his last sentence. She rubbed his buzz cut head and scolded him, "You clever little rascal. You'd better try harder first. Maybe you won't be able to rank among the top three next time. Your fourth aunt is not bad at studying either." This time, Zhou Xuemei ranked third, and Xiaotao ate all the eggs.
Being looked down upon by his own grandmother, Zheng Guo raised his head, pouted his lips and said proudly, "How could I not be in the top three for such a simple thing? I usually just give way to Sister Xiaomei, and I can also get first place."
Seeing how confident he was, Qian Shulan smiled and said, "Then you have to work hard. Grandma is waiting to eat your filial eggs." At the end, she added, "Your father is waiting too."
Zhengguo stood up from the kang embarrassedly, and seemed to lack confidence in his previous boasting. He blushed and said, "Then I will go back to read."
Qian Shulan nodded, and Zhengguo immediately turned around, opened the door and ran out.
Just as Zhengguo promised, she got two perfect scores next time. Now, there were three people taking the first place.
Zhengguo got the eggs and started to divide them according to Qian Shulan's instructions.
Wang Shouren was a little stunned when he saw the egg his son handed to him. After he came to his senses, he touched his son's head with red eyes and said "OK" excitedly.
Qian Shulan also thanked him seriously, and Zhengguo blushed a little embarrassedly.
Sun Daqin was a little dissatisfied when she saw that he only gave her one. Just as she was about to scold him, Qian Shulan glared at her and said, "Shut up."
The child has finally developed filial piety, but if you don't praise him, he will just act like a fool. He is really a hopeless case.
Sun Daqin glared at Zhengguo fiercely and snatched the egg away as if to vent her anger.
Zhengguo took Sun Daqin's reaction very normally and didn't take it to heart at all. He hugged his remaining eggs tightly.
Seeing how wary he was of Sun Daqin, Qian Shulan thought for a moment and said, "I'll keep your eggs for you. Eat one a day, and you'll finish them in four days."
Hearing this, Zhengguo handed the egg to Qian Shulan without any hesitation.
The author has something to say: Parents are their children’s first teachers, and teaching by words and deeds is more important than anything else!