After Zhou Xiu finished her homework, it was time for dinner soon.
She consciously went downstairs to do some housework, helping Aunt Niu wash rice and vegetables.
These trivial matters are insignificant to Zhou Xiu, but they are different in the eyes of the two old people.
Aunt Niu looked at this silent and shy girl, her smooth and calm appearance, and felt that her worries were unnecessary.
The splashing clear water flowed down, and the girl carefully picked out the lotus seed cores, which were clean and complete.
Zhou Xiu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Aunt Niu, can I make some food and take it to school tomorrow?"
The aunt of Xi's family nodded, and asked her a little strangely: "Is the food in the dining hall not to your liking?"
Of course I couldn't tell them the real reason, Zhou Xiu just shook her head and said, "I like to eat what I cook."
"Aunt Niu, let me help you cook some dishes."
The system suddenly said: [The meaning of education is to make people develop in a diversified way. Learning is diversified. In addition to homework, the cultivation of necessary skills in life is also necessary.]
[Please learn to make a "Plum Fragrance Sweet and Sour Short Rib", reward 5RMB.]
Zhou Xiu's eyes fell on the ingredients in the kitchen. There happened to be sour plums and pork ribs. The system's eyes were sharp enough to find plums and pork ribs among the many ingredients.
Zhou Xiu is not afraid of the kitchen, country girls know how to cook at an early age. Zhou's father is relatively thin and cannot go to the fields to do heavy work. But from time to time, he would go out and make wedding banquets for the villagers in order to earn extra money.
Zhou Xiu often helps Zhou's father, so his cooking skills are not bad.
Aunt Niu was going to decline Zhou Xiu's kindness, but the housekeeper agreed very much.
"Okay, Xiuxiu, come and try."
The system listed the steps and methods of Meixiang sweet and sour short ribs. Zhou Xiu strictly followed the method, blanch the short ribs under cold water, and stir-fried evenly. Red tune sauce, chopped onion, ginger and garlic for later use. Green plums, rock sugar and stir-fried short ribs, add seasonings and sauces, add boiling water to collect the juice.
The housekeeper was a little surprised at her skillful movements. But I soon understood that children from poor families have long been in charge of the family.
Zhou Xiu cooked one dish, and Aunt Niu made four dishes and one soup.
The butler said to Zhou Xiu: "Xiuxiu, you call the young master down for dinner."
Zhou Xiu nodded and walked up to the second floor. She knocked on Xi Shaoyuan's room and found that he was not in the room, but doing his homework in the study.
The door of the study was ajar and did not close. The boy's study was fully heated. He was only wearing a thin T-shirt with the sleeves rolled up to reveal his muscular arms.
He was holding a phone call with one hand, his expression was indifferent, but there was a layer of haze between his brows.
"Oh, it doesn't matter if you come back or not. It's just a birthday."
"Is Zhou Xiu right? Oh, I see."
The moment Xi Shaoyuan hung up the phone, he opened the door and saw Zhou Xiu who was about to knock on the door.
He took out a stack of banknotes from his wallet and said in a flat tone, "My mother asked me to give you this week's living expenses."
This kid from a rich family doesn't seem to have the concept of money, a stack of banknotes is thick, at least a few thousand dollars. Handing it to Zhou Xiu's hand was heavy and hot.
Zhou Xiu was dumbfounded.
Xi Shaoyuan frowned, "Not enough?"
Xi's mother will give her son 100,000 pocket money every month, which is not a big deal. Since he was in high school, Xi's mother has put several funds in his name and let him manage them himself. The dividends and profits of these funds are very considerable every year.
Xi Shaoyuan and his friends can eat thousands of dollars for a meal out.
Zhou Xiu shook her head, "Thank you, I don't need it."
Xi Shaoyuan took out all the money in his wallet and put it into Zhou Xiu's hands.
He impatiently emphasized: "Take it."
He glanced at the undernourished girl who was as flat as a washboard in front of him. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Xi Shaoyuan would not have believed that there was such a thin girl who was so poor that she didn't look like a girl.
Girls should be soft, sweet and carefree.
Xi Shaoyuan knew that the girl in front of her was deep-minded and used to pretend to be pitiful and sympathetic.
Zhou Xiu still wanted to refuse, but Xi Shaoyuan glanced at her impatiently, exhausted his demeanor, and went straight downstairs.
He was too lazy to argue with Zhou Xiu about the money.
Through Xi Shaoyuan's eyes, Zhou Xiu seemed to read his meaning: Ugly people do more mischief.
There may be another understanding: he thinks it is a refusal.
Zhou Xiu had no choice but to keep the money, and buy him a present for his birthday, and return the money.
Zhou Xiu counted the money in her hand, a total of 45, she was surprised.
Xi Shaoyuan's casual attitude just now seemed to give paper instead of money.
When Zhou Xiu was still struggling for five yuan, he was already able to hit people with money at will.
Now Zhou Xiu can somewhat understand the mental journey of "Zhou Xiu". Faced with such a big temptation every day, I can't help but have fantasies. Although the Xi family treated her indifferently and could not be called nice, they did not treat her badly in terms of food and clothing.
[juvenile! juvenile! Your mind is in some danger now!]
Zhou Xiu smiled, went back and found a new cardboard box, wrote the word "xi" with a ballpoint pen, and put the money in it.
[I will study hard.]
The system's heart fell back into its stomach.
The Xi family's villa is very large, and there are so many rooms that it is impossible to live in it all. Usually there are only two old people who live with the young master of the Xi family, and it looks empty.
It wasn't until dinner time that Zhou Xiu saw that there were still two sets of bowls and chopsticks, and this feeling of emptiness became even stronger.
Zhou Xiu took out his vocabulary book and memorized it while eating, without squinting.
Xi Shaoyuan picked up a few extra pieces of plum-flavored short ribs and ate them, and seemed to like them very much.
After dinner, Zhou Xiu took the initiative to wash the dishes, and prepared a bento to take to school the next day.
She made two coconut-flavored buns, and made a plum-flavored short rib with the leftover ingredients that were ready to be thrown away. When having dinner, Xi Shaoyuan frequently picked up this dish several times, and Zhou Xiu didn't dare to touch it at all.
The rice cooker makes a "ding" sound, indicating that the ribs have been stewed.
Zhou Xiu ate a piece and couldn't help squinting her eyes. She reached into her pocket and found five dollars.
[The "Plum Fragrant Sweet and Sour Short Ribs" reward has arrived.]
In the middle of the night, Zhou Xiu received a call from home.
This time it was Zhou's father who called. When the call came, Zhou Xiu was previewing her homework.
Father Zhou said, "Xiuxiu, your mother-in-law called you this afternoon, didn't she?"
"Xiuxiu, I'm sorry, it's dad who is useless. Don't listen to her, you have to study hard. Dad asked your third uncle to find a job on the construction site, and he will go to work in the city when spring comes. You read."
The voice of the middle-aged man on the opposite side was a little choked, as if his throat was blocked by cotton.
Zhou Xiu stopped writing her homework, and the wind howling outside the window seemed to stop.
Zhou Xiu's heart seemed to be blown too.
She curled her mouth and said, "Okay, I'll wait for Dad to come."
Zhou Xiu's parents are very typical country folks, they work a lot and eat less, and they never complain. Because she couldn't give birth to a son, she was suppressed by Grandma Zhou for half her life.
Zhou Xiu stopped writing and started writing again.
She spent one night writing out half of the chemistry test questions, a few test papers, reciting two texts, and some dictation and small essays...
At dawn, the first sun rises.
The first ray of sunlight in the morning came in through the window, Zhou Xiu stretched her waist and went to wash her face.
After washing up, she made a quick breakfast. After breakfast, Zhou Xiu hurried to catch the first bus to school.
On the bus, a bunch of voices rang in Zhou Xiu's mind.
[Complete 11.20 homework, 95% correct rate reward 15RMB]
[Complete the 11.21 homework, 95% of the correct rate will reward 15RMB]
[Complete 11.22 homework, 95% correct rate reward 15RMB]
[Complete 11.23 homework, 15RMB reward for 95% correct rate]
[Young man, please don't work so hard!]
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When Tidbits came to the classroom, for the first time, he found his obedient tablemate who always straightened his back and listened to the class, sleeping on the table.
She stepped on the morning reading bell and tapped on the table.
"Wake up."
Only then did Zhou Xiu wake up sleepily, and turned sideways to let Momo sit in. He handed tidbits something casually.
Trivia: "???"
"What's this?"
"Eat." Reciprocity, return her juice.
Tidbits opened the bag and saw that it was a hot coconut-flavored steamed stuffed bun, and he ate it unceremoniously.
"Well, it's quite delicious."
Zhou Xiu noticed that Titus likes to eat coconut-flavored desserts yesterday, so she ate two of them in one sitting. Seeing her eating happily, she was relieved.
The school bell rang.
Zhou Xiu stared at the face of Teacher Huang in the first class, struggled for a long time, and gave up the task of actively answering questions.
There is a 30RMB reward for this task, and Zhou Xiu felt a little sorry for missing this money.
Having previewed these contents in advance yesterday and done a lot of homework exercises, Zhou Xiu could easily understand the new contents learned today. She began to brush up her homework frantically.
system:[…]
[Complete 11.22 homework, 95% correct rate reward 15RMB]
[Complete 11.23 homework, 15RMB reward for 95% correct rate]
Zhou Xiu pursed her lips, [I need money very much right now.]
[Okay, dear, if you want to improve, there are any poses here!]
The system released a new task: [Books are the ladder of human progress, 'Reading history makes people wise, reading poetry makes people smart, mathematics makes people thoughtful, and science makes people profound', young man, please don't use the library carelessly! You can receive 5RMB rewards for reading 2 hours a day.]
['If you have a thought and I have a thought, exchange each other, each of us has two thoughts, or even more than two thoughts. ', it is not advisable to work behind closed doors, please young people enthusiastically communicate and learn with the people around you! If the daily exchange volume reaches 5 times, you can get 5RMB.]
['The body is the capital of the revolution', having a healthy body is the foundation of learning, young people please move, you can receive 5RMB rewards for 1 hour of daily exercise.]
Zhou Xiu was greatly encouraged and excitedly picked up the book at hand.
Mr. Huang, who was kicked out by the students yesterday, glanced at him, found Zhou Xiu who was not doing his job in the corner, and said loudly:
"Some students never listen carefully in class, and always pretend to be hardworking after class. Is it useful to deceive yourself?"
The suddenly raised voice of the math teacher woke up some students who were deserting, sleeping, and talking small talk.
"Tch—" They curled their lips and didn't pay attention to the class. Was it the first day Huang knew this fact
Tidbits was also woken up, and yawned loosely.
Teacher Huang said, "Zhou Xiu, come up and do this question for me!"