"Find sothing, not too hard. I need to build so confidence." Du Yu said weakly. His grades now are among the top of the class.
"Sure." Xu Mumu nodded with a smile.
Not many people cared about the midterm exam, but Xu Mumu and Du Yu did take it seriously. In just over two days, the results were out. With fewer students, the speed of grading skyrocketed.
As expected, Xu Mumu was the first again, and Du Yu surprisingly ca in third. He did quite well in every subject.
Xu Mumu was quite satisfied with this result, and Du Yu didn’t expect he could co in third. The second in class was Xiao ngqin, which didn’t surprise Xu Mumu much. Since losing a bet with her, Xiao ngqin had been studying very hard and quickly surpassed the previous top students in the class.
Liu Li praised the few of them and even gave certificates of rit to the top five. There were only about twenty people in the class, so they didn’t issue certificates for the top ten.
Another certificate was added to the wall at ho, and Xu Mumu found her ho’s yellow earth walls much more pleasing to the eye.
"Dad and mom, have you decided when to start building the house?" The house construction hadn’t started yet, so Xu Mumu asked a couple more questions.
"After Xii gets married. This week your brother has two days off, and he’ll co back to help with the work." Li Caixia said, eating a small cookie. Life now was really good, finally without having to worry about going hungry.
"Xii is getting married?" Xu Mumu was a bit stunned.
"Yes, the day after tomorrow. You guys don’t have a break." Li Caixia was a bit disappointed; she wanted Xu Mumu to go out and subtly show off the watch.
"I won’t go. Everyone in each family should only send one person. Our dad is going, so why should I go?" Xu Mumu said helplessly. Tis were tough for every family, so whether it was a wedding or funeral, each family sent one person, relieving so pressure on the host. If too many people went, there wouldn’t be enough food.
If anyone really did that, you’d definitely get people talking behind your back.
So, Xu Mumu wasn’t planning on being that annoying person.
On the day of Xii’s wedding, the village was quite lively. Because the head of the brigade was generous, they bought a lot of wedding candies to give to those who attended the feast, for them to take back to the children at ho.
Moreover, the dishes at the wedding banquet were quite good, with real slices of at, not the usual minced at you find when they’re stingy with at.
The family gave a two-yuan gift; other families either gave so money or brought so hogrown vegetables and eggs. The head of the brigade was kind, and people didn’t go empty-handed.
When Xu Mumu returned, she heard her father talking non-stop about how well the head of the brigade had organized the banquet.
Having experienced modern banquets, Xu Mumu didn’t find it particularly impressive, but after staying here for months, she understood better. At least the head of the brigade had money—it must have cost at least dozens of yuan for this banquet.
In rural areas, families wouldn’t be so lavish on daughters. Many families just sent their daughters with so clothes, without even a dowry.
"When my daughter gets married, we’ll have to do even better than the head of the brigade." Li Caixia said a bit sourly.
"Yes, yes, let Minghui work hard to earn money. Our Mumu mustn’t be outdone." Xu Hai agreed very much. He also wanted to enjoy the attention the head of the brigade had today.
Xu Mumu: "....." She had no intention of getting married at all, so her parents’ plan might fall through.
She naturally wouldn’t tell them this. If she did, she’d be nagged nonstop, so she’d let the marriage stuff drag on since it wasn’t urgent anyway.
Xu Hai gave all the wedding candies to Xu Minglei, since Xu Mumu didn’t really like sweets, and she didn’t mind.
The children from the second and fourth houses also got so wedding candies and were very happy.
"Minglei, have your results co out yet?" Xu Mumu asked as she saw her little brother eating the candies, inquiring about their results. They had taken their exams a couple of days ago.
"Big Sis, the teacher said they’d be out tomorrow, the grades are still being calculated." Xu Jiaojiao licked her candy, her eyes slightly squinted in satisfaction.
"Alright, I’ll check on your grades tomorrow." Xu Mumu said with a smile.
The event of Xii’s wedding was still very much the talk of the village.
The next evening, after picking up a few kids, Xu Mumu saw their faces full of joy and laughed. Without asking, she knew they must have achieved her targets set for them.
"Big Sis, I topped again. The others are too dumb. I’m always first, it’s so boring." That was Xu Jiaojiao’s cheeky declaration.
"I’m not dumb. I ca third." Xu Tao said displeased. He was only three points behind his sister, and each ti she called him dumb. If Xu Jiaojiao weren’t his real sister, he would have hit her already.
"Sis, I got second." Xu Minglei was also very happy.
"Not bad, not bad. And you two?" Xu Mumu nodded with satisfaction, turning her gaze to Xu Wan and Tiedan.
"Sis, I’m fifth." Tiedan said, a bit embarrassed. He couldn’t even beat Xu Wan, truly a bit saddened.
"Wanwan did well, and Tiedan did too. But you should be a bit more serious from now on." Xu Mumu said with a smile.
At ho, Xu Mumu handed out the promised money to them. Apart from Xu Wan, the others’ money was kept with Xu Mumu. She wrote another line of accounts in the back of her notebook, and the children’s total savings added up to nearly a hundred yuan.
"Big Sis, you don’t have to give money." Xu Wan said with a blush, looking down shyly.
"Hold on to it. You can buy notebooks or eat sothing nice, or buy hair ties." Xu Mumu said gently.
"But." Xu Wan hesitated, still feeling shy.
"Third Sis, take it, listen to Big Sis." Xu Jiaojiao, Xu Mumu’s number one fan, believed whatever Big Sis said was right.
In the end, Xu Wan accepted the fifty cents.
The little girl was very touched and carefully saved the money. The little girl didn’t have much pocket money; the parents kept it. The sister in charge, most of the household money was also kept by the sister. The sister said she had big plans for the money.
She really had no money in hand. Big Sis is so good.
What Xu Mumu did regarding giving little bonuses to the kids, Li Caixia knew and nagged a bit. Knowing her daughter had her ideas, she didn’t say much, just called the kids over to give them a good talk, letting them know Big Sis was the best.
The final result? The indoctrination was successful, and the kids now admired Xu Mumu the most.
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