Transmigrated as a Stepmother: Time to Bring the Family to Prosper! Chapter 196 - 195: That Was Close

Mr. Ding glanced at the list and confird again, "Liu Pingling, right? A girl?"

Si Niang nodded, "Yes, I’m Liu Pingling, a girl."

After speaking, Si Niang heard a conflicted sigh, "Ah... a girl..."

Si Niang tilted her head in confusion, wondering what’s wrong with being a girl?

Mr. Cheng waved his hand, "Aren’t you able to write? There’s paper and a brush over there, write sothing."

"Alright, teacher."

Si Niang agreed, turned around and walked to the prepared desk, kneeling down. She seed so small that she barely reached the height of the desk. She ground ink with water, picked up the brush, dipped it in ink, and started writing on the paper without any hesitation.

Her characters were very large, and although they were only neatly written, it was still visible that she was writing a small passage from the Analects.

There was one difficult character she didn’t know how to write, so she drew a circle around it.

After finishing, she put down the brush and resisted the urge to rub her wrist, slowly stood up, and stepped back to the side of the desk, "Please take a look, teacher."

The three teachers ca over together, making Si Niang a bit nervous, knowing that her handwriting indeed wasn’t very good.

But her father’s and mother’s handwriting weren’t pretty either, so they could only teach her just as much.

Thankfully, she was still young, and the three teachers were more lenient with her. They nodded, took the paper, and inford her that the evaluation was complete and to wait outside for news.

Si Niang rembered what Jinbao and Jinhua had said about checks and X marks and wondered what the teacher would give her.

Unfortunately, after writing, she was told to leave, without another opportunity to stand before the teacher and see it.

Si Niang could only give her brother an encouraging look and withdrew.

She and the girl who ca out before her were separated by a quarter of an hour—it was easy to guess that the teacher must have asked a lot, and she also answered much.

"How was it? Were you scared?" Qin Yao received the child, and her first reaction was not to ask about the results but to care about her feelings.

An unstable state of mind leads to inconsistent performance.

Da Lang and Second Lang also ca forward, saying they’d buy her so snacks to comfort her.

Si Niang shook her head. She wasn’t scared, just didn’t know how to describe Mr. Ding’s conflicted sigh.

"Mother, I feel like the teacher doesn’t like ," Si Niang said softly.

Qin Yao felt a pang in her heart but kept a calm expression, adjusting the cloth on the girl’s head, "Sotis, what people feel isn’t always correct. Let’s wait for the results."

Si Niang nodded, "Alright!"

Sanlang was the second last to co out, led out by a house servant, his eyes already red, and still reciting the poems he’d morized at ho, to which the servant was helpless, loudly asking:

"Soone from Liu Ziming’s family, co and get your child!"

Qin Yao and the others rushed forward, "What’s wrong?"

The house servant said: "The teacher fell just now, maybe hurt himself sowhere, quickly take him to see a doctor, so it doesn’t lead to anything worse!"

Handing the child to his family, the servant quickly turned and left, fearing to be blad.

Upon hearing this, Qin Yao hurriedly put Sanlang onto the cart’s rail, asking where he was hurt.

Sanlang’s eyes were like a rabbit’s, and he pointed at his knee, whimpering.

Qin Yao rolled up the pant leg to see a bit of skin scraped and so red marks, but it was just a small injury far from an actual wound, and she relaxed imdiately.

"Scared to death, thought sothing was wrong." Liu Zhong patted his chest, curious, "How did you fall? Was it after answering the teacher’s questions, or did you fall before eting the teacher?"

Sanlang stopped crying after Mother blew on it a couple of tis and answered softly, "I had already answered the teacher’s questions, fell on the way out, it hurt."

Upon hearing this, the adults’ tense hearts were relieved—having completed the assessnt ant no worries.

But falling before leaving, wouldn’t the teachers think there was so inherent deficiency?

Qin Yao glanced at Liu Bai and Liu Zhong, who also looked at her, deciding to wait for the results.

Sanlang actually perford quite well, though timid, he answered all the questions the teacher asked.

Moreover, upon seeing him, the three teachers noticed he and Si Niang were twins with identical faces but opposite personalities, bringing them much amusent.

Except this little one was really too timid, unlike his outspoken sister.

Sanlang rembered the teacher saying before he left: "A true man should not be so fearful, step out with your chest held high."

Then, as he lifted his head high, he tripped over the tall steps.

After hearing the little one’s recounting, Qin Yao couldn’t help but hold her head, thinking these teachers had too much ti caring about others’ personalities!

Sanlang was still upset, clutching at Qin Yao’s clothes, whispering, "Mother, am I not a real man?"

Qin Yao answered bluntly: "You are! Just a more special kind. A real man cos in many categories, not just one."

The n nearby all looked over, curious, "Third sister-in-law, what other categories are there?"

Qin Yao glared, "Ask again, and I’ll hit you."

They imdiately shut their mouths, pacing back and forth by the cart, waiting for the last groups’ assessnt to end and the results to be announced.

This wait lasted until dusk, at which ti the assessnt ended completely.

After the assessnt, waiting another quarter hour, the three teachers finally ca out and announced the admission list.

At the beginning, all were nas from twelve large families.

Afterwards, Liu Jinbao and Liu Ziming’s nas were heard, and Liu Bai was ecstatic.

Sanlang rejoiced only for a mont before joining his brothers and mother eagerly awaiting his sister’s na.

Yet, as the teachers announced the twenty-eighth na, Liu Pingling’s na still hadn’t been heard, bringing seriousness to the family’s expressions.

"Lv Liang!"

"Here, here!" another parent answered on behalf of the child with delight.

Only the last one remained.

Mr. Ding suddenly looked up, searching in the crowd for sothing.

Feeling it, Si Niang took two steps forward excitedly, looking over with anticipation.

Their eyes t, Mr. Ding squinted unexpectedly and then announced the last na to be admitted.

"Liu Pingling"

"I’m here!" Si Niang imdiately raised her hand, feeling as if she’d been waiting her whole life for this mont, wearing a wide, proud smile warr than the midday sun.

Mr. Ding internally sighed. Fortunately, she was chosen, or such intense anticipation couldn’t have been seen.

"Mother, Si Niang was selected!" Second Lang said excitedly.

Afraid she might not know, Sanlang added: "Mother, Si Niang was selected, now we can go to school together!"

Watching the children’s joyous smiles, Qin Yao raised her hand to her chest, sighing deeply with relief.

Suddenly, the cry of a girl ca from behind them, prompting Liu Zhong to sympathetically turn around, pulling the left out daughter forward, gently touching her face, "It’s alright, there’s always next year, you can try again."

Da Lang and Qin Yao exchanged a glance, thinking inwardly, how dangerously close!