Rebirth in the 1980s: Xiaoxiao's road to becoming a top student

After dinner, Yan Xiaoxiao went to the brigade headquarters to visit her grandfather as usual.

Today, Yin Hongjun was very busy, so Yan Xiaoxiao didn't bother him. She took the newspapers from the past two days, and beside her were a pen and a copy of the Xinhua Dictionary. She copied the words she didn't know into the book and marked them with the pronunciation she had looked up.

This method made Yan Xiaoxiao's vocabulary soar. Of course, most of it was just acting, hehe!

When Yin Hongjun was free, he sat down and wanted to teach Yan Xiaoxiao how to count, but he found that Yan Xiaoxiao not only knew how to count, but also knew addition and subtraction within 100. She had a ready-made excuse as she stayed in the supply and marketing cooperative all day and might have learned it just by watching!

Yin Hongjun kept praising his granddaughter for her intelligence, but when he saw the first-grade math book he borrowed from someone else, he suddenly lost interest and wrote down the multiplication and division formulas for Yan Xiaoxiao to memorize.

Yan Xiaoxiao did not provoke her grandfather this time. She had to save some face for the old man.

Yan Xiaoxiao spent the whole morning pretending to recite the formula. When she returned to the supply and marketing cooperative at noon, her little face was full of confusion. She pretended to be in so much pain!

Yin Hongjun, who went back to the supply and marketing cooperative with her, laughed secretly and felt proud in his heart: Little guy, this is not difficult for you?

Today Yin Xiu asked Yin Hongjun to have lunch together saying that she had something to discuss. Yan Xiaoxiao instantly became alert, but Yin Xiu's words shocked her to the core.

“I’m going to quit my job at the school!”

What? Yan Xiaoxiao thought she was hallucinating and blinked in disbelief.

Yin Hongjun also put down the chopsticks in his hand.

In this day and age, being a teacher is a very respectable job, and there are so many people lining up to be one!

"Dad, I'm pregnant again. I thought I'd quit my job at the school while the baby is still born. I also want to transfer the supply and marketing cooperative out during the National Day holiday so I can go out and run some business!"

Yin Hongjun disagreed when he heard this: "You're not going to run the supply and marketing cooperative anymore? How can you survive with just the little income from the land?"

"No, Dad. I want to go out and see the world. Now that reform and opening up are in place, my former comrades wrote to me and said that there are business opportunities everywhere! I want to give it a try!"

Yin Hongjun lowered his eyes and thought for a while, "You are still young now, it would be good for you to go out and try your luck."

Yan Guoqing and Yin Xiu looked at each other, their faces filled with unstoppable joy. The support from their family made them feel extremely warm in their hearts.

"I object!" The tender voice of the child made the three adults look at the little kid who was not even as tall as the table.

"I object!" Yan Xiaoxiao's face was serious. "We can quit the supply and marketing cooperative, and Dad can go out and explore the world, but Mom can't quit her teaching job!"

Her eyes were full of seriousness, and she was actually a little too mature for her age.

Yin Xiu was touched. She knew her daughter was like this because of her, but thinking of her three children in the future, she still tried to persuade Yan Xiaoxiao.

"Xiaoxiao, when mom quits her job, she will have time to take care of you and your brother. Usually, mom will clean up at home and work in the fields when it's busy. Your dad will work outside to earn money, and when he comes back, he will have a hot meal to eat. Isn't that good?"

Not good? The villain in Yan Xiaoxiao's heart was already screaming.

With her past life experience, she knew too well how hard it was to raise a child alone. Not only did she have to take care of the child, she also had to do housework and farm work. Did the mother think she was a superman?

Yan Xiaoxiao took a deep breath and calmed down her excitement. "Mom, you are not Superman, and a woman should have her own career!"

Yan Xiaoxiao's words made the three of them laugh instantly. The younger brother didn't know why the adults were laughing, so he also smiled foolishly.

Yan Xiaoxiao almost rolled her eyes; the serious atmosphere was diluted by laughter.

"Stop laughing! This is what the newspaper said. Women should be independent and have their own careers. Women can hold up half the sky!"

"Mom, you must not quit your job, or you will regret it!"

Thinking of what her mother said in her previous life that what she regretted most was leaving the job she loved, she felt uncomfortable. No matter what, even if she had to throw a tantrum, she would stop her mother from following the same path as in her previous life.

Yan Xiaoxiao glanced at the concrete floor, looking for a clean spot. She would lie there and roll around in a moment.

"Xiu, don't quit your job yet. Don't you have time off for childbirth? It will be a year by the time you finish your vacation. You can decide then!"

Grandpa's words made Yan Xiaoxiao look up suddenly, and she almost cried with joy. Facing grandpa's thoughtful eyes, Yan Xiaoxiao's eyes dodged for a moment. Why did she always feel like she was being seen through?

Yin Hongjun's words were quite effective. Yan Guoqing and Yin Xiu listened to them and had no objections. Yan Xiaoxiao was very angry and said that a hundred words from her grandfather were not as effective as one.

Yan Xiaoxiao did not interrupt what happened next. She ate while listening to the three people's discussion with her ears perked up.

After discussion, it was unanimously decided to transfer the supply and marketing cooperative, and the question of who would take over became a problem. At this time, anyone who wanted to take over would probably have to fight for it.

Yin Hongjun also had his own selfish motives. He wanted his eldest daughter's family to take over. His eldest son-in-law died early, leaving behind only a son and a daughter. He opened his mouth several times but nothing came out. Finally, it was Yin Xiu who spoke up, "Guoqing, I want to transfer the supply and marketing cooperative to my sister and her family."

Yan Guoqing agreed without thinking. He also knew his eldest sister's difficulties. It was not easy for her to raise two children alone. As for his uncles and brothers, they would definitely be unhappy if they knew about it. However, it was thanks to his father-in-law that they were able to contract the supply and marketing cooperative in the first place, so it was reasonable to give it to his own people. Besides, didn't his father-in-law still support him?

Yin Hongjun glanced at his son-in-law, and knew what he was thinking from the expression on his face. He laughed and scolded, and acquiesced! They are all his own children, what else can he do if he doesn't take better care of them?

Only Yan Xiaoxiao's drooping face looked a little ugly. Her grandfather in the previous life died of a heart attack when he was quarreling with his cousin from his eldest aunt's family. She always felt resentful in her heart. Her mother and several aunts had not spoken to her cousin for several years. Later, as time went by, her cousin also wanted to ease the relationship, and they slowly started to interact again.

Actually, my cousin was just a young man in his twenties at that time. Yan Xiaoxiao only heard from her father that my cousin was kneeling at the door of my grandfather's house and crying, but several aunts did not let him enter the mourning hall.

Yan Xiaoxiao clenched her little fists. She wanted to change her grandfather's fate in this life. She didn't know if her fifth ancestor knew medicine. She must learn it!

She had already decided that if she wanted to be a top student, she would be a top student in all subjects, not just those learned in school.

And she would learn it thoroughly, until she reached the top level in the industry. She never wanted to be like in her previous life, where she only learned the basics and achieved nothing.

Yan Xiaoxiao calmed down again and got the answer she wanted early the next morning. The moment Grandpa Wuzu nodded, she was so happy.

But a word from Grandpa Wu Zu brought her back to square one.

"You want to learn, so I have to teach you? How can such a good thing happen in the world?"