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

Yan Xiaoxiao had a look of horror on her face. The old man was fanning himself with a worn palm-leaf fan and looking at her with a smile.

At this moment, countless thoughts flashed through Yan Xiaoxiao's mind, but she couldn't grasp them. She stood there stiffly, and soon fine beads of sweat covered her forehead.

"Haha! Have you come to your senses? Aren't you just reborn? What's so great about that?" The old man's tone was full of disdain.

"Even if you are reborn a hundred times, if you don't have the ability, you will still be cannon fodder!"

Yan Xiaoxiao's mouth, which had been opened unconsciously, finally closed. She swallowed hard and looked at the person in front of her timidly.

What exactly does the person in front of her mean? Will he burn her to death as a monster? Thinking of this, Yan Xiaoxiao shuddered again.

"Look at how useless you are. You really bring shame to our Yan family!" The tone of disappointment in his voice made Yan Xiaoxiao feel a little relieved. She realized belatedly that the person in front of her seemed to have no ill will towards her.

She called out "Fifth Grandpa!" tentatively. Her voice was soft and sweet. It would have been better if it hadn't had that slight tremor in it.

"Forget it. Since you are also a descendant of the Yan family, I will teach you something! Otherwise, your chance to live one more life than others will be wasted in vain!"

Yan Xiaoxiao felt relieved and decided to stay as far away from this Fifth Ancestor as possible.

"Come over tomorrow afternoon!"

Yan Xiaoxiao almost couldn't catch her breath. The old man waved at her. When she came to her senses, she was already standing at the gate of the courtyard. The gate closed automatically in front of her.

After being stunned for a while, she walked home with trembling legs.

Yin Xiu, who had prepared lunch, saw that her daughter seemed to be out of her mind, and asked with concern: "Xiaoxiao, what's wrong with you?"

When Yan Xiaoxiao saw her mother, she couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears with a loud "Wow!"

Yan Guoqing heard his daughter crying from behind the counter and hurried out, "What happened?"

Yan Xiaoxiao cried so hard that she was out of breath, as if she wanted to cry out all the sadness and grievances that had accumulated in two lifetimes at once.

Her crying caused her younger brother, who was playing peacefully in the car, to start crying too. For a while, the small supply and marketing cooperative was filled with the crying of the two.

Fortunately, it was lunch time and no one came to the supply and marketing cooperative, otherwise I would have thought something horrific had happened!

After a long time of sobbing, Yan Xiaoxiao finally stopped crying with Yin Xiu's comfort. She felt a lot better after crying.

She decided to tell the secret of her rebirth. Now that it was known to others, she did not intend to hide it from her most trusted parents.

I opened my mouth, but no sound came out.

Yan Xiaoxiao was horrified and wanted to tell her what happened at Grandpa Wuzu's house today, but she couldn't make a sound. She coughed twice in a hurry.

"What happened?"

Under the concerned and anxious gaze of my mother, I blurted out, "I'm fine!"

Yan Xiaoxiao was stunned. She was about to say that she was reborn, but when she opened her mouth, no sound came out.

After a few times, Yan Xiaoxiao understood that she could not tell anyone about her rebirth, nor could she tell anyone about her Fifth Ancestor.

Facing the anxious looks of my parents, I could only say awkwardly: "I'm fine, I just fell in the mud!"

This explanation makes sense as she was so scared that she sat on the ground and her clothes were stained with mud and water.

Yan Guoqing and Yin Xiu both breathed a sigh of relief, it was just a fall, it's okay, it's okay!

Yin Xiu even looked Yan Xiaoxiao up and down and almost took off her pants to see if she was hurt.

Yan Xiaoxiao clutched her trouser waist and almost cried again. She repeatedly assured herself that she was fine and only then did she retain her last bit of dignity!

The next morning, after learning Chinese characters from her grandfather, Yan Xiaoxiao carefully asked, "Grandpa, is Grandpa Wuzu a good person?"

Yin Hongjun smiled. He didn't know what was in his granddaughter's little head, but during this period of time he also realized that his child was smart and more mature than other children, and he could not be treated as an ordinary child.

His face also turned serious. "People and things in this world are not black and white, but no matter what we do, we must live up to our conscience. Your fifth grandfather has some special abilities. Although he has a strange temper, he is upright, chivalrous, and a good man!"

Integrity? Chivalry? She even doubted whether she and her grandfather were talking about the same person. But as far as she knew, there was only one Fifth Ancestor Grandpa in their Xiaohe Village.

After dinner, Yan Xiaoxiao came to the gate of the dilapidated courtyard again, took a deep breath, and then pushed open the door.

I took a careful step forward, and nothing happened. I took another careful step forward, and nothing happened again. The corners of Yan Xiaoxiao's mouth began to curl up.

"Why don't you come in quickly? What are you doing lingering at the door?"

Yan Xiaoxiao was startled and turned around to see Grandpa Wu Zu sitting on a small bench in front of the door, looking at her.

She took a quick look there when she first entered the door. There was no one there. Well, there was no one there, right?

Yan Xiaoxiao quickly took a few steps and stood in front of the old man with her head held high and her chest puffed out.

From an angle that Yan Xiaoxiao couldn't see, the corners of the old man's mouth seemed to curl up for a moment.

"Here, you have to memorize the first chapter today! You won't be allowed to eat if you don't finish it!"

Yan Xiaoxiao looked down at the tattered book in her hand, and it took her a long time to make out the few words - "Things Between the Five Elements". She looked confused and flipped through the traditional Chinese characters in it, but she didn't recognize some of them.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and recite it!"

Yan Xiaoxiao mustered up her courage and looked up, "There are many words I don't recognize."

The old man was stunned for a moment, his eyes full of disbelief, "Weren't you a college student in your previous life?"

Yan Xiaoxiao blushed with shame and said helplessly, "These are all traditional Chinese characters!"

The old man closed his eyes, stood up and walked into the house, muttering: "Forget about it, the children nowadays have thrown away all the things left by our ancestors! Oh!"

Yan Xiaoxiao stood in the yard, at a loss.

Although she was a college student in her previous life, there were college students everywhere on the streets at that time, and she was the most inconspicuous and ordinary one.

A little shame and anger finally turned into a long sigh!