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

The old man came out of the house not long after, holding a pen, ink, paper and inkstone in one hand and a small square table in the other. Yan Xiaoxiao hurried forward to help and put the small table away.

"Go get a stool behind the door!"

After Yan Xiaoxiao sat at the small table, the old man began today's teaching, starting from identifying pens, ink, paper and inkstone, to recognizing traditional Chinese characters.

Yan Xiaoxiao listened very carefully, these were things she had never learned in her previous life. After experiencing the beatings of society, she knew very well that she was lucky that someone was willing to teach her.

Before I knew it, it was getting dark!

"Okay, that's all for today. Read the first chapter to me!" The old man raised his chin towards the book "Things Between the Five Elements" on the table.

Yan Xiaoxiao: You haven’t forgotten it yet!

She picked it up reluctantly and read it haltingly. The old man corrected her from time to time and told her the words she didn't know. Comparing it with the simple words she had learned, Yan Xiaoxiao remembered most of them.

"Go back, if you're late your family will come to look for you! Memorize the first chapter today and check it tomorrow!"

Yan Xiaoxiao pouted, knowing that she couldn't escape.

"And come over at five tomorrow morning!"

Five o'clock? Yan Xiaoxiao thought she had heard it wrong. She was still a little kid, okay? Was she sure it wasn't child abuse?

"The early bird catches the worm. It's already light at four o'clock! If your parents don't agree, tell your grandpa that you can come to my place and have breakfast with me!"

Holding the two ugly calligraphy pieces she had written today and the tattered book, Yan Xiaoxiao went home, angry but not daring to say anything.

After dinner, ignoring the familiar melody from TV, Yan Xiaoxiao focused on reciting the first chapter of more than 200 words.

By the end of an episode, she was still reciting it haltingly. She could recognize the individual characters, but when put together, it was like a mystery and she had to memorize them word by word.

Memorizing English, the subject she was least good at, was not so difficult in her previous life. Yan Xiaoxiao felt that she was indeed not the heroine. Not only did she not have any golden fingers for her rebirth, but her IQ did not improve much either.

But she was determined to be a top student, so she held her breath and was determined to carry it to death as long as she was not dead.

The consequence of overusing your brain is that you spend the whole night dreaming and the whole night memorizing books.

Yan Xiaoxiao sat up from the bed feeling dizzy.

Thinking back to what she had memorized yesterday, she surprisingly remembered it. Her eyes widened and she couldn't help feeling delighted.

Yan Guoqing had just gotten up, and was a little surprised to see his daughter, who always loved to sleep in, getting up so early. "Xiaoxiao, why did you get up so early today?"

"Well, Dad, I will get up so early from now on. You don't have to make breakfast for me, I'll go to Grandpa Wuzu's house to eat!" Yan Xiaoxiao said vaguely while washing.

As soon as Yan Guoqing opened his mouth, he heard his daughter's next words, "Grandpa Wu Zu said that we should go to his house at five in the morning and have breakfast at his house. If you and mom have any objections, go find my grandpa!"

After saying that, he wiped his face and ran away. It feels pretty good to be the one taking advantage of the power of others!

This time, Yan Xiaoxiao walked into the dilapidated courtyard with full confidence.

Grandpa Wuzu was wearing a gray Tang suit that had been washed to a pale color and was practicing Tai Chi in the yard.

Each move seemed to have an inexplicable attraction. Yan Xiaoxiao stood aside and watched blankly. She was still stunned until Grandpa Wuzu finished the fight.

"What do you feel?" The old voice sounded in her ears, and Yin Xiaoxiao came back to her senses.

“I just feel an inexplicable attraction!”

The old man looked at her, and then said, "Come and learn how to stand with me!"

Yan Xiaoxiao only saw wrinkles on the old face, but she felt that the old man was in a good mood.

I obediently followed the old man's instructions and started standing in the stance. In less than ten minutes, I felt my legs trembling. I gritted my teeth and endured it. Soon, sweat broke out on my body.

When she couldn't hold on any longer, the old man's voice came from the westernmost room, "Hold on for half an hour, or you won't have any food!"

Yan Xiaoxiao was disdainful in her heart. She thought that she wouldn't starve to death if she didn't eat a meal. How could she threaten others with this? Humph!

Despite thinking this in her mind, she still managed to hold on until the time, and once she relaxed, she sat down on the ground.

"Get up and follow me!"

The old man took her to the room where he had been busy for a while.

It was only then that Yan Xiaoxiao discovered that the room on the west side was an independent kitchen with a small compartment on the west wall.

The compartment was filled with mist. As the old man approached, Yan Xiaoxiao could see clearly that there was a wooden barrel there, filled with hot water. However, the water was pitch black and had a pungent smell of traditional Chinese medicine.

Seeing Yan Xiaoxiao refused to move forward, the old man turned around and said, "Come here, go in and soak!"

Yan Xiaoxiao shook her head in rejection. The water was disgusting. She didn’t want it!

The old man smiled, and the wrinkles on his face deepened. Yan Xiaoxiao unconsciously took two steps back.

"You don't want to soak in it? This is a potion for strengthening the bones and muscles. It's hard to find. It seems a bit of a waste to use it on you. Since you don't want to, forget it!"

Yan Xiaoxiao said hurriedly, "No, no, I want to soak!"

She made up her mind and went into the water with her clothes on. Fortunately, her clothes were thin, so she just treated it as a bathrobe. It didn't matter if the smell was bad, she was just a kid and was not afraid of being embarrassed. She sat cross-legged in the water, and the water just reached her neck.

Yan Xiaoxiao had been in there for less than a minute when she started grimacing and trying to stand up. The water was too damn hot!

But as soon as she moved, a big old hand pressed down on her head, and Yan Xiaoxiao was unable to move.

Woo woo! Yan Xiaoxiao burst into tears soon. She felt like her flesh was about to be cooked.

The big hand on top of her head didn't seem to be exerting any strength, she just couldn't move. She could only open her mouth and breathe hard, as if that could relieve the pain.

The pain was getting worse and worse, and Yin Xiaoxiao couldn't hold it in any longer and yelled, "Ah!"

She hoped that someone would hear her and come to save her. The old man seemed to be able to see through her thoughts and said, "Go ahead and shout! I have set up a soundproof formation here. No one will come even if you scream your throat out!"

Yan Xiaoxiao: What's up with this familiar line?

Yan Xiaoxiao admitted it. She felt that she was just a poor little thing who was bullied by others. When her consciousness became a little fuzzy, a faint coolness entered her body from the top of her head, nourishing her meridians that were almost burnt like nectar.

The nectar became more and more, and her body became more and more comfortable. Yan Xiaoxiao felt like she was alive again.

"Okay, change your clothes and come out to eat!" The old man pointed to a pink Tang suit placed on a stool beside him, with a new towel on it, and turned around to go out.

Only then did Yin Xiaoxiao realize that the water in the bucket had cooled down and its color had become lighter.

When she came out of the compartment and walked out of the west room, she was stunned again. She saw a table outside the door of the west room, and the table was full of dishes.

Her stomach began to growl at the tangy aroma.

"Come and eat!"

Yan Xiaoxiao quickly sat on the stool and took the bowl of porridge from the old man with both hands. After the old man picked up a crystal shrimp dumpling, Yan Xiaoxiao started to eat with her chopsticks.

She also picked up a crystal clear dumpling, took a bite, and the fresh fragrance filled her mouth. It was so delicious!

Yan Xiaoxiao had never eaten such delicious food in her previous life. She drank some lean meat porridge, which had a faint taste of Chinese medicine, but tasted good.

When Yan Xiaoxiao wanted to eat another shrimp dumpling, she found that there was no more on the plate. She turned her chopsticks to the stack of osmanthus cakes next to her. Soft, sweet and delicious! The resentment of not being able to eat shrimp dumplings was immediately thrown away.

Although there were many plates on the table, the quantity of each portion was very small. Yan Xiaoxiao, who was starving, doubted whether these things were enough for her to eat.

It turned out that her worries were not unnecessary. When she was 80% full, the food on the table had been eaten up.

Yan Xiaoxiao recalled the seven or eight kinds of food she had just eaten. Each one was so delicious, but she was not full! She glanced at the old man opposite her with dissatisfaction, and was caught by him.

“Haha, are you not full?” The old man laughed, looking mean no matter how he looked at him. “Remember to eat only until you are 80% full next time, otherwise you will be a fat man like in your previous life!”