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

Yan Xiaoxiao's angry eyes were about to burst into flames.

What made her feel most inferior in her previous life was not her education or family background, but her fat body.

She could gain weight even by drinking water, so she had no idea how to control her weight. Especially after having a child, she even hated herself.

Now that someone is picking at the festering scar in front of me, I feel not only pain but also embarrassment.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here! I promise to make you a slim little beauty in this life!"

The sonorous and teasing words instantly dissipated most of Yan Xiaoxiao's anger. Her eyes were sore and she almost shed tears. She lowered her head and blinked hard.

In her previous life, she had waited her whole life for someone to say this to her, but she didn’t expect to hear it today. In her previous life, whenever she couldn’t hold on any longer, she wished someone would appear in front of her and say, “Don’t be afraid, I’m here!”

The old man's face was still full of wrinkles as he smiled, but Yan Xiaoxiao felt warm inside.

"Go back and come back in the afternoon!" The old man waved his hand, and Yan Xiaoxiao stood at the gate of the yard again. She was still confused for a moment before she ran home.

She ran faster and faster, with an emotion in her heart that needed to be vented. She stopped only when she reached the door of the supply and marketing cooperative. Normally, if she ran back in one breath, she would be out of breath, but now she calmed down after taking a few deep breaths and felt that she could still run back and forth.

Yan Xiaoxiao understood in her heart that it must be because of the medicinal bath today. Thinking of this, she lowered her head and smelled herself. Fortunately, she did not smell any unpleasant smell, but instead a faint herbal smell, which was not unpleasant.

After going into the house and drinking some water, Yan Xiaoxiao took a pen and paper and went to the team office at the back, where she pestered her grandfather to teach her a few more words.

After she finished writing, her grandfather gave her an apple. It was still several months before the apples were ripe at this time of the year. It was obvious that the apple had been stored in a cold storage. It just so happened that it hadn't been sold yet.

You know, the fruits grown in the village are usually sold around the New Year, and very few are kept at this time. You know, the refrigeration fee alone is a big expense.

"Grandpa, haven't we sold all the apples at home?"

"Oh! The price is not good, it's too cheap!" Yin Hongjun sighed, "Most of the apples grown in the village have not been sold yet!"

Yan Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes twice, and a vague idea came to her mind. Then she heard her grandfather ask her, "Xiaoxiao, did you go to Grandpa Wu's house?"

Yan Xiaoxiao's whole body stiffened. Thinking of what happened in that shabby courtyard, she felt depressed. She nodded slowly.

Yin Hongjun was very happy, "Your Fifth Ancestor is willing to let you go, you must be obedient." He hesitated for a moment, leaned close to Yan Xiaoxiao's ear and whispered, "No matter what Fifth Ancestor teaches you, learn it well! Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask, just be obedient!"

Yan Xiaoxiao nodded to show that she understood. In her opinion, he was just a naughty boy and she would not bother with him. Yan Xiaoxiao was still thinking proudly at this time.

But the days that followed were truly dire straits.

Yan Xiaoxiao gets up at five o'clock every day, first standing still, then writing two pieces of calligraphy, then taking a medicinal bath, and eating breakfast. In the morning, she learns to recognize characters from her grandfather, in the afternoon, she checks her recitation from the previous day, then listens to her fifth grandfather telling the story of the heavenly book "Things Between the Five Elements", and then continues to recite in the evening.

Yan Xiaoxiao's schedule was fully scheduled, and after a week, she got used to it and even felt very fulfilled.

After the heavy rain, it was sunny for several days in a row. The villagers dried the wheat for a few days and everyone had smiles on their faces.

After paying the public grain tax that day, people gathered at the brigade headquarters and the smiles on their faces faded again.

From what you said and I said, Yan Xiaoxiao heard that some villages had a terrible harvest because of the rain, and they probably didn't even have enough food to eat.

As we are all farmers, we can still relate to each other.

Although Yin Hongjun made that phone call to the town, it probably did not attract any attention. This is understandable. Everyone has a sense of luck. Even in their Xiaohe Village, even with Yin Hongjun's prestige, weren't there many young people who were dissatisfied at the time?

Everyone sighed for a while and then dispersed. Life still had to go on. This was New China. If one side was in trouble, all sides would come to its aid. No one would starve to death.

After Yan Xiaoxiao studied for about half a month, she recognized most of the characters. Yin Hongjun was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling and sighed that their Yin family was going to produce a literary star.

Yan Xiaoxiao felt that she could now implement her plan. She first found a report praising teachers in a newspaper one day and gave it to her mother when she got home in the evening.

"Mom, look! Teaching is such a glorious profession!"

Yin Xiu laughed out loud at her daughter's adult tone. She took the newspaper and read it politely.

"A teacher's job is to impart knowledge and resolve doubts! Spreading knowledge and caring for students is what we teachers should do!"

Yan Xiaoxiao heard a sense of pride in Yin Xiuping's words. She turned her eyes and said, "Mom, the teacher is so good, then you want to be a teacher for life, okay?"

Yin Xiu just smiled and touched his daughter's head, then lowered his head and gently stroked his belly, with a thoughtful look on his face.

Yan Xiaoxiao took a look and realized there was nothing she didn't understand. Calculating the time, her little brother should be in her mother's belly by now.

She was a little anxious. "Mom, you must not quit your job as a teacher. I heard my grandfather talking to people in the town on the phone the other day, and it seemed that he was saying that the country was going to improve the treatment of teachers."

As a last resort, Yan Xiaoxiao could only bribe him.

Yin Xiu was a little amused, "Xiaoxiao, these are things that adults worry about. You are still young now. If you worry too much, you won't grow taller!"

Yan Xiaoxiao was so helpless. Why was she a child? She couldn't do anything. She just acted like a spoiled brat, "I don't care, you just can't quit your job!"

"Okay, you're such a child! Stop worrying about it, we'll talk about it later. I have no intention of resigning now!"

Yin Xiu patted Yan Xiaoxiao's back gently, "Go wash up and go to bed! Don't you have to go to Grandpa Wuzu's place tomorrow? Go to bed quickly!"

Yan Xiaoxiao pouted helplessly and went to wash up. It was so difficult to be a child!

There was another thing that had been on her mind, and that was the sales of apples in the village. In a few months, the fresh apples would be ripe, and by then, no one would want those in the cold storage.

Yan Xiaoxiao was so worried at such a young age! She finally put her thoughts on her father.

She planned to have a long talk with her father and persuade him to go to the south to find sales channels.

If it is feasible, the supply and marketing cooperative can be transferred out, so my mother won't have to resign. My father can go out and work, farm the land in his spare time, and take care of my siblings when he has time.

Um! Perfect!

Yan Guoqing had no idea that he was being targeted by his leaky little cotton-padded jacket.