The first day of school was also San Ya Yuan Zhixia’s birthday. Early in the morning, Du Juan made a bowl of longevity noodles and three poached eggs for her daughter.

San Ya was very happy and gave each of her two sisters a fried egg.

Yuan Dazhuang, Yuan Zhiqiu, Yuan Zhimiao, and Yuan Zhixia went to school together.

The village primary school is about 2 kilometers away from Laoshan Village, along a winding dirt road. It is usually fine, but becomes extremely muddy once it rains.

Yuan Dazhuang first registered San Ya for school. All six nearby production teams attended this primary school. At that time, no one attached importance to education, and not many children could go to school.

Sanya's homeroom teacher was a middle-aged female teacher named Cha, who had rich teaching experience. She smiled and took Sanya's hand and said, "Come with the teacher to the classroom! There are many classmates like you there."

Yuan Zhimiao took a look and saw that there were less than ten girls in the classroom, and the rest were all bald boys. It was not that the ratio of men to women was unbalanced, but that many girls had to help with housework and serve as labor.

There were not many people like Yuan Dazhuang who could support three girls to go to school. Many people said behind his back that Yuan Dazhuang was a fool, saying that most girls were married, so it was useless to study.

Fortunately, Yuan Zhimiao didn't hear this, otherwise he would have been so angry that even his own mother wouldn't recognize him.

Yuan Dazhuang told Erya's class teacher Wang Tiantian about skipping a grade, and Wang Tiantian was shocked. She turned to ask Yuan Zhimiao, "Zhimiao, is this your idea?"

Yuan Zhimiao nodded and said, "Teacher Wang, this is my idea. I have learned the questions for second and third graders. Teacher, you can give me some questions to test me."

Seeing her confident look, Wang Tiantian said, "Wait a moment, I'll ask Principal Cao."

After saying that, Wang Tiantian went to the principal's office and knocked on the door.

After a moment, a voice came from inside the house: "Come in!"

Wang Tiantian pushed the door open and walked in. Principal Cao was a gentle middle-aged man wearing a Mao suit and glasses. He was looking at materials at the moment, and there was an enamel cup on his desk that read "Serve the People"

Wang Tiantian said: "Principal Cao, Yuan Zhimiao from my class wants to skip to the fourth grade."

Principal Cao was a little surprised. He asked, "I remember this child started school in the second grade, right?"

Wang Tiantian said: "Yuan Zhimiao is in the second grade at the beginning of the school year. She did well in the final exam last term and ranked first in both the 100 and 100 marks."

Principal Cao said, "Studying should be done step by step, and nothing should be rushed. Bring the child here for me to take a look." Principal Cao did not rush to make a judgment, as he planned to meet the child who was planning to skip a grade.

Wang Tiantian said: "Then I'll bring the father and daughter here." Then she turned and left.

After a while, Wang Tiantian came back, followed by a father and daughter.

The father was tall and strong, with a strong and energetic appearance. His daughter was pretty, with a delicate braid. It was her first time in the principal's office, but the girl was calm and composed, as if everything was under control.

Yuan Dazhuang was a little nervous. He said, "Hello, Principal Cao."

Principal Cao stood up and walked over to politely shake hands with Yuan Dazhuang. He said, "Hello, Yuan's parent!"

Yuan Dazhuang said: "Principal Cao, my daughter wants to apply to skip a grade..." Perhaps because of nervousness, Yuan Dazhuang spoke haltingly and unclearly.

Seeing this, Yuan Zhimiao said, "Principal Cao, I want to skip the fourth grade and be in the same class with my sister."

Principal Cao asked: "Have you learned the knowledge for grades 2 and 3?"

Yuan Zhimiao said, "Yes, I have learned it. Principal Cao, please give me some questions to test me."

Seeing the little girl so confident, Principal Cao said to Wang Tiantian, "Teacher Wang, please ask Teacher Liu and Teacher Sun to come over."

"Okay, Principal Cao." Wang Tiantian went to call the teacher over.

Mr. Sun is a Chinese teacher, and Mr. Liu is a fourth-grade math teacher. Principal Cao told the two teachers that Yuan Zhimiao wanted to skip a grade, and they looked at each other in surprise, because there had never been a case of skipping a grade in the village primary school.

The two took it very seriously and spent an hour compiling the questions, with Principal Cao adding some more.

The two papers covered knowledge for the second and third graders. Yuan Zhimiao only glanced at them and found that there were several questions that could only be learned in the fourth grade. She didn't say anything and started writing with a pencil. She finished the two papers in less than half an hour.

The teachers present were very surprised. They didn't expect her to be so fast.

Principal Cao said, "Comrade Yuan, why don't you check it out?"

Yuan Zhimiao said confidently, "No need."

The two teachers began to mark the papers, and as expected, both students scored 100 points.

The full score was not due to Yuan Zhimiao's actual ability, but just a numerator of the two papers.

Principal Cao was extremely happy when he saw the test paper. He praised repeatedly, "This child is really a good student!"

Praising his own daughter, Yuan Dazhuang looked very proud.

After bidding farewell to Yuan Dazhuang, Yuan Zhimiao carried a small schoolbag newly made by her mother Du Juan, a small crossbody bag made of floral fabric. The pencil case was made by Dazhuang, with delicate patterns of flowers, birds, fish and insects on it.

Liu Guozheng took her to the hospital for registration and announced to the classmates: "This is Yuan Zhimiao, she will be a student in our class from now on."

The students applauded enthusiastically.

Liu Guozheng said to her: "Yuan Zhimiao, please sit next to Yuan Zhiqiu!"

Yuan Zhimiao's deskmate Yang Hong did not come this semester. There are 30 students in the class, and including the new student Yuan Zhimiao, there are only 12 girls.

Yuan Zhiqiu said happily: "Erya, you are amazing!"

Yuan Zhimiao smiled and said, "It's no big deal!"

The two sisters wore new clothes, new shoes, new stationery and new school bags made by Aunt Hui Ze, which really made the girls in the class envious.

Yuan Zhiqiu said: "From now on, we sisters can go to and from school together."

If possible, Yuan Zhimiao still wanted to skip grades, but the school system was different from that of later generations. 5 years of primary school, 2 years of middle school, and 2 years of high school. Now that the sports are strong, the college entrance examination has been suspended, but there are very few places recommended for the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University every year. When the college entrance examination is resumed, the value of this recommended degree will be very low.

On the first day of school, we distribute books and clean the room, and then we can go home after half a day.

The three sisters went home together. San Ya excitedly said that she had made friends and that going to school was actually quite interesting.

The three of them chatted and laughed and soon arrived home. Their parents were busy working on the new house. Yuan Zhimiao also asked Yuan Dazhuang if he had enough money. He said that he had sent all the ginseng Zhimiao had given him to the recycling station and sold it for 128 yuan. He then built the house with the money given by Xiaoxi's uncle.

Yuan Zhiqiu pushed open the door, and at this time, the snot-nosed Xiaohei Erdan from the village came over with the postman.

The postman was a young man riding a 28-inch bicycle.

"Yuan Zhimiao has a letter for you."

Erdan stretched out his dirty little paws and chuckled, "He said he wanted to find Yuan Zhimiao, but the villagers said they didn't know. But I know that Yuan Zhimiao is the second daughter of Old Yuan's family."

"You are so smart!" Yuan Zhimiao gave him a piece of White Rabbit milk candy.

The little guy jumped up happily, but unexpectedly his loose pants fell off. The empty space inside was seen by everyone, and the little guy was instantly embarrassed and ran away in a hurry, holding up his pants.

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