I sell demon meat in the city

Chapter 115 Involution
"Shulan, which elementary school does your daughter attend?"

The day before school started, Meng Shulan received a call from her high school classmate. At that time, she was waiting to receive the furniture in her newly bought house. Yu Qingge and Xiaolong were sitting on the balcony looking at the scenery. They were going to have a buffet with her, so today Yu Xiannv did not hide herself and dressed herself up as an old lady with silver hair.

Xiao Long is still a three-year-old boy, wearing Xiao Qi's sun hat on his head.

She turned her head and glanced at the two people, then replied, "Experimental Primary School."

"Experimental Primary School? Which campus?"

Meng Shulan thought for a moment and said, "Headquarters, then."

"How are you going to pay it back? Don't you know which school your daughter goes to?"

“Her father arranged it for her. He mentioned it to me, but I don’t remember it very clearly.”

"Do you know how hard it is to get into the main campus of Experimental Elementary School? Even the school district housing is extremely difficult to obtain, with only one spot available per student. You actually managed to buy a house in the school district?"

Meng Shulan glanced at the house she was in. It wasn't far from the elementary school, but it wasn't in a school district.

Separated by a road, the south side belongs to the main campus of the Experimental Primary School; her area is to the north, belonging to the school district of another ordinary primary school.

So this house wasn't expensive.

But Meng Shulan didn't intend to tell her classmate, and only gave a vague "hmm".

"Wow, what kind of luck do you have? I've been eyeing this place for years and I still can't get a single house. And you don't even live in Qingzhou. Your husband bought the house too?"

Lin Qingquan didn't have time to look for a house; it was Yin Zheng who found one for him.

How did he buy it?

"Just a real estate agent."

"Alright, alright, if you don't want to talk about it, that's fine. But Shulan, I told you before that Experimental Elementary School is different from other schools. The curriculum is very intensive, and the teachers are extremely strict. No child who enters first grade misses a bridging class. If they don't, they definitely won't keep up, and they'll be asked to leave by the teachers. I remember you said before that your daughter didn't attend?"

"They didn't attend. Surely that doesn't warrant expulsion? This is compulsory education; what right do teachers have to expel students?"

"Look at you, you've been out of school for a few years, you've become so naive, haven't you? A teacher doesn't have the right to expel a child, but she can make your child sit on the sidelines and ignore them completely. Tell me, can you handle that?"

Meng Shulan frowned slightly. Is this what a teacher should do?
However, she wasn't too worried. Xia Yunsong had found the school for her, and Xiao Qi's current status was quite special. If anything happened at the school, Xia Yunsong would be the first to step forward and resolve it.

She let out a soft sigh, feeling uncomfortable every time she talked to her classmate on the phone. Her classmate didn't have much social experience, but that didn't mean she was stupid.

Some people approach you to show off their superiority, but once you're above them and much better than them, they'll immediately try to undermine you indirectly.

It's really boring.

Meng Shulan made an excuse that she was busy and hung up the phone decisively, then blacklisted the classmate's number.

After receiving the furniture, Lin Qingquan took Yu Qingge and Xiaolong to a nearby buffet restaurant. Then, Lin Qingquan brought Meng Qi and Meng Ziyang, who had finished registering and receiving their certificates.

Lin Qingquan was stunned when he saw Yu Qingge; this was the first time he had seen her in person.

Oh, not really. Apart from her hair not changing, her face now resembles that of a woman in her fifties. Her skin is fair but has shallow wrinkles, and her eyes are kind. Plus, she's holding the hand of a three-year-old boy, so she looks like an ordinary grandmother.

Because he deliberately concealed his aura, even though his full head of silver hair was quite striking, it did not attract the attention of others.

Lin Qingquan wanted to greet Yu Qingge, but Meng Shulan stopped him, saying, "There can only be four people sitting here. You and Ziyang can sit behind us."

Yu Qingge, however, seemed oblivious to Lin Qingquan; her focus was on the food, and—
"Lan, does Xiaolong not want money?"

"Yes, even kids his age don't need money."

Yu Qingge turned to Xiaolong and said, "You got a good deal, kid." To avoid attracting the attention of the staff, Lin Qingquan and Meng Shulan went to get food every ten minutes, trying to bring back empty plates they had already eaten from.

Xiaoqi and Ziyang are children, so even if they run every five minutes, no one will notice.

After Yu Qingge and Xiaolong had eaten half their fill, Meng Shulan finally had time to ask Xiaoqi about the details of her report for duty that day.

Has the teacher asked you about attending the bridging course?

"I asked, and a lot of people raised their hands to say they were going to attend, but the teacher wasn't very happy. She said she had repeatedly told them not to attend, so why don't the parents listen? Are they just wasting money? The teaching outside is different from what's taught at school, and she'll have to correct them again, which is a lot of trouble."

Meng Shulan was startled. "Did the teacher really say that?"

"Yes, the teacher also told everyone to tell their parents after school not to take extra classes outside of school. They're only in first grade, there's no need for that."

Rumors are indeed unreliable. What are they spreading outside? They're ruining the teacher's reputation!

However, Meng Shulan was completely relieved.

She looked at her daughter and asked softly, "Do you still want to skip a grade?"

Meng Qi nodded emphatically, "Jump! I ran into Qiao Tai and Dongfang Shuo at school today. They're in third grade and fifth grade respectively. Qiao Tai even called me 'boss' in public, so next year, I definitely want to be in the same grade as him."

Jumping from first grade to fourth grade is quite a leap, but Meng Shulan didn't discourage her daughter. She said, "Okay, remember what you said, don't give up after a few days. Your fifth sister-in-law will prepare the books and exercises for you, and I'll teach you the rest. As long as you want to learn, Mom will let you have your way."

Forcing her to learn versus her learning on her own initiative are two completely different things.

She used to get so angry that she would jump up and down if she wrote just one line, but now she doesn't need to check a whole page; she'll rewrite it if she's not satisfied with it.

Moreover, Xiaoqi is really smart. If you explain the example problem in the book to her once, she will be able to understand it and apply it to other situations.

For her, it was far too easy.

Time flies, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye. At 8:30 pm, rows of figures of different heights were standing in the playground, but they were all talking. If you listened carefully, you would find that they were reciting texts.

There were ancient poems, classical Chinese texts, foreign languages, and even two people muttering to themselves reciting politics.

Despite being familiar with this, Xia Yunsong still found it somewhat amusing and exasperating.

This competitive academic atmosphere was sparked by Meng Qi.

At the beginning of the school year, her mother said that the biggest obstacle to skipping a grade was Chinese, a subject that requires consistent literary accumulation and cultivation, which in short means memorizing more poems and reading more books.

Mengqi wanted to memorize 300 Tang poems in the first semester. Because she didn't have enough time during the day, she would hold a printed copy of the poems and recite them while practicing standing meditation at night.

At first, everyone found it strange, and a few even dismissed it, thinking she was just putting on a show for the instructors.

But a few days later, Meng Ziyang and Qiao Tai started carrying it with her, followed by Liu Liu, Dongfang Shuo, and Wei Xiaole.

In short, the people in their group recited poems whenever they stood in the stance.

Starting in the third week, Xiao Yinuo and her group also started memorizing it.

Zhou Ming felt that if he didn't memorize the books, wouldn't he be out of place? So his group awkwardly gathered together with their books.

Now, after three months, everyone has achieved good rankings in the school's midterm exams, so the trend of studying at night has become even more prevalent.

Some people even heard that Mengqi was going to skip a grade next year and secretly set the same goal for themselves, hoping to skip a grade as well.

Good afternoon!

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