I Alone Am Immortal: My Rebirth and Leisurely Cultivation

Chapter 137 Paying Grain Taxes?
Jiang Yingzhu stormed off with Mei Mengqian, and Li Yan actually said she had nothing better to do!
That's absurd! She was clearly going to shoot arrows!

He had nothing to do, so he wandered around like a street urchin!
Once she gets the bow and arrow, she's going to shoot his dog's head off with one arrow.

Upon arriving at the shooting range, Jiang Yingzhu asked her uncle for a bow and arrows, and then inquired about Li Yan's records.

"If he can do it, so can I!"

Jiang Yingzhu said, aiming at the target and shooting with a whoosh, hitting the bullseye.

It hit the grass on the playground.

She shot two more arrows, but missed.

Meng Weiyang, who was watching from the side, couldn't help but say:

"Beginners need to start with the basics. Your posture is all wrong. Let me teach you. First, shoot at a target 30 meters away."

As he spoke, he also glanced discreetly at Mei Mengqian, who was watching beside him.

Unexpectedly, after being tricked so badly, two beautiful girls have come to shoot arrows at me.

It's a good opportunity to use the guise of teaching to get closer to each other.

However, Jiang Yingzhu only glanced at him indifferently.

"Who asked you to teach me? Who do you think you are?"

Meng Weiyang's face stiffened. Since the other party was the principal's niece, he could only give an awkward laugh.

Jiang Yingzhu pursed her lips, aimed at the target thirty meters away, released the arrow, and it flew and hit the target.

"Tch, you need to practice for 30 meters?"

Upon hearing this, Meng Weiyang's face stiffened even more, and the teachers watching nearby also felt ashamed.

Although he didn't get a high score, he did hit the target, which is much better than those who always miss.

Jiang Yingzhu played at the archery range until noon.

For lunch, I took Mei Mengqian and found Li Yan and Hua Junshu; they ate outside the school.

"Why aren't you in the cafeteria? You haven't used up all the credits on your meal card yet." Mei Mengqian blinked.

"The food in the cafeteria is getting worse and worse, I'm not going there," Jiang Yingzhu said.

"That's true."

Mei Mengqian felt a little sorry for her meal card, as she would only be able to buy water at the cafeteria's supermarket from then on.

We'd already eaten at pretty much everything outside of school, so we didn't really pick and chose a random braised chicken rice place.

"After lunch, I'll go back to the classroom for a nap, and then the afternoon is off. How wonderful!" Jiang Yingzhu chuckled.

Mei Mengqian nodded as well; she was already looking forward to Friday.

The Friday of the sports meet is even more anticipated.

"That's great, I still have class on Saturday." Hua Junshu rested his chin on his hand, looking helpless.

No student likes going to class every day.

Jiang Yingzhu and Mei Mengqian said they couldn't help, so they skipped the topic.

"Senior, do you take a nap at noon?"

"Sleep in the classroom."

"Hey, why isn't the senior going back to the dorm?"

"It's a bit of a hassle, I don't want to do it," Hua Junshu said honestly. Even she liked to slack off.

Although it's more comfortable to sleep on the bed in the dormitory, you can't rest for too long at noon.

Sleeping for too long can actually make you feel less energetic.

"Oh, I was thinking of visiting the senior students' dorm room. I've never stayed in a dorm before," Jiang Yingzhu said.

“The accommodations aren’t great,” Hua Junshu said sincerely. “My dorm is alright, there are only four people, but even so, there are five group chats.”

Jiang Yingzhu and Mei Mengqian were both amazed, marveling that what they saw online was actually true.

Li Yan, on the other hand, was somewhat concerned about Hua Junshu's safety.

"Is the senior being bullied by her roommates?"

"No." Hua Junshu shook his head.

Their dorm is considered one of the better ones. I heard that some six-person dorms play video games in the middle of the night, and the principal even came to the rescue.

After lunch, the three women took their own afternoon naps.

Li Yan didn't need a midday rest, so he simply piloted the flying shuttle and went straight up the back mountain to cultivate.

He didn't know if there was any benefit to doing this.

But I always feel that only by cultivating in the mountains can one truly experience the feeling of cultivating immortality.

This is called tone.

In the afternoon, all the classes stood neatly on the playground for the closing ceremony and awards presentation.
There weren't as many speeches at the closing ceremony, perhaps because it was a bit cold.

It was already mid-November, and with the afternoon rain and wind blowing across the sunless playground, it was quite rainy.

The platform is high, providing shelter from the rain but not from the wind; the school leaders must find it unbearable.

"Next, please welcome Li Yan, the champion of the men's 100 meters, Lu Renjia, the runner-up, and Yu Bin, the third-place winner, to the stage."

Li Yan and Yu Bin went on stage together.

"I never expected that our class would take two of the top three spots."

Some classmates were surprised. Li Ping stood at the front of the class, very satisfied. He glanced at Yu Bin and knew that he actually had two more medals.

"This student isn't so troublesome after all."

On the podium, Li Yan received two hundred yuan for winning the championship and another two hundred yuan for breaking the record.

After taking photos with the judges, Li Yan was leaving the stage when Yu Bin was about to leave as well, but was stopped again.

"Yu Bin, don't leave yet. You still have an award to give in the men's 200-meter race."

Then, the host announced the top three in the men's 200-meter race, with Yu Bin as the runner-up.

Seeing this, Li Yan stayed where he was and waited. Sure enough, the man was 400 meters away.

"Please welcome Li Yan, the men's 400-meter champion and runner-up."

There was no reward for Yu Bin after the 400-meter mark, but he stayed where he was and waited for Li Yan.

Li Yan received another four hundred yuan. As he walked down, he suddenly asked, "Did you also participate in the one thousand five hundred yuan event?"

"correct."

"Your name is on it, third place."

Yu Bin was overjoyed; another hundred yuan was in his hands!

Li Yan patted him on the shoulder, showing considerable respect for the bounty hunter.

This guy seems to be addicted to games; he's generally quite enthusiastic about missions with rewards. However, he's also picky about the rewards; if they're too low, he won't accept them.

She was also one of the most memorable oddballs in the class.

The awards ceremony wouldn't start until the high jump and long jump events. Li Yan waited until Yu Bin received his 1,500 yuan award before returning to the classroom.

"Good, good, good! Li Yan and Yu Bin are excellent and have brought honor to the class. Let's give them a round of applause."

A thunderous applause erupted, leaving Hu Die puzzled:

"I understand why Li Yan won the award, but what about Yu Bin? Isn't he just good at playing video games?"

“You said it yourself, my brother Bin likes playing games. Is there any game more fun than the first sports meet dungeon at No. 6 Middle School? You can even get a prize if you meet the requirements!” Xiao Shuai said.

"As long as the money is right, my brother Bin is also a pro at the game Earth Online."

Hu Die was speechless, while her companion Xiao Yaya commented, "She's gone mad."

"The world laughs at my madness, but I laugh at their blindness."

Yu Bin walked back to the back row and spoke calmly, waving four bright red bills in his hand.

"Everyone's just having fun for a couple of days, I have this, you don't, now..."

He patted Xiao Shuai on the shoulder, "Xiao Shuai, who are you calling crazy?"

"That's definitely not my brother Bin."

"It's only four hundred yuan. I can just snap my fingers and someone will spend it for me," Hu Die said stubbornly. In fact, who wouldn't envy someone who can earn money through their own abilities?

On the side, Ma Liang drooled with envy, "Brother Bin, you're only the runner-up and third place, and you already have so much. Li Yan is a four-time champion and broke the record. He gets extra rewards, so he must get even more."

"Of course, he broke every single one of them, that's four hundred each, that's sixteen thousand!"

For them, 1,600 is a sum that can last a long time.

It's Friday, a day off, so I can go wherever I want and have some fun.

Everyone looked at Li Yan with envy, and just then, the podium called for Li Yan to go up and receive the award.

Li Yan went up and didn't need to give any acceptance speech; he just took photos with the judges.

He was speechless. These judges were neither teachers who recorded the scores nor teachers who tallied the results.

What exactly was evaluated?
Li Yan glanced at the red stamp on the certificate; it was probably a seal.

With sixteen red bills in his pocket, Li Yan returned to his class feeling a sense of triumph.

There was no way around it; the envious looks from my classmates were just too emotionally charged!

Although he had many 1,600s, none of them could be exchanged for this 1,600.

"Let's have barbecue tonight," he said to Mei Mengqian.

"I can't afford to eat 1,600 yuan worth."

Mei Mengqian reminded him that she knew Li Yan didn't like carrying cash on him.

"Spend a little first."

Li Yan didn't care; he carried cash and looked at everyone like a beggar.

He looked at Mei Mengqian, "Why don't you get some for me, Mengmeng?"

"what?"

"Hold this for me, I'm afraid I won't be able to resist tipping the beggar." Li Yan placed a handful of money in her hand, while he took four hundred for himself.

Seeing this, Yu Qingya kept pushing Lin Yufan.

"Wow! Look, look! They've handed in grain as tax money! There's definitely something wrong with them! A big problem!"

Hu Die stood behind her, her expression strange. "Pay public grain?"

"What? Someone did that kind of thing!" Upon hearing the key words, Zhang Wei turned around abruptly and looked around.

Then he saw Li Yan fold the bright red bills into roses and place them in Mei Mengqian's hand.

"Surely we can accept it now?"

"no!"

Mei Mengqian's eyes sparkled as she looked at the large bouquet of bright red flowers in her hand, but she still refused.

"Alright, I'll have Zhuzhu take it with her later."

Helpless, Li Yan dismantled the flowers again.

Next, Ye Hui went up to collect the reward for the women's 4x400 relay.

Then, Li Yan began to witness Jiang Yingzhu's shining moments.

She was the champion in the 100m, 200m, and 400m track and field events, the champion in the long jump and high jump, the bronze medalist in the shot put, and even the one who went up to receive the award in the tug-of-war.

They're even better at taking advantage of people than Li Yan!
After the awards ceremony, everyone dispersed. The seniors went back to class, while the juniors and first-year students went back to do a spring cleaning.

Li Yan found Jiang Yingzhu and asked her to be his wallet.

"No way! I can't even be bothered to carry cash myself, why would I help you?"

Rejected, Li Yan didn't go back. He used his extraordinary skills to escape the school and went to the milk tea shop.

"Hello, I'd like forty-five large cups of bubble tea to go."

Upon hearing this, the shop assistant looked startled and glanced at him.

"Are you sure?"

"of course."

Similar business has happened in the store before, but it's rare.

Once the shop assistant confirmed it, they no longer had any doubts and immediately started making it.

Fortunately, there wasn't much business at the moment, otherwise Li Yan would have had to wait even longer.

Forty-five cups of milk tea were quickly made and packed into a styrofoam box.

The shop assistant asked if I needed any help.
Li Yan shook his head, took the box, found a secluded spot, and with a light leap, jumped over the wall and returned to his classroom.

At this moment, everyone had finished cleaning and was tidying up their holiday homework at their seats.

"What did the class representative take?"

Yu Qingya, who was in the front row, placed the styrofoam box he was carrying on the podium and asked in confusion.

"I got a bonus, so I'm treating everyone to milk tea. One cup for each person, come and get it yourself."

Wow! Really?!

Yu Qingya stood up and was immediately surprised.

"Thank you, class representative!"

Everyone expressed their gratitude.

(End of this chapter)