The Fiery Era: Starting from Longxugou

"Sister Xiaoyue, what are you doing here? Auntie said you're not going to work in the fields?"

Zhao Xiaole ran into her uncle's house and was very curious to see her cousin.

"Shh! Keep your voice down, Big Brother's sleeping!"

Upon hearing the sound, Zhao Xiaoyue gestured "shh" to her younger cousin.

"oh!"

Zhao Xiaole quickly covered her mouth, climbed onto the kang (a heated brick bed), and found her older cousin and cousin staring intently at the bowl on the stove. She whispered, "..."

"Brother Shijie, Sister Xiaoyue, what are you two doing here?"

"When will the melon seeds sprout? Once they sprout, we can plant them and harvest the melons!"

Zhao Xiaoyue explained in a low voice.

"That's really something..."

Zhao Xiaole screamed, but before she could finish speaking, Zhao Xiaoyue quickly covered her mouth.

"Shh! Big brother just fell asleep. If you wake him up, you won't get any food!"

“Wuwu!”

When Zhao Xiaole tried to speak, he realized his mouth was being covered and quickly shook his head.

"Don't make a fuss, okay?"

"Uh-huh!"

Zhao Xiaole nodded repeatedly.

Seeing her little cousin's reaction, Zhao Xiaoyue finally let go, but didn't put her hand down completely, so she could quickly cover it if her little cousin shouted again.

"Sister Xiaoyue, Brother Shijie, are you really into gossip?"

Zhao Xiaole covered her mouth and asked in a low voice.

"Yes! That's what my eldest brother said."

Zhao Shijie said with certainty.

"Big brother is amazing!"

Zhao Xiaole believed it as soon as she heard this, and immediately leaned on her cousin. The two of them started whispering to each other, from how the seeds sprouted to how to water them, to how to eat the small melons after they flowered and bore fruit, and how many to eat a day. They were drooling as they talked, and they wiped their mouths with their sleeves while laughing.

The three of them quietly watched the seeds in the bowl until it was almost time for school. Only then did Zhao Shijie reluctantly get off the kang (heated brick bed) and put on his shoes, reminding his younger sister before leaving:

"Xiaoyue, I'm going to school now. Remember to call me 'Big Brother'!"

"Okay, go ahead!"

Zhao Xiaoyue waved her hand, then went to her older brother's side and called out.

"Big brother, it's time for class."

"I'll get up right now!"

Upon hearing the sound, Zhao Shi'an sat up and got off the kang (a heated brick bed).

"Xiao Le's here, you guys should get some sleep too, the bed's warm!"

Upon seeing his younger cousin, Zhao Shi'an greeted her with a smile.

"Big brother, I'm not sleepy! Look, so many seeds have sunk!"

Zhao Xiaole shook his head, pointing anxiously at the seeds soaking in the bowl.

"Big brother, take a look!"

Zhao Xiaoyue also became anxious.

"It's alright, seeds sink when they absorb water. They've only sunk a little bit yet; once they're completely submerged, they're ready to be planted!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Shi'an glanced at the seeds in the bowl and noticed that some seeds were half-suspended in the water, clearly having absorbed a lot of water.

Seeing his two younger sisters looking anxious, he smiled and explained.

"Are you really alright? You scared me half to death!"

Zhao Xiaoyue and Zhao Xiaole were relieved after hearing this.

"Don't scare yourself. It'll be soaking for a long time, no need to check. You two go have fun! Check it when you get back tonight!"

"Big brother, we're just playing at home!"

"Yes!"

"Then you two go into bed and see, it's warm there!"

Seeing that he couldn't persuade the two little ones, Zhao Shi'an covered them with the blanket.

"Hey, big brother, you should go to school now!"

Zhao Xiaoyue and Zhao Xiaole felt the warm quilts on their bodies and waved to their older brother!

"good!"

Zhao Shi'an nodded, left home, and headed straight for the school.

The first class in the afternoon was geography. He had never taken a geography class in this era before, and to avoid a repeat of the situation in biology class, he immediately took out his geography book and started flipping through it.

The second volume of the geography book, titled "Foreign Economic Geography," was published last year and mainly covers capitalist countries and colonies and semi-colonies.

The opening preface states the theme: the general characteristics of modern capitalist economy.

The book has five chapters in total, with the first chapter introducing European capitalist countries.

Britain is placed in the first section, followed by France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Austria together form the third section, Italy is in the fourth section, Spain and Portugal together form the fifth section, and finally the Nordic countries and the Balkan countries, for a total of seven sections.

Chapter Two is about Asian capitalism and colonial countries. It begins with the Japanese, followed by India, Pakistan, and Ceylon, and then covers Southeast Asian colonies and countries in West Asia and the Near East, totaling four sections.

Chapter Three is about Africa. This chapter is not very long. Apart from a general overview of Africa, it covers the countries of North Africa and the colonies of sub-Saharan Africa.

Chapter Four is about the Americas, focusing on the United States and Canada, while Latin America is discussed together.

Chapter Five is about Oceania, and it contains the least amount of content, with only two sections. The main content is about the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands.

We've just finished learning about France. The teacher will go into more detail about the major capitalist countries. We've just finished learning about the UK, and the teacher has given four lessons on that. We've given two lessons on France so far, and we're almost done with that.

There are two geography books in the first year of high school. In the first semester, we studied "Economic Geography of People's Democratic Countries". The order of classes is first socialism and then capitalism.

After finishing his geography book, Zhao Shi'an noticed that class hadn't started yet, so he immediately took out his physics book and started flipping through it.

Since I traveled through time yesterday, I've gotten to know most of the major subjects except for physics. Once I finish studying physics, I'll feel more confident.

Thinking of all this, Zhao Shi'an immediately started looking through the physics book. The physics book had a very simple name, simply called "Physics". The cover was a blue cloth cover, slightly thicker than the geography book, and the book was 32mo.

The fabric has a fine fibrous feel, somewhat like the material used in modern canvas backpacks; it's dirt-resistant and durable.

The cover features the word "Physics" in bold white lettering in the center. The spine has faded slightly from repeated readings, and the corners are a bit curled.

The first-year high school physics textbook consists of five chapters: statics, linear motion, Newton's laws of motion, work and energy, and the fundamentals of thermodynamics.

When Zhao Shi'an saw the first chapter on statics, he was shocked. The name sounded strange no matter how he looked at it. Thinking of the "Michurin theory" in his biology class that morning, he secretly groaned, wondering if this was another Soviet invention.

He quickly picked up the book and started reading. After flipping through it for a long time, he discovered that although the book was called "Jingli Xue" (Quiet Learning), it actually covered topics such as force, gravity, elasticity, friction, force balance, levers, pulleys, and simple machines.

Seeing this, Zhao Shi'an felt much relieved. Although the name was different, the knowledge remained the same.

After reviewing statics, the rest of the material was extremely familiar to him. He carefully flipped through it once, and after finding no problems, he was completely relieved.

After sorting through his thoughts, Zhao Shi'an realized that most of the knowledge taught in the first year of high school in this era was the same as what was taught in modern junior high school.

In addition, the content of the teaching materials is relatively superficial.

Of course, this also involves the issue of a complete replacement of textbooks after fully learning from the Soviet Union. Much of the knowledge that the original owner had also learned in junior high school, such as mechanics and leverage, is somewhat similar to the curriculum reform for the college entrance examination.

Overall, the content is not difficult.

Seeing this, Zhao Shi'an's desire to skip a grade grew stronger, but before that, he needed to understand the content of the second and third years of high school.

Once you've mastered the high school curriculum, take two sets of past college entrance exam papers from last year and the year before, and prove yourself with your scores. That will be more convincing!