The Fiery Era: Starting from Longxugou

"Good! Understanding the situation is crucial for finding the right solution. Keep it up!"

Sun Bing offered some encouragement, verified the information, returned the documents, and began withdrawing the money.

Zhao Shi'an thanked him and waited patiently.

"It's 400,000 in total. Count it yourself. If there are no problems, sign the back of the draft!"

Sun Bing handed over the money as he spoke.

"Okay!"

After confirming that everything was correct, Zhao Shi'an signed the document and left the post office with his sister, going to a nearby supply and marketing cooperative where they bought two jin of peach shortbread.

The peach shortbread is the old-fashioned kind, about the size of a palm, and costs five or six pieces per pound, or six thousand six per pound.

The two jin (a unit of weight) cost eleven yuan in total. Each person received one yuan, and the remaining seven yuan were wrapped up.

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Zhao Xiaoyue and Zhao Shijie and the other kids were overjoyed.

I skipped and hopped all the way home with my older brother.

After arriving home, Liu Guiying looked at the paper package her son was carrying and the peach shortbread her little daughter and son were holding, and couldn't help but say something.

"Why buy peach shortbread after just eating meat?"

"Now we have money, Mom! Keep the money safe!"

As he spoke, Zhao Shi'an handed over the money in his hand.

"Even if you have money, you can't just spend it recklessly. It's not a holiday, why buy peach shortbread! Keep the money for yourself, you have enough at home!"

Liu Guiying waved her hand as she spoke.

"Mom, I still have some left. I haven't spent much of the royalties from last time. I'll keep some to buy a fountain pen, and you can take the rest. Buy some more meat; our family is doing better now, so don't worry about spending money!"

Zhao Shi'an kept a portion of the money and gave all 300,000 yuan to his mother.

"Okay, just focus on your studies! Don't worry about things at home!"

Liu Guiying didn't refuse again. Her eldest son was promising, and as parents, they would do anything to make sure he was well-fed and clothed.

"Mother! I understand."

Zhao Shi'an handed the peach shortbread to his mother and then went straight to school to study.

"Hey! Shi'an! You're here to study, right? I saw in the newspaper that the college entrance exam is being moved up a month this year. How's it going? Are you confident?"

At the school gate, Wang Zhijie saw his former deskmate and greeted him warmly.

"Yes! It's in the newspaper, they're making the most of their time to review, why are you..."

Zhao Shi'an was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

"Zhijie! Shian, you're here too, what a coincidence!"

I read in the newspaper that the college entrance exam will be moved up a month this year. You're one of the top students in our class, so you'd better do your best!

Chen Yongfu arrived at the school gate and was pleasantly surprised to see Zhao Shi'an there as well.

"Don't worry! I'll study hard. But you guys, why are you here so early? Are you planning to skip a grade too?"

Seeing his former classmates arrive so early, Zhao Shi'an assumed that they were also trying to skip a grade and were using their lunch break to study at the library.

"Haha! We'd love to, but unfortunately we don't have your skills!"

Wang Zhijie laughed upon hearing this.

"Exactly! In the first few days after you skipped a grade, many classmates were encouraged, but after studying in the library for a few days, they found that they couldn't learn anything at all!"

I'm okay with Chinese, history, geography, and biology, but I can only understand a little bit of math, physics, and chemistry.

Chen Yongfu agreed with this statement.

"Yongfu is right! We both tried to learn on our own, but found that there was so much we couldn't learn, so we ended up having to go to class. Sigh! I really envy you!"

"So what are you doing here?"

Zhao Shi'an was puzzled upon hearing this. If it wasn't self-study, was it for review? It seemed that the midterm exams were approaching.

"Haha! Take a guess!"

Seeing Zhao Shi'an's reaction, Wang Zhijie's playful side was immediately aroused.

"Midterm exams are coming up soon, are you guys here to study?"

Seeing his former deskmate laughing so happily, Zhao Shi'an said with certainty.

"No, no, guess again!"

Wang Zhijie shook his head like a rattle drum.

"Still not right? Then what are you guys doing here? You can't be here to play basketball or soccer, can you?"

"Still wrong! Keep guessing!"

"You guys keep playing, I need to go back and study!"

He guessed wrong three times in a row, and seeing that the other party was still unwilling to reveal the answer, he became too lazy to continue guessing.

"Shi'an, don't be angry, don't be angry! You'd definitely react even more strongly to this than we would!"

Chen Yongfu pulled Zhao Shi'an aside and hurriedly began to explain.

"Oh! Really? What's making you all so happy!"

Zhao Shi'an became even more puzzled upon hearing this.

"Haha! Just kidding. Saturday is May Day, don't you think?"

As Chen Yongfu spoke, he winked at Zhao Shi'an, and Wang Zhijie also looked at his former deskmate with a smile, already prepared to receive the other's envy.

"May Day? What's wrong with May Day?"

Zhao Shi'an was completely baffled by their reactions.

"Hey bro, are you too tired from studying and feeling a bit dazed? What's up with May Day? Did you forget there's a parade there?"

Seeing Zhao Shi'an's blank expression, Wang Zhijie couldn't help but speak up. In his opinion, Zhao Shi'an was so confused by the early college entrance examination that he had forgotten such an important matter.

"A parade? You two? No, you two were chosen?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Shi'an felt a sudden flash of inspiration and stared at the two of them in disbelief.

"hold head high!"

Seeing Zhao Shi'an's sudden realization, Wang Zhijie and Chen Yongfu proudly raised their heads.

"Damn! You all got elected? That's so unfair!"

Seeing the two nod, Zhao Shi'an felt a pang of envy and jealousy. He finally understood why the two had been acting so strangely earlier; they had been selected for the student contingent.

May Day in this era is different from May Day in modern times, which is just a three-day holiday.

Although May Day in this era is only a one-day holiday, grand celebrations are held.

On May Day, the national flag will be raised and the national anthem will be played in Tiananmen Square. It is worth mentioning that the national flag is not raised every day in this era; it is only raised and the national anthem played on major holidays such as May Day and National Day.

National leaders will also celebrate with the people on Tiananmen Rostrum!

There will also be a grand parade, with contingents of representatives from all walks of life marching in celebration!

Wang Zhijie and Chen Yongfu, who were standing next to him, were clearly selected as student representatives from the district. They would represent the district and the school to celebrate on Chang'an Avenue on May Day.

If it were just these things, that would be fine. The key is that I can see all the predecessors up close!

This is something so many people dream of!

Even he, a time traveler, was no exception!

There aren't many things that interest him in this era, but this matter is absolutely the most important, without exception!

Thinking about all this, Zhao Shi'an was filled with envy and jealousy!

What Wang Zhijie said next almost made him vomit blood!

"Ahem! Shih-an, it's actually very fair!"

I heard that the homeroom teacher originally wanted to choose you, but you skipped a grade and went to senior year, so in order not to affect your college entrance exam, they chose someone else...

Seeing Zhao Shi'an's anger, Wang Zhijie coughed twice, rubbing salt into the wound.

"I'm so rough..."

Zhao Shi'an was immediately taken aback upon hearing this. So he had skipped a grade by mistake?

If he had known this would happen, he would have definitely participated in the May Day activities before skipping a grade.

He missed such a great opportunity. He had never regretted missing out on a million-dollar lottery prize before.

Wang Zhijie's actions, which were both murderous and psychologically damaging, have left him filled with deep regret.