The timeline system has gone awry; they insist that steamed buns are a magic pill.

"Li Qingqiu, how could that be?"

Li Fugui wondered if he was seeing things, and rubbed his eyes for a while, but the words were clearly written in black and white: Lijia'ao Production Brigade - Li Qingqiu, full marks.

"Uncle Fugui, what's wrong? Did Third Brother do too poorly on the test?"

Li Qingshi thought Li Qingqiu's score was too low and embarrassing, but Li Fugui pointed tremblingly at the results sheet. "Look for yourself."

"Lijia'ao... Li Qingqiu got a perfect score?"

Li Qingshi was dumbfounded. Was he writing it wrong? His third brother got a perfect score on the Quotations Commune assessment. It was unbelievable. What kind of person was his third brother? He was good at being lazy and good at eating, but studying was like a death sentence for him. He had been studying pinyin for three years in first grade and still hadn't learned it all.

After attending elementary school for several years, Li Qingshi still occasionally forgot how to write his name. When he learned that Li Qingqiu was participating in the quote competition, Li Qingshi was both amused and exasperated. He thought it was ridiculous and even believed that his third brother had already reserved the last place in the competition.

But now, who would have thought that his third brother would get first place? The contrast is too great, so great that Li Qingshi feels it's unreal, that he's just seeing things and overthinking it. But the black and white paper clearly says Li Qingqiu, there's no way it could be wrong.

A perfect score! This paper will definitely be posted and put on the honor roll. If we make a mistake, not only will Li Qingqiu lose face, but the entire commune will too. Li Qingshi turned around and looked at the three people, Li Qingqiu and Li Qingshi, outside the crowd.

At this moment, Li Qingqiu felt somewhat unreal and dazed to Li Qingshi. Was this still the same Third Brother who made a fool of himself by breaking a steamed bun?

"What's wrong?"

Li Qingmei noticed that her fourth brother was looking at her third brother strangely. Could it be that her third brother had failed the test? That couldn't be. Although her third brother wasn't very proficient, it was unlikely that he had failed.

"Something's not right with my aunt."

Something was very wrong. Zhang Qingya stared blankly. She was already stunned when she saw that Li Jia'ao was first, but when she saw the name, she was horrified. It was impossible. Li Qingqiu was first, and with a perfect score. How could this be? She could never have imagined such a result even if she had thought about it a thousand times.

Zhang Qingya glanced around and spotted Li Qingqiu standing calmly outside the crowd. For a moment, he seemed to see Li Qingqiu shining.

Li Qingqiu smiled at Zhang Qingya and gestured with a "one," implying, "Don't forget the one yuan."

"This guy is still as annoying as ever."

Zhang Qingya was seething with hatred. The thought of losing a dollar to Li Qingqiu was too painful. She was willing to accept the loss and couldn't bring herself to renege on the bet. But that dollar was one she had saved up for a long time, killing two rabbits, a weasel, and five or six mice to accumulate it.

Zhang Qingya squeezed through the crowd to Li Qingqiu, took out the bills, and counted them one by one, his heart bleeding.

"A bet's a bet, here's a dollar." Although he was heartbroken and couldn't breathe, Zhang Qingya handed over the money very readily.

Thanks.

Li Qingqiu took it and counted it: one 50-cent note, two 20-cent notes, plus two 5-cent notes—that's right, one yuan. "Come find me if you want to bet again."

Zhang Qingya left without responding or looking back, leaving the young girl heartbroken and bleeding.

[Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, never underestimate the potential of the young. Side quest: Immortal Alliance Grand Competition - Defeat the direct descendant of the family that broke off the engagement. Reward: +10 points]

"What a wonderful girl."

They even gave away money and points! It's a pity Zhangjia Village is a bit far away, otherwise it would be great to do some quests more often. Li Qingqiu put the money in his pocket. Li Qingmei and Li Xianjing were stunned when Zhang Qingya gave them the money. Third Brother won, won a dollar?

"What's wrong?"

"It's alright, Third Brother, you won?"

"We won. It was pretty easy. Didn't I tell you? I did all the questions. It's normal to beat her." Li Qingqiu said matter-of-factly. He did all the questions. He wasn't kidding. Li Qingmei and Li Xianjing subconsciously looked at the notice board.

"Third Brother, you didn't get a perfect score, did you?"

"I don't know."

Li Qingqiu didn't care much. Li Qingmei and Li Xianjing exchanged a glance and squeezed into the crowd. When they saw the report card clearly, they read, "Li Jia'ao... Li Qingqiu, full marks."

"It really is Third Brother."

Li Qingmei was completely stunned, and Li Xianjing wasn't much better off. "Third Uncle, this is amazing! A perfect score, and the only one at that! How did you do that?"

"Little sister."

"Fourth Brother, did you see that? Third Brother got a perfect score in the quote contest, first place! This is unbelievable!" Li Qingmei still couldn't believe it. She grabbed her most admired and trusted Third Brother, her eyes full of expectation that he would answer her question.

"Yes, Third Brother got a perfect score, first place."

Lee Kyung-sil was still in shock; he was truly stunned.

"It's true, Third Brother is number one."

Li Qingmei completely believed what her fourth brother had said.

"I never expected this," Li Qingmei thought, looking at Li Fuyuan and Li Fugui. "It's all good this way. Third Brother is number one, which is better than others."

Li Fuyuan, who was not far away, was stunned for a moment. The first one was not Li Qinglian, but Li Qingqiu, who was unreliable, lazy, and had broken his head over a meat bun, bringing shame to the commune's four-work-point children's table.

A complete reversal! Who could believe it? Li Fuyuan asked several times and even checked it himself before he finally believed it: Li Qingqiu had gotten a perfect score, ranking first in the commune. "That kid really launched a huge surprise!"

"I was a mischievous child, but I never expected that I would have such a talent for learning quotations."

Li Fugui was deeply moved and followed Li Fuyuan to Li Qingqiu.

"Good lad."

Although Li Fuyuan was somewhat disappointed that his nephew hadn't gotten a perfect score, Li Jia'ao still won first place. As the brigade leader, he deserved credit for it. Besides, it was just that Li Qingqiu had gotten first place, and he was still his nephew, albeit a distant one. He could still brag in front of Old Zhang and Wang Dapao, which was enough. What more could he ask for?

Thinking about how Director Guo would probably want to speak to him privately at the next meeting, Li Fuyuan's gaze softened considerably as he looked at Li Qingqiu. "Good lad, tell me, what kind of reward do you want?"

"award?"

"Of course! You've brought honor to our Lijia'ao village, the team can't just sit idly by," Li Fuyuan said with a smile. "Go ahead and say that!"

"Do you want money, or tickets?"

"Or do you want both money and tickets?"

Li Qingqiu considered for a moment and then asked, "Is paid leave possible?"

Paid leave?

What does this mean? Not only Li Fuyuan, but also Li Fugui, Li Qingmei, Li Qingshi, and the others who had returned to Li Qingqiu's side were all completely bewildered, not understanding what Li Qingqiu was talking about. "It's like this, I just want to play for a couple more days, but I also want work points."

"So that's what happened?"

Li Fuyuan waved his hand. "Everyone who came this time will be rewarded with twenty work points. You came in first place, so you'll get one hundred work points."

Li Qingqiu wanted work points, but not in this way. He wanted to allocate them to each day, so that the Lazy Eater Technique would be easier to cultivate.

"Third Brother, quickly thank Uncle Fuyuan."

"Thank you, Uncle Fuyuan. How about this, you can allocate my work points over the next ten days, ten work points a day, so I can get work points even if I don't work." As soon as Li Qingqiu said this, Li Fuyuan was dumbfounded. This kid is really something.

"Okay, I'll tell your Uncle Fu Luo later."

Li Fuyuan was both amused and exasperated. There was such a thing as this. Normally, the commune members would definitely be unhappy. They would simply record the reward work points and then work to earn more work points. But Li Qingqiu was different. In order to be lazy, he actually distributed the reward work points over the next ten days. He didn't plan to work for those ten days.

Li Qingshi, Li Qingmei, and the others were all speechless. Looking at Li Qingqiu's happy face, they thought, "What a talent! He can come up with all sorts of ways to be lazy." But they couldn't say anything. He got a hundred work points all at once, so what could they say?

"Sigh, Third Brother is still Third Brother."

Li Qingmei had just developed a slight admiration for Li Qingqiu because of the quotation competition, but now that admiration has vanished. Third Brother is not worth it.

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Li Qingqiu was secretly pleased. He wouldn't have to worry about cultivating the Lazy Eater Technique for the next ten days. Hahaha, he could go back and focus on annihilating the Blood-Eyed Demonic Beast horde. This was a windfall! "It's a pity that the rat meat is difficult to process, so it's a bit of a waste."

"Alright, kid, you've really brought honor to our brigade. I'll hold a commendation ceremony for you when the fertilizer is distributed."

"How could I possibly accept this?"

Li Qingqiu said with a smile, "Qingmei, you must keep an eye on Aunt Liu for me and make sure she doesn't leave first."

"Pfft."

Li Qingmei was amused and rolled her eyes at her third brother, but then she thought about how interesting her sixth aunt's expression would be when her third brother received the award. Just as they were enjoying themselves, a sudden commotion arose, and everyone turned around.

"What's going on? Why are they arguing?"

"I don't know."

Upon asking, they discovered that there were four players with the same score starting from eighth place. This was a real problem. How should the scores be calculated? It was agreed that the top ten would receive an extra reward. The four teams started arguing, and someone suggested that if it didn't work out, they should compete again.

Good heavens, now the production brigade with poor grades has finally seized the opportunity and started making a fuss. When Li Fuyuan heard this, he was furious. Li Qingqiu was number one, why should he have to take the test again? That's a joke, do they think our brigade is stupid?

"No, I don't agree."

Unexpectedly, the second and third place teams were somewhat interested. They thought that Li Qingqiu might have gotten first place by chance this time, and if they could take the test again, their team might have a chance to take first place as well.

"How about we vote?"

"Why should I?"

"Captain Li, what's wrong? Afraid of not doing well on the test?"

"Wang Dapao, I know what you're thinking." Li Fuyuan firmly disagreed, and the situation became tense. Finally, someone from the commune came. "The top twenty will have to take another test, and the ranking will be based on their combined scores."

"That's so unfair."

Li Qingmei and the others pursed their lips, this was clearly unfair to Lijia'ao. You have to know that Lijia'ao only had Li Qingqiu in the top twenty, while other production brigades, especially the better-off ones near the commune, had two or three people.

Li Fuyuan went to the commune to complain, and the commune was also in a difficult position, as the other production brigades had all agreed.

"never mind."

Li Qingqiu thought to himself, "If I can get a perfect score again after another test, it's no big deal." "Uncle Fuyuan, you tell the commune that I agree, but there are conditions: the test must be held in the afternoon, and the commune has to take care of our meals."

"I'll go and say something. Don't expect us to give you anything in return. Do you think we're easy to bully?"

As expected, Li Fuyuan contacted the commune staff and received a response. The response came quickly, but to Li Qingqiu's surprise, the top twenty people would receive a meal ticket for the commune canteen, and Li Qingqiu, who ranked first, received eight tickets.

No one had much of an opinion. After all, it was a loss for someone who got a perfect score to have to retake the exam with them. Li Qingqiu was satisfied with getting eight meal vouchers and getting a free meal.

He grabbed three at random and handed the rest to Li Fuyuan. "Uncle Fuyuan, you can distribute these."

"OK."

Li Fuyuan was quite pleased. Instead of handing out the meal tickets immediately, he took them and went to Old Zhang from Zhangjiazhai. "Oh my, the commune is quite generous. These meal tickets are more than enough. Old Zhang, tell me, isn't the food even tastier when it's free?"

"Fine, you're just asking for money since you can't eat it."

Li Fuyuan smiled smugly, which infuriated Old Zhang. "What's so smug about? You'll see if you're still so smug when you fail the exam."

"That old rascal." Wang Dapao was also caught up in the show-off, but he couldn't refute it. After all, the guy got a perfect score. The commune subsidized his meal vouchers so he could retake the exam. In fact, they all understood and were even quite happy. In the end, Lijia'ao was the one who lost out.

Everyone knows that a few bites of food can be exchanged for the right to allocate fertilizer, but when they actually saw Li Fuyuan showing off, they were still a little envious. After all, they had to spend money to eat, and money was not easy to earn these days.

"Let's go eat."

Li Qingqiu was all smiles, happy to have gotten a free meal. Li Qingmei and Li Xianjing, however, were somewhat resentful. They had been in first place, but now they had to retake the exam, and the combined ranking of the two results was a loss.

"Don't worry, I'm still confident."

Li Qingqiu said nonchalantly, activating his mental communication spell. He was a veritable maniac, invincible within the range of his pronouncements. "A cultivator with cheat codes can easily crush a few core disciples from small families."

"All right."

Seeing that Li Qingqiu seemed confident, Li Qingmei and Li Xianjing felt relieved. The lunch was quite good, with stir-fried tofu, a piece of braised pork for each person, a stir-fried cabbage, and a large bowl of rice.

Li Qingqiu ate with his mouth full of oil, saying, "Delicious, so delicious! Rice and meat soup, I haven't had this in so many days, it's so satisfying! I wish I could take the test a few more times."

There are only twenty people taking the exam in the afternoon, so it's easier to arrange things, but the invigilation will be more rigorous.

The exam was much more difficult than the one in the morning. After all, the top twenty were all quite strong candidates. Li Qingqiu took thirty-five minutes to finish, which was a few minutes longer than in the morning, indicating that the difficulty had increased significantly.

"Third Brother, how's it going?"

"Thankfully, I can write everything down."

If Li Qingqiu had said this in the morning, Li Qingmei would have scoffed at it, but now it might be true, and maybe she got a perfect score again?

"The snow is falling heavier and heavier."

Li Qingqiu didn't notice the change in his younger sister's expression, but instead glanced at the heavy snow outside; the snow on the ground was already half a foot deep. "Where's Uncle Fuyuan? We need to hurry up and get the fertilizer ready after the results come out. The snow is getting heavier and heavier; we need to get the fertilizer back as soon as possible."

"Director Guo just called Uncle Fuyuan to his office."

"I see. Well, let's wait a bit then."

Li Qingqiu and the other two waited for a while, and then the other contestants from each production team who participated in the second round of the quotation competition came out. The results came out quickly, after all, there were only about twenty people this time.

"Look, who got first place!"

Everyone ran towards the notice board, where the results were prominently displayed: Li Qingqiu was first, with a perfect score. Now, Li Qingqiu had become famous.

"Two perfect scores! I'm going to ask Uncle Fuyuan to make a request to the commune. They must reward me with some meat coupons. That piece of meat at noon really whetted my appetite."