Chapter Eighty-One: Skipping Grades Exam

  On Monday morning, Fang Haibo brought Qiu Ye to Principal Ma's office once again.

  The principal looked at the two people who came in, stood up from his desk and warmly welcomed them. Just as he was about to greet them, Fang Haibo spoke first.

  "Principal Ma, I'm really sorry, I've come to trouble you again." Fang Haibo walked forward and shook Principal Ma's hand.

  Ma Ping was somewhat confused about what his teacher meant, why was he being so polite today? It made him feel uneasy in his heart. But he was still an old hand and went along with it: "Teacher Fang, you're too polite, if there's anything just say it, as long as I can do it, I'll definitely go all out."

  "Hehe, I'm sure you can handle this. It's just that our family's Xiao Ye wants to skip a grade, and the timing is quite urgent, so we have no choice but to trouble you." Fang Haibo stated the purpose of his visit.

  Ma Ping secretly let out a sigh of relief, thinking that this kid had discovered something earth-shattering again. Fortunately, it was just about skipping grades. "Principal Fang, look at what you said, the child has ambition, we as teachers must support him, time is not a problem, rules are dead, people are alive, aren't they? Wait a minute, I'll go find a teacher to give the kid a test right now." Ma Ping said and walked out of the office.

  He's really worried that something else will happen, just last week he was dealing with the Korean teacher and it gave him a headache. He said to himself, how could he have been principal for so long without realizing there was such a troublemaker in the teaching staff? Luckily, Teacher Fang discovered it early, if the students' parents found out and spread the word, his career as principal would be over. Now every time he sees that little girl, he's a bit afraid, worried that just after dealing with one Korean teacher, another Lee or Zhao teacher will appear. He won't even need to work anymore.

  "Xiao Ye, you also sit here for a while first, I'll go take a look." Fang Haibo said, and then followed Principal Ma's footsteps out.

  Qiu Ye has been quiet since she came in, never saying a word, looking like an obedient little kid, and indeed she is an obedient little kid.

  She was just muttering to herself, thinking that perhaps all reborn female leads had a set route. For example, selling monkey tickets, making money, skipping grades, or having a childhood sweetheart. Those who came before her had already followed this route. But as for skipping grades, she struggled for a whole year and still couldn't escape this route, so she ended up skipping grades after all. Could she also look forward to the childhood sweetheart that was supposed to come next? Forget it, she wasn't interested in those romantic things anymore. She figured she would just have to spend her life alone with her money.

  Before long, Principal Ma returned with Fang Haibo, holding two test papers. He let Qiu Ye start the skip-level test in his office.

  Qiu Ye leaned on the principal's desk, picked up a pen and started writing brush after brush. Her speed was slightly controlled, but her accuracy was uncontrollable. What level she was at, her father knew very well. So there was no need to hide it anymore. Moreover, during this year or so, she had been learning painting and calligraphy with her stepmother, and her handwriting was also quite good, although you couldn't tell what style it was in. But she had already said goodbye to the level of elementary school grades one and two, so this was considered normal performance for her.

  It took only twenty minutes to finish one test paper. When forty minutes had passed, Qiu Ye had already finished two test papers. Principal Ma brought in two teachers to grade the papers, and as expected, they were all perfect scores (excluding Chinese composition).

  Principal Ma looked at the neat test paper with a big red tick and 100 points, smiled at Fang Hai Bo and said: "Teacher Fang, your educational level is too high. Such young children are actually educated by you to become geniuses. Can you still spare some time to come here and take on a few more classes, so that other children can also improve?"

  Qiu Ye thought to herself, this Principal Ma is quite clever, able to think of ways to win people over and use them for his own benefit. No wonder the attached elementary school developed so well later on. Ah yes, it seems that Principal Ma also got promoted, but she can't quite remember where he went afterwards.

  "Old horse, you're really joking, this achievement I don't dare to take credit for, the child's foundation is good, I just added a little guidance, but I don't dare to mislead others." Fang Haibo smiled and declined, he had never been an enthusiastic person, it was only his own family's children that he would teach with extra care. Besides, this primary school didn't even offer English classes, what was the point of having an English teacher?

  Principal Ma also knew this teacher, not only his character but also his work. Teacher Fang was no ordinary person, he was a real talent, and he didn't just live on that meager salary. It's said that in his spare time, he worked as a translator for several foreign publishers. When we were in school, we saw that every month, Teacher Fang would receive letters from abroad by mail, so the students in our department all knew that Teacher Fang was well-off.

  Just now Principal Ma said that it was just a try, to see if they could invite this expert, but in fact he knew that Teacher Fang would definitely not agree.

  The two of them decided that it would be fine to report again early the next morning, and Fang Haibo took Qiu Ye home.

  Back home, Zhao Shuyan saw them return and asked how things went?

  "How's Lao Fang and Xiao Ye's exam?" Zhao Shuyan asked with a warm and gentle voice, despite the anxiety in her heart.

  "Do I need to say more? You have to have confidence in our family's Little Ye." Fang Haibo said with a smile all over his face, he was very satisfied with Little Ye's performance today. It wasn't that he didn't believe in the child, it's just that many students' mental quality wasn't up to par, and at critical moments they couldn't bear it in their hearts. If one had a bottle of knowledge and could pour out half a bottle, that would be pretty good already. So today he was very satisfied with the child's calmness and stability, thinking to himself that children who go out and exercise are just different, not having any stage fright at all.

  "Auntie, I got a perfect score! What's the reward?" Qiu Ye jumped out and reported the good news.

  "Xiao Ye is the best, Auntie will make delicious food for you at noon, what reward do you want, Auntie will definitely agree." Zhao Shuyan said lovingly while stroking Xiao Ye's head.

  She knew that Xiaoye was a good kid and in the past when she made requests to them, they were always things that they could do and would never make excessive demands to make things difficult for them.

  "Oh, Godmother is the best!" Qiu Ye excitedly jumped over and gave her godmother a fragrant kiss. Then she said what reward she wanted. "Godmother, can I start selling meatballs from today on? My body has fully recovered." Qiu Ye was afraid that her godmother wouldn't believe her, so she especially jumped around in place once to confirm that her body had really recovered.

  Zhao Shuyan looked at this lively child and thought that children should be like this every day, bouncing around with energy.

  "Alright, for now, let your aunt help you cook the meatballs and we'll send you off when your brother comes back. But today can't be too late, must return by twelve o'clock." The child has just recovered from illness, can't get tired. Must eat well and rest at noon.

  "Godmother is the best! I'll also cook some dumplings." Qiu Ye was so excited, and could start making money again.

  Then, Qiu Ye followed Zhao Shuyan around busily like a little tail, until everything at the stall was ready. Qiu Feng hadn't finished school yet, and Qiu Ye sat on the sofa in Fang's house, waiting anxiously.

  "How come you're getting out of school so late? She was already busy selling meatballs, and now she's wasting her time waiting for you here?"

  Fang Haibo saw Xiaoye sit on the sofa, with his butt like a needle. He kept moving around and still looked at his watch from time to time. What else didn't he know? He smiled and said: "What's wrong? Are you in a hurry?"

  Qiu Ye looked at the clock in the living room and said: "I didn't think brother would be late coming home from school, but today I've been waiting for a long time and he still hasn't come back."

  "Haha, in the past when your brother was in elementary school, he would run home from school and arrive in just two minutes. Now that he's in middle school, as soon as he starts walking home, it takes him eighteen minutes. Can you compare the two?" Fang Haibo chuckled, looking at Little Ye who was fidgeting uncomfortably.

  "I knew going to middle school wouldn't be good. School ends late and the way home is long, it's not as carefree as elementary school." Qiu Ye thought that if it was always like this, she would have to adjust her schedule and time, and couldn't waste all her time waiting for her brother to send her off every day.

  Fang Haibo listened, and this child hadn't even started skipping grades yet, but had already summed up the disadvantages of skipping grades. What if tomorrow he entered a new class, would he not go to school because he could sell fewer years of wontons?

  Afraid that she would have some negative emotions again, he quickly said, "Alright, you don't have to wait for Xiaofeng either. Today, your godfather will take you there."

  Qiu Ye opened her big eyes and asked uncertainly, "Really? Godfather, you're taking me?" The famous English professor of the university going to sell meatballs with her didn't seem right no matter how she thought about it.

  "Yes, really, why don't you go?" Fang Haibo's gaze made Xiao Ye's eyes look a bit unnatural. What was wrong with him? Why couldn't he see off his own aunt? He wasn't a fierce beast or anything.

  Qiu Ye saw that there were laborers on the scene, so she definitely didn't want to waste their efforts. In the end, Fang Haibo pushed his bicycle and delivered the glutinous rice balls and tea eggs Qiu Ye wanted to sell to the entrance of the cafeteria.

  Arrived at the entrance of the unit, saw several old ladies sunbathing and chatting there, including Mrs. Xiang.

  Saw the professor of Shida pushing a bicycle with a big bowl of tofu fritters on it, and two buckets hanging on both sides of the back seat. Item old lady shouted up.

  "Hey, isn't this Teacher Fang? How come you're also doing small business now? The welfare at the teacher's university is pretty good, right?" Old Lady Xiang even walked up to him and lifted the cloth covering the basin, but lost interest when she saw that it was just the same old rice balls from Old Qiu's family.

  Fang Haibo heard her sarcastic words and didn't get angry, he just pushed his glasses with his hand and said, "Yes, the benefits of our university are pretty good. Ah! I'm really sorry, your family may not know because you haven't received any. And this is my goddaughter's career, I don't have the ability to become one of those people who got rich first in Comrade Xiaoping's words."

  He finished speaking and, as if he hadn't seen Old Lady Item's dark face, looked down at the watch on his wrist and said, "We're running out of time, I'll take my leave first."

  After finishing speaking, he called out to Xiao Ye, who had been following behind but was completely ignored by these people, and walked away with the cart.

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