The system is very abstract, fortunately I am also.

Chapter 425 Perhaps a Happy and Fulfilling Family

Monday, December 16th.

The past week has been cloudy, but this morning it was a rare sunny day.

Alas, I arrived at the wrong time of year, when it was not raining.

I've already been deprived of the right to give a speech, why isn't it raining, why!
Heaven has no eyes!

Arrived at school.

According to unofficial historical records, Hua Xiong was a general who strictly obeyed traffic rules. When Dong Zhuo was attacked by the eighteen warlords, he saw Guan Yu appear from the enemy camp and thought it was a red light, so he reined in his horse and waited. He even asked the subordinate general next to him, "Why is this red light moving?", "Damn, why does this red light have a knife?", "Ahhhhh, the red light is killing people!"
He didn't react in time and was easily killed by Guan Yu while the wine was still warm.

Bai Bufan remains the person at Nansang Middle School who respects Guan Yu the most, and today's unofficial history is once again making fun of Guan Yu.

According to Bai Bufan, if Hua Xiong were to fight Ultraman, he would only need to hold out for three minutes until the red light started flashing, at which point he would probably have to put down the brakes and prepare to start moving.

—I'm taking my driving test (Parts 3 and 4) this week. I've been reviewing the material, and I'm doing well on my own.

"Hey, do you guys think Optimus Prime is invincible when it comes to dealing with traffic lights? He turns into a person to walk when the light is red and into a car to drive when the light is green." Lin Li's divergent thoughts made him sigh in admiration.

"Holy crap, it really is!"

"No wonder there's a policy that only people in the automotive industry can settle in Shanghai! It turns out that this is what they've taken into account!"

"So, if Optimus Prime gets lonely, will he actually use a ride-hailing service?"

"Damn! This question's been asked for months! No more recycled jokes! You're out of ideas, aren't you! Deduct my pay!"

There was a time when Bai Bufan asked him this question, and he had to force himself to concentrate and listen attentively in class.

Nowadays, even if Lin Li listens attentively in regular classes, it doesn't help his grades much.

The morning reading session passed quietly amidst laughter and chatter. Then, the first class on Monday was a class meeting.

"I'll talk about a few things today,"

When Xue Jian walked in during class, he didn't bring any test papers or lesson plans, indicating it was a formal class meeting.
"The first thing is relatively recent. This weekend, the school will be used as an examination venue for a math competition, and our class will most likely be used as well."

The exam will be held on Sunday afternoon. Students who stay on campus should not come to the teaching building all day Sunday. Students who return to campus should also be careful not to come to the classroom too early.

You don't need to set up the tables and chairs; someone will take care of them. If you can empty the drawers, it would be best to do so. If it's inconvenient to empty them, it's not mandatory. It's just the preliminary round, so the requirements aren't that strict, but you should be prepared for strangers to use and move them.

If you have valuables, be sure to keep them safe.

"Okay, that's the first thing. It doesn't concern most of you. The second thing, however, concerns everyone. It's about New Year's Day."

"The school has arranged two activities for New Year's Day."

"The first event is the usual New Year's Eve party, which will be held on the playground in the evening."

"For the school-level gala, the programs are solicited and selected from the entire school. There are still a few spots that have not been decided. If you are willing to perform on stage, you can apply within this week."

The reason why there were already so few program slots left when Xue Jian had just announced the preparations for the New Year's Eve party was not because other classes were quick enough, but because most of these programs are usually "pre-selected".

Or, to put it another way, prioritize connecting with clubs and student unions.

Most of them are actually singing programs. Many of the top ten singers from the second year of high school received invitations in advance.

The New Year's Eve party was only relevant to first-year and second-year high school students. At most, third-year students would sneak over to the playground of the first-year and second-year high school students' campus during the evening self-study break to take a look at the party.

Aside from these songs, the dance club will perform one or two dance programs, and the teachers' group might be forced to perform some poetry recitations or even aerobics, or one or two speech-based programs... In this way, they take up most of the time.

There are only a few spots left, and both first- and second-year high school students will have to compete for them. Even if they want to get in, it will probably be quite difficult.

But this is actually quite good. If each class had to come up with a program to perform, that would be real torture.

"The second activity is the New Year's Day garden party."

Seeing that no one was asking about the program, Xue Jian nodded knowingly and continued speaking:
"This activity is conducted on a class-by-class basis. Each class needs to come up with a project and set up a booth or activity point in a designated area."

Regarding designated areas, the classroom and the corridor outside the class are of course at the class's discretion. In addition to these two, the class can also apply to the school in advance for an open area outside the first floor.

In previous years, some classes on higher floors would somehow get a food truck and sell hand-pulled pancakes on the first floor, which looked quite professional.

The types of stalls or activity points are very flexible; there are basically no restrictions on schools, and anything can be fun, food, or sales.

Besides the hand-pulled pancakes I just mentioned, the project my previous students organized was similar to the ring toss game at the market, where they charged an entrance fee and gave prizes for winning.

In previous years, there were vendors selling milk tea, grilled sausages, and something else... called millet? I think that's what it was called. They seemed to sell quite well.

"As long as the items or products sold do not violate school rules and regulations or public order and good morals, there is no problem."

Lin Li didn't even need to look up to know that Xue Jian was staring at Bai Bufan when he said those words, and probably glancing at him as well.

Bai Bufan is really wicked.

Seeing that Lin Li was feigning death, Xue Jian paused for a moment, then continued his introduction:

"The school will give each class 100 yuan in funding. Of course, this is mostly far from enough. Don't complain about the small amount. Just think of this 100 yuan as a subsidy from the school. The main source of funding is still the class fund. But if you can get sponsorship or something, that would be really impressive."

"Profits and losses are borne by ourselves. The money for buying materials, renting equipment, and purchasing goods all come from this fund. The money earned will also be used as class funds or as wages. There will definitely be someone in charge of the class projects, but I don't recommend that someone stay in the classroom all the time. It's better for everyone to take turns 'working'."

"But you don't need to participate in this event with too much of a profit motive just because you're responsible for your own gains and losses. The essence of the event is to let you have fun, and there's no ranking involved. It's just to enrich your campus life."

"I won't go into too much detail. As before, you can handle your own activities. I won't interfere unless there are difficulties that I need to resolve. Just let me review the project after it's approved."

"Then let's talk about the timing of these two events."

"Because New Year's Day falls on a Wednesday this year, and there is no make-up holiday, both of these events will be concentrated in the half-week before New Year's Day, so that you can relax a bit."

"The New Year's Eve party will be held on Monday evening, December 30th. The garden party will be held on the morning of the 31st. In the afternoon, the school knows that you will not be able to concentrate on classes for the rest of the day, so a general assembly for the first-year students will be held in the auditorium."

"You can bring your phones during that half-week, but just like during the sports meet, you have to hand them in to me in advance. You still have to attend classes as usual on Sunday evening and Monday daytime. I will give them back to you on Monday night."

Don't take any chances. If you don't hand it in and I catch you, you'll have to return your phone at the end of the semester. If the school catches you, well, don't expect me to beg you; you'll have to go to the registrar's office to get it after graduation.

Bai Bufan didn't even need to look up to know that Xue Jian was staring at Lin Li when he said those words, and probably glancing at him as well.

Lin Li is really bad.

"If you want to sign up for the gala program now, you can tell me. If you have any ideas about the garden party, we can discuss them. There are still two weeks left. If the projects are not complicated, there is still plenty of time."

Unlike the lack of response to the New Year's Eve party, the classroom immediately became noisy, as everyone was quite interested in this carnival.

What should we do?

"I feel that the food and drinks are better. If they can't be sold in the end, we can still produce and sell them ourselves, so there will be no waste."

“I have a smoothie machine at home. If needed, I can lend it to the class for free use. It’s a pity it’s winter now. It would definitely sell better in the summer, but I think there will definitely be customers who want to eat it. Besides, smoothies are just smoothies with some flavoring water. The cost is definitely not high.”

"Can consider it."

“Games like ring toss, which the teacher mentioned, are also fine. They actually have very little cost, can be reused, or even rented directly. Since you only need them for one day, I think it’s a good idea.”

"How about we turn our class into a flea market and sell secondhand items?"

"..."

—This is the art style of the first half of the class, humans.

"What should we do?"

"Our senior class can't lose face. Don't make anything stingy that people will look down on. If we're going to sell, we'll sell luxury goods, gold and jewelry!!!"

However, to be honest, I don't currently have any channels for gold and jewelry.

"What the hell do you have left to sell?!"

"How about selling some Genshin Impact merchandise? According to unofficial history, New Year's Day was established to celebrate the birth of Genshin Impact, so it would be fitting."

"Holy crap! You idiot! I'm going to invite Zhu Yuanzhang here!"

Why invite Zhu Yuanzhang?

"Zhu Yuanzhang hated the original gods, so he created Mingchao in an attempt to fight against them."

"Holy crap! So Gouzi is the moderator of the Anti-Genshin Impact forum!"

"What you've said makes me want to eat mangoes. I think our class should sell food instead. That way, if we don't sell them all, we can take care of them ourselves at lunchtime. Wouldn't that be great?"

Furthermore, I agree with what Bufan said: our Class 4 can't lose face, we can't sell cheap stuff that makes people look down on us, so we'll sell Boston lobster and king crab!

"Bao, you're using class funds to order food here, aren't you?"

“You’re all at Sony, and the final project needs Old Jian to review and approve it. Yours won’t pass the review at all. Why don’t you listen to me? I have a plan to make Class Four go from obscurity to prominence.” “Go ahead.”

"Didn't Old Jian say that the corridor outside the classroom is an area that each class can allocate without application, and that we can arrange it as we please? Why don't we block the corridor and charge a toll?"
Alternatively, we could collect "humiliation fees" from other classes. If anyone dares not pay, we'd wreak havoc in their classroom and make a scene, preventing them from doing business.

"What about our dignity and face?"

"Never mind those irrelevant things."

"..."

—This is the art style of the latter half of the class, non-human.

They sat upright, pressed tightly against the back of their chairs, pretending to be humans while secretly listening intently to the non-human babbling of the boys in the back row, filtering out the human conversations in the first half of the class. They looked quite pleased with themselves.

—This is the style of Huang Yi and Zhou Jiana, eavesdropping.

Looking down at the table, he could hear the cheerful laughter of his good buddies in the distance behind him, but he couldn't hear them clearly. So he scratched his head, and finally could only look up at Xue Jian, who was expressionless, before looking down again, gritting his teeth and feeling sorry for himself.

"Wang Ze, what are your thoughts?" Xue Jian glanced at the restless person next to him and asked.

"Some teachers, yes, I'd like to change seats." Someone gave a fawning smile.

"Alright, then you come up and sit on the podium, and I'll sit in your seat." This child had said this many times, and Xue Jian felt he should be understanding, so he nodded.

"Uh, no... teacher, never mind..."

Damn you.

The guardian positions in the trenches!!!

—This is Wang Ze's art style, I want to die.

Such discussions are unlikely to yield any results, and Xue Jian did not intend to reach a conclusion in this class meeting.

Finally, as get out of class was about to end, the task was handed over to several class officers, including Chen Yuying and Zhuo Yongfei, who were asked to find an opportunity to gather opinions from the class and arrive at a final plan for implementation.

High emotional intelligence: The teacher hopes that you can be autonomous. This is your activity, so of course you are fully responsible for it. The teacher will not interfere.

Low emotional intelligence: Don't touch me.

……

At noon.

Lin Li and Chen Tianming returned to the classroom together.

In order to increase his chances of advancing to the semi-finals of the competition, Chen Tianming plans to come to the classroom every noon this week.

Lin Li ate quickly and when he entered the classroom, Chen Yuying had not yet returned, so he went back to his seat and did nothing for a while.

"Excuse me, are you from Class 4? This looks like a student's meal card." A boy appeared at the back door, holding a meal card, and said to Chen Tianming.

"Okay, give it to me." Chen Tianming took the meal card and said.

"Zeyu's?" Lin Li asked with a smile after the boy disappeared.

"Who else could it be? Here you go." Lin Li was close to Qin Zeyu, so Chen Tianming simply tossed the meal card over.

"Still persisting, Hajiyu..." Lin Li shook his head as he caught the meal card.

“Yes, Zeyu is such a stubborn kid, he won’t listen to any advice.” Chen Tianming nodded, smiling somewhat helplessly: “Humans in heat are just too crazy.”

"You have no right to say such things, do you?"

Zeyu's heat only resulted in him losing his meal card; yours, forcing yourself to do math, especially competition math, after you've gone into heat, is far more insane.

"Qiaoqiao is different."

"walk slowly."

After jokingly scolding Chen Tianming a few times, Lin Li put the meal card into Qin Zeyu's drawer, a smile appearing on his face as he looked at Chen Tianming again.
"It's dawn."

"Hey, what's wrong?"

"Since Zeyu isn't here, is the person who just found the meal card a boy?"

"Of course he is—" Chen Tianming was about to answer with a puzzled look on his face when he paused for a second and then gave a knowing smile: "Oh—he could be a girl."

Lin Li: "Let's not say anything too nice this afternoon, like 'as beautiful as an angel,' or Zeyu will think it's fake at first glance."

We were talking about a pretty girl, and when we were returning our meal cards, we mistook her for Zeyu and even remarked that Qin Zeyu was a really nice name.
Then, her voice was also very beautiful, and based on our brief time together, she seemed to be a very gentle and talkative girl…”

Looking at Lin Li, whose expression grew increasingly wicked, and who spoke with such fervor that he seemed to have lost all sense of urgency and was even willing to risk his life.

Chen Tianming fell silent, a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth.

Damn you.

It's so detailed and so comprehensive.

If Lin Li had used the intelligence that harmed his brothers to research technology, Earth would have been a Level 6 civilization long ago, and they could have already thrown their briefs at the Songstress civilization.

What a beast!

"Lin Li, who are you planning to harm this time?"

Ding Sihan and Chen Yuying appeared at the classroom door at this moment. Seeing the expression on Lin Li's face, Ding Sihan shook her head disdainfully and asked in a disgusted tone.

"Kids shouldn't meddle in adult matters," Lin Li waved his index fingers left and right, then raised his chin: "Dingzi, why are you in the classroom at noon too?"

Could it really be as they said the day before yesterday, that Ding Sihan and Qu Wanqiu are going to take turns using Blue Silver Entanglement on Yingbao, leaving her with no space to be alone?

That's bad.

I will use the Tang Clan's hidden weapon, "Follow Taffy, Thank You Meow," to deal with the two of them.

"Am I superfluous again?" Ding Sihan sneered.

"How could that be? You don't know, do you? Actually, I often mention you when I'm on dates with the class monitor."

"Praise me or scold me?"

"Then don't worry about it."

"Alright, Sihan is coming over at noon to discuss the park event." Chen Yuying explained with a smile as she watched the two bickering again.

Seeing the genuine relief on Lin Li's face, Ding Sihan's sneer intensified.

Rebel!

Without turning back, he walked heavily to Lin Li's side, carrying Chen Yuying with him. Then, he arrogantly put his arm around Chen Yuying and said, "Yingbao has already promised that if we plan to go out this weekend, she will definitely take me with her!"

"As for whether you want to play with us or not... hehe, it's up to you!"

Seeing Ding Sihan's smug expression, Lin Li chuckled and looked at Chen Yuying: "Class monitor, don't you think Ding Sihan is just like our child?"

"Hmm?" Chen Yuying was a little confused. What did Ding Sihan and Shouying have... Ugh!

How did this name automatically pop into my head?

It's all Lin Li's fault!
The annoying Linli – Note: This only refers to the part about the name Linli; I still like the other parts of Linli, and the name Linli part is only temporarily annoying.

Chen Yuying is very satisfied with her meticulousness.

Lin Li then smiled and began to explain:
"We were planning to have some time alone as a couple, and we finally managed to convince my mother-in-law to help us take care of the child for a day."

As a result, when we were enjoying some time alone together, our child kept trying to contact us: "~Mom and Dad, when are you coming back~", "Hanhan misses you, waaaaah~" "Hanhan wants to be with Mom and Dad~ I'm so lonely by myself~"

When we came back from our romantic getaway, oh dear, things were even worse.

Having experienced life without his parents, Dingding has now developed a strong attachment to home and absolutely refuses to be separated from them—"Mommy and Daddy, please don't leave Hanhan behind next time, okay?"

Lin Li described it in an affected yet vivid way.

If someone asks why Lin Li said he only gave it to his maternal grandmother, and not to his paternal grandparents or maternal grandfather.

Ah, Grandpa is in heaven, and Grandma is so busy with work that she might not be able to come home even once a month. Grandpa doesn't even know he's a grandfather yet. Once he does, taking care of his granddaughter is a small matter; the real fear is that he might also bring a knife and his son-in-law on his way.

Let's just leave it with Grandma.

(End of this chapter)