Locking away my heart and love! Going back to 2000 to be a top student again.

Leaving aside the simple introductory level of junior high school English, Chinese is all about rote memorization, and the memory is so ingrained that I can recognize most of the texts after just a quick glance.

Mathematics is a subject that requires talent, and since I haven't touched it since graduation, I can only try to salvage this subject now.

Xu Su turned on the fan and began reviewing math problems without even looking up. She had to register at school on August 10th, and there were 31 days in the month. Including today, she only had less than half a month left to review.

When Chen Shulan returned home in the late afternoon after visiting friends with Xu Yang, she didn't see Xu Su in the living room and went straight to her room. There she saw her daughter sitting upright with her back to the door, writing furiously.

The girl had her hair tied up in a bun, with a few stray strands flying wildly in the fan's air. She sat upright on the bed, her pen constantly working out calculations on the paper.

As long as she didn't touch her son, Chen Shulan was a qualified mother. She smiled with satisfaction, didn't disturb her daughter's studies, and quietly left.

Xu Su wrote from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m., and it wasn't until the aroma of food wafted over that Xu Zhengping returned home and snapped out of his math problems.

Dinner consisted of leftovers from lunch, along with a plate of cucumber salad mixed with vinegar. Apart from Xu Yang occasionally making a fuss, the family ate in silence.

Xu Su didn't know if the atmosphere at the Xu family's dining table was like this before she arrived. In her previous life, she blamed herself for it, believing that her arrival made the family uncomfortable.

Halfway through the meal, Xu Su said, "I need to register at school on August 10th."

"Is it military training? Our group leader's son is also starting high school this fall, but he's going to the No. 3 High School in the city. I heard him mention last time that he'd have to go to the school to register early," Xu Zhengping said.

With a hint of amusement in his voice that his own child was better than the group leader's child, Xu Zhengping and his wife were the most traditional kind of parents who favored sons over daughters. As long as they didn't compare their daughter to their son, they weren't too bad to her. They were happy that their daughter did well in school.

Of course, if it comes to profit, he won't hesitate to sell his daughter.

Xu Su nodded, "It's military training. I don't know the way to school. Will you have time to go with me?"

Chen Shulan didn't expect her daughter to say that, and said with a hint of reproach, "You just came to the city to study. Don't your parents take you to familiarize yourself with the way? Do you expect me to find my way around by myself? You are also our child. Don't say things like that next time."

Xu Zhengping said, "Is it necessary to stay in the dormitory during military training? Tomorrow, I'll have your mom take you to buy the things you need for the dormitory. If you need anything, just tell your mom. This is your own home."

After dinner, Xu Su naturally started clearing away the dishes and offered to help with the washing.

In fact, when they lived in the countryside, although Grandma Xu spoiled the child, she still taught Xu Su to do the housework that was supposed to be done, and she often taught him to help with some chores when he returned to his parents' side.

In her previous life, during her three years of high school, except for the last year when Zhou Mochen's presence made her parents start to be careful around her and not allow her to do housework, she was basically the one who washed the dishes whenever Xu Su was home eating.

After washing the dishes, the Xu family of three enjoyed watching TV together on the sofa. Xu Su continued to work on math problems in her room until after 9 p.m., when Chen Shulan and her husband were getting ready for bed.

Chen Shulan pulled out an unopened toothbrush and a towel. "These are toiletries I prepared for you. You've been doing homework all day, so go wash up and get some rest."

Although Xu Yang complained during the day that he wanted to sleep in his own room, he would insist on sleeping with his parents at night. Even so, he would rather leave the room empty than allow Xu Su to sleep in his room.

Having just finished a fierce cry during the day, Xu Weiping and his wife couldn't bear to see their son cause any more trouble. They took a sheet and blanket, placed them on the sofa, and the three of them went into the room.

Xu Su looked at the two-seater sofa where she had slept for half a year in her previous life. At her current height of 1.6 meters, she could barely stretch her legs out.

Silently, she turned the floor fan next to her to its lowest setting and lay down.

It's okay, she's used to it anyway, it's just another one of those times.

Having grown accustomed to sleeping in a large bed, Xu Su felt very uncomfortable squeezed onto a small sofa. In the summer, the sky was already bright around five o'clock, and unable to sleep, Xu Su simply got up and continued doing practice problems.

By the time Chen Shulan got up to make breakfast, Xu Su's hand was already a little sore from writing.

Seeing her daughter's diligence, Chen Shulan was a little shocked. "It's only a little past six o'clock, why are you already doing your homework?"

Xu Su was writing furiously at the small square table where she was eating. Hearing the sound, she looked up, smiled, and said, "School's about to start, so I'm just reviewing my notes."

"Take care of your eyes, don't ruin them from staying up too late."

Chen Shulan gave a few instructions and then went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast for the family.

Breakfast consisted of white rice porridge with some dried radish that Chen Shulan had made herself, and a boiled egg.

“Your brother is growing, and he eats an egg every morning.” Chen Shulan cracked the eggshell and began to peel it. “We’re not very tall, so we’re giving your brother more nutrition in the hopes that he can grow taller.”

Xu Yang held his toy gun in his hand, proudly raising his head, taking the special treatment at home for granted.

Xu Su nodded in understanding.

After finishing breakfast, Chen Shulan and her husband exchanged a few words and went to work, while Xu Su washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen as usual.

She washed and dried the clothes she had changed out of last night before continuing to do her homework.

As for the dirty clothes of other family members, Xu Su has no intention of taking on all of them in this lifetime.

Xu Yang was watching TV in the living room with the volume turned up very high. Xu Su closed the bedroom door, stuffed two wads of tissue paper into her ears, and continued doing her homework.

At eleven o'clock, Xu Su started cooking rice as Chen Shulan had instructed before she left. The Xu family already had an electric rice cooker at this time, the old-fashioned kind where you just press the switch and the light comes on.

Chen Shulan returned very early. She originally worked in the textile factory workshop watching the machines, but in order to take good care of Xu Yang, she applied to work in the logistics department. The work was relatively easy, and the working hours were flexible, but the salary was not high. In those days, she had worked in the factory for more than ten years and only earned about eight hundred yuan a month.

Xu Weiping earns a higher salary, 1,500 a month. He works as a porter, unloading and moving goods for the factory. His job relies mainly on physical strength. He has been doing this job for over ten years and has developed a lot of fatigue-related illnesses.

When Chen Shulan got home, she saw that her daughter had washed her clothes but didn't say anything. She poured some laundry detergent into the bucket and started washing the clothes that her husband and son had changed out of the night before. Summer clothes are thin, so she washed them quickly and started preparing lunch.

For lunch, we had hot and sour shredded potatoes, braised tofu, and a bowl of tomato and egg soup—all dishes that go well with rice. The braised tofu had a little meat in it, but Xu Yang doesn't like fatty food.