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

Chen Dong chimed in, "There is food. Whenever there is a market day and she has free time, she makes sure Grandma has her blood pressure checked. My dad even said that once this year's millet is sold, he will buy Grandma a blood pressure monitor so she can check her blood pressure at home."

Blood pressure checks at the hospital are free, and high blood pressure can be very dangerous once it flares up, so the whole family, including Grandma Xu herself, takes this disease very seriously.

She is not a stubborn old woman. Rather than being paralyzed in bed and burdening her children and grandchildren, she is willing to take her blood pressure and take a pill from time to time, just like she does now.

I heard that you have to sell rice to buy a pressure gauge.

Xu Su calculated the current price of electronic blood pressure monitors. She had inquired before and found that they were around three hundred yuan. She said generously, "I'll pay for it. I'll buy one for my grandma."

"How much money do you have?" Chen Dong, who was already taller than Xu Su, patted Xu Su's head and said, "Save your little bit of living expenses for your own meals. You don't need to take care of things at home right now."

Grandma Xu watched the interaction between the two children and couldn't help but smile: "Your brother is right. You just need to focus on your studies now and don't worry about things at home."

“I really have money. You don’t know how many scholarships there are at our school. My scholarship for half a semester is equivalent to two months’ salary for my dad.” Xu Su opened her schoolbag, took out an envelope, and handed it to her grandmother.

"I just received the 3,000 yuan scholarship this morning. I've already inquired, and the pressure monitor costs a little over 300 yuan, which should be enough. Are they sold in town? If not, we'll go to the county to buy one."

She had to buy it for her grandmother anyway. In her previous life, the old woman was paralyzed on one side and couldn't even speak clearly. Xu Su didn't want to see that again.

Grandma Xu opened the envelope in surprise and glanced at it, then glared at her: "You brought so much money back like this? Why didn't the pickpockets on the bus take it from you! Didn't I teach you? You should keep your money at the bottom of your bag."

Some were shocked by the prize money, which amounted to over three thousand.

Chen Dong was also surprised. He looked at the money in the envelope and murmured, "My teacher always said that knowledge is wealth. It turns out it's true."

In a time when an average worker could only earn about twenty or thirty yuan a day, the village bricklayers, working under the scorching sun, could only earn thirty yuan a day.

"..." Xu Su mimicked the way he had just patted his head and patted his head back, "Good little brother, I know you still don't study hard."

Grandma Xu ignored the siblings' playful fight. She took the envelope and went into the inner room where she slept. When she came out again, her hands were empty. "I've kept it safe for you. I'll give it back to you when you return to Changshi. You're such a careless child when it comes to money."

Xu Su had no objection to her grandmother keeping the money. She smiled and nodded, "Grandma, as long as you're willing to let me buy the pressure monitor, anything is fine with me."

The old man gave her a disapproving look, then picked up the duffel bag that Chen Ni had casually placed on the rocking chair.

He led Xu Su into the front room and said, "I was thinking a couple of days ago that you might come back during the summer vacation, so I tidied up your room. Are you going to stay at home for a few days this time?"

Xu Su has been sleeping in this room alone since she was eight years old. At that time, her maternal grandfather was still alive, and it was not appropriate for her to keep sharing a bed with the elderly couple.

Looking at the room where she grew up, still as tidy as ever, Xu Su smiled and put her arm around her grandmother: "I'll stay for half a month, and then I'll go back when school starts. You can't kick me out."

“When have I ever chased you away?” Xu Su’s grandmother was clearly very happy when Xu Su returned. “You can stay as long as you want, as long as it doesn’t interfere with your studies.”

We had dinner at my eldest uncle's house. Knowing that Xu Su was back, my second uncle brought Chen Dong over for a visit.

At the lively dinner table, the topic of discussion was Xu Su's scholarship of 3,000 yuan.

Auntie exclaimed in surprise, "I've always said that our Susu is smart. She always got first place when she was studying in the countryside. I never expected her to do so well in the city. She's just as good as those kids who grew up in the city."

Chen Ni said, "Su Su, your school is so rich. I remember when my brother was in high school, he didn't even know what a scholarship was."

Chen Le attended Kangxian No. 1 Middle School back then... Xu Su attended a junior high school where there was indeed no such thing as a scholarship.

My second uncle asked, "What ranking do you need to get a scholarship of three thousand yuan?"

Xu Su told the truth: "The first place in the whole grade gets a scholarship of five thousand, and the top three get three thousand. I got second place in the whole grade in the final exam this time."

Chen Dong asked curiously, "I remember you always came in first place before? Did you meet your match?"

"......" This isn't an opponent...it's clearly a teacher...

Xu Su was a little embarrassed to admit to her younger siblings, who idolized her, that her second-place ranking was largely due to the first-place student's contribution.

She said, "She's a genius, you know? She's someone who has never come in second place. There are 26 classes in our grade, a total of 1,700 or 1,800 people. It's already very difficult for me to get second place in the grade."

Adults might not have a good grasp of how many students there are in one grade, but the two students present, Chen Ni and Chen Dong, were shocked.

It's a top-tier high school in the city; anyone who gets in must have had excellent grades in junior high—second in their grade out of nearly two thousand top students...

Xu Su was pleased to see the admiration in their eyes; it was her turn to ask them questions.

"How did you two do on your high school entrance exams? Have you received your acceptance letters? Were your scores high enough to qualify?"

Is this enough? The question is about the high school admission scores in Kang County. The No. 1 High School in the city is too far away. Looking at the entire Chenjia Village, and even the Shuainan Town, over the years, only Xu Su has been admitted to a high school in the city.

The uncle was originally quite satisfied with his daughter's grades, but after seeing his niece's achievements, he was no longer happy. He said, "Nini performed exceptionally well this time and was able to get into the county's No. 1 High School. Dongdong also got into high school, No. 3 High School."

Xu Su frowned.

Xu Su couldn't remember which high school her cousin had been admitted to in her previous life. Was it No. 3 High School?

Kang County's educational resources are already underdeveloped. No. 1 Middle School is the best school in the county, followed by No. 2. As for No. 3 Middle School... it's practically a technical college now. Besides allowing students to take the college entrance exam, its acceptance rate is negligible each year.

From childhood to adulthood, Xu Su would tutor her younger siblings whenever she had time. Before she went to Changshi, Chen Dong and Chen Ni had excellent grades in the town's junior high school. Unexpectedly, after she left for a year, Chen Dong had fallen so far behind that he could only get into the No. 3 Middle School.

Xu Su was very worried. She made a decision: "Starting tomorrow, I will tutor you. I have half a month during the summer vacation to help you consolidate your junior high school knowledge and then teach you some key knowledge for the first year of high school."

Upon hearing this, apart from Chen Ni and Chen Dong who looked distressed, the adults were all very happy.

"Only Su Su can teach you. When Su Su was here, I saw that your grades were pretty good."

Aunt smiled and said to Xu Su, "These two kids are both under your control, Su Su, be strict with them and don't spoil them."