Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

93. Skipping grades

"So don't be upset, go and do your work this afternoon! You have a lot of children, so you need to earn more work points to support them."

Sanbao's words reminded Qi Zhengyang that he still had to support his elder brother's children, pay for their schooling, help them get married, and build houses for them. How could he dare not go to work!

Du Laomei didn't want to go to work; at least not today. She wasn't in the mood.

Why should she have to work so hard to earn money to raise someone else's child?

So, Qi Zhengyang took his two nephews to work.

On the first day of school, Su Jinru took her younger brother to Nanyang County Middle School.

During the year that he stayed at home due to school closures caused by famine, under Su Jinru's supervision, his younger brother had already completed all the junior high school courses through self-study.

Last year, my younger brother started junior high school. He attended classes for two months in the second semester, but had to return home due to the disaster.

Originally, according to the school's opinion, all students should repeat the first year of junior high school after classes resume, but Su Jinru hopes that her younger brother can skip a grade and go directly to the third year of junior high school.

Su Jinxuan also hoped to skip the first and second years of junior high school and go directly to the third year.

So Su Jinru took her younger brother to the school to find the principal.

Nanyang County has only one middle school, located in the county seat, which is divided into a junior high school section and a senior high school section.

Back then, most people didn't go to school. Even if they did, they only attended primary school for a few years. Very few could go to junior high school, and even fewer could go to senior high school.

Whether it's junior high or high school, there's only one class per grade.

There are very few teachers; one teacher is responsible for five or six classes at the same time.

The principal was somewhat incredulous when he heard the purpose of Su Jinru's visit.

"You mean Su Jinxuan self-studied all the junior high school courses in the past year or so?"

Su Jinru took out a thick stack of notebooks, exercise books, and draft paper from the tattered bag.

She opened it and showed it to the principal.

“Principal Lu, look, these are his notes. He studies every day, and he even marks the dates.”

"These are his notebooks, his own draft paper for practice."

Principal Lu flipped through Su Jinxuan's notes and assignments one by one.

He wrote it very carefully and in great detail, which shows that he studies very diligently.

Principal Lu looked at it and kept praising it.

"It's not easy! This year, many adults have been so hungry that they've collapsed, unable to do anything, because they don't know if they'll survive. Isn't this child hungry?"

A person who is extremely hungry has no will to do anything.

Su Jinru made up a story: "Of course I'm hungry! It's because I'm hungry that I need to study. If I focus on studying, my body won't feel so uncomfortable."

Principal Lu nodded: "Truly commendable, truly commendable!"

Su Jinru: "Principal Lu, in order to convince everyone, we can arrange a separate exam for Su Jinxuan, which will test the knowledge of the third year of junior high school. If he passes the exam, he will go to the third year of junior high school; if he fails the exam, he will continue to the first year of junior high school."

"Okay, that's a good idea! I'll make arrangements and see if there are any junior high school exam papers for him to do."

As Principal Lu finished speaking, he went to find the teachers of the third grade.

Su Jinru looked at her younger brother standing to the side.

"Ah Xuan, are you sure you can do it?"

"Big sister, if it's from a book, it should be fine."

"Don't be nervous. If you fail the exam, you'll just have to repeat the first year of junior high."

"No, I believe I can pass. I want to go to the third year of junior high school."

"Okay! I hope you can skip a grade and go straight to the third year of junior high."

A short while later, the principal brought over a ninth-grade teacher, who was holding several test papers.

"This is last year's junior high school graduation exam paper. Try to do it. It's out of 100 points. If you can get more than 60 points, I'll agree to let you go to the third year of junior high."

Su Jinxuan took the exam paper and buried himself in it.

He started with algebra, his expression focused and his pen moving quickly. The sound of scribbling could be heard, and he finished the task in thirty minutes instead of the fifty minutes allotted.

Then he continued with geometry, and the teacher graded the papers on the spot.

Algebra and geometry are the most difficult subjects, and usually, scoring over 60 points is considered excellent. However, Su Jinxuan scored 81 points in algebra and 85 points in geometry.

If they hadn't personally supervised the exam, the principal and teachers wouldn't have believed that this child, who had only attended junior high school for less than a year, had actually taught himself all the junior high courses during the year or so of fleeing the famine, and even achieved such good grades in the two most brain-intensive subjects.

They were filled with surprise and curiosity, eager to see just how strong this child was.

Next is:

Physics: 87

Chemistry: 83

Biology: 92

History: 96

Geography: 94

Chinese: 86

As the test scores came out one by one, they were like bombs, leaving the principal and teachers stunned.

These were questions from his junior high school graduation exam, and he answered them so well.

Principal Lu said excitedly, "Su Jinxuan, with your level, you really don't need to continue to the first year of junior high school. That would be a complete waste of time. You're qualified to go straight to high school, let alone the third year of junior high school."

Su Jinxuan smiled smugly at his older sister.

Su Jinru was also happy for her younger brother, and she patted him on the shoulder.

"Not bad! Keep it up, little brother!"

Su Jinru said, "Principal Lu, I still hope that my younger brother can have a solid foundation and go to the third year of junior high school!"

Principal Lu asked Su Jinxuan, "Su Jinxuan, your current level is high enough to go directly to high school. What do you think?"

“I listened to my older sister. She said I should solidify my foundation, and I think that’s true, because my foundation isn’t very solid.”

Principal Lu nodded: "Alright then! Go through the enrollment procedures and start junior high."

Because the school is in the county town, which is far from home, I have to live on campus.

Su Jinru asked her younger brother to go with the teacher to complete the formalities while she went out to buy him a set of bedding.

Su Jinru went to the department store and bought cotton, quilts, sheets, washbasins, toothpaste, toothbrushes and other toiletries.

She also bought her younger brother a new outfit.

Su Jinru delivered the things she bought to her younger brother's school.

The younger brother was so excited when he saw the brand-new quilt and clothes that he didn't know what to say.

"Sister, this must cost a lot of money! And you don't have any."

“Your older sister earns thirty yuan a month! As long as you study hard, no matter where you go to school, your older sister will support you.”

Back then, everyone ate from the same pot; it was all free, and schools were no exception.

Therefore, going to school only requires paying for books and buying stationery such as notebooks.

Su Jinru took out five yuan and gave it to her younger brother.

"Take this money and use it to buy a notebook and a pen or something."

Five yuan was the largest sum of money Su Jinxuan had ever encountered in his life.

Notebooks cost only two cents each, and pencils cost one cent.

Su Jinxuan clutched the five yuan tightly, secretly resolving to study hard so as to live up to his older sister's expectations of him.