Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

After being brainwashed by Uncle Zheng, Zhou's mother felt much more at ease, while simultaneously hating her past foolishness. Yes, her family was clearly the poorest, yet she had insisted on putting on a show of wealth.

Actually, Zhou's mother wasn't that filial. After all, her parents weren't very good to their children. It's just that she had long been used to being submissive and sacrificing herself in such a family. After getting married, she hoped to gain her parents' approval through her own efforts, which led her to become what she is today.

When she got home, she saw Grandpa and Grandma Zhou looking worried as they came to ask about Zhou Min's situation. Zhou's mother felt that this was her home, this was her family. A heart full of love for the child connected them all.

Zhou Min, who is easygoing, is too busy to think about these things. Business is booming, so Sister Zhang called to place another order. After the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the shop assistants gradually returned to work, and Zhou Min finally started to relax.

Just as Zhou Min was starting to relax, Sister Zhang took her out shopping again, this time to Guangzhou. Brother Jiang was also going, as he was also there to look at electronics. This was Zhou Min's first time on an airplane. In Guangzhou, Zhou Min and Sister Jiang selected their spring and summer clothes in just three days. They bought a large quantity of items. After leaving their delivery address and deposit, Sister Zhang and Zhou Min were completely free. Since Brother Jiang's contract wasn't finalized, the two bored women embarked on a shopping spree.

Zhou Min originally wanted to pay for it herself, but Sister Zhang wouldn't allow it, saying that if she paid for Zhou Min, she wouldn't give her a red envelope for her business trip. As a result, under Sister Zhang's guidance, Zhou Min felt like she had earned dozens of red envelopes. It was also during this trip that Sister Zhang bought Zhou Min a rolling suitcase. Looking at this large suitcase, Zhou Min felt that she no longer needed to pester her mother to buy her a suitcase.

Zhou Min mainly bought stationery and books, but also received a lot of clothes, skincare products, and bags from Sister Zhang. As for the school supplies Zhou Min picked out, the generous Sister Zhang said she would buy another set to take home to her son.

Ultimately, the excess goods could only be shipped via postal service. At that time, express delivery wasn't as prevalent as it is in later years, and people still relied more on postal services. Zhou Min thought for a moment and wrote her home address as the delivery address, along with a note indicating that she was away working.

By the time Zhou Min returned to the county town and finished checking and organizing the delivered goods, school was about to start. She could only hurriedly put together outfits, put them on mannequins, take Polaroid photos, and write the item numbers on the pictures. By the time Zhou Min finished all this, school had already started; thankfully, the first day was just registration, and classes hadn't begun yet.

Sister Zhang reluctantly drove Zhou Min home. You see, this shop was originally just a hobby her husband gave her; no one expected it to make so much money. Because Zhou Min had given her such a good start, she was now full of energy and ambition. She promised Zhou Min she could help her out whenever she had time, and even gave her a cell phone for easy communication.

When Sister Zhang drove Zhou Min back, the whole village was in an uproar. At that time, private cars were still quite rare in the town, let alone in the village.

When Zhou's parents saw Zhou Min return, they were so excited they almost burst into tears. They had been worried for over a month. When they saw the package Zhou Min sent from Guangzhou, they knew she was alright, but the thought that she wouldn't come back to school and would go to work so far away still broke their hearts.

Fortunately, Zhou Min had returned. After seeing Sister Zhang off, Zhou's father quickly pushed his bicycle to take Zhou Min to school to register. He was only relieved after hearing that Zhou Min had already registered.

After learning that Zhou Min had paid her tuition with the money she earned from her part-time job, her parents asked her in detail about her work experience. Seeing Zhou Min's transformed appearance, her mother realized how beautiful her daughter had become and felt even more ashamed of her previous behavior of only letting her daughter wear other people's hand-me-downs.

Zhou Min opened her large suitcase and took out the gifts for her parents. The clothes for her mother were from Sister Zhang's shop; the outfit would have cost seven or eight hundred yuan, but Sister Zhang insisted on giving them to Zhou Min as a gift for her mother, which Zhou Min couldn't refuse. Touching the new clothes, Zhou's mother thought about how she hadn't bought many clothes for her daughter, and now her daughter was buying her new clothes, and such nice ones at that. The more she thought about it, the more guilty she felt, and she gradually began to cry.

Zhou Min felt helpless seeing her mother like this. Her current mother overlapped with the mother from her previous life, except that her mother back then was older, and she herself was older too. Even though her mother regretted it, she no longer needed her mother's sacrifices, so her mother suffered greatly then. But now, her mother was still young, and Zhou Min had plenty to worry about.

Zhou Min then gave her father the down jacket she had bought for him, and he immediately went out to show it off after putting it on. When Zhou's grandparents came to visit, they each received a down jacket as well. This time, Zhou's mother didn't ask why her maternal grandparents hadn't received one. It's worth noting that in her previous life, Zhou Min had devoted all her filial piety to her maternal grandparents, while her paternal grandparents had practically never received any gifts from her. Whenever Zhou Min bought something, her mother would always make her give it to her maternal grandparents.

After Zhou Min finished distributing the gifts and having dinner, she went to bed early. After all, school officially started the next day, and students who lived far away had already started living on campus. Thinking about the money in her bag, Zhou Min decided that she wouldn't stay on campus this semester and would rent a place outside instead.

Finally relieved, Zhou's parents were also in the room having a heart-to-heart talk.

The next morning, after breakfast, Zhou's father rode his bicycle to take Zhou Min to school. On the way, Zhou Min told her father that she wanted to stay outside. Although her father was worried that Zhou Min would lose interest in playing, he couldn't help but agree since she had just returned. He said he would find a place for her. Zhou Min thought that she really didn't have time because of her classes, so she told her father her request and asked him to bring her luggage over once he found one.

Upon arriving at school, Zhou Min and her father immediately split up. When Zhou Min entered the classroom, the morning reading session had already begun. However, since it was the first day of school, the teachers were all in a meeting, so there was no one watching over the classroom. The students were all quite excited to see each other after a winter break.

Upon seeing Zhou Min enter, Lin Xin immediately asked, "What was your total score on the final exam last semester?"

Zhou Min replied, "I haven't seen the report card either, so I don't know."

"Impossible, didn't your dad get your report card for you?" Lin Xin felt Zhou Min was lying to her and clearly didn't believe her. Although Zhou Min didn't want to tell her either, this time she genuinely didn't know.