Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

Back home, Mr. Zhou felt they still needed to hire more people. Working so late meant Zhou Min's uncles had no way to come home. Even so, the whole family couldn't manage. After thinking it over, Mr. Zhou gritted his teeth and decided to start hiring tomorrow.

The next day, Zhou Min wrote her father's job posting on a small blackboard and placed it at the shop entrance. She quickly recruited one young man, three girls, and two women around 40 years old. After getting their height and weight, Zhou Min went to a tailor shop and had two work uniforms made for each of them, intentionally making them slightly oversized so they could wear them over their winter clothes.

Mr. Zhou was under a lot of pressure due to the high labor costs, while Mrs. Zhou, who was busy until late every day, had completely given up on the idea of ​​selling breakfast. Now, Mrs. Zhou only makes some pastries and puts them in the shop window to sell when there are fewer customers in the morning. It was these small desserts, breakfast items, and juices that brought a lot of popularity to the shop in the early days of opening.

In the midst of their busy lives, the shop's business finally got back on track, and Mr. Zhou breathed a sigh of relief.

Relieved, Mr. Zhou started contacting friends to dine at his restaurant. He did have a group of well-off friends. Many of his comrades-in-arms had returned from military service and were now working in government agencies. After learning that Mr. Zhou had opened the restaurant, they said they would be regular customers and decided to make it their base of operations. One of them, who worked at the Bureau of Industry and Commerce, even guaranteed that he would help Mr. Zhou get all the paperwork done.

Because they hired more staff, Zhou Min's family was still very busy, but it was much better than before. Since Zhou's parents' cooking was quite good, they gradually gained more repeat customers, especially from friends bringing friends. Zhou's father had no choice but to hire two more chefs and one more waiter, and even then, customers still had to wait a long time every day.

Fortunately, the restaurant is positioned as relatively upscale, with a pleasant ambiance. So even if customers sometimes have to wait a little longer, they are usually won over by the complimentary desserts and juices offered. And most customers don't mind too much, because when they come to such a nice place, they'd rather chat and connect with others than just eat.

Just then, Zhou Min suddenly received a phone call saying that the admissions office of No. 1 Middle School had gone to their hometown and that Zhou Min should hurry up and register at the school. Her second uncle was now leading the teachers over.

Zhou Min panicked after receiving the call. Only then did she remember that the high school entrance exam results were out and high schools had started accepting applications. However, she figured that the teachers from No. 1 High School had already gone to her hometown to recruit students, so she guessed she had done quite well.

Because No. 1 Middle School has a very high status in the local area, but No. 2 Middle School has always wanted to turn its fortunes around, so it often offers great benefits to students with excellent middle school entrance exam scores, and then some particularly outstanding students choose to go to No. 2 Middle School.

While teachers and schools are important, the students themselves are truly the most important. These top students shine wherever they go, and three years later they were admitted to the country's top universities.

This is tantamount to giving No. 2 Middle School a lot of free advertising. No. 2 Middle School's student body is getting better and better, while No. 1 Middle School has been declining in recent years because it has lost a lot of excellent students. This is also why the top students in Zhou Min's class in the previous life chose to go to school in the city.

Because No. 2 Middle School is currently very strong, No. 1 Middle School is now also admitting outstanding students in the high school entrance examination in advance, and even competing with No. 2 Middle School for scholarships. However, this is only for the top few dozen students in the county. As for other outstanding students, the school is still very aloof.

Sure enough, a while later, when the teacher from No. 1 Middle School and her second uncle arrived, they were particularly enthusiastic when they saw Zhou Min and her father. From the teacher, Zhou Min learned that she had ranked sixth in the entire county in the high school entrance exam. Although it was not bad, Zhou Min, who had always believed herself to be a genius, was very disappointed. It seemed that she was destined to never be the top scorer in her life; she found it unbelievable that she had only ranked sixth on such a simple test.

“Our school does this: the top 100 students in the county who come to our school not only have all their expenses waived, including the school selection fee, textbook fee, and living expenses, but the top five students each receive a scholarship of 5000 yuan, and the sixth to tenth students each receive a scholarship of 2000 yuan. If your child comes to our school, he will definitely be in the honors class. If he studies hard, he will definitely be admitted to a top-tier university in three years.” The teacher from No. 1 Middle School spoke enthusiastically to Mr. Zhou.

Mr. Zhou seemed particularly happy, echoing his sentiments repeatedly. When the surrounding customers heard that the shop owner's child had ranked sixth in the county and that teachers from the No. 1 Middle School had come to recruit students, they were even more excited than Mr. Zhou.

It's important to understand that while No. 2 High School has seen a rapid rise in its academic performance, aside from a few exceptionally gifted students from ordinary families recruited at high prices, it primarily attracts students from average backgrounds. Therefore, apart from a few students admitted to key universities each year, No. 2 High School mainly sends its students to second-tier universities.

The No. 1 High School, with a 60-year history, has cultivated many outstanding talents. Every year, a large portion of the top 1,000 students in the county's college entrance examination come from No. 1 High School. Therefore, most truly excellent students still choose No. 1 High School, while those who go to No. 2 High School are mostly students who prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond. This makes No. 1 High School's status in the local area very special. Most of these guests were seeing No. 1 High School recruiting students for the first time, so they were quite surprised.

When Zhou Min heard what the teacher said, she felt that these people were talking nonsense. She knew that in her previous life, she only ranked over 800th in the county's high school entrance exam and went to No. 4 High School. She basically spent her high school years reading novels, but in the end, she still went to a top-tier university. The promises you make now are as good as nothing to me.

However, Mr. Zhou was very satisfied and immediately asked Zhou Min to show her documents and pay the deposit to register. In a good mood, Mr. Zhou even asked the restaurant to offer a discount after registering.

Because the shop was newly opened, and today we saw a convoy of vehicles from a middle school, passersby on the commercial street were drawn to the crowd gathered outside the shop. This herd mentality led many passersby to enter the restaurant, which inadvertently served as another form of advertising for the restaurant. Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Zhou attracted a large number of loyal customers with their excellent culinary skills.

Zhou Min, having already registered, was now free of worries. She was constantly busy, either helping out at her own restaurant or at Sister Zhang's shop. Thanks to Zhou Min's suggestion, Sister Zhang had opened a women's health and wellness center, the first of its kind in the small county, bringing good news to many wealthy young women and wives. After learning the skills herself, Sister Zhang also sent batches of people out for further training.

Zhou Min passed on a lot of her life experiences to Sister Zhang, which meant that even though many beauty salons opened in the county later, Sister Zhang's shop always maintained a superior status. Because of Sister Zhang, Zhou Min also gained firsthand knowledge of women's health and wellness, which made her cherish her appearance even more.