Rebirth of a Top Student's Handbook

Zhou's father lent the money quickly, and Zhou Min received it that evening. After Zhou Min returned the money to Sister Zhang and heard her mother promise that she wouldn't have to pay the mortgage, she immediately felt relieved.

Because Zhou Min was selected for the national training team, she went to participate in the national team's training after buying the house. In the following days, she stayed in the training team and even missed her school's graduation ceremony.

That year, the school also achieved excellent results in the college entrance examination. In addition to the students who had already been admitted through the guaranteed admission program, six more students were admitted to universities in the capital city, which was their best result in nearly 20 years of high school.

The school held a grand graduation ceremony and even invited a TV station to promote it. Many of Zhou Min's classmates also went on stage to receive awards, with the prize money reaching as high as 20 yuan.

The principal even called Zhou Min to confirm that she was indeed unable to attend the award ceremony and that her father could represent the parents to attend and give a speech.

Because Zhou Min won gold medals in three subject competitions, the school awarded her a prize of 300,000 yuan. That 300,000 yuan could buy two decent houses in the county town.

It must be said that the school made a big investment and the publicity was very effective. In the next year's freshman enrollment, it not only recruited all the top students in the county, but also absorbed a lot of top students from the surrounding cities.

This is Zhou Min's third time participating in an international competition, and she won gold medals the previous two times, so she's taking this opportunity to remain calm. She even has time to learn about finance and investment in her spare time.

Whether it's because her rebirth made her brain better or because her efforts activated her brain's redevelopment, Zhou Min's intelligence is now astonishing even to herself.

Knowing how precious her mind was, Zhou Min made even greater efforts to study.

The busy schedule of studying and competing meant that Zhou Min had very little contact with her high school classmates. Apart from Xu Li and Zhu Da, who sat together, Zhou Min rarely interacted with the other classmates. Even Chen Sheng, over the course of three years, had exchanged no more than 10 words with Zhou Min.

So even though Zhou Min missed the graduation party, no one asked her to go out for a get-together after she returned home from the competition.

Zhou Min was disappointed, but thinking about her fulfilling three years of high school, she was content. She could only hope to make some like-minded friends in college.

When Zhou Min officially received her admission notice, her parents were overjoyed. Although they already knew that Zhou Min had been admitted to the Capital University in advance, they still felt more at ease than when they received the official notice.

Mr. and Mrs. Zhou immediately began preparing for the banquet. This was a custom in their county; whenever a child was admitted to university, they would invite relatives and friends for drinks and collect some money as gifts to support the child's education. Later, they even started hosting banquets for children who were just starting high school.

In her previous life, Zhou Min's family had also hosted banquets for guests. However, because Zhou Min's cousin from her maternal uncle's family did not do well on the college entrance examination, Zhou's mother was afraid of affecting her brother and sister-in-law's mood, so she was very reluctant. In addition, Zhou Min disobeyed and applied to a university in another city. Therefore, they only ordered a table of food at a restaurant, and the family ate together. They did not accept any gifts.

Although Zhou Min was admitted to a university in another city, the capital university was definitely incomparable to other schools, so Zhou's father notified all his relatives and friends this time. Zhou's mother, on the other hand, was usually too busy with her business to visit her parents' home often, and thus wasn't easily influenced by such ideas. This time, she completely disregarded her brother and sister-in-law's feelings and also notified all her relatives and friends.

On the day of the banquet, the entrance of Zhou Min's restaurant was covered with banners from the school, the county education bureau, and friends. The sheer scale of the event made even Zhou Min, a woman who had seen the world, blush with embarrassment.

"Minmin, congratulations! Study hard in college too. This is a gift from your aunt for your college journey," Uncle Zheng said with a smile, handing her a laptop bag.

When Zhou Min saw the laptop bag handed to her by her uncle, her eyes lit up with excitement. It was the same in her past life; her first laptop was a gift from her uncle, but that was after the first semester of her freshman year, half a year later than now.

"Thank you, Uncle and Aunt," Zhou Min said with a wide smile.

"This wasn't a gift from me. Your uncle asked a colleague to bring it back for you from abroad. You should thank your uncle." Aunt Zheng was also treating Zhou Min differently because Zhou Min had been admitted to the Capital University through a special recommendation program.

You see, Aunt Zheng is from the provincial capital. Although she married Uncle Zheng, she looks down on the people from his hometown. And because Uncle Zheng is very capable now, she usually has to put on a show. This is the first time she has genuinely wanted to be affectionate towards his relatives from his hometown.

Zhou Min assumed that her aunt was deliberately speaking well of Zheng's uncle. She knew about the computer from her previous life; it was a brand from R country, and although it was relatively new, it was still available in China.

Back in the private room upstairs, when she opened the box, she discovered it was a computer from country A, a model that remained relevant even in later years. Zhou Min was overjoyed. Although she had a considerable amount of money, her trips abroad were always for competitions, with very limited time and no opportunity for leisurely exploration from her team leaders. Therefore, despite having traveled abroad three times, Zhou Min had never had a chance to shop.

And then this computer, which she had longed for for so long but couldn't afford, appeared right in front of her, how could she not be overjoyed?

Zhou Min's maternal grandparents were absent, just like in their previous life. However, Zhou Min's third uncle and aunt, along with her cousin, came. Zhou Min's third aunt was someone who desperately wanted her son to succeed, but unfortunately, he wasn't living up to her expectations, and she couldn't do anything about it. Seeing Zhou Min's current state, she felt that educated people possessed a certain air about them, and with her son's foolishness, she thought she should just send him to the army.

Just like in her previous life, Zhou Min's grandmother took out two hundred yuan from a handkerchief that had been rolled up many times and gave it to Zhou Min, telling her to eat well at university and not to be stingy.

This time, Zhou Min accepted the money. Unlike in her previous life, when her grandmother always gave her money, she not only refused but also sarcastically remarked that her grandmother would ask her parents for money after giving her money. Back then, Zhou Min only knew that her family was very poor and that her grandparents were always finding fault with her and asking for money. She never considered that her parents only gave her grandparents a couple hundred yuan a year as filial piety money, less than what they once gave her maternal grandparents, and that was only when they asked for it.

The easygoing Mr. Zhou never bothered with these matters. He would only go home and ask Mrs. Zhou for money when his parents were about to visit. At that time, Mrs. Zhou would start crying and complaining about her suffering. Mr. Zhou would then just walk away and leave.

Zhou Min couldn't understand why everyone wanted to have sons. It was obvious that sons would forget their mothers after getting married, or they would be afraid of trouble and let their wives manage everything, like Zhou's father.

Daughters often steal after marriage, taking everything back to their parents' home, like Zhou's mother. But this still makes Zhou Min's grandparents eternally patriarchal.

Zhou Min planned to have a heart-to-heart talk with her father that evening, urging him to treat her grandparents better and not be so carefree. During dinner, Zhou Min went around to each table offering tea and wine, and then sat down at the elders' table to keep them company.

"Minmin, when you become successful in the future, take care of your older cousins. All the academic energy of the whole family has been focused on you," Auntie said with a smile.

"Of course, we're sisters, we'll definitely take care of each other," Zhou's mother quickly agreed.

Only Zhou Min, upon hearing these words, would understand their deeper meaning.