Reborn 99 Days Later, Becoming a Landlady and Getting into Tsinghua and Peking Universities

"Hua Antao, tell me, what does this word mean?"

An Yining glanced at the physics problems under her deskmate Hua Antao's English workbook and quickly nudged her with her elbow.

Hua Antao forcibly pulled himself out of the world of physics, sprang up from his seat with a "whoosh," and subconsciously looked up at the blackboard.

The blackboard remained blank.

An Yining quickly moved the workbook closer to Hua Antao, pointed to a word with the tip of her pen, and mouthed, "Meaning, I want you to say what it means."

Hua Antao took a closer look and felt embarrassed.

The words understood her helplessness, but she didn't understand the meaning of the words at all!

"Those who bear responsibility..."

The English teacher noticed their subtle movements and sighed, "Sit down."

Hua Antao nodded obediently and sat down quietly.

As the bell rang, the English teacher, while tidying up the messy textbooks and supplementary materials on the podium, said:

"Hua Antao, come to my office."

Hua Antao sighed inwardly and listlessly followed the English teacher.

Hua Lichu frowned as she watched her sister's departing figure.

In the office,

As soon as the English teacher sat down, she got straight to the point: "Hua Antao, do you have a problem with me, your English teacher?"

"what?"

“I’ve seen your middle school entrance exam results. Although you’re weak in some subjects, you still scored over 80 points in English.”

How come you only got 15 points on your most recent unit test?

The English teacher rubbed her temples and continued, "I see you got full marks in your other subjects, including math, again."

Physics and chemistry also performed normally.

This means your brain isn't injured and your IQ is normal, so how come you only got 15 points on my English test?

Excluding all external factors, I reasonably suspect you have a problem with me as your English teacher. Come on, tell me?

Hua Antao looked bewildered and scratched her face helplessly: "Teacher, I have no problem with you."

I just have a problem with the subject of English.

Hua Antao mentally prepared her answer and said, "I just feel that when I got to high school, there were suddenly more questions, the words were longer, and the difficulty increased sharply. I... I'm not used to it."

Seeing her students at a loss, the English teacher felt like she was about to get gray hairs again.

"Yes, the difficulty of high school subjects is indeed several times higher than that of junior high school, but if you can do well in math and physics, there's no reason why you can't do well in English."

Hua Lichu is your sister?

She does well in English, so ask her for help more often. I hope to see improvement in your English next time you take the exam, okay?

Hua Antao gave a wry smile: "Okay."

"Alright, let's go back!"

"What? Is this student severely unbalanced in their studies?" the teacher from the next class asked curiously.

The English teacher said with a sigh, "Why is this child so worrying?"

He scored nearly full marks in math, physics, and chemistry, but only 15 points in English.

The grade head and vice principal both think highly of this child and have spoken to me, asking me to keep a close eye on him.

They said they don't expect me to excel in English as much as in math and science, but I can't let it drag me down. Isn't that just deliberately making things difficult for me? Sigh..."

"Ha!" The physics teacher scoffed. "She's just a girl; it's good enough that she can even get into high school."

The English teacher raised her eyebrows high: "Gao Juan, what do you mean?"

"What do I mean? The literal meaning, of course!"

A pretty girl like that will probably hook up with countless boys in high school.

I sell tea eggs at the school gate in the morning.

I heard they even set up a small shop in the classroom, which was actually approved by the vice principal.

How can someone like that concentrate on reading?

She's probably just here to hook up with rich guys at school!

The English teacher frowned, her face cold and serious: "Gao Juan, please watch your words."

As a colleague who had worked with her for many years, she knew better than anyone Gao Juan's love for men and her dislike for women.

Gao Juan opened her mouth, but then, catching a glimpse of Deng Xianfeng entering the office, she shut up.

"Hmph! We'll see!"

It wasn't that she looked down on those girls; they were all like they had water in their brains, always failing physics.

In her opinion, girls shouldn't be allowed to go to high school.

This is such a waste of teaching resources!

Isn't it better to get married and raise children at home?

The brightest sunlight of the day, accompanied by the school bell ringing for the end of lunch break, penetrates the school's four walls and shines on the high school students' cheerful and free steps.

As soon as the bell rang, they quickly pushed the door open from the inside, and the desks and chairs swayed gently, as if cheering for the moment.

The students in the corridor surged toward the stairwell like waves that had been released.

But the happiness belongs to others, and has nothing to do with Hua Antao.

"Pear, my English teacher suspects I have a problem with her."

Hua Lichu, seeing her sister's troubled expression, nodded seriously: "I think so too, otherwise why would we be studying physics problems during English class?"

Hua Antao hurriedly explained, "I didn't, I didn't..."

Seeing Hua Lichu's "Let's see how you argue now" expression, Hua Antao was dejected:

"Would you believe me if I said that my eyelids droop and I get sleepy as soon as I hear English?"

I was practically holding my eyelids open with my fingers.

I memorized those English words countless times, really!

But it just doesn't think things through.

I just memorized those words ten minutes ago, but when I tried to write them down from memory, my mind went completely blank...

I feel like I've spent more time on English than on physics and chemistry combined, but it's all been for nothing..."

Hua Lichu was also puzzled.

She and Hua Antao spent 24 hours a day together, even going to the toilet together.

She witnessed firsthand how much time her sister spent on English.

You can get 15 points on a test with a total score of 150...

She felt that those who didn't study could probably score higher by randomly drawing lots.

How do you memorize vocabulary?

"How do you memorize it? Isn't it just... rote memorization?"

It's just a string of letters, how could you possibly memorize it in a fancy way?

Hua Lichu sighed, "What about the phonetic symbols? Did you memorize the word roots...?"

Okay, even if you don't know any of these, there are tricks to memorizing them...

After Hua Lichu finished speaking, she felt it still wouldn't work.

Thinking of those portable notebooks from later generations, she felt that her older sister especially needed them!

From then on, Hua Antao always carried a small notebook with her, filled with words she needed to memorize.

During breaks between classes, while using the restroom, and even while selling tea eggs... Hua Antao used every spare moment available to memorize vocabulary.

Hua Lichu was no exception.

However, her little notebook was filled with math and physics formulas.

Trigonometric functions and all that are so annoying!

"Have you heard? Further up the road, in a place that was recently renovated, a poultry factory opened and they're hiring. Have you applied?"

Upon hearing this, Hua Lichu, who was squatting on the ground watching customers play the ring toss game, twitched her ears.

"I heard, I heard! My sister-in-law just registered this afternoon..."

Poultry processing plant?

The poultry factory that sells chickens and ducks?

Hua Antao turned her head and was startled to meet her sister's bright, shining eyes.

"Pear, what's wrong?"