Grandpa Lin called this period the peak of the Lin family; even the village party secretary wasn't as glamorous as him.

Why was it the peak period? Because after Lin Xi was born the following year, Lin's mother fell ill. In order to treat her illness, the family sold everything they could, including the land.

For farmers at that time, selling their land was tantamount to cutting off their lifeline. But Lin Guojun and his wife did not hesitate at all, only to regret that they could not keep it in the end.

From that time on, the family became the poorest family in Linjia Village, but the family members never regretted their decision.

Lin Xi thought that she would cherish her family with the same love as her mother, buy them a better and bigger house than Lin Jing's family, and lead the Lin family to the top.

Walking through the alley, I saw Lin Jing's grandmother behind a neatly stacked pile of cabbages.

"Grandma Liu, I'm here. This is the pickled vegetable my grandma asked me to get for you."

An elderly woman with gray hair poked her head out. "Little Xi is here! Are you feeling better? Your grandma is so kind. She only lent me some soybean oil, but she brought me such a big jar of vegetables." She stood up, wiped her hands with her apron, and took the jar.

Lin Xi replied with a smile that she had been ready for a long time. Seeing that Lin Jing had not yet finished school, she squatted down and chatted with the old woman.

In her previous life, after her family passed away, Grandma Liu took good care of her, becoming her last source of warmth.

As Liu Shufen piled cabbages into the vat, she chatted with the children about the latest happenings in the village.

"Grandma Liu, what are you doing?"

"I learned how to pickle sauerkraut from your grandma. I heard you love sauerkraut dumplings. I'll take some home for you to try once it's ready in a few days."

Seeing that she was pounding her waist with her fist from time to time, Lin Xi quickly said, "Let me help you. We can wait for Sister Lin Jing to get out of school."

Then he went inside to wash his hands, rolled up his sleeves, and started working just like Grandma Liu.

Liu Shufen initially thought that children are just naturally curious and want to try everything.

Unexpectedly, they were quite methodical in their work, arranging things neatly and beautifully, and doing the work cleanly and efficiently.

The girl filled the container with a layer of cabbage, and the old man sprinkled a layer of salt on top, until it was full without them even realizing it.

"Haha, thank you so much, Xiaoxi. You've been a huge help. I wouldn't have been able to finish this on my own in a short time."

"It's alright, I'm just sitting here anyway, might as well help you with some chores." Lin Xi looked at the full vat and asked, "By the way, is this vat just placed by the door? Won't it get in the way?"

Liu Shufen slapped her thigh, "Oh dear, look at my brain, I forgot to move the jar inside before putting the cabbage in it."

"It's all packed, it's incredibly heavy. We'll move it together when Xiaojing gets back."

As soon as he finished speaking, he looked up and saw the petite girl raise her slender arms and hug the large vat tightly, her legs slightly apart, and she lifted the vat up like a ball of cotton.

Her eyes widened instantly, her previously relaxed eyelids stretched taut, and her mouth involuntarily opened into a circle. After a moment of stunned silence, she hurriedly shouted, "My little darling, put it down quickly, put it down quickly, don't hurt your bones!"

"It's alright, I'm very strong. You tell me where to put it." Without waiting for a reply, he carried the jar steadily into the house.

The old man stamped his feet anxiously, waving his hands helplessly in the air, "Oh my little darling, listen to me, put it down quickly."

She didn't dare to snatch it; not only could she not handle it herself, but she also didn't want to frighten the child or hurt his foot.

"Look, I've already come this far, just tell me where to put it, and I'll get there in one go. Otherwise, I'll have to keep carrying it."

Upon hearing that she would have to carry the little girl, Liu Shufen hurriedly said to put her in the left room. Then she followed behind, walking shakily, protecting the little girl who was not even as tall as the vat, while muttering, "Be careful, be careful, put her down and let her rest for a while, put her down and let her rest for a while."

Lin Xi entered the left room as if she were carrying a rag doll, and easily put it down in a corner.

Liu Shufen's heart was like it had been on a roller coaster, but it had finally come to a stop. Looking at Lin Xi, who was not even out of breath and her face was not red, she was almost speechless. She grabbed the girl's arm and examined her carefully from head to toe. "Xiao Xi, how come you are so strong!"

"Haha, it's because I've been eating too much lately."

Just then, Lin Jing came home from school, and Lin Xi ran out to play with her.

After the sisters finished catching up, they started talking about borrowing books.

The girl with the ponytail across from me readily agreed, "Of course I can lend it to you, I don't need it now anyway, but can you understand it?"

"I'll give it a try; I'd like to preview it."

"I don't believe you. I'll do my homework first, and you can study first. I'll test you in a bit." He said, pulling out a math book from the bookshelf, the first semester of fourth grade.

Lin Jing is in fifth grade and is two years older than Lin Xi. She has always treated Lin Xi like a little sister.

Seeing that she had suddenly changed her personality and actually wanted to study hard, I was somewhat incredulous.

Lin Xi understood what she meant and didn't mind. She picked up the book, glanced at the table of contents, and then began to read it page by page.

Lin Jing watched her flip through the book at a speed of almost every few seconds, thinking that she was just looking at pictures. But she didn't say anything, deciding to discipline her properly after she finished her homework.

In less than half an hour, Lin Xi had already read the book twice.

I reviewed the key points the first time, and then mentally calculated the exercises the second time.

It was really boring, so I just sat there and stared blankly.

Seeing that there was no sound beside her, Lin Jing looked up and asked, "You finished watching so quickly?"

"It's alright, it's been more than 20 minutes." Last night she read six books in an hour, averaging one book every ten minutes.

Lin Jing was so angry she laughed.

"Just because you've read it doesn't mean you've mastered it, little sister. Learning requires a down-to-earth approach."

"Then why don't you test me?"

"Okay, let me ask you something simple first: what is a ray?"

“It has one endpoint, and it can be extended infinitely in one direction. Its length cannot be measured,” Lin Xi blurted out.

It must be a coincidence; I just happened to memorize this: "What does a right angle equal?"

"Ninety degrees."

"Obt angle?"

"Greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees."

……

The girl answered a series of questions without any pause or hesitation.

I must have asked too simple a question, "What is 125 multiplied by 11? You can use a pen..."

Before she could finish speaking, Lin Xi answered without hesitation, "1375."

Is that even possible? You calculated it so quickly?

"You really read them all? You... you know them all?"

Lin Xi nodded as a matter of course.

She doesn't think she's anything special; it would be strange if she didn't know how, then she'd have wasted over thirty years of her life.

She didn't want to hide her talents and act like a fool, since she would be borrowing books from this older sister all the time, and her intelligence would be exposed sooner or later, so she might as well expose it sooner.

Undeterred, Lin Jing picked up a book, found her a word problem, and then pushed a piece of scrap paper and a pen over.

However, Lin Xi didn't use it at all and directly said the answer was 56.

Lin Jing picked up a pen and scribbled for a long time, finally writing 56 on the scrap paper.

The girl looked incredulous, scratching her scalp in confusion, her loose ponytail askew to one side. Finally, she asked the calm-looking girl opposite her if she had studied it before.

I really did learn that a long time ago.

But Lin Xi could only say, "I just learned it. I started learning everything very quickly after my fever subsided."

The girl with disheveled hair sat blankly to the side, already questioning the meaning of life.

Seeing that she was not moving, Lin Xi asked again, "Sister, can I borrow the book?"

"Oh, okay, do you want the fifth-grade first semester textbook?"

"want."

Lin Xi left with the book, while Lin Jing, still in shock, went to Grandma Liu and said, "Grandma, do you know what? Xiao Xi finished a math book in just 20 minutes! It would take me a whole semester to learn that! My goodness! She's amazing..."

"Yeah, that's amazing! Such a petite girl, she actually lifted a huge vat!!"

Grandma Liu was clearly still in shock...

After a moment, the two looked at each other and said simultaneously, "Huh? What did you say?"

Then, in another moment of shock...

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