Chapter 174

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Chapter 174

You Go Sleep in the Pig Pen (2)

Xiaoman was sensitive to these details and had a lot of experience. Her tears started to flow without saying another word. Her round face was soon filled with tears.

“Waah waah waah...” Jiang Xiaoman cried as she wiped her tears.

“...” Jiang Xiumei took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, and asked, “You slept here last night?”

“En!”

“With Fragrance?”

“En!” She was crying as she answered.

Jiang Xiumei took a deep breath again. Xiumei was so angry that she was smiling and gave Xiaoman a thumbs up. “Very great, Jiang Xiaoman! Just sleep with the pig in the future, don’t come home anymore!”

Jiang Xiaoman was surprised. She hugged Grandma’s thigh and started howling.

She was very scared.

Not long after, Fragrance also crawled out, but its feet were unsteady.

Jiang Xiumei stared at it, then picked it up and left. Jiang Xiaoman chased her.

Waah, Grandma really didn’t want her anymore!! She preferred Fragrance!!

After Jiang Xing came home, Jiang Xiumei told him to make another pen next to Fragrance for Xiaoman to sleep in in the future.

Well, actually she just said that in a moment of fury, but Jiang Xiaoman thought about it seriously and nodded. “Okay.”

Jiang Xiumei: “...”

She was furious.

Jiang Xing hurriedly stopped her. “Mom, Mom, Mom, calm down. I’ll talk to her so she won’t do it again in the future. ”

Thanks to her uncle’s plea, Xiaoman managed to live another day.

When she went to school the next day, Jiang Xiaoman’s eyes were still red and swollen. It was obvious that she had been crying so much that the swelling did not disappear overnight.

Yu Qingshi, who sat beside her, could see that very clearly.

One at mid-term and one at finals. There were so many semesters; she had to get them every time and couldn’t miss any!

After returning home, Jiang Xiaoman hung the certificate on the wall of the living room, under the ‘Study Hard and Improve Everyday’ couplet.

The studious atmosphere became even stronger!

The next day, Jiang Xiaoman continued to go to school happily.

However, while she felt happy and proud, others were unhappy and dejected.

As soon as she entered the classroom, she heard someone crying.

It was rare to hear children crying nowadays. Who was it?

Jiang Xiaoman looked over and found that it was her old acquaintance Zhang Xinhua.

“Why are you crying?” Jiang Xiaoman asked him.

Zhang Xinhua said, “I was last in class on the mid-term exam. My Dad beat me up last night and said that if there’s no improvement next time, I won’t get any more snacks...”

“You’re so pitiful.”

His dad was really merciless.

Zhang Xinhua cried and asked, “You’re so amazing. You can learn everything and do anything; you even get a full score on everything. Can you teach me how to do it?”

“Of course, that is because I study hard and work to improve every day.”

“Then what should I do?”

“This... this...” Jiang Xiaoman was getting a headache before she remembered a new idiom she just learned. “Hang your hair on the beam and stick a needle on your thigh; that way, you will be able to study seriously1.”

“Eh? That sounds terrible!” Zhang Xinhua’s face turned pale.

“It’s not terrible. It’s very simple.”

“Then, can you teach me how to do it?”

Jiang Xiaoman looked up at the ceiling and said, “There’s no beam here, and I can’t make one for you, but I can let you get the experience.”

After saying that, she took out two rubber bands from her school bag.

She tied some hair together on the left and another bunch on the right, giving Zhang Xinhua small twintails.

“Done.”

Footnote:

1. This is based on two old stories about scholars. One of them would tie their long, braided ponytail on the beam at the ceiling, so if he fell asleep his hair would yank his head back and wake him up. The other would pierce his own thigh with a needle so he won’t fall asleep.