I have few friends, but many childhood sweethearts.

Chapter 24, Section 23: Entrance Examination 2
"The exam is over. All candidates, please stop writing and remain seated while the invigilators collect your exam papers and scratch paper." At 11:30, a sweet female voice announced over the loudspeaker.

Xu Qingfan checked the exam paper in the last ten minutes and found no mistakes.

The invigilator quickly put the collected exam papers and draft paper into separate brown leather bags and sealed them.

"Students, please bring your belongings and line up in a long queue at the entrance."

After everyone lined up haphazardly, the proctor led the group back to the original basketball court.

The Lin and Xia families were already chatting and laughing under the eaves. When they saw Xu Qingfan's exam procession approaching, Lin Wanning excitedly said to the adults, "Brother Qingfan, Brother Qingfan is here!"

"Our Wan Ning has such good eyesight," Xia's mother said softly.

The two families headed towards the group to pick up Xu Qingfan, who had fallen behind. Xia Xiaoxiao, led by her mother, had her usual expressionless face, but inwardly she was sulking: [I saw it too!]
"Good morning, everyone." Xu Qingfan waved and greeted everyone.

With Lin Jing present, Xu Qingfan couldn't call Lin Wanning "Mom" or "Sister" anymore, otherwise, a woman's anger could be terrifying.

What's wrong? You call me auntie and someone else sister. Am I that old?

"Brother Qingfan, I can do a lot of math problems!" Lin Wanning walked up to Xu Qingfan with a grin, grabbed his arm and shook it.

"Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Fan. You've been tutoring Wan Ning every day for the past two weeks. What gift do you want? I'll buy it for you." Wen Wanqing had tutored her own daughter and knew how difficult it was. Just a simple subtraction problem with borrowing one had driven her crazy.

Lin Wanning: What if they refuse to lend it?
Wen Wanqing: I also want to know what to do!
Lin Jing glanced at Wan Ning's mother with a hint of jealousy. [The child is about to start elementary school, and she's still calling herself "older sister"? Aren't she ashamed?]
Xu Qingfan really wanted to say that he would buy the things he wanted with Lin Wanning's money, but he wanted to live a couple more years, so he could only laugh awkwardly and say, "I want a Little Tyrant learning machine!"

Since Jackie Chan became the spokesperson, coupled with that incredibly catchy little boy song, the Little Tyrant learning machine became a hit across the country in the 2000s.

"What a good child! You love studying so much! I'll buy it for you in a bit!"

Xu Qingfan: (_)
"Hmm."

After leaving the school, at the couple's repeated invitation, Xia's mother left her electric scooter at the school, and everyone got into Lin Qiaoshan's car.

After holding it in for a long time, Xia Xiaoxiao finally couldn't help but ask, "Which way is that bus going?"

Just then, a No. 3 bus passed by on the right. Lin Qiaoshan, puzzled, said, "That's the bus to the stadium."

"Pfft~"

Xu Qingfan couldn't help but laugh. "Uncle, let's talk about the exam questions. The bus is driving to the left."

"Haha, so it was an exam question."

"Oh." After receiving the answer, Xia Xiaoxiao turned her face back to the window, gazing at the city that was still somewhat unfamiliar to her.

Xu Qingfan was already prepared for her to ask why, and he was eager to teach her, but she just said "Oh"!
Unable to utter the words that were stuck in his throat, Xu Qingfan sighed in frustration: "You did the right thing?"

"You did the right thing."

"I'm awesome!"

[Hmph! You want to teach me? You want me to ask you for advice? No way!] Xia Xiaoxiao's lips curled up slightly, but she quickly suppressed it. No one noticed the little girl's subtle expression.

Just then, a bus passed by in the opposite lane, and Xu Qingfan said, "Look at that bus, isn't it? You can't see the doors because you only see the windows, so it's driving to the left."

Xia Xiaoxiao's gaze fell on the bus that Xu Qingfan was pointing to. When the two buses were parallel, she immediately understood what Xu Qingfan meant, and her little mouth opened slightly.

"I thought the door was omitted."

Indeed! Xu Qingfan initially thought the door had been omitted, after all, with such a hasty drawing, who would have thought that the test point was here!
If it were just a normal side view of a bus, there would be no need to think about it for so long.

Lin Wanning and the others were completely confused. "Brother Qingfan, what are you talking about?"

This was the second to last fill-in-the-blank question. Following Xu Qingfan's advice, Lin Wanning chose to skip the last two fill-in-the-blank questions and didn't even look at the questions.

"We're talking about the second-to-last math fill-in-the-blank question. What did Wan Ning fill in?" Little Wan Ning's ahoge (cowlick) was sticking up and down, and Xu Qingfan couldn't help but reach out and pluck it.

"I don't remember." The little girl shook her head vigorously.

As per Xu Qingfan's instructions, there could be no blank spaces on the exam. Lin Wanning's exam paper was completely filled with writing, but she herself didn't know what she had written.

"Wanning, you should learn more from Brother Qingfan and Little Sister, you know?" Wen Wanqing said to her daughter as she sat in the passenger seat.

"Mom, I'm older than Xiaoxiao, I'm the older sister!"

Xia Xiaoxiao pouted and glared at Xu Qingfan, knowing that this scoundrel had revealed their birth dates.

"Then learn from Xiaoxiao!" Children can't fake their emotions, and Wen Wanqing noticed that Xia Xiaoxiao was a little unhappy, so she changed her address.

"What's wrong? Isn't it good to be a little sister? When I was little, I longed to have an older brother or sister so much." Xia's mother rubbed her daughter's head.

[No way, having the little rascal is enough!]
After driving along a bumpy road, the car stopped in front of a farmhouse restaurant.

The aroma of roasted chicken wafted on the wind, and everyone who had just gotten off the bus couldn't help but swallow hard.

Lin Qiaoshan had reserved a table before arriving. After the group sat down in a small private room, the waiter brought out the first dish, bitter melon, soybean, and pork rib soup.

"Put this away." Lin Qiaoshan pointed to the plastic basin on the table, with the wrappers from the bowls and chopsticks floating on the tea.

Dishes such as lychee wood roasted chicken, roasted pork ribs, and frog casserole were served one after another.

With a chicken leg in my left hand and chopsticks in my right, I take a bite of the juicy roast chicken and then shovel a few mouthfuls of rice into my mouth. The chicken has a subtle lychee wood aroma, and each grain of rice is glistening and plump, coated with fragrant lard.

Feeling a bit tired of it, Xu Qingfan bent down and slurped up another mouthful of bitter melon soup, devouring it with gusto, completely disregarding his image.

"Eat slowly, no one's going to take it from you." Lin Jing shook her head with a wry smile and reached out to wipe the grease off his mouth.

"Dried oysters! Dried oysters!" Xu Qingfan mumbled, his mouth bulging.

Compared to the chicken leg in front of him, he felt that the roast chicken he had eaten in his previous life was garbage. The skin was not crispy, the meat was loose, and most importantly, it was not flavorful at all!

To truly enjoy roast chicken, you must come to a farmhouse restaurant and eat freshly slaughtered free-range chicken, roasted with lychee wood; otherwise, it's soulless!
"Mom told you to learn from your brother Qingfan, not to imitate how he eats," Wen Wanqing said helplessly, wiping her forehead with the back of her hand as she picked up the bowl to make it easier for her daughter to drink the soup.

"Delicious! Thank you, Mom!"

Wen Wanqing poked her daughter's forehead with her index finger, "You crazy girl, learn from Xiaoxiao, she's so quiet when she eats."

"Hehe." Xiao Wanning smiled sweetly, and Wen Wanqing gave in.

Being lively is a good thing.
Xia Xiaoxiao wasn't outwardly pleased when the adults praised her for being quiet and well-behaved, but she was quite happy inside.

She glanced at Xu Qingfan, who was shoveling rice into his mouth, and very considerately filled his empty bowl with soup.

Thanks to my alt account A for the first monthly pass.

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