1980s: I was reborn after being scumbag to death

Chapter 57 Arrogant
During evening study, the head teacher came over and called Meng Shulan out as expected.

Because it was night, I didn't go to the office and just talked in the corridor.

The head teacher was afraid of upsetting her and didn't dare to speak too seriously. He only asked if she had any difficulties and if she needed to seek help from the teacher if she encountered any problems with her studies.

Meng Shulan said that she had a lot of things to do last month and didn’t perform well.

The head teacher also heard that she was referring to Han Ning, so he didn't know what to say afterwards.

After all, Han Ning's incident was handled so lightly, which was indeed unfair to her. As the class teacher, he felt guilty for not being able to deal with Han Ning. He could only advise her to relax and focus on her studies.

The news of Meng Shulan's declining grades spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred.

When returning to the dormitory after evening self-study, Hu Bifang was fetching water downstairs and heard some rumors. They said that Meng Shulan did poorly in the exam because she did not focus on her studies, was not doing her job properly, and followed others to engage in speculation and profiteering, selling goods in the town in a shameful manner, which was why she did so poorly in the exam.

Hu Bifang: “…”

You can't talk about this kind of thing casually.

Hu Bifang grabbed the classmate and asked, "Where did you hear these things?"

When the classmate saw it was her, he ran away quickly.

Hu Bifang and Meng Shulan have been close recently and live on the same floor, so everyone can see it.

Hu Bifang was speechless and told Meng Shulan when she got home.

Meng Shulan was about to light a lamp and read a book. Hearing this, she smiled and said, "It's not a rumor. I did go to town to sell things this morning to help my family."

Hu Bifang was speechless. After thinking for a moment, she said, "The exam was the day before yesterday. You were just busy today. It has nothing to do with it. Those people are just taking advantage of the situation and talking nonsense."

No matter what, Hu Bifang just wants to protect her friend and doesn't want her to be suspected or talked about by others.

Meng Shulan smiled, "You're right, it has nothing to do with me. Don't worry, I'll catch up soon."

Meng Shulan felt that Hu Bifang was more anxious than she was about her declining grades.

The next morning, during morning self-study, the report card was posted on the bulletin board.

After class, the students flocked there.

In fact, everyone’s results are already known in advance, and if you take a look at them now, you’re just looking at the rankings.

Don't look at your own ranking, look at others'.

The report card only records the names of the top fifty students, and the top ten will be displayed in large letters written in red ink.

The top ten students out of more than 200 students in four classes will, if nothing unexpected happens, enter university after the college entrance examination next year.

So here, the red names are envied by others. Although the rankings change every time, they are basically the same ten or so people, and gradually everyone remembers them.

But today, Meng Shulan's name was not on the red list and even slipped to 23rd.

Many junior students expressed their incomprehension, wondering how this beautiful senior could lose so much weight all of a sudden. It was too exaggerated.

Meng Shulan has good grades and is beautiful. Almost all the students in the high school department know her.

There was a lot of noise under the bulletin board, everyone was discussing Meng Shulan's grades.

On the other hand, the real person was sitting at the table in the dormitory enjoying a delicious breakfast.

Because she brought eggs from home, she didn't buy steamed buns this morning. She made a bowl of vegetable porridge, mixed it with minced pork and dried preserved vegetables, and added a boiled egg to make her meal.

The aroma of lard and preserved vegetables is dissolved by the hot porridge, filling the house with fragrance.

In this era, meat and eggs are precious things, usually eaten during festivals or when guests come to the house.

It's really rare to see someone like Meng Shulan being brought to school casually.

In the morning, everyone was there because they needed to fill the rice bowls and take them to the canteen. Meng Shulan's nutritious breakfast with meat and eggs was naturally enviable.

Zheng Min was eating the red flour steamed bread in her hand. It was fine before, but today her throat felt extremely irritated.

Others were eating meat and eggs when their grades dropped, but she was eating sorghum noodles when her grades improved. It was strange that she could swallow it.

Zheng Min pinched the steamed bread in her hand and said sarcastically, "You can eat something you earned with your grades."

Apparently, she had also heard about Meng Shulan selling things in town.

No wonder the ranking dropped so much. It doesn’t matter. In the end, it’s all about money.

I really don't know what's going on in this guy's head. Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, making that little bit of money is not as important as studying.

Although there are still people doing business in the town now, there is no guarantee that the government will stop giving them money one day. If they get arrested then, they deserve it.

Zheng Min has been a little arrogant these past two days.

In fact, her score only rose by two places, which is within the normal range.

It’s usually nothing, but this time, she insisted on saying it and taking the lead.

There are eight people in the dormitory, and their grades are not bad. They can all be ranked within the top 100. However, Meng Shulan always took the lead in the past, but this time she fell behind and Zheng Min became the first.

Zheng Min has always been suppressed, and it is rare for her to turn over a new leaf. Whenever she gets the chance, she wants to pull down Meng Shulan, as if only in this way can she perfectly enjoy this hard-earned success and joy.

Meng Shulan was mixing her egg and preserved vegetable porridge when she heard this and laughed, "How can you not eat something you earned with your own hands without stealing or robbing? Zheng Min, do you want to try it too just because it smells good?"

A girl of eighteen or nineteen years old cannot keep her expression secret, and she can tell what this man is thinking.

Zheng Min's face turned red when she was hit by the words. She pointed at Meng Shulan and wanted to get angry, but was stopped by Tian Feiyan.

"Okay, finish eating early and go to the classroom. The papers will be handed out soon."

You are such an adult, yet you still covet other people's eggs. It's embarrassing to quarrel with them!
Originally wanting to satirize others, Zheng Min ended up making a fool of herself. She was almost frustrated to death, but when she heard that the papers would be distributed soon, she started laughing again.

Yes, later we will know where she went wrong and how badly she did in the test.

……

After breakfast, Meng Shulan sent the lunch box to the cafeteria. She asked Hu Bifang to go first and went to the bulletin board to check the rankings.

She mainly wanted to know the rankings of several current college entrance examination classes.

It has been so long that she can't even remember what the grades of her classmates are like.

No other meaning, just understanding the situation.

There were no people under the bulletin board at this time.

After a quick look, I found that half of the top ten were from their class.

After all, they are repeating the year, so their overall level is definitely higher than that of fresh graduates.

Meng Shulan only watched for about two minutes and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, when she turned around, she almost bumped into someone. When she looked closely, it was the squad leader Zou Shaojun.

When did this person stand behind her? Why didn't he say anything?
Meng Shulan smiled as a greeting, then turned sideways and prepared to leave.

Zou Shaojun said to her, "Just adjust your mood and your grades will improve soon."

Meng Shulan: "I understand. Thank you, squad leader."

When Zou Shaojun saw her leave, he followed her, and the two of them walked towards the teaching building, one in front and the other behind.

(End of this chapter)