Rebirth of the Millennial: Getting Rich After Parents Get Laid Off

Chapter 103 Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Race

After Shen Qingqing returned, she did not make any decisions on her own. Although primary school is compulsory education and there is no tuition fee, it does not mean that there are no miscellaneous fees, such as the cost of school uniforms, and the cost of printing test papers and exercise books.

This is also a considerable expense for Chen Manyu's family.

In addition, Chen Manyu is now helping Li Xunli in her porcelain kiln. If Chen Manyu goes to school, Li Xunli will have one less helper.

No matter what they discussed, Li Xunli could not be avoided.

So after Li Xunli came back tired after a day of getting along with the fifth ancestor's son, Shen Qingqing smiled and rubbed behind her mother and gave her a shoulder massage.

No one knows a girl better than her mother. As soon as Shen Qingqing raised her little butt, Li Xunli knew that she was about to fart.

While enjoying her daughter's shoulder massage, she asked, "What do you want to do?"

Shen Qingqing heard her mother's tone was quite relaxed, so she didn't beat around the bush and immediately told her about Chen Manyu. "Mom, Brother Manyu is still enrolled in our school. I asked our class teacher, and he said that if Brother Manyu wants to go back to school, he can go back."

Li Xunli turned her head in surprise and looked at Shen Qingqing who was standing behind her: "Why do you care about this?"

Shen Qingqing scratched her nose and said, "I was teaching Brother Manyu to read. I found that he was not incapable of learning and seemed to want to go back to school. So I asked the teacher if he could go back in this situation."

Li Xunli shifted the focus after hearing this: "You taught him to read? First-grade characters?"

Shen Qingqing puffed up her cheeks: "Fifth grade handwriting!"

Li Xunli was even more surprised: "You can?!"

Shen Qingqing straightened her back and said, "Of course I can! I've read and understood so many famous books, that's why I can participate in the competition. Please don't underestimate me!"

Li Xunli was amused by Shen Qingqing's expression and quickly said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Mom underestimated you."

Shen Qingqing hummed twice, indicating her acceptance, and then asked, "What about Brother Manyu?"

"Wait a minute, until the job with mom and uncle is finalized, then I'll tell your brother Manyu and Aunt Huifen about this." Li Xunli's heart beat faster when she thought of the big order that Li Xunjin had told her.

If we can get that big order, even if we have to pay for it, it will be a great advertisement!

When big orders require help, Chen Manyu can be asked to help and he can save up his tuition fees.

Shen Qingqing also understood what her mother meant and nodded.

After she returned to school, she told Chen Zesong about the difficult situation at Chen Manyu's family and asked him if she could wait until their family had some time to recover before coming.

Chen Zesong has no objection.

This wait lasted for more than half a month, because the firing of several new products was done by two people, and it took a long time for the two people to get used to each other, and how to complete their own part at the same time without affecting each other.

Fortunately, hard work pays off. After more than half a month of perseverance, at the end of May and early June, Li Xunli and her team finally succeeded in firing three perfect pieces of porcelain.

Simple tea trays are grand, ordinary tea trays are exquisite, and complex tea trays are gorgeous. A lot of effort has been put into the color matching and patterns on the tea trays.

Li Xunjin gave a red envelope of 8888 to the son of his fifth ancestor. Because of their relationship, the son refused to accept wages, so Li Xunjin could only give the money in the form of a red envelope.

Before leaving, the fifth ancestor's son felt very comfortable holding the obviously thick red envelope.

After seeing them off, Li Xunjin said to Li Xunli, "Sister, hurry up and make all the porcelain you can make. The more exquisite the better."

Li Xunli was puzzled: "What is this for?"

"If we want this order, we have to show them we have the skills to complete it, right?" Li Xunjin explained. Li Xunli understood and, without asking Chen Manyu for help, threw herself wholeheartedly into the production of this batch of exquisite samples.

Because of the large quantity, the firing time for each item was different. By June 18th, Li Xunli had only made half of the porcelain.

June 19th is the Dragon Boat Festival, which is a legal holiday.

Shen Rongzhou's company had a day off, and after the two families had lunch at Li's house, Li Yuxing cooked a small pot of rice dumplings and packed them up. Then the two families drove to the river bank to watch the dragon boat race.

Every year in Chaocheng, each village and town has its own dragon boat team. They prepare the dragon boats to be used this year one to half a month in advance, and then the participating team members spontaneously organize themselves to train every day, just to show their style on the Dragon Boat Festival.

The dazzling golden sun hung high in the sky. Shen Qingqing and her family all wore hats. As soon as they reached the river bank, they grabbed the adults' hands and squeezed forward desperately.

Otherwise you won’t be able to see what the dragon boat looks like in the water.

The entire river embankment was filled with people, some wearing hats and holding umbrellas, some sunbathing, and some holding watermelons and popsicles.

Shen Qingqing took a look and licked her lips, but didn't ask for food.

At the foot of the long causeway, next to the stairs leading up to the river embankment, there are several vendors selling these things.

However, Shen Qingqing was troubled by her stomach problems in her previous life, so even though she doesn't have stomach problems now, she doesn't dare to do anything rash.

"Here they come! All nineteen dragon boat teams are here!"

When Shen Qingqing heard someone say this, she quickly withdrew her gaze from the things in other people's hands and stretched her neck to look at the river.

From a distance, you can see a red banner hung on both sides of the river. Behind the red banner are nineteen dragon boat teams parked.

There was also one in their village, but it was eliminated because it did not win the audition.

But there is still a team in their town.

Shen Qingqing listened attentively to the adults around her discussing which team belonged to which family. She identified them one by one and found the dragon boat representing their town.

The red and green color combination is very eye-catching.

"Bah-"

A bell rang, the red banner was quickly pulled out, and the drums of the nineteen dragon boats sounded almost at the same time.

The deafening sound of drums created ripples on the surface of the river, and shouts of chorus rose in unison: "Three, two, one! Three, two, one!"

White waves splashed on the surface of the river.

The grand and spectacular scene awakened long-lost memories in Shen Qingqing's mind.

She had watched dragon boat races in her previous life, but that was after her uncle moved to a new house, so she watched it on the bridge near the community.

The place is far away from the river, and everything you see is small.

But what remains the same is the deafening sound of drums and trumpets.

　Sorry I'm late!
　　There's one more chapter! Going to write it now!

　　(End of this chapter)