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

Chapter 52 City Level Competition

The Chinese teacher nodded and said, "Yes, it's only the first grade."

Shen Qingqing stood there obediently, not interrupting. When Principal Mo looked over, she politely greeted him, "Principal."

"Come, sit down and talk." Principal Mo asked Shen Qingqing to sit on the sofa with a pleasant face and poured her a cup of hot water.

Shen Qingqing took it and thanked him, wondering what could have happened that caused such a big fuss and required her to come and see the principal directly.

Fortunately, Principal Mo didn't waste any time talking and got straight to the point: "Qingqing, do you still remember the competition you participated in at Yanqi Primary School last time?"

When Shen Qingqing heard this, she understood and nodded: "I remember."

"You're amazing! Even better than the older students!" Principal Mo laughed. "Teacher Zesong should have told you about this competition, right?"

Teacher Zesong is the Chinese teacher. His surname is Chen. In their town, Chen is a big surname and many people have the surname Chen.

Shen Qingqing nodded honestly, "I know. After the first round of competition, there will be city-level competitions and provincial-level competitions."

"Yes! I called you here today to tell you that the preliminary round of the city competition will be on December 9th, which is Saturday. After your class on Friday morning, come to the principal's office with Teacher Zesong and wait for me to go to the city to participate in the competition. Do you understand?" Principal Mo tried to use simpler sentences to ensure that Shen Qingqing could understand.

Of course Shen Qingqing understood, but her focus wasn't on when to participate in the city-level competition, but rather: "When will the rewards for the first round be distributed?"

Chen Zesong and Principal Mo were amused by her words and laughed so hard that they fell over.

After a long while, Principal Mo finally said, "The reward has been issued. I'll get it for you!"

As he said that, he stood up and walked behind the desk, and took out a hard-cover notebook half as thick as a thumb from the drawer. Under the black and gold fountain pen on it was a brand new fifty-yuan note.

Shen Qingqing's eyes lit up, and she took it from Principal Mo with both hands with a smile.

Principal Mo and Chen Zesong looked at each other and saw a sentence on each other's face: Still a child!
Then he told her some things he needed to explain: "Qingqing, remember, December 8th is Friday. When you come to class, you must bring a change of clothes. We'll stay in the city on Friday night and we'll be back after the competition on Saturday."

Shen Qingqing held the notebook and pen tightly, and nodded obediently to show that she understood.

But this time it was not Chen Zesong who accompanied her, but a second-grade Chinese teacher, a female teacher.

Shen Qingqing could also understand. After all, it would be very inconvenient for two male teachers to take her out, as she was a girl.

After returning home from school, Shen Qingqing told Li Xunli about this matter during dinner.

Li Xunli took it to heart: "Okay, Mom will remember to put your change of clothes in your schoolbag when the time comes."

Shen Qingqing nodded and said, "Thank you, Mom!"

Li Xunli chuckled and continued eating.

During this period, Shen Rongzhou has completely mastered short-distance transportation in surrounding cities.

The other four people who were recruited into Zhang Zeqin's company at the same time as him are also taking the driving license test one after another.

Shang Tonggui's test speed was average, and it was time for him to follow the car and memorize the route.

Because they knew each other, the master of the sports car asked Shang Tonggui to follow Shen Rongzhou.

There are usually two drivers for short-distance trips and three for long-distance trips, so that they can take turns driving and avoid driving while tired.

However, when Shen Rongzhou came back that night, he sighed again.

Shen Qingqing happened to have a good sleep and got up to go to the bathroom when she heard her father talking to her mother in the living room.

"Boss Zhang said we need to hurry up and get a certificate called something called a transport personnel qualification. It's okay for short trips around the area, but it won't work when we start long-distance travel." "Boss Zhang heard rumors from higher-ups that it's officially going to be implemented in March of next year. By then, we, the newly hired employees this year, will definitely be subject to strict scrutiny."

"Those veterans have already passed the exam, and they said this certificate is quite troublesome. They have to take the exam over and over again, like once a month."

Shen Qingqing understood that in addition to obtaining a driver's license, her father also needed to obtain a qualification certificate to work as a truck driver.

"But I heard from the senior teachers that all the expenses for the exam were covered by Mr. Zhang alone, and we didn't have to pay for it ourselves."

Shen Rongzhou spoke as he slurped his soup.

The couple ate and talked under the light of a small light bulb above the dining table.

Shen Qingqing listened carefully for a while, but didn't hear any other news, so she went to bed.

What Shen Qingqing didn't expect was that her father's exam would be on the same day as her competition.

She only found out about this when she talked about it with her mother on Thursday night.

Shen Qingqing couldn't help but ask, "Is Dad sure? He's only been reviewing for a few days?"

Li Xunli was also worried. One of them didn't graduate from elementary school, and the other graduated from junior high school. It had been so many years since they left school. Getting a driver's license at least required a lot of practical experience. She didn't understand what this qualification certificate was, and she didn't know how Shen Rongzhou did in the test.

Shen Qingqing also went to the city with questions.

The preliminary round of the city competition was held at Hwa Chong Middle School.

Shen Qingqing had never been here in her elementary school in her previous life, but she came here a few times during high school competitions, including ancient poetry and essay competitions and composition competitions.

So I am not unfamiliar with Hwa Chong Institution.

The competition format is no different from the first round, but the question types and number are different.

The question types are no longer simple multiple-choice questions, true-or-false questions, and fill-in-the-blank questions, but a combination of several question types, which are more inclined to those that will be encountered in the transition from primary school to junior high school.

But the good news is that the number of questions is less than in the first round.

However, fewer questions also means higher difficulty.

Shen Qingqing was sitting in the examination room, and when she saw the test papers being distributed, she frowned.

There is still a big difference between the city-level competition and the auditions.

But Shen Qingqing didn't have much time to frown. As soon as the bell rang, everyone started writing.

Shen Qingqing worked very slowly at first as she familiarized herself with the new question types. Half an hour later, she finally broke down the test paper and resumed her answering speed as in the first round.

By the time I finished answering, it took exactly one and a half hours.

Unlike the clean draft paper in the first round, Shen Qingqing wrote on half a page of the draft paper this time.

As usual, she spent ten minutes checking and then raised her hand to hand in the paper.

What she hated most was staying in the examination room after finishing the exam. It was one thing to try her luck without finishing the exam, but it would be boring to death if she had to stay in the examination room after finishing the exam.

You can't move, otherwise people might suspect you of cheating.

She didn't want to put herself in such a difficult position.

　See you tomorrow night~
　　(End of this chapter)