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

Chapter 62 Discussing Skipping a Grade
Shen Rongzhou was immediately coaxed into smiling by Shen Qingqing.

After Shen Yangyang finished clapping, she looked at her parents, then at her sister, and reached out to pull Shen Qingqing: "Sister, what about me!"

Shen Qingqing looked at her sister and thought for a moment, "You are the same as your sister, you don't have anything!"

Shen Yangyang opened her mouth and wanted to make a fuss, but then she remembered that her sister had nothing like her, so it seemed that there was no reason to make a fuss. She pursed her lips in resentment, reached out and grabbed a tangerine, peeled it and ate it.

After Shen Qingqing teased her sister, she laughed a few times.

Then he got down to business: "Mom and Dad, I have one more thing to tell you."

"I participated in the competition this time, and because I had good grades, the principal and second-grade teacher suggested that I try skipping a grade, meaning after finishing first grade, I could skip to third grade."

"I didn't agree directly. I said I would go home and ask you."

After listening to this, Shen Rongzhou and Li Xunli looked at each other and saw confusion and surprise in each other's eyes.

They had also been students themselves and understood what skipping grades meant. In their impression, this was something only genius-level students would do, but they had never imagined that their own daughter would be advised to skip grades.

The couple didn't really understand the topic of studying, but since the teacher had suggested it, there must be a reason behind it. Li Xunli thought for a moment and asked, "Qingqing, what do you think?"

Of course Shen Qingqing wanted to skip a grade, and she didn't just want to skip to the third grade, she wanted to skip directly to the fourth grade.

In the second semester of the first grade, she would “self-study” English for the teachers, and then when the first grade was over and school started again, she would go directly to the fourth grade.

But there was no need to tell mom and dad about this kind of details, so Shen Qingqing honestly expressed her thoughts.

"If you want to skip a grade, and your teacher and the principal suggest it, then go ahead. You're only seven years old anyway. If you can't keep up with the curriculum after skipping, we can just go back to second grade."

Li Xunli spoke to Shen Qingqing patiently.

"Yes, you're still young. This is just a trial. Even if you skip a grade and don't learn as fast or as well as other students, don't be discouraged. You're only seven years old. The other students are several years older than you. Their learning ability and comprehension ability will definitely be better than yours."

Shen Rongzhou also followed suit and added.

Shen Qingqing listened and nodded "hmm, hmm", feeling warm in her heart.

The decision to skip a grade was made.

The competition delayed her for two days, and Shen Qingqing had fallen behind in a lot of homework. So she took her schoolbag and went to Chen Man's house to do homework with her over the weekend.

On Monday, during the break, Shen Qingqing went to the office to talk to the teacher about her decision to skip a grade.

The second-grade Chinese teacher happened to be there. After hearing what Shen Qingqing wanted to say, he called Chen Zesong, the third-grade teacher, and the dean of studies to go to the principal's office next door to discuss the matter.

The second-grade Chinese teacher said, "Teacher Zesong, there's one more thing. Qingqing might be busy with the provincial competition for the next month, so I've discussed it with the principal and asked you to help us prepare a final exam for Qingqing. We can use her score on this exam as a backup if she doesn't have time to take the final exam."

"Then try to get it out to her as quickly as possible so she can finish it, otherwise it won't take too long and she'll have to go to the competition and miss the time."

Chen Zesong nodded to show that he understood, "Okay, no problem."

What happened next was basically the three teachers and the dean discussing Shen Qingqing's grade skipping. Shen Qingqing only needed to express her willingness to skip a grade and then sit in on the teachers' final decision.

"Then next Wednesday after school, Qingqing, come to the principal's office to take your final exam. I'll be waiting here to invigilate you. And if you want to skip a grade, there's still one semester left. We'll assess you in the second half. If we find you're not keeping up with the studies in the second half, we'll tell you not to skip a grade for now, okay?"

The second-grade Chinese teacher summarized the final decision in a simple and easy-to-understand manner and told Shen Qingqing.

"Okay, thank you teachers!" Shen Qingqing nodded without any objection.

"Also, Qingqing, you have to take the train this Friday morning, so you don't have to attend classes all day Friday. The principal will take you to Yanqi Primary School to meet up with your team leader that morning. If you have any questions, just find that teacher, okay?" The second-grade Chinese teacher repeated the time for the provincial preliminaries and gave some instructions.

Shen Qingqing nodded. On weekends, apart from doing her school homework at Chen Man's house, she spent the rest of her time studying the past exam papers she brought back from Yanqi Primary School.

She started by looking at the real test papers of the past three years. The difficulty of the preliminary test papers in the past three years is similar, with some changes in the question types. After the introduction, you will be asked to associate and integrate the content of famous works to make analysis and choices.

But the difficulty of the semi-finals and finals is a bit demanding.

Even Shen Qingqing herself almost couldn't finish the questions within two hours.

Because Shen Qingqing not only wants to finish it, but also wants to do it right.

This makes it easier to control points.

She was aiming for the second prize, not the first prize. Although Ye Ziqi said that the prize money for the provincial competition every year depends on the generosity of the sponsors, but as much prize money as you can get is as much prize money as you can get. Who would complain about having too much money?

After Shen Qingqing finished three sets of past exam questions, it was Friday.

On Thursday night, Shen Qingqing specifically asked Li Xunli to set the alarm to wake her up earlier because she had to go to school early to catch the train.

Principal Mo sent Shen Qingqing to the gate of Yanqi Primary School. As soon as Shen Qingqing got out of the car, she heard a familiar yet unfamiliar voice calling her, "Sister Qingqing!"

Shen Qingqing, carrying a large backpack, subconsciously looked up and saw Ye Ziqi standing next to the team leader, waving at her excitedly.

Shen Qingqing walked over quickly, "Sister Ziqi, good morning!"

"Good morning, good morning. Would you like some soup dumplings? I brought some from home." Ye Ziqi happily held up a bag of soup dumplings in her hand.

Shen Qingqing shook her head: "I had breakfast this morning, we can save it for when we get hungry on the bus."

In 2007, there was no high-speed rail in Chaocheng, so people had to take the train to the provincial capital.

The train journey would be relatively long. Even though they had left home so early, it would still take at least an hour to get from Yanqi Primary School to the train station, and then take the train there, which would definitely exceed lunch time.

When Ye Ziqi first heard Shen Qingqing's refusal, she felt a little disappointed, but when she heard that she was willing to eat in the car, she immediately became happy again.

The friendship between children begins with their willingness to share food with you.

　Happy Valentine's Day~
　　See you tomorrow night~
　　(End of this chapter)