A young boy from the 1970s, separated from his family, fled famine and led his younger brother into

"I want to...go to school."

Su Nianci... no, she should be called Lu Nianci now.

Her sudden words startled Lu Zhenguo and Zhou Yayun, who were still immersed in the complex emotions of their son's letter.

"Go to school? Right, right, it's time to go to school!" Zhou Yayun was the first to realize. She slapped her thigh, her face showing a mixture of joy and apology. "Oh dear, look at my brain! I was so happy that I forgot about something so important!"

"Nianci is five years old this year, and Xiaoshitou is three. Logically speaking, Nianci should be in first grade next year, and Xiaoshitou should be in kindergarten in our military compound." Zhou Yayun counted on her fingers carefully.

"No." Lu Nianci shook her head. She looked at Lu Zhenguo and, word by word, made a decision that left everyone speechless.

"Dad, I want to go straight to third grade."

What?!

Going straight to third grade?!

The living room fell silent instantly.

Lu Zhenguo and Zhou Yayun both looked at the earnest little girl in front of them with disbelief, as if she were an "alien".

"Nianci, what...what did you say?" Zhou Yayun wondered if she had misheard. "Go straight to...the third year? Do you...do you even know what you learn in the third year?"

"I know." Lu Nianci nodded, her tone calm but full of undeniable confidence. "Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, looking up words in a dictionary, writing essays—I can do all of these."

At this point, Lu Zhenguo and Zhou Yayun were completely speechless.

They looked at each other, and in each other's eyes they saw a hint of absurdity and... shock!

If these words came from someone else's child, they would just take it as innocent childish talk and laugh it off.

But these words came from Lu Nianci's mouth!

This five-year-old dared to flee thousands of miles with his three-year-old brother!

This five-year-old "prodigy" can use "strategy" on the chessboard to utterly defeat the "king of kids" in the entire school!

They dared not disbelieve her words!

"Nianci, this is no joke." Lu Zhenguo suppressed his surprise and looked at Lu Nianci seriously. "Going to school isn't about who's smarter; it's about taking it one step at a time and building a solid foundation. If you skip directly to the third grade and can't keep up, it will be a huge blow to your confidence."

He still prefers to let her start from first grade.

"Dad, I can keep up." Lu Nianci's eyes were incredibly firm. "My time is running out."

"I want to grow up faster."

"I want to become a doctor like my mother (referring to my biological mother) as soon as possible."

"I want to... do something for soldiers like Xingzhou as soon as possible."

Looking at his resolute daughter, he seemed to see in his wife's letter the helpless and angry son who was holding the body of his fallen comrade on the border.

The figures of the two children overlapped before his eyes.

They all yearn for... power.

One yearns to defend his country with the steel gun in his hand.

One who longs to use the knowledge in their mind to save lives.

What reason did he, as her father, have to stop her?

"it is good."

Lu Zhenguo took a deep breath and made a decision that seemed incredibly bold, even somewhat crazy, at the time.

I promise you.

"But just talking isn't enough; you have to prove it to your dad."

……

the next day.

Lu Zhenguo personally drove Lu Nianci and Lu Xiaoshi to the military district's primary school.

The principal of the primary school for children of employees was a middle-aged man surnamed Wang who wore black-rimmed glasses.

When he heard Lu Zhenguo's purpose, his expression was even more interesting than when Lu Zhenguo heard "go straight to the third grade" yesterday.

"Commissar Lu...Commissar Lu, you...you're not kidding, are you?" Principal Wang's mouth gaped open, wide enough to fit an egg. "Let...let a five-year-old child transfer directly into our third grade?"

"This...this is against the rules! Our school has never had a precedent like this before!"

"Rules are rules, but people are flexible." Lu Zhenguo's tone left no room for argument. "Principal Wang, I'm not here to discuss something with you today; I want to ask you for a favor."

"Just pick any exam paper from the third-grade final exams and have her do it."

"If she passes the test, you can let her go. If she fails, I'll take her away without hesitation and she'll start from first grade!"

Lu Zhenguo had already said all that, so Principal Wang dared not have any objections.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurriedly rummaged through the metal cabinet in his office and pulled out a stack of last year's third-grade second-semester final exam papers for Chinese and math, which still smelled of ink.

"Political Commissar Lu, look... are these two okay?"

"OK."

Soon, a small desk was moved to the center of the principal's office.

Lu Nianci sat at her desk with a blank expression.

In front of her were two exam papers that were so simple they were almost "insulting" to her.

Principal Wang personally proctored her exam, while Lu Zhenguo and Zhou Yayun stood to the side, looking nervous.

The office entrance was also crowded with teachers who had come to see what was going on.

Everyone wanted to see if the new "prodigy" from the political commissar's family was truly deserving of the title.

"Can we begin?" Lu Nianci picked up her pencil and looked up to ask.

"It's...it's okay now."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Nianci lowered her head, and the pencil in her hand made a "scratching" sound on the test paper.

She didn't even look at the questions!

With a single glance, the answer was already in my mind!

Mathematics exam paper.

Fill-in-the-blank questions, mental arithmetic problems, word problems...

What about the "chicken and rabbit in the same cage" problem, what about the "pursuit problem"...

Compared to her soul, which possesses a complete knowledge system of later generations, it's child's play!

In less than ten minutes, the entire math test paper was filled with writing from beginning to end!

She pushed the math test paper aside and picked up the Chinese test paper.

Write words based on pinyin, form words, make sentences, and do reading comprehension...

It was equally easy for her.

The only thing that made her pause and think for a moment was the final essay question.

The title is—"My Ideal".

Lu Nianci stared at those four words and remained silent for a moment.

Then, she picked up her pen and wrote her answer in the square of her composition book.

Her ideal is not to be a scientist, a teacher, or a soldier in the People's Liberation Army.

She only wrote two words—

"doctor."

Then, she used an extremely calm, even somewhat cold, text to explain why she wanted to become a doctor.

"...because life is the most precious and fragile thing in the world. And doctors are the only ones who are qualified and capable of standing in front of death and fighting for life."

"I crave that feeling of pulling a life back from the brink of death."

"That feeling fascinates me more than any power or wealth in the world."

After writing the last word, she put down her pencil.

The whole process takes no more than half an hour.

"I've finished writing."

What?!

Finished writing?!

Everyone was stunned!

Principal Wang walked forward in disbelief and picked up the two exam papers that were still "steaming".

He picked up the math test paper first.

His pupils contracted sharply after just one glance!

The paper is neat and the handwriting is legible!

All the answers, whether numbers or steps, are written clearly and are easy to understand!

He took out a red pen and the answers, and began grading with trembling hands.

One checkmark, two checkmarks, three checkmarks...

From beginning to end, there wasn't a single mistake!

Full score!

100 points!

Principal Wang nervously swallowed.

He picked up the Chinese language test paper again.

All the basic questions above were also answered correctly!

When he saw the last essay, he was completely stunned.

He read the essay, which was only a hundred words long, three times over!

He felt like he wasn't reading a five-year-old's essay at all!

There are no fancy words or wild imaginations in it.

What he possessed was a profound understanding of life that transcended his age, and an almost obsessive faith in the profession of "doctor"!

"This...this..." Principal Wang's hands trembled like leaves in the autumn wind as he held the exam paper.

He looked up at the calm little girl in front of him and felt that his worldview had been completely overturned!

This is not a child prodigy!

This is... a deity!

"Principal Wang, how are you?" Lu Zhenguo felt a little uneasy seeing his dejected appearance.

Principal Wang took a deep breath, walked up to Lu Zhenguo, and respectfully handed him the two test papers.

His voice trembled slightly and... was filled with fervor!

"Political Commissar Lu! Our school wants this student!"

"No! Forget third grade! With her level, she could easily go straight to junior high!"

"This...this is an honor for our school! It's an honor for the entire education sector in Harbin!"