Chapter 421 - Chapter 421: Underestimated Ability
Chapter 421: Underestimated Ability
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Such a good child. Instead of letting others benefit in the future, why don’t you let me? Let’s also arrange a betrothal when they’re young. In the future, how good would it be if you let Zixuan be my son-in-law?” Hu Chunli joked with Li Xu.
“Come on, your Jingyi has a lively personality, how could she take a fancy to Zixuan, this stuffy gourd? Besides, a betrothal between children is a marriage arranged when they were children. Now that our Zixuan is so old, 1 can’t do such a thing.”
Seeing this, Hu Chunli sighed helplessly, “Who said my daughter doesn’t like him? Maybe she liked someone like Zixuan? After all, Zixuan is so good-looking, it’s not impossible.”
Hearing Hu Chunli’s words, Li Xu shook her head in amusement.
“Alright, since you’re unwilling, I can only let my daughter work harder on her own.”
Hu Chunli pretended to be disappointed and sighed, “1 hope my daughter can work harder in the future and get Zixuan to be my son-in-law.”
The three of them talked as they busied themselves. The sky gradually began to brighten.
The new shop had a grand opening, and all the vegetables were 50% off.
A loudspeaker was placed at the door, and it kept repeating this sentence.
People gradually came to the shop, and the three of them began to get busy.
Hu Chunli and Li Xu both had the experience of opening new shops for more than once.
Therefore, they were able to deal with it with ease.
Deng Juan, on the other hand, was a little flustered.
Before her husband died, she had been working diligently with her husband in the countryside.
During the farming season, her husband would come out to do some odd jobs while she would stay at home to take care of the children.
She had almost never come out of the house or done business.
It was her first time facing so many people and selling something. She was nervous and afraid.
Fortunately, Li Xu and Hu Chunli were patient people.
They also remembered how they felt when they first experienced this scene, so they naturally had a lot of tolerance for Deng Juan.
Although Deng Juan was not good with words, she was still a good learner.
After a whole day, she had already learn the basic.
After a few days, there was no problem for her to look after the shop.
It was unknown whether it was because of the good location or the high acceptance of the public, but their business had been doing well since they opened for a few days.
Compared to the shops in the county, the turnover was even higher.
This was something that Li Xu and Hu Chunli did not expect.
They had previously predicted that the turnover of the shop might not be comparable to that of the county.
After all, they had already made a name for themselves in the county.
However, in the city, they had no foundation at all.
Under such circumstances, it was indeed beyond their expectations that they could still have such a high turnover.
In the blink of an eye, it was the middle of March.
The Mathematical Olympiad competition that Ji Zixuan had signed up for had already begun.
The location of the first competition was in the school.
Ji Zixuan had just transferred here, so the teacher did not know much about this student’s results.
After all, his previous results in the county could not be used as a reference.
The standards of schools were different.
If he was the top student in other schools, he might not even be the top student in his class in this school.
Therefore, none of the teachers had high hopes for Ji Zixuan to participate in the Mathematical Olympiad competition.
However, when the results of the first test came out, all the teachers were dumbfounded.
Ji Zixuan was ranked first.
Only then did the teachers realize that Ji Zixuan’s abilities were underestimated.
And this contestant could very well represent their school, or even the entire City W, to achieve good results in the second round.
After the first test, Ji Zixuan’s treatment in school improved.
The teacher would specially make time for him to study Mathematical Olympiad. The teacher would also tutor him alone.
The pressure on Ji Zixuan instantly increased.
Li Xu, who originally did not have much expectations for him, also became nervous.
The second interview was scheduled for late March, which happened to be a Saturday. The venue for the second interview was in a middle school in B City.
Li Xu naturally had to go with him. Hu Chunli and Deng Juan were guarding the shop now. It didn’t really matter if she was there or not.
When he heard that they were going to B City, Ji Zi’ang clamored to go as well.
He wanted to see Brother Mucheng and his Little Aunt.
After Li Xu and Zhang Kun discussed it, they decided to bring the whole family along.
Ji Zixuan was currently the school’s key grooming target, so he had to be brought along by the school to take the school examinations in B City with the other students.
The family could only split up.
Ji Zixuan was with his classmates and teachers while Zhang Kun drove the others to B City.
The exam was scheduled for Saturday morning, so they had to leave on Friday night.
Ji Zixuan and his classmates left in the afternoon and stayed in the hotel.
Zhang Kun had set off after work and walked slowly at night, so the family only arrived at the hotel where Ji Zixuan and the others were resting at around 10:30 pm.
This time, they came so suddenly that they didn’t tell the Qin family.
This was to prevent the Qin family from being too enthusiastic and making them feel a little uncomfortable.
Although Ji Zixuan was managed by the school, he felt a little more at ease being able to stay in the same hotel as his family.
At 7:30 the next day, the students were called up and led by the teacher to the location of the exam.
Zhang Kun brought his family and followed the school car all the way to the entrance of the examination hall.
They could not enter the examination hall, so they could only wait outside.
The exam lasted for two and a half hours, and the family was a little anxious.
Li Xu was especially nervous.
One moment, he would get out of the car for a few minutes, and the next moment, he would get into the car for a few minutes.
After going back and forth a few times, Ji Zi’ang was getting impatient.
“Mom, it’s not like you’re the one taking the exam. Can you not be so nervous? Can you sit down and be quiet for a while? You’re going back and forth, making me nervous.”
Li Xu rolled her eyes at him, “Do you think this is an ordinary exam? This is the Mathematical Olympiad competition, how can I not be nervous?”
Ji Zi’ang let out a long sigh and muttered to Ji Yuanyuan, “So what if she’s nervous? No matter how nervous she is, she can’t help Big Brother.”
Ji Yuanyuan reached out and covered his mouth, “Second Brother, stop talking about Mom. You should also be quiet.”
At 11:15, the exam ended.
Li Xu became even more nervous, “I wonder how Zixuan did? Let me tell you, when Zixuan comes out later, you can’t ask him, understand?”
“I know.” Ji Zi’ang yawned.
After another ten minutes or so, the teacher came out with the students who were taking the exam.
Li Xu and Zhang Kun quickly went up to greet him.
The teacher leading the team had seen Li Xu before. Previously, when Li Xu went to help the three children with the transfer procedures, she had seen Li Xu.
“Teacher, Zixuan won’t be going back with you. We want to bring him here to play for two days.” Li Xu discussed with the teacher leading the team..