After a simple rebirth

The next day, Fu Ying woke up and didn't know what time it was. Her mother was not around.

She went straight to the backseat. The stove was still the same as it was before she went to bed last night. The lid was not opened and there was a kettle on it warming hot water.

Fu Ying brushed her teeth first, then tried to make a fire.

In fact, she didn't know how. She only knew to knock the whole piece of wet coal that had been burning all night into small pieces, wait until it turned yellowish, and then add coal pieces that were as hard as stone to let it continue to burn as long as it didn't go out.

In her previous life, when Fu Ying returned to her hometown, it was Fu's father and mother who took care of the stove. The stove went out more than once in Fu Ying's hands, and Fu Zhe was always better at it than her.

After she got the coal ready, she didn't know what to eat. Fried potatoes or boiled noodles? Boiled noodles for breakfast, fried potatoes for lunch, and dinner in the evening.

While she was waiting for the water to boil and preparing to go downstairs, the wife of Brother Kui from next door and a girl about the same age as Fu Ying came in.

"Sister, have you had breakfast?" Fu Ying asked.

Yes, she should call Kuige's wife sister, not sister-in-law. Fu's mother said that because Kuige's wife is a distant relative of her family, Kuige's family and her family are neighbors but not blood-related, so they are separate. So Fu Ying and Fu Zhe call Kuige Kuige when they see him, and call his wife Sister Ling.

As for the girl of the same age as Fu Ying next to Sister Ling, she is Brother Kui's second daughter, a generation younger than Fu Ying, but two years older than Fu Ying. Fu Ying usually calls her by her name, and she calls Fu Ying "Second Aunt".

"We have eaten. I haven't seen you go out these few days since you came back. I told your mother to ask you to go play with Li Xingying, but she said you were studying at home." Sister Ling asked Fu Ying.

"Yes, I asked teacher Li Xingying for help when I entered Gumang. He said that I will have to take the entrance examination on the 25th. I thought about reading some books and reviewing, as I was afraid that I might not do well in the exam." Fu Ying answered as she put the noodles into the pot and stirred them with chopsticks.

"What are you reviewing?"

"Science knowledge, I'm not that good at science, but I also read some books from the first year of high school." Fu Ying replied.

"My Li Xingying and Li Xingyun didn't study much during the summer vacation except for doing homework. I would feel relieved if they studied as hard as you do." Sister Ling said while looking at her youngest daughter.

"Maybe they have all learned it. It's good enough that they can do their summer homework well. Fu Zhe still needs me to force him to do it!" Fu Ying answered in a social way and looked at Li Xingying.

At this moment, Li Xingying still has a bit of the voluptuousness of a girl, with round eyes and deep eye sockets, which are facial features inherited from her mother. Her height is about the same as in her previous life.

In her previous life, Li Xingying went to Zhejiang Province to work after graduating from high school. She met her husband from the neighboring county and they had a son and a daughter.

Li Xingying, who has given birth to two children, is very thin, and her eye sockets appear deeper. Fu Ying even joked and asked her to eat more to gain weight, and she said that she could give her 20 kilograms of meat. She said that when Fu Ying has children and takes care of them, she will also be this thin.

Li Xingying usually goes back to her parents' home during the Chinese New Year, but Fu Ying goes back irregularly, so the two have only met two or three times since Li Xingying graduated.

At this time, Li Xingying also looked at her and smiled at her.

"I want Li Xingying to study with you, but forget about Li Xingyun, he's not very stable and won't be able to learn." Sister Ling said. Fu Ying's mother was out, probably to help her second aunt, so she could only come and talk to Fu Ying directly.

"Sure, it's good to have one more person to study with." Fu Ying was not opposed to studying with one more person, and Li Xingying was not a noisy person, so sitting next to her would not affect her.

"Then why don't you come to my house after dinner? We'll have lunch at my house, so you don't have to cook!" Fu Ying and Fu Zhe were the only two people there, so they just ate at her house. She had a large family, so it wouldn't affect the meal with two more people.

"Sister Ling, I won't go to your house for dinner. If I go, my mother will definitely scold me when she comes back. If you want to study, Li Xingying, come to my house. The table in my house is big enough and there are lights so we don't have to worry about disturbing her." Fu Ying scooped the noodles into two bowls and took them to her room.

“It doesn’t matter if several people sit at this table. Li Xingyun can come over whenever he wants. There’s a desk lamp so the light isn’t too dim, and no one will disturb us.” Fu Ying suddenly felt like a salesperson, selling houses or furniture.

"Do you want to come over? If so, please bring your homework over later." Sister Ling looked at her younger daughter.

"Okay, I'll go back and get my homework now." Li Xingying nodded. She felt that studying here was not bad. At home, she could only do her homework by the stove because her grandmother wanted to watch TV and her sister's children were running around. Sometimes she could not concentrate on her homework.

I just can’t watch TV anymore, Li Xingying added in her heart.

"Then I'll go home first. You eat first." Sister Ling went back with her little daughter.

Fu Ying nodded and went to wake up Xiao Heitan. She also went back to the stove to eat noodles.

When we were almost done eating, Li Xingying came over with some homework books.

Fu Ying finished her meal in a few bites and told Fu Zhe to wash the dishes. After that, she asked him to cover the fire with coal to leave a vent, and then come to find them.

Following Li Xingying to the room, Fu Ying asked her to sit inside, and when Fu Zhe came over later, he could sit outside, and she stood. Fu Ying had just finished eating, and was not ready to sit down immediately, fearing that if she sat for too long, she would have a big belly and a big butt, so she stood first to digest.

Li Xingying put her homework on the table and didn't sit down immediately. She stood and chatted with her.

"Second Aunt, why don't you go to high school in Guangdong Province? There are more great teachers there, right?"

"People with household registration in other provinces can take the high school entrance examination, but they can only go to technical secondary schools. Currently, it is not supported for people with household registration in other provinces to take the college entrance examination there, so they can only come back to study in high school." Fu Ying explained briefly.

"Is it easy for you to learn English in Guangdong Province? The teachers all teach in English, right?" Li Xingying continued to ask.

"Not entirely, it depends on the individual. Some people start learning English in kindergarten and find it easy to learn. But if we start learning English in junior high school, we will be more resistant at the beginning, especially when it comes to pronunciation." Fu Ying answered her.

"How is your English? My English is so bad. I feel like I can't learn it." Li Xingying was a little distressed.

"My English is OK. My former homeroom teacher was an English teacher, so I studied it seriously. But I'm not good at math and I have trouble with application questions." Fu Ying still knows simple conversation skills. It's just a matter of resonance. Li Xingying's English is not good, and Fu Ying's math is not good, so they are all chatting on an equal footing.

"Ah, my math is not good either. I can't solve word problems and I often fail." Li Xingying wailed.

Fu Ying choked. She was not good at either arts or sciences. How could she explain this?

"You should be able to improve if you practice more." Then Fu Ying quickly changed the subject, "Let's start doing our homework!"

Fu Ying sat down immediately and opened the math materials. The exams were about to start, and she didn’t know whether it would only test Chinese, math, and English, or all subjects.

Fu Ying felt that the chances of only taking the three main subjects of Chinese, math and English were higher. If she took the full test, it would take two days, but she was not notified that she would have to go for two days. Moreover, considering the time and effort of marking, grading and class placement, it would definitely be faster to take the three subjects.

Fu Ying decided to focus on reviewing junior high school mathematics materials today and tomorrow.

The first exam after entering high school is mostly a test of basic knowledge, and even if it covers high school knowledge, it will not cover too much. Fu Ying took this opportunity to consolidate her junior high school knowledge, which would be more meaningful for both this exam and her subsequent high school studies.

Seeing that she had started studying, Li Xingying also began to write her own summer homework.