After a simple rebirth

It is not known whether it is hard for Yuan Jun to re-copy the mind maps of two subjects. Fu Ying is glad that she used printed paper directly, so she does not have to copy it twice, otherwise she would be exhausted from studying for six subjects.

But Fu Ying was going to copy part of it again and choose a more suitable mind map. She looked at her deskmate Wang Qiuping.

"Would you like to do me a favor? It will take up a bit of my time, but it's also a review."

Wang Qiuping nodded doubtfully, "What do you need me to do for you?"

“You’ve also looked at your classmates’ mind maps, but I haven’t sent them out yet. I want you to help me take a rough look at them again, and then pick out the parts you think are good, mark them, and write down which unit they are from, so that I can insert them in and copy them again later.

This takes time, but it is also a review process, it depends on whether you are willing to do it or not. "

Wang Qiuping nodded. "Okay, I remember a few good ones. I'll mark them for you."

"Thank you very much. If we count you as an editor, you are an assistant editor, and you must be on the list."

Wang Qiuping didn't understand what Fu Ying said, but she knew she was expressing her gratitude, so she nodded and started reading.

Fu Ying also started to choose a subject to look at and mark it. If she was really unsure, she would copy both mind maps and let them look at them themselves. Anyway, she left a lot of space when making the mind maps.

I used the afternoon and evening self-study time to complete the corrections, and then sent it to Teacher Liu for copying, and will pick it up next Monday.

Fu Ying and Wang Qiuping went there alone, and there were actually quite a lot of people there.

Taking into account the cost and time of copying, the school requires that one set of copies be provided for every five people, which means that five people can share and take turns to look at them, so only 5 sets of copies are needed.

There are 10 sets, which means 90 books in total. Fu Ying and Wang Qiuping moved less than half of them in the first trip. In the second trip, they directly called the Sports Committee and three more boys to move all the books in one trip.

Fu Ying was a little unsure about the effectiveness of this effort. If it was good, the head teacher would help her and the school would be willing to continue investing. If it was not good, there would really be no next time.

A week after the materials were distributed, the midterm exams were approaching in full swing.

Maybe because it was the first monthly exam, many people were not focused and were caught off guard, so the results were not ideal. In this midterm exam, Fu Ying felt that the atmosphere of tension began to spread throughout the class. At least a few days before the exam, the classroom was full of people studying, and there was almost no chatting.

This time the exam was held in another class. Fu Ying calmly entered the examination room with a pencil bag and water.

The questions were obviously much more difficult than the last time. Fu Ying was a little unsure. She could only use the elimination process to choose the appropriate answer. For the short-answer questions, she just looked at the question stem and tried to answer the main points.

Fu Ying was still in the habit of forgetting a subject after taking it. She could not help but hear her classmates’ discussions, where they all said that the questions were too difficult and they found many mistakes after checking the answers once.

Saturday, which is a holiday, happens to be Fu Zhe’s birthday.

To be honest, Fu Ying never celebrated Fu Zhe's birthday properly. She always knew when his birthday was, but she was not very free during those days. Plus, Fu Zhe was used to it, so Fu Zhe never had a birthday cake or a birthday party.

Fu's father and mother don't care about such details.

Fu Ying's father doesn't remember her birthday, but her mother does. However, it was not popular to celebrate at home. Fu Ying remembers that when she was very young, she was rewarded with a boiled egg and 50 cents or 1 yuan for her birthday. At that time, she felt very happy to have a little pocket money on her birthday, and she looked forward to celebrating her birthday every day.

Later, the family was not so tense, and Fu's parents would not specially prepare birthday cakes. Fu's mother would just ask if he wanted to go home for dinner, and if he didn't, she would transfer him 100 yuan.

When it comes to celebrating a real birthday, that is, after dating, couples always seem to have a sense of ritual, and they will buy cakes and give gifts to celebrate.

Fu Ying's birthday was in the first half of the year, and Fu Zhe's was in the second half of the year. The age difference between the two is exactly one and a half years.

This time, he just finished his exams and had a little time to relax. Fu Ying thought that she should give him a proper birthday celebration. Who says boys don’t want to celebrate?

It was impossible to buy him an expensive gift, and things related to studying would be too stressful for him. Fu Ying thought about it and decided to buy him something related to sports.

One of Fu Zhe's hobbies is playing badminton with Fu Ying, and the other is playing basketball with Liu Ning and others. It is not known whether the basketball belongs to the school or someone else, but Fu Ying decided to buy him a basketball. Whether he wants to play with his friends or take it to school, it is a gift to her.

It is best to give gifts on the same day. Fu Ying strolled to Xinhua Bookstore after lunch on Saturday and spent thirty yuan to buy an ordinary basketball and an air pump. She didn't even wrap them and just carried them with her.

Then buy two small cakes at the bakery. There is no special cake shop here, so there is no place to order birthday cakes. Buy two small buns and put a candle on them to make a wish.

Fu Ying also bought some meatballs and popcorn chicken to make a spicy hotpot today.

Fu Ying likes to eat spicy hotpot. Zhang Zun used to make it for her whenever he was free. If she couldn’t finish it, she would eat it for two meals. It went well with rice and was filling.

Fu Zhe loves to eat meatballs, and he should also like spicy hotpot.

When she got home, Fu Zhe was not there. Fu Ying didn't ask him where he had been. She said he would come back to study later, so Fu Ying went to study by herself first.

When Fu Zhe came back, Fu Ying arranged for him to continue working on the mind map. He could memorize things very quickly now, so he just needed to organize more materials.

In the evening, Fu's mother came back and asked what to eat in the evening. Fu Ying said she would cook.

In fact, this was Fu Ying’s first time making spicy hotpot, but after watching it many times, she knew the general steps.

First, cut the meatballs into a cross shape and cook them all. Chop the vegetables into shreds and blanch them in water. Set them aside when they are all cooked.

The soul of spicy hotpot is also the sauce.

Add dried chili and minced garlic to the hot oil and stir-fry until fragrant, then put the pan aside and start adding seasoning. This kind of hot pot should be heavy in oil and spicy. Fu Ying knows her level, so she bought ready-made hot pot base, half of which is enough, and then put the cooked ingredients together and mix them evenly, and the fragrance has already come out.

In case Fu's mother wanted to eat something light, I served the hotpot into two bowls, then added warm water to the oil in the pot, and when the water boiled, added the vegetables.

I called Fu Ma and Fu Zhe to have dinner. Fu Zhe was very happy, but Fu Ma couldn't help but complain a few words.

"Just cook a dish properly, what are you doing? How can you eat so much at once?"

"Today is Fu Zhe's birthday. I'll make a spicy hot pot for you. Let's eat together."

Fu Ying knew that Fu's mother was used to being stingy, and she was just nagging out of habit, not because she didn't want to give them good food. When the economy was a little more relaxed, Fu's mother would buy good food for them. In her previous life, Fu's mother would buy roast duck for them to have as an extra meal for the whole family.

"Wow, second sister, you actually know that today is my birthday?" Fu Zhe didn't expect that his second sister could remember her birthday. Even Fu's mother seemed to have forgotten it.

"How could you not know? I made this delicious meal specially for your birthday. Come and eat it." Fu Ying handed him the bowl and sat down to eat.

With the addition of hot pot base, her hot pot was quite successful and tasty.

Fu Zhe had never eaten this kind of dry pot before, and the dry rice was very fragrant. "Second sister, we can make this when we have time. What is it called?"

“Mala hotpot or dry pot has similar ingredients to hotpot, but hotpot has soup, while dry pot is like a cold dish.

I'll see what happens next time. If I do it again, my mom will scold me to death."

Mother Fu glared at Fu Ying and said nothing.