Transmigration: Flirted with My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 479 - 478: The Overwhelming Presence of the Genius

Chapter 479: Chapter 478: The Overwhelming Presence of the Genius

Lin Nianhe had just arrived at the Educated Youth Corps when she was dragged into Wang Xue and Miao Hongqi’s room, and then Principal Wu brought her a bowl of steaming noodles with two perfectly shaped fried eggs on top.

"Eat something first, take a rest, and then tidy up," Principal Wu said as he sat down on the kang bed with a smile, gazing at Lin Nianhe.

"Is there something to celebrate? You seem to be even more spirited than before the New Year," Lin Nianhe said, taking a sip of the noodle soup that felt comfortably warm.

Principal Wu could hardly wait and, hearing Lin Nianhe’s question, said: "Eat up, I’ll tell you about your students’ end-of-term exam results!"

Without a doubt, Niuwa scored perfect hundreds; unexpectedly, only two children in the class did not score perfect hundreds.

One was the younger Bai Xiaojun who scored ninety-five in Chinese and ninety-two in mathematics, his main reason for not scoring higher being that he wrote too slowly and did not finish the test; the other was He Jianyu who accidentally wrote "He Jianyu" as "He Jianyu" and was specially docked two points by Principal Wu.

Lin Nianhe, holding a fried egg, was quite stunned: "My teaching results are quite significant."

"Yes," said Principal Wu with a smile, "I have another piece of good news to tell you—It’s settled, next semester our village school will order all of our stationery from the printing factory, which is 20% cheaper than buying from the Cooperative Society! According to your Uncle Feng, all the primary and secondary schools in the province will do this, which will save the students a lot of money!"

Principal Wu had been happy about these two pieces of good news for over a month.

Lin Nianhe couldn’t help but smile, her eyes curling with joy.

Aunt Wang and Aunt Li finished their work in the kitchen and came in. Seeing the two of them just laughing, Wang Hong said, "I knew it, these two are certainly giggling like fools." As she spoke, she walked over and sat beside Lin Nianhe, habitually poking her forehead, "Pull your teeth back, eat quickly, it’s going to get cold in a while."

"Okay," Lin Nianhe responded, but then asked Aunt Li, "Aunt Li, how many months along is Daxi?"

"Oh, you are quite well-informed," Aunt Li laughed, "Just two months."

"I’ll get you a bottle of vitamins later, let Daxi take it for two months, it’s good for her and the baby," Lin Nianhe said, and then she started to eat her noodles.

After finishing the bowl of noodles, she remembered to ask, "Where are Sister Xue and Tiechui?"

"The commune is holding a meeting for teachers, I sent the two of them there," Principal Wu said, "They won’t be back until evening."

"By the way, Miss Lin, are the girls from the Wen Family really not coming back?" Aunt Li suddenly asked.

"Yes," Lin Nianhe nodded gently, "They are going to join the Cultural Troupe."

"That’s very nice, better than staying here," Aunt Li smiled, and said no more.

Lin Nianhe washed her dishes and went back to her room to pack her belongings.

The winter was almost over, and her large water jar still stood at the doorway, its stalwart form constantly reminding Lin Nianhe of the hard truth that you get what you pay for.

Principal Wu and the others initially wanted to help her but were refused by Lin Nianhe. Only Niuwa, taking advantage of his young age, insisted on staying and refused to leave Lin Nianhe’s side.

Upon closing the door, Niuwa took a small rag to wipe the table, and as he wiped, he said, "Sister Hehe, Principal Mother made me a set of exam questions for higher grades."

Seeing his expression, Lin Nianhe knew the results couldn’t be bad. She cooperated and asked, "How did you do?"

"I got them all right," Niuwa said in the calmest tone he could muster.

"Wow, that’s amazing," Lin Nianhe put down the clothes and moved closer, pinching his little face.

Niuwa’s face turned red all at once, and he blinked his eyes, stuttering quietly, "You, you taught me all of it, so it’s normal for me to do well."

"Hahaha..."

Lin Nianhe laughed, then took the opportunity to pick him up and sit down, pulling out a photo album to show him: "Look, these are the photos taken by Brother Xie, I’ve put them into an album, it’s for you."

Niuwa’s eyes sparkled as he cautiously flipped through the photo album, images of Tiananmen, Summer Palace, Peking University campus, street buses, and schools of bicycles... scenes he had never even dreamt of.

After going through the album over and over again, having reached the end for the third time, he closed it and tilted his head to speak to Lin Nianhe, "Sister Hehe, maybe don’t give me this album."

"Who do you want to send it to then?"

"Um... could it be placed in the commune’s notice board? That way, everyone could see it."

Lin Nianhe sighed inwardly for the umpteenth time, marveling at what a treasure this child was. She ruffled Niuwa’s hair and assured him, "Don’t worry, I have prepared the photos for the notice board, you keep the album."

"That’s great."

Niuwa finally embraced the album with relief, turning to the photo of Peking University, he gazes at it as if looking at a distant future.

He said, "Sister Hehe, I will definitely get into Peking University."

"I also believe that you will definitely get in," Lin Nianhe said with a conviction firmer than ever before.

Lin Nianhe and Niuwa fantasized about the future for a while before she put aside her dreams to continue tidying up the house.

Seeing Lin Nianhe take out many pretty dresses from a box, Niuwa was a bit stunned, "Si-Sister Hehe, your clothes are so pretty."

Lin Nianhe paused briefly and suddenly asked him, "Niuwa, how about I take you to the Spring Trade Fair in April?"

"Ah?" Niuwa was stunned.

The fact that Head Flower from the textile factory was going to participate in the Spring Trade Fair was no secret in Lan County. Contributing to foreign exchange was an honor, and once Wong Xiao got the news, he spread it around, further motivating the locals.

Niuwa didn’t initially understand the meaning of the Spring Trade Fair or foreign exchange contribution. He asked questions because he was ignorant, and Principal Wu wouldn’t brush him off with "why would a child care about that", so Niuwa ended up being the kid in the county who understood foreign exchange contributions the best.

He knew this was very important and never imagined Lin Nianhe would take him there.

He said, "I don’t understand Head Flower or production, you taking me there is pointless, Sister Hehe."

Lin Nianhe handed him a smile and gave him a basic English textbook and a tape recorder: "We have a month and a half. As long as you can learn basic everyday English conversation, I will take you there—Uncle Wong and the others don’t understand English. Without someone to translate, they won’t be able to communicate with the foreign merchants."

Niuwa was different from the other kids. His learning pace was too fast; textbooks could no longer satisfy his thirst for knowledge, and confining him to this little village would only limit his perspective.

Lin Nianhe wanted to take him out to see the world, to see something broader.

Hearing Lin Nianhe talking about studying, Niuwa immediately felt at ease.

Studying, oh, he could do that, and he was very good at it.

The first day, the little guy learned the alphabet song with Lin Nianhe;

The second day, he bobbed his head, murmuring "Come is for coming, Go is for going";

The third day—

"Sister He, can you lend me a dictionary? English seems quite simple, I can learn it on my own."

Lin Nianhe: "..."

The pressure from a prodigy is so intense!

She felt that if she wasn’t careful, she’d be surpassed by this eight-year-old child!