Rich in the 70s: I Made a Rugged Veteran a Millionaire novel Chapter 21

Chapter 21: Chapter 21: I’m Too Eager to Improve

Despite Shen Xing being so young, he had gone through too much, and the young boy showed a weary expression and said:

"Alright!"

Jiang Cheng happily took the cloth ticket, patting Shen Xing’s head and said, "Sister will buy you something tasty, be good!"

Shen Xing shook his head to avoid it, stubbornly saying, "I’m not a little kid!"

"Alright, alright, you’re a big kid!"

Shen Xing had enough.

Jiang Cheng laughed heartily and went back to her room, while Shen Yue covered her mouth and giggled.

The next morning, the four of them had a thick millet porridge, golden and fragrant.

Grandma Shen also cooked two poached eggs, cut them into four pieces, and each person got half.

At first, Grandma Shen didn’t want to eat it, but under Jiang Cheng’s comment that "if you don’t eat, you’re hurting Shen Xing and Shen Yue," she started eating.

After breakfast, as usual, the three walked together until they split at the intersection.

After Jiang Cheng arrived at the recycling station, she chatted with everyone for about a minute.

Entering the office, she swept the floor, boiled water, and organized the office.

When Sister Wang arrived, Jiang Cheng was already sorting out the materials.

"Sister Wang, these are the materials I’ve organized. Could you please check them? Otherwise, I won’t feel at ease."

In one sentence, she mentioned the work she did and gave Sister Wang enough respect.

Sister Wang felt comforted inside, not sure why but simply enjoying working with Jiang Cheng, even just chatting made her happy.

The day at the recycling station passed peacefully.

At the end of the day, Jiang Cheng grabbed her backpack and lunch box covered in a net, and zoomed off.

"Slow down! Don’t fall!"

Sister Wang shouted worriedly.

"What’s Xiao Jiang up to? I see her get an extra meal every day."

Sister Kong came over at some point.

Sister Wang smiling proudly said, "Xiao Jiang is going to night school. This kid is just so smart and eager to learn!"

Sister Kong simply uttered an oh in response, without saying anything more.

So it turns out she was attending night school.

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Jiang Cheng rushed all the way to night school.

At the school gate, she didn’t forget to greet Uncle Wang and left a handful of pumpkin seeds.

"Keep these to munch on!"

Before Uncle Wang could even say a word, Jiang Cheng had already dashed into the school building.

Jiang Cheng ran straight into the classroom and quickly started eating from her lunch box.

There’s no time to waste!

She had hidden two big pieces of chicken drumstick meat in her lunch box!

When Principal Wang came over, he saw Jiang Cheng gobbling down her food.

In an instant, he felt a pang of sadness.

So this is how geniuses race against time.

Jiang Cheng noticed Principal Wang.

"Mm—mhmh?"

She couldn’t open her mouth; she hadn’t finished chewing the chicken yet!

Principal Wang walked in with a thermos, but couldn’t find a place to pour water despite looking around.

"Mmm mmm mmm"

Jiang Cheng, having almost finished her chicken, raised her aluminum lunch box and nodded with a smile.

The sound of water splashing started.

"This is the thermos from Uncle Wang at the gate. He can’t leave his post, so he asked me to bring you some water."

Jiang Cheng squinted her eyes with a smile.

Principal Wang looked at the dried radishes in Jiang Cheng’s lunch box, used to relieve the greasiness, and felt even sadder.

The child is suffering too much!

Just eating radishes, where’s the nutrition?

Principal Wang poured the water and went downstairs, feeling so sad he could burst into tears.

Jiang Cheng quickly finished eating, rinsed her mouth, and went to find Teacher Lü for class.

Zhao Chengde was still there, and Jiang Cheng, as usual, didn’t greet him, focusing on the class.

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