I was reborn after my cousin stole my life.

Chapter 53: The Visit

"I got it from Sister Guiying's house."

Yuan Xiu turned around and said, "I can't understand a lot of the medical books. I was thinking of reviewing my junior high school textbooks to improve my cultural knowledge. I even asked Sister Guiying to help me find high school textbooks, but I didn't go to high school, so I'm sure I won't understand a lot of them. You're a high school graduate, could you teach me when you have time?"

Jiang Zhou readily agreed, "No problem."

After dinner, it was still early, so Yuan Xiu opened her first-year junior high school textbook and started reading. Chinese was okay, but the other subjects were a bit difficult for her, having not studied textbooks for thirty years.

If she wants to take the college entrance examination at the end of next year and get into a school related to traditional Chinese medicine, she will have to put in more effort than other candidates!

Jiang Zhou noticed that she was frowning while reading, and occasionally biting her lower lip, so he asked, "Is it difficult?"

Yuan Xiu nodded. "I... I didn't pay much attention in class when I was in school."

This was the only reason she could come up with.

Just now he said he didn't understand the high school textbooks and asked me to teach him, but now he's even struggling to look at the first-year junior high textbooks.

This made Yuan Xiu somewhat discouraged.

However, this did not make her give up on her dream.

Jiang Zhou stood next to her, one hand on the desk and the other on the chair, and leaned forward to ask, "What don't you understand? I'll explain it to you."

His gesture was as if he were holding Yuan Xiu in his arms.

Yuan Xiu pointed to the knowledge points in the textbook, "I clearly remember this, but I just don't know how to explain it."

Jiang Zhou: "Change your approach..."

One listened attentively, and the other explained carefully; before they knew it, two hours had passed.

Yuan Xiu picked up the watch on the table and looked at it. "It's almost ten o'clock. You should go wash up quickly. You have to get up early tomorrow."

Jiang Zhou came in quickly, walked to the desk, and picked up Yuan Xiu, who was still reading.

"Hey, put me down, I want to watch for another half hour..."

"I'll look at it tomorrow. Now, I'm going to sleep!"

Yuan Xiu: "..."

……

"Xiao Jiang, I heard from my husband that your wife took all of my daughter's junior high textbooks home, saying she wants to study them herself. Is that true?"

As soon as Jiang Zhou stepped outside, he ran into Instructor Liu from next door.

"real."

"Xiao Yuan is too studious. Not only is she reading such difficult medical books, but now she's even reading textbooks. If you didn't know better, you'd think she was going to take the college entrance exam."

Jiang Zhou said proudly, "It's just that there's no way for her to take the college entrance exam right now. If she could, with her diligence, she could definitely become a college student!"

Instructor Liu clicked his tongue twice: "Look, look! Look how proud you are. It's a pity. Now, whether you study well or not is not the most important thing. It depends on how active you are. If you have a unit, you may have the opportunity to be recommended to the 'Worker-Peasant-Soldier' ​​University."

Jiang Zhou certainly knew that the military had a few "worker-peasant-soldier" university places every year to train talent for the military. He was able to get into military academy back then because of the military's recommendation.

There are only a few spots available, and many people at all levels are eyeing them.

"Let's not talk about that."

Jiang Zhou changed the subject and started talking about something else.

……

Guiying quickly found a complete set of junior high and high school textbooks for Yuanxiu.

"When I was telling someone about this, a teacher from our school overheard me. Knowing that I needed textbooks, she took me to her house and found me a complete set."

Yuan Xiu flipped through the book and found notes inside. Judging from the handwriting and content, it didn't seem to be written by a student, but rather by a teacher preparing lessons.

This gave her an extra learning resource, making it easier for her to understand. "Thank you, sister-in-law! I must thank that teacher properly next time I see her."

Sister-in-law Guiying waved her hand, "Don't be so polite with me, I didn't go to any trouble. By the way, Teacher Shen is also a military dependent, she's the wife of Political Commissar Wang, the leader of your Battalion Commander Jiang. I even told her that it's the book you wanted."

"So that's how it is."

When Jiangzhou returned, she told him about it.

"Sister-in-law Guiying is fast enough." If they couldn't find all the items, Jiang Zhou originally planned to ask Political Commissar Wang to ask Teacher Shen for help.

"I should thank her, but I don't know what to give her?" It's not good to go and thank someone empty-handed.

"I can send you some homemade fermented rice wine," Jiang Zhou said. "Teacher Shen seems to be from the South as well."

Yuan Xiu nodded: "Okay, then I'll go thank her after school breaks."

"I heard from Political Commissar Wang that Teacher Shen seems to have taken leave these past few days, saying she's resting at home."

"Then I'll go tomorrow..."

Political Commissar Wang was a regimental-level cadre. He lived in a small building area in the family quarters. Rows of three- or two-story red buildings stood on both sides of the road, and each household had two courtyards, one in front and one in back.

Among those living in small houses, more people grow flowers than farm.

Even as winter approaches, some hardy flowers still stubbornly bloom.

Carrying two jars of fermented rice, Yuan Xiu found Commissar Wang's house based on the nameplate number she had heard from Jiang Zhou.

She knocked on the door twice, and after a while, a woman who looked to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with a refined and delicate appearance, came out of the house.

"Hello, Teacher Shen, I am Yuan Xiu, Jiang Zhou's wife."

Teacher Shen smiled and nodded at her. "I know you. Did you get your textbook?"

She opened the door and beckoned Yuan Xiu to come in.

"I received it. I came here specifically to thank you. I hope I didn't disturb your rest?"

"No," Teacher Shen said with a smile and shook her head. "I get bored at home by myself. You've come at the perfect time; you can keep me company. Come in and sit down."

As soon as Yuan Xiu entered the courtyard, her eyes were immediately drawn to the flowers and trees planted there.

Bougainvillea, roses, chrysanthemums, clivia, asparagus fern, serissa japonica, weeping crabapple, red-leaf plum...

Teacher Shen's yard is a small garden.

"I don't have many other hobbies besides teaching and tending to these flowers and plants."

"It's so beautiful!" Yuan Xiu said.

Seeing that she genuinely liked it, unlike some military dependents who, upon seeing the flowers, would not immediately praise them but instead ask why such a large yard wasn't used to grow vegetables, she realized that she was genuinely fond of them.

Teacher Shen said, "If you like, I can give you a cutting to take home and plant."

Yuan Xiu's eyes lit up: "Wouldn't that be too much trouble?"

"It's no trouble. Space is limited, so I have to set aside some every year to prevent it from growing too much and affecting its flowering."

As she spoke, Teacher Shen took out a flower shovel and other tools from the toolbox in the corner of the yard and squatted down in the yard.

As soon as she moved, Yuan Xiu noticed something was wrong. "...Teacher Shen, are you...are you pregnant?"

As she squatted down, her legs spread apart, revealing her stomach, and Yuan Xiu could see her slightly protruding belly.

"Don't squat, get up quickly." She quickly helped her sit down.

Teacher Shen smiled and said, "You noticed, I'm pregnant. Besides my husband, you're the third person to know."