Chapter 431: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 431: A Sense of Boundaries That Should Exist, Still Must Exist

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

While exclaiming that Niu Chunsheng had money, Wang Xiaoqian also did not forget to praise Xiao Hua:

"Speaking of which, your mindset is really good. If I were treated so differently, I don't know how much grievance I'd suffer in my heart."

Wang Xiaoqian looked at Xiao Hua, with a trace of sympathy.

"Children from poor families, having crawled and struggled from childhood to adulthood, don't know how many falls they've taken; after all the bumps and knocks, they've long since grown thick-skinned."

Xiao Hua laughed it off.

Then he said:

"Let's not talk about these things. Hurry up and tell me about your studies; I'll make a study plan for you."

"My math is very poor; I fail every exam. My Chinese and English are passable—I can score eighty or ninety out of 120—but physics is a complete mess."

Wang Xiaoqian said truthfully.

Xiao Hua said:

"That's normal. Girls who have subject biases generally can't do science, while boys who have subject biases mostly can't do liberal arts. Take me, for example; my English isn't very good."

Wang Xiaoqian asked in surprise:

"You're ranked first in the whole school, yet your English isn't good? If you're not good, who is?"

Xiao Hua explained with a laugh:

"My total score is first in the whole school, but I've never ranked first in English as a single subject."

Wang Xiaoqian sighed:

"You academic geniuses are truly humble!"

Xiao Hua said:

"As long as you learn math well, physics will follow easily. And to learn math well, you must build a solid foundation. To build a solid foundation, this summer vacation, you must go over all the knowledge points from Junior High Year One to Junior High Year Three again."

Wang Xiaoqian immediately felt her head swell, and felt somewhat dejected:

"That must be so difficult. I thought you had some shortcut for studying!"

Xiao Hua laughed helplessly:

"What shortcut is there in studying? It's all steady, step-by-step work. You must first build a solid foundation before you can climb higher. Don't be afraid; it's like building a house. As long as you tamp down the foundation well, the later work of adding bricks and tiles will be much easier."

Xiao Hua also said:

"I'll make you a study schedule table later. Starting tomorrow, we'll study according to the plan. I guarantee that this summer vacation, you'll see improvement!"

Just then, Niu Lin Xin walked in after finishing her meal.

"What are you talking about?"

Wang Xiaoqian hurriedly said:

"What else could we talk about? Naturally, we're talking about studying. Lin Xin, Xiao Hua says there are no shortcuts in studying. What should we do?"

Niu Lin Xin came before Xiao Hua, her expression strange, and questioned:

"Do you not want to teach us?"

Xiao Hua was immediately speechless.

"How could I not want to teach you? Rest assured, your father paid me to come as a tutor, and I will definitely do my best to tutor you."

"Then why did you say there are no shortcuts in studying? If there really are no shortcuts, how did you score better than others?"

Niu Lin Xin retorted.

She felt Xiao Hua definitely had some secret.

Otherwise, with his conditions, never having attended a tutoring class even once, how could he have ranked first in the whole school?

Xiao Hua was about to open his mouth to explain that there really were no shortcuts.

But upon second thought, honest advice is hard to hear, and speaking the plain truth would probably make Niu Lin Xin unhappy.

And if Niu Lin Xin was unhappy, she might go complain to her parents.

If things really came to that, it would be a hundred harms and no benefit for Xiao Hua.

So he immediately changed his words:

"Let's put it this way: there actually are shortcuts, but this shortcut also requires some effort. Rest assured, as long as you study according to my methods, you will definitely learn something."

"Really?" Niu Lin Xin half-believed, half-doubted.

"Of course it's true!" Xiao Hua said categorically.

Then he hurriedly changed the subject:

"Sister Lin Xin, tell me about your study situation so I can make a corresponding study plan for you. How does that saying go? Teach according to aptitude, and you'll get twice the result with half the effort."

Niu Lin Xin said:

"Most of my subjects aren't very good; only Chinese and English are passable."

Xiao Hua said:

"Then your situation is similar to classmate Xiaoqian's; neither of you is good at science. This summer vacation, we'll focus on math, physics, chemistry, and biology."

Niu Lin Xin said:

"Chemistry only starts after Junior High Year Three begins school; we haven't learned this course yet."

Xiao Hua said:

"Then we can learn some basics in advance. That can boost your confidence, and when school starts in September, following the teacher will be much easier."

Wang Xiaohua also said:

"I feel that the biggest shortcuts to learning are threefold: first, one must understand how to draw inferences from one example and apply them flexibly; second, one must take more notes, for a good memory is not as good as a bad pen; third, one must understand how to study ahead, for even studying ahead a little bit can boost confidence."

That evening, Wang Xiaohua gained a detailed understanding of Niu Lin Xin and Wang Xiaoqian's learning situations, then formulated detailed study plans for them; by the time this work was done, the time had already reached ten o'clock at night.

It was very late, so Wang Xiaohua said his goodbyes and left.

As for how to implement this study plan, that was a matter for after tomorrow.

After Wang Xiaohua left, Niu Chunsheng then said to Niu Lin Xin:

"Look at Xiao Hua, how devoted and painstaking he is; with him tutoring our daughter, her grades will certainly rise. In the future, don't make him wear shoe covers again — if shoe covers are to be worn, everyone wears them together; differential treatment is not good. Xiao Hua this child is so clever, he surely saw through everything long ago; he just doesn't say anything about it."

Niu Chunsheng felt his wife had gone a bit too far.

However you put it, Wang Xiaohua is merely a simple teenager who just turned eighteen; there was truly no need to treat him like this.

Besides, he came to tutor our daughter's homework, not to steal or rob; why harbor such great hostility?

Lin Xiaofang, however, said:

"This necessary sense of boundaries must still be maintained. Am I not giving him a warning? Doing one's proper duty is enough; absolutely no improper thoughts. After all, we paid money to invite him here. If he can see through the intent behind my small actions tonight, that's best; if he can't, later I'll have to keep giving him a few more warnings."

Niu Chunsheng's face was full of speechlessness:

"You, you — when did you become this personality? In the past, you weren't like this toward Li Xiulan."

Lin Xiaofang rolled her eyes:

"Li Xiulan can't stir up any waves; Wang Xiaohua is different. He's that clever, I'm just afraid my daughter will be deceived and cheated!"

Niu Chunsheng cried and laughed, at a loss:

"His studies are so good, his future achievements our family probably can't even hope to reach; I invited him to tutor our daughter, still wanting to build a good relationship with him, yet you do this — aren't you making things difficult for me? You wouldn't think I offered a high price of ten thousand yuan because of old friendship with Li Xiulan, would you?"

"If not for that reason, what other reason could there be? You, ah, still can't let her go after all; these years you've helped Li Xiulan no less!"

It was precisely because Niu Chunsheng helped Li Xiulan too much that Lin Xiaofang gradually developed hostility.

Before, she only felt Li Xiulan was pitiable, so helping a bit didn't matter.

Later, Niu Chunsheng kept going to help; whenever Li Xiulan sought help, he never refused, sometimes even helping proactively before Li Xiulan even opened her mouth.

Then she felt it was, after all, a bit over the line.