Chapter 423: Perhaps a happy and complete family

December 16th, Monday.

The past week had been overcast, but waking up this morning, it was a rare sunny day.

Sigh, it just had to be clear when I came.

And since I've already been stripped of my qualification to give a speech, why isn't it raining? Why!

Heaven has no eyes!

Arrived at school.

"According to unofficial history, Hua Xiong was a general who strictly followed traffic rules. Back when Dong Zhuo was being attacked by the eighteen feudal lords, he saw Guan Yu appear from the enemy camp and thought the red light had turned on, so he reined in his horse and waited on the spot, even asking the lieutenant beside him, 'Why is this damn red light still moving?' 'Holy crap, why does this red light have a blade in its hand?' 'Ahhhhh, the red light is killing people!'"

"In the end, he didn't react in time, and was easily beheaded by Guan Yu while the wine was still warm."

Bai Bufan remained the person at Nansang Middle School who respected Lord Guan the most, and today, unofficial history was once again ravaging Guan Yu.

According to Bai Bufan, if it had been Ultraman dueling Hua Xiong, he would only have needed to hold out for three minutes; once the red light started flashing, he would probably have put down the brake and prepared to start moving.

——The Subject Three and Subject Four exams are this week. Reviewing the knowledge—not bad, I've mastered it well.

"Hey, tell me, is Optimus Prime unbeatable against traffic lights? When it's red, he turns into a human to walk; when it's green, he turns into a car to drive." The next second, Lin Li's wandering thoughts made him sigh with emotion.

"Holy shit, that's actually true!"

"No wonder there's a policy saying only Transformers can get a Shanghai residence permit! So that's what they considered!"

"So, when Optimus Prime is lonely, will he actually look for a ride-hailing car?"

"Holy crap! Hasn't this question been asked for months? No recycling old memes! Are you out of material? Deducting money!"

Once upon a time, when Bai Bufan asked him this question, he still had to force himself to stay focused and listen during class.

But now, for regular courses, even if Lin Li listened attentively, it wouldn't be of much benefit to his grades.

Morning reading passed in quiet laughter, and then, the first period on Monday was the class meeting.

"I'll talk about a few things today."

When Xue Jian walked in for class, he didn't bring any test papers or lesson plans; it looked like a proper class meeting:

"The first thing is more immediate. This weekend, the school will be requisitioned as a test site for a math competition, and our classroom will most likely be used."

"The exam is on Sunday afternoon. Students staying at school, don't come to the teaching building all day Sunday. Students returning to school, take note as well—don't come to the classroom too early."

"You don't need to arrange the desks and chairs; someone will handle that. If you can clear out your drawers, it's best to do so. It's not strictly required since it's just the preliminary round, but be prepared for strangers to use and move them."

"If you have any valuables, make sure to put them away carefully."

"Alright, that's the first thing. It doesn't concern most students much. The second thing concerns everyone—it's about New Year's Day."

"For New Year's Day, the school has arranged two activities."

"The first is the customary New Year's Gala, which will be held on the playground in the evening."

"For the school-level gala, programs are collected and screened from the whole school. There should still be a few spots left for programs that haven't been decided yet. If you have the desire to perform on stage, you can apply within this week."

The reason why Xue Jian was only just notifying them about the New Year's Gala preparations, yet there were few spots left, wasn't because other classes were faster, but because these programs were usually 'pre-determined' for the most part.

Or rather, they were prioritized for clubs and the student council.

Most of them were actually singing programs; many of the top ten singers from the second year in previous years had already received invitations in advance.

——The New Year's Gala only concerned first and second-year students. Third-year students, at most, would run to the first and second-year playground during the evening self-study break to take a look.

Aside from these songs, the dance club would have one or two dance programs, the teacher group would inevitably be forced to go up and perform something like poetry recitation or even aerobics, and one or two language-based programs... just like that, most of the spots were taken up.

The remaining few spots were for the first and second years to fight over together; even if you wanted to go up, it would be quite difficult.

But this was actually quite good. If every class really had to come up with a program to perform, that would be true torture.

"Then the second activity is the New Year's Garden Party."

Seeing that no one was asking about the gala programs, Xue Jian nodded knowingly and continued:

"This activity is participated in by class units. Each class needs to come up with a project and set up a stall or activity point in a designated area."

Regarding the designated areas, the classroom and the corridor outside your own class are, of course, free for the class to use. Besides those two, you can also apply to the school in advance for the open area outside the first floor."

In previous years, there were classes from higher floors that somehow got a food cart and sold hand-grabbed pancakes right on the first floor; it was quite impressive."

The type of stall or activity point is very free; the school basically doesn't limit it. You can play, eat, or sell things—anything goes."

"Besides the pancakes I just mentioned, like the students I taught in the previous batch, their project was that ring-toss game similar to what you see at fairs—charging admission, and giving prizes if you land a ring."

"In previous years, there were also people selling milk tea, grilled sausages, and what was it called... 'Gu'? Seems like that was the name. It seemed to sell quite well too."

"As long as the items or projects sold don't violate school regulations and public order and good customs, there's no problem."

Lin Li didn't even need to look up to know that Xue Jian was staring at Bai Bufan when he said this, and probably glancing at him as well.

Bai Bufan is truly bad.

Seeing Lin Li playing dead, Xue Jian paused and continued to introduce:

"The school will give each class 100 yuan in funding. Of course, this is far from enough, but don't complain that it's too little. Just treat this 100 yuan as a subsidy from the school; it mainly depends on the class fund. However, if you can pull in sponsorships or something, that counts as your ability."

"You are responsible for your own profits and losses. The money for buying materials, renting equipment, and stocking goods all comes from this. Then, the money earned will all be added to the class fund, or it can be used as wages—the projects in the class definitely need people in charge, but I don't suggest fixing anyone to stay in the classroom all the time; it's better for everyone to rotate 'working'."

"But everyone doesn't need to have too much of a profit motive just because you are responsible for your own profits and losses. The essence of the school holding this activity is to let you have fun. There are no rankings; it's just to enrich campus life."

"I won't say too much. As in the past, your activities are for you to handle yourselves. If there are no difficulties that need me to solve, I won't actively interfere. Just let me take a look after the project is finalized."

"Then let's talk about the time for these two activities."

"Because this year's New Year's Day is on a Wednesday and there's no shift in workdays, these two activities will be concentrated in the half-week before New Year's Day, letting you relax a bit."

"The New Year's Gala will be held on the evening of Monday, December 30th. As for the Garden Party, it will be held on the morning of the 31st. Then in the afternoon, the school knows you won't be in the mood for class for the remaining half-day, so we will hold a first-year assembly in the auditorium."

"You can bring your phones during that half-week, but just like during the sports meet, you must hand them to me in advance. You still have to attend normal classes during Sunday evening self-study and Monday daytime; they will be returned to you on Monday evening."

"Don't harbor any wishful thinking. If you don't hand it over and I catch you, you'll get your phone back at the end of the term. If the school catches you, heh, don't ask me to plead for you. Go to the Academic Affairs Office to get it yourself after graduation."

Bai Bufan didn't even need to look up to know that Xue Jian was staring at Lin Li when he said this, and probably glancing at him as well.

Lin Li is truly bad.

"Those of you who want to sign up for gala programs can tell me now. Those who have ideas for the Garden Party can discuss them. There's still half a month; if the project isn't complicated, there's plenty of time."

Unlike the sparse response to the New Year's Gala, the classroom immediately became noisy. Everyone was quite interested in this Garden Party.

"What should we do?"

"I feel like food and drinks would be better. If we can't sell them in the end, we can consume them ourselves, so it won't be a waste."

"My family has a smoothie machine. If needed, I can borrow it for the class to use for free—it's a pity it's winter now; it would definitely sell better in summer, but I think there will definitely be customers who want to eat it. And smoothies are actually just ice with some flavored water; the cost definitely isn't high."

"Can consider it."

"Playing projects like the ring toss the teacher mentioned are also fine. This actually has no cost and can be reused repeatedly, or even rented directly. Since it's only for one day, I think it's also not bad."

"How about our class just turns into a flea market and sells second-hand goods?"

"..."

——This is the style of the first half of the class, humans.

"What should we do?"

"Our Class Four can't lose face. Don't do anything small-minded that makes people look down on us. If we sell, we sell luxury goods, sell gold and silver jewelry!!!"

"However, having said that, I don't have a channel for gold jewelry for the time being."

"What the hell else can you sell!"

"How about selling Genshin Impact merchandise? According to unofficial history, New Year's Day was established to celebrate the birth of Genshin Impact, so it fits the occasion."

"Holy crap! You little traitor! I'm going to invite Zhu Yuanzhang!"

"Why invite Zhu Yuanzhang?"

"Zhu Yuanzhang hates Genshin Impact, which is why he established Wuthering Waves, attempting to counter Genshin Impact."

"Holy crap! So Brother Gou is the moderator of the anti-Genshin subreddit!"

"What you guys are saying makes me want to eat mangoes. I think our class should still sell food. That way, if it doesn't sell out, we can finish it ourselves at noon. Isn't that great?"

"Besides, I agree with what Bufan said—our Class Four can't lose face. We can't sell small-minded things that make people look down on us, so we'll sell Boston lobsters and king crabs!"

"Bao, are you ordering a meal with the class fund here?"

"What are you guys doing? In the end, the project has to be reviewed and finalized by Old Jian. You guys won't pass the review at all. Better listen to me; I have a plan that can make Class Four go from bright to mysterious." ===== CHAPTER 424 =====