CH 6

It was summer, the asphalt road was roasted by the sun and exuded an unpleasant smell. It felt sticky and uncomfortable when he walked on the road.

After walking for more than ten minutes, Gu Xia arrived at the vegetable market. There weren’t many people buying vegetables in this market at the moment. Many vegetable vendors were in their sheds. They used the cables to plug in electric fans, and enjoy the cool air leisurely. Many vegetables had already gone to waste from the heat of the sun.

Gu Xia knew that Aunt Zhang would bring vegetables over at night, so he only bought some meat ingredients for dishes that he was good at, such as pork feet, fish, spare ribs. Of course, he also bought some vegetarian options such as tofu and potatoes, as well as some seasonings.

After buying the vegetables, Gu Xia touched his pocket, and there was only less than 100 yuan left in it. Out of the 200 yuan that his dad gave him yesterday, it cost more than 100 yuan to buy ingredients. He was actively buying so many ingredients, after so many years. He didn’t care too much about saving money, after all, in front of the happiness of his family the money was really useless.

Gu Xia wiped the sweat from his head, and his upper body shirt was already soaking wet. It was too hot this day. What Gu Xia hated most was summer, which was hot and uncomfortable, and there were also nasty things like mosquitoes and flies.

When he got home, he found that Li Jingjing was leaning on the sofa and had fallen asleep, and the TV was still playing My Fair Princess. Gu Xia turned off the TV and turned the fan on to maximum power while shaking his head. He took care to not wake her, and went to his room to change his shirt. Although the weather was hot, if the wind from the electric fan kept blowing on his body, it would dry his sweat.

Gu Xia looked at the clock. It was 3:30 pm. He thought that he had nothing to do, so he went to his room and took out the high school textbook to read. Although he was reborn 10 years in the past, Gu Xia had almost forgotten all this knowledge. Therefore, in order to avoid appearing ignorant when he went to the university, Gu Xia planned to review this knowledge. Although it was not very useful, it was better than not reading it.

Gu Xia’s university admission examination was filled in for Jiangbei University. Jiangbei University was in the urban area, not too far from his home. It took only two hours by car. Gu Xia’s college entrance examination score was more than ten points higher than Jiangbei University’s admission score, so if he studied well, Jiangbei University was a sure thing.

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“Brother Xia, why are you reading the textbook for the second year of high school?”

Li Jingjing, who was still a little sleepy, asked suspiciously when Gu Xia was reading the textbook for the second year of high school.

“Hmm~ ah, I have nothing to do now, I’m studying this so that I won’t forget it.”