The 70s Novel: The Supporting Character Just Wants to Lie Down-Chapter 83: Rewards for the Monthly Exam

One person serves in the military, and the whole family is honored.

However, for families with only one child, the elderly are still reluctant to let their children take risks.

Moreover, not everyone can join the military. Annually, a certain number of slots are released, but they’re highly coveted, and sometimes without connections, you can’t even register.

Of course, there are times of large-scale recruitment, but that’s usually when there’s a battle at the front.

The common people didn’t know much about this, and since J City belonged to the wealthy region of Jiangnan, there hadn’t been large-scale recruitment for over a decade.

Liu Yulan seemed to share the same thought as Wang Baoxing, both doting on their children. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have let Wang Jia Bao run wild without discipline. A fifteen-year-old boy who hadn’t even done farm work — this was rare in the village.

And Yang Zhigang was demobilized from the battlefield due to injury. Although his job is good now, it’s still a good life earned with his life. As a son-in-law, Liu Yulan sometimes felt scared when she thought about it. If it were her son, heaven forbid something happens someday, it would be the end of her...

The topic awkwardly ended like that.

Yang Zhigang and Jiang Yan exchanged a glance and tacitly changed the subject. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Wang Miaomiao sighed quietly and focused on her meal, yet she was silently planning in her heart. There’s still two years left; some things are too early to discuss now, no rush.

After dinner, taking advantage of the still bright evening, Jiang Yan didn’t stay long. He drove away, saying he’d come to pick them up at three the next day and take them back to school.

At night, Cheng Xue and Wang Miaomiao squeezed onto one bed, whispering. Today, it was Cheng Xue’s first time using a wood stove and doing those trivial household chores, which she found quite interesting. Talking and talking, she started to reminisce about her past life...

After more than half a month of getting along, the two became such good friends that they shared everything. Wang Miaomiao didn’t specifically explore Cheng Xue’s identity, only learning a bit through her sparse words.

Cheng Xue came from Beijing. Her father and brother are both in the military. She grew up in the military environment. Last year, her mother passed away due to illness. Her father and brother were both extremely busy, and there was no one to control her anymore. She was alone every day, wandering between the strictly managed school and the cold home. After middle school, not wanting to live such a monotonous life and unable to withstand the loneliness, she ran away in frustration to find Jiang Yan.

"Dad hasn’t been home in two years. Even when Mom passed, he didn’t return; I have no idea where he is. Sometimes, he doesn’t call for three or four months. Brother comes home once a month at best." Cheng Xue nestled beside Wang Miaomiao, her eyes slightly moist, "They don’t care about me. Mom’s gone; no one cares about me anymore."

Wang Miaomiao held her, gently patting her shoulder, "Sleep... I’m right here with you..."

She didn’t know how to comfort her, to say something about how her dad and brother are soldiers and have no control over their circumstances? She found herself unable to say it, nor did she feel entitled to...

She could only provide the most primitive comfort... companionship, being with her, letting her know that she’s not alone, that she has someone to rely on now.

The next day after waking up, Cheng Xue was lively again, as if last night’s fragility and sadness were just a fleeting moment.

Wang Miaomiao smiled and let go of everything from the previous night. Everyone has their own struggles, and when feeling down, one must learn to adjust and control themselves. Life is too short; decades pass in a blur, gone in the blink of an eye. Whether you’re sad or joyful, it’s all a day. How you want to live depends entirely on your mindset.

"Sis, we don’t even have monthly tests at our school. Please spare us." Wang Jia Bao looked at the test papers in his hand, feeling hopeless.

Wang Miaomiao didn’t even look up as she was preparing math test papers. These exercise books were rarely available on the market. This time, caught off guard, she could only prepare some problems for them to work on. "Hurry up, don’t waste time. If you weren’t my brother, I wouldn’t even bother with you."

Wang Miaomiao hoped that what he’d learned these two years would be solid. She knew that the national notification of the restoration of the college entrance exams had just been received. From the actual exam date, there was only about a month’s preparation time. Time was too short, and many people didn’t have time to prepare. Learning well now would give him a greater chance of getting into a good university in the future. Besides, he had nothing else to do but study now.

Cheng Xue, on the side, was holding the highlighted political textbook by Wang Miaomiao and laughing. Indeed, having someone to suffer with you made things more bearable.

"You’re laughing; it’s all because of you." Wang Jia Bao looked angrily at the girl across from him, who was gloating. It was all because of her; if he wasn’t tutoring her, his sister wouldn’t have thought of tutoring at all.

"Bleh..." Cheng Xue made a face, laughing brightly, not caring about the reason; as long as someone was more miserable than her, she was happy.

"Alright, get on with it. Jia Bao, look, Jian Min has already finished a problem. If you keep delaying, are you going to solve a few more problems?" Wang Miaomiao looked up, knocking on the table as a warning to Wang Jia Bao, then turned to Cheng Xue, "You too, stop fooling around and get on with your memorization. Later, I’m going to test you..."

Seeing Wang Miaomiao’s authority, the two glared at each other and then turned away with an air of defiance, finally settling down to their tasks.

Wang Miaomiao shook her head with a chuckle at the sight, truly childish.

Sometimes, last-minute cramming can be useful. Cheng Xue wasn’t stupid; she was clever and good at the sciences; she just didn’t like memorizing liberal arts. Wang Miaomiao was good at highlighting key points, and memorizing those would suffice.

The month-end examination results were quickly released, and Wang Miaomiao was at the top of the list, far ahead. However, the second place, Zhou Hu, was also impressive, only five points behind her. Ren Caihong, in third, was a bit behind them, trailing Zhou Hu by a full twenty-six points, making it seem like a lower tier.

Cheng Xue ranked thirtieth. Had it not been for her lower liberal arts scores, she could have done better. Nevertheless, she managed to keep her spot in the top class, and she was quite satisfied.

Notably, Liu Ying was like a dark horse, breaking into the top class, ranking fifth, quite remarkable. It confirmed what she’d said before; they’d meet again very soon.

Meanwhile, Li Jiajia surprisingly scored forty-first, which was somewhat awkward.

The top class had forty-one students because of Cheng Xue’s addition. So, this time during class reassignments, would this forty-first be placed at the bottom of the top class or first in the second class?

When Wang Miaomiao saw that forty-first was Li Jiajia, she knew what was happening. That evening, Li Jiajia went home, and indeed, the next day when classes resumed, Li Jiajia still walked into the top class.

Sometimes, power is just that useful; it’s no wonder some people are eager for it.

However, this didn’t affect Wang Miaomiao much.

After getting her reward, she happily dragged Cheng Xue out to have a nice meal.