Thirty-two moves of the Monkey King

  Li Wei had bought the materials from town that day, and was originally going to tidy up, but suddenly remembered the school's art performance selection for tomorrow, so she hastily picked up her instrument and started practicing "A Wide River".

  As long as I practice the song well and get selected, I'm still confident, after all, there's no one in school who can play an instrument, even if my level is very poor.

  The next afternoon, the selection was held in the largest office of the school. Li Wei saw two familiar faces, one was her classmate from first grade, Gu Liwei, who performed a dance "Ali Shan's Girl" wearing her beautiful princess dress. The other was Chen Wei from their class, who sang "Let's Row the Double Oars", with a clear and pleasant voice, very moving.

  The school's enrollment was originally not many, and Guliwei, Chen Wei, and Li Wei were all selected. The formal performance is next Wednesday, and before that, music teacher Kong will provide some guidance.

  What excited Li Wei was that today, the teacher Kong who came to interview everyone had a sky blue velvet hair clip on his ponytail, a genuine product of Li Wei's, hehe.

  Li Wei returned to the classroom after the interview, still causing a stir. The vast majority of children had never seen any musical instrument up close before, so they curiously asked Li Wei to take it out and show them. Li Wei generously opened the piano case, took out the piano, and let everyone touch it. Li Lin, who was squeezed to one side, glared at her classmates with some discontent, but could do nothing about it.

  Finally, at the request of some students, Li Wei performed two very simple little songs for everyone, making a group of children envy her endlessly, and Li Lin, who liked to show off, was both envious and jealous, and considered whether she should also ask her mother to buy a piano to learn.

  In the evening after school, as usual, a group of children did their homework first. Then the boys went to practice martial arts with Wu Feng, and Li Wei practiced piano. Nothing was different for Li Lin.

  Li Wei's family had originally used the eight immortals table as a desk, equipped with folding stools bought by her father from the market. Seven or eight children sat around it, making it very lively.

  Considering the current textbook is indeed simple, Li Wei adds some content from higher grade textbooks borrowed from Dajunzi next door for everyone to learn twice a week while completing their homework. The kids don't seem to have much difficulty accepting it.

  Li Wei thought that before junior high school, she was still fine, and some subjects might have been forgotten, but a temporary review should be no big deal. The most frightening thing is high school.

  Li Wei was weak in math and physics when she was in high school. At that time, in order to make it easier to take the science exam for university, she also studied science. As a result, physics and mathematics were never understood until college. Mathematics is relatively better, but physics has never been qualified. The whole high school was made to be disheartened by physics. If not for her excellent performance in language, foreign language, and politics, it's estimated that there would be no hope for university.

  Now there is an opportunity to re-read books. Li Wei has decided that this time she won't read science subjects anymore. However, it seems that the competition for liberal arts in university entrance exams is more intense and requires memorizing more things. She thinks her own intelligence is just average. At that time, she can't help but put in a lot of effort. In order to add some insurance, Li Wei decided to make an extra effort during the summer vacation. Let the kids read more books. When school starts again, jump one grade directly to fourth grade. Prepare for re-reading in case of failure in university entrance exams in the future.

  It seems that even if they skip levels, they will still bring everyone along, including the twins from her family. Others are not prepared at all but dare to follow and skip levels. Li Wei has no doubt that history will repeat itself and Principal Chen will be bullied again.

  And Luo Da. The number of grazing areas has now increased to two sheep. And in five or six months, it is possible that there will be an increase to four or five. Li Wei saw that Luo Da seemed to be able to accept the sheep's milk quite well. Her grandfather, on the other hand, seemed to be drinking Chinese medicine. So she spared her grandfather from the torture and transferred it to Luo Da instead. Luo Da did not disappoint everyone. He drank as much as he was given, without any difference from drinking plain water.

  Li Wei felt a great comfort. Otherwise, she would always use child labor and her heart would not be at peace. It just so happens that this is also a case of Ruo Da being self-sufficient and consuming the fruits of his own labor.

  As for the new fabric, Li Wei found Lin Si Shu through her maternal grandfather. According to the requirements, all the fabrics were cut into uniform strips and sewn into cloth bags. Li Wei paid by piecework. Then, she also found Wu Feng Ma through her maternal grandfather, who processed Lin Si Shu's semi-finished products into finished products, also paying by piecework.

  This way, efficiency is improved and everyone is happy.

  So far, although Wu Feng and Er Pangzi know that Li Wei goes to the market every Sunday to sell flower crowns, they don't know that this thing is profitable. Others can't imagine that this little kid's toy can make money. Moreover, there are no raw materials for sale in the market, so Li Wei can still maintain a monopoly in the short term.

  The days passed one by one, and soon it was the day of the cultural performance gala.

  In the morning, students still attended classes as usual.

  At noon, Li Wei went home and had a simple meal. Then she changed into her new skirt, white socks and red leather shoes. After that, she rushed to school with her violin on her back. Teacher Kong seemed to be going to give everyone makeup.

  Li Lin was stared at by one side until her eyes turned green with anger.

  The performance was a success. There were seven elementary schools in the town, and each school selected four or five programs on average. Li Wei won first prize with her less-than-half-bottle erhu playing skills, and received a certificate of award, but no prizes or bonuses.

  Li Wei understood in her heart that it wasn't because of her own good performance, but rather, among the over thirty programs, apart from singing and dancing, there were also a few poetry recitals and two boys doing cross-talk. Her instrumental performance was considered to have the most technical value. Of course, excluding the music teachers who accompanied each school's performances.

  So, originally winning an award was a pretty glorious thing, but she just couldn't get excited about it.

  In the evening, Li Wei and her friends returned home from school. Li Lin rushed into her own courtyard, didn't even put down her school bag, and dashed into her mother's workshop, shouting: "Mom! Buy me an erhu! I want to play the erhu!"

  She startled her mother, who thought to herself, "What's going on? She was fine when she came back at noon, how did she suddenly change in the afternoon?" Isn't she not fond of learning the erhu? So Cheng Min treated it as a child's temporary tantrum and waved her hand to shoo Li Lin away: "Go go, do your homework, don't bother me here. If you want to learn erhu, go ask your sister to teach you, why buy an erhu when one is not enough for the two of you to play with? Get out get out."

  Li Lin's application was ruthlessly rejected by her mother, and she walked out of the baozi workshop in a bad mood. It seemed that she had no choice but to learn erhu from her sister. She didn't have her sister's talent, and her mother wouldn't buy one for her; she had neither the money nor the courage to do so herself. However, if she learned well, she could wear beautiful dresses like her sister's to perform on stage, and she didn't mind begging her sister nicely.

  Li Lin absent-mindedly finished her homework, while others practiced martial arts or played the piano. Li Lin took a cup of water from the table where she had placed a large water bottle and a dozen cups, put on a flattering smile, and handed the cup to her sister: "Sister, take a break, okay? Sister, can you teach me?"

  Some people are born with certain things and don't need to be taught, they come naturally, such as drinking milk, or flattering and fawning.

  Li Wei glanced at Li Lin, feeling that it wasn't suitable to always dangle Qiao in front of her. The timing was almost right, and she didn't want things to backfire. She had played this trick on Li Lin for a while now, and it was getting a bit old. She picked up the water cup and took a sip before saying, "Do you really want to learn?"

  Li Lin nodded like a little chick pecking at rice: "Really, really, I'll definitely study hard and diligently. If I don't, you can hit me, but I won't tell on you!"

  It seems she also knows that she likes to tell on others.

  Li Wei's expression turned serious: "Well... I'll think about it. If you really want to learn, write a letter of guarantee. Write down how you plan to persist in learning until the end and express your determination. If the letter is well-written and I see that you're genuinely interested in learning the erhu, I'll give you this erhu as a gift. Also, the dress I wore during today's performance, I'll give it to you too. What do you think?"

  Buy potatoes and get a pumpkin, Li Lin was overjoyed, jumped up and took out a square notebook from her backpack, but before writing, she still had to confirm: "Sister, you must keep your promise, no backing out!"

  "Calculate, calculate, you write, write. My sister, once the words are out, it's hard to chase after them like a team of six horses. Hurry up and write neatly." Li Wei was overjoyed in her heart, haha, this second fool is finally going to take action.

  Li Lin was also straightforward, for that beautiful skirt, she went all out. The writing speed that had never been seen before, in less than five minutes, a guarantee letter or a decision letter was more appropriate.

  Li Wei took it over and almost laughed out loud at the first two lines, which read:

  I must practice erhu on Monday after school, Tuesday after school, Wednesday after school...

  Wrote all the way until Sunday, a whole stream of consciousness account.

  Li Wei thought it was necessary for them to practice writing essays.

  Skip a week of seven days after school practice erhu, finally is a very realistic determination:

  If I don't play the erhu, then I don't want that skirt either.

  Wow! What a huge determination!

  Li Wei was a little moved, Little sister, you're really thoughtful. If you didn't play the erhu, this sacrifice would be shocking to heaven and earth, and even ghosts and gods would be moved.

  Finally, Li Wei had Li Lin add a line on the back of the letter of guarantee:

  If I slack off and stop studying, let my sister scold me as she pleases. If I tattle, may I never have beautiful dresses to wear again.

  Determined person: Li Lin signature

  Guarantor: Mom's signature

  Supervisor: Grandfather's signature

  xxxx year x month x day

  But books also have to be tailored to people's tastes.

  Old Mama Cheng Min looked at the tricks her daughters had come up with, and with a mixture of tears and laughter, she signed her name with a flourish of her pen and continued working.

  The old man looked at the note made by his granddaughters for a long time, smacking his lips: "Grandpa will press a fingerprint, okay?"

  After completing the handover procedures, Li Wei didn't say a word and gave everything to Li Lin, including the erhu and skirt.

  Li Linle's mouth couldn't close, looking at this and that, and the time spent looking at the skirt was relatively longer. Touching the smooth fabric of the skirt, she couldn't help herself, quickly ran into the house to change into it.

  Li Lin was admiring herself in the mirror when she suddenly felt that her sister had been very happy when giving these two things to her.

  What's wrong with this skirt? It looks fine no matter how I look at it.

  Or... is there something wrong with this erhu or has it gone bad? Looking at it from top to bottom, I couldn't find any problem.

  Lei Wei, who was leisurely resting outside the house, had no idea about her sister's malicious thoughts. She looked at Li Lin and said: "Li Lin, Li Lin, come out to practice piano!" Haha, it still rhymes pretty well. Can add two more sentences: "If you don't practice, I'll spank your butt!" Hehe.

  On this side, Li Lin was suspiciously practicing the erhu, while on that side, a few young boys were practicing martial arts with a "heh heh" and "ha ha". Li Wei was drinking water and thinking to herself, why not go to the music store to buy some practice scores for Li Lin, maybe she could see the handsome young man again. The more she thought about it, the more her heart ached, finally making up her mind to go this weekend.

  In the evening, Li Wei played basketball for a while and sweated profusely. After taking a warm bath, she put on her comfortable floral cotton skirt at home and sorted out the hairpins sent by Wu Feng's mother. To say that adults' efficiency is extraordinary, in just a few days, they have already done more than Li Wei did in a week.

  Of course, nominally it was still her grandfather who helped friends find people for commissioned processing.

  Li Wei sorted out all the hairpins, threading ten of each style onto a string according to their price and design. There were only three types now: bow-shaped, plastic-beaded, and plain fabric ones. The bow-shaped ones cost six jiao each, the beaded ones seven jiao, and the plain fabric ones five jiao.

  Although a pile of them looks green and beautiful, Li Wei still thinks the style is too monotonous. Now that she doesn't have to do so much manual work herself, it seems like she can shift her focus to design. However, thinking about it again, the local market is limited after all, and over time Wu Feng's mother and Lin Si will inevitably discover the business opportunities in this area. At that point, with her current abilities, she estimates that she won't be able to compete with others, and developing things to that stage would also lose its meaning.

  At her age now, it's really not suitable for her to earn that hard-earned money, and it's not worth it.

  So Li Wei thought for a moment and decided not to go to the market this week. She would take advantage of going to the music store to buy sheet music and look at the handsome young man, and directly bring the flowers to the free market on Changjiang Road to take a look.

  It's better to stay away from that fabric seller, if not, just buy all his fabrics first and then set up a stall to sell hair accessories. Otherwise, it will be difficult to haggle over prices in the future, and being discovered by that cunning boss won't be fun. As for those who sell plastic beads... forget it, it's hard to guard against everything, let's just take it one day at a time.

  Li Wei's mental abacus was clicking away rapidly, her calculations flying fast, but no matter how you looked at it, she didn't seem like someone who could handle big things.

  So on Sunday morning, Li Wei and her loyal apprentice Luo Da set out with a big bag of flowers each.

  Li Wei didn't originally plan to bring so much, the market hasn't been surveyed yet, if it can't be sold and has to be carried back, that would be too troublesome.

  However, Lin Si Shu and Wu Feng Ma saw the money and simultaneously took action. In less than a week's time, they had already made three big bundles of hairpieces. Li Wei was taken aback by this... it was just too much!

  Of course, Lin Si Shu and Wu Feng Ma each took the more than ten yuan they earned in a week, and were delighted, otherwise how could they be so energetic?

  Li Wei sat on the bus with a bouquet of flowers behind her head, secretly sighing. The sales test is coming so soon, she said, not mentally prepared yet.

  The man sitting next to her, Luo Da, hugged the package on his thigh, he knew what was inside, so he frowned, those stupid women were even more foolish than the fool beside him, they actually spent money to grab this broken thing, it's really a brain with worms.

  Li Wei was despised again and again. Or, could it be better?

  Zongzi rolls in sugar, happiness lasts forever. Wishing everyone a happy holiday!

  I went back to my hometown today and rushed back home at night to finish a chapter, I'm so tired, now I'm sleeping.