70s Delicate Girl: A Guide to Being a Rich Woman-Chapter 47: Teaching the Problems

Walking out of Li Caixia’s room, Xu Mumu was still feeling distressed.

Xu Mumu found Xu Minghui to discuss with him, as her older brother had quite a few clever ideas.

"Sister, let me handle this matter. You just focus on going to school," Xu Minghui said, squinting slightly. If it was only one or two dollars, he might not have cared, but ten dollars was a significant amount, and their mother was surprisingly generous.

"Brother, are you sure you can handle it?" Xu Mumu was a bit worried.

"When have I ever been unreliable?" Xu Minghui raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Don’t blow this out of proportion," Xu Mumu shrugged and cautioned Xu Minghui.

At school, Xu Mumu was still thinking about the matter, but she quickly got absorbed in her studies. The midterm exam was next week, and it was something Xu Mumu cared about.

Since coming to this world, she had been trying to build an image of being diligent and ambitious. She also wanted to see whether the exam questions in this world would be difficult.

There was also the competition with Xiao Mengqin; Xiao Mengqin had been incredibly focused lately.

"Mumu, you have to help me. My mom found out about the midterm next week and promised me if I make it into the top twenty in class, she’d give me ten dollars to spend as I like," Du Yu said, looking at Xu Mumu with sparkling eyes. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

"Haven’t you been quite diligent recently? Whether you can make it into the top twenty depends on your own effort," Xu Mumu replied with a smile.

"I’m just not confident. I’ve been tutored for only a short time, and there are still many things I don’t understand. Mumu, can you highlight the key points for me? I’ll treat you to fried peanuts." Du Yu brought over his backpack, slightly opened the zipper, and showed Xu Mumu what he had brought for her.

Xu Mumu’s lips twitched; well, he had come prepared, and she happened to love this treat.

Resignedly, she handed over her notes to Du Yu: "Pay special attention to the parts I’ve marked," Xu Mumu said, handing him several notebooks.

"Thank you, thank you, take it all," Du Yu said excitedly, immediately taking the bag from his backpack and handing it to Xu Mumu.

Xu Mumu put the peanuts straight into her backpack; taking them back would surely delight the little ones at home.

"Did you bring these on purpose?" Xu Mumu asked, looking at Du Yu.

"Of course, I knew you wouldn’t just stand by and do nothing," Du Yu replied with a laugh, confident that Xu Mumu wouldn’t refuse him.

When she got home at night, Xu Mumu found her little brother in low spirits.

"Minglei, what’s wrong? Did someone bully you? You’re looking so down," Xu Mumu pinched the little one’s cheek.

"Sis, we had our midterm exam today, and I think I didn’t do well," the little boy replied a bit dejected.

"Did you compare answers?" Xu Mumu laughed; she thought it was something serious, but it was just this.

"Yeah, a lot of mine are different from Tiedan’s," Xu Minglei said with a pained expression, noting that other people’s answers differed from his as well.

"Do you still remember those questions?" Xu Mumu asked gently.

"Yes," Xu Minglei quickly recited the questions that differed from others’, as he remembered those particularly well.

"How did you solve them?" Xu Mumu was curious about how this little guy approached the tasks, knowing that those questions had a few minor traps that could be figured out with a bit more thinking.

Xu Mumu actually had a lot of confidence in her little brother. Although Xu Minglei didn’t have the same natural talent as Xu Jiaojiao’s siblings, she often did extra tutoring for this little guy. His knowledge and thinking patterns had been gradually evolving under her influence.

Xu Minglei explained his answers and methods, then looked expectantly at his sister.

"Sis, did I get them wrong?"

Tiedan also eagerly looked at Xu Mumu; he wanted to know whether he or Xu Minglei was correct.

"Your method is fine; you just made a small mistake in the calculations. Let me explain it to you," Xu Mumu said with a smile, noting that Xu Minglei’s mistake was only in the results, which she found satisfactory.

"Sis, what did I do wrong?" Tiedan asked incredulously, thinking he had done it correctly.

"You misunderstood the questions; once I explain, you’ll get it," Xu Mumu replied with a laugh. She felt it was great—these little ones had grown more interested in learning, both boys now aware of the importance of studying, which made her very happy.

Worried that the young ones might not understand, Xu Mumu explained everything in great detail.

After she explained it all, even Tiedan looked enlightened, though a bit comically so.

"Did everyone understand?" Xu Mumu asked with a smile.

"Big Sis, I got it," Xu Jiaojiao raised her hand first. Even though it was third-grade material, Xu Mumu had gone through it thoroughly for the two little ones, explaining the tricky parts carefully.

"Sis, I got it too," Xu Minglei said, glaring at Xu Jiaojiao, who was always competing for attention from their sister.

"Alright, I won’t teach you new things today. Review Minglei’s questions and remember the methods I explained," Xu Mumu decided not to cover new topics, but to let them solidify their existing knowledge.

Xu Mumu was quite interested in the teachers who created the village midterm exams; the questions were engaging and encouraged the kids to expand their thinking.

"Got it, Sis. We’ll definitely study hard," Xu Minglei said proudly. Having earned his sister’s approval made him worry much less about the exam results.

"Good, study hard. Here’s something for you all; Minglei, distribute it equally," Xu Mumu said, pulling out the fried peanuts.

"More fried peanuts!" Tiedan exclaimed joyfully.

Later that evening, as Xu Mumu was helping with the fire in the kitchen, Tiedan came over with a basket containing two large white radishes.

"Sis, my mom asked me to bring these," Tiedan said, handing her the basket. The meat Xu Mumu had Tiedan bring back had made his parents very happy, and now they occasionally sent things over to the Old Xu Family, though the gifts were clearly intended for the main branch of the family.

Liu Cuixia had a good relationship with Li Caixia; this time she even sent ten pounds of meat. With Xu Mumu also tutoring her son, Liu Cuixia practically treated Xu Mumu like her daughter.