Sorry, My Beloved Is The Motherland - Chapter 18.4 - To Dedicate One's Life To The Country

After quite a while, Lao Zhuo’erqin finally returned to the car.

“Uncle Zhuo’erqin, does everyone have any other business?” Du Qingquan asked.

Lao Zhuo’erqin said, “Ahem, it’s nothing, nothing. It’s just to put down a few things; they’ve already sorted it out.”

The victorious side of the “sorting out” is secretly loading the gongs and drums and firecrackers onto their vehicle.

“How do you know Xiao Ning can’t be the top student?! The young intellectuals all say her score is very, very high!”

“That’s going too far… Who goes to someone’s school gate to set off firecrackers and scare others like that?!”

“If we want to celebrate for Xiao Ning, then fine, okay, at least bring the gong and cymbals along!”

“What if she isn’t the top student?!”

“If she’s not, then just hide it; on the way back, make sure she doesn’t find out, and that’ll be fine!”

Thus.

In front of the big red bulletin board at the county high school, the provincial top student, who arrived quite late, missed the celebratory firecrackers that the school set off for all the examinees, but was instead greeted by the sudden sound of gongs and drums.

Exclusively for Ning Fu, the young intellectual from Tulaga banner.

[Ding——

First stage main quest: To achieve top marks*—completed.

Current task score: 70/100

Task rewards: Intelligence +20, Spirit +20

Obtained title: Female Top Scholar

Title description: Becoming a top student is not for fame, becoming a top student is not for high office; it is solely to contribute to the development of the motherland, with my brush praising her beauty.

Note: Wearing this title grants a charisma boost “Scholarly vigor, commanding authority.” ]

T/N: /* 金榜题名时 (jīnbang tímíng shí): literally “To have one’s name is on the golden list”. The “golden list” (金榜, jīnbang) refers to a prestigious list of candidates who have successfully passed important examinations, particularly the imperial examinations in ancient China. Being on the golden list symbolized success and was a major milestone in one’s educational and professional journey. */

Ning Fu closed the page in her mind and then realized that she was already in an ocean of celebration.

Of course, calling it an “ocean” might be a bit exaggerated, but the crowd surrounding her did indeed block the road in front of the county high school.

The villagers, beating gongs and drums, successfully turned a unique celebration of Tulaga banner into a small-scale collective carnival. Passersby, other examinees looking at their scores at the county high school entrance, teachers, and even customers in the roadside eateries all joined in.

Among the four great joys in life: “having one’s name on the golden list” ranks last, but it is the “greatest joy.”

T/N:/* The four joys are, the wedding night, reuniting with a loved one after a long separation, getting a promotion or achieving career success, achieving top marks or having one’s name on the golden list. While this order may vary slightly in different contexts, “having name on golden list” is often regarded as the greatest joy, signifying the culmination of hard work and achievement. */

Everyone wanted to join in the fun and share the joy; seeing this group of old and young villagers all smiling broadly, they couldn’t help but feel happy themselves.

Even the young intellectuals who came along, craning their necks to stare at the red list until their eyes ached, finally managed to put their heavy hearts back into their stomachs and joined the celebrating crowd.

It seems that Ning Fu is destined to become a legend among them.

But the significance of a legend’s existence is precisely to encourage future generations, isn’t it?

No one will be jealous of a legend anymore. They will only strive to become people like her, eager to take the lead.

Don’t know who hung a big red flower on Ning Fu’s chest.

She lowered her head to take a look, and the corners of her lips also curled up.

A drop of blood fell onto the red petal.

“——Ning Fu, Ning Fu, why are you bleeding from your nose?!”

Chapter 19

Ning Fu only felt a brief dizziness in her head, and then a wave of exhaustion surged in like a tide.

It felt as if all her strength had been drained away, making her just want to lie down immediately and get a good sleep.

She wiped with her hand, and there was blood all under her nose.

Du Qingquan, who was standing next to Ning Fu, turned pale with fright and kept saying, “Let’s go to the hospital, let’s go to the hospital!”

Ning Fu waved her hand to stop the panicking crowd.

“I’m fine; it might just be heatiness*.”

T/N: *a term in Traditional Chinese Medicine meaning “heatiness” or “excess internal heat”.

Du Qingquan was anxious.

What do you mean by “heatiness”? Can heatiness make someone’s face suddenly turn as white as paper, with an overall appearance of weakness?!

But he cannot order Ning Fu.

After a lot of persuasion, the final agreement was to first return to Tulaga banner, and Ning Fu must promise to get a good night’s sleep and rest for a day.

If there is no improvement, we must go to the health clinic immediately.

Actually, Ning Fu knows very well in her heart what is really going on.

There’s nothing to it; it’s just that the golden finger has been taken back.

The effects of a 50% overall improvement in memory, comprehension, and enthusiasm for learning only exist during the “golden list” task phase.

Now that the task is complete, the golden finger provided by the system naturally no longer exists.

It’s like a host that originally had 64GB of memory, but now the memory has suddenly shrunk to 8GB, yet she still tries to maintain the original CPU operating speed.

The load on the processor will naturally increase instantly.

It’s just a little nosebleed; this minor side effect is actually quite good.

Returning to Tulaga banner, upon hearing that their top student was sick from heat, everyone rushed over to visit and inquire about her health.