139, full of confidence and ready to skip 5 levels

  It's relatively easy for primary school students to get full marks in composition, unlike middle school compositions which are a bit more difficult to get full marks. So, she wasn't surprised at all by the two perfect scores.

  " Tianwan, this exam paper is actually last year's fifth-grade final exam paper, testing the entire fifth-grade knowledge, and you got a full score. I think you can directly skip to sixth grade." The principal said with a smile, "If you choose to go directly to sixth grade, I'll contact the elementary school in the town for you this afternoon."

  "Teacher, principal, about skipping a grade, I think it's better to wait until the results of the city competition come out, hehe, at that time, I'll discuss it with my dad and mom." Tianyuan thought, she needed to give her parents some time to calm down, besides, who knows, in another month, they might have money at home, and maybe she could even transfer directly to a school in the county town.

  To put it another way, when the city's competition results come out, wouldn't it be more exciting to skip levels together? Isn't this prodigy set for life?

  "Go! Skipping a grade is a big deal, it's something that should be carefully discussed with your family. Anyway, there's no rush, for now, you need to focus on preparing well for the city competition! Work hard, you're currently our village's, and even the whole town's pride!" The principal nodded heavily, "After discussing with your family, if needed, come find me directly, I'll go help you talk to the schools in the town."

  After thanking Tian Wei, she went to class. Huang Xiuzhu is now the group leader and has been in high spirits for the past two days, her enthusiasm for learning has increased a lot.

  She had a good relationship with her classmates to begin with, and because she got along well with Tian Yuan, most people in the class now get along with Tian Yuan, gradually having less contact with the class monitor, who is increasingly resentful of Tian Yuan.

  The primary school in this small mountain village does not have a sixth grade. Like many rural areas, the sixth grade goes to town to study. In some rural areas, after completing five years of elementary school, students directly advance to junior high school. Then there are places where junior high school takes four years, and places where junior high school only lasts two years.

  The way of education is very different, and the cost of education is also very different. For example, Tian Yuan is now studying in a rural area, and her annual tuition is only 30 or 40 yuan. But if she were to go to school in the county town, it would be much more expensive. If she were to work in the county town after leaving the countryside, the tuition would be even more unaffordable.

  In 1994, the children of migrant workers still had to pay a high fee for borrowing books. Tian Yuan recalled that if she was not mistaken, the fee for borrowing books alone was 500 yuan per academic year, a number that could scare every rural person.

  This five hundred yuan borrowing fee, plus the county town primary school's uniform fees, textbook fees and so on, it costs seven or eight hundred yuan a year!

  Tian Wanxiang wanted to go to the county town to study, and she also had to let Tian Biao buy a house in the county town, and move the whole family's household registration to the county town, so as not to have to pay that exorbitant tuition fee.

  Otherwise, one person is 500, three children aren't 1,500? My goodness! This almost surpasses Tian Biao's annual income at that time.

  Even if it was only 300 yuan per person in '94, that would still be 1,000 yuan. At that time, real estate had not yet risen, and the tuition fees for a few years could buy a house in the county seat.

  Tian Wei thought to herself, it seems that going to the county town to study is not as easy as she thought.

  After thinking about it, Tian Wei thought again, wondering if she could find a private detective in the county town now, or should she go to the city to look for one? She didn't know how much it would cost to hire a private detective.