The 70s Novel: The Supporting Character Just Wants to Lie Down-Chapter 25: Jia Bao Needs Polishing

Wang Miaomiao watched Wang Jia Bao looking dejected and couldn’t help but giggle.

Wang Jia Bao huffed, pulled the empty bowl in front of him, then poured the rice from his bowl into it, happily mixing it with fish soup as he ate.

Wang Miaomiao’s eyes twinkled, and she couldn’t help but smile knowingly.

In the original book, the depictions of Wang Miaomiao and Wang Jia Bao were negative; both were lazy and gluttonous. With them around, coupled with Liu Yulan’s favoritism, Wang Zhaodi always ate the least and the worst, often going hungry.

How much of this was exaggerated, no one could say for sure. After all, Wang Zhaodi managed to survive the worst three-year famine.

It’s only said that after Wang Miaomiao came through, she quietly observed Wang Jia Bao and found that aside from being lazy and gluttonous, his nature wasn’t bad—just a child spoiled while growing up.

In modern times, a fifteen-year-old child who is lazy and can’t manage life skills is quite common.

But in this era, at fifteen, most children were already responsible laborers in the family. His childishness made him seem unreliable.

In times of scarcity, days without much to eat, even adults got cravings, let alone kids with no self-control.

Wang Jia Bao had one good trait: when he had food, he didn’t think of hogging it all. Just like earlier, when he had fish; even if some was taken, he’d just huff in protest but never fuss to grab from someone else’s bowl, only blaming his slow action.

And without comparison, there’s no contrast.

Look at him, smacking his lips with pride after each bite of fish, looking at her provocatively, that sense of pride...

Faced with his provocation, Wang Miaomiao just picked a piece of scrambled egg for him, baring her little sharp teeth, "Eat more. With a brain that dumb, if you don’t improve, not getting into high school is the least of your worries. It’ll be bad if people say behind my back that such a smart and beautiful girl like me has a brainless brother."

"Wang Miaomiao!" Wang Jia Bao gritted his teeth audibly.

"What are you yelling for? Call me sister, mind your manners." Turning to Liu Yulan, Wang Miaomiao said, "Mom, I made a math test paper today, and Jia Bao only scored 80. Such a bad result. With grades like that, if he doesn’t strive for improvement, farming at home will be his only option."

Hearing this, Wang Jia Bao felt a bit guilty, lowering his head to eat his rice ferociously, not daring to provoke Wang Miaomiao any further.

"Really?" This was serious, Liu Yulan put down her chopsticks, frowning with worry, "What should we do? Is it too late to find a teacher for tutoring?"

"No need to find a teacher, just ask me." Wang Miaomiao arrogantly lifted her little chin.

No money needed for a tutor, she’d do just fine. Jia Bao wasn’t really dumb; rather, he was clever but lazy, just like her original self, never taking notes in class, never reviewing or previewing after class, and completing homework just to hand in. With a bit more effort, his grades would certainly improve.

"Then how much did you score?" Wang Pandi curiously asked, knowing that her younger siblings’ grades had always been similar; did her sister do well this time?

"A full score of 100!" After studying these days, Wang Miaomiao discovered a big surprise; the original body’s memory was excellent, way better than her previous body. It was like having a cheat code.

In the past, she was lazy and not hard-working, but now with a learning method, even a little effort resulted in twice the results with half the effort. Now, learning was as easy as pie for her.

"Really, Miaomiao, you’re amazing! You’ve finally come to your senses..." Wang Pandi’s eyes were full of admiration, being not good at studies herself, she envied those who were good. "Here, eat more, you need to replenish your brain." She added another piece of egg...

Wang Miaomiao bit her chopsticks, stiffly smiling as she thanked her!

Hehe, Wang Pandi squinted and giggled, knowing that Miaomiao had grown tired of eating eggs.

These days, Wang Miaomiao had intentionally or unintentionally helped Wang Pandi find a sense of presence in front of the family. Seeing her current spirit, it was effective, and now she could blend in and even joke about it.

Wang Miaomiao was very satisfied, thinking to herself: Keep it up, sister. Life is beautiful, and we must discover and enjoy its beauty...

Wang Baoxing was also happy upon hearing it, and Liu Yulan felt a sense of pride, "Miaomiao is doing great, come here..."

"No..." Wang Miaomiao hastily wrapped her arms around her bowl, watching Liu Yulan’s chopsticks reaching the bowl of scrambled eggs, "Mom, good things are meant to be shared by everyone. You eat, Dad eats, sis eats, Jia Bao, quickly eat more..."

As she spoke, she quickly distributed all the scrambled eggs in the bowl.

Everyone watched her movements and couldn’t help but burst into laughter, "Miaomiao, is it that serious... Haha..."

"Yes, I’ve been eating brown sugar eggs and scrambled eggs for eight days now." Brown sugar eggs in the morning and scrambled eggs at night, she was truly sick of it.

"Then... I’ll cook you boiled eggs tomorrow? Fried eggs? Or maybe an egg pancake?" Wang Pandi seriously suggested.

"She’s spoiled, having food but still being picky. If you don’t want it, give it to me." Wang Jia Bao finally seized the opportunity to mock, "There are so many people outside who can’t even get a full meal, and you’re being picky..."

Seeing that he was getting carried away, Wang Miaomiao quickly changed the topic, "Mom, Jia Bao and I are twins; his brain shouldn’t be hopelessly dumb, just lazy. You leave him to me, let him listen to me, and I promise he can get into high school."

"No, I can get in without you..." Wang Jia Bao quickly refuted.

Unfortunately, Liu Yulan had already decided, "Alright, Jia Bao, you listen to your sister and study well for the next ten days. Miaomiao, if he dares to obey superficially, tell me, I’ll make him eat only plain buns every day..."

"Mom..." Wang Jia Bao let out a pitiful howl, making Wang Miaomiao’s cheerful chuckle seem even more joyous.

"It’s settled then." Liu Yulan’s lips curved into a mischievous smile, casting a glance at Wang Jia Bao, then she said to Wang Pandi, "Pandi, don’t go to work tomorrow morning. Come to my room to get the tickets and money; you’ll go to town to buy some meat. For these ten days, we’ll cook a little every day. If Jia Bao doesn’t perform well on any given day, don’t let him eat it."

"Okay." Wang Pandi was very happy, feeling valued by her family like never before. She seemed to gradually start liking her current home...

Thus began Wang Jia Bao’s miserable study life, burning the midnight oil with no time to lose.

With the notes provided by classmate Zhou Hu and summarized by Wang Miaomiao, he had to memorize them word for word.

He was required to go through all the math and physics mistakes summarized by Wang Miaomiao herself.

Wang Miaomiao felt that it’s not enough for her alone to do well; she would only be truly happy as a "slacker" when all her close family members were doing well.

And her brother was the future pillar of the family. How could he be allowed to achieve nothing? He must be transformed thoroughly!

A wonderful and happy future life beckoned to her, so brother, you should buckle down and strive for success.