SIAS Chapter 41.1

After reading the gossip in the golden book, Yi Qingqing went to her backyard to inspect it with satisfaction.

It was agreed yesterday that she would be going to the county town today, so Uncle Yougen would just come to the backyard to build the wall. It had been completed and the gate had also been installed.

The earthen wall was nearly two meters high, and the top of the wall was covered with thatch.

Although it couldn’t protect her from real villains, it could block people’s sight and give a sense of privacy.

It is summer now, and it will be a pleasure to enjoy the cool here at night.

Thinking of this, she wanted to go to the old carpenter to order a rocking chair. She wondered if he could make it.

In addition, she could finally start planting in her private plot. She recorded clearly in her little notebook what to plant and how much to plant in each plot.

Although the place was not big, it was enough to grow some vegetables for one person.

Today, she was in a good mood, so she hurriedly hoed the land again, divided the field into ridges, and left a small piece of space near the back door for cool shade in the future. (T/N: How could you be in a happy mood but still work? Haha… If it were me, I would be lying on my bed, or eating!)

She also hurriedly sprinkled the prepared vegetable seeds and watered them.

She was busy until dark before she returned to the house.

After dinner, she washed up and lit a candle to write and draw at the table.

The cooking skills teaching course had been updated, and she had one more class to take, so she had to arrange her time well.

The time flow rate of the skill teaching mode was twice that of reality. If she got enough sleep, she had about 3 hours to study after work every day.

She glanced at her system panel.

[Host: Yi Qingqing]

[Sign-in point: 5]

[Skills: Cooking (Level 2 – 12%), College Entrance Examination (Level 2 – 10%), Planting (Level 1 – 62%), Hunting (Level 1 – 2%), Woodcraft (Level 1 – 0%)]

Now she has a total of 5 skills.

In addition to the woodcraft skills, she also needed to learn cooking, college entrance examination, planting, and hunting.

She made cooking and planting the focus of her study for the next month and decided to spend 1 hour in reality or 2 hours in skill-teaching mode every day to take these two courses.

She would use the last hour every day to learn college entrance examinations and hunting skills in alternating order.

Not to mention cooking skills, if she improved it quickly, she could enjoy it earlier.

As for planting, she would start to take care of her own private plot in the backyard. Spending more time on it would also give her a better harvest.

Hunting was her interest. What Master Li taught could not only be used for hunting, but also for self-defense, so she couldn’t slack off.

As for the college entrance examination skills, they were mainly for the college entrance examination, which would be held in more than three years.

She could also use the time at work to review and learn new lessons one day apart, which may help her master the skills more firmly.

The head teacher of this course, Teacher Luan, told her that the college entrance examination skills were a special limited skill, which was only valid before the college entrance examination.

The course would be locked during the college entrance examination, and it would be gone after being admitted.

His daily words to encourage her to study hard were: “When the time comes, get a good score and go to a good university. The system will give you very generous rewards. Work hard so you won’t regret it in the future.”

This so-called generous reward was like a carrot hanging in front of a donkey¹*To “dangle a carrot in front of someone” is an idiom that means to present someone with an enticing reward or incentive in order to motivate them to take a desired action.

The “carrot” represents the tempting reward, while the “dangling” implies that the reward is just out of reach, encouraging the person to pursue it. This phrase suggests the use of positive reinforcement or the promise of a desirable outcome to encourage a specific behavior or decision. The image evokes the idea of a donkey or other animal being led forward by the prospect of a carrot on a string, just beyond its grasp.

In a metaphorical sense, the “carrot” could be anything such as a promotion, a bonus, a special privilege, or any other appealing reward that is used to lure someone into complying with a request or following a certain course of action.

The implication is that the person dangling the carrot is manipulating the target’s behavior by offering something they want, rather than relying on threats or punishment. It suggests a degree of enticement and persuasion, rather than outright coercion., which made Yi Qingqing yearn for it.

So, although there were fewer courses for the time being, she would not slack off.

After planning the class time, Yi Qingqing also thought about what to do in the remaining two days of vacation, and then she went to bed to start studying for the day.

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