Chapter 55: My Sister Is Simply a Genius

Su Wanwan continued, "If we had connections right now, we could at least make our parents suffer a little less in there."

Su Wanwan knew that a university degree from this era held much more weight than those of later generations. Once she secured her diploma, countless opportunities to make money would open up after the reform and opening up.

"Second Brother, let's take the college entrance exam first. Graduating from university—whether you want to get a job or go into business later—brings only advantages, and you'll make plenty of connections. I am definitely going to get my diploma, and once I start working, I'll bring Mom and Dad over to live with us. If you don't take the exam, you'll be stuck farming and living alone in the countryside for the rest of your life."

Imagining his parents and sister away from him, and his eldest brother in the military, leaving him all alone, Su Heng shuddered at how miserable that life would be.

"You make it sound so easy. I didn't even finish high school. How am I supposed to take the college entrance exam?"

Su Wanwan patted her chest proudly. "I'll teach you! I'll teach you everything I learned in my dream. Starting today, if you follow my lead, you'll have no problem passing the exam."

After all, didn't she still have the spiritual spring water?

If she had her second brother drink it, studying would become much easier.

Giving her second brother a cup every day, it was impossible for him not to become enlightened.

Wasn't she already capable of photographic memory right now?

Seeing the disbelief in her second brother's eyes, Su Wanwan said, "If you don't believe me, let's go buy high school textbooks right now. I really do know this stuff. Test me first, and then you can decide whether you want to study or not."

"Buy them? Why buy them? Buying them at a bookstore is way too expensive. Come on, Second Brother will take you to the recycling station. It's high school graduation season right now, so we're bound to find some good books," Su Heng said.

Su Wanwan nodded. "Alright, as long as there are books."

Su Heng straddled his bicycle.

His sister was completely right; they had to become strong to better protect their family.

Besides, he didn't want to be left behind alone in the village.

The two of them visited two different recycling stations before managing to collect a full set of high school textbooks.

At one of the recycling stations, Su Wanwan also managed to unearth a discarded 12-inch television and two radios.

Su Heng remarked, "Sis, these are completely broken. Spending money on this is just throwing it away, and they weren't even cheap."

Su Wanwan looked the items over from top to bottom. From the outside, they were still in decent condition. The television screen wasn't even cracked, and she figured it would be no problem to fix them once they got home.

In her past life, her family was involved in multiple industries, and ever since she was a child, she loved taking apart household appliances and putting them back together. She had dismantled virtually every appliance in her home.

Whenever her father took her to different companies, the technicians there would teach her. Whether it was as an automotive technician or an aviation technician, she learned very quickly. Because she was the boss's daughter, everyone was eager to teach her, and she had even earned various professional licenses.

Since she could fix airplanes, these little gadgets on the ground were definitely a piece of cake for her.

Because of this, her father had even spared no expense setting up a fully equipped workshop for her inside their villa.

It was stocked with every tool imaginable.

Fortunately, all of those tools had crossed over with her; otherwise, how would she ever manage to fix these things?

She could even use this skill to make money.

This would open up a brand-new source of income.

She curved her lips into a smile and whispered into her second brother's ear, "Second Brother, I know how to fix these. Once I fix them and sell them, I'll definitely make a profit."

Right now, money was precisely what she needed most.

With that, she went over to find the owner of the recycling station.

After some hard bargaining, Su Wanwan ultimately bought the television for fifty yuan and the two radios for ten yuan.

Su Heng simply couldn't believe that his sister even knew how to do this. The thought of spending sixty yuan on these broken pieces of junk made his heart ache.

Their family couldn't even save sixty yuan in an entire year.

Su Wanwan handed the recycling station owner another single yuan to have everything packed up and delivered to the village's oxcart.

That way, they could easily transport it home.

Watching his sister casually hand over another yuan, Su Heng thought she was far too reckless with money.

Once they got home, Su Heng placed the reclaimed junk in the living room.

He wanted to see how on earth his sister was going to fix these things.

Su Wanwan had originally planned to wait until her second brother went to work the next day so she could fix them inside her spatial dimension, mainly because the temperature inside was comfortable.

Fixing them in the house was too hot, but since her second brother was staying home just to watch her work, she had no choice but to fix them right in the living room.

She first went back to her bedroom and brought out a few tools from her spatial dimension.

Seeing this, Su Heng asked curiously, "Where did you get these things? How can these tools possibly be made so miniature?"

His doubts were growing by the minute.

Not intending to tell her second brother about her spatial dimension, Su Wanwan feigned impatience and said, "Why are you asking so many 'whys'? I picked them up at the recycling station before. Just watch. Stop talking from now on, I'm starting the repairs."

With that, she completely disassembled both radios.

One of them had simply accumulated dirt over long-term use, which had caused it to stop producing sound.

The other had a faulty potentiometer contact that resulted in no audio output.

She had truly struck gold. Her original plan was just to scavenge parts from two broken units to piece together one working one if she was lucky, but the actual outcome far exceeded her expectations.

As she worked, she asked, "Second Brother, how much does a radio cost to buy new right now?"

Su Heng watched his sister poke around here and there with her tiny tools, thinking it looked completely haphazard.

Who on earth repaired things like that?

"The Panda-brand one in your hands is high-end stuff. It costs a hundred and twenty yuan each, and you need ration coupons for it. The other one is a different brand, probably around eighty yuan plus coupons."

Hearing the price, Su Wanwan was overjoyed.

Hehehe, if she flipped these and sold them, she would make a hefty profit.

Once repaired, she meticulously cleaned away the grime from every single internal component before reassembling everything.

"They're fixed! Hurry up and test them. Tomorrow, you'll go sell these two items, and then swing by the recycling station to see if they have anything else—preferably an electric fan, the house really needs one."

The weather was hot, and the house didn't even have a single fan.

Su Heng plugged the radio into a power source, and a voice instantly burst forth from the speaker. As he adjusted the dial, clear audio poured out.

"Hahahahaha!"

"My sister is an absolute genius!" Overwhelmed by this sudden pleasant surprise, Su Heng finally believed that his sister had truly acquired her skills from a dream.

How else could she possibly know how to do all this?

"Sis, we came out of the exact same belly, so how come I didn't dream up any skills?"

Su Wanwan let out a couple of "hmph" sounds. Did he really think he could reap rewards without putting in any effort? In her past life, she had spent countless hours reading and studying diligently.

Thinking you could get rewards without hard work—don't even dream that such cheap things existed in this world.

"Probably because you're a boy. These skills are passed down to daughters, not sons," Su Wanwan said with a completely straight face. "I'll fix the television tomorrow. After you go sell the radios tomorrow, stop by the public security bureau to check on things."

Su Heng's eyes widened in shock!

"Got it," Su Heng said. Beaming with delight, he picked up a rag and began carefully wiping down the radios. Cleaning them up a bit would let him sell them for an even higher price.

On the second day, Su Heng sold the two radios for one hundred and fifty yuan. Because they didn't require coupons and were in high demand, he was able to command a higher price.

On the third day, Su Heng sold the television his sister had fixed for two hundred and sixty yuan.

Combined, the two trips brought in four hundred and ten yuan. After subtracting shipping costs, their net profit was three hundred and forty-eight yuan.

His sister even shoved a massive sum of one hundred and fifty yuan into his pocket for his own use.

An ordinary factory worker in the city might not even earn three hundred and forty-eight yuan in a whole year of working.

His sister had managed to earn that much in just two days. He decided he had better learn her skills properly and follow her lead.

Over the next few days, every morning he would visit the public security bureau to ask about his parents, then head straight to the recycling station to hunt for appliances. At night, he would study the textbooks in his room, asking his sister for help whenever he didn't understand something.

Su Heng naturally wanted to bring home as many appliances as he could to make money like this, but such items couldn't be found every day.

Early the next morning, the front gate of the Su household was pounded violently.

Su Wanwan and her second brother were right in the middle of breakfast.

Hearing the commotion at the door, both of them instantly stopped eating.