The principal looked at Qiao Mei hesitantly and said, "Look… for you to join the fifth grade directly the moment you start school, it's actually against the rules. No matter how old a student is, everyone starts from the first grade. If you jump straight to the fifth grade, the school fees will be very expensive. You can pay a portion first. If you really don't have enough, I'll help you think of a way."
Most of the children in the village had never gone to school before. Their families saved up money before sending them to school, so all the students would start from the first grade.
Zhang Wei and Zhang Chao were special. They had gone to school in the city and had paid school fees there. They just needed to come here to attend the corresponding grades. Zhang Qin and Zhang Miao started from the first grade.
