Smash All Pots and Pans To Go to School

Name: Smash All Pots and Pans To Go to School
Author: Red Thorn North

砸锅卖铁去上学

by Red Thorn North (红刺北)

Status: Completed
Length: 1.1M Words
Genre: Romance
Era: Fantasy & Future
Updated: 2mo ago
Source: JJWXC

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Synopsis

[The second volume’s physical edition goes on sale on June 24, 2023, at 6 p.m. The first two minutes come with a limited-time autograph! For details, follow the author on Weibo: Tiantian Chijiao.]

[The audiobook of the same name is now available on Ximalaya. If you’re interested, go give it a listen!]

Wei San, once a top engineer, transmigrates into an out-of-school child in the interstellar age. She makes a living by scavenging trash and turning junk into treasure. Just in time for the start of the school year, she saves up enough money and is ready to enroll.

She plans to become a mecha engineer. Apparently, it pays especially well, and it’s closely related to her old profession. A perfect plan √

Who could have guessed that, in an effort to save on tuition, Wei San would pick the wrong major and end up as a mecha pilot, the kind of violent lunatic who spends every day risking life and limb?

Wei San, the quiet, poor engineer: “…”

But she won’t let her circumstances defeat her. Wei San decides to teach herself in her spare time.

During the training period for a major tournament, the media interviews and films the mecha pilots from each school in turn. The whole interstellar network is watching live, and viewers can see everyone training as hard as they can: enduring increased gravity, hand-to-hand combat, long-range fighting, and more.

[YY is insanely good at close combat! Who’d dare get near her when she pulls out that beam saber?!]

[Wow, the way she cracks that whip is incredible. She’s amazing!!!]

Then the camera finds Wei San. She’s sitting cross-legged in the training hall, head bent as she reads a book with intense concentration.

[What’s Wei San reading?]

The camera zooms in. The book cover in Wei San’s hands is now clear to the entire interstellar network: "Qing Fei Teaches You to Become a Mecha Engineer in 21 Days"

Viewers: …

That title sounds like it was written for people who aren’t exactly respectable.

The next day, the interstellar network’s top headline reads: “Military academy student buckles under training, suffers mental breakdown, and tries to change careers.”

My upcoming novel: "Total Evolution". The male lead is Yu Qingfei. Please add it to your reading list!

Blurb:

Fang Hui’s planet finally exploded.

But she survived.

When she opened her eyes again, someone was trying to pry open her cryogenic pod from the outside.

“Uh.” A strange black-haired young man held a crowbar in one hand and the pod’s hatch in the other. He peered at Fang Hui, looking guilty, and said, “Sorry, I didn’t know this was your home. Should I… help put everything back the way it was?”

Fang Hui: “…”

Theme: A poor young person works hard to pursue their dream.

Other names

Sell Everything to Pay for SchoolEarlier English title
Đập nồi bán sắt đi họcOn NovelUpdates
Pawn My Life Just to Get an EducationOn NovelUpdates
SAPPSOn NovelUpdates
Za guo mai tie qu shang xueOn NovelUpdates

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