At half past five in the morning, the bell rang on time. It had been several days since he had run and exercise, and Tao You had basically adapted to this routine and was able to get up on time.
The sky was slightly bright, the sun had not yet risen, and the street lights in the school were still on. Even in early autumn, the temperature difference in the morning was still obvious. Tao You stood at the window and blew in the wind to clear his mind. After a while, he took a nap. Shivering, I went back and put on a long-sleeved plaid shirt.
The playground track was full of people, forming a thick circle in a chaotic manner. There was no beginning or end, and the pace was even. Everyone moved slowly with the large group. No one tried to break the rhythm. The speakers on the platform sang one song after another. With passionate music playing, running exercises don't seem so monotonous. There are also many students who have poor physical strength and are gradually unable to keep up with the pace of the large group. They run slowly at their own pace.
"Xiao Youyou, when will the list of this club come out? I can't wait." Hong Xiqi ran on the outside, dragging heavy steps, but still had the strength to speak.
"The deadline," Tao You has rarely exercised in these years. He only ran for a while and was already out of breath. He said intermittently, "it just passed, not so fast."
"Don't worry." Chen Lian's pace was a bit fast, but she didn't take a breath at all. She walked back to find Tao You and Hong Xiqi. After hearing their conversation, she said, "The teacher in charge wants to go through the registration lists one by one. It's not that fast." Bar."
Hong Xiqi looked up to the sky and howled briefly: "Why don't Gu Yi and Song Yimian have to run! It's not fair!"
Tao You adapted to getting up early, but not yet adapted to running. She licked her thirsty lips and her throat was dry. She tried hard to swallow a few times, and the saliva passed through her throat with a slight tingling sensation. She continued after her throat felt comfortable. He said, "Actually, you just don't want to run. It's not because you can't wait to join the club."
Hong Xiqi frowned and looked at Tao You, saying coquettishly: "Oh! Little Youyou, you see through it but don't tell me."
Tao You laughed loudly, and the breathing rhythm that he finally found was disrupted again. The dry and cold wind blew into his mouth. Tao You coughed violently, his stomach was slightly breathy, and his legs seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, as if the next second About to fall.
Running is Tao You's favorite sport. He even replaced running with swimming in the physical education high school entrance examination. Only then did he get full marks in physical education. He never passed the running test in physical education class.
As far as she knew, the members of the tennis team did not need to participate in running exercises. She didn't know what was going on with Song Yimian and Gu Yi. Anyway, she was very envious of them now.
Chen Lian didn't know about them and asked doubtfully: "Why don't they run away?"
Hong Xiqi ran out of energy and simply explained: "For the tennis team, there is no need to run." Although she was not very clear, this reason was the most reasonable.
Chen Lian still had doubts on her face, but she nodded and did not continue to ask.
"Gu Yi, aren't you still on the candidate list, so why don't you do any exercises?"
The morning reading bell rang, and Gu Yi and Song Yimian stepped into the classroom. Before they sat down, Hong Xiqi couldn't wait to ask.
"It's not that the autumn league is coming soon. We are now considered substitute players, and sometimes we are also the training partners for the regular players." Gu Yi brushed his undried hair with his hand and threw the water on Hong Xiqi's face.
Hong Xiqi's conditional reflex was to hide back and close her eyes.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." Gu Yi raised his hand to wipe Hong Xiqi's face, but felt it was inappropriate. He wanted to get a tissue, but found that he didn't have it with him. He was in a hurry. He was afraid that Hong Xiqi would be like last time. No matter what, I got angry at him, "I didn't bring any tissues."
Hong Xiqi watched him operate as fiercely as a tiger, and she had already wiped the water droplets off her face with her hands: "Why are you panicking? I can still eat you for such a trivial matter."
Gu Yi calmed down and gave Hong Xiqi a standard sunny smile. His beautiful eyes were curved, and his thick eyelashes cast a small shadow under his eyes. His eight big white teeth were exposed, and there was a small dimple on the left side. The sun shone on his face, making his fair skin look even brighter and his face soft. Although he was slightly chubby, there was no flesh on his face and his contours were clear. Hong Xiqi was somewhat amazed by him and was fascinated by him for a while.
"I'm not afraid that you'll lose your temper like last time, like a tigress." As soon as Gu Yi spoke, Hong Xiqi woke up from the surprise and her face dropped.
"If you can't speak, don't speak!" Hong Xiqi closed her eyes and gritted her teeth. She was such a good man, but she opened her mouth too much.
Tao You thought of something, patted Song Yimian, and asked: "Song Xiaofa, you joined the tennis club, you still have to do some exercise in the morning."
Song Yimian nodded, with a matter-of-fact expression: "Yes, you are not on the candidate list, and you are not a formal team member. Except for training after school, everything else is the same as usual. You may have to run more. After all, physical training is also for everyone. It’s something that members must go through.”
"What!" Hong Xiqi couldn't believe her ears, "Say it again!"
Gu Yi laughed and teased, now he was no longer afraid of Hong Xiqi hitting him: "You are so close and you can't hear clearly? Are you deaf at such a young age?"
Hong Xiqi glared at him and asked hesitantly: "So, how many laps does the tennis club start?" She held Tao You's arm, which hurt her a little.
Tao You didn't care about the pain in her arm. She was also very curious about the answer.
"You and I don't know, we basically start the race in seven or eight laps." Song Yimian said the number lightly.
Hong Xiqi rolled her eyes and fell backwards. She let go of Tao You with her right hand and pinched Renzhong.
Tao You was not surprised. This answer was within his expectation, but he felt a little sorry for Hong Xiqi.
"This is going to kill me." Hong Xiqi said with a grimace, "Why was I so impulsive at that time? Why did I choose the tennis club? Isn't it nice to sign up to sit in the classroom?"
Tao You thought that her future campus life would be completely tied to running, and she wanted to back out for a moment, but this was the path she chose, so she could only accept it calmly. After thinking about it, she comforted Hong Xiqi: "It's them You have to run so much, it's not us, just take your time. If you don't have me with you, besides, we may not be chosen." Her arm was still being pinched by Hong Xiqi, which hurt slightly and was probably red. , I tried to pull it out but failed.
Song Yimian noticed the subtle change in Tao You's expression, frowned, and said directly: "Hong Xiqi, let go of your hands, you chose the club yourself, what are you afraid of now." His tone was slightly fierce.
Hong Xiqi immediately raised his hands and shut his mouth, being frightened by Song Yimian.
"I'm sorry, Xiao Youyou, I wasn't paying attention and I hurt you." Hong Xiqi is also smart. When she saw Tao You rubbing her arm, she understood the reason for Song Yimian's tone.
"It's okay, it's okay." Tao You shook his head repeatedly, "It doesn't hurt. The teacher is coming soon. Please endorse it quickly."
As soon as he finished speaking, the English teacher appeared at the door of the classroom with the textbook and said seriously: "I didn't hear the morning reading bell! What's the noise? Have you memorized the text?"
Suddenly the only sound left in the classroom was the faint sound of reciting the text.
"There's no sound at all, you haven't had enough breakfast!" the English teacher walked around the classroom and shouted loudly, "We weren't very active in chatting just now. I heard the voices of your class in the office. I'll write the text silently later. Are all of them perfect?!"
"Does your hand still hurt?" Song Yimian went against the trend and asked, leaning closer.
After Tao You determined the teacher's location, he didn't look at them for the time being, and responded in a low voice: "What are you trying to do? If it hurts me, I will tell you that Xiqi was even scared."
Song Yimian curled his lips: "I wasn't thinking about you, but you blame me for not being rewarded for your good intentions."
"Brother, thank you." Tao You knew that he was kind, but he didn't agree with his approach.
"Tao You, Song Yimian! What are you talking about?" The English teacher stood in the first row of the aisle and turned around at some point to look at the two of them.
Tao You turned his eyes back to the textbook and said nothing.
The English teacher had no intention of letting the two of them go. He walked over, folded his hands on his chest, and stood beside him: "Tao You, in the exam at the beginning of the school year, I remember that your overall score was pretty good, but your English is not very good. You haven't caught up on the basics yet." Come up and chat."
Tao You's face turned red after being told that, and she clutched her textbook tightly. The English teacher was indeed right. Her English foundation was very poor.
She started learning English in elementary school. She was a little better at the beginning, but later on she became confused when learning phonetic symbols. Even if she learned it all over again in junior high school, she still didn't understand it.
I still remember the first English test in the first grade of junior high school. The question was in English and it clearly said: Write the uppercase and lowercase letters of twenty-six letters. Tao You understood it to mean write the numbers from one to twenty-six. English words.
After reading the questions, she felt glad that she had memorized these words during the summer vacation, but she got stuck on the word 'twelve'. Time passed by, and she was so anxious that she was sweating profusely, and the last few rows of grids were full of words. , I was still thinking why the teacher didn’t prepare a few more rows when writing the paper. There was not enough to write, and I didn’t have time to check whether the spelling was correct. The time was up. The classmates behind him handed over the test paper. Tao You saw that they were all writing letters. He took another look at the question and realized that he had answered it wrong. After spending most of the day in fear, she was finally called to the office during evening self-study. Fortunately, the English teacher had a good temper and did not lecture her. He only told her to strengthen her foundation and gave her a chance to answer the questions again.
In the third year of junior high school, the first thing Tao You did when memorizing words was to note the Chinese homophones under the phonetic symbols. No matter how many times he memorized those new words, he would close the textbook and his brain would go blank. Every time he dictated the word, there was a list of re-dictation on the blackboard for those who failed. Her name Tao You is always there. She is better at memorizing the text and can basically memorize it, but she forgets it after dictating it. It’s not that she has never taken tutoring, but it has no effect. Filling in the blanks in the English paper always depends on the sense of language, and the composition is crowded. Toothpaste can barely meet the word count requirement. During the final review period in the third grade of junior high school, I failed several English tests and was punished by Tao’s mother for a long time when I got home.
Fortunately, she did not give up English during the three years of junior high school and did well in the high school entrance examination.
"Teacher, we were just talking about studying." Song Yi spoke righteously, and it was not obvious that he was lying. "She just asked me about a sentence she was not sure what it meant."
The English teacher knew that Song Yimian studied well and was a very good student, so he easily believed his words and asked Tao You: "Is it clear now?"
Tao You nodded: "It's clear."
"Don't ask now. If you have any questions, come and ask me after class. No matter you choose liberal arts or science, you will have to take the English test. Don't slack off." After the English teacher finished speaking, he turned to check other groups.
The first period is physics class.
In Tao You's junior high school, physics, chemistry, and biology were combined together, and each subject was not very in-depth. She was not very good at the basics, so her understanding was a bit slow at the moment.
But the teacher would not wait for her alone. He would go on talking about one knowledge point after another, flipping through the book page by page, and interspersing some extracurricular knowledge from time to time. Tao You was busy copying notes. She hadn't fully understood the previous knowledge point, but the teacher was already talking about the next one. She was anxious and confused.
"This is a very typical question. Write down the question." The teacher wrote the question on the blackboard and knocked on the blackboard and said, "I asked someone to come up and solve the knowledge point I just talked about. The one who didn't get asked Do it yourself down there.”
The students below had all raised their heads to look at the teacher, but now they all lowered their heads, hoping that the teacher would not call them, especially Tao You, who almost buried his face in the book, thinking silently: Don't call me, don't call me... ....
"I will call whoever has the lowest head." The teacher has been calling for so many years and knows the students' thoughts clearly. His face is gentle, "I just want to see if you understand what I just said. Don't be nervous. If you don't understand, etc." Just come to the office and ask me after class later."
Who will raise his head? Tao You complained in his heart. Now he raises his head and catches it accurately.
He glanced around, stopped at Tao You, compared it with the seating chart, and called her name: "Tao You, come up and write it down. I've already said, I'll call whoever has the lowest head, and you still yell at the table. , I can’t even see your head.”
Tao You stood up mechanically. Why didn't this teacher follow the routine? She quietly looked at Song Yimian for help.
Song Yimian pushed the finished paper towards her. Tao You looked over it hurriedly and only saw the final answer. She didn't have time to look at the process carefully. The teacher was still waiting for her on the podium, so she didn't dare to delay.
I took the chalk and stood in front of the blackboard. I read the question slowly, stroke by stroke, and wrote "Solution:" with all my strength. Holding the chalk in my hand, I leaned against the blackboard, not knowing how to continue.
Forty, how did Song Yimian calculate that it was forty. Tao You was thinking about how to pull it off in his mind. If he could calculate forty, could he write the answer directly?
"You write on the paper and check the answers later." The teacher walked around the classroom with his hands behind his back, standing next to the students from time to time to look at their answers, and then walked away without saying a word or expression.
Time passed, and cold sweat broke out on Tao You's back: Why isn't it over yet?
"Can't do it?" The teacher returned to the blackboard and asked Tao You.
Tao You nodded reluctantly.
"Go down." The teacher said, "Song Yimian, you do it."
Tao You put down the chalk and sat back down, only to see Song Yimian continuing to write after the 'Explanation:' she had finished writing, and she finished it in just a few lines.
"Yes." The teacher looked at Song Yimian's concise steps and nodded with satisfaction.
"Song Yimian's answer is correct. Have you calculated it?" The teacher put a check mark behind the answer. "He used a more concise way. You can remember it. It doesn't matter if you don't. You will learn it later. of."
For the first time, Tao You truly realized the gap between himself and Song Yimian, the gap in learning, and the complicated emotions.
"Don't worry, I'll teach you after class." Song Yimian returned to his seat and said to Tao You.
Tao You now knew his shortcomings and wanted to improve his grades. Instead of choking back like before, he agreed directly: "Oh."
"Xiao Youyou, go fill up the water." The torturous physics class was finally over, and Hong Xiqi invited Tao You with an empty water cup.
"You go ahead. I haven't understood the question just now." Tao You refused.
"Okay," Hong Xiqi didn't care and said cheerfully, "Give me the water glass and I'll pick it up for you."
Tao You took out his cup: "Thank you."
"This question," Song Yimian copied it down in advance, "has two key pieces of information..."
Tao You listened attentively. The question, which was originally a mess, suddenly became clear after he pointed it out: "Oh, I understand." Tao You suddenly realized that he had taken a detour, "Thank you."
"You made a mistake in the question book and wrote this in." Song Yimian tore off the question paper and handed it to Tao You, "Review and review often."
What the college bully said was definitely correct. Tao You went to the canteen during class and bought a notebook. He took it seriously and wrote down the questions and ideas for solving the problems in the notebook.
