During the break, after the monthly exam results came out, Tao You's class ranking was close to 20. Because the test paper was too difficult, her year-level ranking did not change much, but she knew in her heart that she could not escape the cram school.
"Hey." Tao You looked at the report card in his hand and couldn't help but sigh deeply, hunching his back with gloomy eyes.
In the class, there were many people with the same expression as Tao You. The head teacher stood on the podium, supporting the table with both hands, leaning forward slightly, taking in the expression underneath, and slowly said: "I have seen my grades. This monthly exam is a little more difficult, but it won’t mean that your scores will drop so much. There are many people who have done well in the exam in your grade. Let’s look at the scores in your hands! Are these the scores that key classes should have? I don’t know. I wonder if you have attended classes this month. There are several people in the ordinary classes next to you who have done better than some of you. If the key classes are on a rotating basis, a small number of people in our class will be kicked out this time. When I go back, I reflect carefully. Is it because I didn’t review carefully, or I didn’t keep up with the teacher’s pace, or I didn’t understand the knowledge points thoroughly. I guess it’s because I went out to play during the National Day and didn’t review. This exam only has one or two questions at most. Is there a super syllabus? I have asked every teacher in every subject." The head teacher's face was expressionless, and his small eyes scanned the group of people below who were quietly listening to the training with their heads lowered. "Don't think that because you are in a key class, you can relax your vigilance. You can relax at any time. You may be caught up by others, this monthly exam is a lesson for you."
Tao You bit her lips and tightened her hand on the transcript. Deep wrinkles appeared on the edges of the paper. She turned to look at Song Yimian's transcript. Junqu Pavilion
Song Yimian noticed Tao You's movements and generously moved the report card in front of her eyes.
Every number on his transcript was so perfect, and it seemed like nothing could stump him. Tao You looked away for a few seconds, silently widening the gap between the two of them in his heart.
"Actually, looking at the year rankings, you haven't changed much." Song Yimian looked at the transcript in Tao You's hand and consoled him.
Tao You unnaturally folded the report card and stuffed it into the book, pursed his lips, subconsciously not wanting him to see his poor results: "My class ranking has dropped, and I did not do well in the exam this time."
"Xiao Youyou, I'm so sad. My grades haven't gone up or down. Doesn't that mean I've declined?" Hong Xiqi complained to Tao You with a bitter face, "I have obviously reviewed and done my homework seriously. Why?" Why are the results showing no improvement?"
Tao You didn't know how to comfort her. She was also facing this problem. She scratched her forehead, pursed her lips and shrugged with a smile, but her eyes were unusually dull and she looked very tired.
"By the way," Tao You changed the subject, "The preliminaries of the autumn league are almost over, right?"
"It's early," Song Yimian turned the pen with his long and well-proportioned fingers, looking at the blank test papers spread out on the table, and replied, "There are still a few days left, and we haven't competed with a few schools yet. School is out these days. There will be competitions in the future.”
Only then did Tao You realize that they didn't stop at all during the weekends. There were games all day long. No wonder Gu Yi was still doing homework. The head teacher didn't say anything: "When will the semi-finals be?"
Song Yimian thought for a few seconds and answered generally: "Probably mid-November. The finals will definitely end in December."
That was three consecutive months. Tao You counted the time. He would most likely not have time to watch the game. The midterm exam was about to start again, and he had to get his grades back this time.
"In two weeks, the midterm exam will begin." The head teacher also mentioned this, "Hurry up and solve the problems exposed in this exam, and don't make any mistakes then. After the midterm exam, there will be a parent-teacher meeting. You also want to Your parents should see the good results."
parent meeting! The head teacher dropped another "bomb". Tao You didn't expect that the parent-teacher meeting would be so soon. Facing the pressure of the mid-term exam, she looked even worse.
"By the way," the head teacher walked out of the classroom and returned again, saying, "Those who have fallen behind a lot should find time to come to the office by themselves. I shouldn't call you by name. Stop chatting. You can start correcting the test papers by yourself. I don't know. You can ask your classmates, don’t wait for the teacher to explain before you start correcting.”
Tao You vaguely felt that when the class teacher said this, he glanced at her lightly, and her heart suddenly rose to her throat. She originally looked up at the class teacher, but she quickly lowered her head and stared at the ray of sunlight shining on the table.
Ming felt it was a bit dazzling, so he looked away after a short time.
"Little Fatty Song, show me the paper." Tao You reached out and asked for Song Yimian's paper.
At this time, many classmates also came to borrow Song Yimian's papers. After all, he was first in the class this time, and in the top ten in his year. His grades did not drop, and his scores in single subjects improved more or less. , very enviable. These people include Jia Ming and Chen Lian.
Song Yimian looked at the classmates beside him, shrugged, spread his hands, chin toward Tao Younu, and said, "My deskmate borrowed it first. You go and discuss it with her. I have no problem."
A group of people asked Tao You one after another.
Tao You took out the papers he needed now and handed out the remaining papers: "I don't need these right now. You go read them first. We can change them later."
The classmates thanked Song Yimian and Tao You and left in twos and threes. There was still a paper left. Jia Ming and Chen Lian were still standing here. They looked at the paper in Tao You's hand without saying anything or giving in to each other. , they had all had some bad collisions with Tao You before, and they were all wondering whether Tao You would give the paper to them.
Tao You looked at the two of them in embarrassment, and then looked at Hong Xiqi, hoping that she could give some advice. He felt that no matter who he gave it to, the other person would have some thoughts about him.
Hong Xiqi didn't have a good impression of either of them, but after comparing what they did, she instantly felt that Jia Ming was much more pleasing to the eye than Chen Lian, so she did not hesitate to signal Tao You with her eyes and give the paper to Jia Ming.
Tao You felt something was wrong and wanted them to discuss it themselves and come to her again. Before she could say anything, the history teacher walked into the classroom: "Class is about to start, why don't you go back to your seat? Is there any gold over there?"
Hong Xiqi thought Tao You was still hesitating, so she grabbed the paper and stuffed it into Jia Ming's hand. She frowned slightly and said impatiently: "Okay, go back. If you don't have any, ask someone else to borrow it."
Chen Lian was the first to leave. Jia Ming was stunned for a few seconds and walked back to his seat slowly, thinking strangely: Isn't Chen Lian their friend? Why did he give me the paper instead?
Tao You felt that Hong Xiqi's behavior was inappropriate, and he was afraid that the relationship in the dormitory would become more tense, so he hesitated and said: "Qiqi, this is not good."
"She did such an outrageous thing, and I just can't stand her. You can't make a decision anyway, right? I'm helping you." Hong Xiqi was also a little unhappy. She obviously meant well, so why did she listen to Tao You? Speaking out, it seemed like I had done something wrong.
Tao You felt that Hong Xiqi was unhappy. From her point of view, it was probably right. She had asked her for help first just now. She didn't want to lose Hong Xiqi as a friend, so she chose not to express her thoughts again, fearing that He also messed up this relationship and quickly shook his head and said: "It's okay, just listen to the class first."
After school in the evening, Tao You finally slowly moved to the office. She stood at the door and took a few deep breaths before raising her hand and knocking on the door and entering.
"Tao You, what's wrong with you this time?" The class teacher took a sip of tea and got straight to the point, "I see you didn't study here in junior high school before. The content you studied was more or less different. You couldn't keep up with the rhythm. ?"
Tao You stood stiffly, with his head lowered, twisting his clothes with his fingers, and whispered: "A little."
"Your deskmate's grades are so good. I think you two have a good relationship. If you have problems, please ask Song Yimian. Don't be embarrassed, or sign up for a cram school. It's not an option for you to continue like this. You must catch him now. Otherwise, you won’t be able to understand it later.” The head teacher advised earnestly, “If you make up for what you missed in junior high school, your grades will definitely improve a lot. If you have any questions, you should come to the office to see the teacher in time.”
Tao You nodded repeatedly and agreed to them all.
The conversation didn't last long. When Tao You came out of the office, she felt that even after a whole century, the office was not hot and she was still sweating. She had not been called to the office for one-on-one conversations since she was a child, and she was nervous just now. The ground didn't know how to speak. However, the class teacher said that she still thought there was hope for her. Thinking of this, Tao You felt better again and became more motivated, as if he had been praised by the teacher and received a little red flower.
In the classroom, Hong Xiqi saw Tao You giggling all the way back to her seat. She had not stopped yet. She looked at her inexplicably, thinking that she went to the office and was scolded by the class teacher. However, because of the teacher on duty on the podium, she When I asked Tao You to borrow an eraser, I secretly put a small packet of walnut meat on the table.
On her desk, she whispered: "Eat some walnuts to replenish your brain."
"Thank you." Tao You still smiled happily.
Hong Xiqi shook her head, looked at her like a fool for a few seconds, and then turned around. The child was hopeless.
A week passed quickly, and the weather was very bad. The weather forecast said it would turn from cloudy to rainy, but there was no movement for a day.
As soon as Tao You entered the house, there was a strong wind and heavy rain outside. She didn't wait for Tao's mother to ask, so she took the initiative to hand in the transcript and test paper: "Mom, I didn't do well in the exam this time, please enroll me in a cram school. "
Mother Tao looked at the report card on the table and flipped through the test papers of each subject. She looked bad and said nothing with a sullen face.
Tao You dug her fingers into her palm, her heart pounding, and she couldn't guess what Tao's mother was thinking.
After a while, she sighed deeply and said, "Why have you regressed so much? The teaching materials are different from before, are you unable to keep up? Or is it just the beginning of school and you haven't fully adapted to it?" Her tone was soft and serious.
Tao You was very unaccustomed to Mother Tao like this, and replied with a gleam in her eyes: "One thing is that the junior high schools here learn each subject separately, especially the science subjects. They learn more content than in my previous junior high school. Sometimes the teacher will skip these contents in class, and I can’t keep up.”
Tao's mother frowned. She was careless. She knew the progress would be faster here, but she didn't expect it to be like this. She was so busy that she didn't learn more about it: "Then let's get rid of the forgotten knowledge first." Come on, do you think you can learn on your own, or do you want to take extra classes?"
Tao You never dreamed that Tao's mother would discuss it with her. This meant giving her a chance to prove herself. She opened her eyes slightly and answered firmly: "I can do it myself. I can go to Song Xiaopang to borrow books." If I remember correctly, Song Yimian seemed to have mentioned that he hadn't thrown away those books yet.
"Then you can handle it yourself. I'll wait for your mid-term exam results. If it's still the same then, I'll send you to a cram school." Tao's mother issued an ultimatum.
After Tao You agreed, he took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Song Yimian.
Song Yimian has been busy playing games during this time. He was busy catching up on various assignments at school. Sometimes he even took a few classes off in the afternoon. Although he was still a substitute and there was a high probability that he would not play again, he still had to Go.
Tao You hadn't chatted with him for several days. Even Hong Xiqi would sometimes skip evening self-study and follow them to watch games. Knowing that Tao You wouldn't do such a thing as skipping class, she didn't call him. She just sent a video on her mobile phone to tell Tao You about the game.
Tao You didn't know the people participating in the competition in the video, so she didn't have much interest. She would watch the video for a few seconds each time, then turn off the video and make a remark to suit the occasion. She spent more time on studying. She envied Hong Xiqi's character. , she takes a broad view of everything, as if nothing can worry her, and she plays in different ways every day.
Song Yimian was probably in a competition at the moment, so she didn't look at her phone. She wasn't in a hurry to reply. She turned off her phone and went to the kitchen to wash fruits and eat them. She was in a good mood and hummed a little tune.
"What are you so happy about?" Tao's father asked while tying his apron.
Tao You asked curiously: "Dad, what did you tell mom? She actually agreed that I would not go to the cram school and let me try it on my own first."
Tao's father stopped chopping vegetables, turned around and smiled lovingly, pointed at himself and said, "You don't even know who your father is. For such a trivial matter, I just used my power to make your mother... I agreed, but you have to be proud of yourself."
"Dad is still awesome." Tao You narrowed his eyes with a smile and gave Tao's father a thumbs up.
Mother Tao stood at the door of the kitchen, looking at the father and daughter who were whispering together, she cleared her throat and asked, "What are you two talking about?"
"Nothing." Tao You popped it open in an instant, took a bite of the apple, raised it to Tao's mother's mouth, and said diligently: "Mom, this apple is sweet and crisp. Do you want to eat it? I will wash one for you."
Tao's mother leaned back slightly, avoided it, shook her head and said, "I won't eat. You go back to your room to do your homework and eat less. You will eat now, but you won't be able to eat later."
Tao You was happy, humming a song, jumping up and down, picking up her schoolbag and going back to her room. She was still humming even while doing her homework. She was so excited that she couldn't stop. The homework that originally took an hour to complete was completed in half an hour.
