The weather in late autumn is getting colder and the air is a bit dry. When Tao You sleeps at night recently, his nose hurts when he breathes. In the school, except for some evergreen trees, most of the leaves have fallen off. The day when the autumn league preliminaries ended happened to be the midterm exam for the first year of high school.
Tao You was very well prepared for this monthly exam. She studied almost midnight every day. Although she had not made up all the missed knowledge points, she had tried her best in such a short period of time. At least she would not be better than This time it got worse.
"Little Youyou, come and say goodbye quickly." Before Hong Xiqi went to the cafeteria in the morning, she pulled Tao You and bowed to a photo standing on the table, mumbling something. She got up early today, cleaned up the messy desk, wiped it, and then respectfully took out the photos from the drawer.
Tao You didn't know why. He combed his hair and came closer to look at the photo: "What is this?" As he said that, he touched the photo with his hand and dusted off a speck of dust on the corner of the photo. .
Seeing this, Hong Xiqi quickly pulled Tao You back, clasped her hands together and bowed: "Sin, sin, sin."
Then he turned to Tao You and said: "This is a statue of Confucius. I asked my friend's brother's classmate to take it specially at Yanda. It is said to be very effective. Anyone who worships before the exam can achieve extraordinary results." With the unexpectedly good results, many students from Yan University will go to pay homage to me, and I have never stopped paying tribute to the statue, so you should pay your respects quickly, but it is difficult to get it, and no one else has a chance."
Seeing the pious look on her face, Tao You smiled in her eyes: "What you're doing is just psychological effect at best. You might as well study hard by yourself." After saying that, she went to the bathroom.
Hong Xiqi glanced at her back and turned around to pray.
"Xiao Youyou, I'm going to the cafeteria to buy food first. What do you want to eat? I'll show you the classroom." Hong Xiqi put her schoolbag on and asked Tao You who was still packing.
Tao You didn't think much and answered mechanically: "Anything is fine, thank you." She became uncontrollably nervous again, fearing that something would go wrong during the exam, and she even slowed down her movements to clean up.
Before leaving the house, Tao You glanced at the photo still standing on Hong Xiqi's desk. His hand on the doorknob paused, and then he thought about it: It has a psychological effect, it can make him feel at ease anyway, just in case. Is it really useful? She closed the door to ensure that no one would come in, then walked over, stood up straight in front of the photo, bowed three times, closed her eyes, and whispered: "Mr. Confucius, please protect me from taking what I have learned during this exam." If you forget the knowledge points, do everything right if you know how to do it. If you don’t know how to do it, just get half of it right. As long as your score is no worse than the last monthly test, I don’t have high requirements. Also, during the test, don’t Let the song play in my head, please, please." After making her wish, she went to the classroom.
This time the examination room was arranged according to the year ranking of the last monthly examination. Song Yimian was still in Class 1, Grade 1, while Tao You was moved to Class 6 this time, one floor away.
Before going to the examination room, Tao You took Song Yimian and went over the knowledge points that she was not sure about. After the classmates who came to take the exam in their class came in, she reluctantly closed her notebook and hesitated. Leaving, it seems that once you leave this chair, the knowledge points you finally memorized will disappear. Their classroom is on the first floor, and Tao You's examination room is on the second floor. The corridor is now full of classmates going up and down to the examination room, chatting about everything. Tao You lowered his head, covered his ears, and walked to the examination room silently.
After getting the paper, Tao You didn't rush to read the questions. Instead, he closed his eyes, calmed down his nervousness, and tried to slow down his heartbeat. The exam bell rang. Tao You picked up the pen and finished the first page smoothly. It was rare that the ancient poems didn't get stuck. She became more confident in herself. She finished the paper just a few minutes before the end of the exam. She put down the pen and shook it slightly. I shook my sore right hand and saw that there were many students writing furiously next to me. I stopped to think. I looked back at the clock at the back of the classroom. I realized that there was not enough time. I quickly turned back, frowning and squeezing out toothpaste. She was writing the last part of the composition, and there were also some people who turned their heads slightly to look at her, and then hurriedly lowered their heads to do the questions the next second. Tao You suddenly felt a little proud, as if she had seen her previous examination. She leaned on the chair and rested for dozens of seconds before starting the examination from the beginning.
"Xiao Youyou, I feel that I will definitely do well in the test this time. If I keep doing the questions, swish, swish, swish, without stopping, I finished it twenty minutes early." Hong Xiqi ran to the *** room and rushed excitedly Tao You said, with two blushes on her cheeks and bright eyes, "Let me tell you, this Confucius statue is really amazing. I will definitely take it when I go back."
Collect it carefully. It would be a great loss if you don’t pray in the morning. "
It seems to be quite effective. Tao You thought of his exam. The whole process was unprecedentedly smooth, because he also secretly paid homage later on. He was embarrassed and didn't say anything at the moment.
"What statue of Confucius?" As soon as Gu Yi returned to the classroom, he heard Hong Xiqi's loud voice, "I remember there is no statue of Confucius in our school. Did you go to the temple?"
"No, the one from Yan University, the famous one." Hong Xiqi explained, "I got it with great difficulty."
Gu Yi also knew about this Confucius statue, nodded and said, "I've heard that it's all marketing. You're too superstitious. You have to rely on yourself in the end of the exam. You have the energy to do these things, but you don't have the time to review by yourself." he complained.
"You have reviewed, and your grades are not very good." Tao Youyin himself also bowed in the morning, and felt that he was being criticized, so he retorted, "Except for mathematics, what is the use of just being good at mathematics? Other classes are useless." Holding you back, your last ranking was still a few spots worse than mine."
Gu Yi was speechless for a moment, his mouth bulged and his eyes widened, as if he were an angry pufferfish. Tao You looked at his appearance and couldn't help covering his mouth and laughing.
"I'm sorry." She apologized in time, pinched her arm hard, and pursed her lips tightly, but the corners of her mouth that were twitching and trying to rise still betrayed her.
Gu Yi snorted and said, "I'm different from you. I plan to take the competitive class, so I'm not worried about it." He took out the water glass, drank the last sip of water, and raised his head slightly to look at Tao You and Hong Xiqi. One glance, turned around and walked out of the classroom.
Why, are you still being arrogant? Tao You and Hong Xiqi were choked by his words for a moment, and then they couldn't help but burst out laughing, holding their stomachs and lying on the table. Fortunately, the class was still very noisy, so they didn't become the focus.
With the smooth opening of the exam on the first day, Tao You was full of confidence in the exams in the following days. After the exam, he felt very good about himself, and even couldn't wait, hoping that the results would come out soon.
"The midterm exam is over, and the final exam will be in just over a month. Now is not the time to relax." The head teacher reminded everyone.
"The semi-finals are starting this weekend, are you going to watch?" Song Yimian asked Tao You.
Tao You thought for a while and asked, "Are you going to play?"
Song Yimian shook his head, "I am still a substitute this year. Under normal circumstances, I will not play."
This weekend, the midterm exam results will definitely come in. Although Tao You is confident that she will be better than last time, Tao’s mother might change her mind and ask her to go to tutoring. Then she will really have no time to go out and play, so she nodded and agreed. : "Okay, send me the time and place when the time comes, and I'll tell my mother that I'm here to find you. You know what to say." She half-squinted her eyes and looked at Song Yimian, with uncertainty in her tone. .
"Don't worry." Song Yimian gave her a reassuring look, "But just this once, you'd better tell Aunt Shujiang earlier."
Tao You saw that he just made sarcastic remarks. How could her mother be so easy to talk? She had to find a suitable time to sit down and have a good chat when she was not busy. Now, she would just be scolded and her racket confiscated: " It’s not the time yet, so don’t worry about it.”
"There is still a lot of class fees for this semester," the class teacher walked around the class a few times, remembered something, and spoke again, "After New Year's Eve or the final exam, we can organize it so that the whole class goes out to play together. I think it will take more than half of the semester. In the past, there were still many students who were not familiar with other classmates and usually kept to themselves. I just took this opportunity to get to know my classmates better, and they will still be in the same class next semester."
After listening to the class teacher's words, the students banged the table and shouted excitedly. The classroom was instantly noisy. Hong Xiqi clapped along and her hands were red. Students from other classes passing by outside the classroom looked in curiously through the windows, thinking that something had happened. What a big deal, in fact, for the students in Class 2, this is considered a big deal. Tao You's expression was lukewarm. She had never been keen on such group activities.
"But," the head teacher raised his voice and changed his words, "the specific activities will depend on how much money is left in the end, and your parents' consent must be obtained in advance. It also depends on your grades. If your grades are poor, there will be no activities."
"Teacher Wen, don't worry, we will definitely take the exam well." A classmate said.
"In order to go out and play, during this last period of time, everyone has to fight
Be very energetic. "
After the first one spoke, the other students started talking at the top of their lungs one after another, and the classroom became chaotic again.
"Xiao Youyou, what kind of activity do you think it will be?" Hong Xiqi looked forward to it, already imagining the scene, "Picnic? There are special places for picnics in several places on the mountains in the suburbs. You can also watch the stars at night, or go Riding on a awning boat and eating stinky tofu... I haven't eaten stinky tofu for a long time, I miss it so much." As she said that, she started to smash her mouth and kept swallowing saliva.
Tao You broke her fantasy and said leisurely: "According to my experience, it might be outings, mountain climbing, going to the park, etc. Don't think too much about it." Her previous class often organized these boring activities, and she went I’ve never been there before, and I don’t have much hope this time. I’m even planning to find a reason not to go.
"I'm just thinking about it." Hong Xiqi looked at Tao You angrily, "With limited funds, how can we really go to these places? There are safety risks."
Tao You curled his lips and scratched his head in embarrassment.
This week, Tao's mother called Tao You significantly more frequently, and the focus of each chat was midterm exams.
"Xiaoyou, will your results come out tomorrow?" Tao's mother asked.
Tao You lay on the railing of the dormitory balcony, looking at the lights in the distance, clicked his tongue, and said, "It's almost time. You should be out tomorrow. Mom, why are you so anxious?"
Tao's mother was eating something in her mouth and her voice was a little slurred: "If you don't do well in the exam, then I have to find a cram school for you early and go to class early?"
Tao Huhu rolled his eyes silently and said helplessly: "To put it bluntly, you still don't believe me. Why are you always like this?"
The topic began to develop out of control again, and Tao You stopped it in time: "Stop, I don't want to talk about this anymore, I have to study, lights out soon, good night, bye." After saying that, he hung up the phone and went to the balcony again After blowing the wind for a while, I felt a little cold, and then I sighed and returned to the dormitory.
