After some stern persuasion from me, Wang Dachun and Zeng Jin nodded honestly and gave up their plan to go to the temple late at night to burn incense and worship Buddha.
After crossing the Two Rivers Bridge, we separated at the intersection.
They were going south.
I continued walking eastward and had to pass through the entire narrow town of Two Rivers before I could reach the coffin shop at the east end.
After walking for more than twenty minutes, there were fewer people around and the street lights became dim. The street in front was dark, and I saw Wang Hu floating around there.
I walked up and said with a smile.
"Brother Wang, what should I do if you go out for a walk tonight and scare people?"
"Brother Wu, are you back from school?"
He came up to me with a smile and greeted me. Then he scratched his head and replied somewhat honestly.
"The boss asked me to come out and take a walk. Firstly, I can get familiar with the situation around the shop, and secondly, it can be regarded as exercising my soul. Don't worry, as long as I don't show up deliberately, ordinary people can't see me. .Won’t scare others.”
I nodded: "Okay, if it's Lao Cao who says so, then Brother Wang, just know what's appropriate."
While we were chatting, we walked towards the coffin shop. The street lamp stretched my shadow very long, very long...
the next day.
to school.
Although I looked calm on the outside, I was still very nervous and uneasy inside.
The monthly exam results will be announced soon!
Yao Nan wore a very beautiful dress today, and it looked pretty good.
Facing my weird and curious eyes, she glared at me arrogantly, and then took the initiative to explain: "My mother said that when facing important things, you should dress better so that you can have confidence."
All right……
I shrugged, somewhat incomprehensible.
Many years later, I learned that there is a very popular term among girls on the Internet called "ritual sense" - it seems that my female deskmate had this awareness in 1999.
There was some noise in the classroom.
Everyone was chattering and discussing.
"Quiet!"
Chen Xue, the head teacher, walked into the classroom with a large stack of papers and a list in his hand.
Everyone immediately shut up, and it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
"The results of the first monthly exam are out. Let me read them first. After reading them, hand out the math papers for my subject. I will talk about the papers today. Teachers' papers for other subjects will be handed out during class."
I also sat upright.
After all, in my heart, Master is one of the three most important people in the world. Naturally, I dare not go against what she said.
"I'll start from the last one...Liu Ping, 58th in the class and 279th in the grade."
A tall, thin boy with pimples on his face stood up from his seat with a sad face, walked to the front of the podium and took his math paper and score sheet.
Chen Xue glanced at him and said calmly: "Liu Ping, you are the last in our class, but you are not the last in the grade. Fortunately, you have not lost all your embarrassment, only half of it."
Hahaha!
The whole class burst into laughter.
I have to say that although our class teacher is a math teacher, he is really good at sarcastic remarks. No worse than a Chinese teacher!
Chen Xue continued to read.
"Wang Sanli, there are 57 students in the class and 266 students in the grade."
A tall, fat boy stood up and cautiously walked forward to receive his math papers and score slips.
Just like that, while Teacher Chen was reading names and rankings, someone came to the front of the podium.
What I didn't expect was that Wang Dachun actually ranked twenty-sixth in the class. Among his small group of dudes, he was the best achiever.
Zeng Jin was a little worse than him, ranking thirty-three in the class.
As for the other people, I can’t even remember their names. I just know that they must have fulfilled my previous request - they cannot be among the bottom ten.
Otherwise, you can't call me "boss" and be kicked out of the small circle formed by Wang Dachun.
This incident is said to have caused shock in the entire school's circle of dandy gangsters for a period of time!
I guess the gangsters never expected that one day if they want to continue hanging out with the boss, they would have to look at their test scores?
This is outrageous!
In the end, there were two people whose names were left unread - Yao Nan and I.
I saw Chen Xue looking here, with a very kind and satisfied smile on his face, and thought.
"Yao Nan, second in the class and third in the grade."
Bang bang bang!
The whole class immediately started clapping.
The eyes that looked at Yao Nan were full of appreciation and admiration.
A girl like her who is beautiful, has a good family background, is versatile, and has very good academic performance. Obviously, wherever he goes, he brings his own aura and becomes the center of attention.
"Classmate Yao Nan, keep up the good work and keep up the good work."
Teacher Chen handed her the papers and score slips, smiling and encouraging her gently.
"Thank you, Teacher Chen!"
Yao Nan also smiled happily.
This result also made her feel that her efforts and hard work this month were not in vain.
Like a butterfly, she returned to her seat.
I also gave her a "congratulations" look.
Chen Xue held the score slip in his hand, his eyes slowly swept across the class, and finally read in a calm and joyful tone.
"Finally, he is the student who ranks first in our class in this monthly exam. At the same time, he is also the first in the whole grade! He has brought glory to our class. He is..."
Chen Xue's eyes finally fell on me.
"Classmate Wu Zhong! Congratulations. In this exam, I ranked first in the whole grade."
Suddenly, the applause around him stopped and became very quiet. Then the next moment, the applause became even louder.
Everyone looked at me in surprise.
As if he didn't believe that a person from a rural village could get the first grade in the district middle school. But at the same time, it was also full of "admiration" expressions.
To be honest...the stratification of education is not just something that is mentioned repeatedly on the Internet in this day and age. It started when I was in junior high school.
The people with the best grades in the class are basically people from the towns, whose parents have decent jobs, who themselves have attended cram schools since childhood, and have good education levels.
For example, Yao Nan, such a person.
I was able to get first place in my grade, which has surprised many people...
And when I heard Chen Xuenian’s ranking, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Successful! Now, you don't have to be scolded by the master or even expelled from the school, right? I finally survived the first month of testing."
While I was thinking about it, I walked to the front of the podium and took my math paper and score sheet.
After looking at it, um, it’s a perfect score of 100.
To be honest, I don't really enjoy studying.
I was really forced to do nothing by my master!
And when I think about it, Master said that if he wants to reach a very high level in practicing Xuanmen magic, then he needs to have deep knowledge of science and culture that seem to be opposites but are actually essentially the same.
There is no other way, so I can only be a top student.
I was forced to be a top student!
