After working shifts all morning, Hu Xiujie walked into the classroom for the first class in the afternoon.
"Class meeting."
The owls immediately sat upright.
Hu Xiujie stood still in the center of the podium, his cold eyes swept over the whole class, "First of all, congratulations on entering Mathematics and Physics Class A."
There was a burst of neat applause in the class.
Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap.
They rise and fall together, with an even rhythm. Sincerity and restraint, drum only eight times.
Xie Lan was stunned for a moment, and three other newcomers were also stunned with him. Wang Gou joined in the applause midway, but his drumming was wrong and others stopped abruptly. He made two more claps, which was very embarrassing.
Xie Lan glanced at Dou Sheng subconsciously. Dou Sheng was also a member of the Eighth Army, but he looked very cold.
Hu Xiujie waited for the applause to end and then said, "Then, welcome to the four new students joining this semester: Xie Lan, Wang Gou, Feng Miao, and Mao Lengxue."
Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap.
Eight more sounds.
Xie Lan whispered: "Have you ever practiced?"
Dou Sheng reluctantly hummed.
"The head teacher is Hu Xiujie, everything is possible." He said speechlessly.
There were only four new classmates, but Hu Xiujie still initiated a round of self-introduction to the whole class.
"Save time. Just stay in your seat. No more than three sentences per person. New students can say more."
Shift officers come first, then in seating order.
Xie Lan estimated that each person could tell their name and hobbies in just three sentences, but he soon discovered that he was wrong.
The first person to stand up was Dong Jingshuang.
"Class monitor Dong Jingjing, I will continue to serve you wholeheartedly in the new semester. The premise is that you don't pull my hair if you have something to say!"
The whole class was happy, and Hu Xiujie, who walked to the side and sat down, also smiled lightly.
Then Dai You stood up and said, "Study committee member Dai You, who always takes second place in exams because he doesn't study well, stays up the latest and drinks the sweetest coffee."
Xie Lan suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a row of coffee on his desk from the first day, and there was never any shortage.
Then there was a petite and cute girl with very fair skin and two small dimples in her smile. "Art Committee member Liu Zixuan, I thought that after this exam I would go to another class to develop house dancing. I didn't expect that I could continue to be favored by the big guys here." Suppression, alas.”
Hu Xiujie said with a smile, "Class 4 can't live without you."
These words came out of Hu Xiujie's mouth. It was quite scary. From the corner of Xie Lan's eyes, Wang Gou shuddered all over. However, the fourth group had no reaction and even started cheering together. Yu Fei, who usually didn't like to talk, mingled in the crowd and said That's a must.
Xie Lan asked Dou Sheng in a low voice, "What is house dance?"
"It's just the kind of dance you do when you have nothing to do at home." Dou Sheng flicked his wrist casually, "That's it."
Xie Lan: "Oh."
Yu Fei couldn't help but turn around after hearing this, "It's true that one dares to say it and one dares to believe it."
Everyone in the four classes could tell a three-sentence self-introduction. Xie Lan could not remember the full name, but miraculously remembered everyone.
It was Dou Sheng's turn, and he stood up slowly—
"Hello everyone. My name is Dou Sheng."
He paused, seemed to be struggling to think of the third sentence, and gave up after two seconds: "Thank you everyone."
Force God.
Xie Lan thought to herself, pretending to be indifferent, and can say 50,000 words in a group photo behind his back.
After Dou Sheng sat down, he went to Xie Lan.
When he stood up, everyone in front of him turned around, and the class was even quieter than before.
"I am Xie Lan. I came back from the UK and have to take the college entrance examination in China." After Xie Lan explained the basic situation, he hesitated and said: "I left before I could read. I am very poor in reading and writing. I hope I can improve quickly. "
A boy asked, "Why, don't your parents teach their children Chinese characters when they go abroad?"
Sure enough, I was asked the question I least wanted to answer.
When he was a child, Xie Jingming would occasionally take him to family gatherings of immigrant scholars. The children who came with him were all bilingual in Chinese and English, mainly in Chinese, and they would chatter away incessantly. Xie Lan could only stand aside, occasionally understanding the English parts, and not being able to make any friends.
After three rounds of drinking, the adults called the children back. Xie Jingming would then introduce his pure British education. Others echoed the praise, but Xie Lan would never forget the surprised looks in the eyes of the other children at that time.
A little boy even glanced at him sideways, "Why can't Chinese people speak Chinese? Long live great Britain?"
That sense of shame stayed with him for many years.
But history doesn't repeat itself.
The owls did not think about "forgetting their roots" or "favoring foreigners" at all, and started to entertain themselves before Xie Landa.
"On how crazy parents today are in order to let their children learn English well."
"However, I didn't expect that my child would have to return to China to take the college entrance examination."
"I sigh to cover my tears, how difficult it is to return from the sea of sorrow!"
"Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Su Shi, Lu You, Xin Qiji! A lot of happiness is waiting for you!"
After being surprised, Xie Lan unconsciously raised the corners of his lips slightly and whispered thank you everyone.
After introducing myself, I suddenly felt very relaxed, as if I could take off on the spot.
Before get out of class ended, Hu Xiujie cleared his throat, and a whole class of fluttering owls sat up straight again obediently.
"The last few words. I believe everyone knows that the college entrance examination questions in the past two years were conservative, and many top students in mathematics and science were evened out, and their rankings were lost. You are the first class A in mathematics and science. The school's intention is to make the best in a single subject Students must get extra points in independent enrollment, so we will conduct a lot of difficult training every day and have the ability to withstand pressure.”
The people below nodded silently, and Hu Xiujie added, "It takes one year to prepare since the recruitment. In the last semester of senior high school, classes will be divided again, mathematics A will be canceled, and the ranking of all subjects will be unified. Therefore, students who specialize in subjects must not slack off this year and strive to get the best results in one year." I will continue to stay.”
get out of class was over and as soon as Hu Xiujie left the classroom, the owls started to cheer again.
Che Ziming turned around and said, "Lana, we will be divided into different classes next year, so you have to catch up quickly."
Xie Lan nodded, "Mainly Chinese."
Che Ziming sighed, "Chinese is my scar. My Chinese is also very poor. Let's work hard together."
Xie Lan casually accepted it as a yes. When the car turned around, he looked down at the make-up class schedule.
Dou Sheng was sleeping next to him, and Xie Lan poked him.
Dou Sheng raised his head, "Huh?"
"Let's go to the supermarket tonight." Xie Lan said, "I thought about it again. You have to post the video on Sunday and finish the recording on Saturday. It will be too late to prepare after class tomorrow night, so why not buy it tonight."
When Dou Sheng heard this, his expression gradually became serious and he sat up.
"What do you mean, you still want to watch me make a pot of meat sauce?"
Xie Lan shook his head, "I can even teach you how to do it."
"?"
Xie Lan opened the screenshot saved in the photo album of her mobile phone, "I saw a Chinese YouTuber talking about how terrible British food is in the eyes of Chinese people. It's very interesting."
Dou Sheng was silent: "...so?"
"That video added 100,000 fans." Xie Lan said, "Aren't you going to make more content? You can give it a try."
Xie Lan's suggestion was very sincere. He was thinking about it when Dou Sheng was talking about his "bottleneck" last night.
Although this guy had tricked him several times, he was still a friend who lived together after all. He was good at shooting videos, so he could help.
What is this called, repaying evil with kindness.
Dou Sheng's expression was a little distorted, "Are you serious?"
"Yeah." Xie Lan said, "Shall we ask Xiao Ma to take us to the supermarket tonight?"
Dou Sheng was silent for a long time, then leaned back on the table dejectedly: "Whatever."
There is no difference between domestic and British supermarkets. The supermarket Xiaoma chose is an imported supermarket. Most of the food products have bilingual labels. Xie Lan's shopping is smooth.
He walked in front, and Dou Sheng followed behind with a slumped face, pushing the cart in one hand and holding a mobile phone in the other, with a perfunctory look on his face.
Xie Lan turned around several times and saw that he was still half-dead, and couldn't help but frown.
If you are not motivated and innovative, it will be difficult to get ahead.
Yesterday I said I wanted to break through, but today I refuse to even take this small step. I am weak.
"Hurry up."
"Yeah, yeah." Dou Sheng nodded perfunctorily, poking at the phone without even looking up.
Xie Lan was speechless.
Meat sauce is easy to make, especially Xie Lan has a unique secret recipe.
Pork should be alternately fat and lean.
For tomatoes, pick large flat leaves to produce as much juice as possible.
There are also some ingredients that he doesn’t understand in Chinese. Garlic means garlic, and onion means onion. Xie Lan took notes while buying them. He felt very satisfied and was improving rapidly every day.
"No." Dou Sheng suddenly said from behind, "Tomato meat sauce, why do you need to buy coconut oil?"
Xie Lan said, "Adding a little coconut oil and yogurt to the classic Italian sauce will make it thicker and smoother. My British friends all said it was good after eating it."
“…”
Dou Sheng looked like he had been beaten by life. After looking at him for a long time, he lowered his head and poked at his phone, muttering in a low voice: "Sin."
"What to make?" A word I have never heard of.
Dou Sheng looked depressed, "It's just casual, as long as you're happy."
"Hey." Xie Lan was a little depressed, "Be more progressive. It's like you want to record a video with me."
“…”
After Xie Lan turned around, Dou Sheng raised his head again.
He looked at Xie Lan, who was reading the label carefully and looking up the dictionary, and sighed silently.
Owe him.
There is such a calamity in life, and there is no way to avoid it.
Dou Sheng thought for a moment and finally clicked on the pink TV app and opened the chat box with "Mr.x who loves to eat" from the private message list.
In the past month, this grandson initiated at least ten conversations, but he didn't reply.
The main reason is that he received two blessings that deserved a beating during the Chinese New Year.
x: Happy New Year, Douzi. You took my brother many times when he was young. You are the one 1,000,000 years ago. I am truly grateful, grateful, and will keep it in my heart. I will definitely speak up if I need you in the future.
This one doesn't look cool at all.
Look at the next one.
x: Ahem, although my brother won the top 100 first, in my heart this honor also belongs to you! My trophy is half as much as yours. In the new year, I’ll be waiting for you at the top 100!
Look at this.
Is it a human being
At that time, Dou Sheng replied calmly and calmly, "Happy New Year. Get lost."
Dou Sheng looked up again and glanced at the back of Xie Lan's head - even the back of his head looked a little happy. Xie Lan turned to pick yogurt on the cold shelf, his dark pupils reflecting the light on the shelf, which was very bright.
Dou Sheng took a deep breath, lowered his head and quickly typed two words and sent them.
Dou: Are you there
If he doesn't reply for a minute, forget it, Dou Sheng thought to himself. He called up the stopwatch with an expressionless face, and decided to call Xie Lan directly if he didn't reply, telling him that he was the cousin Douzi in the eyes of a million people.
The numbers jumped happily. Just as it jumped to 59, the phone screen suddenly popped up.
Dou Sheng's heart skipped a beat.
x: Let me go, Brother Douzi finally paid attention to me! What are your orders
Yes, it is indeed a disaster in life.
Dou Sheng couldn't explain what it was like, so he started thinking about it.
Dou: Just, I suddenly missed you.
x:
x: Is it me
Bean: Yeah. Today is not the first time I have promoted your video to my fans... Anyway, it is more than a year anniversary.
x:... is... ah...
Dou Sheng tactfully fell into silence, pushed the cart behind Xie Lan and walked two more rows of shelves, throwing a box of cookies into the cart.
Until the phone buzzed again.
x: Oh, don’t talk anymore? Did you really think of me suddenly
x: I’m a little touched by this.
x: Brother, I miss you too. Your update frequency has been a little low recently. My happiness is gone. Haha.
grandson.
Yingyang is so weird here again.
Dou Sheng typed with a numb face:
Dou: I watch your videos every day. By the way, do you want to eat a bowl of meat sauce on Sunday? You are so harsh now.
x: Huh
x: Oh! Hey, one less word in the trailer, a bowl of Bolognese Noodles, who eats Bolognese, is it free
Isn't it salty
Dou Sheng was experiencing a tsunami in his heart, but remained calm on the outside.
Dou: Then I'm a little disappointed. I really want to see you eat meat sauce.
x: What does it mean?
x: Wait, you want to work for me, is that what you mean
x: Is there any ketchup brand that Dad would like to see me eat meat sauce? I can!
Bean: No.
Douzi: Only your father Douzi wants to see it.
x: wtf
Dou Sheng finally smiled at the screen, and while Xie Lan wasn't paying attention, he quickly reached over the cart and took a photo.
He took screenshots of the Chinese New Year’s phrases “You are the one from 1,000,000 years ago” and “I will definitely speak up if I need something in the future.” He also sent photos of the shopping cart.
Bean: Customize a video, eat a bowl of tomato meat sauce, add coconut oil and sugar-free yogurt. It will be sent out on Sunday. It requires a pure white bowl, a stainless steel spoon, a black tablecloth on the table, a white wall in the background, and a gray sweatshirt. The most you can do is The cuffs should be exposed and the cuffs should not be marked.
x:? ?
x: Just tell me if you want me to die
x: Is this some new top 100 assassination list
x: And what the hell is this recipe of yours?
x: Hello? Still there
Dou Sheng glanced at Xie Lan's little head.
Dou: Yes, it’s called “Lan Style Recipe”.
Bean: Be grateful, thank you, keep it in your heart. I'll definitely come back to you next time I need you.
Bean: I'll put coins in for you, two.