The bell for the first Chinese exam rang, and the invigilator entered the exam room and removed the envelope of the test paper and handed it out.
After Tao Zhi got it, he glanced at the title first.
Chinese is also a subject that pays more attention to accumulation, and there is no rush, so she didn't spend too much time on it during this period. And the Chinese test paper in the mid-term does not have many previous knowledge points. The recitation of ancient poems and essays and the translation of classical Chinese are all learned this semester. and accumulation of materials.
At her current stage, the gap in Chinese language cannot be widened too much, and there is no way to improve a lot in one go, so she can only take it slowly.
Tao Zhi knew very well in his heart that if he wanted to reach 700 points from his current level, it would be a dream, but if he got a 10% discount.
If you have 120 each in English and Chinese, and 240 in comprehensive science, you can add up to 600.
She should not be able to get this score in comprehensive science, but she should be more cautious when doing English and Chinese questions, and she should be able to add up to about 30 points to make up for this gap.
If the topic is simple, on this basis, she may still have a little hope that she can dream about it with a 10% discount.
But in this way, her math must be above 120, and her science and comprehensive skills should not be too far behind.
probably.
She began to lose her mind again.
Tao Zhi felt a little regretful, why did she offer Jiang Qihuai a 10% discount just now
Isn't 20% off pretty good, or even 15% off
She sighed, raised her hand and rubbed her head indiscriminately, shaking off all the messy things in her mind.
never mind.
There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, and she will think about it later. She doesn't have the time to distract herself from these things now.
She picked up the pen again and focused on the exam in front of her.
There is much more time for the midterm exam. The math exam in the afternoon starts at three o'clock and ends at five o'clock.
It is not allowed to hand in the papers in advance, and the tables and chairs do not need to be restored after the exam. Tomorrow, we will continue to study comprehensive and English.
Tao Zhi went straight out of the school gate, opened the car door and entered, and said hello to Uncle Gu.
After waiting for a while, Ji Fan came out.
The boy looked sleepy, and yawned and climbed up: "It's not allowed to hand in the papers in advance. Is there any humanity in the school? I slept for a fucking day, and I was almost bored to death."
Tao Zhi couldn't put it into words: "Writing two more questions will exhaust you to death."
"I've written it." Ji Fan scratched his head, "I'm not lazy this time, I've finished writing all the essays, and I've written all the ones I'll meet."
"It's just that not many know it." Tao Zhi said leisurely.
Ji Fan glanced at her: "Jiang Zhengxun and the others are discussing the answers in the group, why don't you go and see?"
Tao Zhi pinched the phone in his pocket through his jacket, paused, and said, "No."
She didn't memorize the answer anyway.
If you pass the test, you will pass it. Even if you know which questions are correct and which ones are wrong, the points that have been deducted cannot be returned because of this.
On the next Friday, the English test was over, and Tao Zhi went back to work to set up tables and chairs.
When she was packing things in the examination room, she was still thinking about the composition she had just written, and her movements were a bit slow. She didn't finish packing until the students in her class came back from the examination room. When she returned to the classroom, her desk had already been dragged back and set up.
Tao Zhi threw the schoolbag on the table, stretched out his hands and dragged it back together, and sat straddling it and looked at Jiang Qihuai who was behind him: "Your Highness, why don't you give me a 15% discount, what do you think?"
Jiang Qihuai was still looking for his own table, when he heard this, he turned his head: "A bargain?"
Tao Zhi thought for a while, then said conservatively: "If you want, you can get a 20% discount."
Jiang Qihuai raised his eyebrows: "It's not over yet."
"This is what I call having a correct understanding of my own strength." Tao Zhi said solemnly.
Jiang Qihuai found his desk and dragged it back with one hand: "Why, didn't you pass the exam?"
Tao Zhi sighed, lying on the table he had just pulled back, and said honestly: "I don't know, I think it should be okay."
She curled her lips and said in a low voice, "But isn't my level limited?"
In Ji Fan's words, everyone who knows the answer has been answered, anyway, the test paper is full.
Although she hasn't gone out to play in the past two and a half months, she is facing the book almost every day from morning to night, and the exams in these two days have indeed made her a lot easier than before.
The feeling that after seeing a certain test question, he feels that he can do it with ease, and he clearly understands that this question can be done correctly, Tao Zhi feels very good.
It was as if the world formed by these test papers belonged to her.
The end of the midterm exam is a weekend, so Tao Zhi decides to take a vacation for himself.
She sent a WeChat message to Jiang Hesheng, canceling the tutoring classes for these two days, spent a decadent weekend after a long absence, huddled in the room to read a book, and played games with Ji Fan all afternoon.
At dinner, Tao Xiuping came back, and after chatting for a while, he looked at Tao Zhi casually and asked, "By the way, how are you and that little...boy you like?"
Tao Zhi scooped up a spoonful of tomato ball soup, and said happily: "We are now an impure ordinary classmate relationship."
"..."
Tao Xiuping's expression changed, and he glanced at her: "What kind of impure method?"
Tao Zhi said slowly: "That's right, I like him, and he also knows that I like him, but we're not together yet."
Tao Xiuping let out a long breath of relief.
Lao Tao felt that he could no longer understand the messy things in the minds of young people nowadays.
Just as he was relieved, Tao Zhi also filled a bowl of soup, and Tao Zhi continued: "But we have agreed, if I can pass 630 in this midterm exam, we can fall in love!"
Ji Fan rolled his eyes beside him.
Tao Xiuping almost spit out the soup after taking a mouthful.
Holding the spoon, he raised his head again: "How much?"
"630." Tao Zhi pointed his fingers forward and said seriously.
Tao Xiuping thought he heard it wrong: "Is it 630 or 360?"
"..."
Tao Zhi was very unhappy, and looked at him expressionlessly: "Dad."
"Dad is wrong, Dad was joking." Tao Xiuping coughed twice, put down the soup bowl, took out a paper towel next to him, wiped his mouth, picked up the bowl again, and prepared to continue drinking soup.
He glanced at Tao Zhi, who was sitting across from him with a naturally unworried expression, paused, but still couldn't hold back, and asked again: "Did you write a cheat sheet?"
"..."
Boss Tao stepped on the thunder accurately, and Tao Zhi exploded.
Tao Xiuping coaxed her back with a smile, coaxing her temper down with difficulty.
After dinner, Tao Xiuping went upstairs to work in the study, while Tao Zhi and Ji Fan nestled on the sofa and continued playing games.
Tao Zhi's skills were poor, and it was all due to Ji Fan's immortal operation that led her to kill all the way forward. She was only responsible for delivering, and couldn't help but slapped her teammates, and started typing.
Tao Zhi got excited, crossed his legs and started exchanging skills with the person on the opposite side without profanity. Ji Fan stared at the phone screen, waited for a long time, rushed into the crowd of celebrities, and played elegantly. After a perfect 1V3 retreat, he said, "Has mom contacted you recently?"
Tao Zhi was typing away, without looking up: "No, why would she contact me? Even if she wanted to, she would definitely find you."
She said this so naturally that she didn't even realize it herself.
After blurting out, the two of them paused in unison, Ji Fan raised his head in a daze, and glanced at her.
Tao Zhi didn't look at him.
Ji Fan pursed his lips, looked away, and said in a low voice, "She hasn't looked for me recently, I called her twice but didn't answer."
The teenager's mind is not that delicate, but he is not a fool either.
He felt a little uncomfortable.
When he was young, Ji Fan always felt that Ji Jin and Tao Zhi were closer.
I will make beautiful braids for her, and I will buy her favorite little skirts. When Tao Zhi was a child, she would be noisy and it was difficult to put her to sleep. Ji Jin would lean on the bed and tell her stories.
Although sometimes, I still feel a little envious, but he is a little man, and he is mischievous every day, so there is nothing wrong with his skin. Girls are all squeamish and rely more on their mothers. This is a normal thing.
What's more, since then, Tao Xiuping has been very busy with work and is often away from home. Compared with his father who spends less time with him, they are closer to Ji Jin.
But later, Ji Jin chose to take him away.
She abandoned Tao Zhi.
She doesn't want her anymore.
Ji Fan didn't want to do this, and made a fuss for a long time, but there was no result, and he never mentioned it again.
On the day they left, Tao Zhi didn't show up, and Ji Fan cried.
He didn't want to cry at first, he wasn't a crybaby character, he never shed tears even when he got injured in a fight and went to the hospital, but on that day, for some reason, the tears couldn't stop.
There probably really are some unexplainable connections between the twins, just like he can occasionally detect Tao Zhi's emotions very sensitively.
On that day, Ji Fan felt that besides himself, he deeply felt the sadness of another person.
The two-day holiday was over, and Tao Zhi's rest time officially ended. Early on Monday morning, Ji Fan went downstairs to have breakfast and heard the familiar English listening voice again.
The teachers took the pre-ordered mid-term exam papers home for correction, and two days were enough to produce the grades. As soon as Tao Zhi arrived in class, he felt the change in the atmosphere.
The monthly exams are all trivial, and the midterm and final grades are the key points, which can be used as extra points for various evaluations in the school and in the city.
When she arrived, it was almost early for self-study, Jiang Qihuai's seat was empty, and no one came yet.
He seldom arrives too early, and almost always arrives in a pinch, Tao Zhi doesn't care, sits on the seat and picks out the papers that he plans to do in the morning self-study, and writes the questions with his head down.
Until the end of several morning classes, Jiang Qihuai's seat was always vacant.
Even Ji Fan asked her: "Why didn't my deskmate come?"
Tao Zhi glanced at him inexplicably: "It's your tablemate and not mine, how do I know."
Ji Fan folded his arms and laughed at her: "Isn't it that you two are ordinary classmates who are not pure, and you have more information than me at the same table, don't you?"
He specially emphasized the pronunciation of the word "impure".
Tao Zhi didn't want to talk to him.
The whole day passed, Jiang Qihuai didn't come, Tao Zhi held back and didn't ask. In the afternoon self-study class, Wang Foldzi came into the classroom with the report card, tore off a piece of scotch tape, and pasted the report card next to the blackboard : "I'll go to a meeting first, and I'll give you a mid-term summary when I come back. I won't say much, let's see for myself."
quietly.
After Wang Foldzi finished speaking, he left the classroom.
The moment the door closed, the classroom was filled with ebullition. A group of children put down their books and swarmed to the report card, regardless of whether they were in self-study class or not, and started their monthly routine.
Tao Zhi had something to worry about, he hesitated in his seat before moving.
She suddenly felt that it might be a good thing that Jiang Qihuai didn't come today.
What if she didn't pass the test.
Anyway, it's good to let him know one day later that her grades are not enough.
She walked slowly to the front, and a group of people had already gathered in front of the report card. Tao Zhi stood on the podium and squinted at them from the top of their heads.
She habitually looked for her name from the back to the front. She scanned a dozen rows at a glance, but couldn't find it.
Tao Zhi's heart was beating like a drum, and he seemed to be hiding a little rabbit inside his body, jumping up and down.
She continued to look forward.
After passing Gu Nana, Zhao Mingqi, until the 39th in the class, she saw herself.
Tao Zhi held his breath, his eyes slid across the long grade strip, and landed on the final overall grade.
—583.
not enough.
She didn't test enough.
Compared with the standard 120, her English and Chinese have indeed helped her improve by more than 20 points, but it still cannot make up for her lack of mathematics and comprehensive science.
However, there is hope.
Tao Zhi didn't feel sad, and was even inexplicably happy, she had already taken a big step towards Jiang Qihuai.
The students around were all discussing, Jiang Zhengxun sighed, looked at the familiar name on the first line of the report card: "I'm really convinced, this person is a monster, after all, the total score can be higher than the monthly exam." , fail the exam."
"We are not at the same level as Ben," Wu Nan shook his head, "This kind of question should not be difficult for him."
"After all, we're all going to the training camp," Li Shuangjiang said alive and well after he passed the exam this time, "Brother Huai doesn't like a mere mid-term exam, and when we're here sighing at the report card, he's preparing for the National Olympiad Woolen cloth."
Tao Zhi froze for a moment, then turned his head away: "What is the National Olympiad?"
Li Shuangjiang was also stunned, a little surprised: "It's just the math competition. Didn't Brother Huai go to participate in it before? After the first test and retest, he has to participate in the winter camp training to prepare for the national final. It should go for a week. I thought Brother Huai told you."
Li Shuangjiang continued with some excitement: "If you get the ranking in the final, Brother Huai can walk you. There must be many strong schools rushing to get him."
Tao Zhi pursed his lips for a long time, then said softly, "He never said that."
He didn't.
He didn't tell her anything, which seemed reasonable. She didn't know about the finals at all, and she didn't even ask. Jiang Qihuai would not suddenly come to her for no reason and say, Hey, I'm going to a training camp to participate in the competition finals.
Tao Zhi knew very well that even in the national finals, Jiang Qihuai would definitely get a good result.
He took another step forward.
Tao Zhi bit his lip, lowered his eyes, and his eyelashes trembled slightly.
The little happiness she had just now was like a wisp of smoke that could not be grasped, rising slowly, and then dissipated bit by bit.
She thought that the distance between them was shortening rapidly, Tao Zhi tried her best, desperately trying to catch up with his footsteps, and she finally achieved a little success.
She raised her head, and finally stretched out her hand towards the top of the mountain.
Then against the light, she watched her boy step onto the clouds.