Anning Experimental Junior High School, outside the school gate.
Another day of schoolwork is over, and the business of the off-campus stalls is booming.
Teppanyaki, deep-fried skewers, and the aroma of snacks were overflowing. Lin Zhaoxi and Pei Zhi stood outside the school gate, waiting for Hanamaki and Lu Zhihao.
The hot pot was over yesterday, and there are no leisure activities today. They will go to the Red Star Welfare Institute together and attend Lao Lin's cram school.
Hanamaki walked out of the school gate, saw her, still felt incredible, he carried his schoolbag, and asked as he walked, "Are you really going with us?"
"Otherwise, what am I going to do alone at night?"
"Watching TV." Lu Zhihao replied after buying fried sausages at a roadside stall.
"If you look at it again, your math scores will be worse than yours. I can't let this happen."
"You are no longer as good as me..."
Lu Zhihao muttered softly.
The math tutoring class run by Lao Lin is located in the small classroom on the first floor of the Red Star Welfare Institute.
The class is at 6:30 in the evening, but before 6:00, many people have already arrived in the classroom. Many students came directly after school, and the classroom was filled with the aroma of pancakes, snacks and buns.
When Lin Zhaoxi and Pei Zhi entered the classroom, they felt that although the classroom was dilapidated, it was very clean and tidy. Under the incandescent lamp, everything was bright and majestic.
Seeing them, many students cast curious eyes.
Lin Zhaoxi glanced at the students. There were of course her old friends Chen Chengcheng and An Beibei among them, but most of them were unfamiliar faces.
Chen Chengcheng still had that slender and weak appearance, while An Beibei was more robust and bluffing.
They sat down in the back row, and An Beibei came directly from the first row, put her hands on Pei Zhi's shoulders, and looked at her in disbelief: "Pei Zhi, Lin Chaoxi, am I blind? Why are you here?" ?!"
Lin Zhaoxi felt that An Beibei must have learned Chinese from Lao Lin...
"It's about to be selected for the Mathematical Federation, and I'll come over for tutoring." She said.
"Me too." Pei Zhi said.
"What are you tutoring for!" An Beibei's eyes widened, and everyone's thoughts were uttered.
"math."
Pei Zhi put down his schoolbag and spoke concisely, An Beibei was choked for a long time and couldn't speak.
After a while, An Beibei exclaimed: "Comrades, Pei Zhi is back, and this year there is one less place for the competition. We are miserable!"
"What's wrong?"
Lao Lin walked into the classroom following the screams of An Beibei's classmate. He was wearing a plaid shirt, just finished eating, put down his book, leaned on the podium and asked with a smile, very chic.
"Teacher, Pei... Peizhi is back!" An Beibei rushed to the podium again.
"Yes, I'm back. In the future, if you have questions you don't understand, ask me less, and ask the classmate at the end of the classroom more." Lao Lin stretched out his hand and nodded, "Student Pei, raise your hand, everyone get to know each other."
Sitting under the incandescent lamp, Pei Zhi looked peaceful, clear and steady, but looked a little dazed.
When Lao Lin spoke, he subconsciously raised his hand. The students collectively turned their heads and watched him.
Those who don't know are curious, and those who know are shocked.
Pei Zhi enjoyed the 30-second onlookers, and Lao Lin was so satisfied that he let him down.
"Yo, another new student came to our class today." Smiling eyes shifted to her, Lao Lin said
Lin Zhaoxi raised her hand.
"Stand up and introduce yourself." Lao Lin said.
She could only put down her hands, stand up, and be fully exposed to the curious eyes of the whole class. She and Comrade Lao Lin on the podium stared wide-eyed, wondering if Lao Lin wanted to kill relatives righteously, or what was he doing
"This classmate, have you paid the tuition fee?" Lao Lin asked.
Lin Zhaoxi:? ?
"I... I have no money..." she whispered.
"Then the policy of our class is like this, the top three students get free tuition, and the next exam is Friday, I hope you will work harder."
"What if... I can't get into the top three?"
"Then you can only pay the full housework and part-time job to pay the tuition. Let's talk about the specific conversion method at home." Lao Lin pressed his hands and motioned her to sit down.
Lin Zhaoxi's face was flushed, and everyone in the class exploded, everyone understood who she was.
"Who are the top three in the class now?" Lin Zhaoxi sat down and poked Lu Zhihao in the front row.
"The one you asked is now ranked second in the class."
Lao Lin's ears are so sharp that he can answer questions across half of the classroom.
"What about the third?"
Chen Chengcheng raised his hand.
"So who's first?"
Before she finished speaking, a tall and thin figure appeared at the door of the classroom.
Zhang Liang was carrying a schoolbag, with an indifferent expression and a haughty accent: "Why do you want me?"
Lin Zhaoxi was stunned for a long time as if struck by lightning, until Lu Zhihao's voice called her back.
She swallowed, bowed her head to Qianqian for Lao Lin, looked up at Lu Zhihao, and said sympathetically, "You're going to be squeezed out of the top three."
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Before class time, Lao Lin came in advance to answer questions for the students.
He answered two questions on the podium, Lin Zhaoxi set up his notebook, started to read the brand-new textbooks, and prepared to wait for him to start the class.
At this time, Lao Lin continued to touch her.
"New classmate, what are you doing?"
"pre... preview..."
"Preview what?"
I haven't taken your class for two years, I don't know...
"What do you want to learn?" Old Lin paused, "Come to my class, what learning goals do you have?"
"I want... to win the first prize in the National Mathematical Competition for Junior High School Students." Lin Zhaoxi said.
The eyes of the whole class shot at her again, Lin Zhaoxi continued to be incomprehensible...
Lao Lin: "If I ask you, why are you so honest? In our class, everyone keeps their goals in their hearts, and you are the first to announce it to everyone."
Immediately, Lin Zhaoxi blushed again, Comrade Lao Lin's routine was really different from others.
In front of the podium, Lao Lin smiled and pondered for a moment, but Lin Zhaoxi couldn't understand his expression either.
"Since you are so motivated, the teacher will try his best to help you." Old Lin paused and shouted, "Lu Zhihao."
"exist!"
"The new classmate is yours to take care of."
Out of nowhere, Lin Zhaoxi was rushed to listen to Teacher Xiao Lu's class.
She and Lu Zhihao sat in the corner of the classroom, looking at each other.
Lao Lin's class does not have the serious atmosphere of the usual classroom, it is more like everyone studying together
She was one-on-one with Lu Zhihao, and it didn't look awkward, but Lin Zhaoxi felt awkward when facing Mr. Lu who was serious about flipping through the book...
Lu Zhihao opened the book, scratched his head, and was also confused, not knowing what to teach.
"Well... Actually, the junior high school Olympiad is quite difficult..." His first sentence was this.
"You haven't attended classes for more than two years, so it's not easy to qualify in our school." This is the second sentence.
"Do you know what's going on in the math league?" He held back for a long time, and couldn't help but say, "The first prize is really difficult."
Lu Zhihao was as sincere as ever.
Lin Zhaoxi knew that ever since she said that she would take out the quota for the competition, Lu Zhihao had kept his mouth shut, probably because he thought she was too ambitious and hoped that she would be more down-to-earth. Seeing her old friend's worried expression, Lin Zhaoxi was in mixed emotions, but she was even more moved.
She made up her mind and said slowly: "The National Junior High School Mathematics League exam is divided into the first test and the second test. The first test focuses on basic knowledge and basic skills. The question types are 6 multiple-choice questions and 4 questions to fill in the blanks, with a total of 70 points. The second test focuses on basic knowledge and basic skills. Try to focus on the ability to analyze and solve problems. The question type is three answer questions, and the content is divided into algebra questions, geometry questions, and geometry-algebra comprehensive questions, with a total of 70 points and a total of 140 points in the two tests."
"Then what if you want to win a prize?" Lu Zhihao raised his head and asked her.
"If you want to sprint for an award, you must get the first question right in the second test, and if you want the first prize, you must get the geometry question right in the second question. The third question, geometry-algebra synthesis, is the real, decisive question .”
"Then... the number of participants... do you know how many there are?"
"Last year, through multiple selections, a total of 2,421 students participated in the finals of the National Junior High School Mathematics League, 60 won the first prize, and the award was worth 99 points, accounting for 2.47% of the total number of participants. The number of junior high school students in the country was more than 57.6 million. people."
After Lin Zhaoxi finished the preparations little by little, Lu Zhihao fell silent. After a while, he opened his mouth.
"It's really tough."
"I know."
"Actually, it's okay not to win the first prize."
"I still have to take it."
"Why?"
This time, it was Lin Zhaoxi's turn to be silent.
In fact, she wants to say, because in the future, the school she wants to take and the major she misses will only be more difficult than this.
Back off now, what can I do later.