Wenhao: This child has been smart since he was young

Chapter 42 A sudden call

Gu Lu has the thinking of an adult and was able to remain calm. The whole process went smoothly and not a single word was wrong!
I have to add that "Why Do We Have National Confidence" was not copied verbatim. Gu Lu does not have such a good memory, and even the length of the original text does not meet the 1000-1500 words required for the composition.

Therefore, Gu Lu also added many wonderful passages accumulated from his previous life. Perhaps its literary value is not as good as "The Sounding Shadow", but it was able to win awards.

After about half an hour, Gu Lu stopped writing and glanced at the other contestants out of the corner of his eye.

The writing time was eighty minutes in total; Gu Lu worked too fast.

It’s not good for a man to be too fast. This was Gu Lu’s first reaction. His second reaction was whether he could hand in the paper early?
If he raised his hand now and asked if it would affect the people around him, Gu Lu thought a lot. After a while, his thoughts turned to being grateful. He was grateful that even though he failed in his previous life, he loved reading articles and had read quite a few articles, which provided him with material.

President Jian noticed that a contestant had stopped writing. He was secretly surprised. So soon? Then he became curious and wanted to take a look at Gu Lu's work.

"Can we hand in our composition papers in advance?" President Jian asked softly.

"In advance?" Xiao Yi, as a staff member of the secretariat of the Chinese Contemporary Literature Research Association, has supervised the examination halls for three years and has never heard of anyone submitting a paper in advance.

"Gu Lu? According to the rules, as long as you finish writing, you can leave early according to your wishes." Xiao Yi's gaze stopped at the thinner candidate in the fourth row, and it was indeed him.

Xiao Yi announced, “If candidates have finished writing and want to submit their essays early, they can leave with their pens and just leave the essay paper on the desk.”

The other contestants wrote their own essays without stopping.

Gu Lu paused for a few seconds, then quietly stood up and left the classroom. He was very quiet the whole time because he couldn't disturb others since they hadn't finished writing yet.

After the first contestant left the classroom, two examiners patrolled back and forth, first President Jian and then Xiao Yi.

He also couldn't reveal the fact that he couldn't wait to read the contestants' essays, so Xiao Yi just glanced at them for a few seconds, and then saw a very shocking parallelism -

[The mountain road I walked on was where Xu Xiake once stayed overnight.

The pass I passed was one that the six nations once hesitated to enter.
The tower I stood at and gazed at was once firmly guarded by Yu Qian.
The northwest grasslands that I can now roam freely on are the ones that Huo Qubing once fought for.
I can still eat the braised pork that Su Shi used to cook with his chopsticks.
I can still drink the wine among the flowers that Taibai raised his cup to invite the moon...]
"This candidate has good writing skills and historical knowledge!" Xiao Yi said to himself, and then quietly returned to his seat.

"President Jian, what is the identity of this candidate?" Xiao Yi said in a voice that only the two of them could hear. He only knew that the president of a publishing house came specifically for this.

"I was the one who gave his preliminary essay a score of 97. It broke the preliminary score of the Ye Shengtao Cup." President Jian also responded in a low voice.

The two of them have a tacit understanding in this regard. After all, if the other contestants heard it, what would they do if their faith was broken?
"It's really well written." Xiao Yi nodded. Even though he didn't read the whole article, just the paragraph just now was not something that a 27-year-old like him could come up with on the spot.

"I just read it twice and roughly finished it." President Jian shook his head, "His finals article is not as good as the preliminary article."

"?" Xiaoyi couldn't hide his surprise.

As an adult, he felt inferior to this article, and now he says it is not as good as the preliminary round. Have minors started to look down on the world? !

"The flow of this essay is not good. You can see that it is a pile of words. No, the word pile of words is not appropriate because he wrote it very quickly." President Jian said, "It seems that he has a lot of inspiration, so he pieced it together to write an essay that is most suitable for participating in the competition. Of course, the flow of this essay is not good, and it is also compared with his own previous essay."

President Jian had one more thing to say. It was similar to last time. Gu Lu’s history was still very good.

"The most suitable essay for the competition..." Xiao Yi knew the value of this evaluation. Normally, students would try their best to write the best essay they could when they saw the topic. But according to President Jian, the thin student was obviously at a higher level.

"And Gu Lu has also contributed an article to my magazine, Youth Literature." President Jian also revealed a bombshell. Give adults some room to live.

If it were 2022, Xiaoyi would definitely respectfully call him "Brother".

Today is Saturday, so the Experimental Foreign Language School is quiet, with only a few security guards patrolling occasionally.

When the school lost its students, it felt like a body lost its soul. It felt empty and dilapidated, even though the teaching building was still brand new.

"You're out so early?" Teacher Li put out the cigarette in his hand as soon as he saw the student coming.

Teacher Li still smokes? Gu Lu has never seen the teacher smoking in school.

"Inspiration struck me, and I finished writing it in no time." Gu Lu responded.

Thinking of the good article he had written the day before, which also came from a burst of inspiration, Teacher Li nodded happily.

"We bought a ticket for the 8pm train." Teacher Li said, "There are still a few hours left, let's go shopping."

The reason why Teacher Li made such arrangements was because Gu Lu did not sign up for the two spring outings and one autumn outing in the first and second year of junior high school.

Although Teacher Li had heard Gu Lu say "It would be so fun to be alone at home" during recess, in all her years as a teacher, she had never seen a child refuse an activity that the whole class could participate in together.

"Why does such a sensible child have such a hard life?" Teacher Li said in his heart.

Rongcheng——Gu Lu remembered a song from his previous life and hummed it softly.

The destination chosen by the teacher was the Chengdu Polar Ocean Park, which opened two years ago. It was some distance from the school, so the two chose to take the bus, walked to the Erduan West Road Station, and took T208.

They arrived in less than half an hour. Just as Teacher Li was about to buy tickets, he saw the students taking out money.

"I'll treat you. I have money." Gu Lu took out red bills. It is said that men are more attractive when they pay, so he took out five hundred yuan on purpose.

"You don't have to spend any money," said Teacher Li. "These are all paid for by the school."

Gu Lu is not a 15-year-old child! Oh, no, he looks 15, but his wisdom is different from that of ordinary people. The school will take care of his food, accommodation and transportation, so he believes it.

But how could something like going to the Ocean Park to play be reimbursed? Most likely, Teacher Li paid for it out of his own pocket.

"Teacher Li, I really have money," said Gu Lu.

Just as he was about to say something, Teacher Li's phone rang. The number was from Shanghai. He led the students to wait aside and not to block the ticket gate and affect others.

After answering the phone, Teacher Li asked in a questioning tone, "Hello, who are you?"

"Hello, Mr. Li Riyao. I am one of the judges of the Ye Shengtao Cup and one of the examiners of the Sichuan and Chongqing examination centers," the person on the other end of the phone said. "I also found your phone number from the instructor information on the finals registration form."

(End of this chapter)