Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 4 How to Change the Hesitant Mindset

"Li Xu, come to my office."

Ye Ling said to Li Xu after class.

Back in the office, Ye Ling put down the teaching materials and lesson plans in her hands, sat down, and looked up at Li Xu.

"Why do you want to sit with Xia Xiaohe?"

At this time, Ye Ling didn't think about Li Xu reading English books seriously during class.

After all, no matter how bad your grades are, you might occasionally flip through the textbooks out of boredom.

What she is more concerned about now is that Li Xu suddenly wants to be Xia Xiaohe's deskmate.

Realized one thing.

Unlike Xia Xiaohe, a girl who grew up in the countryside, Li Xu grew up in a big city, was exposed to more things, and had more diverse thoughts...or perhaps, she matured precociously.

Ye Ling knew that for a boy like Li Xu, premature love was probably nothing new.

Ye Ling’s worry was that Li Xu might have thought Xia Xiaohe looked cute and had some thoughts in that direction.

Perhaps I shouldn't assume such malicious intent towards my nephew, but even approaching him with a slight affection is not a good thing.

This is something Ye Ling absolutely cannot allow.

Although Li Xu didn't know what Ye Ling was thinking, he still keenly grasped the key point of Ye Ling's words.

What does it mean to want to be deskmate with Xia Xiaohe?

"It's not that I want to sit at the same table with Xia Xiaohe. I just want to sit a little further up the table..." Li Xu shrugged and said, "Sitting in the front will make it easier for me to study."

But Li Xu also knew that at this stage, he had no confidence to say such words.

As expected, Ye Ling frowned, "Is it convenient for studying?"

Li Xu sighed slightly. He knew that it would be difficult to change the stereotype in a short period of time. At this moment, he had nothing to convince people. It would be strange if Ye Ling believed such words.

Li Xu was silent for a moment, then said seriously, "Cousin, I've really come to my senses. Although this may be a little shocking to you and you may not be able to accept it for a while, I have really figured it out and I want to turn over a new leaf..."

Ye Ling did indeed look shocked.

Then he reached out to stop Li Xu and told him not to say anything more.

She was silent for a moment, thought for a moment, and then said, "There will be an English class test this week. The questions are very simple. As long as you memorize the words from the first three units and the important passages I highlighted, you can basically get above 80 points."

After a pause, Ye Ling looked at Li Xu and said, "We will organize an in-class test today, Monday, Thursday. You can still prepare in these three days."

Ye Ling lowered her head again and began to tidy up the things on the table. As she spoke, she said, "If you can get above 80 points on the test, I'll believe you're really committed to studying and let you sit in the second row."

Ye Ling said this to give her nephew a way out, but on the other hand, she also wanted to make him give up.

Memorizing the words from three units and a few short essays may not sound like a very complicated task, but Ye Ling knew Li Xu too well.

Speaking of which, although I am his cousin and can be considered his elder, the age difference between us is only five or six years. In terms of age, I am just his sister.

So Ye Ling can understand Li Xu very well.

There has not yet been a big generational gap in their lives.

Learning is a very anti-human thing, especially the pain of forgetting something shortly after memorizing it, which can really drive people crazy.

Li Xu had never suffered any hardship since he was a child. Although it was such a simple thing, he was lucky enough to persist for three minutes.

But what Ye Ling didn't expect was that Li Xu touched his chin, thought for a moment, and asked, "Only 80 points?"

Ye Ling raised her eyebrows, a little strange on her face. She looked up at Li Xu again and said, "What do you mean by only 80 points? Since the first year of junior high school, your English score on a question with a perfect score of 100 hasn't been above 70, right?" "Although you are indeed a freshman in high school now, you don't really think you are at the level of a freshman, do you?"

English in the first year of junior high school is very simple. Li Xu can get 80 or 90 points based on his elementary school foundation. But if he does not study at all after the second year of junior high school, it will be difficult for him to get more than 80 points.

To put it bluntly, it’s a matter of vocabulary.

Li Xu has never memorized words.

Li Xu thought for a moment and asked, "What else do I need if I want to get a higher score?"

"A higher score?" Ye Ling said with a half-smile, "You still want a higher score? This in-class test focuses on the content of the first three units, but a lot of it covers the basic knowledge from previous units. So if you want a higher score, you must thoroughly master the vocabulary, knowledge points, grammar, and so on."

Li Xu nodded thoughtfully and said, "Okay, cousin, I'll try my best."

Ye Ling didn't care what Li Xu's purpose was in saying all this to her, and nodded casually: "Okay."

Li Xu asked again: "Cousin, is there anything else? If not, I will go back to the classroom first."

Ye Ling nodded, then thought of something and called Li Xu again.

"Li Xu, there is one more thing I want to tell you. When you are in school, you should address others by their titles," said Ye Ling.

Li Xu blinked, his expression slightly stunned: "Huh?"

Ye Ling said seriously, "That is, when I'm working, you have to call me Teacher Ye. Do you understand?"

Li Xu was slightly startled, then smiled dumbly: "Okay, cousin."

Then, without waiting for Ye Ling to react, he ran away.

Looking at Li Xu's leaving back, Ye Ling sighed helplessly, and then the corners of her mouth unconsciously rose slightly.

It seems that this kid is not as difficult to discipline as I imagined.

He said, have you really changed for the better?
Ye Ling smiled and shook her head.

Do you believe this, or do you believe that a sow can climb a tree?
……

Li Xu returned to the classroom and noticed that many people were actually looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, but he didn't think much about it and returned to his seat.

He opened the English textbook and then turned to the vocabulary list of the first three units.

He read it carefully, then frowned slightly.

One hundred and thirty or forty words.

There are indeed some words that I recognize.

But most of the words are still relatively unfamiliar to me because I had no contact with them in my previous life.

It is not an easy task to memorize all these words in three days.

In addition, there are those short essays.

And this is just the threshold of 80 points.

You know, he is also a freshman in high school now.

If you can't even get a perfect score in English in junior high school and you're still half a semester behind in your high school studies, it will be even more difficult to catch up later.

Li Xu breathed a sigh of relief, and then his eyes became firm again.

(End of this chapter)