Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 7 Deskmates
Li Xu sat in the last row.

The test papers were passed down one after another in the front row.

After receiving the test paper, Li Xu took a quick glance at it.

Sure enough, at a glance, all the words were from those three units, and at a glance there was not a single one that I didn’t recognize.

For a moment, Li Xu's mood became a little excited.

He smiled silently. He was already over thirty years old, yet he was actually excited about knowing all the words on a junior high school test paper.

He quickly calmed down and looked at the questions above carefully.

I have to say that these questions are very, very basic. If you have memorized the short essays in those units, you will find that the sentences in the multiple-choice questions are basically the example sentences in those short essays in a different form.

Some of the questions are even the original text from the textbook.

It’s effective if you memorize it.

While doing the questions, Li Xu was thinking, will high school English be so easy?

Of course it is not the original question, but after thinking about it, it is still inseparable from the words in the textbook.

English, which used to be like a mystery in the third year of junior high school, now seems very simple to him.

In between doing the exercises, I occasionally looked up at the other students and saw that many of them were scratching their heads and looking confused. I then began to understand a little.

English is like this. As long as you memorize it, it is so simple, but if you don’t memorize it and don’t spend time on it, it will be unreasonably difficult.

Just as he was concentrating on doing the questions, Ye Ling was walking slowly around to check on him.

Seeing that many students couldn't even fill in the blanks in the original sentences in the textbook, I sighed slightly.

Many of those children would look up at her, then lower their heads in panic.

Of course, there are also a few students in this class who don’t study at all, and some are even very brazen and do other things during the exam, but Ye Ling doesn’t care about them.

In this kind of rural middle school, students who don't study really don't study. Fortunately, they are relatively honest and respect her, so they don't make trouble in class.

She slowly walked to the last row, and her eyes naturally fell on Li Xu.

Li Xu did spend time and effort in the past two days, and she saw it all.

At this time, Li Xu's attention was completely focused on the test paper, and he didn't even notice that Ye Ling was behind him.

Ye Ling stood behind and watched silently for a minute or two.

Correct... Correct... Correct... Oh, this question, um, uses the wrong tense...

Ye Ling's eyes quickly scanned the test paper, and after a moment, she slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Her face was calm, but she was actually extremely shocked inside.

Before this, she knew very well what level Li Xu's grades were.

Although these questions are extremely basic, it still takes a lot of effort to reach Li Xu's level.

For a real junior high school student, the thinking and cognitive abilities are still limited. It will take a month or so to master the basic knowledge of these units step by step. But Li Xu already has the thinking of an adult and a strong learning ability. In addition, he was influenced by some English movies and American TV series that he was exposed to in his later years. He still managed to achieve the high-intensity memorization in three days.

Today, Li Xu can sit still, concentrate and focus on studying. This alone makes him far better than many junior high school students.

Ye Ling's eyes flickered, and she didn't know what she was thinking. She walked slowly, passed by Li Xu, and walked forward.

……

There were only about 30 students in a class, and the test papers were graded in a short time.

Ye Ling put down the stack of test papers, put the pen cap on, and looked at the first three test papers in a daze.

The full score of this exam was 100. There were three students who scored above 80 points. The first place was Xia Xiaohe, who scored 97 points. The second place was actually Li Xu, who scored 90.

She leaned back in her chair and thought for a while. At this time, Xia Xiaohe, the study committee member and English class representative, came over to pick up the homework.

Ye Ling pointed to the test paper and said, "You did well. I lost three points on the composition, but everything else was correct."

Xia Xiaohe smiled shyly.

Ye Ling continued, "Take the papers and distribute them. Oh, right..."

She hesitated for a moment, thinking about changing Li Xu's seat.

I never thought that Li Xu could get this score.

But now that he has really passed the exam, should he agree or not? Xia Xiaohe did not have no deskmate. Her deskmate was a boy. A while ago, he went to the mountains with his family to carry firewood and broke his leg. He had not been to school for a long time.

For the time being, there was no deskmate assigned to Xia Xiaohe.

But I think it will be difficult for that boy to return to the classroom this semester.

On second thought, arranging Li Xu to be Xia Xiaohe's deskmate was not as serious as he had thought before.

Li Xu has only been here for three months, and he has to live under my nose every day. What bad things could he do?

On the contrary, during this period, Xia Xiaohe had no deskmate. Sometimes, when she encountered some class arrangements, she needed to complete them together, such as checking each other's work, correcting each other's exercises, and reciting each other's lessons. It was quite inconvenient for her to be alone.

Of course, if Li Xu was still the same as before, Ye Ling would definitely not have such an idea.

But Li Xu has already proved to her that, at least in the past few days, he seems to have shown signs of turning over a new leaf.

After all, he is my nephew. At this age, he is more like my younger brother, so I will naturally be more partial to him subconsciously.

If Li Xu really grows up, letting Xia Xiaohe be his deskmate and have a positive influence on him would definitely be better than him staying at the back and interacting with students who don't study.

Thinking of this, Ye Ling looked at Xia Xiaohe and continued, "You and Huang Lei are desk mates. Do you know his situation?"

Xia Xiaohe blinked her clear eyes in confusion and shook her head: "I don't know..."

Ye Ling sighed slightly and said, "It's not a big deal that you don't have a deskmate. It's quite inconvenient most of the time. How about this, when you go to the classroom later, please inform Li Xu who sits in the back and ask him to sit next to you."

Ye Ling didn't notice that Xia Xiaohe's expression was a little unnatural.

Xia Xiaohe lowered her head, nodded gently, and agreed softly, "Oh."

Xia Xiaohe left with the test paper.

Ye Ling leaned back in her chair, muttering to herself.

You kid...don't do anything weird to me.

……

Li Xu was huddled in the back, silently flipping through a math book.

Compared to English, mathematics is also a headache.

I haven't learned much about it since junior high school.

After all, knowledge is interconnected. For example, geometry problems involve a lot of algebraic knowledge. If you want to improve, you must start slowly from the first grade of junior high school.

The problem now is that he doesn't even have the textbooks for the first grade of junior high school when he arrived here.

But it is not difficult to solve these problems. Can’t I borrow books from school? If I can’t borrow them, can I buy them?

Just as I was daydreaming, there was a commotion ahead.

Li Xu raised his head and saw that it was Xia Xiaohe who came in with an English test paper.

The students who were more diligent in their studies gathered together and rummaged through the papers to see their scores.

It directly drowned out Xia Xiaohe on the podium.

Xia Xiaohe emerged from the crowd somewhat helplessly, and stood aside waiting for them to find their test papers and take them away. Then she went back up, quietly sorted out some messy test papers on the podium, and then distributed them one by one according to their names.

At this time, the remaining test papers mostly had scores of 50 to 60 points or even 20 to 30 points.

Those who don’t come up to grab the test paper mostly don’t study.

Therefore, Li Xu's test paper with a score of 90 points stood out particularly.

Xia Xiaohe deliberately put Li Xu's test paper on the last one.

All the papers had been distributed, leaving only Li Xu's. She then silently walked to Li Xu's desk and placed the paper on the table.

"that……"

Li Xu took the test paper and was about to look at it, but when he heard Xia Xiaohe talking softly, he raised his head.

Xia Xiaohe's eyes were a little evasive, and she whispered, "Ye, Teacher Ye asked you to be my deskmate..."

After saying this, Xia Xiaohe quickly turned around and went back.

(End of this chapter)