Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 74 Spring begins

Time flies and it is already the end of February.

It was around 10 o'clock in the morning.

Li Xu ran along the winding brick and stone path, his steps alternating rhythmically, his posture agile, his strides even, and with every step he took, he could hear the slight touch of his soles on the ground.

As he passed by neatly trimmed bushes, he leaned slightly to the side, nimbly avoiding the overhanging branches without slowing down.

When he reached the community garden, he accelerated and rushed across a flat corridor. His breathing became rapid, but he still controlled the rhythm, and his chest rose and fell regularly.

On the lawn, tender green grass sprouts emerged one after another, breaking through the confines of the soil and intertwining with the surrounding old grass that was still yellow.

On the branches of the early cherry trees, the buds gradually swell and become darker in color, and are about to bloom under the wrapping of warm air.

After resting for a while, people from the community who were doing morning exercises came over and greeted Li Xu.

Most of them are elderly people.

In his previous life, Li Xu had no interest in dealing with these old people. He always felt that they were much older than him and there was a generation gap between them.

But in this life, I know that to be able to live in this community, either I am very talented, or their children are very capable...

It’s not that I deliberately make friends with them with any purpose, but I just greet them politely and humbly when I meet them occasionally.

The elderly are often more enthusiastic and have more time, so they chat for a while. Li Xu pretends to listen attentively. Over time, many people in the community know him and have a good opinion of him.

While taking a break, I kicked the pebbles beside the lawn and thought about something.

School is about to start.

Naturally, I am not worried at all about the upcoming ranking exam.

The progress in learning mathematics is very fast. Through self-study and teaching An Duoduo, I have already learned all the knowledge for the next semester.

Since the holiday, An Duoduo and I have made an appointment almost every day to discuss questions with him.

It's pretty good. Although An Duoduo doesn't have much talent in mathematics, that can be felt...

There were some key logical points that she just couldn't figure out.

However, I gradually broke down some basic knowledge into smaller pieces and explained it to her bit by bit in various vivid ways so that she could understand it. There was still obvious progress.

And in this process, the one who made the greatest progress was naturally himself...

I haven't taken the test, but I have a very thorough understanding of the two required mathematics books.

Those math freaks who participate in competitions can understand all the math for senior year of high school in one semester or even less, and then spend the rest of their time learning knowledge beyond the textbook syllabus.

In comparison, understanding two required courses in one winter vacation is really nothing.

Although I explained the methods and principles of the Feynman learning method to Andoduo, and asked Andoduo to try to use this method to reversely output the knowledge to myself, after trying several times, I found that even the knowledge that Andoduo had already understood was still messy and confusing when she spoke it out.

Li Xubian finally gave up. This girl really couldn't understand math...

Fortunately, if I keep working hard and gradually stabilize my scores around the passing line, I should be able to do it.

However, An Duoduo doesn't need such good grades to get into a good university.

She's very good at sports. There's a competition next year, and if she wins, she'll get a national first-level athlete certificate...

At that time, whether you go to a sports university or become a high-level athlete, the future is broad.

For Li Xu, English is more important.

The next goal is to enter Class 5 or 6, and Yang Jun also said that this requires excellent English listening and speaking skills.

After finishing my math class with An Duoduo for the first time that day, I went to the English class introduced by Tang Qiaoning in the afternoon.

Li Xu recalled his experience that day and sighed slightly...

It wasn't a pleasant experience.

The purpose and goal of that English corner is not to help others improve their English.

The members all have good English skills, and there are three or four international students like Tang Qiaoning.

There are also a few who have passed TOEFL and IELTS and can communicate fluently with foreigners.

Everyone was playing the Werewolf game that day, and to be honest, it was an extremely embarrassing scene... Everyone was chattering away expressing their opinions, and when it was his turn, he opened his mouth but couldn't say anything.

Li Xu frankly stated that his spoken English wasn't very good, and asked if he could answer in Chinese. He came here with the intention of learning after all...

However, there were a few people who seemed to want to see him make a fool of himself and firmly disagreed. Thinking about the scene afterwards, it was really sad.

Afterwards, Tang Qiaoning came to apologize to him. He smiled and didn't seem to care much: "It's okay, my spoken English is not that good anyway..."

"I'm sorry to embarrass you."

"It's okay. We weren't in the same circle to begin with, so we won't have much interaction in the future, haha."

Tang Qiaoning was stunned for a moment, with a serious and earnest expression on her face: "So, I'm a little stingy..."

"It seems like this place isn't really suitable for me. If I want to improve my spoken English, I have to find ways elsewhere."

Li Xu didn't care much.

However, since that day, Tang Qiaoning no longer took the initiative to play with him. Even when Uncle Tang Rui came to visit their home twice later, Tang Qiaoning did not come.

However, he soon discovered a simpler, more direct and more effective way to improve his English and spoken English.

To be precise, he didn't discover it, but An Duoduo taught him it.

An Duoduo's English score is over 120 points, but her oral English is far beyond that level...

Similar to her difficulties in mathematics, she often relied on guessing when answering questions that required thinking and analysis, and she relied entirely on her intuition to complete the entire test, so she only occasionally scored above 130 points.

But she rarely makes mistakes in listening comprehension.

One day, when they were taking extra classes in a coffee shop, they met a foreigner who asked for directions. An Duoduo went up to him and chatted with him for a while, which made Li Xu a little stunned.

He didn't expect that An Duoduo's spoken English was so good.

After some consultation, An Duoduo taught Li Xu the method of learning spoken English.

It took her only five or six months to improve her spoken English to this level.

That's right, from only being able to say "how are you" to being able to communicate freely with foreigners, without any grammar, vocabulary, or Chinese-English translation in my mind, I can directly think in English, and even see English when I see pictures...

It only took five or six months.

Li Xu originally thought it would be a very clever method.

But the method is actually extremely simple.

There is only one... read.

Read it hundreds of times.

The first step is to listen and read a hundred times until you can say it after hearing it.

The next step is reciting and blind reading, until you can recite it in one breath without thinking, just like you did when you were in elementary school.

An Duoduo gave him two books she had used, which came with a matching listening CD. Li Xu put the contents of the CD into his mp3 player and listened to and read them whenever he had time.

This has been going on for nearly a month, and I can clearly feel the improvement in my hearing.

Feeling the changes, Li Xu believed that although this method was simple and crude, it required persistence. If he really spent two or three hours on it every day, it would not be difficult to communicate with foreigners without obstacles after a few months.

Before the end of the next semester, I will definitely be able to reach the threshold to enter Class 5 or 6.

Of course, the entire holiday will not be like an ascetic without any entertainment activities.

Except for a while ago, after Chen Feiyang came back, he went karting a few times and played basketball with An Duoduo and his friends from the sports school a few times. Recently, he has become a little obsessed with Go.

Recently, he likes to watch several old men in the community play chess. After understanding the rules, he watched them play from the side and gradually realized the fun of some brain games.

After so many times, the other party thought he was an expert and occasionally asked him to play a few games. He declined, saying that he was not very good at it, but he could not resist the invitation, so he sat down and was defeated by others in two moves, and never mentioned the matter again.

After running, he went back to tidy himself up. Lao Liu called and said he was already waiting for him at the door.

I'm going to pick up Xia Xiaohe and her brother today.

(End of this chapter)