After a simple rebirth

Fu Ying finally made up her mind and filled in her elective interest classes on the form sent to her.

Badminton on Monday, English and American literature on Tuesday, calligraphy on Wednesday, badminton on Thursday, and handicraft on Friday. Perfect!

Similarly, due to the implementation of elective courses, their schedule underwent the third change, mainly the afternoon courses changed, and then the evening self-study was officially allocated to the three subjects of Chinese, mathematics and English.

Fu Ying does not plan to change her study plan. She will try it out for a month and then make adjustments if any specific problems arise.

When school was over at noon, Li Xingying was very curious about what elective courses she had signed up for. Fu Ying told her once and then told her that she didn't need to sign up for the same thing repeatedly.

Li Xingying was shocked. "Ah? Really? I signed up for two historical figures classes and two literature appreciation classes. I was afraid I would miss one and not be able to catch up!"

"It's okay. You can go and listen to them all this week. It's a good opportunity to feel whether it will be boring to repeat the same thing. You can apply to change to something else next week." Fu Ying comforted her.

"Do you think I should take the same elective course with you? It will be more fun together." It's also possible. Li Xingying wants to be with Fu Ying.

"Apply if you're interested. You only have one year to apply. You may not have elective courses next year when you're a senior. It would be better if you learn something you like. I chose badminton just to exercise and run a little, but you may not like badminton."

"What you said makes sense. I can't play badminton, but I am indeed interested in handicrafts. Tell me how it goes when you take the class this week. If it's fun, I'll go with you to the handicraft class."

Fu Ying nodded. There was not much hope of being in the same class. There were so many people in junior high and high school, and girls all liked to do handicrafts. With so many people signing up, the school might open more than one class. Plus, it would be difficult for those who applied later to be in the same class with those who applied at the beginning.

There was a short shower when I went to school in the afternoon. Fu Ying had been wondering why it was mostly sunny now when it often rained suddenly when she was a child. It seemed that the time had not come yet.

Fu Ying was holding an umbrella, so she and Li Xingying continued walking, while Fu Zhe and Li Xingyun went to a nearby shop to hide from the rain.

The architecture here is different from that in Guangdong Province. Unlike the arcades in Guangdong Province, the second floor is built a little to provide shade and shelter from the rain. Here, each floor is the same plane, so you can only stand at the door of the store to avoid the rain. Some stores will move back a little when they are being renovated, or put up sheds, so these places can be used to avoid the rain.

Sun shower is rain that suddenly falls in a small area on a sunny day or when the sun is shining. It usually doesn't last long. Because the temperature of the sun is very high, the rain is really hot, just like the temperature you would get if you put a basin of water in the sun for a few hours.

The rain stopped before Fu Ying and her friends reached the school gate. Fu Ying looked at the time and realized that Fu Zhe and his friends would still be in time and would not be late.

After the regular classes in the afternoon, it was time for the elective interest courses that everyone was looking forward to. Fu Ying had a badminton class today, and she would not go back to the classroom after school. So she packed her schoolbag first, in case she would be bored in the second half like in physical education class, and also brought English materials to read. Then she took the geography materials that she had already sorted out and went to the office.

The geography teacher was at his seat, and Fu Ying took out some information from her bag and gave it to him.

"You write very quickly and neatly. How did you think of changing to white paper for copying?" the geography teacher praised Fu Ying.

"Because blank paper is easier to copy directly, my notebook is too small, and blank paper is more convenient for drawing mind maps and easier to organize, but I didn't copy down the very basic content."

"That's good. As for the rest, you just need to find time to sort it out after your geography class every week. It's still the same. It would be best if you can give it to me before the monthly exam."

Fu Ying nodded to show that she understood.

The geography teacher also asked about what she had chosen. Fu Ying didn't expect him to ask, and she felt a little embarrassed because she had never thought of choosing geography, so she could only tell the truth.

The geography teacher didn't say anything, but asked Fu Ying to tell her deskmate, the geography class representative Wang Qiuping, to come get the information before class tomorrow afternoon, and he would take it to make a copy later.

After saying goodbye to the geography teacher, Fu Ying went to the basketball court to wait for the physical education teacher to start class.

There was no classroom for badminton class, so they were told to gather at the basketball court. Fu Ying looked around and saw no badminton net, so she didn't know whether to change the venue for training or just practice without a venue.

Some people came one after another, and it was obvious that there were both junior high school and high school students. Some of them were idle and looked impatient, and it was obvious that they were from junior high school. The others were much calmer, and they didn't look down on the whole audience when they stood together, and they were basically from high school.

The badminton teacher, who was also Fu Ying's physical education teacher, lined up everyone so that they could listen to him. Then he randomly assigned a boy and gave him a form, asking him to sign in the order in which everyone lined up. After he signed, the class officially started.

After signing, I listened to the physical education teacher explain the general rules of badminton. Fu Ying understood a little, but not much, because she only focused on exercise and didn't care about the rules of playing.

The physical education teacher asked the students to stand on both sides according to whether they had no basic knowledge or knew how to play. Fu Ying knew a little bit, but she stood on the side with no basic knowledge.

Because Fu Ying used to hold the racket with her right hand, she often didn't play for a long time. When she had the chance to play, she could play for the whole class. The result was that her right arm and shoulder would hurt a lot in the next few days. If it was too much, her butt would also hurt. She didn't have much strength to hold things and wrote slowly. Now that she mainly studies and has to write almost all the time, she has to avoid using her right hand a lot.

So she wants to switch to holding the racket with her left hand and become a left-handed player. She is now starting from scratch to slowly train the flexibility of her left hand, so that she can use both hands more and have a healthier and more balanced body.

She has always envied those left-handed people, because many left-handed people can use both hands. She is now too dependent on her right hand, and her shoulders are uneven, which is not good-looking and unbalanced. She wants to use her left hand properly.

There are many people but few badminton rackets. In fact, there are not enough badminton rackets. Even if we ignore the venue issue, only a few people can practice first and then take turns to practice.

The physical education teacher divided the group into two groups, two for those who knew how to play and four for those who didn't, and asked those who knew how to play first and those who didn't to learn. He then explained in detail the key points of the power and movements of badminton. Then he gave each group two rackets and three badmintons, and asked them to practice with the group leader.

Not many girls chose badminton, probably because they didn’t want to exercise and were embarrassed to run in front of so many people. Fu Ying felt that there were less than ten girls now, and there would be fewer next week. They all didn’t want to stand with the boys and play in a group.

The boys also don't want to be in the same group with the girls. Boys can laugh and play all they want, but they have to restrain themselves when girls are around. Girls in rural areas don't have the opportunity to learn, and most of them don't have good ball skills, so they have to make do.

So the teammates were pushing and shoving each other. The "cannon fodder" who was practicing against her was a skinny and small boy. He was shy and felt inferior, and didn't dare to look at Fu Ying.

Fu Ying didn't care. All the boys in the stadium were her younger brothers. She just wanted to practice and exercise.

The physical education teacher had already warmed them up, but Fu Ying still stretched her arms and legs while watching. They used a best-of-three, 11-point system, and the first to reach 11 points won.

I roughly understand it, because table tennis is similar, but in table tennis, even if the score reaches 11 points, the winner has to be two points higher to be considered the winner.