After sitting at the same table with the mean school

The third monthly exam of the third year of high school, the midterm exam, and the joint exam of the four schools.

These three words are saying the same thing.

The importance of the joint examination of the four schools to Xia Xingyao is not only that it may determine the subsequent leading places, but also that this is the super important joint examination of the four schools in the city. way.

And after the exam, there will be a parent meeting.

For most students, the last one is the reminder.

"Your mother is going to hold a parent-teacher meeting again..." the boy in the front seat wailed, "Last month's exam was lowered by more than ten, this time the paper next to the F in the joint exam must be very ruthless, the marking is also ruthless, and the score is probably ugly... "

"Test every day, every day,... what is the test..."

It has been a month since the last monthly exam. In this month, Xia Xingyao has successfully caught up with the progress. He has to score 280+ in the comprehensive test paper of the college entrance examination by himself. Next, he just needs to slowly stabilize Just follow the teacher's rhythm step by step to review in a steady manner, which is more comfortable on the whole.

He now needs a big test to practice his skills.

And Wu Zhe is actively preparing to enter the top ten this time.After his rigorous calculation, according to the estimation of the previous exams, it may take about 670 points to enter the top ten.Deducting the full score in mathematics, he still needs to take the test with 520 points.

"It's too easy!" Wu Zhe was full of confidence.

Wu Zhe wrote a set of simulation questions for the college entrance examination. Xia Xingyao helped him score, and he got 260+. Xia Xingyao said decisively: "Brother Zhe, 670 is not your field anymore. Now you should pursue 680."

Wu Zhe was not dazzled by the victory, he was very self-aware, and said clearly and methodically: "I clearly remember that I only got 550 in the test last time... I improved 120 points in one test, do you want me to take 710 next time?" ?”

Xia Xingyao was thoughtful: "You can."

Wu Zhe: "No, I can't."

"Then when will you be in the top ten in the exam? When can we be together?"

Wu Zhe took the comprehensive examination paper, and suddenly changed his words: "I can do it. 680, right? It's too easy."

The exam room will be set up the day before the joint exam of the four schools.After the exam room was set up, Xia Xingyao and Wu Zhe's desks were also moved outside the classroom, so they had to go to the spare classroom for self-study.In the spare classroom, some students from Class [-] were scattered and were reviewing.Cherishing the opportunity of cramming, Wu Zhe worked hard to learn Chinese, although it was useless for the Chinese exam.

During the evening self-study break, people were running around chatting.

Xia Xing sat by the window and heard two boys talking in the far corner.

"Brother Kun, are you planning to bet on the composition before the Chinese test? ... What questions are you betting on?"

Xu Kunming's voice sounded quite nervous: "...No, I'll just take a look, there is no bet...No, no, you read it wrong."

"Hey, still so mysterious?"

"..."

According to the ranking in the last monthly exam, Xia Xingyao went straight back to the first exam room and had to be separated from Wu Zhe who was in the exam room starting with 10.Everyone is too familiar with the examination process, and there is nothing to write about.It is worth mentioning that the composition is a somewhat literary topic, which is very biased towards the style of Jiangsu volume.

In the previous session of Xia Xingyao, the province's language had not yet used the national paper, and the composition proposition was similar to the style of the Jiangsu paper at that time.It's a pity that this year's year suddenly changed to the national one volume, and the composition propositions are biased towards practicality and debate.Everyone has practiced task-driven composition for more than two years, and they are still not quite used to writing articles that test the level of literature and art.

Xia Xingyao also pondered for a while before writing.

After the exam, many students who were in the same exam room complained about the composition: "Damn, isn't this composition too biased?"

"Now I'm not at all romantic, I can't wait to write 'I love my motherland and my motherland love me'."

"... Is writing difficult?" Xia Xingyao was concerned about Wu Zhe's physical and mental health.

Wu Zhe said sadly, "I haven't finished writing."

Xia Xingyao: "Huh???"

"I remembered that you told me that the composition should be well-written... I tried to write as neatly as possible, but I wrote very slowly. I only wrote less than [-] words."

Xia Xingyao sighed, and raised his hand to touch poor Zheshen's hairy head: "It's okay. If you don't finish writing, you won't get many points deducted."

Wu Zhe lay on Xia Xingyao's shoulder in grief, very depressed: "This time I will definitely not be in the top ten..."

"Don't think so, maybe math is difficult this time?"

Wu Zhe was still very sad, and was not comforted: "How difficult can it be? There is no distinction in mathematics."

Xia Xingyao poked his forehead with his index finger: "Stay away from me. I'm the one who was identified."

Wu Zhe was quite depressed throughout the lunch time, and he was also very depressed when he went to take the math test.

But Xia Xingyao was right, the math was really difficult this time.To be precise, the difficulty is the same level as the weekly math exam, which is much higher than the college entrance exam. It can be regarded as a very difficult and differentiated set of papers, and there are a few questions that are more innovative and interesting.

The second day's comprehensive science and English are fairly difficult, similar to the college entrance examination. The knowledge points and question types are very classic, with the style of the national exam.

After two days of exams, the school finally had a bit of humanity and gave the students a day off.One day of monthly leave a month is already a great gift, and everyone is very happy.

Xia Xingyao was a little happier.

Wu Zhe put his shoulders on his shoulders to discuss going out with him, but he refused.

Wu Zhe was puzzled: "Then what do you want to do?... You don't plan to do the quizzes secretly at home alone, do you?"

Xia Xingyao explained: "I'll go back to my hometown."

He never had time to go back and see his grandmother.

Grandma's heart disease was not serious. She stayed in the hospital for half a month and then went home to recuperate. She even made several video calls with him.

What Xia Xingyao booked was the air ticket for the night after the exam, and it only took three hours to return to Haitang City, where his grandparents lived.After arriving at the airport, he took a taxi home by himself, and the journey was full of dust.

The situation in his family is not complicated, in fact, it is not a wealthy family drama that all the students imagined.

His grandfather is a professor at Haitang Normal University, who teaches classical literature, and his grandmother is a high school mathematics teacher, so his mother's conditions can be regarded as a middle-class family with social status.On Dad's side, Grandpa was an engineer for the State Grid before retiring, and Grandma can be regarded as a famous local lady, but she is not up to the standard of a wealthy family.

Xia Xingyao recalled that his family's conditions had always been good, but if he wanted to say that he became the "rich" part in the true sense, it was actually when his eight or nine-year-old father started his business and made money.His father, Xia Mingcheng, the general manager of Daxia, started from scratch. He started to fiddle with drones when he graduated from university. Later, the domestic drone industry was a red sea. His dad took the lead, and the family conditions became very affluent.

I also made money from investment, and started some other companies, anyway, a lot of money.Xia Xingyao didn't know exactly how many there were. He didn't care much about these things, because his father told him that there was no such thing as inheritance in the family group or company.

Xia Mingcheng does not intend to turn his life's hard work into a family business.Da Xia is always a very traditional engineering straight man, yearning to save the country through industry and rejuvenate the country through industry. When he retires, he will most likely donate the company directly to the country.

Xia Xingyao called his mother after the taxi stopped outside a quiet bungalow complex.

He was afraid that his mother would use study as an excuse not to let him come.

Sure enough, on the phone, Ji Yaya raised her voice: "——what? Where are you?"

"I'm outside the community."

Ji Yaya: "You...you don't dare to come in, are you afraid of being beaten? Don't come in yet."

There was still some busy voice in the voice, "Who is it...? Come from afar?"

"Why don't you tell me in advance, make some supper—"

Xia Xingyao still remembers that when he was a child, his grandfather and grandmother lived in an old house by the sea. The house was painted with blue wall paint and had a very large balcony overlooking the sea. Many jasmine flowers were planted on the balcony. I bought a hanging basket that is as soft as a cat's nest, and I can take a nap there in summer, which is very comfortable.

Later, my grandparents got old and got a little rheumatism, so they moved to a house in the urban area, which is the three-story villa in front of me.There are jasmines and gardenias in the garden outside, but it's not in season.The sage and rosemary planted at the base of the wall smelled fresh, and the roses climbing on the wall bloomed a few big flowers, and the bright red and lovely fruits of the holly tree were also adorned on the branches, which was very warm.

Xia Xingyao likes grandpa here so much.

Mother pushed grandma's wheelchair and stood outside the house waiting for him.Xia Xing walked forward in three steps at a time, knelt down in front of grandma, and smiled like a fluffy animal: "Grandma."

Grandma touched his face, squinted her eyes and smiled: "Yaoyao."

"Grandma, how are you?"

"Okay, okay—it's not a big deal. It's your mother, she's nervous, and I said it's not a big deal."

It was dewy outside, and my mother pushed grandma's wheelchair into the living room. Xia Xingyao squatted in the porch to change his shoes. Grandpa, who was sitting in the living room, raised his voice and called him, "Xia Xingyao."

Xia Xingyao quickly ran over and acted cute to the old man: "Grandpa."

Grandpa had a stern face, but he was angry that Xia Xingyao ran back without notifying him, and he didn't even want to study.But seeing his grandson so cute, he couldn't help touching his head, and his voice softened: "Have you had dinner yet?"

Xia Xingyao quickly complained: "The plane meal isn't good, so I ate a little, I'm so hungry."

Grandpa snorted, got up and muttered, "Then I'll order some noodles for you, scallion oil noodles, just make do with it."

There is a live-in aunt in the family, but Ji Heling will definitely not cook for the only grandson.

Xia Xingyao smiled obediently: "Okay."

Grandma sat in a wheelchair and looked at him with a smile.He squatted down in front of his grandmother, his eyes bright: "Grandma, can you tell me whether it is serious or not?"

Grandma said slowly: "I'm old, I will have this kind of disease when I get old. It's not serious, and I can live for a long time. Me, I have to wait for Yaoyao to give birth to a great-grandson, so I can rest assured."

Ji Yaya smiled beside her and said nothing.

Xia Xingyao's ears suddenly buzzed.

Will he have the great-grandson grandma wants?

He was a little out of breath for a moment, subconsciously laughed, and leaned his head on grandma's knee, closing his eyes to block out many worries and panics.

There was a lot of courage that gave him strength, and there was also a lot of warmth that made him not dare to let go easily.