The day before leaving, Lin Chaoxi moved into Old Lin's house.

When the summer camp ended, Lao Lin wanted to let her go home, but the director's mother insisted on going through the formal procedures.

Anyway, they argued for a long time, but on the day of the Jinbei exam, she still left the welfare home.

The 25 students representing Anning City gathered at the Sports Center and took a bus to the province to take the exam. The team leader was Vice Principal Zhang and the instructor was Lao Lin.

Yes, that's right. After she rushed upstairs, Vice Principal Zhang's attitude changed a little, mainly in terms of educational policies and teacher selection.

Zhang Shuping turned a blind eye, and slowly, Lao Lin inexplicably began to teach the entire class.

The reason why we finally decided to let him lead the team was mainly because he was good at stand-up comedy.

This is what Vice President Zhang said.

She, Pei Zhi, Xu Xiaoming, Chen Chengcheng and Zhang Liang got on the big car together. They were the official members of the junior high group participating in the competition. Lu Zhihao was also there, he was a substitute.

Lao Lin said that Chen Chengcheng's success in the end had a lot to do with his tenacity. And Zhang Liang was surprised that he was selected.

However, according to Comrade Lao Lin's pre-match mobilization, we are a tolerant organization and we must give extremists a certain opportunity to seek lenient treatment.

So what Vice President Zhang said is right, Lao Lin is really good at stand-up comedy.

The official competition was on August 15th. They arrived in the provincial capital Yongchuan on the 14th. The opening ceremony was held the day before, the 15th was the competition day, and the results were announced on the 16th.

The hotel is very close to Yongchuan University and is an old-fashioned five-star hotel.

The lobby was filled with fragrant scents and was filled with participating students checking in.

The uncles and aunties working in the hotel were very nice to them. When foreign friends asked about them, the lobby manager introduced them as students who came to participate in a math competition. The thumbs up and exclamations made them extremely satisfied.

That's probably what mathematics is all about.

Although many people dislike people who are good at math, they certainly won't dislike people who are good at math. They will just keep their distance from them. Respect is still the most important thing.

The opening ceremony was held at Yongchuan University.

Among the dozen or so participating teams, they were ranked second to last based on last year's total performance.

Here I would like to briefly explain the Jin Cup team competition system. The team competition is divided into different groups according to primary school, primary high school, junior high school, and senior high school, and the team champions of different groups will be determined.

The scores of the four groups of players in each participating team are added together to get the total team score. The team with the highest total score will be the champion and will receive a super golden trophy.

Because his Anning City team's overall score was not ideal last year, he can only sit at the back of the auditorium now.

Sometimes what Vice Principal Zhang said is right, not so many people out there will be used to you.

But it was strange that neither Vice Principal Zhang nor Old Lin, who were sitting at the bottom, felt the slightest bit of shame.

"Students, be happy. Let's save some face for our friends who ranked last."

Comrade Lao Lin encouraged everyone and was almost beaten by the leader of Tianmu City, which was ranked last, and all the students.

It's unnecessary to think about anything before the exam.

While other teams had pre-game mobilization or evening exercises to warm up, they went out for a barbecue meal, led by Lao Lin.

Zhang Liang was the most reluctant: "My mother said that eating barbecue would make children stupid."

"You're not smart if you don't eat it!" They held up the lamb skewers and shouted to Zhang Liang in unison.

"This kind of team training can enhance friendship." Lao Lin took a sip of Coke and smiled at Vice Principal Zhang who was barbecuing.

At that time, it was dusk outside the barbecue restaurant and the street lights were dim, a scene that could only be seen in the most beautiful dreams.

On August 15, the day of the exam, the sun was blazing hot. It was said that the temperature reached the highest temperature in Yongchuan's meteorological records.

Overall, the examination process was thrilling but not dangerous.

The "shock" thing was that in the middle of the exam, the power went out in the teaching building!

“No danger” means that although all the fans stopped and everyone was sweating profusely due to the high temperature, no one suffered from heatstroke.

The organizers urgently distributed fans and cooling oil to them, but by the time they received the items, there were only five minutes left in the exam.

Lin Chaoxi is checking the test paper. This year's questions are more difficult than in previous years. She is not very confident about two of the questions, which shows how abnormal the competition questions are.

She complained as she was doing it, and she always felt that the high school group was going to be very difficult to achieve.

The truth is pretty much the same.

After leaving the examination room, they fanned themselves with fans printed with the slogan "National Mathematical Olympiad, benefiting the country and the people" and sat under the shade of trees waiting for the high school group.

At 10:40 the high school group exam was over. Through the classroom windows, the boys and girls inside had lost all hope in life after being crushed by their intelligence.

“I wonder if the exams would be this difficult when we were in high school,” sighed backup player Lu Zhihao.

Zhang Liang snorted coldly: "I will join the national training team in high school and will not participate in this."

Hearing this, Lin Zhaoxi and Pei Zhi looked at each other.

"What do you mean!" Zhang Liang shouted at them.

"It's nothing, don't think too much." Lin Chaoxi comforted.

"Don't think too much." Pei Zhi also said.

Zhang Liang didn't understand at first, but when Lao Lin burst out laughing, Zhang Liang finally reacted and almost vomited blood in anger.

In short, the Jin Cup competition entered its third day in this noisy atmosphere.

Their Anning City team is definitely not the most united team, but it is definitely among the top least united teams.

The results were announced at the award ceremony and the entire venue was silent.

They were still sitting in the second to last seat, far from the main stage.

With a larger venue and more students, the tension when the grades are announced increases exponentially.

The results of the groups were revealed one after another, including the champion, runner-up and third place.

At first, Lin Chaoxi was still able to hold Lao Lin's hand, but later he was so scared that he closed his eyes and covered his ears.

Until the last award presenter announced: "The winner of the Jin Cup competition for senior elementary school students is the Anning City team!"

She clenched her fist and swung it toward the sky.

"Ahhh!" Lu Zhihao shouted loudly.

The whole audience burst into applause. Amidst the excited crackling sounds, there were also sounds of quarrels between Zhang Liang and Lu Zhihao.

Zhang Liang: "You didn't participate in the competition, what does it have to do with you?"

Lu Zhihao: "What do you care?"

Zhang Liang: "Fat pig!"

Lu Zhihao: "Fool!"

Lao Lin sat at the outermost corner, ignoring them and waiting leisurely for them to finish arguing.

"Anning City Elementary School Senior Group, please come up to the stage to receive your awards!" the host began to urge.

Hearing this, Lao Lin stood up slowly and said in a long tone: "Here, here, the seat is too far back, please wait a moment."

Looking at his father's back, who was rarely seen in a suit and tie, Lin Chaoxi suddenly felt that he did it on purpose to take revenge on the organizers for making him sit in the back row twice.

Finally, they won the first place in the total score of the Jinjiang Cup provincial elementary school and high school group.

But it’s a pity that because the performance of their city’s high school group was not ideal, they still lost to Yongchuan City in the total team score.

Watching the Yongchuan City team working together to lift the championship trophy, it would be a lie to say I didn't feel any regrets.

——

As the sun sets, Lin Chaoxi opens the door.

No. 284, Zhuanzhu Lane, this is the room she has been familiar with since she was a child.

There was a small desk, a wooden bookcase, a pot of spider plant by the window, and a pink lace mosquito net over the bed. Lao Lin had done his best to arrange the place in preparation for taking her home.

Although the room is not big and the walls are slightly moldy, the whole atmosphere is familiar to her. This is the feeling of home!

Lao Lin was cooking outside. She looked around the room but didn't see what she was looking for.

Although the room is very clean, generally speaking, people's habits will not change...

Lin Chaoxi walked to the bookcase and opened the door with familiarity. With a bang, a pile of messy things rolled out from the bottom of the bookcase.

Magazines, candy boxes, shoe boxes with only the box inside, etc...

In Strawberry World, Lao Lin likes to stuff sundries under the bookcase the most, and it turns out that he is no different in Cheese.

She squatted down and searched through the garbage for a long time, and finally found what she was looking for - it was a round blue tin box.

The tin was printed with the words Danish Blue Jar Cookies. The paint was slightly chipped at the edges, and it took her some effort to open the box.

As expected, there was nothing in the box except some leftover cookie crumbs.

Lin Chaoxi was very happy. In Strawberry World, Old Lin had given her such an iron box, allowing her to put things of important commemorative significance into the box.

Because she was used to it, the tin box accompanied her through elementary school, junior high school, high school...even to college, there was still a rusty Danish blue cookie box at the bottom of her bookcase.

Even though she had not been with Lao Lin since she was a child in the cheese world, habits really would not change, so as expected, she still found this iron box.

Lin Chaoxi turned the iron box upside down and flattened it, then placed it on the ground next to him.

To her right was a stack of scented colored papers.

Before the summer camp ended, she asked all the classmates to write a class record, including home address, telephone number, future career and dream university.

Lu Zhihao——

Dream: Doctor

Future university: Sanmi University.

Flower roll——

Dream: Actor

Future University: Since everyone wants to study at Sanwei, I will also study at Sanwei University

Pei Zhi——

Dream: Study mathematics

Future university: Sanmi University

In the setting sun, the children's handwriting looks particularly childish.

Lin Chaoxi shamelessly memorized their home phone numbers and addresses.

Although no one can predict what the situation will be like ten years from now, it is better to be prepared so that it will be convenient to block someone's door when the time comes.

She folded the papers and put them into the iron box, and this action revealed the photos that were originally covered on the ground.

The photo was taken at the Jin Cup Award Ceremony.

At that time, Zhang Liang insisted on squeezing in the middle in order to secure a spot. They pushed and shoved on the award ceremony stage. Finally, there was a click, the flash lights came on, and everyone in the group photo became crooked. Vice President Zhang's face turned black with anger.

Lin Chaoxi gently tapped the gold medal around his neck and put the photo into the iron box.

The orange sunset outside the window fell right into the box, shining brightly.

Looking at the photos and class records dyed gold, Lin Chaoxi closed the lid.

If Cheese World affects Strawberry World, then these things will appear in the future.

But I don’t know what you will be like in the future.

Thinking of this, she heard Lao Lin shouting in the yard.

"It's time to eat!"

"Okay!" Lin Chaoxi stood up, put the iron box back into the bookcase, closed the door, and opened the door.

In the setting sun, his father, wearing an apron, was holding a bowl of crucian carp soup and placing it on the stone table in the courtyard.

The evening sun is warm and looks like broken gold.