In her previous life, her eldest brother died early, her second sister went blind due to illness, her third brother became autistic, and she herself lived a life of poverty and hardship, scavenging...
Therefore, Li Gengxue asked the teacher to make the final exam more difficult, and Zhou Xiang still got full marks.
This time the overall score was still at the bottom, but he got full marks in four subjects, which made the principal proud. So when he went to the county for study and meeting this time, he brought Zhou Xiang's test paper with him.
During the afternoon study time, he showed the test paper to several principals of other town primary schools who usually bullied him with words.
When the town's primary school principals saw the test paper, they nodded in agreement, but a discordant voice suddenly sounded.
"You're praising a cheating student to the skies. If it were me, I would have expelled her long ago."
Li Gengxue turned around and saw that it was his long-time rival, the principal of Daxin Town Primary School.
"What do you mean?"
"Don't you know what I mean? The rumor in your town is that a primary school student got full marks in four subjects by cheating." The principal of Daxin Town Primary School said proudly.
"Cheating? How can she cheat with a perfect score? She got the highest score, so whose work could she copy to get a perfect score?"
"Humph, maybe you deliberately left out the test questions for her, saying she was studying at home, and then left out the test questions and told her to get a perfect score. It's just a hype tactic."
"You are slandering me. I even said that your school missed questions for students!"
The two people started arguing about this. The bureau cadre came in for a meeting and saw the two people arguing loudly. He asked the people around him and then brought Zhou Xiang's test paper.
Well, the test paper is clean and tidy, and many of the answers are things that people like me who work in education may not be able to think of. Looking at the various answers on the test paper, they are not something that the teachers of the town primary school can give. They are definitely not missed questions. I became curious about this question.
Seeing the two people arguing non-stop, he had an idea in his mind and patted the podium.
"Quiet, stop arguing. I already understand what's going on. I've also looked at the test paper. It doesn't look like there were any missing questions. I can't figure out many of the answers.
However, since Daxin is not convinced, then take her over and test her personally in front of all the principals. I will send someone to pick her up right away.
Li Gengxue, give me your address. Yang Shouzhi, you're good at coming up with competition questions. Come up with a test paper that mixes in knowledge from the previous semester of fifth grade. Ask Zhou Xiang to take the test later. I think she might have already taught herself until she was in junior high school."
There was an uproar. How could someone teach themselves until junior high school? However, everyone was in favor of the proposal. Those who had seen the test paper wanted to meet this fourth-grade student named Zhou Xiang.
"Okay, let's start studying now. I guess the student should be here by the end of class, and everyone will be able to see him then. Daxin Town is small, and I hope you can maintain your composure. There are many people who are jealous and spread rumors, so don't just follow the crowd."
The principal of Daxin Town Primary School was named and had no choice but to stop and wait until that student did not perform well in the exam. He would then go and provoke Li Gengxue!
Zhou Xiang and Ling Ran were in the warehouse with their mother, trying to comfort her not to worry about the rumors, but they heard Zhou's father calling outside.
"Xiang Xiang, Mom, is Xiang Xiang here?"
Zhou Xiang heard his father looking for him, and when he went out to look, he saw a young man following his father.
"Think about it, this person is from the Education Bureau, and he said he's here to take you to the County Bureau."
Zhou Xiang looked at his mother. Surprisingly, his mother was right. The principal must have reported it. He just didn't know what happened and why he needed to go there himself.
Zhou's mother looked at her daughter worriedly. "Will anything happen?" However, her daughter's grades were solid, and she believed she would be able to handle it.
Ling Ran grabbed Zhou Xiang's clothes and said, "I'll go with you."
Zhou Xiang slapped his hand away, "What's the point of you going there? Stop causing trouble for me and go back to your own home."
After saying that, he followed Zhou's father and the young man away.
Ling Ran followed him anxiously. Some people in the supply and marketing cooperative's family compound saw this and started to wonder, "Could this be the same thing that's been going around these past few days? Has it really gotten out of hand?"
Then I quickly went home and told the people I usually like to chat with. Everyone was scared that if the matter got out of hand, they would all be criticized.
Zhong Ling hid in the corner and saw Zhou Xiang being called away by a young man. She was very happy. I told you not to lend me a pen and not to play with me anymore. Humph, no matter how well you do in the exam, I can ruin it for you.
Back at the food station’s family compound, a dilapidated jeep was parked in the yard. The young man walked towards the jeep, and Zhou Xiang followed.
"Dad, please go home. If I can't come back tonight, I will stay at my grandma's house for one night and come back tomorrow. You wait for me to come back and buy New Year's goods."
Zhou's father nodded. He didn't know what had happened, but his daughter was very calm, so he was not worried anymore.
Ling Ran looked at the departing jeep and felt sad. He could not help her in any way. He went home to get some money and prepared to take a bus to wait for her outside the county bureau.
When Ling's father saw his son taking the money, he asked him where he was going.
Ling Ran told his father everything, including the rumor in the supply and marketing cooperative that Zhou Xiang was cheating.
Father Ling agreed with his son's idea and handed him another ten yuan. "Here, just in case you need it."
Zhou Xiang was sitting in a jeep and felt uncomfortable with the bumps. "Master, please drive slower. The bumps are making me want to vomit."
Seeing that the little girl looked unhappy, the young man quickly slowed down.
Zhou wanted to open the window a little bit to let the cold wind in, and then he felt better.
After finally arriving at the county bureau, Zhou wanted to get out of the car and sit on a rock nearby to rest. This young man drove too aggressively. He wondered how the people riding in his car could bear it.
Seeing the little girl like this, Xiao Wang felt guilty and said, "Come on, don't sit here, go to the office and drink some hot water."
Zhou wanted to stand up, but he felt dizzy and quickly squatted down again. His broken body was still suffering from anemia.
Seeing this, Xiao Wang squatted down and asked, "Can I carry you up?"
"No, I'll just squat here. It'll be done in a moment. Please make me a cup of brown sugar water. Thank you!"
Xiao Wang had no choice but to go find some brown sugar and hot water. Seeing that he had left, Zhou Xiang took out some red dates from the space, ate a few of them and swallowed them. After that, his stomach felt much better and he was not so dizzy anymore.
Soon, Xiao Wang brought a porcelain jar and opened the lid. "Here, drink it while it's hot."
Zhou Xiang took it and drank it in big gulps. After the hot sugar water went down his throat, he felt refreshed.
He handed the jar to Xiao Wang and said, "Thank you!"
"No need to thank me, it's just that my driving was too bumpy." Xiao Wang knew that his driving skills were not very good and the car was very bumpy.
Feeling much more comfortable, Zhou Xiang stood up and followed Xiao Wang into the meeting room.
More than sixty principals and vice-presidents were waiting for Zhou Xiang in the conference room. Zhou Xiang was a little confused about what was going on when he saw so many people.
Li Gengxue quickly walked up to Zhou Xiang and said, "Zhou Xiang, are you feeling unwell? You look so bad."
Xiao Wang answered first: "I was driving too bumpy and made her dizzy. She just drank a cup of brown sugar water and she feels better."
Li Gengxue quickly pulled Zhou Xiang to sit on the stool next to him.