On the internet, people often commemorate their childhoods. Chen Bing, a young man from a small town who was one of them, found himself back 24 years ago, in the small town of his birth, after his ...
Based on recent exam results, Xiao Shang's ranking at Baishi No. 1 Middle School generally fluctuates between second and sixth. Converted to county-wide rankings, that places him between ninth and fifty-first.
Although she made a mistake in ranking 51st, and although only half of the top students in the county go to Shangping Experimental High School each year, Shang Yunmiao still felt the pressure.
She wondered if her grades were stable enough; if she didn't perform well in the high school entrance exam, she wouldn't be able to get into the top-tier high school with Chen Bing. Besides that, she also worried that her class ranking couldn't be too low, otherwise it would make her father lose face.
It's important to know that Shangping Experimental School only has one special key class, which admits 40 students. In previous years, the admission cutoff was generally around the top 80 students in the entire county.
Therefore, in order to ensure stability and excellence, she almost strictly adhered to her daily study tasks. Even if she occasionally missed a small portion of her study time due to her closeness with Chen Bing, she would think about how to make up for it later by working twice as hard.
Chen Bing had certainly noticed her actions. On one hand, he was pleased that the girl was so ambitious, but on the other hand, he felt a little sorry for her.
She was too hardworking and too upright. Chen Bing guessed that the idea of using connections to get in if she didn't pass the exam was something she never even considered.
"I don't quite understand the answer to this question."
Just as Chen Bing was feeling sorry for the remarkable Shang Yunmiao, the other girl handed her a question with a thoughtful expression. After a quick glance, Chen Bing immediately understood the pattern of the question and began to carefully explain it to her.
For Chen Bing, who has been studying college entrance exam questions for a year or two and whose average self-test score is over 660 (science), the difficulty of junior high school questions is child's play. In his eyes, junior high school questions are no different from elementary school questions; he can tell the approximate answer at a glance.
Although he couldn't learn the knowledge for Shang Yunmiao, he would still do his best to help her (only during study time; during relaxation time, he would also help Shang Yunmiao relax).
Before we knew it, lunch break had flown by as we were discussing difficult problems. The classroom was soon filled with a noisy chatter.
As the doors opened and closed, and as the number of people increased, the classroom warmed up slightly.
Visibly, a few strands of hair on Shang Yunmiao's forehead had somehow become stuck to her fair skin.
Noticing this, the kind-hearted Chen Bing picked up a thin notebook and gently fanned Xiao Shang.
The little girl was engrossed in thinking about the problem and didn't notice his actions, but many other students passing by saw it.
As the three girls passed by, the group covered their mouths and giggled softly as they walked quickly past them. Throughout the walk, the girls' smiling eyes kept glancing at Chen Bing and his companion.
A little embarrassed, Chen Bing returned a sincere smile to the female classmates, which made their hearts flutter. But after regaining their senses and realizing that he was a married man, they put on the same smiles they had just had while shipping them.
Ah, how wonderful, youth.
After finishing his internal monologue, Chen Bing turned around and found Shang Yunmiao looking at him with a strange expression.
"No, it's just that people saw us being affectionate, so they smiled at each other." In her nervousness, little Chen Bing's expression became incoherent.
"I haven't said anything yet..." Shang Yunmiao pouted, not actually jealous, and gently nudged Chen Bing with her leg before pointing to a question and asking for help.
Relieved, Chen Bing continued her explanation, and then fanned Shang Yunmiao with a fan after she finished.
Sigh~ You probably couldn't find another man as perfect as me even if you searched the whole world.
After indulging in my own self-admiration for a while, the school bell rang, and the afternoon classes officially began.
The afternoon classes on June 17th were uneventful, except that Zhang Xinyu and another girl went out together a few minutes before evening self-study. A few minutes later, they returned excitedly and asked Ma Shaolong to call a few more boys to help move some things.
The class of heroes responded enthusiastically, and soon formed an elite five-person team to set off.
The students who remained in the classroom were curious about what had happened, and they soon found out.
Oh, it's the class uniforms that arrived!
It's a bit embarrassing to talk about, but some junior high and high schools that don't have high requirements for school uniforms have this tradition: about a month before graduation, the class will organize to buy class uniforms to wear.
This campus tradition may have originated from taking graduation photos. However, after the photos were taken, the outfits would become a distinctive symbol, remaining on everyone's bodies for several weeks.
As for why that's the case, it's probably because they wanted to experience it.
As we all know, in the vast land of China, the school uniforms of middle school students, while not necessarily inferior to those of other countries in terms of aesthetics, are certainly far behind.
During the most beauty-conscious period of adolescence, I believe no middle school student would not fantasize about wearing JK or DK uniforms, right?
Of course, it's not just uniforms like JK and DK; there are also sporty basketball jerseys, black tops paired with overalls, and even traditional Chinese styles like cheongsams and Zhongshan suits.
Basically, as long as it's not an excessively short skirt or tank top, the school will turn a blind eye.
Besides these, there are also some ordinary t-shirts, which will not be discussed here.
But what about the price of these class uniforms that fulfill the dreams of middle school students in China?
It's not expensive either. In 2020, when online shopping was popular, a women's outfit would only cost around 70 or 80 yuan. Men's outfits are even cheaper, probably only 50 or 60 yuan.
However, in contrast to such a price, the materials are relatively cheap, and if it can be worn for a month, it would be considered to be of very high quality.
These class uniforms are produced without any consideration for quality. In the eyes of merchants and most graduates, as long as the design looks good, that's all that matters.
Speaking of which, during Chen Bing's previous life, neither of her classes bought class uniforms during junior and senior high school. High school was a different story; the Experimental High School certainly wouldn't allow students to do such things. As for why they didn't do it in junior high, Chen Bing remembered that the class committee members disagreed, and many classmates didn't want to waste money on a useless class uniform.
In short, the reason is a lack of class cohesion.
I just don't know which part of the process went smoothly in this life, but this school uniform, full of cheap youthful charm, actually kicked open the door and appeared in front of me.
Well, it wasn't the class uniform that kicked the door open, but Ma Shaolong, who was too excited.
When he kicked the door open, the homeroom teacher was sitting by the podium waiting for the class meeting to begin. Seeing this, they naturally stared at each other blankly, and an awkward atmosphere began to fill the air.