Chapter 128 Exam Follow-up
"Zhao Ran is the only student in our grade who received a perfect score on the exam and also answered all the supplementary questions correctly."
"ah--"
Shi Qiu Shui instantly wilted. Since Zhao Ran got the additional questions right, her additional questions must have been wrong.
She pouted unhappily, thinking carefully about the additional question in the exam. She had calculated eight, so how could the answer be ten?
At this time, the math teacher on the stage continued, "Besides Zhao Ran, there are several other students in our class who received full marks on the front-end exam. Let me read out their names. First, our class monitor, Shi Qiushui, and our vice-monitor, Tao Ran. Well, they are worthy of being class monitor and vice-monitor, huh?"
She glanced admiringly at Shi Qiushui and Xiao Taozi below the podium and continued reading out the names. "And Sun Shanshan, Xia Jiajia, and Cao Juan also received full marks. Let's give these students a round of applause."
"Pa pa pa"
As soon as the math teacher finished speaking, there was a burst of warm applause in the classroom.
Upon hearing that she'd gotten full marks on everything except the supplementary questions, Shi Qiushui's excitement immediately returned. Especially after hearing that Xiao Taozi and Cao Juan had also received full marks, her face flushed with excitement as she excitedly said to the students in front and behind her, "Xiao Taozi, Cao Juan, you guys got full marks too!"
"Yeah! Xiaoqiu, you got full marks too! That's great!"
“That’s great!”
The three little girls held hands, with excited expressions on their faces.
Shi Qiushui: "There are six people in our group, and four of them got full marks!"
Xiao Taozi: "Yeah, there are six of us in our group, and four of us got full marks. We're awesome!"
Cao Juan: "Then our group must be the best performing group in this exam!"
Xiaopang: "Yes, our group is first! Then we can get a reward from Teacher Cai!"
In order to motivate students to study, Teacher Cai not only called on everyone to form study groups, but also initiated a group performance evaluation, saying that after the exam, the group that got first place in the comprehensive score of this midterm exam would be rewarded.
Thinking of the upcoming reward, the fat kid couldn't sit still. He scratched his head and said anxiously, "Hey, what do you think Teacher Cai will give to the first-place team this time? Will it be food? If she buys food for everyone, what will she buy? I want some instant noodles. Will Teacher Cai buy some?"
Little Taozi glanced at him and said, "You're dreaming, aren't you? Teacher Cai will definitely buy school supplies for everyone, right?"
"School supplies?"
The fat boy smacked his lips, his enthusiasm fading. He said, "It's not that we don't have school supplies. I just happened to have run out of erasers. I hope Teacher Cai can buy some for everyone."
Little Taozi complained quietly, "Have you run out of erasers? You obviously threw them all away, didn't you?"
When Xiaopang has nothing to do, he likes to use his eraser as a bullet and play with it using a slingshot made with a ruler and rubber band. Often, when he is shooting, he forgets where the eraser goes.
Xiaopang: "Well, anyway, I don't have an eraser now."
Xiao Taozi glanced at him and said, "The first class this afternoon is with Teacher Cai. Wait until she gets here and ask her."
Fatty: "Okay."
After waiting all afternoon, during the first class of the afternoon, Teacher Cai came into the classroom with the test papers in her arms. As soon as she stepped onto the podium, she said, "The last class of the morning is math. The math teacher should have told you your math grades in class, right?"
"I told—"
Teacher Cai: "Let me tell you about your Chinese grades now. Our class did quite well on the Chinese exam. Three students scored full marks: Zhao Ran, Shi Qiushui, and Cao Juan."
Hearing this, Shi Qiushui grabbed Zhao Ran's hand and said excitedly, "Zhao Ran, Zhao Ran, you got full marks again!"
Zhao Ran nodded and said, "You too."
Shi Qiushui chuckled and turned to tell Cao Juan behind him the good news: "Cao Juan, you're great! You got full marks in both math and Chinese!"
Cao Juan: "Xiaoqiu, you are great too!"
Shi Qiushui: "Hehehe, it's not bad."
Teacher Cai: "Those who got full marks this time are all members of Shi Qiushui's study group. Come, let's all give them some encouragement."
"Pa pa pa." Another series of warm applause.
"Okay, put it away." Teacher Cai quietly tidied up and continued, "I hope all students can learn from Shi Qiushui and the others. Now I'll continue announcing the results. In addition to the students who scored full marks, our class also has several high-scoring students, such as Tao Ran. She scored a high of 99 in Chinese this time. Tao Ranran, come up and pick up your paper."
Xiao Taozi stood up and walked to the front of the podium. Teacher Cai handed her the test paper and said with some regret, "I saw that you lost one point because of the wrong pinyin. It's a pity. I hope you won't be so careless next time."
Xiao Taozi looked at the very simple basic question she got wrong on the test paper and nodded seriously. She was really careless this time.
She returned to her seat with the test paper, lowered her head and thought for a while, then suddenly cursed in a low voice: "It's all that annoying Chen Xin's fault!"
She remembered that during the Chinese exam, she discovered that Chen Xinzhuan wanted to copy Xiaopang's paper when she was writing this question. In order to prevent Chen Xin from succeeding, she quickly wrote an answer, did not look at it carefully, and threw it aside.
The more Xiao Taozi thought about it, the angrier she became. She clenched her fists and pounded the table twice in anger. She blamed Chen Xin for not getting full marks this time. Chen Xin was such a nuisance!
"A-choo, A-choo——"
Chen Xin in the next classroom sneezed twice in a row. He rubbed his nose and muttered softly, "Who is scolding me..."
Back to Shi Qiu Shui and her classmates' classroom, Teacher Cai was standing on the podium, having already handed out several high-scoring papers. She did not read out the papers with scores below 95 one by one, but asked the class representative to hand them out for her, including the full-marked papers of Shi Qiu Shui and Zhao Ran. She also asked the class representative to hand them out.
After the class representative handed out the papers, Teacher Cai said, "Now that everyone has received their papers, I think I'll talk about the questions you got wrong the most this time. First, let me talk about the pinyin questions..."
"bell--"
The bell rang on time. Teacher Cai didn't have the habit of staying after class. He had almost finished explaining the test paper, so he closed the paper in his hand and said, "Okay, students, class is over. If you have questions on the test paper, or if you didn't understand anything I just said, you can come to my office directly after class."
Seeing Teacher Cai turning around to leave, Xiaopang couldn't sit still anymore. He immediately stood up and asked, "Teacher, um, um, didn't you say before that you would give a reward to the group that won first place in the midterm exam?"
Teacher Cai was stunned for a moment and said, "Oh, yes, don't be afraid, I'm remembering this."
She thought Xiaopang was afraid that she would forget to remind her.
Xiaopang smiled and scratched his head and said, "Teacher, can you tell us in advance what you are going to give us?"
Teacher Cai turned around and asked curiously, "Why, from what you said, you have something you want?"
Xiaopang: "Hey, hey, yes, teacher, I want snacks. Can you buy some snacks for us?"
Teacher Cai: "Snacks, yes, you can, but I'm afraid you won't like what I buy."
"We love to eat it, teacher, you don't have to worry. As long as it's a snack, we love to eat it no matter what it is." Xiaopang said hurriedly.
Teacher Cai: "Then I'll buy calcium milk biscuits and vitamin bread."
"ah……"
Xiaopang's expression froze, and he tried to struggle: "Teacher, do you usually like to eat snacks like this?"
Teacher Cai nodded: "Well, these two are my favorite snacks. Why, don't you think they taste good?"
Xiaopang: "That's not the case..."
How should I put it? These two things are not bad, but they have no flavor. What Xiaopang wants to eat is something with more flavor, preferably something that parents do not agree with them eating, such as bubble gum, instant noodles, and spicy strips.
However, he also knew that if their parents did not allow them to eat snacks, Teacher Cai would definitely not allow them to eat them, so he decisively gave up the idea of asking Teacher Cai to buy snacks for them.
Xiaopang: "Then, teacher, if you don't give us rice or snacks, what will you buy for us?"
Teacher Cai: "You should buy stationery, right? I was originally planning to buy you pencil cases. A few days ago, I passed by Xinhua Bookstore and saw some pretty good-looking pencil cases there. I think you kids would like them very much."
Xiaopang's eyes lit up: "Teacher, what kind of pencil case is it?"
Teacher Cai laughed: "Why, after hearing about the pencil case, you don't want snacks anymore?"
Xiaopang laughed and said nothing. Xiao Taozi came up to him at the right time and said, "Teacher, don't pay attention to Xiaopang. He wants everything."
Teacher Cai: "Oh? Then, Tao Ran, what do you want?"
Little Taozi held his chin and thought for a while, then said, "Pencil case."
"Well, Shi Qiushui, Zhao Ran, Cao Juan, Xiong Jie, all of you come here. The teacher has something to ask you."
Since the topic of rewards had come up, Teacher Cai simply called all the students in Shi Qiu Shui's group over.
When Shi Qiu Shui and the others heard Teacher Cai's voice, they immediately stood up from their seats and walked over quickly.
"Teacher, what do you want to talk to us about?"
Teacher Cai: "Ah, this is it. Didn't I promise to give a reward to those who get first place in the midterm exam? Now I want to ask you what you would like. There are two options. One is the snacks suggested by Xiaopang, but I have to make it clear to you that you can't buy the snacks you like. You can buy the snacks I like, such as cookies and bread. The other option is a pencil case. Which one do you want?"
"Pencil case!" Shi Qiu Shui and the others answered in unison.
It’s not that calcium milk biscuits are bad, it’s just that everyone has them at home and everyone is tired of them.
Teacher Cai: "Are you sure? You all want pencil cases?"
"Yes, teacher, we are sure to choose pencil cases!"
Teacher Cai: "Okay, then it's settled. I'll buy you pencil cases after school tonight."
At this time, the students passing by made envious sounds, "Wow, the reward for the monitor's group is actually a pencil case, great!"
"Teacher, we want a pencil case too!"
"Yes, teacher, we want it too!"
Teacher Cai: "You want it too? Then study hard and do your best on the final exam."
"Teacher, will the final exam still be divided into groups?"
Teacher Cai: "We'll compete again. Just like this time, the teacher will also give prizes to the top-ranked group in the final exam. And the teacher has decided that not only will there be prizes for the top-ranked group, but also for the top-ranked individual subjects in the final exam."
"Wow! Really?"
"Then, teacher, will you still give out pencil cases then?"
"Yes, teacher, will you give us pencil cases then? We all have pencil cases. Can you change one?" The fat boy said naively.
Xiao Taozi rolled his eyes at Xiao Pang and said, "It's not even the final exam yet, and you already know you can still get first place?"
Xiaopang: "Hey, you guys are here, you can definitely get first place."
Xiao Taozi: ...
Teacher Cai: "Ahem, I need to think about the prizes for the final exam. It's still early, so there's no need to rush. What you should be thinking about now is how to get first place in the final exam."
After she finished speaking, she turned and was about to leave. As she was about to leave the classroom, she paused, turned around and walked back to the podium. She said, "Oh, by the way, there's something I forgot to tell you. After the midterm exams, our school is going to hold a parent-teacher meeting this Friday afternoon. When you go home today, tell your parents about this and ask them to remember to come on Friday."
She emphasized, "At this parent-teacher meeting, I want to discuss with each of your parents how you've been doing in school over the past two months, so it's best if all of you can come. If you really can't come for something, please ask me in person for leave before this Friday afternoon."
"Huh? Does the teacher have to ask for leave in person?"
Teacher Cai: "Yes, you must ask me for leave in person. You can't ask me for leave by phone."
"oh……"
After Teacher Cai finished speaking, she walked away with her wedge heels on. The children in the classroom all looked depressed.
Xiaopang sat in his seat and said weakly, "It's over, I'm done."
Shi Qiushui: "What's wrong with you, Xiaopang?"
Xiaopang: "Xiaoqiu, didn't you hear what the teacher just said? The parents' meeting is about to start!"
Shi Qiushui: "What's wrong with holding a parent-teacher conference?"
Xiaopang: "At the parents' meeting, Teacher Cai will definitely tell my dad about me not paying attention in class, not doing my homework seriously, and my last-place grades. Then my dad will definitely..."
At this point, he shrank his neck and became afraid.
Little Taozi glanced at him and said, "Since you're afraid that Teacher Cai will tell your dad about your last place, why don't you try to do better on the test?"
Xiaopang said aggrievedly: "I think I did very well in the test. I got 88 points in math, which is more than 20 points above the passing line."
Xiao Taozi: "Then you are also the last in our class!"
Xiaopang: "It's the tenth from the bottom!"
He emphasized: "The tenth from the bottom! Or maybe it's the twentieth from the top!"
Their class did particularly well in the math test this time. Not only did they get several full marks, but most of the students' scores were above 90 points. Xiaopang's score of 86 also ranked him tenth from the bottom.
Because of this, Xiaopang felt so aggrieved. His father set two goals for him in this exam: first, he must not fail, and second, he must not rank last.
He has passed now, but is still ranked at the bottom.
Xiao Taozi: "Then tell your dad that you are number 20. See if he will beat you again."
Xiaopang sighed deeply: "I will definitely beat him again. I know him."
Xiao Taozi shrugged: "That's nothing we can do."
Shi Qiu Shui had no way to deal with Xiaopang's situation. She could only pat Xiaopang on the shoulder and give him a sympathetic look to express her comfort.
Xiaopang: "Ah——"
"Fatty, it's okay, I'm here with you."
Xiong Jie put his arm around Xiao Pang's shoulders and said with a heavy face, "If my mother heard what Teacher Cai said about my performance in school, she would definitely beat me up."
He and Xiaopang are qualified as good friends because his math grades are also at the bottom.
Xiaopang hugged Xiong Jie back. At this moment, only Xiong Jie could empathize with him.
Looking at the two of them, Shi Qiu Shui shook his head.
To be honest, I think Xiaopang and Xiong Jie’s grades this time are really bad, but not really, because they both scored above 85 points. It’s just that other students in the class did very well, so they were ranked among the bottom few.
When Xiaopang was sad alone at the beginning, he was really sad. But after he found that Xiong Jie was there to take the blame for him, he was not so sad anymore. He hugged Xiong Jie and became more excited and started acting.
"Xiong Jie, you and I are true brothers. Only you understand me. Xiao Qiu and the others are not the same as us. They can't understand our feelings. In fact, we have no choice! If we can choose, who doesn't want to get good grades, right?"
Xiong Jie nodded vigorously: "Brother, you are right. If I could choose, I would also like to get full marks like the boss!"
Shi Qiushui glared at him with dead eyes: "Didn't you have a chance to get a perfect score? It's obviously because you didn't check carefully and made careless mistakes that you didn't get a perfect score!"
Shi Qiushui's face was stern. He picked up Xiaopang and Xiong Jie's test papers and said seriously, "Look at the questions you two got wrong. They're all very basic. Don't you know how to do this? No, you both know how to do it! You made mistakes because you were careless, and you didn't check your answers after the test. That's why you were deducted so many points!"
After leading the study group for a long time, Shi Qiu Shui really looks like a little teacher.
She said this with a cold face. Xiong Jie and Xiaopang lowered their heads and didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
Shi Qiushui: "If our group didn't have four students with full marks in math, the scores of the two of you would have dragged us down from first place!"
She said, "If you really can't do it and make mistakes, I won't say anything, but the two of you made mistakes in all the mental arithmetic questions, which are all very basic!"
Xiong Jie raised his eyelids and glanced at Shi Qiushui cautiously. After seeing the unhappiness on her face, he decisively admitted his mistake: "Boss, we were wrong. We shouldn't have finished the test without checking it."
Xiaopang also said, "Right, right, right, Xiaoqiu, we were wrong. Don't worry, we will definitely remember to check next time! We will definitely not be so careless in the final exam again!"
Xiao Taozi: "Xiao Qiu, if they want to be as careless as they were this time during the final exam, you should kick them out! Don't let them be in our group anymore!"
Xiaopang's eyes widened: "Xiao Taozi, how could you do this! We are comrades in the same group!"
Xiao Taozi curled her lips: "I don't need sloppy teammates."
Xiaopang: "Have you forgotten that besides being teammates, we've also been deskmates since kindergarten? How could you be so, so... so heartless!"
Xiao Taozi: "Who told you not to be serious?"
"...Okay." Xiaopang sniffed, admitting that not checking carefully was a mistake. He promised earnestly, "Xiao Taozi, Xiaoqiu, don't worry. I promise that during the final exam, Zhao Ran and I will check carefully. We won't make mistakes like this time due to carelessness and fail many basic questions."
He said seriously, "If we still make mistakes during the final exam without checking carefully, we will accept it even if you kick us out of the group!"
He pulled Xiong Jie and said, "Are you right?"
Xiong Jie: “…Yes, right?”
Xiaopang: "Xiaoqiu and Xiaotaozi, look, Xiong Jie also agreed. Now you can rest assured, right?"
Xiao Taozi: "Okay."
After saying this, Shi Qiushui became curious about something else. She blinked and said, "Oh, by the way, during the parent-teacher conference, was it your dad who came, or your mom?"
Her family doesn't need to use hands, so it must be her father who comes. After all, her father is the only one left in her family besides her. But what about others? Who comes to other people's homes?
Shi Qiu Shui looked at everyone curiously.
Zhao Ran spoke first: "My grandfather should be the one coming to my house. My parents both have to go to work on Fridays."
Cao Juan: "My dad should be the one coming over. My mom has to go out and set up a stall."
Shi Qiu Shui had known Cao Juan for some time, and he had a general idea of her family situation. Cao Juan's father was in poor health, and he had been recuperating at home all year round and making some handicrafts to supplement the family's income, so Shi Qiu Shui was not too surprised by Cao Juan's answer.
Next was Xiaopang. He pouted and said, "It must be my dad who's coming to my house. He already said he'd come to a parents' meeting with me. But I think he just wants to use this opportunity to pry into my school performance. What a cunning parent!"
Xiao Taozi: "...Xiaopang, does your father know that you say that about him outside?"
Xiaopang: "Of course I don't know."
"..." Xiao Taozi was silent for a moment, then said, "My mom should be the one coming, but it could also be my dad. I'm not sure. Whoever of them can take time off will come."
Finally, everyone's eyes fell on Xiong Jie, who had been silent.
Feeling everyone's gazes, Xiong Jie scratched his head and said, "As for me, it should be my grandma who comes to my house."
Shi Qiushui: "Hey, why is it your grandma?"
Xiong Jie: "Because my parents are out visiting relatives this week."
Shi Qiushui: "What about your grandparents?"
Xiong Jie: "I don't have any grandparents. My father married into the family, so I only have my grandmother."
"Oh, so that's it." Shi Qiu Shui nodded in understanding.
But Xiaopang asked in confusion: "What does it mean to marry into the family?"
Xiao Taozi: "Oh, Xiaopang, you are so stupid, you don't even know how to marry into the family!"
Xiaopang: "So what does marrying into the family really mean?"
Xiao Taozi: "Marrying into the wife's family means your father marries your mother, not your mother marries your father."
Xiaopang scratched his head in distress and said, "Ah, isn't this almost the same?"
Shi Qiushui: "It's different. Marrying into a family is when a boy leaves his own home and marries into a girl's family, while a normal marriage is when a girl marries into a boy's family."
Xiaopang seemed to understand, but he didn't quite understand. He lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head and said, "Then when I grow up, I want to marry into your family!"
Shi Qiushui: "Ah???"
Xiaopang: "My father is too violent and beats the children at every turn. I don't want to recognize him as my father anymore. If I marry into another family, can't I have a different father?"
Shi Qiushui: ...
It is such a blessing for your father to have a son like you!
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