Chapter 78: Competition Quota
Everyone in the class looked at Hu Ming at the same time, waiting for him to respond.
Seeing that he was hesitant to answer, Goudan mocked him, "Hu Ming, are you scared? If you are scared, then..."
"Ha! Would I be afraid? Are you kidding!" Hu Ming raised his head and looked at Tang Xiaoyun with disdain.
He said to him, "Okay, if I can answer this question, you will get out of Qingwu Academy immediately!"
Seeing him so arrogant, Tang Xiaoyun sneered inwardly: [If you can answer the questions I asked, then there must be something fishy!]
The system smelled a conspiracy and said with a wicked smile: [Host, you are trying to stir up trouble.]
Tang Xiaoyun: [Who made him so arrogant? He needs to be taught a lesson.]
"Watch carefully!"
After that, he picked up the brush and wrote a question on the wall book.
After writing the question mark, he handed the brush to Hu Mingdao and said, "Come and answer the question."
Hu Ming took the brush and read the question on the wall: "There are chickens and rabbits in a cage. Counting from the top, there are 35 heads and counting from the bottom, there are 94 legs. How many chickens and rabbits are there in the cage?"
After reading the questions, Hu Ming was stunned. His voice suddenly rose and he asked, "What kind of questions are you giving? I've never seen them before!"
Tang Xiaoyun sneered in his heart: "Just because I haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Don't you want to drive me away? I'll leave immediately after I explain it to you."
"This is simply..."
"Hu Ming, what are you still standing there for? Give me the answer quickly!" said the dean with a gloomy face.
Under double pressure, there was no way Hu Ming could solve this problem. It was completely different from the Nine Chapters of Mathematical Art he had learned.
He held the brush in trembling hands, not knowing how to start writing, because he didn't even understand the question at all.
Seeing that he was still taking a long time to write, Goudan kindly reminded him, "Half of the incense stick has passed!"
Hu Ming was so anxious that beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He looked at the dean nervously, glared at Tang Xiaoyun resentfully, and finally gave up.
He said dejectedly: "I can't..."
"Tsk! You don't know how to do it but you're still talking big and wasting everyone's time." Goudan sneered angrily.
The other students also looked at Hu Ming with disdain, making him wish he could dig a hole and crawl into it.
But he still stiffened his neck and said stubbornly, "Such a difficult question. Can you solve it yourself? I think you are just making random questions on purpose! You can't even solve it yourself!"
Tang Xiaoyun was surprised and pointed at the wall book and asked, "Is this question difficult? Even elementary school students can do it, and you call it difficult? I really doubt your IQ."
"you…!"
"Forget it, forget it. I don't bother with people who are not smart. Since you don't know how to do it, I will teach you."
As he spoke, he snatched the brush from Hu Ming's hand and quickly wrote the solution to the problem on the wall book.
He used an equation to solve the problem. If there are x rabbits, since there are 35 heads in total, then there are 35-x chickens...
Everyone looked at him writing out a bunch of unfamiliar symbols with bewilderment. Even the knowledgeable headmaster was at a loss.
After a short while, he gave the complete answer to the question.
"To sum up, we know there are 23 chickens and 12 rabbits in the cage. Do you understand?"
The dean stared at Tang Xiaoyun's answer for a long time, frowning for a moment, then a look of realization dawned on his face. After a long pause, he exclaimed in astonishment, "Brilliant! Truly brilliant! To be able to answer it so quickly using this method, Mr. Tang is truly knowledgeable!"
Hu Ming, standing by, didn't believe Tang Xiaoyun was so capable. He grabbed the headmaster's hand and asked, "Headmaster, did you really do the right thing?"
Seeing that he was still doubting Tang Xiaoyun at this time, the usually good-tempered headmaster couldn't help but show his displeasure and said, "Why don't you use the Nine Chapters of Mathematics to calculate it again and find out whether it is true or not?"
"I..." If I use the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art to solve this problem, it will take at least three days.
Seeing that he was speechless, the headmaster said angrily, "I usually tell you to study harder, but you always want to play. Now you are completely blind, right?"
Too lazy to explain, the headmaster smiled broadly at Tang Xiaoyun and asked, "Mr. Tang, what is the name of this solution?"
"Oh, this is called solving equations." Tang Xiaoyun replied.
"Then I wonder if..."
The headmaster hesitated to speak, but Tang Xiaoyun had already guessed what he was going to say next.
He curled his lips and smiled, "Headmaster, I can teach them how to solve the equation. As for whether they can learn it or not, it depends on their luck."
After receiving Tang Xiaoyun's confirmation, the headmaster was overjoyed, his beard trembling with excitement. "Of course! I believe that with Mr. Tang's guidance, they will definitely take first place in this competition!"
Seeing the headmaster so excited, Tang Xiaoyun couldn't help but pour cold water on him: "Don't be too happy too soon. It's too early to think of taking first place."
However, seeing that the headmaster was so excited, he couldn't bear to say it out loud.
…
In the following days, Tang Xiaoyun ran between home and school, and no longer had to work so hard as a porter at the dock.
After seeing Tang Xiaoyun's real academic ability, Hu Ming, who had been noisy and unconvinced, gradually learned his lesson.
Occasionally, they would rush to answer questions in class. After a while, everyone's abilities improved at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Half a month passed in a flash, and it was time for the mock exam.
"The top three students in this quiz will have the opportunity to participate in the Lushan Academy academic test in half a month, so you all should work harder."
"Don't worry, Mr. Tang, the first place will definitely be mine!" Hu Ming promised, patting his chest.
This statement immediately drew the ridicule of the students: "Tsk, just give up! With Li Goudan here, you'll always be number two!"
"Exactly. In every exam, you're always second or third. When have you ever taken first place?"
Hearing these mocking voices, Hu Ming did not get angry but laughed and said, "That's you guys. I'm not like you!"
"Tsk, I don't believe it."
Everyone was making a lot of noise and it was very lively.
"Okay, okay, one stick of incense is enough. Just concentrate on answering the questions." Tang Xiaoyun urged.
The students stopped talking and focused on answering the questions.
In the afternoon, the results of the mock test came out.
Hu Ming was pushed and shoved in front of Tang Xiaoyun. One of the students laughed and joked, "Mr. Tang, isn't this the guy who got first place? Hahaha..."
"I see he's boasting so much, I'd be embarrassed if it weren't for him!"
Listening to everyone's teasing, Tang Xiaoyun frowned slightly and said unhappily, "Go to your own position and do your job well. Now I will announce the results."
Everyone pouted and returned to their seats.
He scanned the crowd, his gaze resting on a young man named Zhong Wei. He slowly spoke, "Zhong Wei has made great progress this time. Not bad. Here, third place."
"What? Zhong Wei got third place?"
"This guy who was at the bottom before is now in third place?"
"This world has gone crazy!"
Zhong Wei also didn't expect that he would get third place. He was an invisible person in the school. He was honest and would just swallow his anger when others bullied him. He didn't expect that he would have a day to turn things around.
Listening to the crowd's questioning voices, Tang Xiaoyun chuckled and said loudly, "As long as you work hard, even a poor student can become a top student. Look at you all, you only know how to laugh at others instead of looking for the reasons in yourselves?"
He now acted like a teacher. After spending half a month with them, his teacher's airs naturally emerged.
Everyone felt so ashamed of what he said that they all lowered their heads.
"Next, I will announce the second place, the second place is..."
Everyone looked back and forth between Li Goudan and Hu Ming, trying to guess who the second place would be.
"The second place is...Hu Ming!"
As soon as Tang Xiaoyun finished speaking, he saw a look of disappointment on Hu Ming's face.
The people beside him even laughed and joked, "As expected, he's always in second place. As long as Li Goudan is around, you can forget about getting first place!"
Hearing this, Tang Xiaoyun glared at the student fiercely. Isn't this deliberately provoking hatred?
If Hu Ming hates Li Goudan because of this in the future, he will be committing a serious crime.
"Hu Ming, don't listen to what others say. You're only one step away from first place. You've made rapid progress recently. If you're more careful next time, first place will definitely be yours!"
I hope this comfort will be effective.
Hu Ming has not only made rapid progress in the past half month, but his character and personality have also changed greatly.
He did not become jealous because of other people's sour words, but accepted them humbly.
"Thanks to Mr. Tang's good wishes, I will definitely surpass the first place next time!" He said this while looking at Li Goudan.
I think he guessed who was the first place.
"Okay, I'm sure everyone knows who took first place, so I won't keep you in suspense. The top three students in this quiz will qualify to participate in the Lushan Academy's academic assessment. I'll focus on training you three for the next two weeks. That's all for today, school's over."
When everyone saw that there was no more show to perform, they all dispersed, leaving only Hu Ming and Li Goudan.
"You guys go first, I still have to go to the clinic to get some medicine." Tang Xiaoyun said.
Hu Ming then pulled Li Goudan out of the school. Hu Ming was waiting for him because he had something to say to him.
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Goudan asked.
Hu Mingdao said, "I heard Mr. Tang lives next door to you. No wonder you always come in first. He must be giving you some special treatment, right?"
Goudan heard the hidden meaning in his words and said with a smile: "Why, are you jealous?"
"Well, I'm so jealous. How about I go to Mr. Tang's house to study in the future?"
Hearing this, Goudan paused, and thinking of Mo Yu's icy face, he shuddered suddenly.
If he were to approach Tang Xiaoyun alone, Mo Yu would look like he was going to eat him. If there was another one...
"Are you sure? Brother Tang is not the only one in his family..."
"Hey, they're just Mr. Tang's family, can he really eat me?"
Li Goudan: It’s really possible.
However, he was not so kind as to remind Hu Ming, which was just a good opportunity to distract Mo Yu's attention from him.
This way he can spend more time with Second Brother Tang.
"Let's go to my house first." said Li Goudan.
The two returned to Li Goudan's house. Since her parents were not at home, he went straight to Tang Xiaoyun's house.
Mo Yu, who was meditating in the yard, looked extremely ugly when he saw Goudan bringing other people back.
Not seeing Tang Xiaoyun, he frowned and asked, "Where's Xiaoyun?"
"Oh, my second brother said he would be back after buying the medicine."
But by the time they finished their homework and it was almost dark, Tang Xiaoyun still hadn't returned.
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