Chapter 401 There are no shortcuts to learning.
Li Mingxuan took the megaphone and laughed, "The village chief asked us to talk to the village children about studying, that is, about learning experience. To be honest, I don't have much learning experience. You've all watched me grow up. From elementary school to high school, I was always number one in my class. On weekends and holidays, I was just like the other children in the village, going up the mountain and down to the fields. So if you want to ask me about my experience, honestly, besides listening attentively in class and reviewing and previewing after class, I don't have anything else. If you insist on asking me why I'm so good at studying, then I can only say that it's talent, that is, I'm smart. It's a gift from my parents, and it can't be learned."
After Li Mingxuan finished speaking, he handed the megaphone to Gu Shu. Gu Shu was still thinking about the draft she had written during the day, but after hearing what Li Mingxuan said, she thought, "What draft? I don't need it!"
“Mingxuan is a smart person, so it wasn’t a surprise that he got into university. So why was I able to get into Qingdao University? Besides being a little smart, it’s because I have two great younger sisters and a united, positive family that revolves around us! Based on my past grades, I could only get into a second-tier university at best. But when I was in junior high school, my two younger sisters not only studied hard themselves, but also supervised my studies. Everyone in the family listened to them. If I was lazy, my grandmother’s whip would fall. But my family didn’t pressure us to get into a top university. Sometimes, when they saw that we were tired from studying, they would send us out to play. For them, health was the most important thing.”
A burst of laughter erupted from below.
Gu Shu continued, “In our family, after dinner, the four of us kids would study together. My two younger sisters are better than me, especially Ayin. She skipped a grade in junior high. She worked incredibly hard and mastered all the junior high material early on. While she was busy with her own studies, she not only supervised us but also gave us a lot of practice tests and questions. She even asked the teachers to get the city's test papers for us to write. Throughout junior high, I was either doing practice questions or doing practice questions. After we got into the city's high school, this didn't stop; in fact, it intensified! So my study experience isn't anything worth learning from. It's just a little bit of intelligence, plus a great younger sister, plus the care and love from my parents.”
After Gu Shu finished speaking, he handed the megaphone to Gu Yin. The eyes of the people below became excited. Gu Yin was a three-time world gold medalist and the top scorer in the country!
Gu Yin looked at the crowd below and smiled, saying, "Compared to the two before me, I'm much more ordinary. I don't have a smart head like them, but I have the courage to never give up and never accept my fate!" In the early stages, her IQ was indeed not very high, and it was only after she completed the missions in the middle stages that her IQ slowly increased.
“I get up at six in the morning to run and exercise, all year round without interruption. While running, I am not idle. I either memorize vocabulary, ancient poems or classical Chinese texts. Even when I eat or take a shower, I am memorizing. In class, I listen attentively. After class, while others play, I do exercises. After class at night, while others go out for late-night snacks or go back to the dormitory, I stay in the classroom to do exercises until the lights are turned off. My bed is next to the window, and the streetlight shines through the window onto my bed. I will use that light to continue reading. In junior high and high school, I dreamed about solving problems at night. On weekends and holidays, I still study according to the timetable I had at school. Everyone in our village knows this.”
Those who were on the right track nodded in agreement; they knew how hard Gu Yin had worked.
"I can study to the point of neglecting to eat and sleep. I even fell into a coma and was hospitalized once because of overworking my brain. Don't just look at the many awards I won, the national top scorer, and the admission letter from Qingdao University. Instead, look at the effort and sacrifices I made for those achievements! Some parents think that if I can work this hard, then their own children can definitely do it too. So they force their children to be taught in the same way I worked. Is that what you're thinking?"
The parents below felt guilty; they really did think so.
Gu Yin said seriously, "If you really force your children like this, then I guarantee that your children will not receive as many honors as I have. Instead, they will go crazy, become depressed, think that their parents are unreasonable, and feel that life is not worth living. Do you think I am exaggerating?"
Gu Yin waved her hand: "Let me tell you, everything I've said is true! Why was I able to do it? Because I genuinely love learning, just like you love money! My only hobby is learning. Every time I finish a problem, I feel a strong sense of accomplishment. As long as I'm learning, I'm happy! I can work myself to the bone for learning! Do you think your children can do that? I can read so many books and solve so many problems, not only because I love it, but also because I'm dedicated. The test papers I've done, the homework I've written, and the collection of my mistakes—if you stack them up, they wouldn't fit in my room! Can you do that? You can't do what I do, but you can do one-tenth, two-tenths, or even three-tenths of what I do. If you do nothing and place your hopes on some vague and unrealistic things, then you are destined to fail! There are no shortcuts to learning, but diligence can make up for lack of talent! Let's encourage each other!"
After Gu Yin finished speaking, there was a long silence below. It wasn't until they left that the applause erupted.
After that night, some of the strangers in the village left, while others refused to listen and instead felt that Gu Yin and the others didn't want anyone to do better than them in the exam, which was why they said those things. Li Sen stopped trying to persuade them and let them do whatever they wanted.
After that night, many people came to the Gu family home, wanting to borrow Gu Shu and Gu Yin's high school test papers and error notebooks. Gu Yin and Gu Shu did not show up; the old lady handled the matter. She refused to lend them out, saying that all of their test papers had been left to Gu Hua, who would need them for the college entrance examination next year.
The old lady was unwilling to lend the money because on the first day someone came to borrow it, she gave it to them out of pity, and then that person ran away with Gu Shu's exam paper! They couldn't find the person! The old lady was so angry that she couldn't eat, so the family decided that no matter who came, they wouldn't lend money to anyone!
Two days later, the Gu family returned to the county. Zhou Wansheng and Wang Yanzhi also returned from the port city and booked a banquet at a five-star hotel in the city for their college entrance celebration the next day!
The Chu family also came from Beijing. Chu Yan returned to Beijing after coming back from Hong Kong. He mainly wanted to see how the Xie family would handle Zhu Xiaoxiao's matter.
Today, he came to Jiang City with his family to celebrate Gu Yin's college admission. Because of the misunderstanding with the FBI, his mentor Chu Yan felt that he had been wronged, so he asked him to rest at home for ten days and then return to school. That is why he is still in China.
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