Chapter 188 Snatching Gu Yin
When Gu Yin returned to the dormitory, the other three were already in bed. Seeing her return, Zhou Meng pointed to Gu Yin's bucket in the bathroom and reminded her, "I was worried that you wouldn't have warm water to wash if you came back late, so I filled a bucket for you and put it there. Go wash up quickly, there are only ten minutes left before lights out!"
"Okay! Thank you!" Gu Yin said, then took the clothes inside to rinse them. There was still hot water, so she didn't need to use the bucket.
Although it was summer, they were all used to washing with warm water.
After washing up, the lights were already off, so she couldn't wash clothes. Gu Yin took the bucket of water and washed her underwear first, planning to wash the rest tomorrow.
After getting into bed, Xiao Se turned over to face Gu Yin and whispered, "What classes do you have to attend after class?"
Gu Yin lay down and explained, "I'm going to participate in the Olympiad, so I'll need to go to the senior year competition class for classes at noon, afternoon, and evening after school."
All three of them sat up in surprise, exclaiming, "A competition! You're going to participate in the competition!"
"right."
Wan Qing asked in confusion, "Then why didn't you go to the competition class back then? The competition class is more professional, and the teachers are better."
This is a widely accepted fact; everyone knows it.
Gu Yin: "I also want to take the college entrance examination."
Zhou Meng exclaimed, "My God! You're amazing! How can you manage all this? It's only the beginning of the semester, and the studies aren't that intense yet. I bet you'll be really busy after military training. Can you handle it?"
This is no joke. At Jianggao High School, there isn't enough time just for studying, let alone having extra time to study for competitions!
Gu Yin knew how incredible her decision was. Even the teachers wouldn't believe she could manage. There was no point in saying anything now; they would find out during the monthly exam.
"Yes, I've made this decision after careful consideration!"
Hearing her say that, the three of them stopped asking questions. Zhou Meng lay down and asked, "Do you need us to pack lunch and dinner for you?"
Gu Yin shook her head: "This matter is not yet confirmed. The teacher should have some arrangements tomorrow. If needed, we will have to trouble you!"
Zhou Meng laughed and said, "What are you saying? It's no trouble. We need to eat anyway. You should eat more later. I'm really afraid that after a semester, you'll be as skinny as those upperclassmen, so thin that your clothes are hanging down. That would be terrible."
Zhou Meng truly admired Gu Yin. She knew what she wanted and had clear goals. Thinking about herself, her future was basically already set: get into a prestigious university, take the civil service exam after graduation, and then marry someone of equal social standing, so that both families could influence each other and improve their family's status. This wasn't just her case; 80% of the students in the school were like this. There was no way around it; once you enjoyed the resources provided by your family, you had to follow their steps. But seeing Gu Yin's excellent grades and her desperate efforts to change her situation, Zhou Meng's long-dormant, resigned heart suddenly began to burn. Was she really going to accept her fate?
Tonight, apart from Gu Yin, the other three were all sleepless. At the same time, they were all asking themselves in their hearts, "Do we really have to accept our fate?"
When Gu Yin woke up in the morning, she noticed the bloodshot eyes in the three of them and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you? Didn't you sleep well?"
Zhou Meng shook her head: "I spent the whole night thinking about whether I'm a complete waste of time, and the conclusion I came to is that I am indeed a complete waste of time."
Gu Yin: "...What's wrong? You got into Jiang High School through your own hard work! You only had a one in ten thousand chance! And you call that a waste? What will people from other schools think? What will people who can't get into high school think? Do you know how hard I worked to get into this school? Or is it because you don't have enough homework? You're just overthinking all day! Class monitor, ask the teacher to give you more homework!"
Zhou Meng: "...That's true, but there's so little homework. Are you sure you're not joking?!"
Xiao Se: "This joke isn't funny at all."
Wan Qing: "I'm very busy. I just had a nightmare last night!"
After saying that, the three of them ignored Gu Yin and hurriedly went to wash up. If they continued talking, they were really afraid that this devil would go and tell the teacher that there was too little homework!
Seeing that the three of them finally seemed more energetic, Gu Yin smiled and said, "I knew it! They still don't have enough homework, and they're always thinking about other things."
This morning there were five classes, the first three of which were English classes. When Gu Yin saw her English teacher, she raised her eyebrows, smiled at her, and the teacher nodded and smiled back when she saw her.
Qin Xiangyi already knew that the first place winner of the English speech contest was from their class. Seeing the girl who had changed quite a bit, Qin Xiangyi smiled and nodded.
"I am your English teacher, Qin Xiangyi. I am the head of the English group at our school. Besides teaching you Qinghua classes, I have other work to do. I am not in the office most of the time, so I need to select a class representative. For small matters, contact the class representative; for big matters, the class representative can contact me. Gu Yin, you will be the class representative from now on. Give me your contact information later, and I will notify you directly if anything happens."
Qin Xiangyi was a rather strict teacher, somewhat like a dean of students. When she directly appointed Gu Yin as the class representative, not only did the students have objections, but even Gu Yin herself didn't dare to refuse.
"Okay, teacher."
Qin Xiangyi nodded, opened her textbook, and continued, "My teaching method is a little different from others. I'll teach the textbook content in one class, and the rest of the time I'll use my own lesson plans. Later, the class monitor will take my textbook to the printing room to make copies. It's a book as thick as a dictionary, and the copying fee is about 30 yuan. You'll have to pay for it yourselves. The books the school provides are for preparing for the college entrance examination. My book is for you to have fluent conversations with foreigners, to read foreign classics freely, and to prepare you for university. Do you think that's okay? If so, I'll follow my steps. If not, I'll only teach the textbook content. Also, my class may require a lot of teaching materials, such as newspapers, magazines, and documents. If you think it's too expensive, one person can buy them and the whole class can make copies."
After Qin Xiangyi finished speaking, she looked at the students below.
When everyone learned that this was the first time they could be taught this way, they all chose to learn both what was in the textbook and what the teacher taught them.
Qin Xiangyi herself also participated in the compilation of the teaching materials, but at Jianggao, a place where the general intelligence level is relatively high, she felt that it was a pity to only learn the content in the textbooks. It was too easy, and she thought it would be better to learn more now so that it would be even easier when she went to university.
In the first English lesson, Qin Xiangyi had Gu Yin lead the reading of the entire text.
Fortunately, she had previewed the text beforehand, and Gu Yin led the whole class through it without changing her expression.
After the reading was finished, those who were initially unconvinced had no more complaints. Whether it was Gu Yin's vocabulary, her standard British accent, or the emotions she expressed in understanding the textbook content, she was far superior to them. As expected of someone who got a perfect score in the middle school entrance exam in English, she was amazing!
After the three English lessons, Gu Yin leaned back in her chair and sighed, "It really is a prestigious school. I feel like I learned more in these three lessons than I did in three years of junior high!" In junior high, if even one lesson was taught outside of the curriculum, she would consider herself outdone!
The next two classes were Chinese classes, and when the Chinese teacher came in, she called on Gu Yin to be the class representative, which surprised Gu Yin again.
"Teacher Chen, I'm the English class representative now." Gu Yin stood up, looking embarrassed. She didn't know what she did that made Teacher Chen appoint her as the class representative as soon as she arrived.
Chen Zhipeng raised his eyebrows: "Was it assigned by your teacher Qin Xiangyi, or did you choose it yourself?"
Gu Yin: "It was assigned by Teacher Qin."
Chen Zhipeng scratched his head and looked at Gu Yin. He really liked this student. The essay she wrote in the previous essay competition was really good. Her writing was very inspired and she could bring people into the world of the story. It was amazing that a junior high school student could do that!
If it weren't so hard to get a perfect score in Chinese, he definitely would have gotten a perfect score on the high school entrance exam this time! He'd been eyeing Gu Yin for a while, wanting her to be his class representative, but Qin Xiangyi moved way too fast!
"How about you become the subject representative for two subjects?" Chen Zhipeng tentatively suggested.
Gu Yin laughed helplessly: "Teacher, I can't handle it all! There are plenty of people in our class who are better than me, you see?"
With Teacher Chen's approach today, she didn't have time to choose herself, and if she didn't want to, she could choose another student. That would be a compromise. If the other student has a good attitude, then it's fine. But if the other student has a bad attitude, then she would offend someone. Although she's not afraid of offending anyone, it would be best to reduce some unnecessary trouble.
"Teacher, how about this? I'll be the class representative for Chinese. Gu Yin and I are in the same dormitory. If you need her later, I can help you directly!" Xiao Se noticed Gu Yin's dilemma. Originally, she didn't want to be any class officer, but Gu Yin was going to the competition class. If there was another class representative, there would definitely be no time. Anyway, she had nothing to do, so being a class representative wouldn't hurt. So she volunteered.
Chen Zhipeng nodded upon hearing this: "Then this student will take the position. Don't leave after class, I have something to tell you."
After saying that, she looked at the others and said with a smile, "Gu Yin's article is very well written. I'll bring it to you all later so we can learn from each other!"
With the matter resolved, Gu Yin breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at Xiao Se and whispered her thanks, "Thank you so much!"
Xiao Se smiled and shook his head: "It's nothing, it's no big deal. You three are all class officers now, I can't fall behind, can I? Now it's all good, we're all class officers."
After school, Gu Yin hurriedly went downstairs with her notebook and pen.
When they got to the first floor, the students from the senior year competition class hadn't left yet, so the seven of them had to stand outside and wait.
Chu Yan had been waiting for Gu Yin at the back door for a long time. When he saw her come down and realized that the teacher hadn't arrived yet, he went over to her.
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