Saturday, June 20, was sunny.
As usual, Lin Chaoxi had breakfast in the cafeteria, said goodbye to Mother Lin who took care of them, and was stuffed with a twenty-cent coin to buy milk.
But before leaving, Mother Lin thought for a moment, held her back, rubbed her head, and said softly, "Don't be so stubborn."
She hesitated, and then felt that she seemed to have said something wrong. She wiped her hands on her apron, feeling a little embarrassed.
Lin Chaoxi doesn't have a mother. This little moment made her nose sore. She nodded vigorously and smiled, "Mom, I'm just going to take a test, not to go to the battlefield. Don't be nervous."
"Oh, how can I not be nervous?" Mother Lin sighed, combed her hair, and suddenly said, "What do you mean by going to the battlefield? Say something nice."
Lin Chaoxi pretended to be relaxed and chuckled, made a cheering gesture, and ran away with his schoolbag on his back.
Early in the morning, there was already a long line of cars in front of the gate of Experimental Primary School, which looked quite spectacular from a distance.
Today, the Experimental Primary School was to be used as an exam venue, so classes were suspended for a day. The cars were filled with parents who were dropping off their children. More parents came on bicycles or motorcycles, and the street in front of the school was suddenly crowded.
Walking all the way to the school gate, Lin Chaoxi has heard many voices saying "Do well in the exam", "Relax", "Come on, baby, you can do it"...
Parents always pretend to be relaxed and encourage their children, while the children are more confused and indifferent. She always feels that parents are probably more nervous than their children.
Today, she still wears the Red Star Primary School uniform. After so many days, she finally has the opportunity to step into the Experimental Primary School.
Vermilion European-style school buildings and large expanses of green grass.
The fountain at the school gate was open today, and the water splashed brightly in the sunlight. The open space around the fountain was full of primary school students and their parents, who were all looking at a sign in front of the fountain that indicated the examination rooms. After the parents in the front seats saw it, they quickly pulled their children out of the crowd and hurried to find the examination room.
This exam was organized very formally, with admission tickets and exam numbers, and it was said that the exam papers were all read uniformly. Some schools even had teachers leading the team. On the open space beside the lawn, teachers from foreign language schools counted the number of people, distributed admission tickets, and emphasized the key points of the exam again. Teachers and students in uniform asked and answered questions one after another.
"What's the first thing you do when you get the test paper?"
"Write your name and admission ticket number!"
"What should I do with the remaining time after finishing the questions?"
"Check!"
"How do I check?"
"Substitute the question!"
Listening to the children's resounding answers, Lin Chaoxi tightened his bag, thinking that the summer camp selection test was about the same as the primary school entrance exam. Looking around, there were only dark heads.
In her previous life, she was dazed and went into the examination room without careful observation. Now she finds it strange.
It’s just a summer camp selection exam, why are there so many people here?
However, even though she saw more people than expected and the competition was more intense than expected, she was not in a hurry to find the examination room. She was very familiar with the place and all she needed to do was to allow 20 minutes to enter the examination room.
She found a spot near the entrance, took out the milk she had just bought, made a small sip, and started sipped.
She was embarrassed to admit that she was here mainly to wait for her classmate Pei Zhi.
Ever since the math Olympiad teacher had praised Zhang Liang, she wanted to see what happened to Pei Zhi. Later, when they ran into each other in the park, Pei Zhi came and went in a hurry, but after just a quick calculation of a problem, Lin Chaoxi knew that Pei Zhi was still the invincible genius among his peers.
Since Pei Zhi is so strong, how could Zhang Liang possibly overshadow him?
Lin Chaoxi was very confused and bewildered.
At the gate of the Experimental Primary School, students and their parents were coming and going. She waited for a long time and even saw Zhang Liang, but not Pei Zhi.
The exam started at 8:30. At 8:05, Lu Zhihao also arrived. He arrived after Zhang Liang.
Lin Chaoxi threw the empty milk bag into the trash can and prepared to say hello to classmate Xiao Lu.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Lu took two quick steps, brushed past her, and rushed to the front and shouted: "Zhang Liang! Zhang Liang!"
Zhang Liang has the typical appearance of a top student. He is tall and thin, wears glasses, and has soft black hair. He looks gentle, but in fact, he is quite difficult to approach.
Of course, the last comment was her guess based on Zhang Liang's reaction to Lu Zhihao.
Just now, after Lu Zhihao called Zhang Liang's name, Zhang Liang turned around subconsciously and saw his classmate Xiao Lu. He was obviously paused, and then turned back as if nothing had happened.
There was a boy walking next to Zhang Liang. The boy also glanced at the eager little fat boy behind him and had a brief conversation with Zhang Liang.
Like saying.
"You know someone from Red Star Primary School."
"I don't know. It's a rubbish school."
"Yes, taking the exam is a waste of time."
Comrade Xiao Lu, a simple-minded man, certainly didn't understand, but Lin Chaoxi was a girl. She took a look at her and Lu Zhihao's school uniforms and understood it very well.
She quickly ran up to grab Xiao Lu, hooked her arm around his chubby neck, and said with a smile, "Why are you running so fast? Didn't you see Brother Xi? Did you say hello?"
Lu Zhihao pushed her hand away: "Who are you?"
Lin Chaoxi couldn't help but pinch his bun-like face again: "What's your admission ticket number? Brother Xi will take you to the examination room."
Lu Zhihao was very simple and immediately started to rummage through his schoolbag. During this time, Zhang Liang had disappeared and Lin Chaoxi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Do you know Zhang Liang?" She thought for a moment and asked tentatively.
"Yes, we grew up together and have a very good relationship."
"oh……"
"Her mother and my mother have a very good relationship. They are old friends. When I am admitted to the summer camp, we can participate in the competition together."
"oh……"
"What the hell are you doing?"
Lin Zhaoxi patted his shoulder and said earnestly: "You are destined to be unrequited love."
After saying that, without waiting for Xiao Lu to react, she rushed into the crowd looking for the examination room number. Xiao Lu followed closely behind her and squeezed into the crowd together.
When it was squeezed out, Xiao Lu's chest and back were soaked.
"There are too many people." Lin Chaoxi was speechless. She had just stood at the school gate and looked at the number of examination rooms. After estimating for a long time, she felt that there would be about one or two thousand people taking the exam.
"Otherwise, what do you think?" Lu Zhihao fanned himself by grabbing the T-shirt under his school uniform. "The Zhongming class really values the results of this Mathematical Olympiad exam."
The Zhongming Class is the best class in Anning Experimental Junior High School. Every year, only two classes with 70 students are recruited. It is said that admission to the Zhongming Class means a direct entry into top prestigious schools.
"Eh? Aren't students only admitted to the Zhongming Class if they win the team championship in the provincial competition?"
Little Lu Zhihao rolled his eyes at her and said proudly, "How many people can win the provincial championship?" He lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "According to the inside information of the teacher in charge of Zhongming Class admissions, they are very interested in the Jinbei Summer Camp. If you pass the Jinbei Summer Camp, you can add 10 points to your total score, and 20 points for participating in the competition. 20 points, just think about it, how much difference can it make?"
Insider information...
Lin Chaoxi looked at the dense crowds of parents who had already gathered outside the school gate, and thought, your information may not be very inside.
But why don’t I know?
She thought about it and thought that Lao Lin had not told her about this at all, in order to make her take the exam easily. After all, Lao Lin later bought a house in the school district of the Experimental Middle School, so that she could enter the school smoothly, so she probably didn't know anything.
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Experimental Primary School, Grade 5 (10).
The class was on the top floor. Lin Chaoxi climbed five floors, panting, and sat down in the examination room. Before entering, she checked the list of candidates for the 10th examination room, and of course Pei Zhi was not on it.
There was a whiteboard at the back of the classroom in the Experimental Primary School, as well as a row of student lockers, a book corner, and a plant corner. For that era, it was very high-end. Lin Chaoxi looked around and felt that everything overlapped with the way he remembered it, which was very warm and nostalgic.
At 8:20, the invigilator entered the classroom. The entire examination room suddenly became quiet and cold.
This was her first time taking a formal exam after traveling through time (rebirth?), so it would be a lie to say she wasn't nervous at all.
The girl sitting in front of her was still looking at the questions. The teacher reminded everyone to put their belongings in the baggage storage areas in front and behind, and emphasized the exam rules. It was forbidden to peek or cheat. Violators would be permanently disqualified from the exam and the school would be notified.
Lin Chaoxi looked around and saw that there were only single tables, far away from each other. In fact, she couldn't see even if she wanted to. After a short period of tidying up, the examination room became even quieter. Every student around her was motionless, like a stone statue. Lin Chaoxi could even hear her own heartbeat. Soon, she was very nervous.
Suddenly, the radio sounded.
A serious female voice began to announce the examination rules and regulations, and the invigilator began to distribute the examination papers at the same time.
The sound of test papers being passed around was heard. Lin Chaoxi took a deep breath and took the test paper from the person at the table in front of him.
The moment she got the test paper, she seemed to be unable to hear any sound around her. The admission ticket was placed in the upper left corner. She filled in her name and test number, put down her pen, and began to look at the test paper.
This selection test is entirely for the preparation for the Jinbei exam, so the question types are exactly the same as the Jinbei exam, and it is just a thin page of paper.
The questions are basically arranged from easy to difficult, covering all the knowledge points of the upper grade Olympiad mathematics in elementary school. The teacher who sets the questions is very thoughtful. In the 5th question, he arranged a date calculation question that requires a lot of time and is easy to make mistakes. He may want to disrupt the candidates' rhythm of answering questions.
In the classroom, the teacher began handing out calculation papers again.
The beige draft paper was placed on the corner of her desk. At the same time, a ringtone rang, rumbling across the entire campus.
Lin Zhaoxi picked up the pencil and the world around her suddenly cleared up. She could only hear her own heartbeat, which was very fast.
Question 1: If four consecutive natural numbers are all composite numbers, what is the minimum sum of these four numbers?
(A) 100 (B) 101 (C) 102 (D) 103
C. She wrote down the answer quickly.
The second question involves arranging matchsticks and asking how many to move. There are also four options.
Lin Chaoxi thought about the idea, calculated it on the manuscript paper, filled in the answer A, and moved on to the next question.
Question 3: The sum of the four-digit numbers abcd and cdab is 3333, and the difference is 693. Ask cdba.
There is a trap in this question. Lin Chaoxi circled the last number that had its order swapped, calculated it, and wrote down the answer carefully.
Question 4...
Question 5...
She had just read the questions and sorted out her thoughts, and now she was doing them one by one without any obstacles.
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Question 10...
Here comes the pressing question.
Lin Chaoxi looked at the question carefully. Let a, b, and c be numbers from 0 to 9. They are not all 0 and not all 9 at the same time. After converting the recurring decimal 0.abc into the simplest fraction, what are the different situations of the numerator?
She paused and began to think. This was part of the principle of inclusion and exclusion in number theory mixed with the conversion between fractions and decimals. The main difficulty was to subtract the repeated parts after determining the total number.
She wrote out her thoughts step by step, and at the end added back the extra parts she had subtracted, coming up with a total of 660.
After finishing her homework, Lin Zhaoxi put down her pen and looked up. She glanced at the clock in front of the classroom and saw that only 20 minutes had passed. The students around her were still working on their homework. She breathed a sigh of relief and told herself to be patient and careful. This was an exam for the city's top students, and there were many strong competitors.
She then began to check and calculate, and when she finished, the time was exactly 9:00.
She finally put down her pencil, looked at the entire test paper, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, finishing it.
She rubbed her face, glanced at the invigilator, and under the gaze of all the students in the examination room, she picked up the test paper and walked towards the podium.
"Hand in the paper?" The invigilator glanced at her admission ticket and paused at the words "Red Star Primary School".
"Yes, teacher."
"You can check again." The invigilator kindly reminded.
"It's been checked." She smiled at the teacher, went back to her seat to pack up her stationery, and left.
This is also what Lao Lin taught her. If you are confident about the test, there is no need to hold it until the end. It is cool to leave early.
Lin Chaoxi walked out of the classroom with her schoolbag on one shoulder. There was still some distance from her examination room to the stairs, so she had to walk through the doors of other examination rooms and receive the attention of other candidates and teachers. However, Lin Chaoxi also found that there were a few empty seats in other examination rooms, which might be because students did not come to take the exam or handed in their papers and left early.
There is always someone better than you.
But no matter what, she tried her best.
The heavy weight was lifted off her mind and she felt relieved. Leaving early meant she had more time to hang out with Lao Lin, which was great.
She took out the popping candy that her classmate Xiao Lu had bribed her with from her front pocket, tore a little into it, and poured it into her mouth. The crackling feeling was very refreshing.
She recalled the structure of the experimental primary school building and prepared to go to the toilet. The toilet was located in the elevated corridor between the two teaching buildings. Lin Chaoxi walked along the corner staircase and stepped into the elevated corridor.
The moment she turned around, she saw two boys standing opposite each other not far away.
In the distance were white clouds and blue sky. The wind blew across the sky from the overhead corridor, making the boys' clothes flutter.
She stood still and narrowed her eyes.
The boy with his back to her was wearing a black T-shirt, was tall and thin, and wore glasses. Just by looking at his back, Lin Chaoxi recognized that he was Zhang Liang, the classmate who called Hongxing Primary School trash.
And the boy who was right beside her...
The moment her gaze moved to that boy, he also raised his eyelids and glanced at her lazily. Although he didn't say anything, Lin Chaoxi somehow saw the meaning in his eyes, which was probably saying - don't come over.
Her heartbeat suddenly accelerated. Every time they met, it was by chance. She didn't know what the fate between her and Pei Zhi was.
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