Some people say that rebirth is to make up for regrets.
You must not do something, and you must do something, as if changing those small details can take your life in a completely different direction. Of course, this is true. After all, a person's life is made up of countless coincidences. If you change the choice of some key time points, your life path is likely to change dramatically.
If I had known this earlier, I would certainly not have made the same mistake again. But what exactly is the meaning of this behind knowing this earlier?
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There were so many questions that confused Lin Chaoxi that she couldn't sleep all night.
In the morning, she woke up in a daze. Outside the window were small hills and green trees, and little sparrows were pecking at the window frame. It was already very bright, and it was no longer early morning. She suddenly turned over and sat up.
Oh no, she seemed to have forgotten to go to the cafeteria with Pei Zhi to accept the punishment! She was absent from work on the first day. I guess Vice Principal Zhang has never met a child as brave as her in his teaching career!
Lin Chaoxi quickly washed up and rushed downstairs carrying his schoolbag.
The living room has become crowded again, some people are grabbing Legos, some are eating snacks, and some little boys have started exchanging crispy noodle cards.
Lin Chaoxi touched the old card in his pocket and began to look for Pei Zhi.
With almost no effort, she only took a glance and saw Pei Zhi sitting next to the small sofa against the wall.
Pei Zhi was still sitting in the same position as yesterday, playing chess, with a bag of milk in his other hand, sipping it. If he hadn't changed his clothes, Lin Chaoxi would have almost thought that he hadn't moved all night.
Lin Chaoxi rushed over: "It's 6 o'clock in the morning. Didn't you go to the cafeteria?"
Pei Zhi shook his head.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Lin Zhaoxi clasped her hands together, feeling extremely apologetic. The girls' floor was closed to boys, and Pei Zhi couldn't come up to call her, so she had to wait here, and it was estimated that she would have to wait for two hours.
"It's okay." Pei Zhi said softly, his voice still carrying the sweet scent of milk. He put away the chessboard and turned it over. The chess pieces fell into the chess box. He closed the chess box, stood up, bit the milk bag, and handed the chess box over.
Lin Chaoxi took it subconsciously, not understanding what Pei Zhi was going to do.
But then, Pei Zhi's left hand rested on his right wrist, unfastened the clasp of the children's watch from his hand, and passed it to him. Lin Zhaoxi looked at the electronic watch with the Transformers pattern in the air and felt ashamed.
"I...the dean's mother said that we can't just take other people's things." She subconsciously waved her hand to refuse.
"Give it back to me after the summer camp is over." Pei Zhi said, pointing to the time ticking on the LCD screen, handed it to her, and turned away.
The strap has the body temperature of a little boy, and the style is also very childish, with four large raised buttons on the four sides.
Lin Zhaoxi looked down at her watch. She actually knew what Pei Zhi meant. He wanted her to have a watch to check the time and set the alarm so that she wouldn't have to get up late tomorrow. But Pei Zhi didn't mention either of these two things. He even mentioned that the summer camp was over, which seemed even more considerate.
Lin Chaoxi stopped pretending and hurried after him: "Thank you, thank you! Where are Lu Zhihao and Huajuan?" Pei Zhi didn't need to answer. Not far away, the figures of Lu Zhihao and Huajuan digging in the sand pit were very eye-catching, and many students were also climbing up and down in the exercise area. The white tourist bus that took them to class had already parked, and Jie Ran got off the bus, looked around, and walked towards them with a smile.
"I heard that you didn't go to the cafeteria today." Xie Ran gave a thumbs up from the bottom of the stairs, "You are very brave!"
Lin Chaoxi slapped his forehead and said, "I forgot the time to get up. I'm sorry, I'm sorry." She looked at Jie Ran eagerly.
"It's okay. Anyway, the cafeteria won't close down just because you two are gone." Xie Ran smiled. "At most, we'll just have to wait and see how Principal Zhang handles you. I wonder if he'll be very angry."
Lin Chaoxi was happy one second, but despaired the next: "Principal, he also knows?"
"Of course, how else would I know?" Jie Ran smiled.
"Can you tell the principal that it's because I didn't get up that classmate Pei Zhi has been waiting for me for a long time." Lin Zhaoxi said anxiously.
"Why is she so easy to deceive?" Xie Ran looked at Pei Zhi and smiled, "Are your statements not correct?"
"You don't have to go today. I've asked for leave." Pei Zhi said.
Lin Chaoxi was petrified and turned to look at Pei Zhi in disbelief.
"Pei Zhi called me this morning and said that he was not feeling well and asked for a day off from the 'punishment' activity at 6am this morning." Xie Ran finished speaking and winked at them. "If the vice-president asks about it, do you remember what to say?"
Lin Chaoxi nodded vigorously.
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Oasis Base, Teaching Building, Room 202.
The bell rang for class, and a slightly plump middle-aged man stood in front of the podium with a dark face. The first thing he said was: "Lin Zhaoxi, Pei Zhi, why didn't you go to the cafeteria today?"
At the back table, Pei Zhi put down the chess piece in his hand and prepared to stand up.
Lin Chaoxi looked at Vice Principal Zhang and quickly raised his hand and said, "Pei Zhi is not feeling well today, so he asked for leave."
"Won't Pei Zhi be able to speak without a mouth?"
Pei Zhi repeated it later.
Zhang Shuping nodded, but looked at her: "Pei Zhi is not feeling well, why don't you go?"
"I...I..." Pei Zhi was talking about his own problems when he asked for leave, to cover up for her, so she certainly couldn't betray him. Lin Zhaoxi found that even if she got the answer right, she couldn't answer it. It would be great if life was as pure as math problems.
"Is it fun to be smart and slack off? Go stand at the back and make up for it at noon. Pei Zhi's make up will be tomorrow at noon. Don't even think about being lazy." After Zhang Shuping finished speaking, the classroom bell rang.
Lin Chaoxi sighed. Actually, it was her fault in the first place. There was nothing to say. She turned around, looked at Pei Zhi apologetically, picked up the thick textbook swiftly, and prepared to go to the back of the classroom for class.
Chang Shu Ping immediately switched back to class time. He said, "You already know enough about the Jin Cup Competition. Let me reiterate that only five of you will be able to represent An Ning in the competition and compete with the best students in the province and even the country. Only the best students can be selected. If you don't have perseverance and the spirit to fight to the end, then give up as soon as possible. Being lazy will only hurt yourself."
These words were obviously spoken to her, and Lin Chaoxi remained silent.
"I won't say much else. I'll just read out your groupings first."
Zhang Shuping picked up a piece of paper, put on his reading glasses, and read out: "The first group: Zhang Liang, Wang Feng, Lu Ming, Zhou Shengsheng. The second group: Lin Zhaoxi, Pei Zhi, Lu Zhihao, Hua Juan... The third group..."
While listening, Lin Chaoxi recalled the scores corresponding to these names yesterday. After a rough analysis, it really seemed like high-scoring children played with high-scoring children, low-scoring children played with low-scoring children, and the good and bad played together.
The quick-reacting students had already copied down the names and groups. Looking down from above, Lin Chaoxi could see them particularly clearly and remembered those clever little ones instantly.
On their side, Lu Zhihao sat alone, holding a pencil in his hand, and turned around to ask who was in the same group as the group that had just been registered, and how many points they had scored yesterday, so he had to write it down. Huajuan shook his head, pointed at Pei Zhi and said that Lao Lu didn't need to remember, and should trust Brother Pei's brain.
There was a small-scale discussion in the classroom with people asking questions back and forth.
Zhang Shuping put down the paper and swept his sharp eyes across the entire class.
“Do you care about other people’s grades?”
“We forgot.”
"Teacher, can you...can you report yesterday's test results again?" a student asked.
Vice Principal Zhang smiled with a look of complete control, and said, "Okay."
Yesterday's report card was repeated again, and the discussion in the class was replaced by the rustling sound of pens writing.
Lin Chaoxi looked up at the iron-faced and impartial man standing in front of the blackboard, and finally understood the purpose of this grouping.
Normally, children only care about themselves and those with the best grades, and don't care about other people's grades, but once they are allowed to study in groups, they will have a clear concept of order. They will instantly know that their grades are not just numbers, but represent a position.
Students are tied together into small groups, which not only allows the small groups to be in a state of competition at all times, but also allows the advanced students to lead the backward students within the small groups at all times.
I don't know who said that the only thing that can make people work hard is group honor.
It's really too perverted.
Lin Chaoxi shuddered. He could almost foresee the hellish training in the future that would be similar to the sprint before the college entrance examination.
Sure enough, after reporting the results, Vice Principal Zhang said, "I don't know how Teacher Jie Ran explained our current group learning system to you yesterday, but please don't misunderstand that only the elimination test on July 15th will be the final and decisive one. Before that, your daily test scores will be counted into your average score, which accounts for 30%, and the July 5th test score accounts for 70%. Finally, the group average score will be calculated based on the total score to determine elimination."
Primary school students don't understand this routine, but Lin Chaoxi is very familiar with it. College teachers like to use this routine the most. It is mainly to ensure the attendance rate of college students and the quality of their homework, and to prevent the phenomenon of cramming for the final exam.
But when it comes to elementary school Olympiad training, it becomes like whipping them with a stick every day, forcing them to study very hard and not relax for even a moment.
Lin Chaoxi stood at the end of the classroom, frowning.
"Teacher, what are we going to test today?" the timid elementary school student raised his hand and asked.
"What do you want to take the exam for?" asked Vice Principal Zhang.
"Can we have an easier test today?"
"sure."
"Really?"
Vice Principal Zhang nodded and said, "You will know in advance what will be tested today and every day thereafter."
"Is this true?" the students asked in unison.
Chang Shu-ping said, "Our summer camp organizers set up a reading room in the Oasis Base Library, which contains many math-related books. The day before, the teachers would prepare the scope of the next day's exam and mark it on the books in the reading room, so you would know what you would be tested on the next day."
“Is it so simple?” The students were amazed.
"So what are we doing today?"
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