Lin Zhixia held the pen tightly and said softly, "I want to be classmates with people of the same age."
Jiang Yubai replied: "If you don't skip a grade, we will all be your classmates."
Teacher Zhai heard their conversation and advised gently, "Lin Zhixia, your concerns are normal, and I understand. I had a student who skipped a grade to the first grade at the age of eight. His classmates were four or five years older than him and thought he was too young. They didn't play with him or talk to him, which caused him great pressure. He had a high IQ but a naive mentality, and fell behind in his studies..."
Jin Baihui suddenly interrupted Teacher Zhai and said, "You can't blame anyone else. It's all his own problem."
Jin Baihui stood up straight and spoke in a steady tone. The spirit of stubbornness and obstinacy permeated her bones and made her a tenacious and good student.
She picked up a blank piece of draft paper and thought to herself that if Teacher Zhai was willing to train her and send her to the high school competition class, she would definitely take the initiative to seize the opportunity and would never be as hesitant as Lin Zhixia.
Teacher Zhai sighed and said, "Jin Baihui, you need to calm down and be more tolerant of yourself."
Jin Baihui pursed her lips. She stared at the high school competition question without blinking, until her eyeballs became sore and swollen that she could no longer bear it. Then she took off her glasses and wiped her face with her sleeve.
Teacher Zhai returned to the podium and continued teaching. He systematically reviewed the popular test topics over the years. Lin Zhixia listened absent-mindedly. She didn't know what she was thinking.
Her mind was filled with a chaotic, unformed mass of thoughts.
In computer papers on data processing, a phrase called unstructured information is often mentioned, which can be translated into Chinese as "unstructured information". Lin Zhixia felt that she was like a database with a fixed format, being shrouded by "unstructured information" and unable to make clear and reliable judgments immediately.
After class, Teacher Zhai asked Lin Zhixia to think about it carefully, and Lin Zhixia agreed casually.
According to the schedule of Grade 17, the fourth class this morning was physical education. As soon as Teacher Zhai left the classroom, Duan Qiyan jumped up and urged loudly: "Let's go! Let's go to the playground for physical education class!"
Jiang Yubai stood up slowly. He unzipped his coat, put his hands in his pockets, and followed Lin Zhixia silently. Lin Zhixia and Jiang Yubai walked to the playground one after the other. Lin Zhixia couldn't help but confess, "Jiang Yubai, even if I go to participate in the high school competition, we are still best friends..."
Her words were usually blunt, but today she was very tactful.
Jiang Yubai understood what she meant - even if Jiang Yubai tried his best to study, he and Lin Zhixia were destined not to keep the same pace. He would rather watch her go further and further away than let her stop and wait for him.
So he said, "Captain Lin Zhixia."
Lin Zhixia was stunned for a moment, then answered cooperatively: "Chief Jiang Yubai."
In the entire Provincial No. 1 Middle School, they were the only two people who were familiar with the "Exploring the Universe" comic series. They pronounced each other's special names, as if they were speaking in secret codes.
Jiang Yubai stepped onto the plastic runway and said calmly, "Lin Zhixia went to explore a new planet, and Jiang Yubai waited for her in the spaceship. Jiang Yubai was sure that Lin Zhixia would find what she wanted on that planet. Jiang Yubai and Lin Zhixia were not separated... they just carried out different missions."
He looked into the distance and added, "A short mission."
Lin Zhixia's eyes filled with tears: "Okay."
She murmured to herself, "Lin Zhixia and Jiang Yubai will always be good friends and will never be separated."
"Yes," Jiang Yubai agreed, "I support you to participate in the special training of the high school department."
Lin Zhixia nodded vigorously and suggested, "Jiang Yubai, after the next exam, you can sit at the same table with Shen Fuxuan. I'll sit in the row behind you. This way, when I return to junior high school, I can still sit near you, and you won't be without a deskmate."
"No," Jiang Yubai declined her kindness, "You can continue to be my deskmate. When you go to the high school department for training..."
Lin Zhixia took over his topic: "When I went to the high school department for intensive training, my seat was empty and you didn't have a desk mate. If I was in the high school department for half a day of intensive training, you would be alone for half a day."
Jiang Yubai declared: "It doesn't matter, I don't care."
The PE teacher blew the whistle, and the students of Grade 17 hurriedly gathered. Although the spring sunshine in April was bright, it was no match for the continuous cold wind on the playground. The PE teacher led everyone to complete the warm-up exercises, and said loudly: "As usual, you will run two laps first, and then come back here for class. Today we will practice the physical education items for the high school entrance examination. Boys will try pull-ups and girls will try sit-ups. You go run, don't be lazy."
The sports committee member of the Grade 17 class is named Cao Wu. Cao Wu is 13 years old this year, tall and strong, with a sturdy body. He took the initiative to apply for the position of sports committee member from the class teacher. He especially likes to lead the whole class to run on the playground.
As soon as the physical education teacher finished speaking, Cao Wu rushed to the track.
Duan Qiyan followed closely behind Cao Wu, and while chasing him, he shouted, "Cao Wu, you run so fast, you won't have the energy to do pull-ups later!"
Cao Wu opened his arms and stretched out his palms, like a glider. He enjoyed the feeling of running fast, and even closed his eyes slightly, revealing an extremely intoxicated look: "Duan Qiyan! Close your eyes and run faster! Tell me loudly, do you feel good?"
Duan Qiyan was tempted. He closed his eyes, stretched out his arms, exerted force on his feet, and suddenly jumped up. It was as if he took off from the plastic runway and leaped into the vast blue sky. He shouted happily: "It feels great, so great!"
Duan Qiyan also said: "Jiang Yubai, quickly learn my moves."
Jiang Yubai thought to himself: He's crazy.
Jiang Yubai was very close to Duan Qiyan. He foresightedly stepped aside, only to see Duan Qiyan accidentally bump into Cao Wu's back, and they both fell to the ground, lying flat on their faces.
Although none of them were injured, the PE teacher insisted that they rest, so they could only sit on an army green sponge mat like fools, watching their male classmates take the "pull-up" test.
The physical education teacher called out the names of the students according to their student numbers. Shen Fuxuan's student number was 2, and he had to lead the way for all the boys in the class.
Shen Fuxuan coughed, took off his coat, and was only wearing a thin wool sweater. He held the horizontal bar with both hands. The boy's back was thin and his strength was not strong enough. He used all his strength to do a pull-up.
"Hahahahahahahaha." Duan Qi Yan laughed heartlessly.
Shen Chongxuan raised his eyebrows at him and mouthed: old, weak, sick and disabled.
Duan Qiyan was about to explode, but Cao Wu stopped him with one hand. Cao Wu put his palm on Duan Qiyan's shoulder and advised: "The teacher doesn't allow us to do pull-ups, so don't move around."
Duan Qiyan chatted with Cao Wu for a few words, and suddenly he lifted up his trouser legs to show Cao Wu his newly bought Nike sports socks. Cao Wu praised him for his "good taste", and the physical education teacher called Jiang Yubai's name.
In an instant, the eyes of all the students in the class fell on Jiang Yubai.
It is well known that Jiang Yubai often went to the playground after class. It is said that he loves "hanging on the horizontal bar" very much. Did he do training in advance and practice pull-ups well, just waiting for today to surprise everyone?
Jiang Yubai walked to the horizontal bar calmly and rubbed his hands with great experience. He was full of master style, without even taking off his coat, and directly grabbed the horizontal bar and did four pull-ups in a row. Then, he hung in the air motionlessly.
This is his favorite "hanging bar".
Lin Zhixia had observed this long ago. She had broken down Jiang Yubai's "hanging on the horizontal bar" movements into several steps and recorded them in detail in "Human Observation Diary". Frankly speaking, she couldn't quite understand Jiang Yubai's behavior. But she still applauded him: "Great, Jiang Yubai is great!"
Duan Qiyan glanced at Jiang Yubai, then at Lin Zhixia, feeling a little envious. He also wanted to get Lin Zhixia's praise and encouragement - after all, Lin Zhixia was always ranked first in the grade. Her affirmation was of extraordinary significance.
Duan Qiyan ran to the bottom of the horizontal bar, grabbed the crossbar, crossed his legs, and hung his feet in the air. He held on for seven seconds, and unexpectedly fell down with Jiang Yubai.
The PE teacher reminded: "You guys, for the high school entrance exam, you have to choose pull-ups. You have nothing better to do than practice more."
Lin Zhixia answered for them: "Okay!"
The PE teacher laughed and said, "Girls don't need to practice."
Lin Zhixia still stood under another horizontal bar. The activity of "hanging on the horizontal bar" obviously exceeded her physical limit. She couldn't even do half a "pull-up". She said with emotion: "Everyone has their own hobbies that they are better at."
Jiang Yubai responded: "Don't be afraid, go forward, learning is your interest..."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Zhixia knocked on the horizontal bar: "I'm not afraid, I'm leaving." Jiang Yubai accompanied her in knocking on the horizontal bar. Those complex emotions that were difficult to express in words seemed to be all integrated into the metallic noise they created.
At the end of April 2006, Lin Zhixia officially joined the high school competition special training.
The senior from the second year of high school had already set a precedent. Lin Zhixia's arrival did not cause a sensation in the high school department. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning, she would receive training with the students from the first-year math competition team.
The competition subjects of the high school department of the Provincial No. 1 High School mainly include mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and information - this is the "five major subject competition" in the popular sense. Lin Zhixia majored in mathematics and was also interested in physics and information competitions.
Lin Zhixia's high school math teacher was named Sun. He was a 30-year-old male teacher who graduated from a key university with a major in math. He suggested that Lin Zhixia first get the medals in the math competition and then focus on the physics and informatics competitions.
Teacher Sun said to Lin Zhixia: "Be steady and down-to-earth."
Lin Zhixia knew that many seniors participated in more than one subject competition. The school’s public bulletin had repeatedly written: Warm congratulations to our student XX for winning the first prize in the provincial mathematics and physics competition!
In order to convince Teacher Sun of her ability, Lin Zhixia decided to answer the question herself.
In the classroom of the high school math competition class, Teacher Sun just showed a slide and asked, "Do you have any ideas for this problem?"
Lin Zhixia immediately raised her hand: "Teacher Sun, this question requires us to prove the upper and lower bounds of the product of the general formula of a sequence. We can use the Abel inverse transformation plus the Cauchy inequality."
Teacher Sun praised Lin Zhixia: "You responded quickly."
Teacher Sun briefly wrote down the steps to answer the question on the blackboard and talked about a prime number proof question. Lin Zhixia raised her hand again: "Teacher Sun, the question you just mentioned can be applied to Wilson's Theorem and Legendre's Theorem..."
"These questions are relatively simple." Teacher Sun nodded.
In Mr. Sun's competition class, he only held a math test every half a month. Lin Zhixia's performance in class disrupted Mr. Sun's plan. In order to accurately measure Lin Zhixia's problem-solving level, Mr. Sun brought a stack of test papers on a Wednesday morning.
The test paper was generally difficult, and the last two application questions were beyond the syllabus.
During the exam, two students in the back row of the classroom were scratching their heads in anxiety. Of course, the top students in the class were still concentrating on their homework. Teacher Sun walked back and forth with his hands behind his back. He noticed that Lin Zhixia rarely made drafts.
All her thoughts seemed to be completed in her mind.
She writes very fast.
The high school competition class of the Provincial No. 1 High School has a strong faculty. Teacher Sun is not the top competition coach in the high school department. However, Teacher Sun and Teacher Zhai have a good relationship. Teacher Zhai recommended Lin Zhixia to join the high school department, and Teacher Sun accepted Lin Zhixia without saying a word.
The results of the junior high school math league have not yet come out, and other high school competition coaches have not yet noticed Lin Zhixia. The high school competition class itself has many talented students, and the coaches are more willing to cultivate the good seedlings they have targeted.
Lin Zhixia's understanding exceeded Teacher Sun's expectations.
The last question of the test paper prepared by Teacher Sun discussed a new concept in a math paper and asked students to apply this concept to a real problem. Lin Zhixia read the question stem and started writing directly. The sound of her writing was so loud that it seriously affected the senior students next to her.
After she finished the test paper, she handed it in ahead of time without wasting a moment.
Teacher Sun repeatedly confirmed: "Aren't you going to check it?"
"No inspection!" Lin Zhixia put on her schoolbag, "Teacher Sun, the class is almost over. Can I go back to the Grade 17 class? In our class, the fourth class this morning is art class... I like art class very much."
Teacher Sun had reserved the third and fourth classes for the exam. There were still ten minutes left before the third class ended, but Lin Zhixia had already handed in her paper? Did she have art class next time?
Teacher Sun didn't say much. He was a quiet person, but after becoming a teacher, he had to speak all day. He let Lin Zhixia go first, then he found a red pen, sat on the podium, and corrected Lin Zhixia's test paper on the spot. The more he corrected, the more surprised he was. Thinking of Lin Zhixia's age of only eleven, he couldn't help but have a strong sense of responsibility to "be a role model for others."
Coaching an international champion in the high school Olympic Games is definitely a glorious achievement for a competitive coach.
From that day on, Mr. Sun treated Lin Zhixia very attentively. He developed a special training plan for Lin Zhixia and introduced her to the competition coaches of the physics and information disciplines of the Provincial No. 1 Middle School. Lin Zhixia got a computer dedicated to the computer room - that was her first time to actually come into contact with programming. Before that, she used her brain as a program compiler. She was very acquainted with many programming languages, such as C++, Java, Matlab, and even Visual Basic, which she couldn't help but want to deconstruct. From May to August 2006, for a full three months, Lin Zhixia went to school whenever she had nothing to do, and her system analysis ability grew as rapidly as her programming level.
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