Chapter 112
The Xiao Zhou he mentioned is Teacher Ji’s girlfriend, a teacher of the Wuzhong Physics Competition Class in Wuzhong, a female teacher with a cute apple face.
He smiled and said, "Xiao Zhou, why don't you and Xiao Ji come to our school together, so that Xiao Ji doesn't have to stay in Wucheng No. 1 Middle School and run as a runner-up every year." He said proudly, "Look at our school, we enter the provincial competition every year. With you and Xiao Ji joining us, we may be able to win a prize in next year's provincial competition!"
Director Zhang and Director Wang were both taking their respective students to complete the check-in procedures in the classroom. The one who stayed behind was Director Xiao Wang. Director Xiao Wang was not good at arguing, so he called out to Director Wang from Wuzhong: "Director Wang! Someone is trying to poach a teacher from your school right in front of us!"
Director Wang registered the students' ID cards one by one at the front desk. After receiving the room keys and ID cards, he carefully returned them to the students one by one and told them to keep them safe. He turned around and shouted at them with a smile: "Let me see who dares to come to Wuzhong to poach people!"
It turned out to be the director of Rongchang No. 2 Middle School. He walked over with a smile and said, "It's you, old man. You're jealous of my Wuzhong's good grades every year, right?"
The director of Rongchang No. 2 Middle School was not to be outdone: "Tsk, who poached your Wu Middle School? I poached Xiao Ji!" He smiled and said to Ji Jianwei: "Xiao Ji, don't you think so? As long as you agree to come to our school, I will call Lao Sun immediately and ask him to let you in!"
Director Wang couldn't help but roll his eyes at him: "You make it seem like Lao Sun will listen to you if you call. Xiao Ji is a top student Lao Sun has worked so hard to recruit. You are just wishful thinking!" He also called Director Zhang to divert the blame: "Lao Zhang, Director Li has recruited someone from your No. 1 Middle School. Can you tolerate this?"
The director of Rongchang No. 2 Middle School smiled and said, "Isn't this just for my own benefit?" He said to Director Zhang who had finished registration and came over, "You and Lao Sun, you really can't let go. You finally raised the college entrance examination admission rate, so you should focus on the college entrance examination. Competing with us is a step too far. In my opinion, you should focus on the college entrance examination and beat Wuzhong in terms of college entrance examination admission rate. Who will dare to say that your No. 1 Middle School is not as good as Wuzhong next time?"
This suddenly provoked the previously friendly Wuzhong and No. 1 Middle School into an opposing position.
He asked Ji Jianwei: "Is that right, little Ji?"
Teacher Ji just smiled and said nothing.
Director Wang chimed in, "Isn't that right? I think so too, but Lao Zhang and Lao Sun don't listen." He then turned to Director Wang and said, "Director Wang, when Lao Zhang retires, you will be in charge of the teaching affairs of No. 1 Middle School. You should also persuade your principal Sun to be less stubborn. You see, your grades in school were pretty good before."
He knew that in this year's competition at No. 1 Middle School, there was a Jiang Ning who, like Song Peifeng from their school, was a competitive player. There was a great hope that they could enter the provincial competition and even win a prize.
If No. 1 Middle School wins a prize in the competition, then the next time people talk about No. 1 Middle School, they will really be on par with Wu Middle School.
This year's enrollment is already on par with that of Wuzhongdou. If it continues like this, they will really be overtaken by No. 1 Middle School.
Since Director Zhang couldn't reach an agreement with Principal Sun, he wanted to get some support from Director Wang.
Director Wang is still young after all. What if the sound is heard?
Director Wang is 39 years old this year. He has a round face and a round head. He wears round glasses. He has a shiny bald spot in the middle and only has hair on the back. He has a quiet and elegant temperament. He smiled and said quietly, "Director Wang is flattering me. I always listen to our Principal Sun and Director Zhang. I am still young and will learn more from Director Wang and Director Li in the future."
As for what to learn, of course I will learn from Director Wang and Director Li, and focus on both the college entrance examination and competitions, and be good at both.
He pushed his glasses down with a smile, saying, "Just now Director Li wanted to poach Teacher Zhou, but now that Director Wang is here, Director Li only wants to poach our Teacher Ji."
Director Zhang, who had already walked over, looked at Director Wang, who had taken over from him, with satisfaction. With one sentence, he dragged Director Wang and Director Li into an opposing position. Several schools talked back and forth, and there was a lot of swordplay in the conversation. Everyone was smiling like an old fox, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
Among the eight counties and districts in their city, only Wucheng and Rongchang counties are a little far away, so they need to stay near the Affiliated High School of the Provincial Normal University one day in advance. The schools in other districts are all in the city, so they can just come to the Affiliated High School of the Provincial Normal University early tomorrow morning to take the exam.
After the group of people checked in, the teachers led the students downstairs to eat and told them to stay in their rooms and not walk around.
Two high schools in Rongchang County and two high schools in Wucheng come to this hotel every year. The meals have become a fixed routine. Students eat just like they do in school. Each student just needs to take a rice bowl to get their meals.
The dining table in the hotel was a round table covered with a white tablecloth. Students from the four schools, those from Wucheng sat together, those from Rongchang County sat together, and the leading teachers from several schools sat separately at the dining table in the private box inside.
The teachers’ meals are different from the students’, they cook their own meals.
Director Zhang is usually under strict supervision by his family at home and is not allowed to drink any alcohol. He is very craving for alcohol. He is in poor health, so logically he should not have come to lead the team this time. Director Xiao Wang should have been the one to lead the two competition class teachers, but Director Zhang was the one who led the team in previous years. He was worried that he would not come in person to watch over the students and bring them back safely.
More importantly, you can also take this opportunity to secretly have some wine.
He specially took a bottle of rice wine brewed by his in-laws from his son-in-law, took it out from his arms, and said proudly: "Look what good things I brought."
Otherwise, why would these teachers have to set up a separate table and eat fried dishes? Don’t you know that Director Zhang will definitely bring some wine?
Director Wang and Director Li from Rongchang No. 2 Middle School, who are also not allowed to drink alcohol while working at the school, were also happy.
Director Wang was even more excited, not at all like he usually was at school, and smiled happily: "I knew Director Zhang would bring some wine!"
Director Zhang was afraid that the bottle of rice wine he brought was not enough, so he skipped over the cups of the two young teachers, Teacher Ji and Teacher Zhou, and said, "You young people can't drink, so I won't pour for you. You two can just help us watch over the students outside, so we old guys can have a couple of drinks tonight."
Teacher Ji and Teacher Zhou didn't mind either. They ate their meals and said, "Director, you guys can drink by yourselves. We'll be watching over the students." As they spoke, they looked over at the students through the glass of the box.
The teachers secretly drank some wine in the private rooms, and the students gathered in the cafeteria hall. Each school had a large round table, and they sat separately and ate quietly.
Although No. 1 Middle School and Wu Middle School are two different schools, and although they trained together for twenty days this time, and although they took the same bus to the city, when it was time to eat, the people from No. 1 Middle School sat at the same table, the people from Wu Middle School sat at another table, and there were some people who could not sit down, so the people from No. 1 Middle School and Wu Middle School sat together at one table.
The situation at Rongchang No. 2 Middle School is similar to this place.
The most famous school in Rongchang County is Rongchang No. 2 Middle School, which results in people from other counties and districts only knowing Rongchang No. 2 Middle School when they mention Rongchang County, and no one knows about other schools. All other high schools in Rongchang County have become background boards in comparison with Rongchang No. 2 Middle School, a key school in the city, and basically no one can name them. They are not as good as Wucheng No. 1 Middle School, which at least has a name.
In Rongchang County, their attention was actually only on the people from Wuzhong, knowing that those people were their main competitors in the city competition this time. As for No. 1 Middle School? Sorry, schools that are eliminated in the first round don’t deserve a name here, so no one cares about No. 1 Middle School or anything like that.
This made Zhang Wenxue, Xing Hongyu and Cheng Yufeng, who had been the focus of attention of teachers and classmates in middle school and high school, very uncomfortable.
It was the first time that they were ignored, just like the few people behind Rongchang No. 2 Middle School who were completely ignored by everyone.
This indifference and disregard made Xing Hongyu set his sights on Jiang Ning and Zhang Wenxue.
He and Cheng Yufeng knew clearly that they should focus on the college entrance examination and the competition results were just a matter of luck. If anyone from their No. 1 Middle School could enter the provincial competition, the most likely candidates would be Jiang Ning and Zhang Wenxue.
He had a bit of the wildness and publicity of a young man. He glanced at the box where the teachers were eating and drinking. Seeing that the teachers were eating and drinking and no one was paying attention to them, he stood up and raised the disposable water cup in front of him and said to Jiang Ning and Zhang Wenxue: "Jiang Ning, Zhang Wenxue, I wish you a good score in the competition tomorrow, enter the provincial competition, and win the first prize!"
His sudden action made everyone else in the cafeteria look at the people at No. 1 Middle School's table.
Jiang Ning, Zhang Wenxue, Cheng Yufeng and the others were not high-profile people, and they were stunned for a moment when they heard the words, especially Zhang Wenxue. Seeing that students from other schools were looking at them, he was so embarrassed that he almost dug his toes into the ground. Yao Wenjuan's face turned red, and she lowered her head, not daring to look up at all. Cheng Yufeng also stood there in a daze, not knowing how to respond. Everyone was looking at them, and it felt awkward to say anything.
Jiang Ning, who was eating, put down his chopsticks as if nothing had happened. He finished the food in his mouth, picked up the water cup on the table, stood up, drank a sip of water, and smiled calmly in the eyes of the people around him and said to all the students in the audience: "Meeting is fate. Everyone here today is a top student from various schools. I am deeply honored to be able to gather here with all the students today. I also wish that all the elites from various schools here can enter the provincial competition and the national team in tomorrow's exam, win glory for our Jiangcheng City, win glory for our province, add glory to our motherland, and go international!"
Song Peifeng from Wuzhong also stood up and raised the cup in his hand and said, "Then I also wish all the students good results in the upcoming city, provincial and national competitions, and hope that they will have a bright future and leap into the dragon gate from now on!"
At the age of eighteen or nineteen, young people are full of passion. Xing Hongyu was just impulsive at first, but he didn't expect Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng to stand up to help him out.
Rongchang No. 1 Middle School, which was also invisible at first, was also aroused by the students of Wucheng No. 1 Middle School, who were so bold and high-profile. They picked up the water cup in front of them and said, "Okay! Although everyone says that Rongchang No. 1 Middle School is a one-rounder and is here to accompany the runner-up, it is fate that we meet you today. I hope that we can compete with you in the college entrance examination in the future!"
At once, these passionate young boys and girls all stood up and raised the disposable water cups in their hands. Those who had no water poured some water from the cups of their classmates, and everyone drank the water in the cup with great enthusiasm.
It was very hot in summer and the water in the cups was all boiled water. After a sip of boiled water, the atmosphere in the dining room became much warmer. Everyone in the previously quiet dining room became lively.
Even Xing Hongyu, who was originally a little angry, showed a bit of youthful joy on his face after Jiang Ning was willing to pick up his conversation and didn't let him stand there awkwardly. He raised his glass in front of Jiang Ning, clinked it with hers, and whispered, "Thank you for what you did just now."
He looked at Zhang Wenxue and the others who were standing there in a daze, with no one reacting. He suddenly regretted his impulsiveness. He didn't expect Jiang Ning to be not at all stage fright, and turned his provocation of everyone from other schools into a blessing to all students in all schools.
Jiang Ning drank the boiled water in the glass and smiled at him.
After everyone's gazes were withdrawn, Yao Wenjuan carefully poked Jiang Ning and whispered, "You were really awesome just now. Aren't you afraid at all?"
She was unable to say anything when looking at Xing Hongyu just now, let alone raise her glass so calmly and calmly.
What is this? In her previous life, those non-Party business people she met who wanted to cooperate with the government and needed to be united by the government were all people with high emotional intelligence. Each of them was eloquent and never let other people's topics fall to the ground. They were truly good at dancing with the sleeves. On the contrary, she was always the quiet and silent one.
But there is no need for her to say much. She doesn't need to say anything. There are people who want to talk and liven up the atmosphere.
It’s just that Jiang Ning was used to not letting other people’s words come true in his previous life. Even though he didn’t like to say polite words, he could say them easily after experiencing so much.
Anyway, as long as you are not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.
Besides, Xing Hongyu specifically mentioned that he and Zhang Wenxue wished them all the best. If she didn't respond, it would not just be Xing Hongyu who would be embarrassed, but the entire Wucheng No. 1 Middle School.
However, Xing Hongyu's behavior still attracted the attention of the surrounding schools to No. 1 Middle School. They asked people around them which school they were from, who those people were, and whether they had excellent grades.
Otherwise, with so many people, the boy wouldn't have only mentioned those two names.
"I saw them when I was checking in at the front desk. They should be from Wucheng No. 1 Middle School."
"How is Wucheng No. 1 Middle School?"
The person who spoke shook his head and said, "I don't know how their grades are usually, but their competition results are definitely not that good, otherwise our teacher wouldn't have mentioned it. It's probably similar to our No. 1 Middle School, where participation is the most important. Anyway, I haven't heard of any outstanding results from their school. On the contrary, Wucheng's Wuzhong is a well-established high school. It performs well in the provincial competitions every year, and is our focus this time."
After dinner, when the group of students went upstairs, Xing Hongyu came close to Jiang Ning, clenched his fist and whispered, "Jiang Ning, come on! Do well in the exam. I believe in you! Our school is relying on you this time!"
Jiang Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Jiang Ning looked at the fist he stretched out to her, hesitated for a moment, and then stretched out her fist to touch his fist: "You should do your best too."
Xing Hongyu was stunned for a moment when he was suddenly touched by Jiang Ning's snow-white little fist. Looking at Jiang Ning who had already walked away, his face suddenly turned red and he fled back to the room.
When the people in the same room came in, they saw Xing Hongyu with a red face and asked curiously, "Squad Leader, what's wrong with you? Are you okay? Do you have a fever?"
The local accent of Wucheng is ZCS, which does not distinguish between flat and retroflex sounds. In daily life, all retroflex sounds are pronounced as flat tongue sounds. The pronunciations of "having a fever" and "having a fever" are exactly the same. Hearing this, Xing Hongyu buried himself in the bed, covered his head with a pillow, and said in a muffled voice: "It's okay, just a little hot."
"It's hot, and you're still covering your head with a pillow?" He pulled Xing Hongyu's head, wanting to feel his forehead to see if he had a fever. Candidates like them who rushed from one city to another for the exam were most afraid of getting sick, having a fever, diarrhea, or heat stroke. Now that the weather was so hot, he was afraid that Xing Hongyu had heat stroke. "I'll go tell the teacher. It would be bad if you had heat stroke."
Xing Hongyu is also the main force in their competition this time.
Xing Hongyu's high school entrance examination score was only ranked in the top 60 in the grade, but he was the one with the fastest improvement in grades except Jiang Ning. He has now entered the top five in the grade. This time, his final exam ranking is only below Jiang Ning, Zhang Wenxue, and Cheng Yufeng.
If Jiang Ning had not emerged as a rising star in the parallel class and rushed to first place, he should have been able to get a second-class scholarship this time. Unfortunately, he could only get a third-class scholarship this time.
However, after the division into arts and sciences, his academic ranking is expected to rise.
At school, both students and teachers are very optimistic about him.
When Xing Hongyu heard him say that he was going to find the teacher, he quickly took down the pillow, smoothed his messy hair with his hands, shook his head and said, "It's really nothing, I probably got too excited when I climbed the stairs just now."
Thinking of the stairs, the redness on his face tended to deepen and spread. His classmates saw it and said, "You'd better go to the teacher and get a bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi water to drink. The teachers all carry it with them."
It's no wonder that Xing Hongyu was excited. The management of the gender separation in No. 1 Middle School was too strict. If he wasn't the monitor of Class 2, in charge of the daily affairs of the class and had some contact with the girls in the class, he really wouldn't dare to say a word.
He just stretched out his fist, not really intending to bump fists with Jiang Ning, it was just a habitual gesture to cheer him up. He didn't expect that because his fist was held sideways, it would result in such a small fist bump.
He was enjoying himself for a while, and couldn't concentrate on reading, so he stood up, opened the door, and went out to stand in the corridor for a while, as if he was expecting something, but also as if he was not expecting anything. His heart was beating like a drum. After a long time, he didn't wait for the person he wanted to see, so he calmed his pounding heart in disappointment, got up and went downstairs, wanting to take a look at the lobby downstairs.
He sat in the lobby for quite a while. There was a bookshelf in the corner of the lobby. On the bookshelf were some world classics, high school textbooks, martial arts novels and magazines.
He picked up a magazine at random and seemed to be reading it, but his whole heart was not on it. He looked up from time to time and looked around the hall expectantly.
Jiang Ning, Yao Wenjuan and Cheng Yufeng were in the same room. After they returned to their room, they never came out again and kept reading quietly.
The three of them came from different classes, and although they had been in the competition class for quite a long time, they were still not familiar with each other.
Yao Wenjuan is introverted and shy. Jiang Ning and Cheng Yufeng are not talkative people when they are not familiar with each other. Especially Yao Wenjuan has heard of Jiang Ning's reputation as the best student. Seeing her reading, no one is willing to talk, and both of them try their best to study.
It was ten o'clock, and Jiang Ning went to wash up and go to bed. The two of them were still doing exercises until after eleven o'clock. Teacher Ji outside the window reminded them that it was time to go to bed, so the two of them turned off the lights and went to bed.
The next morning, when Jiang Ning went downstairs to run, he met Song Peifeng who was also going downstairs to run.
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