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January 14th, final exam for the whole grade.
"It's the same old rule. No matter how you do on the test, no matter if you know the questions or not, you must take every subject seriously. Even if you don't know the answer, you have to fill it in with random notes. Do you understand?"
Before entering the school, Jiang Zhizhi specifically instructed Lu Xiye.
In fact, Jiang Zhizhi was also very nervous about this final exam. In the last monthly exam, she and Yao Jiaqi tied for first place, and her difference from the second place Xu Qingbo was only 0.5 points.
When she was just reborn, she just wanted to study hard and didn't care about her grades. But now, she is not as calm about her grades as before.
There were seven subjects and the exams took two days.
On the 20th, the total scores were posted on the bulletin board and winter vacation began.
This time the questions were a little harder than before. Jiang Zhizhi scored 807 points and ranked first.
Xu Qingbo scored 802 points, ranking second.
Yao Jiaqi scored 799 points, ranking third.
This is the first time that Jiang Zhizhi has opened up such a big gap with Xu Qingbo and Yao Jiaqi.
Because Yao Jiaqi didn't answer the last 8-point question on the math test, while Xu Qingbo answered half of it.
Jiang Zhizhi was the only one in the school who solved that problem.
When reviewing the problem, Jiang Zhizhi also found it incredible. The solution was completely unthinkable to others, but she thought of it immediately.
If it were in her previous life, she would never have been able to do it.
Jiang Zhizhi felt that it was because she had been studying Olympiad mathematics during this period, and Master Zong would sometimes teach her how to solve problems, so she gradually became sensitive to numbers.
This exam hit both Xu Qingbo and Yao Jiaqi hard, and they walked away with their backpacks in silence.
Lin Qingyu and Li Rongrong are not ideal either.
Lin Qingyu ranked eighth in his grade, and Li Rongrong ranked nineteenth.
Mathematics was already a weak subject for both of them, and the increased difficulty of the math test was simply bad news for them.
Both of them lost points because of math.
Lu Xiye ranked 347th in his grade this time.
Chinese 92, Mathematics 97, English 102, History 68, Biology 64, Geography 62, Politics 66, total score 551.
From the last in the grade to the top 350, that’s pretty good.
Moreover, I passed every subject.
Especially mathematics, the math paper was very difficult this time. 97 points was already in the top 20 in Lu Xiye's class. This was also the result of Jiang Zhizhi's tutoring for more than a month.
His English seemed to have always been very good. Jiang Zhizhi just asked him to memorize more English words and did not make any special effort to cram. However, he had a good sense of English and could guess the answers even if he did not know the answer to a question.
Jiang Zhizhi felt that this guy would be suitable for studying liberal arts in the future.
"Oh my god, Lu Xiye has improved by over a hundred places?" Li Rongrong was shocked when she found Lu Xiye's name on the grade leaderboard. "I remember when he was in sixth grade, he suddenly became very abnormal for a while. Does he have an indirect learning disability?"
*
On the first day of winter vacation, Jiang Zhizhi had finished her breakfast and was about to go to the library when she suddenly heard someone clattering in the corridor, as if someone was moving something.
She opened the door and saw several strange men moving furniture and appliances such as cabinets and refrigerators upstairs.
Jiang Zhizhi subconsciously glanced upstairs.
"Jiang Zhizhi? Why are you here?" Lu Xiye, with a beautiful sea-blue patent leather bag slung across his shoulder and tearing beef jerky in his hand, stood at the door of the unit and looked over in surprise.
"My home is here, what are you doing here?"
Lu Xiye walked over in two or three steps, stood at the door and glanced at Jiang Zhizhi's house, "Oh, this is the new place your family moved to some time ago."
He took a bite of beef jerky and said, "I was wondering why my dad wanted me to move here. It turns out you're here."
"What?"
"My dad bought the house four floors above yours. I'll live upstairs from now on." Lu Xiye handed the bag of beef jerky snacks to Jiang Zhizhi, "Do you want some?"
Jiang Zhizhi shook her head, "No."
She couldn't help but sigh in her heart, it's good to have money.
Lu Xiye's father casually bought a house just to make it convenient for him to study...
It only takes twenty minutes to take the bus from here to school, and it only takes twenty minutes to go to the library, without having to change buses.
"Why don't you go up there and take a look? I haven't been there yet." Lu Xiye said.
"I have to go to the library later." Jiang Zhizhi said.
Lu Xiye curled his lips and said, "You don't even take a break during the winter vacation? Be careful or you'll become a fool."
Jiang Zhizhi gave him a speechless look.
"Let's go up and take a look." Lu Xiye grabbed her collar from behind and walked up the stairs without saying a word.
Jiang Zhizhi pushed him away unhappily, "Let me go, I can walk on my own."
The layout of the fourth floor is similar to that of the first floor, but there is an additional attic and terrace on the fifth floor, which is equivalent to a duplex with two floors.
The housekeeping staff had already cleaned the place very well, and the furniture was still being moved up one by one, filling up the living room.
Standing on the terrace and looking down, Jiang Zhizhi could see their yard.
"I plan to buy a motorcycle so that I can take you to the library or to school." Lu Xiye said proudly.
Jiang Zhizhi said calmly, "I won't take your car."
"Why? Are you afraid of people gossiping?"
"You can't ride a motorcycle if you're under 18. I'm afraid of going to the police station with you." Jiang Zhizhi said.
Lu Xiye was disdainful, "How can it be so strict? Many boys in our school have motorcycles."
"They are them, you are you, and I am me." Jiang Zhizhi turned around and said, "Okay, I'm done reading. I'm going to the library now. You can clean up by yourself."
*
In the evening, when I got home, it was exactly half past nine.
As soon as she opened the door, Jiang Zhizhi heard Lu Xiye smacking his lips and saying flatteringly, "Auntie, the buns you make are so delicious."
In the living room, Cheng Yuping looked at Lu Xiye and smiled, "If you like it, eat more. There's a big pot in the kitchen."
Jiang Zhizhi suspected that she had seen it wrong.
"mom?"
"Zhizhi, you're back. Come and eat the buns mom made. I made a lot today." Cheng Yuping hurriedly took out a big bun from the plate and handed it to her.
Jiang Zhizhi walked into the living room and asked, "Why is he here?"
"Oh, Zhizhi, you may not know yet, Xiaoye has moved upstairs from us. I just found out today that when you said you were giving extra lessons to your classmates, you were actually giving extra lessons to Xiaoye. Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Cheng Yuping complained angrily.
"When did you become so close to him?" Jiang Zhizhi couldn't help but complain.
Cheng Yuping said, "Why not? He's your savior. If he hadn't caught you from downstairs that day, you wouldn't have known what would have happened to you."
Jiang Zhizhi curled her lips. She admitted that Lu Xiye helped her that day, but even without Lu Xiye, she would have been able to get away.
Lu Xiye was delighted by what Cheng Yuping said. He ate a big bun in two bites, enjoying the delicious taste. He looked at Jiang Zhizhi with a smug look.
"Xiaoye is such a smart kid. Remember to come often in the future. Auntie will make delicious food for you."
Cheng Yuping originally felt that Jiang Zhizhi felt uncomfortable taking so much money for tutoring her classmates. Now that she knew the classmate was Lu Xiye, she felt even more uncomfortable and subconsciously wanted to be nicer to him.
Jiang Zhizhi looked at this scene and found it extremely strange.
In the evening, after Lu Xiye left, Cheng Yuping came to Jiang Zhizhi's room.
"Zhizi, Mom has thought about it. It's really not appropriate for you to ask for so much money for tutoring your classmates. Let's just forget it. Anyway, our family has money now." Cheng Yuping said.
"Mom, even if I wanted to let it go, Lu Xiye's father still wouldn't agree. I've been tutoring him for over a month, and his grades have improved by over a hundred places. His father is so happy. In order to make it easier for me to tutor him, his father even bought a house upstairs from us. That house upstairs is much more expensive than ours. Don't even mention that I'm making 2,000 yuan a month now. Even if it was 20,000 yuan a month, his father would still be willing to spend it."
Cheng Yuping was stunned. "Huh? His grades improved by more than a hundred places? Zhizhi, are you that amazing?"
Jiang Zhizhi said with a smile, "So, don't worry about it. His nanny earns four to five thousand a month."
Cheng Yuping took a cold breath, "So many?"
"Mom, don't worry. I really didn't ask for much. Tutoring him takes a lot of effort. I have to explain the exercises to him every day, make plans for him, arrange his study schedule, and even mark his homework and papers. Mr. Lu didn't want me to work in vain, so he gave me the tuition."
Hearing Jiang Zhizhi say this, Cheng Yuping couldn't help but feel distressed again and sighed, "Oh, I'm sorry for you. If I had a good job, you wouldn't have to tutor others to make money at such a young age."
Jiang Zhizhi hugged Cheng Yuping and said, "Mom, although I'm working hard, I'm also studying. Compared to other students, I feel that I have a fulfilling life. Besides, I'm really happy to be able to help Mom. Don't be awkward and don't think so much. I just want you to be happy."
"Mom is happy, of course I'm happy. My daughter is so capable, how could I not be happy?" Cheng Yuping put her arm around Jiang Zhizhi's shoulders and asked gently, "By the way, I haven't asked you how you did on the final exam yet."
Jiang Zhizhi happily whispered in Cheng Yuping's ear, "Mom, I got first place in my grade."
When Cheng Yuping attended the parent-teacher meeting for Jiang Zhizhi, she knew that Jiang Zhizhi was ranked first in the grade at that time. She did not expect that she would be ranked first in the grade again in this final exam.
She hugged Jiang Zhizhi and said, "That's great, Zhizhi. Tomorrow, mom will celebrate for you. I'll make whatever you want to eat."
"I like to eat anything my mother cooks."
*
Ever since Lu Xiye moved upstairs to Jiang Zhizhi's house, he has become a frequent visitor who eats for free.
Especially after Cheng Yuping learned that Lu Xiye had no mother, she felt so distressed for him as if he were her own son.
Lu Xiye bought an electric car that looked similar to a motorcycle. It was colorful and cool, and it also came with speakers.
Every time I ride out, I turn on the speakers and play the noisy rock music of the bikers, and the lights on the entire electric bike flash like I'm in a nightclub.
"You still want to take the bus?"
“I didn’t buy a motorcycle.”
"It's legal and reasonable, and you definitely won't be allowed into the police station."
After coming out of the library, Jiang Zhizhi went to the bus stop, and Lu Xiye followed her on that "cool" electric bike.
Jiang Zhizhi rolled her eyes at him and said disdainfully, "If I don't sit, I'll look like a street urchin."
"What do you mean by street scooter? This is the most popular electric car right now. You really have no taste and no aesthetic sense."
Jiang Zhizhi was speechless. Just as she was about to retort him, her cell phone suddenly rang.
She opened it and took a look. It was from Xu Qingbo.
"Hello, Xu Qingbo, what's going on?"
Lu Xiye suddenly stepped on the brakes and stretched his neck to listen.
"Registration for the new year's math league has started. I'm signing up now, just letting you know."
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