Since the monthly exam was scheduled more than a week before the National Day, the time for marking the papers was relatively tight. Basically, after all the papers were collected and the names were covered on them, they were distributed to each teacher, and the intensive marking began.

Compared with schools like Wuzhou Middle School, the first monthly exam of No. 2 Middle School seems more formal and regular.

Unlike the first monthly exam at Wuzhou Middle School, where each class teacher graded their own papers, the first monthly exam at No. 2 Middle School was graded with names covered throughout. That is, when the teachers were marking the papers, the names on the students' papers were covered, making it impossible to see whose papers were whose. This also ensured relative fairness.

After all the test papers have been marked, the teachers who marked the test papers will hand in the test papers on hand, and a dedicated person will compile all the score rankings.

After finishing the Chinese exam on Saturday morning, Zhou Yu was immediately handed a large stack of Chinese test papers with the most basic names covered.

With this huge pile of test papers, Zhou Yu's workload suddenly increased a lot.

Driven by this huge pile of test papers, Zhou Yu took out the test papers and corrected them whenever he had free time. After returning to the dormitory at night, Zhou Yu worked all night long until late at night.

Finally, after rushing around, Zhou Yu finally handed in the pile of test papers on Sunday afternoon.

After grading the large pile of test papers and handing them in, Zhou Yu immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Yu finished all the work at hand temporarily. He sighed that although Ruxu No. 2 Middle School paid a lot of money, the task was really heavy. Thinking of the results of this monthly exam, he couldn't help but get nervous again.

The result of this monthly exam is the first crucial step in determining whether he can successfully gain a foothold in this half-step provincial demonstration high school in Ruxu.

After all, other teachers had to go through a lot of hardships to get into this school.

And what about Zhou Yu?

Zhou Yu was invited back by Wang Hongwen, the principal of Ruxu No. 2 Middle School, and Li Jianping, the vice principal, through the talent introduction channel. The news that he was formally employed without taking an exam was known to other teachers very early on.

This also caused Zhou Yu to be frequently pointed at and criticized during the first few days after arriving at the school.

Although he didn't say it, Zhou Yu actually knew what these people were thinking.

It's nothing more than that, this kid looks so young, and he's not an experienced old teacher, how can he get what we have gone through so much hardship and effort just by talking? !

Could it be that this kid had deceived the old principal? !

If not all faculty and staff believed in the professional ethics and character of the old principal Wang Hongwen, then everyone's first reaction would not be that this kid named Zhou Yu had deceived the old principal, but whether there was some ulterior motive in the middle of this!

Therefore, it is understandable that Zhou Yu is a little nervous about the results of this monthly exam.

The next day, Monday.

As usual, even though Zhou Yu did not have the first two classes in the morning, he still got up early, washed up, went to the cafeteria to have breakfast, and then went to the office to start working according to the work plan of the previous day.

But what Zhou Yu didn't expect was that not long after he arrived at the office today, the principal Wang Hongwen, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, actually came to the office of the Chinese teaching and research group specifically to look for Zhou Yu.

"Mr. Zhou, are you busy now?" Wang Hongwen came to Zhou Yu's desk and interrupted him when he saw that Zhou Yu was concentrating on his work. "If you are not busy, please come with me and chat in my office."

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"Come on, Mr. Zhou, have a cup of tea first!" Wang Hongwen smiled and brought a cup of tea he had brewed himself to Zhou Yu. "This tea was given to me by my old classmates and comrades who came to see me not long ago. I heard it's very valuable. Try it, try it!"

Seeing Wang Hongwen coming over with tea, Zhou Yu quickly stood up, stretched out his hands, and took the teacup that Wang Hongwen was about to hand him.

After seeing Zhou Yu take a sip, Wang Hongwen smiled and asked, "How is it? Not bad, right?"

Zhou Yu put down the cup and nodded in response with a smile, "It's really good. Although I don't usually drink tea, I can taste the freshness and fragrance of this tea."

Wang Hongwen smiled and nodded. He did not continue the conversation about tea. Instead, he turned to another topic. "Teacher Zhou has been in the school for such a long time. Although Jianping and I should care more about your work and life on behalf of the school."

"But because I am really busy with my work, I have never personally asked about it. I can only ask Jianping and Director Feng to ask about your situation, Teacher Zhou."

Wang Hongwen talked about the reason why he had not asked about Zhou Yu's situation for such a long time. Zhou Yu naturally would not blame Wang Hongwen for this.

In fact, Wang Hongwen did not lie and had no need to. He was indeed busy and often went to various meetings and traveled on business. Therefore, in the more than one month since Zhou Yu came to No. 2 Middle School, except for occasionally seeing Wang Hongwen at the flag-raising ceremony on Mondays, Zhou Yu rarely saw Wang Hongwen in other occasions.

"It's okay, Principal Wang," Zhou Yu quickly expressed his full understanding of Wang Hongwen, "The school has shown enough concern for me. Vice Principal Li often asks about my work and life at the school, and Director Feng Zhiqiang also told me to go directly to him if I have any questions."

When Wang Hongwen heard Zhou Yu say this, he smiled and nodded. Then, he told Zhou Yu the reason why he asked him to come to the office to chat this time. "This time, I asked Teacher Zhou to come here not just to ask about your life after coming to No. 2 Middle School."

"I also want to talk to you, Teacher Zhou, about the situation of this monthly exam."

Here we come!

Suddenly, when Zhou Yu heard Wang Hongwen mention this monthly exam, his heart began to beat fast for no reason.

After staring at Zhou Yu for a few seconds, Wang Hongwen saw that Zhou Yu still looked calm on the surface, and he couldn't help but admire him in his heart, "Teacher Zhou is very confident in himself because he is calm in the face of major events!"

Hearing the principal Wang Hongwen's joking words, it was not only about himself, but also about the system that gave him the confidence that he would not fail.

Zhou Yu looked at Wang Hongwen, smiled and nodded in agreement, "I'm not confident in myself, I'm confident in your vision, principal. If I really can't even pass this small monthly exam, doesn't that prove that you've made a mistake?!"

"Hahahaha, you, you! When I first met you, you weren't so smooth-talking!" Wang Hongwen seemed to be in a very good mood.

The reason why he was in a good mood was not only because his decision was right at the beginning and he spent a lot of money to recruit Zhou Yu, but he was also happy that it could continue like this. Not to mention the school's enrollment next year, the qualification of provincial model high school that was about to be obtained was guaranteed.

Wang Hongwen picked up a form on the desk and handed it to Zhou Yu.

When Zhou Yu was about to finish reading, Wang Hongwen said with a smile, "Teacher Zhou, your class did really well on the test this time!"

After taking a quick look at the form in his hand, Zhou Yu raised his head and said with a smile, "The results came out so quickly? Although the test results are indeed not bad, Principal, are you satisfied now?"

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