But Li Yuran didn't feel unhappy because Gong Jinkang also said that he scored 569 points in the exam, ranking 59th in the school, but the second to last in the class.
In other words, from Li Yuran's perspective, there is a great possibility that she can get a better score than 569 in this final exam.
Thinking of this, Li Yuran couldn't help but snort.
After putting in so much effort, it’s only right that you make more progress!
So Li Yuran asked in the group with some pride, "Uh, am I the only one who wants to know who is the last in the class?"
Li Yuran felt that it would definitely not be me who was the last one!
At the same time, she asked this in order to see if she could find out more information about the final grades. However, after waiting for a while, seeing that there was still no movement in the group, Li Yuran threw down her phone and continued reading.
In the morning, Li Yuran got up with her parents as usual. After helping her mother prepare breakfast, she returned to her room and started the most important morning reading of the day.
Mr. Zhou, the head teacher of Class 27, with whom I had been working for less than three months, once said that morning reading was the most necessary time for a liberal arts student.
Because your mind is clearest only in the morning, so you only have a few dozen minutes in the morning to remember what you need to remember.
For example, ancient Chinese poetry in Chinese, and word composition in English.
As one of Teacher Zhou’s many fans, Li Yuran naturally believed in what Teacher Zhou said.
So, even when he returned home during the winter vacation, Li Yuran still followed the same schedule as when he was in school. He got up at six o'clock, washed up, helped his mother prepare breakfast, then went back to his room and began to recite the text aloud.
After Li Yuran's mother discovered how hard her daughter worked, she did not disturb her from studying.
In fact, after discovering how hard Li Yuran worked, Li Yuran's parents once asked Li Yuran not to waste his time on trivial things like helping them with housework.
They couldn't beat or scold Li Yuran, and their parents, who loved him so much, wanted to do something to help their parents to ease their burden after returning home during the winter vacation. So Li Yuran's parents could only let him do what he wanted and let him help with the housework.
By the time Li Yuran finished his morning reading, almost forty minutes had passed since breakfast was ready.
Touching his almost hungry stomach, Li Yuran put down the English textbook in his hand, stood up, and walked towards the kitchen step by step.
"Hurry up and eat your breakfast. You're the only one who hasn't eaten. It's almost cold!"
Seeing Li Yuran enter the kitchen, Li's mother, who had been busy in the kitchen, quickly picked up a bowl and filled it with porridge for her daughter. She also took out a peeled boiled egg from the porridge and put it in Li Yuran's bowl. "You study so hard, you must keep up with nutrition. Come, have an egg!"
Li Yuran took the big bowl full of porridge from his mother's hand, carefully carried it to the table and put it down, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of homemade pickled vegetables and threw it into the bowl, then quickly shoveled the porridge into his mouth.
With the warm carbohydrates in his stomach, Li Yuran had the energy to talk to his mother, "Mom, don't boil eggs for me next time! The weather is so cold now, and the number of eggs our chickens lay has decreased. If you still boil eggs for me every morning, there won't be enough to sell!"
Li Yuran's mother answered her daughter while tidying up her desk, "What nonsense are you talking about! Even if the chickens at home don't lay eggs, they must lay more than a dozen eggs a day. How can you be missing one egg?"
"Then you can't just cook for me!" Li Yuran was a little dissatisfied with her mother's words, "I've been back for so long, and every morning I only see you and my dad cooking eggs for me. Why don't you two eat them?"
"Why should your father and I eat eggs? We do manual labor and don't need to use our brains. What's the point of eating eggs?" Li Yuran's mother still didn't turn around, but was busy with her own things. "Will your father catch more fish after eating eggs?"
"If eating eggs can help you catch more fish, I will cook them for your dad every day without you telling me! I wish your dad could eat them every day!"
"If you don't want to eat, then I won't eat either!" Li Yuran scooped another handful of pickles into the bowl and said to his mother.
"Stop making trouble and eat quickly. After you finish eating, go read a book!" Li Yuran's mother said to her daughter after she had sorted out the kitchen utensils. When she was about to continue speaking, she heard a ringing in her pocket.
'I came from the mountains, carrying orchids...'
"I'm going to answer the phone, hurry up and eat!" Li Yuran's mother told her daughter and answered the phone, "Hey, who are you looking for?"
It was unknown what the other party said, but under Li Yuran's gaze, the expression on Li Yuran's mother's face suddenly changed into a reserved yet enthusiastic smile, "Teacher Zhou? Teacher Zhou, hello, hello! Excuse me, what's the matter with you calling?"
Li Yuran's mother answered Zhou Yu's words on the other end of the phone screen in broken Mandarin. Li Yuran, who was eating breakfast nearby, pricked up his ears when he heard that it was his class teacher calling, and quietly inquired about the content of their conversation.
However, even though Li Yuran had pricked up his ears, he could not hear clearly what the head teacher was saying on the other end of the phone.
She could only see her mother beside her. After she didn't know what Teacher Zhou said, she smiled with surprise and kept saying "Really?"
'oh oh!'
'Thanks!'
'Thank you so much, Teacher Zhou!'
Seeing her mother like this, Li Yuran thought that Teacher Zhou must be telling her mother about her grades, and it looked like she did pretty well in the exam?!
Thinking of this, Li Yuran couldn't help but feel even happier.
The conversation between my mother and Mr. Zhou was interrupted after not much time.
"Your teacher Zhou said you did very well in the exam this time!" Seeing that Li Yuran had not returned to his room, Li's mother said to Li Yuran happily, "She said you scored 565 points this time! You can get into a top university this time! I hope you keep up the good work!"
God bless us, please help us to become a successful person!
However, after hearing these words, her daughter sitting opposite her did not look very happy. She just pulled up the corners of her mouth and forced a smile.
Seeing this, Li's mother couldn't help but feel a little strange.
After her repeated questioning, Li Yuran finally told the truth.
After hearing the reason why Li Yuran was emo, Li's mother couldn't help but find it a little funny. She didn't scold her daughter for why she ranked last in the exam, nor did she complain that her daughter couldn't do as well as others. She just comforted Li Yuran, "Do you remember what your father and I told you before?"
"Your father and I often tell you not to compare yourself with others. Just do what you should do! According to what your class teacher told me, your current grades are already very, very good. We don't need to be too hard on ourselves and do better, because others may have started from a higher point than us!"
"Mom and Dad are not capable enough to provide you with a better environment, so your achievements are already surprising and surprising to you!"
"So, Yu Ran, listen to your teacher and your mother. Don't think about anything else. Just do what you should do and keep doing it. That's all."
His mother's words left Li Yuran silent for a long time.
But soon, she figured it out and felt relieved.
Yes, why bother about meaningless comparisons, even if they are about rankings?
My mother is right. As long as I do what I should do, even though I am still last in the class, I am already very good in the eyes of my parents and teachers. There is no need to worry about those thoughts that come up in my mind.
So, Li Yuran told the group what had happened.
After that, she threw away her cell phone and concentrated on studying without distraction.
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