All 60 students in Zhou Yu's science class, Senior 3 (26), got good grades. There is no reason why his other liberal arts class, Senior 3 (27), would do any worse.

The 60 students in Grade 3 (26) ranked among the top 60 in science at Ruxu No. 2 Middle School, and the 61 students in Grade 3 (27) were not far behind, also ranking among the top 60 in science at Ruxu No. 2 Middle School!

The reason why there were 61 students in Class 3 (27) but only 60 of them occupied the top 60 positions in Ruxu No. 2 Middle School was definitely not because one person in Class 3 (27) did poorly in the exam, but because the extra person was called Xu Li.

Xu Li took part in the first mock exam and did quite well -- his total score was 573, which was very good not only in Ruxu No. 2 Middle School but also in the entire Ruxu County.

The reason why Xu Li's grades were not included was because Xu Li's academic record was in Jiahe, not in Ruxu. Xu Li was only studying at Ruxu No. 2 Middle School on a temporary basis.

However, even though Xu Li was not ranked, he seemed very happy after Xu Li learned of his results. After all, the ranking was just for a mock exam, so it didn't matter if he didn't get a ranking.

But the score was actually obtained by Xu Li based on his own real ability. With the proof of this score, it means that Xu Li has now officially entered the realm of early great perfection, or middle stage.

Knowing how much progress he had made, Xu Li seemed extremely happy throughout the day.

"Hey, Brother Ji, Brother Ming and Brother Hua, why are you guys here so early again?"

After arriving at the classroom, Xu Li took off his Airwalk baseball cap and threw it in front of his seat. He tidied his hair and said hello to Ji Nianping, who was already sitting next to him and concentrating on studying, as well as Niu Dehua and Ou Yangming behind him. "It's so hot, why don't you stay at home and rest for a while? Why are you here so early?"

"It's not too early, is it?" Ji Nianping put down his pen when he saw his rich classmate coming. He looked at Xu Li packing his schoolbag and said, "It's already past 1:30. If we're any later, we'll have to go to class!"

Ouyang Ming behind Ji Nianping also put down his pen when he saw this. He looked at Xu Li and made a joke, "Can't you come earlier? We are not like you, a rich man. If we can't get into a good university, we can just go home and inherit the family business or discuss with our family to study abroad to get some experience."

"If we don't try our best and get into a prestigious school, then we can really see the end of our lives! You know, if people like us only get into a second-tier school or below, I can imagine what kind of life we ​​will have in the future!"

"Or, we will return to our hometown after graduation and stay in a small county like our hometown, find a job that pays three to four thousand yuan a month, and have little money and a wonderful life. We will just muddle through the rest of our lives, like the walking dead."

"Or, after graduation, we will go to work in a big city like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou or Shenzhen, rent a room of a few square meters, work hard, and not save much money in a year. We may even be laid off in our thirties and unable to find a job, and eventually be forced to return to our hometown."

"So, Xu Li, we are not like you. We don't have many options for choice! No, it's not that we don't have many options. They are really pitifully few. In fact, the only option I can think of right now is to study hard."

Ouyang Ming's words were not pleasant to hear, but they were true. In this respect, he even felt that he did not have the vigor and high spirits of some young people who believed that "God is the boss and I am the second boss", which made him seem a little pessimistic.

Ouyang Ming saw things very clearly. In his opinion, people from small places lacked resources. If they wanted to make a name for themselves, they had to spend more time and energy on studying than people like Xu Li. Even if they worked so hard, they might not be able to catch up with the starting line of people like Xu Li.

But the fact is that if you don't work hard during your student days, there is no possibility of making a name for yourself in your life, unless something good happens to fall on your head, or you are extremely lucky and someone helps you.

But how many people in this world can encounter such a good thing? Therefore, most people can only live a mediocre life, like an NPC, and live out their short and unexciting decades of life.

However, although Ouyang Ming had seen everything so clearly, he was not disappointed or pessimistic.

It is precisely because he can see that the starting line of small town test-takers like them is far behind those students in big cities, that Ouyang Ming works harder and tries to add bricks and tiles to his house called life.

"Here, take it. It's hot. Don't get heat stroke, guys. Drink more water!"

Xu Li didn't care about Ouyang Ming's words. He just took out a few bottles of mineral water from his schoolbag and gave one to Ji Nianping, Niu Dehua and Ouyang Ming. After distributing the water, he said to Ouyang Ming, "Brother Ming, aren't you making fun of me? What inheritance? Our family is similar to yours. We don't have much money!"

"Don't think that my family only has a little more money than yours, but my family was not much better off than yours before! And I also have my own aspirations! I also plan to study hard and start a business in the future! Make a bigger fortune than my father did!"

Xu Li didn't think anything was wrong, but Ji Nianping beside him thought Ouyang Ming's words were a bit too much, and quickly stepped out to smooth things over, "Brother Xu, don't think too much. Ouyang Ming and I have known each other for two years, and I know what kind of person he is! Ouyang Ming is a person who really doesn't have any bad intentions. He is just like that, he speaks directly and thinks a lot!"

Xu Li waved his hand and said to Ji Nianping, "Hey, I understand, Brother Ji, you don't need me to tell you. You, Brother Ming, and Brother Hua, how can I not know what kind of people you three are?! Besides, what Brother Ming said is indeed the truth, there is no problem!"

"But Brother Ming is wrong about one thing! You, Brother Ming, and Brother Hua, the three of you will definitely make a name for yourself in the future! Really, don't laugh, believe me, I rarely make mistakes when judging people. The three of you will definitely be admitted to a prestigious school and achieve great things in the future!"

Influenced by his family and his parents Xu Jiacheng and Zhao Mingfang, Xu Li was naturally trained early on. Except for some problems in academic subjects, Xu Li was a qualified second-generation rich who could take over the family business after a little training.

Naturally, Xu Li subconsciously learned his father Xu Jiacheng's style of speaking and treating people. His first consideration was to make the person he was chatting with feel comfortable and make them feel his sincerity.

Ouyang Ming looked at the water that Xu Li handed to him and took a careful look at it.

After hearing what Xu Li said, Ouyang Ming's first reaction was to find it a little funny. Then he smiled and began to ease the atmosphere. He looked at Xu Li and asked, "That's enough. I don't have any other intentions! Well, then I'll borrow your good words. If you really get admitted to a prestigious school, I'll treat you to a meal to express my gratitude."

"By the way, how much is this water? I'll give it to you. It looks pretty good. What is this birch juice? What is this, juice? Is it flavored or something?"

Xu Li waved his hand, telling Ouyang Ming not to worry about it. "What birch juice? It tastes like mineral water, no taste! My mom bought it. She didn't tell me how much it cost. She just said it's healthy and told me to drink more of it. But I guess it's just a gimmick! Anyway, it won't kill you, so just drink it for fun."

"My mom had several boxes delivered to me some time ago. They are all at my place. How would I know how much this stuff costs? Okay, Brother Ming, just drink it. I don't think this stuff costs much. It's like mineral water. How expensive can it be? At most, it's only a dozen yuan!"

Listening to Xu Li's words, Ouyang Ming and the other two all lowered their heads at the same time and carefully examined the bottle of beautifully packaged birch juice in their hands.

This packaging, this name, it doesn’t look like it’s worth just a dozen bucks!

In their impression, Xu Li generally doesn't seem to care much about food and drink. Although the dishes arranged by the aunt who cooks for him every day are extremely rich and exquisite, they learned through chatting with Xu Li that it was arranged by Xu Li's mother forcefully and was not Xu Li's own intention.

"In my opinion, there's no need to go through so much trouble. We can just eat in the school cafeteria! My teacher Zhou can eat it, so why can't I?!" Xu Li once complained to Ji Nianping, Ouyang Ming, and Niu Dehua during a casual chat.

According to Xu Li, he felt that the big pot meals were much more delicious than those cooked in small stoves. In the morning, Xu Li would often secretly go with them to the pancake stall outside the school and buy a pancake each.

I would often go to the supermarket in the hot afternoon under the scorching sun to buy a few popsicles, or bring back a few bottles of iced black tea to share with my friends.

If it is really like what Xu Li said, a bottle of water costs only a dozen yuan, then it is understandable.

A bottle of water is more than ten yuan, which is a bit expensive, but Ouyang Ming and his friends can afford it. If they save their pocket money, it is not a problem to buy a bottle of water occasionally.

Because of this, Ji Nianping, Ouyang Ming, Niu Dehua and others had no ill feelings towards Xu Li, and were even full of good feelings towards him.

Think about it, if there is a rich guy who treats you as a friend, is not arrogant, thinks of you no matter what he eats or drinks, and makes friends with you sincerely, how would you feel?

Thinking of this, Ouyang Ming immediately put aside his prejudice against Brother Fu, and teased Xu Li, "Xu Li, this should be the first time you get such a high score, right? When the parents' meeting comes, your parents will be very happy that you have done so well. By then, maybe your parents will be so happy that they will buy you a luxury watch or a luxury car!"

Hearing Ouyang Ming's words, Xu Li, who was gulping down water, was stunned for a moment, and then stopped. Xu Li didn't even pay attention to Ouyang Ming's joke about the luxury car he drove. He looked at Ouyang Ming with a confused face and asked, "What the hell?! What parent-teacher meeting?!"

"Ah? You don't know yet?" Seeing Xu Li's reaction, Ji Nianping was also stunned for a moment, but then he immediately reacted and explained to Xu Li, "You don't usually interact with people from the next class (Senior 3 (27) Class), so it's normal that you don't know."

"It was the last class this morning. Our head teacher just notified the class next door that there will be a parents' meeting next Sunday. We estimate that our class will also have one. We don't know the time, but it should be before the National Day holiday!"

After that, Ji Nianping comforted Xu Li, "But don't worry, with your grades, your head teacher probably won't say anything unpleasant when your parents come. Plus, you've made such great progress, and your parents are so familiar with Teacher Zhou, so when they talk about your problems, I guess the head teacher will mainly praise you!"

Xu Li scratched his head and asked uncertainly, "That's not what I'm worried about! The main thing is... since I'm a boarding student, does my family also have to attend the parents' meeting?"

"That's nonsense, isn't it? What's wrong with being a borrowed student? A borrowed student... just tell me whether you are a student in our class!" Ji Nianping asked back, "Besides, didn't you say before that before you came to our school, you were also a borrowed student at Jiahe No. 1 Middle School? At that time, did your parents have to go to the school for the parents' meeting?"

After hearing Ji Nianping's words, Xu Li nodded, "What you said is true! When I was in Jiahe No. 1 Middle School, the school did notify my parents to hold a parent-teacher meeting!"

"But all this is just speculation. What if different schools have different practices?" Niu Dehua interrupted, "Let's wait for the notice from the class teacher!"

This is true. Before receiving specific notice, no one dared to say anything, so they skipped the topic and began to study peacefully.

But these people soon found out the specific answer.

There were no classes taught by homeroom teacher Zhou Yu in the afternoon, but Zhou Yu still appeared at the door of the classroom at the end of the last class and informed the students of Class 3 (27) of a message.

Let everyone notify their parents and ask all parents to come to the class on time for the parent-teacher meeting at 10 o'clock in the morning on the last Sunday of this month!

After Zhou Yu gave the notice, he was about to leave, but before he even left the classroom, he was called up by Xu Li.

"Teacher, teacher!" Xu Li chased after him and came to Zhou Yu's side, and asked expectantly, "Teacher, are my parents also going to the parents' meeting?"

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