The news of the city-wide joint entrance examination spread like wildfire. In a very short period of time, it became a hot topic among the entire senior high school group, and all the students began to discuss it enthusiastically.

After Zhou Yu notified Class 3 (27), he took advantage of the break to go to Class 3 (26) next door to notify them. This made the students in Class 3 (26) behave in the same way as Class 3 (26), and the atmosphere instantly became heated.

After Zhou Yu left, the students of Senior 3 (26) class also had a heated discussion about this so-called city-wide joint examination.

The students in Senior 3 (27) Class had the same idea as the students in Senior 3 (26) Class. They all agreed that the rewards given by the school this time were tailor-made for them!

Except for the city ranking, which is a bit difficult, the school ranking is simply giving money to these top students!

As expected by Zhou Yu, after receiving the notice, all 121 students in the two classes responded with great enthusiasm and began to devote most of their energy into reviewing, in order to get higher scores and rankings in the next joint examination.

Zhou Yu was naturally happy to see such changes in his students, and he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling as he looked at the increasing number of growth points in the system every day.

If we continue like this, won't the task assigned by the system be completed ahead of schedule?

In fact, judging from the current strength and performance of these students, Zhou Yu’s current task has basically been completed. If there is a task progress bar like in online games, Zhou Yu’s current task completion rate is probably in the 99.99% range, and he is just one step away from success.

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Niu Dehua returned home in a hurry, ate dinner in a hurry, put down the bowl in a hurry, and rushed into his bedroom. He looked anxious and hurried, which made Niu's father and mother feel sorry for their son.

"Why are you eating so fast? There's no rush to study!"

Mother Niu felt distressed when she saw Niu Dehua finished a big bowl of rice in two minutes, without even having time to drink a mouthful of soup before going back to the bedroom to review. "Be careful not to upset your stomach! Anyway...you should finish the soup! I made this chicken soup especially for you!"

"It's too late! The soup is a little too hot!" Niu Dehua replied without even turning his head, "Mom, please put the soup there. I'm busy now! I'm also very hungry after evening self-study. Let's drink it after I get back from evening self-study!"

"That won't work! It won't taste good if it's left out for too long! It tastes best when it's freshly stewed!"

Niu's mother tried to persuade her son to finish the chicken soup. "No matter how important this exam is, you have to get enough nutrition, right? If you don't get enough nutrition, how can you have the energy to study hard?"

"Mom, you are my mom! I have an exam tomorrow! It's really too late, let's leave it at that for now, I haven't finished the paper yet! This is from our head teacher, I have to finish it quickly!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Niu Dehua, under the watchful eyes of his father and mother, went into his small room, sat back at his desk, grabbed the unfinished test paper, and began to write furiously, reading by lamplight at night.

Seeing that their son Niu Dehua had quickly entered the learning state, the couple did not dare to make a sound to disturb Niu Dehua's study even though they felt sorry for their son and wanted him to eat more.

Helplessly, the couple could only look at each other in silence and sigh.

Similar scenes had happened to the couple before, but at that time they were sighing about their son's grades. They sighed that their son Niu Dehua was not working hard enough and worried that he would not be able to get into a good school.

Now the couple looked at each other in silence, but it was just the opposite. Niu Dehua's grades were already very good. After the last test results came out, it was enough to make the couple happy for a while, and they finally settled down.

Moreover, Niu Dehua's performance was completely beyond the couple's expectations. Niu Dehua really devoted himself to his studies wholeheartedly, just as he said when he was preparing to repeat the grade at the beginning. He never let his father and mother worry about his studies even a little bit.

Niu Dehua's outstanding performance is enough to make parents happy in any family.

But the problem is that Niu Dehua is too devoted, especially in the past few days. Niu Dehua doesn't even have time to eat. Every time he eats, he finishes it in two minutes like he does now, and then goes back to the room to study, and then goes to school when the time comes.

"well!"

Mother Niu looked at the door of her son's bedroom and sighed softly.

"What's wrong? Why are you sighing for no reason?!" Father Niu was puzzled and looked at Mother Niu in confusion.

"You said this citywide joint exam is so important?!"

Mother Niu put the bowl back on the dining table unhappily. She quietly glanced at Niu Dehua's bedroom door, and after making sure there was no movement, she continued softly, "This child is really something. Studying is important, but you can't ignore your health for the sake of studying!"

"Look at the way he eats! He almost doesn't even want to eat, just give him a bottle of glucose to drink! If he keeps doing this, what's the point of getting into a good school even if his grades improve?! Health is the most important thing!"

Father Niu thought for a moment, put down his glass and said to Mother Niu, "The city-wide joint exam should be very important! The school took the county joint exam very seriously last time. Now that it's a higher-level city joint exam, there's no reason why the school wouldn't take it seriously?"

"And isn't the kid from the Sun family next door doing the same thing these days? I rarely see him studying in the past, but recently I heard from Sun that he's at home reading books every day!"

Old Sun is Niu's father's neighbor, the one who lives next door to his house. They are old neighbors he has known for decades.

With today's interpersonal relationships, even if you live together for a few more decades, let alone getting to know each other, you probably won't even know who lives across the street.

But the older generation is different. They really attach great importance to the relationship between neighbors.

Good relations between neighbors are more important than ordinary relations between relatives. They can help each other in daily life, and even when something big happens at home, they can trust each other.

There is a saying that goes, A distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor.

Although the relationship between the Sun family and Niu's father's family is average, they are close enough to chat for a few minutes when they meet.

Old Sun is about the same age as Niu's father and is also an only child in the family. Let's call this child Xiao Sun.

Xiao Sun is also a senior in high school this year, but unlike Niu Dehua, Xiao Sun is a freshman, and the high school he attends is No. 3 Middle School.

Although there is only a number difference between No. 3 Middle School and No. 2 Middle School and No. 1 Middle School, the strength is a world apart from the latter two.

No. 3 Middle School is different from No. 1 Middle School and No. 2 Middle School, which both have only one high school department. No. 3 Middle School has a junior high school department and a high school department. In the entire Ruxu, the junior high school department of No. 3 Middle School is the kind that is invincible. The only one that can compete with No. 3 Middle School is probably the Experimental Middle School.

As strong as the junior high department of No. 3 Middle School is, the high school department is just as weak.

So this is why, although Niu's father and Lao Sun's hometown had an average relationship, their relationship has become much closer in the past two years.

We are all in this world together, so let’s stick together for warmth!

Especially after Niu Dehua failed the college entrance examination, Old Sun would go to Niu's father to chat whenever he had nothing to do. His words were all about persuading Niu's father not to push his child too hard and to give full play to the child's subjective initiative, etc. This made Niu's father feel annoyed for a while.

Mother Niu knew all about this and knew why Old Sun was so enthusiastic.

The reason is, isn't it because his own stupid son Niu Dehua did not perform well in the exam, which made Old Sun feel that he could step on their heads?

But there is nothing much to say about this. It is true that Niu Dehua did not do well in the exam. All Niu's father and mother can do is to avoid contact with Lao Sun and his wife as much as possible.

Besides, no matter how bad my son is, he was admitted to a third-tier university but did not go to study there. That means he has higher aspirations!

Who is your son? Why does he come to laugh at our family?

In other words, Niu's father and mother are not the kind of people who would have conflicts with others. If it were other people, they would probably roll up their sleeves and get to work, but Niu's father and mother are too lazy to care about these things.

If you can't afford to offend me, can't you just hide away from me?

However, in recent times, the relationship between the Sun family and the Niu family has visibly become distant. The reason for this may be that the class that Niu Dehua was repeating in was called the Rocket Class of No. 2 Middle School, and Niu Dehua's grades had indeed improved visibly.

Naturally, Xiao Sun also participated in the last county joint examination, and the result was predictable, which made Niu's father and mother breathe a sigh of relief.

After learning about Niu Dehua's achievements, the Sun family never talked to Niu's father about those big principles again. Even when they went out, they tried to avoid Niu's father as much as possible, for fear that they would be lectured by Niu's father.

After the city-wide joint entrance examination notice was issued to all schools, not only did Niu Dehua start to study more seriously, but even the little Sun from next door started to study seriously for some reason. I don't know if he was really studying hard or he was showing it on purpose for his parents to see.

"abandon!"

"abandon!"

"abandon!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a very penetrating voice of English reading came from next door, causing Niu's father and mother, who were still eating, to look at each other in bewilderment, not knowing what to say.

"Has this kid from the Sun family really changed his personality? He's starting to recite words already? What day is it today?" Mother Niu looked at Father Niu with some uncertainty and asked.

"I remember it's been about a week, right?!" Father Niu was a little uncertain. "The Sun family's kid may have really changed his personality. He can hold out for a week, but he fishes for three days and rests for two days. Those who can't hold out usually give up after two or three days. It's been a week already. I guess the kid knows he needs to hurry up!"

The couple are not bad people. When they see their child working hard and returning to the right path after going astray, they are happy from the bottom of their hearts, even if the child's relationship with them is just average.

There is just one thing...

"Old Cow, do you feel that the words that the Sun family's kid has been reciting recently all seem to start with this, this, goose...goose...goose bench?"

Mother Niu looked at Father Niu with some suspicion and asked uncertainly, "Are the words in this paragraph so difficult? Do they take so long to memorize?"

Father Niu took a sip of the wine slowly, "Hiss, ha... why do you care about what they do? Isn't it enough for them to work hard? Besides, we just need to take care of our own Dehua, and stop interfering in other people's affairs!"

"That's true."

After hearing what Niu's father said, Niu's mother decisively put aside her doubts and began to concentrate on taking care of Niu Dehua's logistics and daily life. "Dehua has to ride a bike to school later. It's so cold at night. I have to prepare an extra piece of clothing for him. Otherwise, it will be so cold on such a long journey!"

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Niu Dehua in the room naturally did not hear his parents' discussions. He was concentrating on solving the unfinished math test in front of him. He was so focused that he did not respond even if cannons were fired in his ears, not to mention the voices that Niu's father and mother deliberately suppressed.

"Oh my god, I finally figured it out! Damn, the person who came up with this question is so disgusting, his thinking is actually like this!"

Niu Dehua slapped his thigh excitedly, and couldn't wait to continue working on the solution that he had come up with on a whim. He found that it really worked, and he was so happy that he couldn't contain himself.

"Write it down, write it down. This is the first time I've encountered this type of question! You're worthy of being my teacher. You're amazing. You can even get this kind of test paper right!"

After solving the problem, Niu Dehua turned around impatiently, picked up his schoolbag, took out a notebook from it and spread it out on the desk, preparing to carefully copy the question into the notebook.

In the blink of an eye, a loud business message reached Niu Dehua's ears.

"abandon!"

"abandon!"

"abandon!"

Niu Dehua was stunned for a moment, then he realized that it was Sun Hongfei next door who was reading the words.

Hearing Sun Hongfei harping on this "goose bench", Niu Dehua couldn't help but shook his head.

This Sun Hongfei is enough. It’s already this time, and he is still fooling parents?

Sun Hongfei can fool the parents, but he can't fool Niu Dehua. Your parents may not know what the word you are memorizing means, so how can I not know it?

I don't know what he is thinking. There is only half a year left before the college entrance examination, and he still has such an indifferent attitude. You are not fooling others, you are playing with your own future!

However, Niu Dehua couldn't control others. Sun Hongfei had an average relationship with him. The two were only close when they were young, but as they grew up, they became two different people. When they met, they just nodded and smiled.

It was Sun Hongfei's business that he didn't take his future seriously. Niu Dehua couldn't care less because there were more important things in front of him.

The city joint examination is tomorrow, and Niu Dehua has to hurry up to review. He wants to face the city joint examination in the best condition.

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