Wang Aihong was very attached to Qiu Yuling. They hadn't seen each other for a whole summer vacation, and she was afraid that her friends would become estranged from her.
Little did they know that when Qiu Yuling registered, she wanted to skip to the fifth grade. She didn't want to continue following the routine and wanted to start as early as possible to gain more freedom.
More importantly, the school year was shortened to five years, and their school added a fifth grade, so if they asked for permission now, it would be easier to skip a grade with the old principal.
The old principal pondered for a while. He had long noticed Qiu Yuling's precocity, which was unusual for other children, both in terms of thinking and IQ. It was good that the child had this determination, but it couldn't be done just by talking.
The best way is to take an exam!
The old principal opened a drawer and took out the fourth-grade final exam paper he had collected in advance. "Try answering these questions according to the exam schedule first."
The principal was an old soldier, a knowledgeable and cultured old soldier who originally had a great political future. However, he later became lame. He ignored the army's attempts to retain him and resolutely demobilized and returned to his hometown.
He knows better than anyone the importance of knowledge to the development of the motherland, and he also understands the hardships and pressures these children face in their studies.
Therefore, he withstood the pressure and implemented many policy benefits in the school. He also mobilized many gifted children in studying not to give up easily. Only when one has knowledge in mind can one understand things easily. No matter what kind of job one is in, it will be easier for one to excel and become a useful person.
"Principal, I'm done." The windowsill outside the classroom was crowded with students who had registered but had not left. Wang Aihong was also squeezed in among the onlookers, feeling nervous and confused. What was the point of skipping grades?
After skipping a grade, they are no longer in the same classroom and can no longer sit at the same table!
Both teachers were concentrating on the test paper at this moment. Except for a symbolic deduction of 0.5 points for the Chinese composition, they did not find any mistakes in the rest of the test.
Since the test paper had been used before and they were afraid that someone with ulterior motives might say that the child had memorized the answers at home, the principal and his wife immediately sat down at their desks and made a new set of questions. The questions were much more difficult than the previous ones, and many parts used fifth-grade knowledge points.
It was already lunchtime outside, and the students who had come to watch the fun dispersed out of boredom. Qiu Dashu waited and waited, but no one showed up. So he grabbed a kid and asked him symbolically if he knew Qiu Yuling from the third grade and asked him to help call her.
"She's in the classroom doing her advanced level exam. Go in and take a look yourself."
What? Skipping a grade? His sister was always with him or at home, and she never let a word out. This little girl is really ambitious.
Qiu Dashu covered the pergola with his hands and leaned over the window to look inside. The person writing furiously was none other than his sister.
"Qiu Dashu?" The old principal looked at the person in the window against the light and was a little uncertain.
"Hey, Principal, hello, you still remember me?" Qiu Dashu was also a student of the old principal.
"I know him!" Of course I know him. The two brothers and sisters of the Qiu family are both good seedlings. Qiu Dashu had no difficulty in studying back then. I wonder if he is still persisting now?
The classroom was empty, and the principal was not worried about Qiu Yuling cheating. He limped towards the door. The two chatted for a few words and found out that Qiu Dashu had also dropped out of school, but fortunately he had caught up now.
"Study hard and study seriously. Only by studying can you have the opportunity to change." Digging for food from the land can only mean that you won't starve, but there will never be a ladder to move forward.
Qiu Dashu scratched the back of his head, feeling very grateful for the old principal's care and cultivation, but he was also curious about how his sister was doing now.
"It's not a big problem. You can go directly to junior high school." He just saw that Qiu Yuling performed very well in both her thinking and speed in solving problems. If it weren't for the fact that skipping to junior high school would involve some procedures and some twists and turns, he would have wanted to suggest that his child go directly to junior high school.
But the kid is still young, so it’s not a bad thing for him to go to elementary school for one more year.
Qiu Yuling took the last payment and said "report"!
The principal and his wife each took their own test paper, glanced at the answers, and found that they were all correct!
"Okay, I'll send the test paper to the Education Bureau for filing. From today on, you are a fifth-grade student!" The principal's tone was very satisfied. The child had a solid foundation in basic learning, and it seemed that she had used her brother's books to study in advance.
After leaving school, Qiu Dashu asked her in confusion why she suddenly skipped a grade. You know, the last time she skipped a grade, she went home and said that the principal forced her to skip a grade, and she had no idea or reason about it. Why did she skip a grade this time?
Qiu Yuling thought about it and chose the simplest reason, "I want to get into a technical secondary school as soon as possible, start working and earn money, so that my parents won't have to work so hard."
What else could Qiu Dashu say? Look at his sister's awareness and determination! He felt he had to work even harder. For a moment, the boy's fighting spirit was even higher than before.
"But at this time, all the state-owned restaurants are closed. Are you hungry?" Qiu Dashu regretted why he didn't buy some food in advance. Now that his stomach was growling with hunger, he realized that he had made a wrong decision.
"It's okay. I'm not that hungry. We don't have classes this afternoon. Let's go home and eat."
"Ah? I have evening self-study today. It would be a waste of time to go back and forth." But Qiu Dashu felt that he couldn't leave his little sister alone, and he was in a dilemma for a moment.
"Then you should hurry back to school. I run back and forth by myself every day. It's okay." Well, Qiu Dashu clearly brought food and tickets in the morning, but she completely forgot that her third brother lived in the school dormitory.
"But what are you going to eat when you go back now?" Qiu Yuling took out a handful of White Rabbit milk candies from her bag and stuffed them into her hands without saying anything. She told him to eat two a day because she had saved up a lot of them.
Qiu Dashu couldn't refuse and accepted it. His fourth aunt worked in a sugar factory and she might have secretly given Qiu Yulin a lot of supplies. In any case, this girl never lacked sugar in her pocket.
You see, now that the way is right, Qiu Yuling doesn't have to bother finding excuses for many things, and others justify them.
The two of them each took care of a lot of things for each other and then parted ways at the elementary school gate.
Qiu Yuling also walked to a deserted place and slipped into the farm cabin to rest for a while. She also arranged for the lunch she had missed. After eating and drinking her fill, she felt a little uncomfortable. Instead of rushing home, she walked towards Yumin No. 2 Middle School.
"Hello, classmate, could you please call Qiu Dashu from the eighth grade?"
Wang Qing looked at the little kid and found it funny that he called her classmate in a serious manner. He suppressed his laughter and asked her which class she was from.
Which class? Her third brother never mentioned which class he was in. "Class 1?"
"I'm in Class 1. There's no such person in our class."
Then let’s go to Class 2!
Wang Qing smiled. There were four classes in one grade. It seemed that this girl was just confused.
"Just tell me what you want first. If it's important, you can register with the guard and someone will notify him later."
Qiu Yuling took out the envelope she had prepared in advance and said, "I'm sending this to my brother for living expenses. He forgot to bring it."
"Yuling, why are you here?" Qiu Dashu saw a little girl in a red coat at the school gate from a distance. She looked very much like his sister. When he got closer, he found that it was really his sister.
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