In first grade, Mei Si thought the things she was learning were quite simple. However, as she learned more and more, many things became increasingly difficult to understand.
Why couldn't those ancient people just speak properly? Why do they explain five characters and then create several sentences?
Why was the pronunciation of "的" pronounced dē the day before yesterday, but today it's dì? And what about "了", and so on...?
That day, after the exam, the teacher brought the graded papers into the classroom.
"Class monitor, come and distribute the papers."
"Teacher, I clearly got this question right, so why did I get 0 points?" Mei Si found a question that the teacher marked wrong as soon as she received the test paper.
"Read the question aloud." Math teacher Liu Ping'an directly asked Mei Si to read the question aloud.
Write the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 10 backwards in the blank space.
"So... how did you write it?" Teacher Liu asked helplessly, pressing his temples.
"I wrote it backwards, could I have written the wrong number? Impossible, I checked it several times!" Mei Si frowned and checked it again to make sure she hadn't made a mistake.
“…Write it backwards. I told you to write 10, 9, 8, 7 like this, not to turn the test paper upside down and write 1 to 10!!!” Teacher Liu said through gritted teeth.
"Is that what you mean? If you're going to write 10 to 1, you can just write 'Write the numbers from 10 to 1 in the blank space' on the question. Why say to write them backwards? It's easy for people to misunderstand." Mei Si looked at Teacher Liu with a puzzled expression.
"...Huff...Huff..." Teacher Liu gripped the corner of the lectern tightly, fearing that she would lose control and strangle Mei Si.
"Teacher, are you feeling unwell? Should we go to the hospital?" Mei Si noticed that Teacher Liu's face suddenly turned very red and he was breathing heavily, so she thought he had some kind of acute illness.
Mei Si: Why is she sick now? I haven't even finished asking my question yet! Teacher Liu usually seems quite healthy, how come she's so fragile? She just suddenly got sick.
"I'm fine. Do you have any other questions? If not, please sit down." Teacher Liu was quite pleased to see that Mei Si was so concerned about his health.
“And this question, teacher, is clearly wrong!” Mei Si said, pointing to the word problems at the back of the test paper.
"If you don't know, you don't know. Just leave it blank. What excuse are you making?" This time, Teacher Liu didn't even need to ask; she already knew which question Mei Si was referring to.
Ms. Liu was very annoyed. What was wrong with Mei Si's brain?! She actually wrote "Xiao Ming can't hold that much food in his pocket" under that question! She was just asked to do a question, where did she go off on that tangent?!
"There's no excuse. Teacher, look, 10 popsicles are a lot. Xiaoming can't possibly put them all in his pocket. Even if he has a lot of pockets, it says here that he also has 30 steamed buns in his pocket. How is that possible? No one's pocket can hold that many steamed buns. It's more like he can only fit one steamed bun."
Mei first gestured the area of 10 popsicles, then measured the size of a steamed bun.
"..." Teacher Liu clutched her chest, feeling her vision blurring.
Teacher Liu: She's still a child, I won't hold it against her. I'm a... Ahhhhh!!! Why am I teaching this class? Why is she my student?
"Teacher, I hope you can make the questions more realistic next time. Look, my pocket can only hold one bun," Mei Si said, tugging at her shirt pocket.
"Bang!" Teacher Liu finally lost her temper and slammed her fist on the lectern.
"Who said it has to be a pocket? Can't it be any other pocket?" Teacher Liu roared.
"..." × The whole class (Teacher Liu is so scary) [trembling].
"Oh! It's not in your pocket. Why didn't you say so earlier? You could have just written it down clearly." Mei Si nodded. She knew Teacher Liu couldn't be that silly. Who would be so foolish as to put an ice pop in their pocket? It's so cold!
“Meisi!!! You…” Teacher Liu glared at Meisi, pointing one finger at the classroom door, wanting Meisi to go out and stand as punishment.
The creaking sound of desks and chairs being dragged around was particularly jarring in the quiet classroom.
A female student was frightened by Teacher Liu. She tried to hide under the table, but her table and chair were too close together, and her action caused the table to rub against the floor.
The female student was terrified; she was afraid that Teacher Liu would yell at her like she yelled at Mei Si.
When Mr. Liu heard the sound, he instinctively turned his head to look, and only then did he realize that all the students in the class were looking at him in horror.
"Ahem! Um... let's move on to the next question. Does anyone know where we were?" Teacher Liu cleared her throat, her voice returning to its usual gentle tone. She couldn't let Mei Si, this little rascal, scare the other students.
"Teacher...we've gotten to question six." The class monitor hesitated, raising his hand and speaking softly.
The math class was finally over, but the homeroom teacher walked in with a really ugly face!
"Students whose names I called, come to the front to get your papers," Teacher Wei said with a stern face.
"Li Jianshe, Jiang Lai, Xue Xiaohua... Mei Si!!" Teacher Wei shouted loudly as he looked at the last test paper.
The whole class: Did Mei Si offend the homeroom teacher too?
"Here!" Mei Si quickly stood up and went to the podium to get the test paper.
Mei Si received the test paper and looked at Teacher Wei with some confusion, not understanding why her eyes were so wide open.
"Meisi, read aloud question 5 from your third question, 'Write the words according to their meanings.'" After explaining the previous questions, Teacher Wei called on Meisi directly.
"The illness was caused by long hours of work and overwork."
"Hmm, what was your answer?"
"Death from overwork".
"Did you read the question carefully? It says 'get sick,' not 'die'!!"
"I'm sorry, teacher, I was careless," Mei Si obediently admitted her mistake.
"Sit down." Seeing that Mei Si's attitude in admitting her mistake was good, Teacher Wei's anger subsided considerably.
"Meisi, I raise my head to gaze at the bright moon, what did you fill in the next line?"
Teacher Wei's anger, which had just subsided, flared up again.
"Looking down at my crotch." Mei Si couldn't remember this line at all, so she secretly asked in the group chat.
"Hahaha..." × The whole class.
"Meisi, when is Motherland's birthday?" Teacher Wei called on Meisi again.
"Teacher, you have to ask Wang Zugu about this. I really don't know." Mei Si didn't understand why she insisted on knowing Wang Zugu's mother's birthday.
"Hey! Wang Zugu, tell Meisi what your mom's birthday is!" a classmate shouted.
"Shut up, all of you! Qu Mei, tell Mei Si when Motherland's birthday is!" Teacher Wei glared at the students who were making a fuss.
"Teacher, it's October 1st!" Qu Mei replied triumphantly to Mei Si.
Mei Si was taken aback. Isn't October 1st the country's birthday? So this is the motherland?
Mei Si was very distressed. She really couldn't understand these questions anymore. Why did these questions always have so many meanings?
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