The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, and Dafu finally regained his appetite and started eating the delicious dishes on the table.
The atmosphere among the group became lively, and they chatted about all sorts of things.
"Knock knock knock," the courtyard gate was suddenly knocked on.
Zong Jia strode to the door and opened it. "Godmother, you're here."
Li Guizhi felt much relieved to see Zong Jiayu there, but when she entered the courtyard and saw her daughter engrossed in eating, she couldn't help but laugh in exasperation.
"It's already 9 o'clock, and you can't even find somewhere to call me?!"
Upon hearing her mother's voice, Jiang Xiaoli instinctively shrank back.
Seeing that she wasn't very angry, he stood up and sat down with her arm around her. "Hehe, it's just that sales were good today, so we're celebrating. Mom, I was wrong. I'll definitely tell you in advance next time!"
When Li Guizhi saw that her daughter was safe and sound, her anger subsided considerably. Hearing that their business had been successful, she asked curiously, "How much did you sell on the opening day?"
Zong Jia sat on her other side and said, "Godmother, today each of the five stores sold 500 baskets, and with the freebies, it's about 600 baskets."
Li Guizhi gasped in surprise, "So many at every store?"
Jiang Xiaoli nodded affirmatively, "Mom, your steamed buns will soon be sold all over Xijing City!"
Li Guizhi was caught up in their celebratory atmosphere and clinked glasses with them a few times.
The mother and daughter returned home at 10:30 p.m. Jiang Xiaoli was exhausted after running around all day and fell asleep as soon as she washed up and lay down on the bed.
Li Guizhi wanted to come in and say a few words to her, but she saw her daughter sleeping soundly and snoring softly.
She smiled and walked to the bedside to cover her with the blanket, then quietly watched her for a long time before leaving.
On Monday morning, Jiang Xiaoli got out of bed, but her aching legs dashed her hopes of going for a morning run.
Yesterday I spent almost the entire day cycling around Xijing City, and after sleeping all night, my thighs feel like they're no longer my own.
Li Guizhi massaged her for a while with heartache, saying, "I'll ride my bike to take you to school later!"
She didn't want to struggle, so she leaned against her mother and said in a sticky, affectionate voice, "Mom, you're the best!"
During the morning flag-raising ceremony, Jiang Xiaoli stood next to Xu Xing like a wooden figure, without saying a word.
This made Xu Xing, who was used to her talkativeness, a little uncomfortable. "What's wrong with you?"
Her voice drifted over, "I told you I'm not feeling well, could you answer a couple fewer questions to let me have some time?"
Xu Xing remained silent. He really didn't know why this person was so capable, yet so talkative.
After the flag-raising ceremony, Chen Zhe specially cleared out two desks for the two of them in his office so they could take the exam.
This time, he simply gave both of them all the math, physics, chemistry, biology, and English exam papers at once.
"Knowing you two are fast at solving problems, let's schedule the science and English exams in the morning and the humanities exams in the afternoon, is that alright?"
Both of them shook their heads at the same time, "No problem."
Jiang Xiaoli first looked through the papers for several subjects. She could tell that the previous papers hadn't stumped the two of them, but this time the teachers had put in a lot of effort. The difficulty of these questions was absolutely hellish for ordinary second-year high school students.
She stopped twirling her pen and took out her math worksheet.
If this were a scene from a comic book, she would definitely have a strip of cloth tied around her forehead that says "Rise Up!" and she would be surrounded by flames, making Xu Xing look weak and helpless in comparison.
For more than four hours that morning, the two of them spent the rest of the time engrossed in doing problems, except when they went to the toilet.
Next to their test papers was a small stack of draft paper filled with calculations.
At 11:40, both of them stopped writing at the same time, and Jiang Xiaoli's pen started flying again.
She raised an eyebrow at Xu Xing, "Sure, that's great!"
Xu Xing's brows were furrowed so deeply they could trap a fly. "Okay? What on earth is she yelling about?!"
Completely unaware that she had called someone by their single-character name, Jiang Xiaoli waved to Teacher Chen and said, "Teacher Chen, we've finished writing!"
Teacher Chen touched her thinning hair on her forehead. "So fast! Hehe, let me see."
Teacher Li also came over and took the chemistry test papers, saying, "Come on, let me see how you did."
The teachers for the other courses were not present, so Chen stuffed the test papers into their desk drawer.
He pushed up his glasses and began carefully grading the papers.
Jiang Xiaoli felt as comfortable in the office as if she were at home. She familiarly found an oolong tea bag on Teacher Liu's desk. "I didn't expect Teacher Liu to like oolong tea?"
The physics teacher across from Mr. Liu laughed and said, "He only lets you two, his precious children, drink it; he usually keeps it locked in his drawer."
"Hehe, Teacher Liu is quite generous." As the beneficiary, she had to speak up for Teacher Liu!
She poured some hot water into her cup, brewed some oolong tea, and stood behind Chen Laoshen, watching him grade papers, enjoying the faint aroma of the tea.
Chen finished grading the papers quickly, and he smiled so broadly that his eyes disappeared. He then called Xu Xing over.
"You two really should learn from each other. Xu Xing is solid in solving problems, and he follows the steps of each problem meticulously, but it is rather tedious. Jiang Xiaoli has a flexible approach to solving problems, but her thinking is often a bit jumpy, and she sometimes simplifies some steps."
They exchanged their papers and looked at each other's papers, just as Chen had commented.
Jiang Xiaoli looked at Xu Xing's test paper and nodded secretly. It was indeed written in great detail. If she had followed this approach to answer the questions, she would have been able to shorten many steps.
Xu Xing looked at the test paper in his hand and had many thoughts. He realized that solving problems from a different perspective could make them so simple and clear.
Chen emphasized to Jiang Xiaoli, "I know that when you write simple answers, it's because you think you can understand these steps by just going through them in your mind. But not every teacher who grades papers teaches math. Many teachers only judge papers based on the scoring points in the answer key. This puts you at a disadvantage, you know?"
Jiang Xiaoli nodded solemnly, "Teacher Chen, I understand. I will correct my behavior in the future."
Chen then looked at Xu Xing and said, “Your test paper can be used as a demonstration for everyone, but I believe you will definitely want to learn simpler and faster problem-solving methods. You can learn from Jiang Xiaoli in this regard.”
"Okay, I understand." He had this idea as soon as he saw Jiang Xiaoli's test paper.
Mr. Li had finished grading the chemistry papers and returned them to the two students with a smile.
"Teacher Chen has already explained your issues in detail, so I won't repeat them. You two are doing very well. The small problems we pointed out are just to help you improve. Please don't think we're nitpicking!"
Jiang Xiaoli replied with a grin, "How could Teacher Li? Are we the kind of people who don't know what's good for us? I certainly am not!"
Xu Xing glanced at her speechlessly, "Neither do I!"
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