The Chinese teacher nodded. "Yes, he's only in first grade."
Shen Qingqing stood obediently without saying a word. Only when Principal Mo looked over did she politely greet him, "Principal."
"Come, sit down and let's talk." Principal Mo kindly invited Shen Qingqing to sit on the sofa and poured her a glass of hot water.
Shen Qingqing accepted the gift and thanked the principal, wondering what could have caused such a commotion that made her come to see the principal directly.
Fortunately, Principal Mo didn't waste any words and got straight to the point: "Qingqing, do you still remember the competition you participated in at Yanqi Elementary School last time?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Qingqing understood and nodded, "I remember."
"You're amazing! You're even better than the older students!" Principal Mo laughed. "Teacher Zesong must have explained the competition to you, right?"
Teacher Zesong is a Chinese language teacher. His surname is Chen. Chen is a common surname in their town, and many people share this surname.
Shen Qingqing nodded honestly, "I know, after the first round of the competition there are city-level competitions and then provincial-level competitions."
"Yes! The reason I called you here today is to tell you that the preliminary round of the city competition is on December 9th, which is a Saturday. After you finish your classes on Friday morning, come to the principal's office with Teacher Zesong and wait for me to go to the city to participate in this competition. Do you understand?" Principal Mo tried to use simple language to make sure Shen Qingqing could understand.
Shen Qingqing understood, of course, but her focus wasn't on when to participate in the city-level competition, but rather: "When will the rewards for the first round of the competition be issued?"
Amused by her words, Chen Zesong and Principal Mo laughed so hard they almost fell over.
After a long pause, Principal Mo finally said, "The rewards have been distributed; I'll give them to you!"
As he spoke, he got up and walked behind his desk, took out a hard-covered notebook about half the thickness of a thumb from the drawer, and under the black and gold fountain pen on it was a brand new fifty-yuan note.
Shen Qingqing's eyes lit up, and she happily took the gift from Principal Mo's hands.
Principal Mo and Chen Zesong exchanged a glance, and both saw the same thought on each other's faces: He's still just a child!
Then he told her some things: "Qingqing, remember, December 8th is a Friday. When you come to class, bring a change of clothes. We'll stay in the city on Friday night, and we'll come back after the competition on Saturday."
Shen Qingqing carefully held the notebook and pen, and nodded obediently to indicate that she understood.
However, this time Chen Zesong didn't accompany her; instead, a second-grade Chinese teacher, a female teacher, took her place.
Shen Qingqing could understand; after all, it would be very inconvenient for two male teachers to take her out alone as a girl.
After school, Shen Qingqing told Li Xunli about it during dinner.
Li Xunli took it to heart: "Okay, Mom will remember. I'll put your change of clothes in your schoolbag later."
Shen Qingqing nodded and said, "Thank you, Mom!"
Li Xunli chuckled and continued eating.
During this period, Rongzhou has fully established short-distance transportation connections with surrounding cities.
Meanwhile, the other four people who were recruited into Zhang Zeqin's company at the same time as him have also been taking their driver's license tests one after another.
Shang Tonggui's test speed was average, and it was time for him to learn the route by following the car.
Because the two knew each other, the experienced driver of the sports car let Shang Tonggui go with Shen Rongzhou.
Short-distance buses usually have two drivers per trip, while long-distance buses have three, so that they can take turns driving and avoid driving while fatigued.
However, when Shen Rongzhou returned that evening, he was sighing and complaining again.
Shen Qingqing had just woken up from a nap to go to the bathroom when she heard her father talking to her mother in the living room.
"Mr. Zhang said that we need to hurry up and take some kind of exam for a transportation personnel qualification certificate. It can be used to get by for short trips around the area, but it won't work when we start driving long distances."
"General Manager Zhang heard rumors that it will be officially implemented next March. At that time, those of us who were just hired this year will definitely be the targets of strict investigation."
"Those experienced workers have already passed the exam, and they said that this certificate is quite troublesome, and you have to take the exam repeatedly, it seems like you have to take it once a month."
Shen Qingqing understood. In addition to a driver's license, her father also needed to hold a qualification certificate for working as a truck driver.
"However, according to the experienced workers, all the expenses for the exam were covered by General Manager Zhang, so we didn't have to pay anything ourselves."
Shen Rongzhou slurped his soup as he spoke.
The couple ate and talked by the light of a small light bulb on the top of the dining table.
Shen Qingqing listened attentively for a while longer, but didn't hear anything else, so she went to sleep.
To Shen Qingqing's surprise, her father's exam was on the same day as her competition.
She only found out on Thursday night when she was talking to her mother.
Shen Qingqing couldn't help but ask, "Is Dad confident? He's only been reviewing for a few days!"
Li Xunli was also worried. She and her husband hadn't graduated from elementary school and hadn't graduated from junior high school. They had been out of school for so many years. At least getting a driver's license would involve more practical experience. She didn't understand what this qualification certificate was, and she didn't know how Shen Rongzhou had done on the test.
Shen Qingqing also went to the city with her questions.
The preliminary round of the city-level competition was held at the Overseas Chinese Middle School.
Shen Qingqing hadn't come here in her elementary school years, but she had come a few times during high school competitions, including classical poetry and prose competitions and essay contests.
Therefore, I am not unfamiliar with Overseas Chinese Middle School.
The format is the same as in the first round, but the question types and number of questions are different.
The question types are no longer simple multiple choice, true/false, and fill-in-the-blank questions, but rather a combination of several types, leaning more towards those that will be present in the primary school to junior high school transition.
The good news is that there are fewer questions than in the first round of the competition.
However, fewer questions also mean higher difficulty.
Shen Qingqing frowned when she saw the exam papers being handed out while sitting in the exam room.
There's a big difference between the city-level competition and the preliminary rounds.
But there wasn't much time for Shen Qingqing to frown; as soon as the bell rang, everyone started writing at the same time.
Shen Qingqing was very slow at first, as she was getting familiar with the new question types. After half an hour, she finally broke down the test paper and regained her speed from the first round of answering questions.
By the time I finished answering the questions, it had been exactly one and a half hours.
Unlike the clean draft paper from the first round, this time Shen Qingqing had written almost half a page on the draft paper.
As usual, she spent ten minutes checking the papers and then raised her hand to hand them in.
She was most impatient with being stuck in the exam room after finishing the exam. It was one thing to try her luck before finishing, but to be stuck in the exam room after finishing would drive her crazy with boredom.
You can't move, otherwise they might suspect you of cheating.
She wasn't willing to put herself through that.
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