The bus was also rented by Yanqi Primary School, but the tickets were paid for by each school for its own students.
People who get carsick will feel uncomfortable in any enclosed vehicle except for convertibles.
As soon as they went up, Shen Qingqing spontaneously followed behind Ye Ziqi, as if to say, "I must sit with you."
Because the xiaolongbao in her hand had a strong, fragrant aroma that could mask the other "nauseating" smells in the car.
Especially when there are many people mixed together, the smell in the carriage is a mixture of soap, laundry detergent, and possibly other strange smells, and people can be sent away on the spot.
Ye Ziqi was overjoyed, unaware of her thoughts. She immediately grabbed Shen Qingqing's hand and quickly got into the car, taking up the seats next to the two windows, and even letting Shen Qingqing sit on the side closest to the window.
As soon as the car started, Shen Qingqing leaned on Ye Ziqi's shoulder and closed her eyes.
Xiaolongbao was held in Ye Ziqi's arms, and Shen Qingqing smelled the aroma of Xiaolongbao mixed with other scents.
This is also the reason why Shen Qingqing asked Li Xunli to wake her up early in the morning, deliberately causing her to be sleep-deprived.
This way, she can avoid the excruciating pain of motion sickness.
An hour's drive isn't a long time, but it feels short once you fall asleep.
Since most of the travelers were children, Yanqi Primary School sent three teachers to lead the group. After arriving at the train station, one teacher took the ticket booking vouchers from each school to collect the tickets.
They arrived at just the right time; they were notified to board the bus half an hour later.
In her previous life, Shen Qingqing had never ridden a train. When she was a child, she never traveled far and always stayed at home. By the time she grew up and needed to travel, high-speed rail had already developed rapidly, and in order to save time, she basically stopped taking the train.
Therefore, this trip to the provincial capital to participate in the competition was the first time in Shen Qingqing's two lives that she had actually taken a train.
Because she was the youngest, Yanqi Elementary School's teacher waved to her before boarding the bus, saying, "Shen Qingqing, come here to the teacher."
“Okay!” Shen Qingqing immediately took her short legs—which were only relatively short compared to those older than her—and walked over to the teacher whose hair was tied up at the top, obediently placing her hand in the teacher’s palm.
Shen Qingqing's body wasn't as weak as it would be in later years, turning into an ice cube when the weather got cold. The teacher in charge simply wrapped her little hands in his palm, completely covering them.
"Stay close to the teacher and don't fall behind!" The teacher turned to the four students behind him and said, while the other two teachers, one in the middle and one at the very back, protected them.
Losing children at train stations is all too common, especially since these children are all child prodigies from various schools, so they need to be kept under close watch.
Five children and three adults had eight tickets. When we received them, two of the children were in different carriages. We had to switch with two other people in the same carriage to get into the same carriage.
As soon as she entered the carriage, Shen Qingqing felt a very domineering smell rush towards her, and she almost couldn't suppress the churning feeling in her stomach.
No, nobody told her that the train smelled so unpleasant!
The further Shen Qingqing went, the faster she felt her life force draining away.
We walked all the way to the carriage where they were. The three adults and five children sat down in a staggered arrangement, with each child sandwiched between two adults.
To Shen Qingqing's left was the teacher leading the group, and to her right was Ye Ziqi, who was holding a steamed bun.
Ye Ziqi also had a disgusted expression on her face at this moment, and pulled her sleeve to cover her face.
Shen Qingqing wrinkled her nose and looked at the others in her group. After noticing that everyone had the same look of disgust, she laughed.
"If you want to sleep, you can lean against your teacher or classmates for a while. It will still be a few hours before you get to the provincial capital." After the luggage and things were put away, the teacher in charge put his arm around Shen Qingqing and said this to them.
Shen Qingqing decisively buried her head in her teacher's arms and went to sleep. She doesn't care about her surroundings when she sleeps, as long as it's safe. So even when the train started moving and the rumbling sound was incessant, Shen Qingqing didn't wake up.
After several hours of trekking from one not-so-sunny city, we finally arrived at another city that was also not-so-sunny.
"Qingqing, Qingqing, wake up, we've arrived, get off the bus..." the teacher called softly to Shen Qingqing.
When Shen Qingqing was led out of the car, she shivered at the cold wind that hit her face and immediately pulled the zipper of her coat from the bottom to the top.
Now I'm fully awake.
The three teachers kept a close eye on the five children, not letting a single one out of their sight from the moment they boarded the bus until they got off.
As soon as they got off the car, Chen Hua said he wanted to go to the restroom. It would have been better if he hadn't said anything, because once he did, the others were also tempted, and all eight of them went to the restroom together, going in one by one.
Girls were accompanied by female teachers, while boys were accompanied by male teachers.
Shen Qingqing knew how rampant human traffickers were in the south. At their worst, they would just ride fast motorcycles and snatch people in the street, sometimes even dragging adults off the motorcycle and killing them. So the children didn't think there was anything wrong with being so vigilant.
This is a crucial point that we are taught from a young age to ingrain in our very being.
It wasn't until they checked into a hotel near the exam site that everyone, adults and children alike, began to relax a little.
As we went upstairs with our room keys, the supervising teacher was still giving us careful instructions: "Once you're in your room, you're not allowed to go out alone. You must be accompanied by a teacher. If you need to go out, you must tell the teacher first, and you can only go out with a teacher..."
Two boys lived with a male teacher, while the remaining three girls each lived with a female teacher.
Because Shen Qingqing and Ye Ziqi are close, Shen Qingqing, Ye Ziqi, and the teacher in charge of the group share a room.
It was only after sharing a room that Shen Qingqing learned that the teacher leading the group was Ye Ziqi's homeroom teacher, who had always taken good care of Ye Ziqi.
Ye Ziqi didn't finish the steamed buns in the end, because everyone was so tired that they slept all afternoon. After waking up, they had dinner near the hotel and then gathered together to discuss the questions for tomorrow's preliminary round.
The questions from previous years have been largely the same. If the question-setting team doesn't undergo a major overhaul this year, then it's highly likely that this year's questions will be the same.
The teachers didn't take the children back to their rooms to sleep until after 9 p.m., so they could recharge for the first battle the next day.
The next day, the five students were taken by their teachers to the entrance of the test center school to have their identity documents checked, and then entered the test center one by one to find their own test rooms.
At 9:30 a.m., a clear and loud broadcast echoed throughout the campus, announcing the official start of the provincial preliminary round!
However, a small incident occurred in Shen Qingqing's examination room. It turned out that a contestant was more than ten minutes late. After being checked by the invigilator, he was allowed to enter, but by the time he sat down, a full half hour had passed.
The unlucky guy who was late happened to sit in the seat diagonally in front of Shen Qingqing. Shen Qingqing was quite fortunate, thanks to the experience of the teachers at Yanqi Elementary School, who had booked a hotel near the test center well in advance.
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