"I don't know about this. This is my first time participating too!"
Liu Xuewen sighed, "I wonder how many people will be left in our county after this preliminary round."
"I don't like what you're saying. Weren't you very nice when you scolded those students yesterday? Didn't you say that it would be okay as long as I was the only one participating?"
"Yes, yes, as long as you are not kicked out, I will have the last laugh." Liu Xuewen was comforted by Zhou Xiang.
"Hey! This is my answer, keep it."
"Great, better prepared! It's also a good time for everyone to take a look at the answers so they have a better idea of what's going on."
The bell rang to end the event, and hundreds of students filed out of the auditorium.
When Yang Yang saw Zhou Xiang, he immediately ran over to check the answers with her. Zhou Xiang pointed at what was in Liu Xuewen's hand.
Yang Yang took the draft paper from Liu Xuewen, read it through, and then sighed, "I might not pass it."
Zhou Xiang comforted him, "Everyone is the same. Few people have studied until the seventh grade. We still have to wait until the papers are graded."
Yang Yang nodded. Seeing that everyone had returned, Liu Xuewen took the answer back from Yang Yang.
"Let's go back to the hotel for dinner. At twelve o'clock, the list of candidates selected for the semi-finals will be posted at the door. The semi-finals will start at 1:30 pm."
Everyone started walking out of the school and met a greasy middle-aged man on the way. His face didn't look very good either. It was estimated that the difficulty was indeed higher this year.
When we arrived at the restaurant, it was just after ten o'clock. Since we had made a reservation and knew the end time of the game, we had lunch at eleven o'clock.
After returning to the hotel, Liu Xuewen gathered a few promising candidates together and showed them Zhou Xiang's answer.
After watching it, several people were dejected.
Zhou Xiang tapped the table lightly. "What are you doing? That greasy old man looked unhappy just now. He must be stumped. You should review quickly. What if you are on the list for the rematch? Are you fully prepared? The rematch will definitely be difficult!"
Everyone was amused by Zhou Xiang's use of the term "greasy uncle" to describe the leader of Gu County, and they all felt relieved. Since everyone felt it was difficult, they were not afraid anymore, after all, they still needed more people for the rematch!
Ma Shasha was unconvinced. "This is Zhou Xiang's answer. How can it be used as the standard answer for us to refer to?"
Zhou Xiang shrugged and ignored her.
Several top students also dispersed to review.
Liu Xuewen glanced at her for a few seconds, then put away the draft paper. "If you make it to the semi-finals, I look forward to your answer."
Ma Shasha pouted. There wasn’t even enough time to finish the questions, so who could copy down the answers?
Seeing that the time was almost up, the male teacher picked up a pen and paper and prepared to go to the second primary school to copy down the names.
"I'll go with you." Liu Xuewen wanted to see Zhou Xiang's score and ranking with his own eyes.
The two left, and Zhou wanted to go back to his room, but Luo Xiaoqing was already wiping her tears.
"What are you doing? This is."
When Teacher Wang saw Zhou Xianglai, he seemed to have seen a savior. "You are the same age, you should try to persuade her. She said she didn't do well in the exam."
"Is that all? Victory and defeat are common in the military, don't worry about it. I heard that no one did well on the test this time. The questions were too difficult."
Luo Xiaoqing looked up, "Really?"
"Really? The leader of Gu County also looks unhappy, which proves that the question is difficult."
"What about you? How did you do on the test?"
"Me! I'm done."
Luo Xiaoqing wiped away her tears. "You only know how to tease people. You handed in your paper early, so you must have finished it. I was asking how you did on the exam."
"Director Liu has gone to copy down the names. We'll know soon. I can't brag about myself." Zhou Xiang said seriously with a stern face.
Luo Xiaoqing was amused by her funny appearance, and Teacher Wang finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Xiang scratched his nose and laughed at Luo Xiaoqing, "Crying and laughing at the same time, like a puppy peeing!"
Luo Xiaoqing turned away, picked up a book and ignored her.
Zhou Xiang saw that she was holding a textbook on ideology and morality that needed to be memorized. He sat down on her bed and said, "You're so nervous right now that you can't memorize anything. You're wasting your time. How about I give you a few questions?"
Luo Xiaoqing put down the book, "Okay! Do the exercises to kill time and stop your mind from wandering."
Based on the test questions, Zhou Xiang guessed the types of algebraic geometry questions that might be tested this afternoon and came up with a few questions.
Luo Xiaoqing read the question and shook her head, "I don't know."
"What about those in the morning? You didn't do any of them?"
Luo Xiaoqing nodded.
Zhou Xiang wrote out the three major questions on the test paper again, "Come here, I'll teach you."
After Zhou finished explaining these three questions, he continued to explain the question he had just asked.
"Do you understand? I suspect the difficulty will increase this afternoon, so these are my guesses. If you just follow these formulas mechanically, you might be able to solve a few of them."
Luo Xiaoqing nodded, "Okay, I'll memorize these formulas now."
Liu Xuewen hurriedly knocked on the door, "Zhou Xiang, open the door!"
Teacher Wang opened the door, and Liu Xuewen held up the note in his hand. "Zhou Xiang, full marks, first place. The second place had 30 points less than you. Luo Xiaoqing, you've also made it to the semi-finals. Get ready!"
Liu Xuewen happily went to another room to announce the list.
Luo Xiaoqing's eyes turned red again, and Zhou Xiang quickly stopped her, "Stop, stop, stop. Hurry up and memorize the formula. You'll be going to the semi-finals soon."
Half an hour later, Liu Xuewen began to gather those who were participating in the rematch to go downstairs.
Yang Yang and Ma Shasha are both on the list.
Liu Xuewen looked at the six students in front of him and sighed that the teaching in the county was still a little lacking. There were a total of eighty places for the semi-finals, and less than one-tenth of them from Huai County made it to the semi-finals.
"Let's go! Don't feel any burden in your heart, just do your best!"
The other two were Liu Bing and Wang Jingwen, boys who dared to sit at the teacher's table with Yang Yang for dinner. They were also from the township.
There were three men and three women. Ma Shasha didn't have a good face towards Luo Xiaoqing either, because it was her fault for being with Zhou Xiang.
At the door of the auditorium, I met the greasy old man again. This time his face looked even uglier. Although there were eighteen people on his side who entered the semi-finals, he couldn't be happy.
Because the first place actually went to Huai County. A county that had always been at the bottom of the list actually had a perfect score? Could Liu Xuewen's boasting be true?
With a hypocritical smile, he came to Liu Xuewen and said, "Congratulations! Full marks!"
"Congratulations, eighteenth place! You're truly a leading educational county!"
The two of them were chatting hypocritically, and the greasy old man was looking at a few people, wanting to see who was the number one Zhou Xiang.
Ma Shasha didn't know if it was intentional, but she came to Zhou Xiang and said, "Zhou Xiang, your clothes look really nice!"
The greasy old man's eyes immediately locked onto Zhou Xiang. He looked at him carefully for a few seconds before ending the hypocritical chat and leaving.
Liu Xuewen glared at Ma Shasha fiercely, "It has always been difficult to guard against thieves within the family!"
Ma Shasha's face flushed red. She was so angry and impulsive that her image was completely ruined.
The preparatory bell rang, and eighty students entered the auditorium, and the tables were changed again.
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