Chapter 127
Ge Yaqin called Ge Qi to the office and secretly circled a few English test papers that Ge Qi had done.
"Go back and take a closer look at these papers."
The questions will not be completely old, but the knowledge points will not change much.
In particular, one of the test papers also contained the topic for this essay.
Ge Qi hesitated for a moment, and Ge Yaqin said anxiously: "Xiao Qi, you must watch carefully, okay? If you can win a prize in this competition, it will be good for your future."
Ge Qi said nothing.
After leaving Ge Yaqin's office, Ge Qi returned to the classroom and looked at the test papers. The handwriting on them was clearly visible.
In the end, Ge Qi stuffed the test paper into the deepest part of the tabletop...
The grade selection for the English competition was held on Saturday. Jian Li got up slowly and ate something, then slowly took Wang Facai to the store on bike.
Wang Mengmei gave a death stare: "What time is it now!"
Jian Li: "It's still early. There are still 20 minutes left."
She had calculated the time long ago, and it was just the right time for her to arrive at school.
Wang Mengmei: "...just hurry up! I think you will be late sooner or later!"
Jian Li pinched two mushrooms from a pot of freshly fried mushrooms and stuffed them into her mouth. The mushrooms, which had been rolled in the flour paste, tasted crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with the fresh aroma of mushrooms. Jian Li sucked her fingers and said, "I'm leaving!"
She only carried a small bag with her, which contained a few pens and necessary stationery, and the rest were a few essays she had written according to the topic.
This time the school selected three grades at a time and chose three classrooms, each with only a dozen or so people.
As the bell for the third class in the morning rang, Jian Li sat in the examination room, silently memorizing the content she had just read.
Ge Qi was sitting two seats away from her. Seeing Jian Li like this from a distance, Ge Qi turned his head and began to concentrate on the test paper that had just been handed out.
The questions on this test paper were quite beyond the syllabus. Jian Li discovered this as soon as she started to do it. Although these were questions for high school students, the difficulty level was about the same as that of CET-4 and CET-6.
Many students began to frown after receiving the test papers, and Jian Li was no exception.
After finally getting through two hours, the test papers were collected and the English teachers graded them on the spot.
"Zhu Hui, 76 points."
"Zhou Yu, 81 points."
…
"Ge Qi, 92 points."
Ge Yaqin was standing next to the teacher who was grading the papers. When she heard that Ge Qi had gotten the highest score, she couldn't help but feel happy for Ge Qi.
"Jian Li, 92 points."
…
Ge Yaqin opened her mouth wide.
After grading a dozen test papers, Jian Li and Ge Qi had the highest scores.
The head of the English teaching and research group took a look around and found that this year there were no students with the same score in the first and third year of high school. Only in the second year of high school, there were two students with the same score, Jian Li and Ge Qi.
"That……"
He was about to say something when Ge Yaqin spoke first.
"Team leader, I think Ge Qi's grades are more stable. Although Jian Li's English level is good, there will be an oral test later in the competition. We should not only choose someone who can answer the questions, but also someone who can speak well."
The head of the grade frowned and said, "But as I said before, this exam is for selection, and it's based on grades."
Ge Yaqin was about to say something, but the team leader said, "Let's let these two students come over first."
We still need to observe further to decide who should be promoted and who should not be promoted.
Jian Li and Ge Qi came to the office. When the team leader saw the two good students, he said with a smile: "This time we are taking the test to participate in the provincial competition. If we can pass the provincial competition, we will go to the capital to compete... You two read this passage and I will listen to the pronunciation."
Ge Qi and Jian Li finished reading one after another, and then answered several questions from the team leader in English. The team leader also became a little hesitant.
Ge Qi's pronunciation is better than Jian Li's, but Jian Li is obviously more flexible during the conversation stage.
This English competition includes written tests, recitation, on-the-spot writing, and dialogue.
Generally speaking, listening, speaking, reading and writing will all be tested.
"You two should go back first and we'll talk later."
He also has to consider it carefully.
Walk out of the office.
Ge Qi called out to Jian Li: "Your pronunciation just now was not bad."
Jian Li laughed: "You too."
But she was also curious. Wouldn't Ge Qi go to Germany in the future? She should take a German course now.
"Jian Li, are you interested in joining our English corner?"
Jian Li stopped and looked at Ge Qi in surprise. Throughout her life and until later, Ge Qi always acted as if he didn't want to have much contact with her. Even at the New Year's family dinner, Ge Qi wore gold-rimmed glasses. Although he was very polite, Jian Li always felt that there was contempt on his face.
"We hold activities in our English corner and have a fixed time every week for conversation and study, which should be very helpful for your English grades."
Jian Li: "Forget it."
Jian Li felt that instead of wasting time, she would be better off staying at home and catching up on sleep, because she would soon be entering her third year of high school and would definitely be sleep deprived by then.
Ge Qi did not insist, but walked out of the school side by side with Jian Li.
"...I didn't look at those test papers before...
Ge Qi suddenly said this, but the implicit information in it made Jian Li silent.
Ge Qi seemed to have no one to talk to, but when he met Jian Li, he suddenly started talking.
"It's not right to say this, but I really, really hate the environment at home."
That kind of sticky, indistinguishable, worrying yet tedious human worldly affairs.
"I tell you all this to tell you that I don't bother to use any means. No matter who is elected in the future, it will not be done by me in private."
Jian Li was silent for a moment and nodded.
"I see."
…
When the final quota for the English competition was announced, both Jian Li and Ge Qi were selected as exceptions.
Ge Yaqin was embarrassed. The team leader went to see the principal, and when he came back, he asked for another quota. This made it seem that her previous behavior was not only biased but also unreasonable.
In order to make up for the shortfall, Ge Yaqin enthusiastically offered to tutor Ge Qi and Jian Li.
She never mentioned her previous statement about letting Ge Qi go to school, and instead went to find two children in two classes, intending to talk to the two children during lunch time about her plan to give them extra lessons.
I just went to the liberal arts class to call Jian Li, and Jian Li just said that she wanted to go home for dinner and didn't need to make up for the class.
The person who went to the science class was called Ge Qi, but Ge Qi politely declined.
"Aunt, no need, I can learn it myself."
Both Ge Qi and Jian Li made their attitudes clear.
In the end, Ge Yaqin could only return to the office in disappointment and complain endlessly to her colleagues.
"Isn't this for the good of the school? Besides, they are both very close, how could I be biased?"
"Oh, I finally understand. My mother's family affairs are hard to manage. I won't teach the graduating class next year no matter what."
"I would also like to advise you that if you have relatives' children, you should not put them in your class. Look, I am the best example. We are daughters, so why would we do such a thankless task?"
…
Ge Yaqin kept talking, and the old teacher in the office couldn't stand it anymore, so she got up and left with the lesson plan.
The old teacher couldn't help thinking that Ge Yaqin was a completely different person from when she first came. She used to be a smart young person, but now she looked like Xianglin Sao.
It can be seen that no matter how good a person's background is, if he doesn't know how to deal with things, he will have a miserable life sooner or later.
*****
Jian Feng's business was developing well. The things he brought back from the north were selling very well. Jian Feng also imported some expensive dried fruits.
Xiao Shi had a relative who rented land in Xinjiang last year. He somehow said that the dried fruits there were good. Jian Feng thought about it and asked them to send some grapes, figs and other dried fruits. He took them back and tasted them. They were indeed better than those sold in the local market.
Jian Feng plans to take a trip to Xinjiang soon to check out the production areas there. If he can establish some connections, he will buy some dried fruits and the like before the Chinese New Year and come back to order a batch of gift boxes, which will help him make some money for the Chinese New Year.
Wang Mengmei: "You're just leaving like that? Didn't you say you were going to find a store?"
I bought the car and found a warehouse, but I couldn’t find a suitable store.
Now he says he wants to go to Xinjiang, and I don’t know how to delay it when the time comes.
Jian Feng was also hesitant: "How about...just give me a window here?"
After saying that, he felt something was wrong. Wang Mengmei's store was doing too good a business. Not to mention that there was no free time, even if there was free time, it would be used for the store's business.
"I'll go check it out again."
I heard that the land in the western suburbs has been leveled and they are planning to build a spice city there.
Wang Mengmei: "Don't count on that. Everywhere in the city is talking about development. East, west, north, south, everywhere is saying they will be the city center in the future."
Since the welfare housing distribution was cancelled this year, people have been saying that house prices will rise. Sure enough, in just a few months, house prices in the surrounding areas have been rising slowly.
Several construction sites in Taocheng that had been idle for many years have begun to show signs of activity, and it is obvious that they are planning to build commercial housing.
Wang Mengmei was thankful for the ten-thousandth time that she bought her house early: "I think there might be a spice mall in the western suburbs. It might be a fake one and it will be turned into commercial housing sooner or later."
What I mean is that it is better to let Jian Feng give up as soon as possible, don't put all your eggs in one basket, and the important thing is to find a way forward as soon as possible.
But no matter what, I just haven’t found the right one when it comes to storefronts.
Jian Feng had no choice but to leave for Xinjiang first.
Jian Feng was gone for a month.
During this month, Wang Mengmei ran her business as planned, but she did not expect some minor incidents to occur in the store.
Yao Feng, the proprietress of the small supermarket next door, suddenly went crazy and targeted Wang Mengmei.
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