At eight o'clock, a young male teacher wearing glasses, a white shirt, and black pants walked in. He frowned when he saw that there were still three or four empty seats.
"Kang Yao, look who hasn't arrived yet. Register their names. It's already eight o'clock, don't you have any sense of time?"
As soon as he finished speaking, three students ran over and shouted loudly from outside the door, "Reporting in!"
The male teacher was somewhat displeased: "No sense of time?"
The three boys, who were about half the height of the wall, looked down somewhat awkwardly at their muddy shoes. The male teacher also looked down and saw their muddy shoes.
"You all walked up here? How many hours did it take?"
One of them stammered, "It took three hours!"
These words silenced everyone. The county was too poor; there were only two junior high schools in the county. The surrounding villages were a little better off, as they were at least an hour or two away.
Like the three boys in front of me, they want to study, but their families are poor and they can't afford to rent a house nearby, and they have no relatives or friends here.
They can only get up at four or five in the morning and then rush to school. It's okay now that it's not raining or snowing, but if it rains or snows, it will be a disaster for them!
The male teacher waved his hand: "Come in quickly and find a seat!"
The three boys smiled, seemingly no longer as reserved as before, and quickly found empty seats to sit down.
The male teacher stood on the podium and looked around: "Our class was promoted from Class 1 of the first year of junior high school. Now we have three new students. Let's give them a round of applause!"
The students applauded enthusiastically. Yao Tongjia and Xiao Gengwu continued with their work, while Yao Tongxu seemed a little embarrassed and swayed from side to side.
The male teacher continued: "My surname is Huang, and I am your homeroom teacher. If you need anything in the future, you can come to me. You are the graduating class of junior high school, and this year is a watershed moment in your lives."
"Students with better grades can take the high school entrance exam, students with average grades can take the vocational school or teacher training school entrance exam, and students with poor grades can only find work in the county or go home to farm."
“You all walk so hard to get to class because everyone hopes to leave the countryside. But if your grades are bad, you won’t pass the job recruitment exam and you’ll have to go back to farming.”
"It's the last year, so I hope everyone cherishes this opportunity!" Teacher Huang paused here: "This semester we have a total of 8 courses, which is more than last year, including physics and English."
This caused everyone to groan in despair. More classes meant more homework, which was really bad news!
Teacher Huang glanced at everyone and said, "You all started wailing as soon as you heard there were a lot of classes. You should be as calm as the new students!"
All eyes were on Xiao Gengwu and Yao Tongjia, but the two of them continued to look at the dictionary without even raising their heads.
At this moment, a student said, "Teacher, look how fast he flips through the book. Does he really read that fast?"
Teacher Huang clearly noticed this as well: "You still need to read books carefully, not just skim through them."
Yao Tongjia saw that Xiao Gengwu was not affected in any way and ignored the outside world's opinions, continuing to study.
Unexpectedly, Teacher Huang walked over and tapped on their desk: "Did you hear what I just said?"
Xiao Gengwu continued reading without any reaction. Seeing that Teacher Huang seemed about to get angry, Yao Tongjia quickly explained, "Teacher, he's different from us. You can let him read by himself!"
Teacher Huang's face showed anger: "Learning is the same for everyone, so why is it different for him?"
Yao Tongjia sighed inwardly. Was it really a good idea to send Xiao Gengwu to such an ordinary school?
Such a school can only train ordinary people; a genius like him will only hold the school back.
But they still have to stay with Teacher Huang for another year. She explained helplessly, "He has an exceptional memory. He can remember everything he has seen. He can flip through books quickly because he has memorized everything!"
Teacher Huang was somewhat shocked: "There's such a thing?"
"I've checked, and that's how it is! Of course, he has a high IQ, but a relatively low EQ. He doesn't talk much usually, not because he looks down on you or because he's aloof, but because that's just his personality!" Yao Tongjia quickly offered a heads-up!
The term "child prodigy" only exists in books. When one appears in real life, the students are very curious: "Can we ask him to perform one?"
Yao Tongjia naturally refused: "He only likes to study quietly and doesn't like to be disturbed! He also doesn't like to do anything else!"
These words made everyone a little unhappy, including Teacher Huang. Yao Tongjia also knew that everyone would be unhappy to be rejected!
But now that we've satisfied everyone's curiosity and started this trend, every student who comes later will ask Xiao Gengwu to perform. If we satisfy him, it's fine, but if we don't, they'll still be unhappy!
Even if the curiosity of the whole class is satisfied, there is no guarantee that students from other classes will want to see something new. Not performing would offend people, and since offending people is the same as offending people anyway, it's better to offend people from the beginning!
In this way, Xiao Gengwu can have some peace and quiet, and others can also know that this is his true nature.
One student muttered, "I wonder if he's just bragging!"
Yao Tongxu was about to jump up when Yao Tongjia held him back: "Teacher, it's class time now!"
Teacher Huang seemed to realize something as well: "Right, we still have class. Open your Chinese textbooks, let's have our first lesson now!"
Teacher Huang's lectures may be quite good for this era, but to Yao Tongjia, they sounded like he was just reading from the textbook.
However, Yao Tongjia still listened attentively to the lesson. She hadn't sat here to listen to a lesson in a long time and missed it a bit, not to mention Yao Tongxu, who had never sat in the classroom before.
Only Xiao Gengwu continued to study his dictionary, turning a page in just a few seconds, which Yao Tongjia found incredibly enviable; she longed to have such ability.
Perhaps it was because Yao Tongjia's gaze was too intense, Xiao Gengwu looked up from the dictionary, smiled at Yao Tongjia, and almost made her faint with laughter. What a devil!
Perhaps because the two were standing so close, Yao Tongjia was able to see clearly that Xiao Gengwu's eyes were actually peach blossom eyes.
It is said that people with eyes like these are very affectionate. Is Xiao Gengwu affectionate?
Yao Tongjia was unaware, but Teacher Huang had already called out names from below: "New students, pay attention in class!"
These words made Yao Tongjia blush uncontrollably, and she found herself staring blankly into Xiao Gengwu's eyes.
This is so wrong. I'm still a baby, how can I be so infatuated?
"Damn it!" Yao Tongjia quickly looked away and focused on her book. Once she was focused, time flew by, and soon the bell rang.
Yao Tongxu stood up: "Brother Xiao, are you going to the restroom?"
Xiao Gengwu didn't look up, only shook his head. Yao Tongxu was about to leave when her deskmate grabbed her shoulder: "Let's go to the restroom together. Tell me, who is that Brother Xiao to you?"
Yao Tongxu couldn't very well say, "This is my brother-in-law, right?"
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