Chapter 56 Paper

"Why are you messing with their papers?" Team Leader Gao obviously didn't understand why Lin Qiao suddenly asked this.

Hearing him say this, Lin Qiao was also a little surprised, "Has the school never done the test papers of the top-ranked middle schools before?"

Were the teachers forty years ago too simple? When she was in school, other schools in the city tried to get the papers of the city key school, and the city key school tried to get the papers of the provincial school. Who hadn't tried to get the papers of other schools? Some nationally famous high schools even printed the test papers into books and sold them as tutoring materials.

Judging from the reaction of Team Leader Gao, our school has never done this before, and I don’t know if anyone in other schools has thought of this.

Lin Qiao then asked, "What about the past college entrance exam questions? Didn't the school provide them for students to do?"

"That's true. How can you know what the college entrance examination will be about if you don't practice the actual exam papers?"

"The principle is the same." Lin Qiao said, "These top-ranked schools can take on so many college students every year. In addition to being good at teaching, they are probably also good at predicting test questions. It will only benefit students if we give them a few sets of their papers to do. We can also find out where we missed something and see if we didn't teach well enough."

This time, not only Team Leader Gao, but also the head teacher of Class 3 who was marking homework nearby raised his head and said, "Your idea is good. No one has ever thought of it before."

That's because no one had ever traveled from forty years in the future, otherwise it would have already existed. After all, this is all basic stuff forty years later...

Of course, these cannot be said. Lin Qiao smiled and said, "I mainly want to get a set of their examination papers to see how big the gap is between the two schools. After all, classes three and four have been making progress, and the two classes led by Team Leader Gao are also making progress. We should be better than last year's joint examination, right?"

This is true. The improved grades of the two classes taught by Lin Qiao alone are enough to raise the average score of the entire grade by several points.

Not to mention that she was chasing after him, Team Leader Gao did not dare to slack off at all. He did experiments and read teaching materials with no less enthusiasm than when he first started working.

He was only thinking about past experiences and had forgotten that this was the case. Upon hearing this, his frown finally relaxed. "Okay, I think I can give it a try."

"Help me with maths too." said the head teacher of Class 3. "I also want to see what they usually test on. They are always in the top ten in the joint exams."

"No problem." Team leader Gao put down the cup of water he had been holding for a long time and promised, "I have a classmate who teaches junior high school in their school and has a good relationship with me."

As a result, the guarantee was not fulfilled for even three days and I was slapped in the face.

It’s not that his classmate was unwilling to help, but mainly because when he went to the high school department to ask, they first asked who wanted it and then nothing else.

"I just wonder, is that test paper of theirs some kind of state secret? They won't even let anyone see it." Team leader Gao was sitting in the office, obviously angry again.

The head teacher of Class 3 was also a little speechless. "Can we find students from their school? They should have handed out their midterm exam papers after the exam."

"Yes, they were distributed, but as soon as my classmate asked about it, he collected them all back." Team Leader Gao has been teaching for more than ten years, and he has never seen anyone so petty.

Their school was specially selected as one of the first batch of experimental schools in the country, and many people did complain. But even if you think so, it is not very generous to make No. 21 Middle School do this. After all, from another perspective, if Lin Qiao had not written a letter of advice, there would not be a single pilot school in the country.

"Or I can go back and ask. If that doesn't work, I can get a few sets from other schools." Lin Qiao pondered.

Although Xu Li is retired, she is one of the first batch of veteran teachers in Yandu after the founding of the People's Republic of China. She still has connections and may be able to find a way to get it.

If Lin Qiao hadn't said it, everyone would have forgotten that she has a mother-in-law who is quite famous in the education field. After all, she has relied entirely on herself to get to where she is today.

"If you can do it, do it. If you can't, forget it." Team Leader Gao didn't put pressure on her. "It's all learning experience. It doesn't matter which school the top-ranked ones go to."

Lin Qiao understood his good intentions, "I'm just asking. Tomorrow is Sunday, and I have to go back for dinner."

Not only did she and Ji Duo have to go back for dinner this week, but the coat she and Xu Li had ordered at the tailor shop was almost ready, and she wanted to get it before Xu Li.

The couple turned a corner on the road and went to the same tailor shop. Upon asking, they found out that the coats they ordered were actually ready.

The old tailor squinted his eyes and looked at the time written on the notebook. "You came early, didn't you? I wrote it after next Wednesday."

"Isn't this because I trust your craftsmanship?" Lin Qiao smiled, "I saw that you like to be ahead in everything, so I came here early."

"Your wife is quite good at talking." The old tailor glanced at Ji Duo with a smile, then turned around to get some clothes.

Ji Duo also glanced at Lin Qiao beside him and asked, "Did you come here specially in advance to give the money?"

Lin Qiao did not deny it either, "Before we got married, my clothes were all made by my mother. Now that I have money, how can I let my mother pay for it again?"

As he finished speaking, the old tailor came out holding something in his arms. "Try it on and see if there's anything else you need to change?"

"I'll go back and try it together." Lin Qiao wanted to refuse, but Ji Duo had already taken the bag from her hand and said, "Try it."

Lin Qiao also unfolded the coats that the tailor had handed over. There were two coats in total, all made of the best woolen material at the time, one slightly shorter and one slightly longer. When she stretched out her sleeves, the inner sleeves folded. When Lin Qiao was about to adjust them, Ji Duo reached out and helped her smooth out the folded sleeves.

Except when she was a child, Lin Qiao had never been pulled by the hand to straighten her sleeves like this, and she couldn't help but look up at the man.

The old cadre had a serious expression, as if he was sorting some documents in the office. After finishing, he put down his sleeves and looked at her, "Not bad."

This sentence is equivalent to saying that it looks good. Lin Qiao has a good figure and a good appearance, and she really is not overwhelmed by this heavy woolen coat. She checked it from front to back and found that there was nothing that didn't fit, so she asked the old tailor to pack it up, "I'll take the remaining one back and ask my mother to try it on. If it doesn't fit, I'll come back to you."

"Okay, if it doesn't fit, feel free to come back and ask me to alter it." The old tailor smiled and sent the two people away before greeting other customers.

Someone asked, "Those two people are Teacher Xu's son and daughter-in-law, right?"

"Yes, he came here early to give me the money." The old tailor had seen all kinds of people, so he really didn't know why Lin Qiao came so early.

"Aren't they living well together? I thought her son would be unhappy." The visitor couldn't help but mutter to his companions.

"Why would you be unhappy about marrying a woman so much younger than you? Besides, she's very capable. Didn't she become a big star when she gave that public lecture a while ago?"

"Then the eldest son's wife must be jealous to death. She used to be a beauty in the art troupe and was a great dancer. But then she got married and took a management job. It seems she never did anything since then..."

When Xu Li saw that Lin Qiao had brought the things back in advance, she immediately understood what she meant, "You kid, you even rushed to pay the bill."

"Isn't it convenient for me to go there? I can just ask Ji Duo to help me carry my things." Lin Qiao didn't mention the money and just unfolded the clothes. "Mom, please try it on to see if it fits you."

Compared to Ye Minshu who appears considerate on the surface, she always does things this way, moisturizing things silently and making people feel comfortable.

Xu Li smiled and took off the vest she wore at home, and took Lin Qiao's hand to put it on. Lin Qiao immediately praised her with bright eyes, "Mom, you look good in this, it makes you look healthy."

"In your mouth, I look good in anything." Although she said so, Xu Li was still coaxed into a happy smile and even stretched out her hand to show the old man.

"Not bad." The old man commented with a serious face. He and Ji Duo are indeed father and son. They say the same thing.

Xu Li was too lazy to argue with him, so she took off her coat and pulled Lin Qiao aside, "Have you tried those two?"

"I tried it on, and it fits me well." Lin Qiao tried it on again in front of Xu Li, and only put it away when he saw Xu Li's satisfied smile.

When she was helping Xu Li carry her coat back to her room, she asked about the test paper. "I wonder which school you taught at before, and if you have any connections in this area."

"Me, I'm at Renmin University High School." Xu Li agreed to help her without hesitation, and then asked, "Why did you think of this?"

“This is not about learning

Advanced experience from other schools?" Lin Qiao repeated to Xu Li what he had said to Team Leader Gao before.

Xu Li thought about it for a while, "It's a good idea." She couldn't help but pull Lin Qiao's hand, "Why didn't I give birth to a good teacher like you?"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came out of the inner room. Xu Li looked even more satisfied than when she went in. "Leave it to me. I'll call them later."

Ji Duo was drinking tea with his old man. Hearing this, he looked up at the two people, especially at Lin Qiao, "What did you say?"

Xu Li couldn't help but want to look at Lin Qiao. In the past, whenever she talked to others, her son would never ask any questions.

Lin Qiao didn't know what Ji Duo was like at home before, so she didn't think much about it. "It's just the midterm papers of the top-ranked middle schools. Ask Mom if she can get them."

Hearing that it was a school matter, Ji Duo did not ask any more questions. When the two of them went back to the house to pack the thick quilts for the cold weather, Xu Li pulled the old man and asked, "Do you think the second child is different today?"

"What's different?" The old man obviously didn't notice. "Not fat or thin, and in good spirits."

"He and Qiaoqiao. He has been looking at Qiaoqiao several times since he came in today. When Qiaoqiao and I talk in the room, he will ask, when has Lao Er ever done this before?"

Xu Li also knew that her husband was not a careful person, so she simply said, "You can actually tell how the couple's relationship is. Otherwise, why would I worry that he would give Qiao Qiao a cold shoulder? Believe me, if I said he couldn't get the test paper, he would find a way to get it for Qiao Qiao."

"I believe it." The old man drank his tea slowly, "I believe he can tell with his toes that you did it on purpose."

Xu Li: “…”

Although Xu Li was choked by Master Ji's words, there was something wrong with what he said. This son of hers was good in every way except that he was too difficult to fool.

Sometimes, it is not necessarily a bad thing for a woman if a man is a little confused and easy to fool. Just look at the eldest son's wife, the eldest son has always been completely dominated by her.

Just as I thought of the eldest brother's family, Ji Ling's crying voice came from outside, "Grandpa and grandma!"

The old couple knew something was wrong as soon as they heard it. They just stood up and the living room door opened. Ji Ling rushed in and threw herself into Xu Li's arms.

Xu Li quickly hugged her granddaughter and asked, "What's wrong? Why are you crying like this?"

The old man couldn't go up to him, but he kept turning around and said, "Who bullied you? Tell me and I'll help you beat him up!"

"My mom..." Ji Ling started sobbing, and Ye Minshu came in from behind, "I just said a few words to you, why did you run away?"

Ye Minshu was obviously a little anxious. When she came in and saw that Old Master Ji and Xu Li were surrounding Ji Ling, she hurriedly greeted them, "Dad, Mom."

"How did you do this?" Grandpa Ji loved his granddaughter and asked her as soon as he saw her. "It's so cold, Xiaoling cried all the way here, how can you deal with the wind?"

Ye Minshu was embarrassed by the question, "I didn't do anything to her, I just said a few words to her, who knew she would be so angry..."

"You called me a despicable person! You have no shame!" Ji Ling raised her head and yelled at her, then buried herself back in Xu Li's arms and cried even louder.

The old man was really angry. "She is only fourteen years old, and you told her these things! Is there any mother like you?"

Ye Minshu's face suddenly became even uglier, especially when Ji Duo and Lin Qiao happened to come back at this time, in front of Lin Qiao.

Master Ji and Xu Li always called Lin Qiao "Qiao Qiao" and held her in their hands for fear of dropping her. But with her, they scolded her all the time.

Even if there was no child marriage swap, Lin Qiao was more than 20 years younger than her. How could she put her face to the situation?

Ye Minshu was anxious, her eyes were red, "Dad, if you want to scold me, at least give me a chance to explain. Why would I scold her for no reason?"

This seemed like he was about to cry. Ji Duo frowned and went over to support Old Master Ji. "Pay attention to your blood pressure."

Lin Qiao also used hot water to squeeze out a wet towel and handed it to Ji Ling, "Wipe your face."

"Thank you, thank you, little auntie." Ji Ling took it and thanked her. Her little mouth pouted and she couldn't help but let out a string of golden beans.

This hurt Xu Li so much that she quickly hugged her and rocked her, patting her on the back.

After Ji Duo and Lin Qiao were distracted, Old Master Ji calmed down a lot. He sat on the sofa and asked Ye Minshu, "What's going on?"

Ye Minshu paused and was obviously hesitant, but Ji Ling wiped her face and told her everything with sobs.

It turned out that Yandu Film Studio was going to make a new movie and was looking for actors. They saw Ji Ling's cute appearance and thought that a role in the movie was very suitable for her. Ji Ling came back and told Ye Minshu about it, but Ye Minshu immediately turned hostile and even scolded Ji Ling for being shameless and doing something despicable.

"I just feel that in a family like ours, there's no way a child can become an actor. Wouldn't that be embarrassing for you and our mother?" Ye Minshu defended herself.

"What era is this? Why are you still talking about actors?" Old Master Ji obviously didn't like what he said. "Aren't you a dancer yourself?"

Ye Minshu choked up, and Ji Ling was already crying and saying, "When I was little, I wanted to learn dancing, but she wouldn't let me, saying that we couldn't learn that."

No wonder Ji Ling would jump on tiptoe when she was happy. Ye Minshu would look at Ji Ling. Lin Qiao finally understood that Ye Minshu cared a lot about her background.

She couldn't even say that she cared, she was already brooding over it. Because of her inferiority complex, she was arrogant, and she only looked at others' backgrounds when judging them.

Master Ji obviously heard what she said, "Learning to dance and being an actor is a profession. What's there to be ashamed of? Only when you look down on yourself will others look down on you."

What he said was very enlightening and pertinent, but unfortunately Ye Minshu didn't listen at all. She opened her mouth to refute, but swallowed her words back when she saw Ji Duo next to her.

Ever since she pushed Lin Qiao to the second son, the old man became completely cold to her. He never called her for anything at home, and Ji Jun was the same. Whenever she wanted to do something, he would go to work. No matter how well she concealed it, outsiders could see that she, the eldest daughter-in-law, was obviously not as good as Lin Qiao, the younger daughter-in-law at home.

The old man knew what she was thinking at a glance. He had taught her enough and it was useless to teach her again. He simply sent her back and said, "Xiaoling, stay here and accompany me and your mother."

"Dad!" Ye Minshu couldn't help but shout.

The old man's face turned cold, "Am I, as a grandfather, unworthy of having my granddaughter accompany me, or have you forgotten what you did?"

These words were a bit harsh, and Ye Minshu had no way of refutation at all. She glanced in the direction of Lin Qiao and Ji Duo, and could only glare at her daughter in a warning manner, then turned around and said goodbye.

Is this glance at her or Ji Duo?

Lin Qiao couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, but before she could think more, Ji Duo had already waved to Ji Ling, "Come here."

Ji Ling looked at him and came over, but then she sniffed into Lin Qiao's arms, "Auntie." She pursed her little mouth and sniffed hard.

The little girl was crying, and he asked someone to come over with a serious face. If someone didn't know, they would think he was going to scold her. Lin Qiao couldn't help but glared at Ji Duo.

This look had a bit of the hospital's sharpness. Ji Duo's expression paused, he took the towel from Ji Ling and stood up to wash it.

When they came back, Ji Ling was still holding Lin Qiao and whispered in Lin Qiao's ear, "My mother will definitely not let me go." As she said that, she glanced at her grandfather Xu Li.

He wanted the old couple to talk to Ye Minshu. Grandpa Ji and Xu Li saw it, but they didn't say anything.

Ji Lingzhou was only thirteen years old. Not to mention that Ye Minshu might not listen to them, even if she did, her grandfather would not approve of her filming a movie at such a young age.

The old man was angry, mainly because Ye Minshu's words were too harsh.

Ji Ling noticed and felt like crying again. Lin Qiao took the towel that Ji Duo had washed and wiped her face. "Tell your aunt why you want to make a movie?"

"It's so great to be on TV, on the big screen, for everyone to see." Ji Ling's eyes lit up when she talked about this.

"A few days ago, your aunt taught you how to do chemistry experiments. Didn't you think it was amazing?" Lin Qiao's voice was gentle, and her eyes were smiling.

Ji Ling was stumped by this question. After all, she was still a child and didn't have a clear idea of ​​the future.

Lin Qiao's voice softened again, "You've also discovered, right? Your preferences are actually changing. When you grow up, what do you still like? That's what you really like, and it's worth fighting for with all your might." Seeing Ji Ling's thoughtful face, she let go of her, "Let's go and comb your hair."

Xu Li had been looking at Lin Qiao gently since she started talking. When she saw the two children get up and leave, she looked even more pleased, "Qiao Qiao will definitely be a good mother in the future."

Turning around, she saw her son also looking at Lin Qiao's back, and couldn't help but say, "I remember Qiao Qiao's period has been much more regular in the past two months."

"Yeah." Ji Duo didn't respond to her at all. He touched the teapot and found that the water had cooled down, so he got up and added new water.

Of course he knew what Xu Li meant, but Lin Qiao still had to go to college, so it was impossible for her to consider having a child now, and he didn't want to force her.

Ji Ling stayed at the old house until the afternoon, when Ji Jun came to take the child home.

Grandpa's son

It was obvious who had instigated him to come here, so he naturally had no good face for the eldest son. "If your wife can't speak and can't teach the children, send Xiaoling to me to raise. Anyway, I'm retired now, and no one listens to what I say, so I have time to spend with my granddaughter."

When Ji Jun heard this, he looked even more embarrassed. Ji Ling, on the other hand, had calmed down a lot. Although she still had a pout on her face, she still went back with him.

It was getting dark early now, so Xu Li didn't keep Ji Duo and Lin Qiao for long. She helped them pack some food and told them to go back.

When I arrived at school on Monday, Vice Principal Qi handed me a set of papers. "These are from the National Taiwan Normal University High School midterm exam. See if they are useful."

It was really a complete set, with all six science courses included. Seeing this, Team Leader Gao couldn't help but ask, "Did you go to the Normal University Affiliated High School to prepare for the exam?"

"Ah, I went there this morning for something." Vice Principal Qi glanced at Lin Qiao subconsciously, "I ran into Wu Haiyang and happened to talk about this."

Wu Haiyang had good grades, and in fact many teachers had recommended him to the school before his internship. However, he wanted to return to his alma mater, and soon after leaving, he went to the Normal University Affiliated High School for an internship.

Lin Qiao had no objection to this person and smiled, "Then I have to thank him this time. I see these papers are new. He specially asked someone for them, right?"

"I asked for it specially. But the student who took him there was also his teacher in college. He was considered his senior and was quite caring towards him."

A group of teachers in the science office stopped doing anything else and gathered together to start reviewing the midterm papers of the Normal University Affiliated High School.

After digging around, I actually figured out some clues. "Isn't their teaching progress faster than ours? We just learned this in the past two days."

Team leader Gao pointed to one of the questions and said, "There's also this one. I remember it was the third lesson from the last." He took the supplementary book and quickly turned to the knowledge point that would be tested.

This is a bit confusing. It's like your deskmate studies with you during the day, but stays up late at night, and then does better than you in every exam. The midterm has just passed, and he is about to finish studying for the finals. How can you not be better than him?

"Let's look at the question types." Lin Qiao's mentality was not affected at all. "Let's see if there are any knowledge points that we haven't covered."

In her previous life, she had more exams than now. For an exam for a key class from primary school to junior high school, all the content was high school English. Who would believe it if she told me that?

I was reviewing the test paper for the second time in the office when someone knocked on the door. "Is Teacher Lin Qiaolin here?"

Lin Qiao felt the voice sounded familiar and quickly said "yes". When the door opened, it turned out to be Ji Duo's driver Xiao Fang standing outside.

Xiao Fang also held a thick brown paper bag in his hand. "Captain Ji asked me to bring this to you."

"Thank you." Lin Qiao took it and guessed that she had probably asked Xu Li to help her with the test paper.

When the paper bag was opened, there were indeed papers inside. However, the speed was too fast, and the quantity was too large...

Lin Qiao picked up the top stack and found that the brown paper note around the outside was written with "Renmin University High School". It not only had six science courses, but also liberal arts courses, all neatly folded together.

Further down are the Affiliated High School of the National Taiwan Normal University and the No. 14 High School. Some of the brown paper slips were clearly written in Xu Li’s handwriting, but two were…

Lin Qiao showed some surprise in his eyes. At this moment, Team Leader Gao next to him said "Yeh" and suddenly laughed.

"Isn't this No. 21 Middle School? I thought they really didn't give it to anyone."