Everyone knows that Cui Fei had always been struggling on the edge of passing the exam in the past. Even when Mu Yunchuan was there, he reported to the provincial school every day, and the best score he got was only third class.
Although Li Rufeng was not a first-class student on government stipend, he was steadily making progress and always ranked among the second-class.
This bet is of no benefit to Cui Fei.
Even at this moment, this person still hasn't forgotten to set a trap for Cui Fei.
Everyone looked at Li Rufeng with more disdain.
Zhang Shuo and others were so ashamed for him that they wished they had never been friends with him so as not to ruin their reputation.
"Don't pay attention to him." Mei Ruochu turned his head and said to Cui Fei, "This matter should be reported to the professor and the instructor. Some people may not even be qualified to take the annual exam."
Mei Ruochu hit the nail on the head. The annual examination was approaching, and Li Rufeng brought up this matter specifically because he was afraid that this matter would be reported and he would lose the qualification to take the examination.
The expression on Li Rufeng's face changed several times, becoming more and more exciting.
Things had come to this point, and he knew there was no room for maneuver, so he simply stopped pretending and continued, "Cui Fei, this is a grudge between you and me. How can you be a real man if you hide behind others and blindly listen to others' decisions? If you are afraid, just say it directly. You just need others to stand up for you."
After hearing this, Mei Ruochu and the others really found it difficult to speak up for Cui Fei. After all, Cui Fei is not a child, and this matter is ultimately a personal grudge between him and Li Rufeng.
Cui Fei said, "I am a man, but dropping out of school is a serious matter, it affects my future, how can I treat it as a joke?"
Li Rufeng sneered again, "If you don't dare, then don't dare. Why bother with all that nonsense? It's true. Your Cui family is headed by a woman. No wonder you act this way..."
Even his own sister was involved. Cui Fei's face was a little more angry. He said: "But our grievances should be settled... How about this, if I do poorly on the test, I will apologize to you in public. If you do poorly on the test, you can do as you said and drop out of school... But it doesn't seem right. This is unfair to you."
Mei Ruochu nodded and said, "Yes, if the conditions are not equal, others will think you are bullying others."
"Yes," Wei Shu also said, "Although Li Rufeng is hateful and has provoked us several times, it is not right to bully him like this."
As they beat the drums, the others looked up to Cui Fei even more - even after being bullied like this, he still thought that the bet had to be fair and he couldn't bully others.
It also makes Li Rufeng seem more despicable. As people who have read sage books for half their lives, who doesn't know what Li Rufeng means by proposing a bet?
Li Rufeng was stared at by dozens of contemptuous eyes. He was so angry that he immediately said, "Okay, I'll do as you say!"
Anyway, in his opinion, no matter whether the conditions are equal or not, there is no way he can lose to that idiot Cui Fei!
He immediately stepped forward, high-fived Cui Feitang and made the agreement in public.
Soon the lunch break was over and everyone returned to their seats. Wei Shu and Wei Xi helped Cui Fei pack up the snacks.
It was not until the evening when school was over that everyone left the school together. When they were almost back to Cuiwei, Cui Fei said cautiously, "Well... actually... it was indeed me who hit him. It wasn't that I said it in a bad manner, but I deliberately slapped the date paste cake on his face and crushed it to pieces. I knew it was wrong to hit him, but I was really angry at the time."
He was not good at hiding his thoughts, and he had been hesitant to speak since he finished school. Others had already guessed that he had something to say.
Unexpectedly, he had been planning this all along just for this.
Wei Xi couldn't help but curl his lips, "He's a mean mouth, he deserves to be beaten."
Isn’t that what Wei Shu said?
"It's wrong to hit someone, but it also depends on whether the other person's behavior is 'human'. For no reason, he used those dirty words to scold you, so just hit him."
Cui Fei finally breathed a sigh of relief, but then he heard Mei Ruochu say, "I think there's something that A Fei did that's not quite right."
Cui Fei's heart was lifted again, but he heard him speak slowly: "He made the mistake first, so it's not unfair for him to be punished. But it's a pity for all those snacks, weren't they brought to us by your sister? If we don't have any, they will be wasted."
Cui Fei could tell that he was trying to liven up the atmosphere, so he pursed his lips and smiled, “I’m not experienced in getting angry for the first time, but you’ll know better next time! I’ll bring you the snacks when I get home.”
Seeing that he was able to open up and talk, Wei Shu continued to ask: "What do you think about the bet? In order not to expose you in front of others, Brother Mei and I followed your words. How confident are you?"
Cui Fei thought for a moment and said, "Li Rufeng is a liar, but he is right about one thing. This is the grudge between me and him, and I cannot expect others to help me out. Now that the grudge has been taken, it will not be settled. Rather than having to face him and be on guard against him for years to come, I'd better accept it. If I lose, I will just apologize and lose a little face. If he loses, he will drop out directly. His character is bad, but he values face. If he really loses, he will definitely not stay in the prefectural school."
This is the truth, and the situation seems to be in Cui Fei's advantage.
But since Li Rufeng agreed readily, it must be because he thought there was no way he would lose, and a scholar's face was equally important.
Cui Fei continued, "In fact, Li Rufeng and I took the college entrance examination in the same year, and my ranking was slightly higher than his. At that time, my grandfather often laughed at Li's grandfather because of this. I think Li Rufeng has been targeting me for so long, and this is also the reason. But later... I went to the provincial school less, but he was very diligent, and the gap gradually widened. He has always been in the middle and lower ranks among the second-class, and my best result is only the third-class. But this time I reviewed very seriously, and actually I have a hope of competing for the first or second place. In terms of chance, I have about 50% chance."
Hearing that they were 50% sure, everyone's faces became solemn. Even though Cui Fei said it was okay to be embarrassed, they didn't want to see Cui Fei, the bullied party, apologize to the bully.
After a while, Mei Ruochu said, "Go ask the headmaster, she might have a solution."
Chen Cui does not interfere in teaching matters on a daily basis. She is only responsible for taking care of everyone's food and daily life. When Cui Fei heard Mei Ruochu say this suddenly, he was a little unresponsive.
Wei Shu and Wei Xi also nodded, "Brother Mei is really quick-witted."
Before Cui Fei could figure out what was going on, they had already pushed him in front of Shen Cui.
Mei Ruochu had already organized his words and explained what had happened in a few words.
"A Fei did nothing wrong. Even a clay man can get angry. It's normal for you to fight back when someone provokes you." Shen Cui first expressed her attitude, but as for the bet... But Li Rufeng obviously regarded Cui Fei as a thorn in his side. After being rejected once, who knows where he will set a trap for Cui Fei next time.
There are only thieves who can steal for a thousand days, but there is no one who can guard against thieves for a thousand days.
Cui Fei was able to fight for a chance to make Li Rufeng drop out of school at the cost of humiliation, which can be considered a small risk for a big gain. This move is somewhat similar to that of Cui Wuniang, who is decisive and daring to think and act. Moreover, Chen Cui vaguely felt that what happened today might not just be the grudge between the two young people, but more like the accumulated grudge between the two families.
Since Cui Fei had already agreed, she didn't think about it anymore and continued to ask, "So now we have to help A Fei pass the test against Li Rufeng, right?"
Everyone nodded, and Cui Fei also nodded blankly, and then added: "Actually, I agreed to it myself, and it's my turn to work hard. I'm very happy that everyone supports me."
Shen Cui turned around and asked about the content of the exam for this year.
Because she didn't interfere with teaching, she was just busy taking care of Cui Fei's failing physical condition. Moreover, this fictional era is different from real history. In history, annual examinations like those in the Qing Dynasty were held every three years.
It has become an annual exam here, so I guess the exam content will be the same.
This annual examination is actually quite different from the imperial examination. Although it also tests the contents of the Four Books and Five Classics, the specific focus is determined by the academician.
Before each annual examination, the provincial education commissioner would draw up a rough outline as the examination guidelines and circulate it to all prefectural and county schools.
This examination outline will be posted in the provincial school, and students are allowed to copy it. It will be correct to review according to it.
After hearing this, Chen Cui had an idea. Isn't this the same as marking key points before college exams in later generations?
She asked Cui Fei and the others to bring the exam outline to her first.
The examination outline was copied by the students themselves in the provincial school, and each copy consisted of more than a dozen pages.
But this is actually good news, because the more specific the syllabus is, the more direction your review will have - otherwise if you directly test "The Book of Changes", the syllabus will be less, but if you only focus on the entire book, wouldn't that be the same as having no focus?
Shen Cui flipped through it briefly and asked everyone, "How are your review going?"
Mei Ruochu nodded first and said that he had reviewed all the books according to this outline.
Because he has a photographic memory, when he sees the outline he can automatically match the corresponding content in the book and all the related knowledge he has learned in his mind, so he can review very quickly.
Wei Shu, Wei Xi and Cui Fei were a little slower, but they were also about 80% done.
Shen Cui thought for a while, then turned to look at Mei Ruochu, "Then I will assign tasks. Since Ruochu said that you have finished reviewing, then you should make a lesson plan according to this outline."
Mei Ruochu had made a teaching plan for the "Book of Changes" before. It was such a profound book, and with the help of his teaching plan, Mu Erpang learned very quickly. And making lesson plans does not affect his luck.
This time he was doing another copy, and he was very familiar with it. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "I can probably finish it in three days. Please send dinner to the classroom later. I will eat while I write."
Shen Cui nodded and turned to look at Cui Fei. "In the next three days, you should review the lessons according to the original schedule and complete the first round of review. When Ruochu's lesson plan is ready, we will do the second round from beginning to end. I'll go cook."
Before Cui Fei understood how the topic suddenly turned from reviewing lessons to cooking, Shen Cui had already gone to the kitchen.
There is nothing more suitable for cramming before the exam than [Scrambled Eggs with Cabbage] which can improve short-term memory. Moreover, Shen Cui was originally planning to give him more system food after curing his heart disease to fight against the "setting" of the rules. So she quickly fried a plate.
Not only this dinner, but for the next three days, Cui Fei, Wei Shu and Wei Xi ate scrambled eggs with cabbage for every meal.
It was not until their burps started to smell like cabbage that Mei Ruochu finished putting together his lesson plan.
Like the previous ones, this lesson plan includes the key points and difficulties, as well as the questions that were asked in a certain exam in a certain year based on which sentence. The part that is suitable for asking questions to students becomes how questions might be asked based on this content.
A dozen or so examination syllabuses became thick lesson plans of hundreds of pages.
It seems that the amount of review has increased, but in fact, the review process has been simplified. As long as you can memorize these hundreds of pages, it won't be difficult to get first class, let alone second class!
This statement may seem like a fantasy to others. After all, if one really wants to memorize these hundreds of pages by heart in such a short review period - with such a good memory, then he would be like Mei Ruochu, who would have already mastered it and would not need to do any cramming.
Of course, this teaching plan is not only useful to Cui Fei, but also to Wei Shu and Wei Xi. In addition to dinner, Shen Cui also provided a midnight snack, but it only had one dish.
Until the annual exam, they all went straight into the classroom after school, not even coming out to eat, and not even drinking water, to reduce the frequency of going to the toilet.
These past few days, Chen Cui has also been intentionally maintaining the time gain. In the past, she only used it during the day and turned it off at night. Right now it is used from morning to night, giving the teenagers more time to review than others.
In the middle of the twelfth lunar month, the annual examination begins!
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