Chapter 240: Chapter 233: Trio
Could it be the three of them?
“That Chen Lidong, is it the same one we met before?”
Teacher Jin asked with difficulty, it felt like a gigantic pie had fallen from the sky straight onto her head, and was about to knock her senseless.
“Yes,” Xu Miaomiao nodded, “it’s our three.”
Teacher Jin looked at Xu Miaomiao’s face for a while, then, with shaking hands, wrote their names down. Their class had gained three good students this time, she wondered if Teacher Song would go green with envy when she saw their grades.
However, sometimes grades can’t represent everything. Only when the preliminary examination is over can we truly know where their limits lie, whether they are talents that can be molded, whether they can get into college, whether they can bring honor to their class, and whether they can be intensively cultivated.
Teacher Song was quite satisfied with her students this time, many of them had scored over 600 points.
Coincidentally, Teacher Jin, clutching the class roster, walked over in what seemed like a good mood, even managing a smile. What, a heap of failing students could induce laughter? It must be because of their recent grades, even if they were at the bottom of the barrel.
“Good morning, Teacher Jin.”
Teacher Song was still smiling, but everyone could tell her smile held a hint of sarcasm.
“Good morning, Teacher Song,” Teacher Jin was in a good mood right now, so she didn’t mind Teacher Song’s passive-aggressive comments.
“Our students’ overall performance this time is quite good, all scoring over 600 points, which should lead to a decent college admission rate for our class,” she spoke at a brisk pace, as if trying to belittle the achievement of scoring 600 points. Everyone knew that anyone scoring 600 points would be among the top students in the school, and they would have a better chance of getting into a good college.
Their high school life, starting from day one, gave them a feeling of tension, of never being able to relax. Now their nerves had started to crack too.
They dared not give up on studying at any time throughout the day.
The first thing they did when they got home wasn’t eating but studying at Xu Miaomiao’s house. This was a habit that had been cultivated since junior high. Seeing the three kids working hard, Miaomiao’s mom had once secretly told Miaomiao’s dad that she believed that the kids would certainly get into high school.
So, letting three students stay together was indeed the right choice. One individual might lack self-discipline, but three could encourage and compare with each other.
If it weren’t for that, how could Xu Miaomiao, with her impatient nature, study so persistently? Back when she was in the first grade of junior high school, she would watch TV and play all day. Now, she rarely turned on the TV.
Xu Miaomiao handed her pen to Chen Lidong.
“Help me change the refill.”
“Alright,” Chen Lidong immediately opened the pen, replaced the refill without saying no, and threw it back to Xu Miaomiao.
“Thank you,” Xu Miaomiao took her pen from Chen Lidong, waggled it in the air, and resumed solving her problems.
At night, Tang Yuxin brought over a basin, pouring some herbal medicine into it which made Xu Miaomiao’s eyes sparkle. She quickly grabbed a stool and dipped her feet in it.
“Yuxin, where do you get these amazing remedies? No matter how tired I am during the day or how much I think at night, I never suffer from insomnia. And look at my eyes,” she pointed to her eyes, “I have such good vision, I’m not nearsighted at all. Look at our classmates; many of them are wearing glasses.”
Xu Miaomiao was naturally aware of the benefits of these herbs. Tang Yuxin had said that soaking with this herbal mixture not only cleared the mind and improved one’s spirit, but also helped the eyes. And she had witnessed its effects herself.
Tang Yuxin also brought over a basin for herself. The water in the pot carried a mild color of Chinese medicine and emitted a faint aroma of herbs.
Tang Yuxin had been soaking her feet in this herbal water since she was a young child, so the soles of her feet had always been very soft. Traditional Chinese medicine says that the soles of the feet correspond to the five internal organs of the human body. Feet are the body’s second heart, so one should take good care of them.