Chapter 58: Making Money from Mock Exams

  The days of the junior high school entrance examination are getting closer and closer. According to the requirements of the Education Bureau, the school has decided to conduct a mock exam, which is a unified exam for all primary schools in the city. The test papers, time, and even the correction of the test papers by teachers from each school will be uniform, ensuring absolute fairness. What excites the students the most is that after the mock exam, the Education Bureau will award scholarships to the top ten students based on their rankings, and there is also the temptation of being admitted to a top middle school.

  As soon as everyone heard about the mock exam, they all seemed to have a strong determination to perform at their best. Originally, I thought that the bird that sticks its head out gets shot, and in school, I always maintained a ranking of top five in my grade. This time, when I heard that the scholarship for the top three in the city was generous, I also wanted to get a share of it.

  There are three exams in total, Chinese is on Wednesday morning, math is in the afternoon, and English is on Thursday morning. The afternoons of Thursday to Sunday are all holidays, but the teachers have already assigned holiday homework before the exam, so everyone won't be too relaxed.

  On Wednesday when I had a language exam, I arrived at school early and found my own examination room and seat. I sat in the position by the window and looked outside to calm myself down.

  After a while, I actually heard someone calling me. Turning my head around, it turned out to be Shu Tengteng. And wasn't the one behind her Xuan Yuanruo? Ever since last time, Xuan Yuanruo and I had been in a cold war. He didn't apologize to me, so I refused to talk to him. As soon as I saw Xuan Yuan, I turned my head away. So Shu Tengteng ran over with a smile, saying: "Xiao Xiao, what a coincidence! There are only three of us from our class in this exam room. It would be great if you were sitting behind me, I still have some hope. But it seems like Xuan Yuan is a bit off, I feel a chill coming from behind me."

  I glanced at Xuan Yuan with my peripheral vision and said, "Exams are like that, the atmosphere is pretty dull, nothing to it. You just need to think about doing your best, if you do well, not only will you get money, but also a holiday, what a wonderful thing."

  "Haha, with my grades, it's impossible for me to get a scholarship that easily. You're more likely to get one. I'll be satisfied as long as I can just barely pass the exam and get into No. 1 Middle School."

  "Tongtong, you're being too modest! Your English and Chinese aren't bad at all, it should be fine. As for me, I wasn't even the top student in school, let alone ranked in the city. There's always someone better than you out there, we just need to stay calm and work hard. Give me five!"

  I was slow in action during the exam, so I carefully reviewed the questions and slowly did the test paper. When I started outlining my composition, I suddenly heard the teacher say: "Classmates, classmates, hurry up, there are still half an hour left for the exam, and your composition has not been written yet."

  I thought to myself who could be so awesome, actually fell asleep during the mock exam, probably not a good student, and still afraid of writing compositions.

  After the bell rang, I handed in my paper, packed up and turned around to find that most of my classmates had already left the examination room, including Xuan Yuanrui. Shu Tongtong called out to me, "Xiao Xiao, everyone is leaving quickly, let's go home too."

  I nodded, and Shu Tengteng continued: "Xiao Xiao, today Xuan Yuan was really not himself. He actually fell asleep during the exam! If the teacher hadn't woken him up, he probably wouldn't have even finished his essay, let alone pass. Xiao Xiao, do you know what's wrong with him? Is something bothering him? Is it because of your fight?" She said with a sly smile and raised eyebrows.

  Ah! So, the sleeping student was actually Xuan Yuan. Alright, I admit that Xuan Yuan has been having some problems lately. I furrowed my brow and said: "I don't know, I'm not his someone, how could I possibly understand his every move? Never mind, let's hurry back home, take a nap, and study math well in the afternoon."

  Although it is said that, but still a little worried about Xuan Yuan, forget it, let's talk about it after the mock exam. Fortunately, this is not a small upgrade. The math test in the afternoon was more difficult than usual, and there were 20 additional points. The first 100 points were indeed a bit difficult, but clever students who can learn from experience could still do quite a few of them. However, the last 20 points were not easy to get. Using the divisibility property and congruence property in elementary number theory was super simple, but exhaustive method could also be used to solve it, just more troublesome. It's easier for primary school students to understand, but I don't know how many people can think of this method to solve it.

  After finishing the math exam, I heard many people in the same examination room complaining that they didn't know which teacher made the test paper, it was so difficult, and it couldn't be compared with usual times. Originally, I wanted to show off my skills, but as a result, I had no chance to use them at all. Among the three subjects, Shu Tengteng's math is the weakest. After finishing the math exam, she hung her head and said: "Xiao Xiao, this time I'm done for. I was expecting math not to be difficult, it doesn't matter if Chinese and English are hard, but math is so hard, whether I can pass or not is a problem."

  I comforted her not to think too much, after all, no one can say anything before the test results come out. Moreover, ranking is still based on total scores, so I told her to do well tomorrow. As expected, where there's difficulty, there's simplicity - the English test paper was quite simple, and many boys were overjoyed because of this.

  No matter how well or poorly they did on the exam, after the mock exam ended, everyone went home to relax, while the teachers worked hard together to grade the papers.

  The days off are always shorter than school days. On Monday, everyone comes to school with a bit of trepidation because the grades are out.

  The first lesson is Chinese class, and the school bell rings.

  After the bell rang, the teacher walked in with a stack of test papers, her expression neither serious nor particularly happy. The teacher began to speak: "Classmates, this time's mock exam, our class did pretty well, among the top ten in the city, we have three students, second place is Nan Xixi, fifth place is Wu Hanwen, and tenth place is Xuan Yuanrui, I hope everyone can learn from them. However, our class ranking dropped from first to third this time, but such things can't be changed overnight, don't be discouraged, I have confidence in you all, we will summarize this afternoon's class meeting. Now let's start distributing the language test papers and analysis... First place Nan Xixi, second place Hou Jingya, third place Wu Hanwen, fourth place Shu Tiantian..."

  This afternoon, the teacher brought me the news of the scholarship. It turned out that our city's mock exam was better than expected, not only did we get a scholarship from the Education Bureau, but our school also prepared a scholarship for us.

  After class, classmates were chattering about the scholarship, and many of them had beautiful expectations. After all, even if only 50 yuan was awarded, it was an honor, and elementary school students considered honor especially important.

  On the other hand, I thought Xuan Yuan would still be sulking with a cold face like he did last week, but surprisingly, he didn't seem to be affected by his bad exam results at all. In fact, his warm smile was back on his face. I really don't know what's going on with him. Is it because "Big Brother-in-law" has arrived? Haha, this is just my perverted and angry thought.

  The real reason is that Xuan Yuan Zhi hasn't had that strange dream recently, and his mood has relaxed a lot. As for his grades, he seems to have never taken them too seriously. In one's life, there will always be ups and downs, which he has subconsciously acknowledged.

  He walked over and joined our discussion, but as soon as I saw him coming, my mood was slightly affected. Just when I wanted to find an excuse to slip away, I heard Xuan Yuan say seriously: "Nan Xiuxiu, I formally apologize for my behavior last time. This is my apology. If you win the scholarship today, please let me treat you to dinner this weekend as a form of compensation. I am very sincere and hope you can accept."

  He handed me a letter, saying it was an apology letter. Although he said it was an apology letter, since the envelope was my favorite simple blue cover, I guess he was catering to my taste. Everyone thought this was abnormal, and some even suspected that there were ulterior motives. Xiaoxiao shot me a meaningful glance.

  More and more people are staring at us, and Xuan Yuan used to call me Xiao Yatou, but this time he's so serious that he's calling my name, it seems like he's really apologizing. I have a way out, of course, I'll take it, after all, we're still heroes who appreciate each other. Hehe, rare moment of self-love

  I quickly put it away and said, "This young lady is very busy, I'll spare you this once, but don't think it's always like this. As for eating together, make another appointment, my schedule is quite full."

  Xuanyuan laughed and said in sync with me: "There won't be a next time, but may I ask where should I make an appointment? I'll go make one right now."

  "Hmm, this question, didn't you ask clearly? Of course, it's going to Xiaoxiao's place, right, Xiaoxiao?" He said with a wink, letting her know he was joking earlier.

  Xiao Xiao smiled and said in a mysterious tone, "Our little southern miss has been feeling unwell lately, she's not busy at all, just needs to get out and clear her mind. I'll help Mr. Xuan Yuan make an appointment..." Amidst our laughter and chatter, the bell rang, and we returned to our seats.

  After the teacher's name was reported, I found that I made a profit this time. The Education Bureau gave me 2,000 yuan and the school also gave me 1,000 yuan. Haha, I didn't expect to make some extra money from the exam too! Wu Hanwen and Xuan Yuanrui also got 2,000 yuan and 1,500 yuan respectively.

  Of course, other classmates in our class such as Hou Jingya, Shu Tongtong, Lin Lili, and of course Xiao Xiao also received scholarships from the school. Although the school didn't give much, they said it was to encourage their classmates and hoped that they could successfully get into their ideal junior high school.

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