The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 7: Clubs? Who would join a club if they were serious?

As the bell for the morning reading class rang, without Lao Zhao saying anything, the students in the audience sat back in their chairs. Except for those who went to the bathroom, the rest of them all lay down on the table and began to catch up on their sleep.

Shaking his head, Lao Zhao put his hands behind his back and walked out of the classroom. He saw Qian Sanyi, the top scorer in the senior high school entrance examination, entering the classroom from the back door. Then he remembered that there was a day student in the class. He had to tell him to come earlier next time.

Not long after, the class bell rang, and the Chinese teacher walked into the classroom unhurriedly, patted the desk, waking up the people who were catching up on their sleep, unscrewed his teacup and took a sip of hot water.

"You are tired so early in the morning. Let me cheer you up and prepare for the back-slapping."

As soon as the Chinese teacher finished speaking, there was a commotion in the classroom. In fact, there was a whole morning reading class and most people had already memorized it, but they were still a little nervous.

Looking at the list on the desk, the Chinese teacher began to call the shots.

"Come, Jiang Tianhao"

Jiang Tianhao's body trembled, and he stood up immediately. He had a confident look on his face, but his mind went blank as soon as he opened his mouth. The eyes of the whole class gradually gathered around him, and cold sweat gradually seeped out of Jiang Tianhao's forehead. Seeing the teacher's increasingly unfriendly gaze, Jiang Tianhao quickly spoke

"Teacher, remind me of one sentence, just the first one, I can recite it."

The Chinese teacher looked doubtful and reminded me of the first sentence.

"Independence Cold"

"Okay, that's enough, teacher. I will stand alone in the cold autumn and head north along the Xiang River."

Without waiting for the reminder, Jiang Tianhao interrupted the teacher and recited the whole text fluently without stuttering. After reciting it, the originally solemn atmosphere in the classroom became relaxed, and the Chinese teacher's face was full of satisfaction.
"Okay, sit down. You've memorized well. I can see you've spent time on it. You should consolidate it after class. No one will remind you during the exam."

With Jiang Tianhao as a buffer, the Chinese teacher called on a few more people. They all recited it completely, nodded with satisfaction, and continued with yesterday's content. The remaining few who couldn't recite it yet secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

There was nothing to memorize in this class, so the Chinese teacher simply didn't assign any homework.

After the teacher left, the classroom became quiet again. Lin Miaomiao did not make up for her sleep, but took out some snacks from her desk and ate them as quietly as possible. Although the sound was quiet, Wu Xianyu still heard it. He also felt a little hungry, so he reached out and touched Lin Miaomiao's shoulder.
"Lin Miaomiao, give me some snacks."

Lin Miaomiao didn't even turn her head and put the bag of snacks in her hand under her arm and behind her.

"Take it yourself"

Wu Xianyu very restrainedly took a few chips and ate them in one bite. He thought he would feel full, but ended up feeling even hungrier. This was the downside of a young body; you get hungry when you're hungry.

Fortunately, there is a long break after the second class, so he can go to the canteen to buy some food to fill his stomach. Thinking of this, Wu Xianyu drank a lot of water.

The second English class is Wu Xianyu's strong point. He studied Business English in college in his previous life. Although he was suddenly liberated after studying for more than ten years and just had four years of leisure in college and got a diploma, his foundation is still there, not to mention that he had a high talent for languages. For example, he could understand Wu dialect in four years when he went to college in southern Jiangsu. He learned Cantonese in three years after working in Yuecheng. I don't know if his speaking is standard, but he has no problem singing K.

The teacher did not ask Wu Xianyu any questions in this class, but Lin Miaomiao in the front row was asked a question. The question was not too difficult and she answered it easily. After class, Wu Xianyu stood up and prepared to go to the canteen to buy some food. He remembered something and tapped Lin Miaomiao's head in the front row. When she glared at him and came back, he spoke up.

"I'm going to get some food, would you like some?"

When she heard that there was food, Lin Miaomiao's expression changed instantly, and she was all smiles.
"Okay, okay, I'm not picky about food, anything is fine with me."

"Row"

Looking at the pile of dried fruit packaging bags in the garbage bag hanging next to Lin Miaomiao's desk, Wu Xianyu already had a plan in mind.

I walked out of the classroom with Jiang Tianhao and parted ways at the fork in the road between the playground and the canteen. He went to play basketball while I went to the canteen.

As soon as he entered the door, he ordered five sausages and bought some things in the canteen while eating. After he got the things, he had finished the five sausages. He returned to the classroom with a big bag of snacks and put Lin Miaomiao's portion of various dried fruits and vacuum-packed meats in front of her, which elicited her gratitude.

While eating instant noodles, Lin Miaomiao turned around with a stack of flyers.

"Xianyu, have you decided which club you want to join?"

Wu Xianyu looked at the pile of flyers for various clubs in front of him with a look of disgust, and pushed them away with his fingertips.

"No, unless there is a sleeping club. I don't want to move anyway, so why join a club?"

"Don't count on the sleeping club. I recommend you to join this radio station. If you didn't give me snacks, I wouldn't tell you about this club."

As she spoke, Lin Miaomiao glanced around, leaned forward and whispered
"I'll tell you something in secret. You don't have to miss the fourth class in the afternoon on the day you're on duty at the radio station."

"Oh?"

Hearing this good news, Wu Xianyu did not rush to get excited, but leaned back with a serious expression on his face.

"So, what's the price?"

"The price. The price is to go on the radio."

Lin Miaomiao didn't quite follow Wu Xianyu's train of thought. She scratched her short hair and took a bite of the dried mango in her hand.

"Da Ga. Kou Kou Wa Lu"

"what?"

Lin Miaomiao didn't understand what he meant, but she guessed from Wu Xianyu's expression and tone that he didn't want to go. However, no one picked up the joke he threw out, which made Wu Xianyu a little bored, so he explained it to Lin Miaomiao.

"Oh, this is a line from a comic book, it means rejection"

If it's just a little boring that no one can follow up on your joke, then explaining your own joke is the most boring thing in the world.

"Hmm? What comic is it about? I'll take a look when I get home."

When Lin Miaomiao heard the lines from the comic, she immediately became interested and asked Wu Xianyu

"JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" but I don't think you can finish watching it, because I also watched it intermittently, and I only watched it for the jokes in it, so I can't really tell the actual content"

"Oh! I know, the one on Bilibili. I remember the comments on that show were really good."

Hearing that Lin Miaomiao was also playing on Bilibili, Wu Xianyu's eyes lit up.

"Hey, you also play Bilibili?"

"You too."

The two showed expressions of like-minded people, and Lin Miaomiao still did not give up the idea of ​​pulling Wu Xianyu to the radio station.

"So, do you want to go to the radio station? If you go, I will sign you up."

"No, I'd rather not go to any club." "Okay, just be lazy."

Lin Miaomiao turned around with the stack of flyers and continued to research which club she should join.

The third class was the chemistry class which gave Wu Xianyu the most headache. He finally got through it. The fourth class was mathematics. Halfway through the class, Wu Xianyu was about to enter the power saving mode, but then his cell phone rang and he woke up immediately. He reflexively touched his trouser pockets and found nothing. Then he realized that the cell phone was with Lao Zhao, so he looked up to see which unlucky guy had left his cell phone on.

Lao Zhao, who was giving a lecture, also stopped and turned around, looking at the audience, tapping his fingers on the desk.
"Whose phone is this? The school has repeatedly prohibited mobile phones from being brought into the school. Who is breaking the rules here?"

The classroom was silent, and everyone was turning around to look for who was so unlucky.

At this time, a hand was stretched out from the last row, and everyone's eyes turned to it. After seeing the man's appearance, Lao Zhao's angry expression changed again and again.

"Excuse me, teacher, my cell phone is ringing. I just turned it off. Can we continue with the class?"

Qian Sanyi seemed very calm, as if he didn't hear what Lao Zhao said about the rules at all. After saying this, he put down his arms, looked up at the podium, and waited for the teacher to continue.

Everyone's attention shifted to the head teacher again. Wu Xianyu had a playful look on his face and muttered to Jiang Tianhao on his right:

"This guy has directly put Old Zhao in a difficult position. Now it depends on whether the school rules are more important or his reputation as the top scorer in the high school entrance exam is more important."

Jiang Tianhao looked back at Qian Sanyi with a playful look on his face.

"I'm not saying that this kind of person is only suitable for studying. He really has no emotional intelligence at all."

Zhao Rongbao could hear the whispers from the audience even from the podium. His eyes twitched and his tone slowed down.
"Qian Sanyi, please stay after class. I have something to tell you."

Wu Xianyu raised his eyebrows and wrote a small note to Jiang Tianhao.
"It seems that the face of this high school entrance exam champion is more important than anything else. He even ignores the school rules."

Jiang Tianhao chuckled after seeing the note, wrote a few words, and returned it to Wu Xianyu.

"I can't help it. After all, I spent 500,000 yuan to hire him, so I have to keep him."

Seeing the note, Wu Xianyu was also a little surprised. How could the top scorer in the high school entrance examination receive a bonus? He remembered that his top scorer in the high school entrance examination in his previous life was only exempted from three years of tuition and miscellaneous fees in high school and did not receive any cash reward. After thinking about it, Wu Xianyu felt that this might be due to Jiangzhou's wealth.

Before Wu Xianyu could think of what to write, the bell rang and he simply stuffed the note into his desk. After the monitor shouted for everyone to stand up and say goodbye, Wu Xianyu walked out of the classroom. He was already hungry and the snack he had in the morning was not enough to fill him up.

When most people in the classroom had left, Zhao Rongbao stood by the podium and waved to Qian Sanyi, who was alone.

"come here"

When the people arrived, Zhao Rongbao looked at him with a tangled face.

"Qian Sanyi, what were you thinking? I told you on the first day of school that cell phones were strictly prohibited in school, but you exposed yourself in front of the whole class."

Seeing Qian Sanyi looking aside without saying a word, Zhao Rongbao sighed and put away his teaching plan.
"Okay, I won't pursue this matter any further. You'd better not bring your cell phone with you. Also, ask your parents to call me when you get home."

After saying that, he walked out of the classroom with his hands behind his back, leaving Qian Sanyi alone at the desk. No one knew what he was thinking about.

Wu Xianyu, who was eating in the cafeteria, didn't know any of this, nor did he care about it at all. He was eating frantically. He didn't know if it was because he had consumed energy from running exercises this morning, but he just felt particularly hungry today.

After dinner, Jiang Tianhao returned to the dormitory and couldn't wait to pick up the book and read it. Wu Xianyu took off his shirt and saw Jiang Tianhao reading so engrossedly, so he asked casually:

"Where did you see it?"

"Halfway through, I feel pretty good, I don't see anything bad about it"

"If not, then just keep reading. Maybe my taste in reading is different from yours. I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to take a nap."

There was no expression on Wu Xianyu's face when he spoke. Jiang Tianhao thought that they just had different tastes in reading, so he continued reading with confidence.

Back in the classroom in the afternoon, Jiang Tianhao pulled Wu Xianyu to discuss

"Hey Xianyu, is that Eri related to the White King?"

"Eriyi?"

Lin Miaomiao in the front row caught the key words and suddenly turned her head to look at the two of them. Wu Xianyu kicked Lin Miaomiao's bench with his foot. Lin Miaomiao looked at him strangely. Wu Xianyu also looked at him straight. Although he didn't say anything, Lin Miaomiao seemed to understand. She looked at Jiang Tianhao with no change on her expression.
"You are also watching Dragon Clan, you have good taste."

"Hey, wait a minute, is that Eri related to the White King?"

Jiang Tianhao saw that Wu Xianyu couldn't get any information out of him, so he called Lin Miaomiao. Unfortunately, Lin Miaomiao and Wu Xianyu had just reached a cooperative relationship, so she pretended to be stupid and said,
"Ah? I can't remember clearly. Just keep reading. I remember the author finished writing it not long after."

Seeing that he didn't get the answer he wanted, Jiang Tianhao sat back in his seat in disappointment. Lin Miaomiao took the opportunity to change direction and turned to look at Wu Xianyu with an expression of "you little bastard" on her face, and pointed at him with her finger.

Wu Xianyu had no expression on his face, he just wrote a note to Lin Miaomiao

"Just tell me if you want to see Jiang Tianhao's expression after he finishes reading it. I think he will finish reading it tonight."

Lin Miaomiao did not reply after receiving the note, but gave Wu Xianyu a thumbs up.

The two smiled at each other, without any ambiguous emotions, just full of bad taste.

Jiang Tianhao, who was still thinking about something, suddenly felt a chill, shuddered, touched the goose bumps on his arms, looked up, and thought that the air conditioning temperature in the classroom was too low.

The afternoon classes passed quickly. During the last self-study class, Lao Zhao did not teach. Instead, he counted which clubs the students in the class had signed up for. In the end, he found that several students had not signed up for any clubs. So he simply talked to everyone individually for a while. I don't know what he said, but everyone signed up for a club after they came back.

But soon, Wu Xianyu found out. He was called out by Lao Zhao. Zhao Rongbao was smiling and holding the registration form in his hand.

"Xianyu, why don't you join a club?"

Facing a non-conventional person like Lao Zhao, Wu Xianyu was relatively relaxed, with a smile on his face.
"Teacher, you know I'm lazy, so I won't join a club that requires both brainpower and physical effort."

"That won't work. The school has a rule that every student must participate in club activities."

Old Zhao, who looked arrogant, smiled after he finished speaking.

"Well, the science club I'm in charge of doesn't have many people signing up, so I'll enroll you."

Wu Xianyu's originally smiling expression froze, and he quickly reacted.
"Teacher, I suddenly remembered that I was planning to join the radio station. I will go and sign up now. Thank you for your guidance."

After saying that, Wu Xianyu bowed slightly to Lao Zhao, returned to the classroom, found the class monitor Liang Yunshu, and signed himself up for the radio station.

(End of this chapter)