Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

"Hey, this kid is still keeping it a secret." Yan Bugui shook his head and slowly walked back to the house.

For the next five days, Li Tianyi went everywhere and stayed at home reading. During this period, the younger sister also made a fuss and asked her elder brother to take her out to play, but Li Tianyi coaxed her away and told her to wait a few days before going.

The exam was on Monday, and on Saturday and Sunday, Li's father and mother wanted to take them out to the department store, but Li Tianyi still refused to go. They had no choice but to take their younger brother and sister out.

Li Tianyi went out on Monday morning. He had told his family yesterday that he had something going on at home and would not be at home for the whole day, so he asked his mother to take his younger brother and sister to the cafeteria for a day.

Father Li and the others did not ask, but just told him to be careful on the road. Li Tianyi took two trams before arriving at QH College. At this time, there were already many people waiting outside the college, most of them were middle-aged people, and the others were young people. Li Tianyi was the only child among them, and they thought that this child was here to watch the excitement.

Li Tianyi didn't have a watch and didn't know what time it was, but he didn't wait long before the door of the academy opened. Then a young soldier led everyone to a large classroom and asked everyone to sit down according to their seat numbers.

Li Tianyi ignored the surprised looks of the people around him and sat calmly in the classroom, waiting for the teacher to hand out the papers. This exam was divided into a written test and an interview. The interview was in the afternoon. If you passed the written test, you would be notified to attend the interview in the afternoon before noon.

After Li Tianyi got the test paper, he first glanced over it briefly and felt that they were all basic questions. Then Li Tianyi started writing.

Forty minutes passed, and Li Tianyi finished answering all the questions on the test paper, and then began to check his answers from the beginning. Half an hour later, Li Tianyi checked twice, and seeing that there was really no problem, he raised his hand.

When the invigilator saw the youngest candidate in the classroom raise his hand, he immediately walked over to Li Tianyi and asked, "Student, what do you want?"

"Teacher, I want to hand in my paper."

The invigilator did not speak, but took Li Tianyi's test paper and looked at it. He saw that the test paper was full of answers. Although he did not look at the answers carefully, the paper was clean and tidy, which made people feel good at first sight. "Okay, student, you can go out now, but please keep quiet. The scores will be announced one hour after the end of the exam. Students, please do not run around."

"Thank you, teacher."

Li Tianyi knew that the invigilator was afraid that he would get lost because of his young age, so he kindly reminded him.

Li Tianyi walked around after leaving the college. He was a little hungry, so he wanted to see if there was anything delicious around.

You know what, he actually found a good one. Because there are several schools nearby, the living facilities here are very complete, and there are many places to eat.

The aroma of the Mending meat patties aroused Li Tianyi's appetite from afar. Li Tianyi walked quickly into the restaurant and asked the waiter for three meat patties, plus a bowl of fried liver, which he ate to his heart's content.

The exam had already ended by then, and there were many candidates waiting at the entrance of the college for the results to be announced. Li Tianyi sat on the side of the road bored, thinking about his future plans.

Half an hour later, the little soldier came out again, but this time he had a piece of red paper in his hand.

After the little soldier posted the red paper on the bulletin board outside the door, a group of people gathered around and crowded forward, all wanting to be the first to see the name and score on it.

Li Tianyi was still sitting there as steady as a rock. He was very self-aware. With his small body, he would only be a delivery boy. Even if those adults were thin, they were not as thin as a kid like him.

Li Tianyi just looked at the group of people quietly. Soon, they began to disperse. Some of them happily called their friends to have dinner, while others walked away dejectedly and silently.

Soon there were not many people at the bulletin board. Li Tianyi stood up, patted his butt, and walked to the bulletin board this time.

He did not read from the back to the front, but from the first place down. There was no ranking on this red paper, only the name and score. Li Tianyi found that there were 10 people who scored full marks, and of course he was among them.

At the end of the red paper it was written that the interview would start at 5pm, each person would have minutes, and the order would be the one written on the red paper.

Li Tianyi looked around and didn't know what time it was, so he walked to the security office of the college and asked the old man guarding the gate about the time. Seeing that he was a child, the old man let him in.

"Dude, why are you hanging around here instead of going home?" The old man saw Li Tianyi hanging around the door in the morning and thought that he was just a kid from the neighborhood playing there.

I didn't expect him to go in and take the exam. Now that the scores have been posted, why is this kid still not going home? As for Li Tian passing the written test, this old man never thought about it. Some adults couldn't even pass the test, let alone this kid.

"Uncle, I have an exam this afternoon." Li Tianyi said seriously. Li Tianyi went into the room and checked the time. It was one o'clock now, and the interview would start again in an hour.

"Kid, don't tease me. Did you pass the written test this morning?" The old man looked Li Tianyi up and down curiously.

Li Tianyi straightened his chest and shouted loudly: "Of course, full marks, how about it, I didn't embarrass the men of our city, did I?"

The shout scared the old man, and the young soldier standing guard outside also looked into the house curiously.

"You little brat, if you passed the test, then you passed it. Why are you yelling? You scared the old man."

Li Tianyi burst into laughter. The old man pointed at Li Tianyi and said, "Bad, you are so bad, you little bastard."

"You're old enough, boy. Come and sit over here." The old man pointed at the stool next to him and asked Li Tianyi to sit down.

"Don't be polite, uncle. I'll just stand there for a while. My name is Li Tianyi. I'm 11 years old and will be in the first grade of junior high school in September."

"You're great, kid. You're already in the first grade at such a young age." The more the old man looked at Li Tianyi, the more he liked him. This kid was not only interesting, but also a genius.

Li Tianyi laughed, and then Li Tianyi and the old man chatted in the gatehouse. He could talk about anything under the sun. The old man became more and more curious about Li Tianyi, thinking it was not easy for him to know so many things at such a young age.

"Kid, what does your family do? You know so much."

"My parents are factory workers. I like reading books and sometimes go to the library to read, so I know a little bit about everything."

"It's good to read books. Only by reading more books can you have a bright future."

Time passed quickly as the two chatted. When it was almost two o'clock, the little soldier led them to a classroom. Li Tianyi's reappearance surprised the group of people. No one had expected that the child had passed the exam in the morning.