Go back to the year of the high school entrance examination

The day after the test papers were handed out, Ji Shi knew his ranking in each subject.

Since this monthly exam is a joint exam for all major high schools in County Z, the ranking is not only for one school in Z Middle School, but also for A Middle School, C Middle School, and Eighth Middle School. It is much worse than those in A and C.

According to the rules of the joint entrance examination, the county ranks in this exam, and only the three subjects of language and mathematics are ranked, and the selection of the two courses is only based on the grade.

Although the students of Z Middle School despise the students of other schools strategically, they are curious about their ranking in the county in this monthly exam. The ranking table has just been posted in the downstairs corridor, and it is immediately surrounded by a large group of students. , especially when returning to the classroom after the second class, there were so many people that the stairs were blocked, and many people were even late for the third class in the morning.

"It's not that you can't see it from behind. What are you doing now?" Zeng Tairan looked at this scene with a puzzled face. Maybe it's because he is a scumbag. He will never understand these people's enthusiasm for watching rankings. In other words, this thing is a public execution.

"Ji Shi, do you want to go to the cafeteria? I want to buy tea eggs."

As soon as Ji Shi touched his stomach, he felt a little hungry, so he nodded at Zeng Tairan: "I'll go."

Anyway, there will be many people looking at the rankings, and he won't be able to squeeze in for a while, so he might as well go back to the classroom later and take other stairs.

The tea eggs in the cafeteria are quite delicious, delicious, and cheap. They rank among the top three in the school food list together with roast sausage and tenderloin. Their cafeteria also sells fried chicken chops and fried chicken fillets, but the chicken The flour wrapped in the row is too thick and the price is expensive, so they generally don't buy it too much.

For drinks, Zeng Tairan bought Coke, and Ji Shi chose Fanta.

Although the weather is getting colder and colder, it can't stop their enthusiasm for carbonated drinks at all, especially if they get a bottle before class in the afternoon, preferably iced, rubbing it on their face before drinking is simply invincible.

"Hey, every time the monthly exam is over, it's like fighting a war. When I think that this kind of life will last for several months, I feel so desperate."

"Yes."

Ji Shi also knew that when he was in high school, he always felt that time passed very slowly. Every day was full of classes, homework and exams, which stretched the time infinitely.

But after entering university, especially in the ten years between the ages of 20 and 30, time disappears in a blink of an eye. Everyday work is like a repetitive mechanical movement. Only the time lying in bed at night belongs to oneself. Day by day, Year after year, I don't know where time has gone.

……

The two of them did not take the stairs on the side where the ranking list was posted, but took the stairs on the other side of the teaching building, just to take a long detour to pass the classrooms of the liberal arts class.

Every time Zeng Tairan passed by another classroom, his posture was very arrogant, he looked like he was looking for someone to fight, and when the two climbed up a staircase, Zeng Tairan was about to move forward, but was dragged away by Ji Shi Come back: "Where are you going? This way."

"I don't!" The zipper of Zeng Tairan's school uniform was pulled open by Ji Shi, but he was so stubborn that he would never go to the other side, no matter how Ji Shi pulled it.

——Because the other side is the classroom of Class 21, Zeng Tairan and his girlfriend are here.

In fact, Ji Shi didn't know about it at the beginning, and he only found out after hearing Zhou Weile's revelation. Since then, when they coaxed Zeng Tairan together, they would always talk about class 21. Zeng Tairan is usually careless. His girlfriend blushed.

Youth, youth.

In the tug-of-war between Ji Shi and Zeng Tairan, it finally ended with Zeng Tairan's victory, and the two walked to the door of other liberal arts classrooms. There are not many liberal arts classes in Z High School this year, and more than half are chosen for history and politics. There are only two classes for history and geography, and the head teachers of both classes are geography teachers.

Because in liberal arts classes, there are some students who don't like to memorize political textbooks.

After the two of them ate the tea eggs, they entered the classroom with a drink bottle. Before they could sit down, he already knew his grade ranking this time.

"Have you two gone to see the ranking list downstairs?" Huang Yaqiong asked.

"It's too crowded, I'm too lazy to go." Zeng Tairan took out Dove chocolates from the bag and divided them around. Dove chocolates are relatively expensive these days, and they usually buy more from Alps and Wang. Boy, but they don’t usually eat sweets in this circle. Only Huang Yaqiong and the other girls can buy them, and they buy Zhenzhi sticks every time.

After all, it's weird for boys to eat lollipops.

"Ji Shi, let me check your ranking for you. This time you are in grade 11, and we are number one in our class."

"I saw it too. I almost squeezed my hair bald just now." Zhou Weile really cared about his hair, because his father is bald, with a Mediterranean circle around his head. At this time, they already knew that the baldness gene can be inherited. This is very worrying.

"So tall?" Ji Shi blinked, "It's much taller than I thought."

"You are 11, Yao Meng is 15, you two are not far behind, but this time the overall ranking is really too crowded." Huang Yaqiong lamented, "I also feel that I got the highest score ever, but the ranking is only 30th. after."

Huang Yaqiong's English was a bit messed up this time, and she was hindered by the two subjects of language and mathematics. Her scores in these two subjects added up to 5 points more than Ji Shi, but with English, it was much less, but even so, the grade 30 The name is also her best grade in the whole third year of high school.

According to her, the changes in the top-ranked students in this grade are quite big.

The main reason is that the scores of mathematics and English are limited, and students with higher scores in Chinese have an advantage in this test.

Ji Shi couldn't help but look at the ranking list after the third class.

As expected, the top ten are mainly students from the intensive class. This time, the 9th grade is also from the ordinary class, a student from the 7th class. The other party's math and English scores are not low, but the Chinese is 12% higher than Jishi. In this way, the total score is pulled up.

Of course, Ji Shi's grades are already very good among high school seniors. His only problem is that he is the only one with an A in the A+ category under the two categories of physics and chemistry.

But at least A, Ji Shi is already very satisfied.

"Hey, Ji Shi, does this mean that you will be able to go to the first exam room for the next monthly exam?"

The question Zeng Tairan asked made Ji Shi stunned for a while, and then he reacted abruptly.

it seems to be like this?

Can he go to the first examination room?

Although Ji Shi's grades in these monthly exams were good, he still subconsciously thought that he was still a scumbag. After he suddenly realized that he could go to the first examination room, the scene of himself being surrounded by a group of bullies flashed in Ji Shi's mind.

I feel like I don't fit in that kind of atmosphere.

but--

In the line of sight, the ranking list was pasted from high to low. On the top and front A4 paper, there were only 10 names above his name. This scene also made Ji Shi's heart ache.

Back to the best ranking since the third year of high school.

The rewards of hard work are displayed in front of him so openly, whether it is the number 11 in the first column of the table, or the two letters A in the last two columns of the table.

He really wished this ranking list could be posted for a longer period of time.

In other words, next time, and in the future when the total score of five subjects is still counted, his ranking can still be in this position.

After becoming an adult, Ji Shi often felt that he was doing useless work. He obviously spent a lot of energy and time, but things would never get the rewards he wanted, and even if they did, they would be greatly reduced.

But learning is different. When he chooses to work hard, when he devotes himself wholeheartedly, the rewards will come to him unreservedly, which is more than he expected.

It's a pity he didn't understand back then.

……

After returning to the classroom, Ji Shi sat on the chair in a daze, and unconsciously clenched his fingers.

The old donkey had mentioned Jinling to him before, and Zeng Tairan often joked with him that Jinling was fine, but Ji Shi never had the real feeling that he could go to Jinling, or in other words, he hadn't set a clear goal yet.

But today, seeing his name on an unobstructed ranking list that can be seen at a glance, Ji Shi suddenly wanted to stabilize himself in the top ten of his grade.

The top ten in Z's grade is definitely enough to go to Jinling, but Ji Shi feels that the higher the test score, the wider his choices should be, so can he hit a higher goal?

First integrate the two subjects of physics and chemistry, so that his language and mathematics can have a broader world.

However, Ji Shi is not very daring to target Qingjing for the time being. After all, the only thing that is uncertain is these two universities. There are jokes on the Internet that there are two top2 universities in China and 5 top10 universities. Be bold and add a few more universities. No problem.

Of course, this is just an ambition. If the scores in physics and chemistry cannot be improved, no matter whether it is top2 or top5, it is empty talk.

"Why do I feel..." Zeng Tairan showed a skeptical expression, "I went downstairs once, and you seem to have taken Shiquan Dabu pills, what's the matter?"

Ji Shi shook his head: "I won't tell you."

Before the goal is achieved, it must not be revealed. Ji Shi is a little superstitious.

"You're 11 this time, how about aiming for the top 10 next time?" Yao Meng turned around and looked at Ji Shi intently, "I'll try to surpass you next time."

Ji Shi smiled slightly: "Okay."

Since Ji Shi's mathematics and English scores have stabilized at high levels, Yao Meng has not passed Ji Shi in several monthly exams other than Chinese and mathematics. Although he can throw Ji Shi far away with physics and chemistry, they all It is very clear that the Jiangsu province college entrance examination only counts the scores of the three subjects other than language and mathematics.

Yao Meng believed in Ji Shi's progress even more.

Even though his physics and chemistry still have a great advantage over Shang Ji Shi, he knows that this advantage may disappear completely by next year. Ji Shi is like a speeding train, dragging him forward.

Yao Meng and Ji Shi have a good relationship. They discuss topics together and ask each other for advice. In addition, both of them have a relatively peaceful personality and are not aggressive, so whoever ranks higher and who ranks lower is actually not very good. mind.

But that doesn't mean there's no rivalry between the two.

In other words, they also realized that this competition is not a bad thing, but it will motivate them to keep going.

Both Ji Shi and Yao Meng benefited a lot from their competition.

They also have the self-esteem of being high school seniors, and no one will give up easily.