Chen Ming sorted out his clothes, came to the offering table, took out three sticks of incense and lit them, bowed three times, and then inserted them into the incense burner.

"Father, mother, I'm out of the house! Today is my freshman year of high school......" he said slowly, clasping his hands together and looking at a photo on the table. From the beginning of sensible, this is his habit,

It was almost seven o'clock, and he didn't panic. Today he got up at five o'clock and exercised in the playground for more than an hour. He persisted in this habit for three years, to be exact, two years and three months.

Around six o'clock, he had already eaten breakfast, came back for a brief shower, and then changed his clothes and prepared to go out.

Leaving the dormitory and coming to the playground again, a large number of students have begun to come to school. There are a lot of dormitory students like him, but more of them are day students.

Today is the first day of school, and the freshmen of high school can be said to know no one. The students in the second and third years of high school are in twos and threes, obviously they have met each other, or they have made an appointment to go to school together.

"It's completely different from five o'clock...... Chen Ming muttered in a low voice, when he came down to exercise at five o'clock before, it was dark and quiet, and the atmosphere was actually very uncomfortable.

It was almost around six o'clock that people came down one after another, and most of them practiced for about half an hour in the morning. Just looking at the running posture of these people and the intensity of the exercise, Chen Ming knows very well that they are all the way to himself.

"Arrived at the ......" in a blink of an eye in front of the classroom of the first and third classes, and when I registered the day before yesterday, I came to recognize the classroom.

Students can choose their own seat before assigning seats for the first time. Chen Ming didn't want to attract too much attention, so he chose a back position. In fact, at this time, a lot of things can be seen through the allocation of positions.

If you like to learn, you choose a high position for yourself, so that you can better hear the teacher's lecture; if you don't want to be in the limelight and study in general, you will choose the middle position, especially the first and fourth groups, and the position against the wall is rarely noticed by the teacher.

In the end, students who have a more jumpy personality and are not very good at studying, or who have to choose here because of their height, will choose a lower position. Basically, as long as the class does not interfere with other people's learning, teachers will generally ignore this part of the students.

"What's your name?" As soon as Chen Ming sat down, his tablemate asked, "My name is Yang Simin!"

"Chen Ming!" Chen Ming nodded.

"In the next half semester, you and I will be classmates. Yang Simin said with a smile, he seems to be a lively and talkative type. Moreover, there is a sense of maturity that other students do not have.

"Hmm......" Chen Ming knew what he meant, and began to divide the subjects in the second half of the semester, according to the science and liberal arts. There are basically four classes in liberal arts, and the rest are all science classes.

"Everyone, be quiet!" A middle-aged female teacher walked in outside the door at this moment, and she went straight to the podium, "My surname is Zheng, you can call me Teacher Zheng, and in the next half semester, I will be your class teacher." ”

"Hello teacher!" the students responded.

"Today is the first day of school, and there are three main contents. One is to pick up your textbooks, the second is to introduce yourself and select class leaders on an improvised basis, and then take a few classes to warm up. The head teacher nodded, and then said.

Then he moved out of the way, pointed to the books behind him, and continued: "Now, starting from the first table of the first group, come up one after another to get your books!"

Chen Ming was the last in the second group, so he naturally had to wait until the people in front of him had taken the book before he could go up. He subconsciously looked at the end of the fourth group, the tall man of 1.8 meters, and the table next to him, these two guys were a little unlucky, and they had to go up at the end.

Seeing his height, Chen Ming thought of Yang Xiong, who was his best friend. At the age of twelve, he was 1.7 meters tall, and before he came to this city, Yang Xiong was already 1.9 meters tall, and many people said that he would definitely be able to exceed two meters.

"It's our turn!" Yang Simin pushed him, and Chen Ming came back to his senses. The two got up, went up to pick out their books, and returned to their seats.

Basic language, mathematics, English, then physics, chemistry, biology, politics, geography, history. One wonders if there will be music and art textbooks for classes, as well as information technology that has little to no previous exposure.

"I'll post the timetable here, and you can copy it yourself later. Seeing that everyone had finished their books one after another, they took out a class schedule and pasted it next to the podium.

During this period, Chen Ming briefly flipped through the textbook, and the content was the same as what he had previewed, and there was no difficulty. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at his tablemate, he seemed to be looking through the textbook, but his face was faintly bitter - he couldn't read the content of the textbook, especially the mathematics and English parts, and physics and chemistry were like reading a book from heaven.

"High School ...... That's just ......" Yang Simin put down the book in his hand, "I can't learn anything at all......"

Can't learn it, or can't learn it? Chen Ming wanted to complain, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say it.

The very cliché self-introduction session starts from the first table and is introduced one by one. At the front, they will basically actively introduce their names, preferences and goals, and greet their classmates enthusiastically; in the middle part, they will basically just report their names and say hello; and at the end, they will basically report their names and sit down.

"Chen Ming, from Xujia Village, Fengyang Town, please advise!" Chen Ming got up, not very enthusiastic, nor very cold, just calmly introduced his identity, and then sat down.

"Puff ......" came from somewhere a faint laughter that was barely audible to others, but he could hear it clearly. However, he is not surprised, and it is not unusual to discriminate against countrymen.

Anyway, it's just classmates who get along for half a semester...... Chen Ming doesn't care, after half a semester, everyone will be broken up, and the friendship established will become estranged because of the class.

"Where is that Fengyang Town?" asked Yang Simin curiously.

"Jiangxi. Chen Ming replied.

"But listen to your accent, not like that over there. Yang Simin replied.

"I've lived here for more than two years and have a slight accent here. Chen Ming nodded. In fact, before he came here, Senior Sister Wang told him that when he came to this big city, it was best to speak with a local accent and pretend to be a local.

Chen Ming nodded, he knew very well that big cities were actually xenophobic. If you want to live well here, you have to find a way to become a 'local' here. Like it or not, that's life.

"Coming here to go to school?" Yang Simin thought of for the first time.

"Hmm...... Yes, in a place called 'Five Tigers Private School', I studied for three years. Chen Ming nodded. Then he found that after he finished speaking, there were about three classmates, and their bodies trembled slightly. Obviously, and he is from over there.

"This name is domineering, but why haven't I heard of it?" Yang Simin was a little excited, generally other people's private schools are 'Yucai', 'Yinghua' and 'Wenqu' and other names. The name Five Tigers is domineering when you hear it.

"Well, it's a civil and martial arts school, and this year it was changed to the Five Tigers Vocational High School. Chen Ming replied, "Many of my classmates stayed there for further study, and I came here because I heard that the education level here is higher." ”

Although vocational high schools also offer basic courses, the focus is still on learning technology, and after graduation, get a high school Chinese certificate, and then start looking for a job, rarely go to the college entrance examination again. At most, they also participate in the 'Higher Vocational College Entrance Examination for Students of Three Schools', and take a junior college examination.

With Chen Ming's ideals and goals, he must study in a more professional and elite environment. City No. 1 Middle School is the first choice, but his nature is relatively special, and he can only take the No. 3 Middle School.

This school is also a key middle school, and unlike No. 1 and No. 2 Middle School, this is the only school that has a relationship with martial arts. Basically, more than 30% of the students here are disciples of various sects, and they are mainly disciples who follow the line of the literary department.

"You shouldn't be sitting here...... Yang Simin smashed his mouth for a while, and then said these seven words.

"No one is born to sit here. Chen Ming replied, and then pointed to the first row, "Including there!"

"You and I are not all the way. Yang Simin shook his head.

From the beginning, we were not destined to be all the way. Chen Ming silently thought in his heart, in this class, there are only three people who are fellow travelers with him.

In the blink of an eye, everyone has introduced themselves, but when selecting cadres, it is not a purely voluntary principle. The class teacher directly named the three students, and then directly appointed them (her) as class leaders.

Including a squad leader, a study committee, a discipline committee and a labor committee. In the name of it, it is temporarily arranged in this way, and it will be changed after the preliminary examination.

"The head teacher knows these three students, and I am afraid that they are students who have taught in junior high school. Yang Simin said in a low voice.

"Oh......" Chen Ming nodded, there was nothing strange about it. There are students like him who only transferred from the first year of high school, and naturally there are also students who have been promoted since junior high school.

The rest of the deputy class presidents and sports committee members, which are not very important, are elected by the students themselves, in fact, it is more to see who is willing to raise their hands for this position.

"You don't raise your hand?" Yang Simin looked at Chen Ming.

"I just want to study hard, I don't plan to waste time on this. Chen Ming shook his head.

"It's also ......" Yang Simin smiled and did not continue the topic.

"Our school, although it is also a key middle school, is slightly different from the first and second middle schools...... "Seeing that the selection of class cadres has been completed, while the class has not yet ended, the head teacher looked at the classmates, "Our school's policy is to study both culture and sports. I believe that many students who have been promoted from junior high school already understand this very well, so I will only say this once. ”

After a pause, he continued: "There are many clubs in the school, and there are usually only two classes in the afternoon, that is, school will be dismissed at four o'clock in the afternoon. From four o'clock to half past five, it is club time, and it is not mandatory, but I hope everyone will sign up enthusiastically. ”

In other words, for members who go home directly after school, commonly known as the 'homecoming club', they can go back at four o'clock.

"Relatively speaking, because school ends at 4 p.m., we have one less class time than other secondary schools. It is a course of each subject, and the learning progress will be very fast, I hope everyone is mentally prepared!" the class teacher emphasized, after all, this is the point.

Academic performance affects the school's promotion rate and evaluation, and it is also related to the teacher's evaluation and bonus, so it is no wonder that it is not valued.

"Yes!" the students responded, in fact, they were all promoted from junior high school. The few other students who transferred to the school also had to echo it. It feels a little strange not to be attached at this time.

"Then, take a ten-minute break, and then come back and start the official class!" As the bell rang, the head teacher turned around and left the classroom after saying this. Ten minutes is not a long time, but she prefers to rest in the office, which is more free.

In front of students, at all times, be a serious, calm adult, and an excellent teacher. Only in the office is she herself.

Yang Simin went out after class, probably to play. Chen Ming went to the podium to look at the class schedule. With his memory, he can almost memorize it after reading it once.

"Acquaintance?" Before he knew it, three more figures appeared behind him.

"Okay!" Chen Ming glanced back and recognized that these were the three 'fellow practitioners', "Five Tigers, Chen Ming!"

"Spirit, Suri. One of the thinner teenagers was the first to reply, "Long Yang!"

"Shaolin, Wei Ning. Another shorter, but stockier teenager then introduced himself.

"Xiaoyao, Xiao Yao. The last polite man introduced himself with a smile.

The names of the three people, who introduced themselves before, already know that the key is their origins: Su Rui is from the Lingxi faction, a medium-sized sect in Guanzhong, attached to the Wuhumen, Wei Ning is from Shaolin and should be a lay disciple, Xiao Yao is from the Xiaoyao faction, and his father should be the elder of the sect, and the sense of belonging to the sect is reflected in Xiao Yao's name.

"Fortunately!" Chen Ming nodded, "In the next three years, I hope we can live in peace." ”

"Okay!" The three of them also nodded, everyone is here to learn, not to fight. Having said that, the third middle school is actually a shrunken river. In the midst of this, no one is immune?

Ten minutes is not a long time, and it will soon be class time. The head teacher reappeared, but at this moment, she already had a language book in her hand, and it seemed that she was mainly responsible for the Chinese course of the third class.

Forty-minute lessons, not long, not short. Chen Ming was listening carefully, but Yang Simin was looking at the book, his expression was very complicated. Finally, when it came to the second and last class in the afternoon, he looked at Chen Ming: "The high school curriculum is just like this, and you can't learn anything at all......"

"What do you mean......" Chen Ming looked at him suspiciously.

"I'm not going to learn anymore. Yang Simin smiled, smiling freely. But Chen Ming saw the bitterness in the depths of his eyes. Combined with his performance today, Chen Ming understands that he can't learn at all. For him, the content of textbooks is like a book from heaven - if he can't understand it, he can't learn it. Even if you try to learn it, it's just a waste of time.

"I can, give you tutoring ......" Chen Ming tried to say, and he often tutored Yang Xiong and others in the door.

"Forget it, I may not have been born to learn. Yang Simin wrote his name on the desk, "If I leave, will you still remember me?"

"You and I also met for the first day, which is a bit difficult. Chen Ming smiled and shook his head.

"It's ...... too," Yang Simin smiled, then got up to leave.

"Peace of mind...... Chen Ming said suddenly, "I won't forget it, even if it's only one day, it's still at the same table!"

Yang Simin smiled and walked out of the classroom silently. Since the next day, Chen Ming has not seen him again......