The SSAT math test is divided into two sessions, with different focuses, and most of the test centers are in the curriculum, and there are also questions that can only be accessed by higher grades.

There is a 10-minute break between the reading and vocabulary exams, which is the dividing line between the first half and the second half, just like football and basketball games, and the test rules are set very humanely to avoid fatigue caused by long hours of work.

Su Mu left the examination room during the break and went to the bathroom to solve the physiological problem, and the white candidate who was sitting in front of him just now hurriedly chased him out and came to him, continuing the topic just now: "Please, math?"

How about I give you eight hundred dollars, look at this Omega watch, you can take it now, it can even sell for more than a thousand dollars! Help me, this watch is yours, so you don't have to worry about it, don't you?"

He didn't even look at the watch he took off, and refused: "A very simple logic problem."

It's just a watch worth a thousand dollars, why should I exchange the opportunity to buy a Rolex for it? We don't know each other, and even if we do, I won't sacrifice my future for you, not to mention that the questions come from the question bank, and the test papers we get are all different, so you can do the questions yourself, I won't help you anyway.

Do you think that we Chinese are all poor people who don't even care about the future for a little money?"

"Uh...... I did hear that some Chinese people would help with the test, and the price was only a quarter of what I paid. When the white examinee saw the teacher approaching him, he decisively stopped talking before continuing: "You think about it? ”

"Goodbye, nice conversation, then you go spend less money and find someone else to help you with the exam. ”

Su Mu waved his hand into the bathroom, without the idea of continuing the conversation, he knew that there were indeed many poor students with good grades who specialized in helping others take exams to make money, but he didn't plan to do that.

Since the future is very good, it is no problem to find a good career with your own ability, then there is definitely no need to risk your life because of this small amount of money, no matter which excellent school it is, it will never recruit students who have cheated and have unqualified conduct, even if they are admitted to the university, the company will not want it, and reputation in the United States is very important.

After washing his hands, he returned to the classroom again, sat down and began to test vocabulary shortly, and after reading the whole test paper, he found that he knew all the words, and the SSAT test only needed to master 8,000 to 10,000 words, and Su Mu's vocabulary exceeded 25,000, which was not difficult at all.

The most worrying thing for Su Mu in the whole exam is writing, because it will be subjectively scored by the marking teacher, there is no absolute right or wrong, and these multiple-choice questions have only one correct answer, you only need to find them out during the exam, and submit the paper in advance after all are done, and there are eleven minutes before the exam time is over.

At first, the invigilator thought he was scribbling, because the test papers and scratch paper were blank, but he didn't think Su Mu was cheating, because the other students didn't do a good job, so naturally no one helped him cheat, and when he sent Su Mu to the door, he asked in a low voice: "There is no process for solving the problem?"

Su Mu was slightly stunned, then smiled and whispered: "It's all in my head, I wish you a happy day, sir......"

Due to the time difference of the global unified test, if it is SAT or ACT, candidates cannot leave the exam room after the test, mainly to prevent the leakage of test questions, some time ago the SSAT test questions were leaked, someone bought the questions in the question bank in advance, this time the questions were slightly more difficult than in previous years, which is a good thing for Su Mu, his foundation is more solid, and he can pull away the results of other students.

After walking out of the examination room with his schoolbag, Su Mu stretched his waist, the school is located in the south of Chinatown, there is nothing to play, it is farther away from the city than Chinatown, he is ready to go home, he is in a hurry when he comes, he is not in a hurry to go home, the taxi money can be saved, and it will be much cheaper to take the bus.

From childhood to adulthood, Su Mu didn't spend much money indiscriminately, the New Year's money, the extra pocket money from eating every day, the remaining pocket money from buying clothes, etc., were all saved by him, a total of more than 4,000 US dollars, saved for nearly ten years, all in the box under his bed, even his parents didn't know, on the way home by the bus, they had already thought about it, if they didn't get enough tuition fees and didn't get a public-funded enrollment place, they would take this money to their parents to relieve the pressure......

The exam is over.

Castellal's classes have also ended, and after the final exams, the long summer vacation has begun.

The weather is starting to get hotter, different from the coolness of the high-end villas by the sea, recently Su Mu can't sleep at all without turning on the electric fan, and it feels like a steak on the grill, which will soon become medium-rare.

Su Mu's elders are still busy, the old man is always depressed, often lying in the room during the day to make up for sleep, and Su Mu's parents have also lost a lot of weight, about two weeks after the SSAT, the report card will be sent to home, from Su Mu's mouth to learn that the test is good, they become thrifty, buy half a chicken, only buy half a catty of meat, and eat the vegetables that can't be sold.

Su Ding's money teeth were broken, and he was reluctant to spend money to make up for them, maybe because he was crazy about money, and he always muttered that when he got rich, he would install gold teeth, the kind of pure gold.

Su Mu, who had already chosen a school, was also doing his best, he found an internship job at a convenience store, working six hours a day, and getting 900 dollars a month, and the store manager promised that he could pay him about 2,000 dollars after a full vacation.

In fact, it is no different from employing child labor, and if it is a white child, the police may notice, but for Chinese, it seems to be a matter of course to make money at a young age.

Li Ping'an didn't have time to go to Du Zhong's house to play on the computer, so he hid in San Francisco's grandmother's house for refuge, and the final report card was sent over, and repeating a grade was already an inevitable fact, he just pretended to be an adult and had a showdown with his parents, saying that he didn't plan to continue studying, and was beaten up a few minutes later, ran away from home and went to his grandmother's house, and called Su Mu to complain.

Feeling that the beating made sense, Su Mu could only try his best to comfort him, the whole family was working, and they could only meet at night, and half a month passed quickly, and the report card had not yet been delivered, and the first thing he did when he got home from work every day was to check the mailbox hanging at the door of his house, and learned that no one else had received the results, and continued to wait in pain.

With the Olympics just around the corner, and the opening ceremony just a week away, there's already a lot of buzz around Los Angeles about the Games.

When he went to work at a convenience store on July 21, Su Mu saw that the Chinese boss Zhang was watching TV, and the news content was the news of the arrival of the Huaxia team......