For a long time, repeaters seem to have become synonymous with poor students, and when Mu Zhen first came, she also felt that she couldn't raise her head, and whenever she entered the classroom, she was always silent. Moreover, the three of them were crowded on a small desk that originally only sat two people, and this desk was actually moved from home by someone else, which exacerbated Mu Zhen's shame. Fortunately, the three of them are all transfer students, and they have a tacit understanding with each other, and Mu Zhen has also found some balance in her heart.

After all, Mu Zhen is not a real poor student, in this commune middle school, even if he does not repeat a grade, he can be regarded as an excellent student, let alone repeat those subjects that have already made him learn well?

Mu Zhen's purpose of coming here to study is very clear, that is, to learn English well, and the classes of mathematics and Chinese are obviously redundant, after all, the content of the two subjects has been mastered and familiarized, and there is no need to repeat the effort. At this time, he also became interested in geography and botany, which he had not studied well, and although he had some interest, it was only manifested in the classes of these two courses, and he no longer slept, but was able to listen carefully, and that's it. Mu Zhen's focus here is naturally on the study of English, and whenever she has an English class, she will pay full attention to every detail of the class and memorize it by heart. Mu Zhen suddenly realized that English had become so easy. Teacher Fan's classroom is not only lively, but also not rigid, every time he teaches students a new word, he never stands on the podium, but gets off the podium, pacing in the aisle of the classroom, with his hands behind his back, asking everyone to look at the textbook and read with him, those words seem to be imprinted in the teacher's mind, and the order has never deviated. Mu Zhen was impressed by Teacher Fan's memory, so she also learned from Teacher Fan, without reading the textbook, and memorized those words that were relatively unfamiliar when she first learned but now became familiar.

Just over a week after coming to Hubin Middle School, the county education commission came to Hubin Middle School to organize the county's spot check examination, which is to let the teacher select five of the best students from each class he teaches to participate in the examination, and the person appointed by the county education commission is responsible for invigilating the examination, and after the unified organization of grading, the county ranking.

In the first grade of junior high school, the English subject was drawn, and Teacher Fan went to the class to select the students who participated in the county spot check exam, and the first one walked to Mu Zhen's side, he pressed Mu Zhen's shoulder and said with a smile: "Although you came late, I can see from this week's study that you will not let me down!"

Mu Zhen was indeed a little surprised, after coming here for a week, there was no exam to test how well she had learned, Mu Zhen really had no confidence in her heart, and responded in a snort: "I just came, okay?"

"You will be able to do it!" Mr. Fan cast a confident gaze and assured easily.

Mu Zhen saw Teacher Fan's firm gaze and nodded silently.

The results of the spot check test came down quickly, and Mu Zhen's score was "full score", this full score brought not only confidence to Mu Zhen, but also the approving eyes of classmates and teachers, especially when Lao Mu knew the news, his face began to appear cloudy and clear. At this time, Mu Zhen has come out of the depression when she first came, psychological relaxation, and no pressure on her studies, and let Mu Zhen return to the moment when she was first admitted to Gucheng No. 1 Middle School, and also gained more free space.

Coming to Hubin Middle School for a month, Mu Zhen's performance has won unanimous praise from the class teachers, they think that Mu Zhen's academic performance is as mentioned when he entered the class, repeating a grade here, is to remedial English, and the study of other subjects, there is basically no need to repeat, so in the classroom, the teachers of each subject no longer put forward any requirements for him, at this time Mu Zhen also understands that during this period, as long as he works hard to learn English, the rest of the subjects, review before the exam, you can get the ideal results.

At this time, the rare leisure made Mu Zhen think about the bookbox in Ma Sanye's house in the village, and the books in the bookbox were only at the top of the box back then, and it really took a while to read them. So, on the weekend, Mu Zhen went to Ma Sanye's house again.

For Mu Zhen, Ma Sanye's bookbox, the knowledge in it is more attractive than the knowledge in the books, and the characters in those famous books are often written vividly by the author, as if they are in front of him, vividly, at this time, Mu Zhen is obsessed with the famous stories borrowed from Ma Sanye in addition to reviewing English.

Mu Zhen brought the books borrowed from Ma Sanye into the classroom to read, which naturally attracted the attention of the teachers, especially the young Chinese teacher, the Chinese teacher's surname is Zhai, who just graduated from the normal school this year*****. Once, Teacher Zhai noticed Mu Zhen's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so he took the opportunity of self-study and called him to his dormitory to discuss the heroes of the Three Kingdoms.

"Which of the characters in the Three Kingdoms do you like the most?" Mr. Zhai went straight to the point, and at the same time pointed to the chair in front of the desk, motioning for him to sit down.

Mu Zhen nodded and sat down directly: "Cao Cao!"

"Why?" Mr. Zhai blurted out and immediately asked rhetorically. Teacher Zhai was obviously a little surprised by Mu Zhen's answer, when he was in the normal school, under the guidance of the teacher, he had a big discussion on "reading the Three Kingdoms and tasting the characters", and the characters of the Three Kingdoms were remarkable, but what could really be admired was concentrated in the Han Prime Minister Zhuge Kongming, who was resourceful and made great contributions to the establishment of the Shu Han regime, especially the "Teacher Table" that he had studied in junior high school. At a young age, Mu Zhen was on par with everyone, and liked Cao Cao, who seemed to be a traitor in the book. Mr. Zhai's "Why?" was a rhetorical question without any thought, and he really couldn't think of why he liked such a character for the young man in front of him.

Guan Yu can be described as loyal, but he is proud and complacent, and he has no one in his eyes, and he was actually killed by a young Lu Xun; Zhang Fei is extremely brave, but he is drunk and impermanent, and invites the disaster of death; although Liu Bei has cried as an emperor for thousands of years, in order to avenge his sworn brothers, there is no distinction between the family and the country, and it is not child's play to govern the country? Zhuge Liang can be described as a generation of virtuous ministers, but he went out of Qishan seven times, worked hard and lost money, and finally lost Wuzhang Yuan, which is really not praiseworthy! Although Sun Quan has what Cao Cao said? There is a son who should be like Sun Zhongmou, who borrowed his father and brother to obtain Jiangdong, but only to preserve his strength, but he has no great ambitions, and it is difficult to convince people; Sima Yi is old and calculating, and has the talent to go through heaven and earth, but his son Sima Zhao usurped power and sought a position, which really makes people indignant; as for Yuan Shao, Lu Bu, Kong Rong and other gentlemen are all pawns in front of the horse, and the wheel of history will not remember these pawns, and it is difficult to influence the development of history; a large number of celebrities under Cao Cao are only vassals, and it is difficult to achieve great things; although some people insult Cao Cao as a Han Xiang, he is actually a thief, in fact, if the Han family does not have Cao Cao, it will inevitably fall apart, without Cao Cao, there will be no victory in the battle of Guandu, and Cao Cao knows people and employs people, which is really exemplary, and when he is committed to Liu Bei's subordinates, he can see at a glance that Liu Bei is the hero of today, which is enough to prove that Cao Cao has his unique side to know people, and can do it to be applicable, which fully proves that Cao Cao is really seeking the world, although he is in a high position, but in the end he did not win the emperorFrom this point of view, he is a real politician, a military strategist. Mu Zhen finished speaking in one breath and looked directly at Teacher Zhai.

Teacher Zhai didn't expect that Mu Zhen replied to such a profound understanding of the characters for the three words "why", if it weren't for the facts in front of him, Teacher Zhai couldn't believe that the above evaluation came from the mouth of a child, which shows that Mu Zhen's understanding of the Three Kingdoms is no less than a college student's understanding of the characters of the Three Kingdoms.

"How many times have you read this book?" asked Teacher Zhai suspiciously.

"Although I read the book once, when I was a child, I read a lot of comic books. Mu Zhen replied very seriously.

Teacher Zhai also had to look at the teenager standing in front of him, the child will inevitably read at a glance and ten lines, only pay attention to the wonderful storyline in the book, how can it attract such evaluation and thinking, and the teenager standing in front of him did it, his understanding of the characters in the book can be described as three points, which can prove that he is not just reading, but reading for his own use.

Teacher Zhai is more resigned to Mu Zhen's classroom learning, laissez-faire, not only that, but also often called to his dormitory alone to discuss the reading experience, which makes Mu Zhen very happy, in Mu Zhen's eyes, Teacher Zhai is not his own teacher, more like a big brother who talks to himself, these make Mu Zhen's reading career add more fun, when he first borrowed the book, Mu Zhen only told the wonderful storyline to his younger brother, the younger brother is always just an audience, except to ask why, there is no other language, and now Mr. Zhai has really become a friend outside his book, he has let himself get a lot of things that cannot be read in booksThe philosophical ideas of Rousseau, Plato, and Hegel mentioned by Mr. Zhai have greatly enriched his spiritual world.

Gradually, the classmates in the class found that in addition to Mu Zhen's hard work in English learning, he rarely worked the rest of the subjects, even in Gucheng No. 1 Middle School, he failed the geography and botany, and became easy to understand, and he didn't need to make any effort at all, and he mastered almost eighty or ninety points without any problem.

Maybe there is no previous pressure, maybe the mood determines the reason for health, Mu Zhen not only read a lot of extracurricular books here, but also the number of colds and headaches has been significantly reduced, his days here can be described as free, that's it, the excellent results he achieved in each exam are passed on to Lao Mu always make Lao Mu feel rare eyebrows, as a result, his loss when he handled the transfer for Mu Zhen gradually became indifferent.

For a period of time, Mu Zhen was completely a day student, three meals a day home to eat, not to mention, after the light class in the evening, Lao Mu would always come to the school on time to pick him up, during this period, Lao Mu gradually became familiar with several substitute teachers of Mu Zhen, whenever Lao Mu mentioned Mu Zhen's learning with him, the answer he got was a compliment, Lao Mu felt extremely happy.

In the blink of an eye, it has entered the midwinter season, as the proverb mentions "1929 does not shoot, 3949 Ling goes up", the winter solstice has arrived, and the cold winter has really arrived. On the day of the winter solstice, when I got up in the morning, the clouds were very low, accompanied by the biting north wind, blowing so that I couldn't open my eyes when walking in the wind, a snowstorm was coming, and just after lunch, goose feather-like snowflakes flew all over the sky, and they were all over.

Lao Mu looked at the falling snowflakes, thoughtfully, and said to Mu Zhen, who was just about to go out: "If the snow is heavy today, don't come back at night, and stay at school with your classmates who live on campus?"

Staying in the school is still what Mu Zhen prays for, let Lao Mu take him home every day, although Lao Mu is very satisfied with his studies, but the fear in his heart is always lingering, he is more willing to leave Lao Mu's sight, free to live alone. Hearing Lao Mu say that he would let him live in the school, he was naturally happy, hurriedly agreed, quickly walked out of the house, and hurried towards the school in the face of the blowing snowflakes.

At the end of school in the afternoon, the whole world was already wrapped in snow, and the snow on the ground was no longer up to the ankles. Mu Zhen didn't go home, according to Lao Mu's intention to let him stay overnight, dinner could be made up at school.

During the extracurricular activities after school, the male students in the class naturally divided into two groups and played a snowball fight in front of the classroom.

Mu Zhen was attracted by this cheering snowball fight, and even forgot that his dinner had not yet landed, until the dinner bell rang, and the classmates walked towards the cafeteria, he remembered that he would be hungry if he didn't go home to eat today, he hurriedly stepped on the snow and walked to the school commissary, bought a pack of "green food biscuits" that he liked to eat, and when he took it back to the classroom, it was empty, he sat down to open the biscuits, and opened the "Sea of Flowers" borrowed from Ma Sanye while eating. After all, it is a biscuit, and it is difficult to swallow without water to chew, and Mu Zhen, who is happy in the book, can no longer taste the taste of biscuits, and can spray a mouthful of biscuit powder with a breath.

When the classmates who finished dinner in the cafeteria returned to the classroom one after another, Mu Zhen's biscuits were only left in a plastic package, and the boiling water brought by a classmate handed him a sip, at this time he realized that he was really a little thirsty, and took a few big sips and smacked his mouth: "This water is really a little sweet!"

The classmate who handed the water pursed his lips: "This is still a little sweet?

It is said to be boiling water, in fact, this boiling water is used to scoop out the steamed steamed bun water in the cauldron after steaming, and then directly add cold water to boil it, still retaining the taste of steamed bun water, weird, the biscuits Mu Zhen just ate were too dry, mixed with the remaining aftertaste, plus he was really thirsty, naturally tasted a little sweet, the classmate's rhetorical question, couldn't help but laugh a little embarrassed.

At the end of school at night, the snow outside has stopped for some time, the sky has become cloudless, the full moon has quietly climbed over the treetops at some point, and the snow is dazzling, and the day students stepped on the snow in groups to go home talking and laughing, Mu Zhen, who was sitting in the seat, did not move, he had said yes to Liu Zhaojiegou at the same table, and he would squeeze a quilt with him tonight.

It is precisely because of this humble environment that students in the village closer to the school choose to go home after evening self-study, and relatives who can take refuge in the school choose to live with relatives, and do not want to stay in the school, so most of the students who really stay are students who are far away from home, and there are no relatives to take refuge in the school. The simplicity of the dormitory is only a trivial matter, and compared with Gucheng No. 1 Middle School, the sanitary conditions are even more incomparable. Approaching the door of the dormitory, the strange smell of the wind rushed straight to the door of my head. Water stains left by eating in the dormitory can be seen everywhere, it is difficult to find a clean place, the moisture of the body when you just get into the bed, it is very wet and cold, and you can't sleep for a long time when you lie down, so there are naughty classmates telling happy jokes, luring everyone to interject and laugh from time to time, and as the laughter fades away, the night ripples in a quiet way.