If you say which middle school is the most well-known and strongest in Xinyang City, I believe that many citizens of Xinyang City will not hesitate to choose Xinyang Shiyàn Middle School. Even Xinyang No. 1 Middle School, Yuanjiang Foreign Chinese Language School, and Dong'an Middle School, which are strongly supported by the Municipal Education Bureau, are slightly inferior to Shiyàn Middle School.

The earliest history of Xinyang Shiyàn Middle School can be traced back to the Mindong School more than 100 years ago.

Mindong School was established by Chen Mindong, a man with lofty ideals at that time, who donated the property of his family. At that time, less than 10 years after the establishment of the Mindong School, it attracted many celebrities and greats who later left a strong mark in history, including Taizu, who later became the founder of the "United Kingdom of Greater China and Siberia", all of whom had studied in the Mindong School.

After the establishment of the "United Kingdom of Greater China and Siberia", Mindong School was almost reformed, and finally less than a year after the establishment of Xinyang City, it was reformed into "Xinyang Shiyàn Middle School". Today, thirty-five years have passed.

In the nearly 110 years of development history of Shi Yàn Middle School, although it has gone through some twists and turns, but with its huge alumni circle and the support of several sessions of the Xinyang Municipal Government, Shi Yàn Middle School has quickly developed by leaps and bounds. By the time the follow-up government leaders reacted, Xinyang Shiyàn Middle School had already left other schools far behind.

At that time, there was a proverb that was very popular, "It is better to be a real yàn phoenix tail than a chicken head".

This proverb is also regarded as a great shame by Xinyang No. 1 Middle School, and every principal of Xinyang No. 1 Middle School will take "surpassing the real Yàn Middle School" as his goal in the oath of office.

It's a pity that Shi Yàn Middle School has long been strong, and in the hearts of the majority of Xinyang City citizens, it has carved the best cognition of Shi Yàn Middle School, coupled with the beautiful environment and strong teaching quality of Shi Yàn Middle School, so that it can collect the best students in Xinyang City in every small promotion and high school entrance examination.

Shi Yàn Middle School is located on the alluvial plain at the junction of Fengjiang River and Xinshui, facing Xinshui in the north, Fengjiang River in the east, Yongji Canal in the south, and Xinyang No. 2 Middle School across the river in the west.

It covers an area of up to 210,000 square meters, as of 2006 before the high school entrance examination, with 45 teaching classes, a total of more than 2,300 students, 213 teaching staff, including 6 national outstanding teachers, 47 provincial outstanding teachers, 53 municipal outstanding teachers.

It is much better than Xinyang No. 1 Middle School, which has only 2 national-level excellent teachers and 38 provincial-level excellent teachers, and as for Yuanjiangwai Chinese School, which only has 3 national-level excellent teachers and 42 provincial-level excellent teachers, it is a little worse than Shiyàn Middle School.

Up to now, there are two comprehensive teaching buildings with a construction area of more than 50,000 square meters, and a modern computer multimedia teaching system inside. In addition, the school has 2 libraries, 1 large indoor gymnasium, 2 science buildings, 1 swimming pool with 3 swimming pools, 3 athletic fields, and a dormitory building that can accommodate more than 6,000 students.

Prior to this, the school was closed to the public, and the students who studied there, regardless of their parents' background, could only obediently board on campus, and could only go home to rest during three days of vacation every month. It was not until 2003, when a new president took office, that the much-criticized policy was lifted.

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Ning Zhichu applied for the school this time, and the first gear was Shi Yàn Middle School.

Although before the results of the high school entrance examination came out, Ning Zhichu had already filled in the real yàn middle school with confidence, but Xu Youcai, who knew the volunteer school he filled in, sweated for him from the bottom of his heart.

It wasn't until July 7 that Xu Youcai couldn't wait until 12 o'clock and called a few good seedlings that he thought in his heart. Then I learned that Ning Zhichu, who was not favored by him before, actually scored 635 points in the high school entrance examination.

This took him by surprise.

But what surprised him even more was Wen Youyou's score. 135 points in Chinese, 143 points in mathematics, 140 points in English, 86 points in physics, 94 points in chemistry, 98 points in biology, a total of 696 points, became the top student in the 2006 high school entrance examination in Xinyang City.

In addition, Wang Bo's 645 points, Xu Chen's 612 points, Huang Qingya's 603 points, and Wen Kexin's 579 points really made Xu Youcai half happy, although Wen Kexin only reported Xinpu No. 1 Middle School for the sake of insurance. As for Zhang Xiang and Lu Wenming, who played abnormally, they have been selectively forgotten by him.

So, at the thank-you banquet held at the end of July, none of those Zhang Xianglu Wenming and others, who were considered top students before but did not pass the exam this time, did not come.

Those who go to the teacher appreciation banquet, except for those students who have a good score in the exam, go to the banquet happily, only those who sit in the back row all the year round and do not do well but are active in the class, and they will not feel shameless to go to the banquet because they have done poorly.

In their opinion, the most important thing is to be happy. And after this thank-you banquet, maybe you really have to part ways with the previous days and make a break.

"Hey, Ning Zhichu, aren't you bad, you actually scored 635 points in the exam quietly, and you ranked third in the class."

On this day, after Ning Zhichu and Jia Junpeng walked into the door of the restaurant where the teacher appreciation banquet was held, they ushered in Zhang Jing's praise.

"You're not bad, either."

Ning Zhichu got the scores of Wen Youyou and Zhang Jing from Jia Junpeng, and knew that Zhang Jing scored 350 points in the exam this time, but Zhang Jing had won the first place in dance in the art exam of Shi Yàn Middle School before, so she only needed to score 265 points in the high school entrance examination to enter Shi Yàn Middle School.

"We're still alumni next semester, but I don't know if we can be assigned to a class."

"Yes, there are so many people, and I don't know if they can be in the same class," Zhang Jing was sad for a while, but quickly threw it away, "When the time comes, whether you are in the same class or not, don't forget to come and play with me." ”

"Hey, hey."

Jia Junpeng was unhappy, he only scored more than 400 points in the exam, so he could only choose to go to Nanpu Industrial and Commercial School, "You two who were admitted to Shiyàn Middle School, can you not flirt in front of me who is about to go to the industrial and commercial school to strike iron!" ”

After hearing Jia Junpeng say that, Zhang Jing's face turned red at first, and then she seemed to be annoyed and angry, "Jia Junpeng, who is flirting with whom, stop, you explain it to me clearly." ”

Jia Junpeng wouldn't be so stupid to stand and be beaten by Zhang Jing, and when he found out that Zhang Jing's appearance was wrong, he would have already run away.

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Wine is not drunk, everyone is drunk.

A thank-you banquet lasted from 12:30 at noon to 4:30 in the afternoon.

Ning Zhichu, who agreed with Zhang Jing and Wen Youyou to go to Shi Yàn Middle School to report and then get together for a meal, walked home with Jia Junpeng, who had been talking drunk with confused eyes.

"Jia Junpeng, can you give me some peace, and if you make any more trouble, I'll leave you behind!"

On a sunny afternoon, two good friends walked slowly towards home under the scorching sun.