Chapter 12: Death Chapter 3
From the final exam to the release of grades to the parent-teacher conference, these three processes are called the three chapters of death by Zhou Jun.
The reform of the group's learning mode died after the third monthly exam, the competition mechanism was broken, the group's internal corruption lost the vitality of the original idea, coupled with the students' unconsciousness, the group's discipline became worse and worse, etc., the group was disbanded, Liang Chen lost his official position, and issued the final official announcement.
The group splitting of the first seven years of high school was not thorough, and the students in the original group were almost still at the front and back tables. Lone Wolf Group B sat smoothly at the end of the two rows by the window, and luckily they turned over in the third monthly exam.
Towards the end of the term, Zhou Jun, Liang Chen, Liu Bingjian, and Zeng Tong often haunted Lao Zeng's office together. And Zhou Jun took care of his mother and Lao Zeng's daughter-in-law because they were cousins; Liu Bingjian was completely dragged by Liang Chen and Zhou Jun.
Since before the third monthly exam, Liang Chen and the others have been studying in Lao Zeng's office on Saturdays and Sundays every week, commonly known as opening a small stove.
"There are two weeks to go before the final exams, and I'm going to start getting busy, so the four of you don't have to come at a fixed time, but the daily tasks still have to be completed on time, don't think about stealing and cheating, I will let Xue Ji and Tang Ying supervise a few of you, okay, go eat!" After Lao Zeng finished speaking, he waved his hand and told them to leave.
Liang Chen and the four of them nodded, and just wanted to leave, Lao Zeng stopped them again and instructed: "Go back and practice more cloze and reading, don't be lazy." After saying this, he really let them go.
The cooking restaurant at the back door of the school is a shop that several people often come to after tutoring, 30 pounds of duck is the signature dish in the store, the duck marinated in the secret sauce is roasted in the oven, the fragrance has been emanated, the roast duck is cut into pieces, poured with a few spoons of special high-temperature brine soup, with a few kinds of ripe vegetables, salty and fragrant. Roasted crispy duck skin in the high temperature soft, has a different flavor, rich brine fully penetrates into the duck meat, chewed in the mouth, so that the taste buds have endless aftertaste, the part of the duck skin has been roasted out of fragrant duck fat, with a small amount of fat, mixed with the brine, it tastes greasy and refreshing, in Sichuan dialect - Ba Shi Deban. But the expensive price discouraged a few people, and they could only have a chic meal when they came back from vacation, and they could only eat ordinary student meals, but today in order to celebrate their escape from the sea of suffering, the four of them boldly ordered a duck close to four catties.
"You two said that Zeng Tong and I were brothers and sisters in our previous lives, and we are all the same." Liang Chen said with a smile.
Zhou Jun looked disdainful and mocked: "Why don't you say that you are husband and wife!" โ
Liu Bingjian still echoed and said yes, but Zeng Tong just smiled and didn't speak.
"I can't get used to seeing you like that, as if I heard that I was a dog, didn't I pay attention to what I said? Husband and wife are complementary, she can't speak Chinese, I can't speak English, this is reasonable, brother and sister must be genetic! So I'm both partial to languages. Liang Chen said to the three of them seriously.
"Yes, yes, you're so right." Zhou Jun nodded vigorously, turned his head and asked Zeng Yi again, saying, "Zeng Tong, do you know what I admire most about Liang Zi?" โ
"What!" Zeng Yi replied with puffed eyes.
"Oops! It's nothing, it's just that this face is not red, the heart is not beating, and it is a serious nonsense! โ
After Zhou Jun finished speaking, several people laughed! Liang Chen crooked his mouth and ignored Zhou Jun anymore, like a five or six-year-old child sulking.
After a while, after the duck came up, all emotions disappeared, and the four of them devoted themselves to the joy of enjoying the food.
After a while, the duck in the bowl was swept away by the four of them. Zhou Jun hiccuped, touched his bulging belly, and said a word of comfort.
The four of them also put down the dishes and chopsticks, the wall clock in the store went to six o'clock, and the class bell was about to ring in five minutes.
"Let's talk about five dollars!" Zhou Jun looked at the bored crowd and asked tentatively.
"Let's talk!" Liu Bingjian replied.
"Back to school?" Zeng Tong asked.
"We walked from here to Binhe Road, walked along Binhe Road to the stone bridge, went up from the stone bridge, and walked back to the school at the main entrance, which took more than ten minutes." Liu Bingjian, the "old Shihe" who has been in Shihe for more than ten years, quickly made a route plan.
Liang Chen didn't say anything and stood up, indicating that he agreed.
Zeng Tong looked at a few people and said, "Let's go!" Just digest the digest. โ
"Walking." Zhou Jun got up abruptly and said loudly.
The riverside road built along the Shihe River encloses the entire Shihe Town, so it is also nicknamed the Shihe First Ring Road. At that time, the riverside road was still under construction, the vehicles had not yet passed, the roadside was littered with construction waste, the avenue was full of dust, the sidewalk by the river was simply paved with a layer of stones, and the greenery on the side of the road was supported by lemon trees and wild grasses that had not been taken care of for a long time.
In January, the sun has been walking towards the Tropic of Cancer for more than half a month, but at six o'clock, it also clocked in early and got off work, leaving Shihe with a touch of night. On the riverside road, there are some adults walking sparsely, and occasionally near the intersection of the community, under a street lamp, there are more than a dozen aunts dancing with the music, and this popular dance form is classified as a square dance genre.
Liang Chen and the four of them walked side by side, Zhou Jun put his hands behind his head, and he could barely see the sad face in the dark night.
"Isn't it feeling guilty for Dad?" Liang Chen said.
"Get out." Zhou Jun roared, "Hey! Final exams are two weeks away. โ
"Fear is the only way to defeat it and destroy it." Zeng Tong said with a smile.
"Huh!" Zhou Jun rolled his eyes and continued, "Do you know the three chapters of death? โ
"I'll go, Zhou Yin and Zou Li like to read romance novels, you like to read horror novels, your Ruiyun's friends are brainwashed by novels!" Liang Chen said.
"The Three Chapters of Death are not horror novels, they are better than the horror of horror novels, which is a sense of powerlessness dominated by reality." Zhou Jun learned Liang Chen's usual appearance and pretended to be posturing.
"In our scumbag faction, the seniors fight with teachers and parents, which is endless fun! What is hateful is that the avenue is fifty and the sky is forty-nine, and there is still a glimmer of life, but the evil school is not merciless at all, and has written three chapters of death for us, one chapter of the final exam, which robs me of my spirit and makes it difficult for me to sleep at night; The notice of the second chapter killed me to suppress the New Year's money, so that I was poor, scolded and beaten every year; The three chapters of the parent-teacher meeting scratched my thin-skinned face, making me shameless to see my father! Sad! Miserable! After Zhou Jun finished speaking impassionedly, he became more and more integrated into the play, and put his head on Liu Bingjian's shoulder and pretended to sob.
"I thought you read too many horror novels, but now it seems that you read too many fantasy novels." Liang Chen said with a laugh.
"You should have studied Mulan poems carefully." Zeng Tong added.
"It's definitely a red heart towards the party." Liu Bingjian pushed Zhou Jun away and mocked.
"Humph! The three of you can't understand the sadness in the heart of a scumbag, I thought Brother Pancake could resonate, it seems that you are all all the way. Ay! Zhou Jun, who was still in the play, kept shaking his head, shook off Liang Chen and the others, and walked in front alone.
"Do you think Zhou Sang is Sichun?" Liang Chen asked.
"Most likely, I've noticed recently that he's often staring at our team leader, with a light in his eyes." Liu Bingjian said.
"Jiang Zhiyun"
"Little Crisp" (Jiang Zhiyun's nickname)
Zeng Tong and Liang Chen were a little surprised!
"The two of them are not the difference between flowers and cow dung! That's just across a galaxy! Liang Chen's incredible appearance did not change at all.
"Little Crisp! It's like today's bright moon, there are only two or three stars around her, and at present, there is only one Ye Xin. Zeng Yi pointed to the night sky and said.
"No, it won't! Is our team leader so cold? She's very nice! Usually ask her questions, and she is happy to talk to us! Liu Bingjian was a little skeptical, but more surprised.
"Then does she usually talk to you in addition to giving you lectures?" Zeng Tong tilted his head and asked Liu Bingjian.
"Huh! You don't seem to have spoken to us like this, and you don't even seem to have spoken a few words to Zhou Xia. Liu Bingjian seemed to have discovered a new continent, and thought about it for a long time.
Zeng Tong pointed at Liang Chen and Liu Bingjian and said, "Hey! You boys, your observation skills are too poor, and it is estimated that you will all be single in the future. โ
"Hey! I don't like you to say that! Say I can, but look at it, look at the face of my pancakes, look at it, I won't study in the future, I'm degenerate, it's not easy to find a rich woman. Liang Chen patted Liu Bingjian's face with his hand, like a vendor in a vegetable market.
Zeng Tong was happy for a while, and Liu Bingjian pushed Liang Chen away and said get out. Zhou Jun, who was walking in front of him and mourning alone, didn't know anything about it, and then he didn't say much along the way, only Zeng Tong and Liu Bingjian recalled the days when they were in junior high school in Shihe, and Liang Chen only occasionally interjected a few sentences.
The four of them returned to the classroom and found that there were less than half of the people in the seats, so Liang Chen asked Zuo Yi at the same table.
"The squad leader, they carried the ginger soup, and they didn't know what to get in the past, it seemed to be a watch."
"Teacher Mu really boiled ginger soup, I thought she was playing! When the time comes, Zuo Yi will drink a few more bowls to replenish your body. Liang Chen looked at Zuo Yi and said.
Zuo Yi rolled his eyes at Liang Chen and said, "Come on, you!" Look at your own skinny appearance, or if you drink a few more bowls to aphrodisiac. โ
"Hey! Zuo Yi said that you turned out to be such a simple and lovely little girl, but you were also polluted by Tang Rui, as your ex. โ
Before Liang Chen finished speaking, Zhou Yin and Liu Qianqian, who were sitting in the front row, turned their heads suddenly, their faces full of shock.
"Wow! You two are actually ยทยทยทยทยทยท Ever been in love"
"It's still flash love, flash points."
Zuo Yi's face turned red instantly, and he picked up a book and smashed it on Liang Chen's head, waving his hand at Zhou Yin and Liu Qianqian, wanting to explain.
Liang Chen covered his head and hurriedly said: "Zuo Yi, you are so ruthless, and the two of you, I haven't finished talking yet, what are you excited about!" What rumors and gossip are spread by people like you two who listen to half of the story. โ
Liang Chen suddenly switched to the mode of Teacher Mu educating students, and his face was expressionless.
"I would say that as his former team leader, I am very sad."
"I'll just say it! You obviously like Xue Yi, how can you be with Zuo Yi. Zhou Yin said with a smile.
Liang Chen, Zuo Yi, and Liu Qianqian looked at Zhou Yin in unison, Zuo Yi, and Liu Qianqian seemed to have discovered a bigger secret, and Liang Chen frowned, very helpless, and Zhou Yin was like a thief who was caught on the spot at this time, with his head down and his hands covering his eyes.
"Where did you hear this rumor, or did your ancestor tell you in a dream."
Zhou Yin raised her head, blinked her eyes, her eyes turned several times, and she said hesitantly: "I recruit, I recruit, Zhou Jun told me last time I had a monthly holiday." โ
"Good! Zhou Sang, a little Japanese devil, actually dared to make a rumor about his father and me, and I didn't say anything about his liking Jiang Zhiyun. Liang Chen was a little angry, this was the emotion of such gossip when he was young, the more he grew up, it was just a laugh and scolding that he didn't care about.
Regarding rumors and scandals, in his third year of high school, Liang Chen liked Mr. Qian Zhongshu's description the most, and he thought it was true - rumors spread faster than the flu, the energy contained in meteors was greater, more malicious than hooligans, and more haggard than miscarriages.
After graduation, Liang Chen recalled the "scandal" between him and Xue Jiao, which was only secretly circulated in the small circle spread by Zhou Sang at the beginning, and his resistance was particularly fierce; Then, it seemed to be an open secret of the whole class, and when Liang Chen defended himself, he was like a five or six-year-old child, holding a handful of candy in his hand, and the candy paper was exposed, but he shook his head desperately and said no; In the end, it seems that everyone doesn't mention it, as if romance has become a life, and it seems ordinary in Class 7.
As for the scandal between Zhou Jun and Jiang Zhiyun, it seems to be a thunderstorm on the ground, which can be called earth-shattering.
Jiang Zhiyun can be regarded as a scholar who is one level higher than the top student, and since he was in high school, he has sat firmly in the top three of the grade, and he can't move. Its people do not apply powder and the color is like the morning glow reflecting the snow, the eyebrows of the moth are lightly swept and the eyebrows are like the crescent moon, the eyes contain autumn water, and the eyes are clear, like a fairy who does not eat the fireworks of the world. Just because he violated the rules of heaven and fell into the dust.
Liang Chen still clearly remembers the first conversation with her in his first year of high school, he won the first 90+ in his high school history exam, Jiang Zhiyun took the initiative to chat with a boy in an extremely rare way, Liang Chen said that he was a little overwhelmed, yes, when a fairy talks to a mortal, no matter how great that mortal is, his heart will beat hard!
But no one has ever said that Jiang Zhiyun is cold, she is like a bright moon covered by clouds, and she does not see the world. In the three years of high school, except for Zhou Jun's unrequited love, Liang Chen has never seen a fly that is boring to him. As for Zhou Jun, he is not a scholar, nor does he have the hooligan spirit and guts of the bad boy in youth movies, he is like a retired artist who talks cross talk, which is fun. His courtship dictionary is easily defined as an otaku who likes big breasts and no brains.
Zhou Jun's rumors were blocked by Teacher Mu, and Liang Chen wanted to say more, so Teacher Mu followed Tang Song and the others into the classroom.
A large pot of ginger soup was still steaming, and it didn't take long for a strong smell of ginger soup to fill the classroom. Ms. Mu's ginger soup has been boiling for four years, and since her first year as a homeroom teacher, she has to boil a pot of ginger soup every winter, and then print dozens of end-of-term goal sheets.
"Everyone listen to me a few things while drinking, first of all, the ginger soup can be refilled!" Teacher Mu smiled, "There are two weeks to go before the final exam, when you drink ginger soup, you should think about your final goals, and then write them on the final goal list sent down, and then come to me one by one to review, and when the final exam is over, we will assign your final homework according to your goals." If you finish it all, go back and have a good rest, and if you don't meet the standard, then you will stay at home and study honestly for the rest of the time, except for the three days of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the first and second days of the junior high school! As for the other criteria, I'll let you know when the final exam results are out. โ
"Ahh The class let out a scream together.
"Mr. Mu, that's the final exam! This is clearly a catastrophe! Zhou Jun's face was full of sadness, he raised his head, looked at Teacher Mu and said.
"So! You have to study hard, strive for the dragon to leap into the dragon gate, enter the wind and clouds, and turn into a dragon and ascend to immortals. In the last two weeks, physical education, music and computer classes were all cancelled. Teacher Mu paused, waiting for everyone's resistance.
"Teacher, these classes were divided between English, mathematics, and geography last week." Tang Rui said softly.
"Okay then! I'll have a drink too. โ
The final goal list made Liang Chen a little big, too high, not too low, but Liang Chen was also cunning, when he drank ginger soup, he suddenly realized that the minimum standard of the goal was in Mr. Mu's heart, rather than filling it high, it was better to write it lower.
After making up his mind, Liang Chen quickly wrote down a few numbers on the table, Chinese: 110, mathematics: 110, English: 80, politics: 75, history: 75, geography: 75, inspirational words Liang Chen bit his pen and thought for a while, and wrote a meaningful sentence: Do your best, obey the destiny of heaven.
When he put down the pen, Liang Chen was a little proud, but when he heard Tang Rui and the others being reprimanded, and Teacher Mu still asked them to adjust their goals, his heart became inexplicably nervous. Liang Chen lowered his head and meditated for a while, the corner of his right mouth was curled, revealing a smile on his chest, and walked towards the podium with the goal watch, he had already thought in his heart, if Teacher Mu was not satisfied, he would increase it by five points, safely!
Holding Liang Chen's goal sheet, Teacher Mu changed his crossed leg, pointed to the goal table and said, "Liang Chen, do you think Teacher Zeng will have the urge to jump off the building when he sees your English score?" โ
"Change!" Liang Chen didn't explain anything, he quickly took out the prepared pen, and when he put down the pen, Liang Chen stopped, he wanted to write 85, but it was estimated that Mr. Mu would still not let him, Liang Chen was ruthless and changed it to 90.
"Huh! Mr. Zeng descended from the top floor to the second floor this time, and he couldn't die if he fell. โ
"Teacher Mu, passing is already very high for me, you don't know, the last time I passed the English test was when I first entered the first year of junior high school to learn 26 letters." Liang Chen's sad face.
"Then 95, let's improve slowly!" Teacher Mu compromised, which is also her bottom line.
Liang Chen nodded, he really didn't care how many goals he set in English, anyway, most of the chances were impossible to complete, Chinese, mathematics, politics, history, and geography were all about personnel, and English Liang Chen had always been at the mercy of heaven. Since he was a child, Old Man Li told Liang Chen to know how to develop his strengths and avoid weaknesses, not to waste energy on his own shortcomings, and how to make up for his shortcomings are shortcomings. So, after the first year of junior high school, Liang Chen lost his English and concentrated on practicing his "strengths".
The three chapters of death are getting closer and closer, and a catastrophe is inevitable, or a rainbow after the rain, although Liang Chen does his best to obey the destiny of heaven.