Chapter 20: The Troubles of Branching
In the first semester of high school, science became more and more difficult, and my scientific thinking was not particularly good, and I encountered an unprecedented bottleneck in my learning - I couldn't understand mathematics, physics and chemistry in class, and I couldn't do homework after class.
On Monday afternoon, Zhang Long informed the news of next Tuesday's mid-term exam and the matter of the sophomore liberal arts and sciences.
"Students, the first semester of high school is almost halfway through, and you are about to face the sophomore liberal arts and science class. When the half-term exams are over next week, everyone will start to think about whether they want to study literature or science. ”
The class began to whisper, and everyone asked one by one: "Teacher, I like science, but what should I do if I am poor in science?" ”
"Teacher, I'm not interested in liberal arts and science, and the rankings are all bottom, how to choose?"
"Teacher, can you read arts and sciences together?"
Zhang Long patted the table and motioned for everyone to be quiet, "Everyone will take this midterm exam well, and the year will rank everyone's liberal arts and science scores separately for this exam, and you can refer to the results when the time comes." Of course, your own interests and parents' suggestions are also important, so we will have a parent-teacher conference next Friday at 6pm, so please remember to inform parents to attend on time......"
Zhang Long continued to talk about how to choose liberal arts and sciences from the podium.
Gu Zijin patted me on the back and asked, "Zhen Zhen, do you want to read literature or science?" ”
I turned around and shook my head, "I don't know, the more I study science this semester, the more I don't understand it." ”
"Zhen Zhen, no matter how you study literature and science, I will follow you." Gu Zipei grabbed my hand and couldn't wait to show his loyalty to me.
I broke free of his hand in disgust, turned my head and asked Lu Li, "Lu Li, do you want to study literature or science?" ”
After waiting for a long time and Lu Li didn't answer, I curiously leaned over to see what he was doing, he had headphones in his ears and listened intently to the song, and the melody of the piano dingdong came clearly. Isn't this guy afraid of deafness when he listens to the song so loudly?
"Zhen Zhen, didn't you ask Lu Li in vain, he is so good at science, he must choose science."
Gu Zijin is right, Lu Li's science grades are obviously better than those in liberal arts, and besides, he is so smart, it's a pity not to study science. It's just that I can't sit at the same table with Lu Li anymore, or even be in the same class.
I turned around, leaned on the table and sighed deeply.
The half-term exam was held as scheduled, but I didn't expect it to be the Waterloo of my life. I failed the three subjects of mathematics, physics and chemistry completely, and my grades regressed eight places in the class ranking, and the year ranking slipped out of the top 30.
In the last self-study class of the afternoon, I was lying on my desk staring at the physics exam paper that I had just passed. Gu Zijin and Gu Zipei sensed the sluggish air pressure on my body, and no one dared to come forward to comfort me, so they had to ask Lu Li for help.
Gu Zijin and Gu Zipei woke up Lu Li, who was sleeping, "Lu Li, you go and comfort Zhen Zhen." She had been staring at the physics exam paper for a single lesson. ”
"Why don't you comfort you?"
"We don't dare, don't you see the words 'Death to the one who talks to me' floating above her head?"
Although my head was empty, the voices of the three of them whispering continued to penetrate my ears, and I turned my upper body impatiently.
The three of them stopped talking abruptly, and Gu Zijin and Gu Zipei quietly sat back in the back seat.
Lu Li's deep voice sounded at the back of my head: "Let me see your test papers." ”
Lu Li's tone was not asking for my consent, but informing, because as he spoke, he had already ripped the test paper that I was pressing under my head. By the time I reacted to stop it, he was already flipping through my papers.
But I still subconsciously reached over and slapped the eye-catching "62" score above the test paper.
"I took a look, and the main reason why you lost points was to mess with the formula, which shows that you don't understand the formula at all, and it's all rote memorization, so you only got two or three points on the big questions."
Lu Li analyzed calmly, he was not wrong at all, but I really hate that he discussed the reason for the test with me so rationally when I was sad, even if he could say to me "It's okay, try hard next time".
Frustration and grievances poured out, I grabbed the test paper and got angry at Lu Li, "I know I'm not as smart as you, I'm stupid, I don't need you to worry about it." ”
At this time, the bell rang at the end of class, which muffled my loud voice a lot. But Lu Li still heard it, and he frowned at me dissatisfiedly, but the anger in my heart was not gone, and I glanced away from Lu Li.
Zhang Long walked in, he cleared his throat, "Students, everyone put the tables and chairs in order, the parent-teacher meeting is about to start." Students who want to go home can go first, and those who want to wait for their parents will wait near the classroom. ”
I stuffed the books on the table haphazardly into my bag and picked it up.
Gu Zijin grabbed me behind his back: "Zhen Zhen, aren't you waiting for your father?" ”
I turned my head, the corner of my eye swept to sit and land, he may have been angry because of my tantrum just now for no reason, heard that I was going home and didn't even raise his head, lowered his head and silently packed his schoolbag.
"Don't wait, I'll go home first."
Dropping these words, I walked out of the classroom without looking back.
The school was full of parents who came to the parent-teacher conference, and in order to avoid running into my dad, I deliberately chose to take Wanfeng Road behind the administration building.
This is the second time I have walked this road, the spring Wanfeng Road is another scenery, each branch on the tree has a tender new shoots, the top of the branches and buds stretch out of the watery branches, the young branches and the top of the small buds, some have bloomed petals, some are about to bloom, a piece of vitality.
The last time I walked Wanfeng Road with Lu Li, it seems that it was just yesterday, and the maple leaves that Lu Li gave me are still treasured by me in the album at the bedside. But not long after, Lu Li is going to study science, and I am going to study literature, and the romantic legend of Wanfeng Road will also be self-defeating with the division of Lu Li and me.
I squinted as I watched the last rays of the sunset disappear through the cracks in the trees, was the sun too dazzling? I couldn't help but want to cry.
I wandered aimlessly on the street with my schoolbag until nearly nine o'clock before returning home, and when I was almost downstairs, I vaguely saw Lu Li talking to a middle-aged man.
I crept closer and hid in the bushes nearby to eavesdrop. Actually, I didn't want to listen to their conversation, but I just lost my temper with Lu Li in the afternoon, and I didn't dare to face him with a weak heart.
The man with his back to me said, "I just talked to your homeroom teacher, and he said that your science score in this exam ranked first in the year, and this result is very good, you must continue to maintain it, and you must study hard in the science class in the future." ”
It seems that this man is Lu Li's father, he didn't expect to be so busy with work, and he also took the time to come from Haicheng to hold a parent-teacher conference, it seems that Lu Li's father attaches great importance to this liberal arts and sciences division.
"I haven't decided whether to study literature or science." Lu Li looked a little impatient.
"There's no need to think about it. If you learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well all over the world, even if you don't want to study medicine in the future, you can still have many choices. But what can you do when you study liberal arts, sit in an office and write documents and copy materials all your life? ”
Although I disagree with Lu Li's father's traditional concept of emphasizing science over literature, from the perspective of a father who cares for his son, Lu Li's study of science is indeed the wisest choice.
Lu Li's father continued: "I am going to Beijing to participate in training in the next two months, I have already greeted your class teacher, and I have already signed the subject form, and you must fill in the science subject at that time." ”
"You're just here to tell me you've helped me decide on my life?" Lu Li put his hands in his pockets, and his tone was cold and hard.
"I have an operation tomorrow morning, and now I'm rushing back to Haicheng. You take good care of yourself, and grandma. ”
After speaking, he patted Lu Li's shoulder, got into the car next to him and drove away.
Lu Li's father is so strong, just like when he forced Lu Li's mother to stay at home as a full-time wife, now he has made a life plan for Lu Li, and he doesn't even give him a chance to choose. But all these arrangements are also out of a father's deep love for his son.
When I was in a trance, Lu Li suddenly appeared in front of me, "Still not coming out?" ”
Eavesdropping was caught at the scene, I walked out of the bushes and waved at Lu Li awkwardly, "Lu Li, okay, what a coincidence!" ”
"Why are you only coming back now? It's past nine o'clock, and it's dangerous for a girl to hang outside. Lu Li frowned, his expression was very serious.
I didn't think much of what he said, grabbed the straps of my schoolbag with both hands, stared down at my shoes, and muttered in a low voice, "Didn't you come back so late for self-study before, as if you were waiting for me here." ”
"I was waiting for you here." Lu Li deliberately accentuated the word "deliberately".
"I saw you talking to your father." I plead.
"When I'm waiting for you, I'll talk to my dad by the way."
Lu Li's words were almost squeezed out between his teeth, and he approached me as he spoke, and the posture seemed to hit me, and I reflexively took a step back.
I can't win a fight, but I can't lose my momentum, I crossed my waist, raised my chin and asked, "What are you waiting for me to do?" ”
Lu Li hesitated for a moment, with an embarrassed expression on his face, "Why are you suddenly angry in the afternoon?" ”
I'm embarrassed this time, in fact, on the way back, I thought about it carefully, I really have no reason to be angry with Lu Li, he was just kind enough to help me analyze the problem, and I was in a bad mood to misinterpret his kindness.
"I'm sorry for the afternoon, I lost my temper with you when I didn't do well in the exam."
"That's why you're going home alone?"
"I just want to think about the next subject by myself."
"So," Lu Li crossed his arms and smiled shallowly, "have you thought about it?" ”
Lu Li's good-looking smile was reflected in the night, as dazzling as the twinkling stars in the sky, and I was reluctant to smile like this.
I shook my head at Lu Li, but I made a decision in my heart.