Entering the competition pit was just a vague idea at first, but after listening to Luo Bing's explanation, I gradually had a concept.

After thinking about it for a while, Yi Yang decided to choose mathematics as the subject of the competition.

If it's just a hobby, I'm more interested in physics, but as Luo Bing said, physics competitions are college knowledge and cost-effective...... It's lower.

Competitions, no matter which subject they are competing in, have extremely high requirements for IQ. This is indeed a shortcut to the college entrance examination, but not everyone can take this shortcut. As for whether his IQ can go through, in fact, he has no bottom in his heart.

If you are prepared to fail on this road in the end, then mathematics is undoubtedly the most cost-effective path. After all, the content of the math competition is still based on high school mathematics, even if you don't have any talent in the math competition in the end and give up, it is not in vain, and it can be used in the college entrance examination.

The next thing to consider is how to learn.

In this regard, Luo Bing wanted to stop talking for a while, and then gave some suggestions. At present, the main thing to do well is the knowledge in textbooks.

If you want to get started with the math competition, you must learn the knowledge in the textbook ahead of time. Luo Bing has now been able to win the gold medal of Jiangnan Province in the Gaolian topic, although he was not selected for the provincial team, but his strength is already terrifying compared to his peers. This also almost means that with his level of mathematics, he can get a high score in the college entrance examination now. It's an enviable talent. And I don't have such a high IQ, so I can only lay the foundation little by little. Start with the first competition, step by step, don't rush, and lay a solid foundation. Wait until you reach high school and then try Gaolian.

On the other hand, it's a matter of how to participate in the competition. The math contest can probably also be seen as a picture change game for upgrading and fighting monsters.

recalled Luo Bing's introduction.

"The most basic is the preliminaries, each province organizes its own organization, mixed with fish and dragons, tens of thousands of people participate every year, and there are almost thousands of people in Jiangnan Province who can pass the preliminaries. Next is the provincial league, this stage is considered to be the real entry, the provincial competition will select the first, second and third prizes, that is, we often call the provincial gold, silver and bronze medals...... I'm in this position at the moment. ”

At the same time, the provincial team list will be selected to participate in the national competition. The road of competition, only when you enter the provincial team, the college entrance examination will be helpful, whether it is a guarantee or a strong foundation plan or something, this is a stepping stone. ”

"Next, it's the national competition, and the country is one, two, three. The top 60 of the 550 provincial team players will be selected to enter the national training team and obtain the qualification of escort......"

"Of course, it is not the end, standing at the peak of the national competition, the next step is to go out for the country, the world's most valuable mathematics competition, of course, is the International Mathematical Olympiad, referred to as IMO, symbolizing the highest level, the highest standard, the highest honor of the world mathematics competition."

"Only six players can participate. At that point, it was the real bigwig, our country's mathematics competition results have always been good, and Qingbei is also rushing to get it. ”

Provincial and national competitions or something, it's too far, and those who can get to that point must have shown amazing mathematical talent since childhood, and that level is no longer a level that can be achieved by hard work.

But the provincial competition can still try to struggle.

……

The exchange program lasted only two weeks and was coming to an end.

Of course, I didn't expect to make any friends or gain here...... It's unrealistic, so he behaved very low-key during this time, and basically didn't take the initiative to interact with the people in this class, it was nothing more than Gan Tian coming over to harass him, he was perfunctory, with his rank, even if it was perfunctory, it wouldn't be noticed.

Yi Yang is not an indifferent and emotionless person, but when it comes to this kind of passer-by in junior high school, from his adult perspective, it is really difficult to regard them as particularly important people.

Of course, these have become representatives of "high coldness" in the eyes of others.

Before leaving, I accidentally received two small notes, both of which were QQ numbers, and the meaning was self-evident. He smiled and slipped it into his pocket.

This is the end of the short exchange student life, and when he got on the school's bus, he looked in the direction of the first middle school and high school and was silent.

It's still a long time......

The car started slowly.

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Time passes.

In the blink of an eye, I came back from Hanning, and a few months passed at once.

Time has passed from the cold of early spring mixed with the end of winter to summer unconsciously. Year after year, the landscape of the school, except for the stadium built because of Ma Dongxi, there is no measurable progress. The life of school is to keep repeating yesterday's life, contact the same people, do the same things, bow your head and immerse yourself, every day is not actually boring, but when you look up, you will be stunned to find that how long has passed......

When I was a student, it was a small river that flowed, and it was as fast as an arrow that never appeared in the blink of an eye.

By now, I have fully adapted to this identity.

It's funny to say, it took a whole year to fully adapt to the perception of identity.

Ah, it's been a whole year.

During this period, my grandmother was sick once, which frightened Yi Yang, but fortunately, I went to the hospital to have a look, and there was no big problem. The old age is like this, even if there is no major problem, all kinds of small problems continue. This time, he also sent his grandmother to the second uncle in the countryside, and he really couldn't continue to accept his grandmother's care.

So the rest of my life became a solitary life without a guardian. For an adult, this is really nothing to fuss about, and of course, it is incredible in the eyes of outsiders. Once invited Luo Bingluo Luoyue and a few of them to come to the house to play, and everyone showed great respect for him living alone.

Learning step by step, it seems that my upper limit is there, and I finally finished 12th in the midterm exam, and at this point, it will be very difficult to move forward one place.

And this time it was also the first time that Luo Luoyue and Ning Zhixin were surpassed, and they ranked second in the class. Of course, there's a little bit of luck in it. The reason was that I started to delve into the stuff of math competitions. In Luo Bing's words, self-study is still possible at this stage, but the road of self-study is almost over when it comes to the provincial competition, and you must find someone to take it later, training institutions or teachers or something, you can, but you must have it.

The mathematics knowledge of junior high school has been learned, and some competition questions have been done, and the improvement is obvious, during the last midterm exam, he encountered a problem that was biased towards the competition, and he solved it, that is, that question, which became the key to surpassing Luo Luoyue and Ning Zhixin.

Now, it's the real top student.

I can't help but be confused.

Looking back on the life of the past year, the sweat and the transformation, he knows that his life has gone in a direction that he has no idea where it will lead.

Luo Luoyue was indignant about the fact that he surpassed herself, and from that day on, she didn't even read comics, and even didn't take the initiative to talk to her in class for a while, making a posture that she was bound to catch up with or even surpass...... Oh, it's still girly, it's funny.

For the time being, that's all.

The study life in junior high school is always full of all kinds of small waves, but after a long time, the memories of this aspect have become a little blurred. All that remains is to keep learning and repeating what happened yesterday.

The school has released the news that an online class will be set up next semester, and the far end of the online class is Hanning No. 1 Middle School...... That is, the class that sweetens them. The final exam results of this semester will be used as the basis for entering the online class. Aspiring students have begun to move, and Yi Yang is naturally no exception. Right now, the most important thing is to be admitted to the online class.

This will probably be the first small fork in the road in life.

……

On this day, after playing basketball with Zhao Qiang, I sat under the basketball hoop to rest and listened to him talk about some things. The setting sun tugged at the shadows of the two for a long, long time.

Ma Siyu and Qiu Ran bought a few bottles of drinks, usually when playing basketball, Ma Siyu likes to stand silently next to him as a spectator, and Qiu Sure also knows that Ma Siyu likes Yi Yang, likes it very much, and sighs slightly in his heart, silly girl.

Throwing the soda to the two of them, Yi Yang unscrewed a bottle, took a sip, and sighed: "Is that so...... What do you think? ”

Zhao Qiang smiled bitterly: "To be honest...... Don't know what to think, so wanted to hear your advice. ”

Recently, Zhao Qiang encountered a life problem.

It all started when he and Yi Yang won the runner-up in the basketball game last semester. Naturally, that competition gave him great confidence, and he talked to Yi Yang, although the future prospect of whether he can take the road of sports is not clear, but there is no doubt that in the confused life at this time, it can be regarded as a visible ray of light.

But......

Zhao Qiang's parents didn't know much about this. His father was a driver who drove for others, and his mother was looking for odd jobs everywhere in the county, and she was not a very well-off family. In the eyes of his parents, sports are not even a path...... His parents still hope that they will take the high school entrance examination well, and if they can pass the exam, they will continue to study, and they can study any college or craft in the future...... In short, the idea is very simple, and I will not starve myself in the future.

Sports, in the eyes of Zhao Qiang's parents, can't be an athlete, what's the use? They have no concept of whether Zhao Qiang has athletic talent, and they don't have the slightest concept.

Yi Yang knew that if history had not changed, Zhao Qiang's future fate would be to give up the path of sports, and then study in an ordinary high school, which would be unknown to the public...... As for what he became in the end, there is no memory of that.

Yi Yang said, "Do I suggest...... Do I suggest you listen to it? ”

Zhao Qiang was slightly stunned, "You say." ”

Yi Yang stood up, drank the soda with a bang, and then threw the bottle far away. Squinting at the bottle, it tumbled and hit the ground as it landed, and opened his mouth as he spoke......

"If you want me to say that...... Fuck your basketball dreams, what kind of basketball are you playing! Anyway, it can't get out. ”

Zhao Qiang was stunned.

Yi Yang didn't look back, continued to look at the sunset over there, and said, "Zhao Qiang, your grades are average, right...... Usually it's passable, can you go to the county No. 1 middle school? Can't you...... Second middle school, well, last year's college entrance examination, the best score of the second Chinese subject is 501 points, 497 points in science, the whole school undergraduate line, more than 30 people, after you enter, can you get to the top 30? I feel ...... suspense So, if you don't play basketball, you'll probably go to a junior college in the future. ”

Zhao Qiang frowned.

"Then, go to college for three years, come out to find a job, get married and have children, and that's how this life passes. If you choose basketball, you may become famous, or you may not be able to afford it. Yes, don't pick basketball, it's too risky, anyway...... Fuck it, basketball dreams. ”

"I ......"

"But have you thought about it, you are really talented. Do you remember that guy, Qiu Sure Daddy's student, that Roger Jiu, his talent is higher than yours? We dragged a Qiu in the second year of junior high school to fight back and forth with a team of high school students, remember the trash talk you sprayed at him at the time, I can't see where your talent is. ”

"But, he dares better than you."

"But I ...... Yi Yang, you don't understand, my family ......"

Yi Yang shook his head: "I don't need to explain, I've said it, fuck the basketball dream." ”

Zhao Qiang was silent, and at this time, Qiu Ran and Ma Siyu both walked over and looked at the two strangely.

Yi Yang turned around, looked at Zhao Qiang seriously, and said, "Some things depend on you. ”

At this time, Yi Yang, with his back to the sunset, the light shining from behind, his figure was gilded, but he couldn't see his face clearly.

Ma Siyu looked at Yi Yang at this time from the side, very handsome, so he was not calm, extremely not calm, his eyes were full of twinkling little stars, and the smile on his face was sweet, like a happy jelly in the hot and humid summer.

Qiu Sure glanced at Ma Siyu silently and sighed silently.

Yi Yang continued: "Why do you think that what your parents said must be right? Probably somewhat offensive...... I'm not necessarily right, but I think you should listen to your own heart in this matter. ”

Zhao Qiang opened his mouth, and something burned in his eyes for a moment, but it was fleeting, and only gloom remained. Shaking his head, "Yi Yang, you don't understand the situation of my family......"

Yi Yang sighed and said a little angrily, "Since you already have the answer, what else do you want to listen to my advice?" I don't suggest you give up basketball. ”

"I ......"

Ma Siyu and Qiu Guoran glanced at each other, ready to comfort Zhao Qiang, but at this moment, Yi Yang went over and picked up the basketball, turned to Zhao Qiang and said, "You are standing under the rebound." ”

Zhao Qiang showed a confused expression, "What are you doing?" ”

Yi Yang frowned and roared: "If you want to stand up, stand up, where is so much nonsense!" After being reborn, he had always been gentle and scolded like this, and there was quite a frightening momentum.

Zhao Qiang stood up with a frown, and walked slowly under the rebound, and at this moment, Yi Yang over there suddenly rushed towards here!

Zhao Qiang was slightly stunned, and before he could react, Yi Yang had already killed in front of him, and the potential energy of the impact was transformed into the explosive power of jumping upwards at this moment! With Zhao Qiang, he subconsciously protected the vital parts-

"Boom!"

Zhao Qiang sat on the ground with his buttocks, the basketball exploded above his head, and his ears were ringing.

Yi Yang completed this reluctant dunk, staggered to the ground, and then sneered: "Huh...... No wonder, it's so soft. ”

Ma Siyu and Qiu really looked at Yi Yang dumbfounded.

"Soft?" Zhao Qiang came back to his senses.

"Soft eggs."

Zhao Qiang was furious, stood up with a slap, and went over to silently pick up the basketball.

Yi Yang said with interest: "Ready to return one?" ”

Zhao Qiang slowly dribbled backwards and began to accelerate, "I just want to ......"

The next moment was already in front of Yi Yang to complete the ball.

"Soft eggs." Yi Yang took a defensive stance.

"Tell you ......"

"Boom!"

Two slender junior high school students completed an amazing confrontation in the air, and then one flew upside down, and the other hung himself on the basket with one arm.

Zhao Qiang hung on the basket and looked at Yi Yang, "This is the buckle." ”

Yi Yang was already lying on his back on the ground, looking at Zhao Qiang.

The eyes are facing each other.

Then, Yi Yang laughed first, then Zhao Qiang fell down and began to laugh too, and then the two laughed together.

Ma Siyu and Qiu really saw this scene, dumbfounded, and looked at each other.

"Is this a man's friendship, it feels so cool......" Ma Siyu looked at Yi Yang and said.

"Hmm...... It's a man's romance. Qiu Guoran said.

After laughing, Zhao Qiang went over and pulled Yi Yang up.

"You've got a dunk......"

"Reluctantly."

"Heh......"

"Take you to meet someone."

"Huh?"

Yi Yang turned to look at Qiu Guoran, "Is your dad at home?" ”

"Huh? At...... Yes, yes. ”

Yi Yang turned to Zhao Qiang and said, "Let's go and meet." ”

Zhao Qiang was silent, showing a hint of hesitation, but then nodded.

……

Qiu Ranran's father Qiu Shuai's evaluation of Zhao Qiang was......

"The upper limit is to play professionally, and the lower limit is basketball lovers, depending on your own attitude. When I say attitude, I'm not talking about training attitude, but whether you have the courage to move forward. ”

When Qiu Shuai came out, it was already ten in the evening, and the two were walking on the street together, the wind blowing their leg hair, like a girl's hand was sultry.

Zhao Qiang said: "Yi Yang...... I decided. ”

"Hmm."

"Yiyang...... Thank you. ”

"Hmm."

"Still don't play basketball anymore."

"Huh?"

"Haha...... Just kidding. ”

"Huh."

Under the street lamp, the two slowly walked away.