Rebirth of the Millennial: Getting Rich After Parents Get Laid Off

Chapter 35 All the questions are answered

It was during dinner that Shen Qingqing remembered to tell his father that he was going to participate in the competition on Saturday.

"Do you want me to take you there?" Shen Rongzhou agreed.

Shen Qingqing shook her head: "No, I'll ride my bike there by myself. After the exam, I'll go back to school and then ride back."

Then she looked at her mother and said, "Mom, can you burn a smaller Ruyi knot for me to wear?"

"Okay, I'll make it for you after dinner." Li Xunli certainly agreed.

In the Shen family, studying is a big deal, and exams and competitions are even more important. Children cannot be easily upset and their grades will be affected.

Early on Saturday morning, Shen Qingqing put on the Ruyi knot that her mother had placed on her desk in the middle of the night, picked up a transparent exam bag, threw it into the front basket of her bicycle, and went to school.

After she leisurely parked her bike and walked into the classroom, thinking she had arrived quite early, she discovered that everyone was there except her.

Shen Qingqing was completely stunned. She had arrived fifteen minutes early, so how could she be the last one?!
The Chinese teacher standing on the podium looked at everyone and then at his watch: "It's almost time, the driver will be here soon, you guys should go to the bathroom if you need to, and when you're ready we'll leave the school and get in the car."

Shen Qingqing is the youngest and the shortest. She follows the Chinese teacher, and behind her are four senior students.

The car parked at the school gate was a seven-seater van, more than enough for the six of them.

The competition venue is Yanqi Primary School in the next town, which can be reached in half an hour by driving at a steady speed.

The school, which should have been quiet on Saturday, welcomed students wearing various school uniforms because of this game.

Shen Qingqing and the others arrived at around 8:40. The exam was not scheduled to start until 9:30, so they entered the exam room fifteen minutes early. The Chinese teacher in charge took out a map of the exam room and explained the exam rules to them.

The exam lasts two hours, from 9:30 to 11:30. The rest of the time is the normal exam rules, such as no whispering, no peeking at other people's papers, etc.

While waiting to enter the examination room, Shen Qingqing originally wanted to stroll around the school, but she didn't expect that her seniors were all so obsessed with the exam papers that they had to rush to read the materials during the short waiting time.

Shen Qingqing felt embarrassed to go out and play by herself, so she could only follow them obediently and stare at the materials.

This first round of competition can actually be called the city audition, where the five strongest students are selected from eighteen schools to compete with students from other cities.

But in terms of Chaocheng's teaching level, it is indeed a bit difficult to compare with other cities.

Not to mention the provincial capital, even the neighboring city of Shantou cannot compare.

Therefore, the teachers did not put any special pressure on their students. Shen Qingqing was staring at the materials while listening attentively and heard several teachers telling students to relax and treat it as expanding their extracurricular knowledge.

At 9:15, the broadcast of Yanqi Primary School sounded on time, asking the candidates to enter their respective examination rooms as soon as possible.

Generally, teachers prefer to let students from higher grades participate in this kind of competition. Shen Qingqing has never seen any students who are in the first grade like her in her examination room.

Because every student had a nameplate on their chest that clearly stated their grade, and Shen Qingqing's seat was at the first table by the door, she could see every student who came in. The invigilator on the podium opened the test papers according to regulations, then distributed the papers and told the candidates that they were not allowed to answer the questions before 9:30.

As soon as Shen Qingqing got the test paper, she flipped through it. There were three types of questions in total: multiple-choice questions, fill-in-the-blank questions, and true-or-false questions.

There are 30 multiple-choice questions, each worth one point, 40 fill-in-the-blank questions, each worth one point, and 30 judgment questions, each worth one point.

For each question type, about 60% of the questions are from domestic classics, and 40% of the questions are from foreign classics.

At 9:31, the broadcast will remind the candidates to start writing their answers.

Shen Qingqing marked the multiple-choice questions very quickly, especially the part about domestic classics. She hardly had to think, and the answers were memorized by muscle memory when she saw them. Except for the fact that the authors of a few foreign classics were a bit confusing and she needed to sort them out, which took up some time, the other multiple-choice questions were almost effortless and she finished them in no time.

The exam lasted two hours, but Shen Qingqing finished it in less than an hour and a half. The main reason was that there were too many questions, a total of one hundred questions. Even if it took one minute to answer each question, it would still take her one hour and forty minutes.

Because the maximum time for submitting the paper in advance was thirty minutes, Shen Qingqing checked the paper over and over again three or four times before finally making it to eleven o'clock and immediately raised her hand to signal.

As the first student to hand in his paper in the examination room, Shen Qingqing was followed by the gazes of the entire classroom when he walked out of the classroom.

The teachers who led the team went to the office to drink tea, and only a few teachers were waiting for their students outside the examination room.

The Chinese teacher was one of them. He was very surprised to see Shen Qingqing come out so quickly, and hurried over to her: "Qingqing? Why did you come out? Do you need to go to the bathroom?"

Shen Qingqing shook her head honestly: "I finished answering the questions and handed in the paper early."

"You..." The Chinese teacher was a little speechless. He thought about the test questions he got and didn't say much. There was such a huge amount of memory, and each question was different. Shen Qingqing was only seven years old, so it was indeed a bit difficult for her.

It’s better to come out early to avoid sitting in agony, which is also uncomfortable for the children.

"Okay, just answer the questions. Are you hungry? I'll buy you two pieces of bread to cushion your hunger." The Chinese teacher did not continue on this topic for fear of discouraging Shen Qingqing.

"Teacher, I'm not hungry. Maybe my brothers and sisters will be hungry when they come out later because they use their brains more." Shen Qingqing said sincerely.

The amount of mental activity is large and does consume a lot of physical energy.

In addition, the four senior students are really children after all. They need to mobilize their brain memory to do these questions. If they suddenly can't remember, they will get anxious. The more anxious they are, the more nervous they will be, and naturally the physical energy will be consumed faster, and they will be more likely to get hungry.

She is an adult now, and these simple questions have almost become common sense for her, without having to use her brain much.

After hearing what Shen Qingqing said, the Chinese teacher looked at her with a bit of surprise. He didn't expect that Shen Qingqing was such a relaxed child. She didn't care that much if she couldn't do it. Instead, she was concerned about her older brothers and sisters getting hungry if they did too many questions.

"Okay, then go with the teacher to buy some bread for the brothers and sisters and wait for them to come out."

The teacher and student each had their own thoughts, so they held hands and went to buy bread for the students who were still working hard in the examination hall.

(End of this chapter)