Cultivation Shura Field

Xu Zhe pondered and said, "The second day of the Chinese New Year next year, the third day of the Chinese New Year the year after... Well, I'll show it to you when you graduate from junior high school."

Song Xingye: "Why is it taking longer and longer?"

Xu Zhe: "I'm mainly worried that you'll let it slip. I don't want to expose this to my teachers or parents too early. But after I graduate from middle school, I shouldn't be afraid of others knowing."

Song Xingye tilted his head and analyzed, "You said you are not afraid of being exposed after junior high school, which means it is definitely not playing games. Junior high school is at least a little easier. I heard that high school has strict regulations on playing games."

"uh-huh."

"So, you're writing a novel?"

The girl gave a guess that she felt was most reasonable.

Xu Zhe: “It’s a little bit close, but not really.”

Song Xingye: "What else could it be..."

Xu Zhe laughed: "Okay, stop guessing. Are you ready for what you're going to say on stage?"

"Of course!" Song Xingye patted a notebook in his hand.

This notebook looked no different from an ordinary exercise book or homework book, but this time the girl held it in front of Xu Zhe so that he could see the two words "wrong question" on the cover - the handwriting was beautiful and clear, but not very big, so he had to hold it close to see it clearly.

Xu Zhe: "Wrong answer book?"

Song Xingye: "If you want to talk about the secret of studying, I think this is very useful. Write down all the questions you missed on homework and test papers, so you know what to look for when you review. I have been doing this since elementary school, and at the previous parent-teacher meeting, my elementary school teacher asked me to share my experience, and I also talked about the wrong question book, but..."

Xu Zhe: "After all, few students actually do this."

Song Xingye: "How do you know?"

Xu Zhe: "It's very simple, because everyone is afraid of trouble. Everyone feels tired after finishing their homework. Who would add tasks to themselves? Oh, except for a good kid like you who is very self-conscious."

Song Xingye narrowed his eyes: "What about you? Don't you have any tricks for learning?"

Xu Zhe: "The trick is, if you have learned high school knowledge, junior high school knowledge will be too easy to read again."

Song Xingye: "But you haven't studied in junior high school, how can you learn high school?"

Xu Zhe spread his hands and said, "I learned this in junior high school, too."

"You...what kind of trick is this? You just want to show off how smart you are!"

Song Xingye couldn't help wanting to hit him, and he really did it. However, when the girl's fist landed on his palm, it didn't hurt him at all, but instead felt like teasing a cat.

At this time, Teacher Sun on the podium cleared his throat.

Song Xingye immediately stopped his little movements and stood at attention.

Then I heard Teacher Sun say, "As I said just now, our class did well in the final exam, especially the top few students. Four of the top 20 students in the grade are from our class. The best students are also the two students with the most stable grades this semester, Xu Zhe and Song Xingye. Next, these two students will share their learning experiences and insights for parents to refer to. Song Xingye, you go first."

The girl walked towards the podium.

Xu Zhe noticed that under the gazes of a group of parents, Song Xingye walked very gracefully and was not particularly nervous, which showed that she was indeed used to such scenes.

If he didn't have the knowledge from his previous life and was still an ordinary boy...Xu Zhe felt that his performance would be worse than Song Xingye's.

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Chapter 43 Ordinary Road

2023-09-06

Just as Song Xingye said, the learning experience she shared, in addition to completing homework and listening to lectures, is to keep a notebook for wrong questions. When a parent asked if she needed extracurricular tutoring, the girl just shook her head, indicating that she did not sign up.

After Song Xingye finished speaking, it was Xu Zhe's turn.

He walked to the podium and looked at the group of adults who were listening attentively below, feeling a little pressured.

Especially, one of them is his father.

Xu Guowei was sitting in his seat at this time, in the middle of the first row, closest to the podium. Next to his father was Song Xingye's mother.

Xu Zhe did not look at his father's face again, but deliberately looked away. After a moment's thought, he spoke:

"First of all, I have to make a disclaimer. The learning experience I am going to talk about next may not be suitable for everyone. In my opinion, the most important things in learning are motivation and habit. Motivation is why do you want to study? This is not something that can be fooled by empty words. Everyone has different interests and hobbies, and their long-term life plans are also different. For every student, the most important core question is what kind of person you want to be in the future. If you can have a clear thinking about this core question, whether it is right or wrong, you must first have a self-formed answer, and then you can generate motivation."

"Studying is for yourself, for finding a good job in the future? Parents always say this, but students have no specific concept of this. Students have no idea how to support themselves or how to adapt to this society. The fact is that hard work may not necessarily lead to success, but not working hard will definitely be comfortable."

When Xu Zhe said this, a few parents in the audience laughed out loud, but more parents still frowned.

"So, as I said, the most important thing is to let students develop a sense of motivation and self-awareness. Because if there is no self-awareness, no matter how much you urge them, it will be ineffective. And when it comes to finding motivation, everyone's situation is very different."

At this time, a parent asked: "Where does your motivation come from?"

Xu Zhe felt a little pressure. He realized that the answer he gave at this moment might affect some parents and thus determine what kind of sermon some students would hear tonight.

Of course, he was also very clear that most of the preaching was meaningless.

Xu Zhe replied, "It means I have something I really want to learn. I'm not talking about the knowledge in the junior high school textbooks, but what direction I want to develop in the future. I want to learn programming and computer-related majors in the future, so I will make a long-term plan. But seriously, it's useless for you to urge your child to choose a major, because my interest came spontaneously, not because of my parents. This is why I said at the beginning that my experience may not be suitable for everyone, and may not be suitable for most students."

Another parent couldn't help but ask: "Why computers? Do you think this field has a future, or are you just interested in it?"

"There are two reasons. I think that I may have more opportunities in the future if I study computer science. On the other hand, I have always been interested in programming. Think about it, using code to describe a logic, using logic to build a system, allowing it to run automatically and realize your ideas, it feels like going from understanding the world to changing the world. Of course, as the saying goes, interest is the best teacher. If the parents here are not interested in the idea of ​​'changing the world with logic', then you can't expect to impose this interest on your children. It's not just about code. If you want your children to recognize the significance of learning, simply beating, scolding, and urging them is useless."

At this point, Xu Zhe paused for a moment to observe the parents' expressions. Then he decided to continue.

"Interests need to be cultivated, and motivation needs to be found by oneself. So what else can parents do? Supervision. Parents' supervision is actually useful, that is, to help students develop good habits. In this regard, Song Xingye just said it very well..."

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The parent-teacher conference is over.

However, many parents did not leave immediately, but stayed in the classroom, discussing with each other how to educate their children. Among them, Xu Zhe's father and Song Xingye's mother were naturally the core surrounded by other parents.

"How did you educate him?" an old man asked, "The way that kid spoke on the stage didn't look like a junior high school student at all, he looked so mature!"

Another older sister echoed, "It's not a question of whether he is conscious or not. Your child seems to have thought everything through, and he speaks in a very coherent way. If he didn't look like a child, I would have thought it was the teacher talking to him just by listening to what he said!"

"Haha, I'm not sure about this. I don't usually keep a close eye on him." Xu Guowei said with a smile.

"Free range?"

“Yes, they are basically free-range.”

"That's great, it's a relief..."

In this way, amidst the envy, Xu Guowei couldn't help but feel a little proud. He was a big man, but his mouth never closed.

The parents around gradually dispersed.

The lady sitting next to him suddenly said, "Xu Zhe is really an extraordinary kid. I heard from my daughter that before school started, when you were traveling, he seemed to have saved a whole car of people?"

Xu Guowei was startled: "Did your daughter tell you?"

"Yes, my daughter, Song Xingye, is your son's deskmate."

"Oh, I see. Sorry I don't know. What's your name?"

"My name is Li Caixia. Is what my daughter said true?"

"It's true, he..." Xu Guowei was a little stumped for a moment, "I still don't understand how this guy did it. He was sitting with us, in the middle of the car, some distance away from the driver. But when the driver suddenly had a heart attack, he rushed over. Before anyone else noticed anything unusual about the driver, he had already stepped on the brakes."

Song Xingye's mother, Ms. Li Caixia, nodded, seemingly thinking about something.

At this moment, Xu Zhe came over and slapped his palm on the table: "Dad, it's time for us to go."

Xu Guowei: “Ah?”

"We're done, let's go," Xu Zhe looked at the short-haired aunt next to him and said with a smile, "Hello, auntie, Song Xingye was just talking to the teacher about the class leader arrangement for next semester. Do you want her to be the class monitor?"

Aunt Li: "The teacher wants her to be the class monitor?"

Xu Zhe smiled and said, "She is a little hesitant. How about you go and talk to them too?"

He deliberately led Song Xingye's mother away to prevent his father from talking too much with others and then blurting out everything that happened in the computer mall. Xu Zhe didn't want to reveal that he had bought a computer now.

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Thanks to [Why Drink Alone Here] and [I Am a Saint] for the tips!

Chapter 44 Lies

2023-09-06

As the father and son walked home, the atmosphere was slightly different from their usual interactions.

Of course, Xu Zhe had long discovered that the family atmosphere had changed since his rebirth. After the tour bus braked, he seemed to have more freedom at home than before - but the memory of childhood was a bit distant, so the feeling of this change was not particularly obvious.

After today's parents' meeting, Xu Guowei showed more respect to his son. It seemed that only then did he realize that his son was really different from other teenagers of the same age.

Xu Guowei suddenly asked: "When did you become interested in programming?"

"Not long actually, probably in sixth grade."

Xu Zhe's answer is of course false. He has been interested in games, animation, novels, movies, etc. since he was a child. He really learned about programming during his college years.

The father sighed, "I used to think you just liked playing games and never did anything serious in front of the computer. I never thought you would develop this kind of interest secretly."

Xu Zhe smiled.

The father continued, “If you are really interested in programming, our family can also buy a computer.”

Xu Zhe was stunned and stopped.

The father and son were walking slowly on the sidewalk. When Xu Guowei noticed his son stopped, he turned around, stared at him, and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Buying a computer for your family?" Xu Zhe's eyes narrowed. "Seriously?"

Father: "You have done so well in the exam, why would I lie to you?"

Xu Zhe: "Will you write a document?"

The father laughed and said, "Why do you need to sign a document? I'll take you to buy it now!"

"OK!"

This is of course a good thing. With a computer at home, he doesn't need to use his laptop in secret. Moreover, the performance of a desktop computer is not comparable to that of a laptop of the same price. It is more efficient to use it for mining, so he doesn't have to keep the computer running all night to no avail.

So the father and son went straight to the computer city.

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Online shopping has been born these days, but in people's minds, there is still no quality guarantee for online shopping. The more expensive the item, the more people have to go to a physical store to buy it. Not to mention computers.

Xu Zhe didn't plan to change his parents' spending habits so early. As long as they were willing to buy him a computer, what else could he choose? With his knowledge of computers, he didn't worry about being ripped off in places like computer malls.

So Xu Guowei saw how powerful it was.

After walking around the computer mall for only a few rounds, he couldn't help but pull his son over and asked, "Why do you want only spare parts... Are you planning to assemble a computer yourself?"

Xu Zhe nodded: "Since it is placed at home, it is a desktop computer. Since it is a desktop computer, why not build it yourself?"

Father: "You can install a computer?!"

Xu Zhe smiled and said, "It's actually not as complicated as you think. To be honest, as long as you understand some basic concepts and have some knowledge of these accessories, it's not difficult. At least I think it's easier than programming."

Father: “But where do you know this?”

Xu Zhe: "Besides studying, I also read extracurricular books and magazines. I can learn a lot of things by myself."

"Self-study..." Xu Guowei muttered, feeling that these two words sounded light and airy coming out of his son's mouth. However, as a middle-aged man in his early forties, he certainly knew that it was not easy to self-study everything.

However, at this time, Xu Guowei did not notice that his son's expression had changed quietly.

Xu Zhe took his father a few steps to the side and said, "Can you wait here for me for a while? I need to go to the bathroom."

"Oh, then go ahead."

Xu Guowei stood there, watching his son walk out of the store. He stayed in the store, staring at the advertisement on the screen, lost in thought.

He already had several computer parts in his hands. According to Xu Zhe's instructions, he would assemble them back home. Xu Guowei was secretly looking forward to it. He himself didn't know how to assemble a computer. If his son could successfully assemble one, it would be really...

While Xu Guowei was in a daze in the store, Xu Zhe had already caught up with the two people.

Song Xingye and her mother, Aunt Li with short hair.

When Xu Zhe was selecting memory just now, he noticed the mother and daughter passing by. Fortunately, his father didn't notice.

At this time, Xu Zhe quickly followed and said, "Hello, Auntie, and hello, Song Xingye. What a coincidence that I see you here again."