PFC Chapter 136 must be thanks to the tutoring.
Chapter 136 must be thanks to the tutoring.
It wasn't just the teachers who found it unbelievable, but also Liang Jingdong.
On the day they received their report cards, all the students arrived at school one after another with mixed feelings.
Liang Jingdong was no exception.
Liangjia Village is located in a remote area. To get to the school, you have to walk to the town first, then take a bus from the town to the county seat, then take a bus from the county seat to the city bus station, and finally take a public bus to the No. 1 Middle School.
Fortunately, the homeroom teacher, Qiu Jianying, did not specify a particular arrival time, and she would wait in the office all day.
When you arrive, just go directly to her office.
Although Liang Jingdong had a premonition that he would not do well on the exam.
But he never expected that his ranking would drop so much!
He dropped from 88th to 130th in his grade, and from class (2) to class (3).
He clutched the report card, staring intently at the rankings, his face slightly pale.
Impossible! How could that be?
The physics exam was so difficult this time, and there were several types of math questions he had never seen before. There was even a word in the English essay topic that he had never seen before and could only guess its meaning... Don't you all think it's difficult?
Liang Jingdong swallowed hard, forcing himself to remain calm: "Teacher... has Hua Lichu come to pick up her report card? How did she do this time? And what about Xu Yaozu?"
Qiu Jianying glanced at him in surprise, noticing his trembling lips and the white gleam of his fingers gripping the report card. She sighed inwardly.
"One exam score doesn't mean anything; this exam was particularly difficult..."
Liang Jingdong impatiently interrupted Qiu Jianying: "What's Hua Lichu's ranking?"
How could he not know whether the questions were difficult or not?
Qiu Jianying frowned, but still pulled out the grade sheet from under a pile of books on the table: "The class grades are all here..."
Liang Jingdong snatched the report card and subconsciously started looking down. The first name he saw was Hua Lichu's.
His heart sank.
His gaze was fixed on the "2" at the very end of a row of numbers, and he kept shaking his head, muttering:
"Impossible! How is this possible? How...how could she have done so well on the test?"
Qiu Jianying's eyebrows were furrowed into a tight knot.
"Teacher, do you know Hua Antao? How did she do this time? What was her score?"
Qiu Jianying frowned as she looked at Liang Jingdong, but didn't say anything.
Liang Jingdong saw the panic in Qiu Jianying's eyes, pursed his lips, forced himself to calm down, and explained in a low voice:
"I didn't do well on this test, so I wanted to see the scores of the students who did well to encourage myself..."
Qiu Jianying countered, "Is that really the case?"
Liang Jingdong nodded emphatically: "Really! Teacher, as you know, I dropped out of the Sunshine Class before and have always wanted to retake the exam."
Qiu Jianying was unaware of the relationship between Liang Jingdong and the Hua Lichu sisters, so she believed Liang Jingdong's statement and replied, "She is the top student in the grade this time, with a total score of 730."
"Both of them did so well on the test? Teacher, could they be...?"
"What is it?"
"Plagiarism!"
Qiu Jianying retorted without hesitation: "Impossible! There were two invigilators in the examination room..."
"Is it really possible for someone to make such rapid progress in just one year?"
Qiu Jianying noticed that she sighed much more often after meeting Liang Jingdong, her student.
"Why not? Liang Jingdong, I understand your ambition, and I know you're upset because you didn't do well on the test. But you can't deny other people's efforts and abilities just because of your own failure!"
"She missed two consecutive evening study sessions..."
"That's because they get tutoring at home!"
Since things had come to this point, Qiu Jianying no longer concealed anything: "Hua Lichu and Hua Antao have been privately tutoring each other for half a year."
Liang Jingdong felt a sudden sense of relief.
No wonder! He knew it!
How could these two brats improve so quickly? Turns out they've been getting extra lessons in private!
Then his eyes lit up. If they could both get tutoring, why couldn't he?
Correct!
It just so happens that it's summer vacation now, so he can hire a tutor for extra lessons!
As far as he knew, those two brats had to open a shop during the summer vacation, so they probably wouldn't have time to study.
That way, when school starts and there's another exam... he couldn't wait to see those two brats fall out of the Sunshine Class!
After learning the details of the tutoring fees, Liang Jingdong went home excitedly.
Only Qiu Jianying remained, sighing as she watched his retreating figure.
Liang Jingdong paid her tuition for the first half of the year more than a month after the start of the semester, and she had to plead with the finance department several times for it.
The cost of two months of tutoring is no cheaper than the tuition for a semester. How could he afford tutoring?
Around four o'clock that afternoon, the sunlight slanted down, bathing the fields in a golden glow, and the air was filled with the fragrance of rice and the heat of the soil.
The frogs hide in the shade of the rice paddies or in the grass by the pond, sometimes playing solo, sometimes singing in unison, making "croak croak" sounds.
The chirping of cicadas rose and fell, intertwining with the sound of cowbells in the distance, creating a unique summer symphony.
Liang Jingdong arrived home cursing and swearing, then plopped down on the stone stool at the doorstep.
Wang Pandi, holding a brand-new towel, tenderly wiped the sweat from Liang Jingdong's forehead, complaining as she did so:
"Your teachers are really something! Couldn't they have picked a cooler day to collect the report cards? Why did it have to be today? Look how hot my grandson is..."
Liang Jingdong was still being dried by Wang Pandi when he looked around and asked, "Where's my grandfather?"
Wang Pandi gestured towards the room with her lip: "She's resting in her room! Are you tired? What do you want to eat tonight? Your favorite braised pork? Or..."
Liang Jingdong complained, "Braised pork is too greasy. Grandma, really, all you ever make is braised pork. Can't you make something else?"
Wang Pandi smiled ingratiatingly: "It's my fault! You don't like braised pork? How about I take something to the neighbor's and ask them how they cook meat?"
"Okay, go ahead!"
After Wang Pandi took a bunch of greens to the next room, Liang Jingdong sat on the doorstep for a while longer.
After mentally rehearsing his response and confirming that there were no problems, he stepped into Liang Dajiang's room.