Chapter 166: Unpalatable and Nostalgic
We are all just first-grade students, and no one has the imagination to think that this article was written by a classmate.
After all, for them at this age, it is really too incredible. That is publishing an article in a well-known magazine. Only a real writer can do that, right?
Most people who engage in literature are low-key. Take Dangnian Mingyue for example. If his wife hadn’t discovered the huge amount of money in his bank card, no one would have known that he was the author of “Things about the Ming Dynasty”!
Of course, many students will take this article to ask Liu Zhiyi, saying:
"Zhiyi! Look, the protagonist of this article seems to be you! Could it be that you wrote it?"
Perhaps this question was mostly a joke, but Liu Zhiyi's heart still skipped a beat when she heard it. Her pretty face flushed, and she quickly waved her hand to deny it:
"No, it's not me! How could I write so well..."
Fang Wei: “?”
No, the way of self-promotion and self-praise has evolved to this extent? !
Fang Wei thought with amusement that if he hadn't been caught, he would probably be kept in the dark by now.
……
After entering the second semester, my study and life got back on track.
Two months have passed since school started in mid-February, and the semester is already halfway through.
The midterm exams for this semester were held on April 19th and 20th.
Compared with last semester, there have been great changes in the class rankings in this midterm exam. Students who had a good foundation last semester have made greater progress this semester, while students with poor foundation had a much harder time in this exam.
However, in terms of overall performance, Class 2 is still far ahead of the other three classes.
The top three in the class and the top five in the grade seem to have gradually been fixed.
Unfortunately, Liu Zhiyi still failed to defeat Fang Wei this time. Fang Wei once again took the first place in the class and the first place in the grade with a total score of 753 points.
A person's IQ is actually not static. It is an indisputable fact that if one does not study or think for a long time, the brain power will degenerate. Of course, intelligence also has a ceiling, and everyone's upper limit is different, but for most people, it is far from reaching the upper limit. Such a ceiling can only be touched after extreme efforts.
After years of studying and thinking, Fang Wei's grades have reached a level he had never reached in his previous life. He is confident that even if he goes to high school or college, his grades will not be much worse than those real bookworms.
This time, Liu Zhiyi still lost to Fang Wei with a total score of points, ranking second in the class and second in the grade.
After spending a long time together, Fang Wei could also see that Liu Zhiyi was better at liberal arts than science, but the science subjects in junior high school were relatively basic. Even if she was relatively not good at it, it was not obvious in her grades. For example, in mathematics, she might not understand the essential mathematical logic, but with her amazing memory and her usual hard work, she could always get the questions right, which was amazing.
As for studying liberal arts, that was what she was really good at. Just as she couldn't understand Fang Wei's method of studying science, Fang Wei couldn't understand her method of studying liberal arts. In fact, she didn't memorize much, but she could easily get excellent results in liberal arts. Instead, she used the energy of rote memorization to study science...
But this is understandable. After all, no one is perfect. After entering high school, there will be clear divisions between liberal arts and science classes, and then you can just choose to develop in the direction that you are good at.
Most of human suffering comes from wrong choice of direction.
Then it’s Xu Cailing. Cailing did very well in the exam this time!
I don’t know if it’s because of the encouragement brought by Fang Wei sitting next to her after changing seats, the girl has become so focused in class!
Even though she had to participate in the training of the school team in addition to studying, her daily personality did not change much. She was carefree and cheerful, and would play when she wanted to. Unexpectedly, she did very well in the midterm exam, with a total score of 562 points, ranking seventh in the class and th in the grade!
Cai Ling burned herself out! !
Let’s not talk about whether the score can be admitted to high school, after all, there are new subjects in the second and third year of junior high school. But if I can maintain this ranking, I will definitely be able to get into high school!
Of course, Cai Ling felt that it was not enough!
After all, being able to get into high school and being able to get into No. 1 middle school are two different things!
Even with this ranking, she has a good chance of getting into the second best No. 2 Middle School, but for Cai Ling, she doesn't care about No. 2 Middle School, No. 3 Middle School, or No. 4 Middle School. All of them except No. 1 Middle School are considered other high schools, and she must go to No. 1 Middle School!
Last semester, when she said she wanted to work hard to get into No. 1 Middle School, even the considerate Pepe couldn't help but think it was a fantasy. But now, she is making progress in every exam. Even though she is still far away from getting into No. 1 Middle School, it seems that she is becoming quite hopeful.
As for A Sheng, he was completely obsessed with basketball. Sometimes when he went home from school, he would tell Fang Wei and the other two not to wait for him, because he would play on the court until almost dark every day before he was willing to go home.
As for grades, fortunately I didn't get worse, but I didn't improve either. I was ranked in the top 30 in the class and the top 100 in the grade.
His deskmate Wang Yushan was the same as him, her grades had not improved or declined, she was ranked third in the class, third in the grade... No way! How the hell could they be the same!
Fang Wei didn't know what to say about this, but as far as the friendship between boys is concerned, the greatest recognition of a buddy is to support his choice. Otherwise, if he refuses to let him do this or that, then he would be like a real father.
In fact, Asheng is now playing basketball quite well. Considering that the system of students with special talents will be implemented on the island in the future, it may not be impossible for him to be admitted to high school with such a specialty.
Don’t despise the dreams you worked hard for in your youth!
……
Similar to the teaching arrangement of the previous semester, a parent meeting was held immediately after the midterm exam.
After the parent-teacher meeting, time had unknowingly come to the end of April.
Fang Wei's family started to get busy.
What they are busy with is naturally mussel farming.
Starting from the planting of 30 acres of mussel seedlings in October last year, it has been more than half a year now. Both the growth of mussels and daily management are going very smoothly.
Of course, they encountered some big and small problems during the period, but they were all overcome with the efforts of the couple. Now Fang Wei’s family is one of the few farmers on the island with experience in mussel farming!
The breeding scale of 30 acres is currently the largest on the island. If all goes well, the harvest will be ready in August or September!
Mussels have two spawning periods a year, in April and May and around October.
At that time last year, many people on the island were still waiting and watching. By April and May this year, more and more farmers began to participate in the mussel farming project.
According to the three-step one-year mussel farming plan that he had customized previously, Fang Weijia has already progressed to the second step in April and May.
Since the past two weeks, Fang Xianfeng has been busy with the preliminary preparations, including purchasing breeding equipment, reserving mussel seedlings, applying for and contracting new breeding areas, etc.
With the experience gained from breeding in the first half of the year and the start-up capital from the previous lottery winnings, Fang Wei plans to expand the breeding scale by another 30 acres in April and May, bringing the total breeding scale to 60 acres!
These days, Fang Xianfeng has no time to go to the dock to collect fish. He and Tian Xilan are busy with the farm affairs.
Fang Wei was also busy. After finishing his studies every night, he would help his parents wind the seedling ropes and tie the floats in the yard...
The school was closed for five days on May Day. After making preparations, Fang Wei and his family started planting seedlings on the first day.
This is the first time that I have participated in the labor on this Labor Day after so many Labor Days...
It is foreseeable that the family will be busy in the next six months.
After all, the mussels are planted in May, the nets are taken out in June and July, and the mussels from last year are harvested in August and September. After they are put on the market and sold, the breeding scale is expanded to 100 acres in October, and a new batch of mussels is planted...
The days have become busy, but I feel quite fulfilled. To borrow my grandfather’s words, people cannot be too idle. If they are idle for too long, they will feel anxious!
Fang Wei doesn't quite agree with this. Of course, it is true that one has to earn enough money first.
……
The rain in April stopped in the brightness brought by the wind in May.
The spring on Pineapple Island is very short. It is only May, but the taste of summer has already begun to take hold.
The flowers that bloomed in March have long since withered, turning into rotten mud that nourishes the roots and supports the upcoming hot summer.
The big lychee tree at the entrance of the village has borne fruit.
Bunches of bright red lychees weighed the branches down.
Mr. Li under the litchi tree smiled even more deeply. Whenever he saw Fang Wei and his companions passing by, he would invite them to pick some litchis to eat.
"Master Li! The lychees are so sweet!"
"Be careful when climbing the tree, don't fall..."
In addition to lychees, you can often see bird nests built with weeds and dead branches on the trees. Occasionally, the bird nests are inlaid with some torn plastic bags. The birds seem to particularly like using these blue, white and black plastic bag fragments to decorate their homes.
In the nest, you can see a few little sparrows with bare pubic hair, thick feathers and eyes that have just opened.
Hearing the noise of Fang Wei and others climbing a tree, the little bird tilted its head curiously, then opened its big goose yellow beak and chirped, waiting for food.
When they were young, Fang Wei and his two friends often robbed bird nests, but they could never keep the baby birds alive when they brought them home.
Later, one time, I saw a big bird secretly fly into my house with a bug in its mouth to feed the little bird. When it saw people coming, the big bird stood on the windowsill with the bug in its mouth and dared not approach, while the little bird chirped in the cardboard box...
Since then, Fang Wei and his two companions never robbed bird nests again.
You don't always have to climb a tree to pick lychees. You can find a place where you can reach with a bamboo pole by splitting one end of the pole and inserting a piece of bamboo. Then you can reach up the tall lychee tree and twist down the bunch of lychees that are full of fruits.
Fang picked several bunches of lychees for the three of them, but did not pick more to take home, even though Master Li kept asking them to pick more to take back to eat.
"That's enough! Hehe, Master Li, this skewer is for you!"
"I've eaten enough..."
He didn't hear the words clearly, but when he saw Cai Ling handing it to him, Mr. Li could guess what the girl was saying. He smiled and pushed the food back, letting her eat it herself.
"Has Xiaoting eaten? Xiaoting is not at home? Where did she go to play again?"
Xiaoting is the great-granddaughter of Grandpa Li. She just started primary school last year. Her daily task is to run to the litchi tree and call Grandpa to come home for dinner.
"what?"
Mr. Li didn't hear clearly and tilted his ear.
"Xiaoting! I say! Did Xiaoting eat lychees?"
"Haha...yes, Xiaoting is in elementary school now."
"..."
In addition to lychees, the mango trees at Baitan Middle School have also borne fruit.
The students picked the big mangoes before they matured and turned yellow on the trees. The green mangoes have a pleasant and unique aroma, and their curved shapes can be played with. More often than not, the students would put the picked mangoes in drawers and wait for them to ripen gradually.
The amazing thing is that, except for the first-year students, the second-year and third-year students rarely pick mangoes to eat. On the contrary, when they see the first-year students enthusiastically picking mangoes, they even smile mockingly, because they know that mangoes -
"Wow...! It's so sour!!!"
Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi finally waited until the mangoes in the drawer were ripe. Just when they were about to take a bite happily, they frowned because of the sourness and drooled from the roots of their tongues and between their teeth. Fang Wei laughed out loud when he saw it.
"Do you want to eat it or not? If not, let me eat it."
"Here, eat it! It's really sour!"
"Ah……"
Fang Wei took it and took a bite, and squinted his eyes because of the sourness.
It’s still the same sour taste as in my memory... It’s so unpalatable and I miss it so much!
(End of this chapter)
