Back to 90s small fishing village

As soon as the happy dinner with her friends ended the day before, Xu Caimei immediately started "learning mode" the next day.

She got up before dawn in the morning.

The temperature was low in the early morning. As soon as Xu Caimei got out of bed, she shivered and had goosebumps all over her body.She quickly picked up the coat that was hanging on the back of the chair and put it on. She walked to the stove with her cotton slippers and lit the stove.

To light the stove, open the window.

Opening the window, the refreshing wind, carrying the salty smell of the ocean, instantly filled the house.

Xu Caimei took advantage of the time she was brushing her teeth and washing her face to boil a pot of water. She also heated up the sweet potatoes that Xu Pingli and the others had roasted yesterday when they were grilling fish, and ate them for breakfast.

Today's tasks are to memorize in the morning, do Chinese papers in the morning, and review various knowledge points in mathematics in the afternoon.

Taking advantage of her clear mind in the morning, Xu Caimei picked up the textbook and began to recite the ancient poems and other literary chapters that needed to be memorized in the textbook.

Fortunately, she had worked very hard when she was in school and had a solid foundation. If it hadn't been for a sudden change in her family, it would have been possible to get into a key city high school, so it wouldn't be too difficult to pick it up again now.

After memorizing the book for two hours, she opened the exercise book she had bought but had not had time to finish. Although the textbooks had changed a lot in the past five years, there was still plenty of time. She wanted to finish it first. Take some time to rediscover the feeling you had back then, and then prepare for the self-study exam content.

Mathematics in the afternoon is her favorite subject.

She took out a notebook from the drawer. This was her own collection of mathematical formulas, as well as some "smart methods" for typical problems.

After reviewing everything, she took out the mock papers for the high school entrance examination that year and started working on them.

The subject of mathematics is like this. Every question has a correct answer. Right is right and wrong is wrong. So after Xu Caimei finished, she scored herself according to the correct answer.

Hey, it's not bad. She scored 120 points out of 105 points on the paper.

With this score as encouragement, she gained initial confidence in her self-study exam.

Looking at her watch, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. Xu Caimei stretched out, went to the instant noodle box in the corner of the kitchen, and took a bag of instant noodles. In order to prepare for the exam, she went to the wholesale market in the town and bought two boxes of instant noodles. Noodles, although instant noodles are not nutritious, at least they can fill your stomach as quickly as possible during breaks, and they are not expensive.

After dinner, Xu Caimei, who was used to going to bed early, sat on the bed and picked up her old English textbook.

She used to go to school in the town. In a small place like theirs, there were few professional English teachers. She had to learn a lot, and she could only learn mute English. She didn't know the International Phonetic Alphabet, and every word was different. I memorized it letter by letter, and I also memorized examples of grammar and other things.

But I haven't used it in the past few years, and I have basically forgotten everything. I have no choice but to learn from the most basic ABC.

Looking at the unfamiliar words, Xu Caimei felt worried.

Carrying it on her back, she dozed off, and her body slipped into the quilt as if she had self-awareness. When she opened her eyes again, it was already the next morning.

Xu Caimei stretched out her hand and touched the hard and cold spine of the English book.

"Oh my god! Why did I fall asleep!" As she said this, she jumped up and said, "The English review plan I made has not been completed yet!"

Annoyed, she repeated yesterday's washing process and sat at the desk again.

Today's task is English in the morning and comprehensive subjects in the afternoon.

After memorizing for an hour, Xu Caimei could only remember six or seven shorter words, and she had forgotten the rest.

This low learning efficiency gave Xu Caimei a headache.Instead of wasting time and doing useless work, it is better to ask Xu Pingli for advice. After all, he has gone to high school and has learned English for so long, so he should have some experience.

Xu Pingli also fell into deep thought after hearing Xu Caimei's purpose.

After thinking for a long time, he suddenly turned around and went back to the room. After a while, he came out with a book and handed it to Xu Caimei.

"This is the English tutoring book I used back then. It may be of some use." Xu Pingli's expression was a little subtle. "In addition, I suggest that in addition to memorizing words, I also recommend that you memorize more essay examples. This can not only increase your vocabulary, but also It can help you become familiar with grammar, and can also solve your troubles of not being able to write English compositions.”

After thanking Xu Pingli, Xu Caimei took the book back home, opened it and almost laughed out loud.

This is a collection of English composition examples. Under each word in the book, there are many Chinese characters marked - something like "Yin Mu Pao Shi Bao" or "Ingrid History", and some even specially marked the intonation. .

No wonder Xu Pingli looked so embarrassed just now.

It's funny, but Xu Caimei still laments that she was too conservative when she was in school and didn't know how to adapt, so she is in trouble now.

But to be honest, with Xu Pingli's reference book, Xu Caimei quickly mastered the method, and perhaps due to the improvement of her observation skills brought by her age, unlike when she was a child, she noticed that there seemed to be some kind of connection between many words. The correlation between words and pronunciation is similar to the relationship between Chinese characters and pinyin.

With this discovery, Xu Caimei's memorization efficiency has significantly improved.

After writing two complete essays silently, Xu Caimei stood up and stretched her muscles.

In order to relax her mind, she chose to go to the kitchen, planning to stew some rice and stir-fry some vegetables.

The yard was extremely quiet - since they separated, Rhubarb and its children were taken to the breeding farm to help guard the gate, and Xu Pingli took care of them for the time being.

Looking at the quiet courtyard, Xu Caimei felt a little deserted.

After dinner, Xu Caimei opened another textbook related to comprehensive subjects.

The comprehensive paper of this self-study examination examines physics and history, as well as ideological and moral character.

Fortunately, history is Xu Caimei's strong point. As long as she reads a book and reviews important historical events, she can perform normally.

In the busy study, the day passed quickly, Xu Caimei closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.

In the middle of the night, she was suddenly woken up by a barking dog.

When I opened the door, I discovered that it was "Little General" - the black-headed puppy that had been frightened to pee.

Although Xu Pingan gave him the most prestigious name in order to encourage him, when he grew up, he was still the timidest in the family. For some reason, he did not follow his mother, but ran away from the farm. return.

At this time, it was wagging its tail happily around Xu Caimei, and pounced on her from time to time.

"Did you come back specially?" Xu Caimei knelt down, touched its head and asked.

The little general responded to her by barking "woof, woof", grinning and sticking out his tongue.

Seeing that Xu Caimei had no further instructions, she sniffed around in the yard, walked around in circles, and finally returned to the woodshed where they usually lived, and never came out again.

Xu Caimei smiled helplessly and closed the door. (End of chapter)