vrcanaries Chapter 183 Competition
Chapter 183 Competition
Just a few days into the second semester of his junior year, Zhu Yong announced that he would select 10 students from his class to participate in a science competition.
Although it was supposed to be open for registration and admission based on merit, Zhu Yong called Hua Lichu and her sister into his office alone as soon as get out of class ended.
"This competition is highly prestigious, and the awards can reduce your score on the college entrance examination. Although you are asked to decide for yourselves whether to sign up, I hope that you will both participate."
As he spoke, Zhu Yong glanced at Hua Antao and said, "Especially you, Hua Antao."
The homeroom teacher had already taken attendance privately, so what could the two sisters do? Of course, they happily signed up!
After the two students signed up, Zhu Yong selected eight more students to participate in the competition, taking into account the specific circumstances of each student in the class.
Indeed, after careful consideration, the grade director decided to select only students from the Sunshine Class to participate in the competition.
Other students in the Olympiad classes didn't even know about the competition.
After all, such a prestigious competition is very rare, so it should definitely be given to students with better grades who are more likely to win awards!
As the best high school in Tahara City, the preliminary selection for this competition will be held at our school.
On the day of the exam, in addition to the 10 students from our school, students from other high schools in the city and the county towns below also participated.
However, other schools obviously did not have as many slots as No. 1 Middle School. No. 2 Middle School had the most, with 8 students participating.
In the entire city of Tahara, only 70 people participated in this competition.
The preliminary round had a large number of questions, including many types of questions I had never seen before.
Fortunately, Hua Lichu followed Hua Antao and read a lot of interesting math and physics materials. With her solid academic foundation, she successfully passed the preliminary round.
Hua Antao achieved an outstanding result, winning first place.
Of the 70 participants, fewer than 20 successfully advanced through the preliminary rounds.
It is worth mentioning that Pei Yi'an also successfully passed the preliminary round.
Of the entire Sunshine Class, only 5 students passed the preliminary round.
Soon, it was time for the second exam.
Zhu Yong led five people to the provincial capital a day early to take the second exam.
To Hua Lichu's surprise, the difficulty of this exam was lower than that of the preliminary round.
No, to be precise, this exam focuses on students' basic knowledge, as well as their patience, concentration, and attention to detail.
The questions weren't difficult; most of the knowledge points tested were from high school textbooks.
Even simple questions can be full of traps; if you're not careful, you can easily fall into one and lose points.
Despite the close calls, the Hua Li and Chu sisters passed the exam without any major incidents and both achieved excellent results.
Along with the results, the location and time of the next competition will also be announced.
The competition will take place in just half a month, and the location will be the capital city!
Zhu Yong was overjoyed to learn that three of his students had passed the competition.
He specially called Pei Yi'an and the Hua Lichu sisters to his office, handed them a large stack of documents, and told them to take a look at them and ask him any questions they didn't understand.
When the rest of the family learned of this, they were shocked, yet also felt that it was only natural.
Everyone did their best to handle their tasks so as not to cause the Hua Li Chu sisters any worry.
Fearing that her two daughters weren't getting enough nutrition, Li's mother tried every possible way to prepare nutritious meals for them.
He even asked the two of them, "I've heard that you can replenish what you're like by eating it. How about I go buy a pig brain and stew it for you?"
The two sisters vehemently rejected him.
Seeing that the two were adamant, Li's mother had no choice but to give up with regret.
Pig brains won't do, but fish heads will do, right?
It just so happens that both sisters love to eat fish. Every day before dawn, Li's mother would get up and rush to the market. In the two weeks before they left for the capital, fish could always be seen on the family's dinner table.
Everyone tacitly gave the fish head to the two sisters.
Even the most beloved foods can't be eaten every day!
Hua Lichu really didn't want to eat anymore, so she went to Li's mother and started spouting nonsense with a straight face:
"Grandma, I think this fish head has made me stupid."
Startled, Li's mother's heart skipped a beat: "Wh...what?"
Hua Lichu analyzed with a serious expression: "Think about it, can truly intelligent fish be caught? Wouldn't those that are caught be mostly stupid fish? If I eat so many stupid fish heads, will I become smarter?"
The more Li's mother listened, the more she felt it made sense.
Yes, a smart fish would definitely be able to see the trap and escape, so how could it possibly get caught and eaten?
"What should we do? It's all my fault..."
Seeing that Li's mother was really serious, Hua Lichu chuckled:
"It's nothing, it's nothing, my dear in-law. I just didn't want to eat fish, that's why I was talking nonsense."
Li's mother looked at Hua Lichu: "You really haven't become stupid?"
"no!"
Li's mother patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. I would have been so guilty if it had affected your exam..."
"It won't affect anything!"
Ever since he learned that the two sisters were going to compete in the capital, Hua Yuansheng has been staring at his two granddaughters in a daze from time to time.
The two sisters were doing their homework under the desk lamp, and he sat beside them, silently watching them.
Before leaving, he finally couldn't hold back any longer.
"Pear, Peach, shall I go with you?"
Although there was a teacher leading the team, the two children were still young, and he was worried about sending them to such a far place to take the exam!
I've been having nightmares every night for the past few days.
I dreamt that the two sisters were hungry and couldn't get enough to eat.
Then I dreamt that the two sisters were not warm enough and their clothes had been wetted.
Hua Lichu put down her pen and looked at Hua Yuansheng curiously: "Grandpa, you haven't been eating or drinking these past few days, have you been thinking about this?"
Hua Yuansheng scratched the back of his head sheepishly: "Yes, yes."
Hua Antao smiled gently: "Grandpa, what are you thinking! You were going to come with us anyway!"
"Wha...what?"
"We made a promise before, no matter where Pear and I go, you have to come with us! Do you think the capital is too far away and don't want to come with us?"
Hua Yuansheng grinned foolishly: "I'll go, I'll go! Hehe."
With that, he got up to leave.
"Where are you going?"
"I'll go pack my things!"
Hua Lichu and Hua Antao exchanged a smile, then lowered their heads and refocused their attention on the sea of questions.
The family attaches great importance to this exam, and the school leaders also attach great importance to it.
He called Zhu Yong over several times, repeatedly reminding him to be careful in everything.
Starting three days before their departure, the Hua Li sisters consciously controlled their diet.
I avoid spicy and irritating foods, for fear of getting an upset stomach during the exam.
Pei Yi'an's parents even approached Zhu Yong to ask if they could go two days earlier.
There's nothing else to worry about, except that the journey is too long, which might exhaust the child and affect their exam performance.
The Hua Li sisters also wanted to go there as soon as possible.
With the consent of both sets of parents after meeting the three children, Zhu Yong naturally had no objections.
So, two days before the exam, the group arrived in the capital smoothly.