Chapter 39: The New Thorny Head

  There were quite a few things going on at school that day when I signed up.

  In the morning, after taking attendance and collecting homework, Chai Zi Yu led the boys to get the books and then distributed them seat by seat when they returned.

  Other classmates stayed here to clean up.

  Because the school often organized a big cleaning in class meetings last semester, students had prepared rags in their desks. At the end of last semester, they were all left in the desks and not taken back home.

  So now cleaning is also very convenient.

  Zhao Lei doesn't need to register for school uniform sizes this time. This time she will be in charge of assigning tasks for the big cleanup.

  Gu Xiang and Tang Lulu were assigned to sweep the floor. Several people were happy that they didn't have to wipe with a rag on such a cold day.

  The new students were afraid of not being able to manage them because they were unfamiliar with each other, so Zhao Lei let them go out and sweep the playground.

  After finishing cleaning up, and after getting the new book, Teacher Jiang again spoke a lot of encouraging words to them to work hard in the new semester, then it was time to adjust seats.

  Because most of the new students were boys, they also moved two other girls and two very short male gods to the front, while the tall and handsome boys were still in the last one or two rows.

  Afternoon is a holiday, everyone's enthusiasm is high, Lin Jia Huan has been talking to Gu Xiang about her winter vacation trip.

  Gu Xiang didn't have many things to say, and for most of the time, he just listened to her talk.

  Even Li Wei's words were numerous, and several people chattered together for half a day.

  Some of the previous minor conflicts seem like they never happened at all.

  Gu Xiang had just finished lunch at the store when her mother chased her out to buy stationery.

  She casually bought a few pens on the stationery stall in Jiefang Road Shopping Mall, and bought several thin and soft notebooks for 1.5 yuan each.

  The notebooks of Sanmao Xian are cheaper but the quality is not good, classmates like to borrow her notes and after flipping through them a few times they fall apart.

  Her notes for minor subjects last semester were all illegible.

  Although she had gone to bed quite early the day before, when the alarm clock rang the next morning, Gu Xiang's eyelids couldn't be opened.

  Her mother helped her set an alarm clock and got up to make breakfast for her.

  It wasn't until Mrs. Gu had finished making breakfast that Gu Xiang finally emerged from under her quilt.

  Mother Guo went to move the heater to the head of the bed and gently coaxed her awake.

  Fortunately, the alarm clock was set at her previous jogging time, so she arrived at school a little over ten minutes late and it was still very early.

  The weather is warmer than at the end of last semester, but the wind in the morning still cuts like a knife on my face.

  Gu Xiang yawned and entered the classroom, where there were already many people inside.

  Tang Lulu and Li Wei were both there. Gu Xiang greeted them and sat down at her seat, preparing to copy the class schedule from the bulletin board in front of the classroom.

  When she finished copying and came down, Gao Bin happened to come in with his backpack on.

  "Hey, wait a minute." Gaobin called out to her, and Gu Xiang waited beside his seat for him.

  Then Gao Bin took out yesterday's English homework and put it on the table, saying: "You are the English class representative, right? Hand this in for me."

  Gu Xiang said: "I handed it in yesterday, you hand it over to Wang Laoshi yourself, on the second floor of the English teacher's building."

  Actually, the teachers of Class 1 and Class 2 are almost the same, except for Jiang Laoshi and Qian Laoshi who teach their own class's math, only Wang Laoshi teaches only Class 1 in the first year.

  But all the English teachers are in one building, so it's still easy to find them.

  Gu Xiang wasn't stupid, of course she wouldn't go out of her way to hand in homework for someone who had intentionally made things difficult for her yesterday.

  If he wants to surrender himself so badly, then just let him go and surrender!

  Gu Xiang didn't care what he was going to say anyway, it definitely wouldn't be anything good, so she just went back to her seat.

  Before the second math class, Gu Xiang went to Wang teacher's office once.

  Teacher Wang is going to teach lesson 1 of the new material today and also review last year's knowledge points.

  Teacher Wang asked her if she had reviewed it before.

  Gu Xiang somewhat embarrassedly said no.

  She had a winter break that was too thorough, and apart from taking some time out every day to do her homework, she didn't do any extracurricular work.

  Local TV is broadcasting "The Legend of the Double Dragons", Gu Xiang watches it every day, and after finishing it, she watches two episodes of "Dae Jang Geum" with her mother.

  Teacher Wang didn't say anything to her, instead she asked her to take the papers over first and said that once the class bell rang, they would be handed out. If she was late, then let Gu Xiang sit on the podium and watch everyone do it.

  Gu Xiang glanced over the A4 paper roll on her way back, fortunately it wasn't about vocabulary or something, but rather common phrases and important grammar from the last few units.

  Gu Xiang went back and wrote on the blackboard that there would be a small test for the English class, and also marked the specific unit, letting everyone take a look during the break.

  The classroom was filled with a mournful atmosphere, and it wasn't just Gu Xiang who was immersed in the New Year's atmosphere.

  But thinking of Wang's usual style, everyone could only resign themselves to starting their review.

  Gu Xiang was able to review directly from her thick notebook of English notes, but others mostly didn't bring their notes or books, so they had to share and study together in small groups.

  As soon as the bell rang, Gu Xiang erased the blackboard and then handed out the test papers.

  The papers were all handed out, but Wang Laoshi still hadn't arrived, so Gu Xiang went and sat on the podium.

  The class was relatively quiet, with only the sound of scribbling on paper being heard.

  She now has a good memory, and just during class break, she suddenly hugged Buddha's feet again, and it went quite smoothly.

  Gu Xiang finished writing very quickly, while many people in the class had not yet completed it.

  Looking down, Gu Xiang saw several classmates sitting on the edge who thought they were cheating very secretly. Thinking that Teacher Wang was also coming soon, Gu Xiang could only go down and take a turn.

  Fortunately, in front of her classmates, they were still considerate of her and didn't copy behind her back.

  Before long, Teacher Wang came over and asked them to hand in their papers.

  They still exchanged corrections within the class. Because new classmates came, Teacher Wang specially emphasized that they should write the name of the person who corrected them.

  She needs to have an examination soon.

  Everyone's test scores were not good, even Gu Xiang got nearly 10 questions wrong.

  It suddenly dragged classmates out of the lingering New Year's atmosphere.

  Teacher Wang asked students to correct their own papers after handing them out.

  Everyone was writing their own, and Teacher Wang asked on the platform: "Who is Gao Bin?"

  After what happened yesterday, Takashi Gao is now remembered by everyone.

  Seeing him stand up from the edge of the podium, many students in the class were whispering and waiting to see a good show.

  Teacher Wang said seriously: "The summer homework has been submitted by everyone except you. Did you bring it today?"

  Gao Bang handed in his summer homework.

  Teacher Wang flipped through his homework but didn't let him sit down: "Next time remember to hand in your homework on time, got it?"

  Gao Bing lowered his head and didn't speak, his ears were all red with anger.

  *Sigh*... Nowadays kids are naughty and dislike going home, but they still fear strict teachers.

  Thinking about it, Gu Xiang didn't think this person was annoying anymore.

  After class, Lin Jiahuan cried to Gu Xiang: "Alas, doing such a test in the morning ruined the whole day!"

  Gu Xiang was okay, she took Tang Lulu's test and found that although she didn't get everything right, she only got two wrong.

  After all, there is still an essential difference between a real academic tyrant and others, especially in terms of learning habits!

  Teacher Wang also had to collect everyone's test papers and look at them. After the group leader collected them, they were handed over to Gu Xiang.

  Gao Bing and Ning Peng sitting on both sides of the stage are going to be single.

  Chai Zi Yu Zheng stood beside Ning Peng and spoke, while Gu Xiang went to collect the scrolls. Ning Peng said with a bit of flattery: "Deputy class leader, put mine down below, okay?"

  Gu Xiang glanced over and saw a sea of red crosses.

  Gu Xiang inserted the very festive red scroll into the middle.

  Ning Peng was still shouting from over there: "Hey, put it down! Put it down!"

  Gu Xiang suppressed a smile and said: "Teacher Wang won't read it all, every time he just reads the top layer and the bottom layer."

  Ning Peng said: "Is that so? Then next time you put mine in the middle."

  Chai Zi Yu heard it and ridiculed him on the side.

  Gu Xiang went to collect Gao Bin's again.

  Gao Bing's roll is about as miserable as Ning Peng's.

  Gu Xiang also casually put him in the middle.

  Gao Bang saw it and said: "I don't need you to specially change places for me, one sheet of paper really thinks it's superior!"

  Gu Xiang really wanted to directly slap the scroll on his face.

  However, this sentence offended not only Gu Xiang, but also Ning Peng, who was standing beside him and asked with a stern face: "What do you mean?"

  "Literal meaning!"

  Ning Peng suddenly stood up, and Chai Zi Yu tried to stop him but couldn't.

  Ning Peng sat there looking a bit short, but that was because his chair legs had been specially sawed off, and when he really stood up, he was almost half a head taller than Gao Bing.

  "Say it again!"

  Ning Peng was standing high and looking down, and Gao Bin gave him a push.

  Ning Peng was pushed and stumbled, if Chai Zi Yu hadn't blocked behind him, he would have directly crashed into the blackboard.

  Ning Peng also fired back.

  Chai Zi quickly inserted himself between the two people and blocked them.

  Gao Bing hadn't even finished speaking when Chai Zi Yu pointed at Ning Peng's nose and said, "You'd better be careful!"

  Everyone saw this thing, and the two of them sat next to the podium, particularly eye-catching.

  The class suddenly fell silent, with countless pairs of eyes staring.

  Gu Xiang saw they couldn't fight anymore and class was about to start, so she took her notes and went to Wang teacher's office.

  In the afternoon class meeting, Teacher Jiang found the class committee to understand the situation in the class. Gu Xiang stayed a little longer and told Teacher Jiang about Gao Bin's affairs.

  Adding what happened yesterday, Teacher Jiang also knows that Gao Bin is a troublemaker now.

  In the second half of the class meeting, Teacher Jiang emphasized discipline in the class.

  Before leaving, he took Gao Bin to the office.

  As soon as he left, the murmurs of conversation in the class started again.

  Zhao Lei shouted several times before they calmed down.

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