Rebirth: Rewriting Youth

Chapter 41 Final Grades
After dinner, Shen Yu said, "I'm reading a book." and went back to his room.At early 6:40 in the evening, Shen Yu heard the sound of the door closing outside.

Shen Yu knew that Father Shen had gone out to hold a parent-teacher meeting.When she was young, Shen's mother always attended the parent-teacher conferences, but since the third grade of junior high school, Shen's father has attended the parent-teacher conferences alone.

Shen Yu continued to work on his winter vacation homework papers with vague expectations.

Before 9 o'clock in the evening, the door of the house rang, and then Shen Yu heard his parents exchanging something outside. During this period, Shen's mother even laughed twice.Shen Yu felt relieved now, this exam shouldn't be too bad.

After a while, Father Shen knocked on Shen Yu's door twice, and then pushed the door open without waiting for Shen Yu's reply.

Shen Yu turned around and saw Father Shen walking over with a test paper in his hand and a smile on his face.He threw the test paper on Shen Yu's desk, then sat down on Shen Yu's bed next to the desk.

Shen Yu picked up the test paper and unfolded it. He first took a look at the scores of each subject. Chinese: 113, Mathematics: 101, English: 111, History: 91, Geography: 109.

Nodding silently, Shen Yu calculated the total score of the three subjects besides Chinese and Math, which was 325 points.Without additional points, this score is 24 points higher than my previous college entrance examination score!
So Shen Yu asked: "How many will I have in my class this time?"

Father Shen took out a piece of paper from his pocket, unfolded it, and said with a serious face: "The teacher said that you have made great progress in the final exam this time. This time, you ranked 27th among the three total scores in the class. The level of history is B+, geography is A+.”

When Shen Yu heard the rankings, he laughed easily. Finally, he was no longer at the bottom of the pile. A semester's hard work finally paid off!
Father Shen seemed to notice Shen Yu's good mood. In fact, Father Shen was surprised and happy.Because there have been so many parent-teacher meetings since childhood, it was the first time that Father Shen was praised in public for his son.This feeling made Father Shen's hands tremble uncontrollably. Even on the way home, he had a smile on his lips.

But at this time, Father Shen said with a serious face: "Don't be too proud. A good test once in a while is nothing! Although your English score has improved, your math test this time is very poor!"

Shen Yu stopped smiling and thought for a while before saying: "Recently, I have been focusing on English and less on mathematics. I will arrange my time accordingly."

Father Shen nodded and added, "Don't go out during the winter vacation if you have nothing to do. Read more at home to maintain your grades."

Shen Yu nodded in response: "I know."

Father Shen babbled again: "There is still one semester left, so you have to work harder. After you are admitted to college, you can do whatever you want, and no one will care about you."

Shen Yu smiled: "Okay."

Father Shen then taught Shen Yu some principles, and then left the room with satisfaction.

Seeing Shen's father come out of the room, Shen Yu looked through the test papers one by one, and then wrote down all the wrong questions on the math test paper in the wrong question book, and would write them down when the teacher explained the papers at the beginning of school. Copy the answer.

At about 10 o'clock in the evening, after his parents fell asleep, Shen Yu opened the drawer next to the desk, pulled open the books piled outside to hide from others, reached into the innermost corner, and took out his mobile phone.

I took a look and saw two new text messages. 'Damn it, my mother said you surpassed me by more than 30 points this time? '

Shen Yu smiled and replied to Zheng Yu: "Isn't this what it should be?" '

I opened another text message, which was sent by Han Shuang: 'How did you do in the exam? '

Shen Yu typed and replied: "The total score is 325, ranking 27th in the class. What about you?" '

At this time, Zheng Yu replied with another text message: 'We agreed to work on the tail end of the crane together, but you secretly worked hard alone! '

Shen Yu replied: "When did I read a book without you in front of me?"It's a bit hurtful for you to say this. '

After a while, Zheng Yu came back: 'No, I will start studying hard next semester. '

Shen Yu replied directly: 'Haha. '

At this time Han Shuang's text message also arrived: 'Then you did very well in the exam!I still did the same in this test, ninth from the bottom in the class. '

Shen Yu thought for a while and replied: 'Then you should read more books!You can set a small goal first, such as escaping from the bottom 10 first! Han Shuang replied: "I'll give it a try, mainly because I'm stupid." '

Shen Yu returned encouragingly; "There are not many stupid people in Yongping Middle School, and you have already surpassed many people." '

Han Shuang replied: 'Thank you!I'll ask my dad to hire a tutor for me later, but I really can't learn it myself. '

Shen Yu immediately replied: "It seems that you are a rich woman, and you still need a tutor!"Just do more questions on your own and practice makes perfect. '

Han Shuang returned; "What a rich woman! It's so ugly. I'm only 18 years old." '

Shen Yu smiled, put away his phone, hid it in the cabinet, then opened his winter vacation homework and started working on it again.

The next day was New Year's Eve. Early that morning, Shen's mother bought the vegetables and started tinkering in the kitchen.At noon, Shen Yu and Shen's mother took a few bites of rice with the tribute dishes that would be used later, and then began to worship their ancestors.

Place eight dishes of salted chicken, salted duck, braised fish, meatballs, tofu, vermicelli, bean sprouts and shredded carrots, and light two red candles.

After lighting the red candle, Shen's mother stopped touching the table, and Shen's father did not come back from working in the factory, so everything was left to Shen Yu.Fortunately, Shen Yu has taken over this responsibility since high school and is familiar with all the processes.After burning the paper money, they began to kneel down for a long time.Add three rounds of wine, kowtow for each round, and then add another round of rice, and that's it.

In the past, when kowtowing, Shen Yu would just go through the motions casually.However, after returning from rebirth this time, Shen Yu had some inexplicable awe for these indescribable things, and he bowed and kowtowed in a disciplined manner.

Shen's mother also made a sincere petition, asking her ancestors to bless Shen Yu to get into a good university, and for her family's health and safety.Shen's mother didn't ask for money, she just asked for some ill-informed parents.

Perhaps this is the common trait of mothers in the world. Their greatest wish is for their family to be safe and harmonious.

There were three tables of drinks going back and forth, from less than one o'clock to more than three o'clock. After burning the last round of paper money, it was finally over.Shen Yu couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.In the next few days, there will always be no shortage of food at home, and we can usually eat it for three days.

The father's relatives in the family are very polite and usually invite everyone over to have a meal during the New Year's Eve.

No, the next morning, Shen Yu's grandfather's family called and asked him to go to their house for dinner that evening.This has been a habit for many years, and Shen's mother did not refuse, and then called Shen's father to inform him.

Shen Yu's biological grandfather is the eldest, with three younger brothers.

At that time, the family was poor and could not afford to send four children to school, so Shen Yu's grandfather, as the eldest brother, dropped out of school to help move bricks and floors to support his three younger brothers.The three younger brothers also strived for success. The third and youngest eventually went to normal universities, because normal universities at that time had subsidies!

After graduation, the third child became a mathematics teacher at a primary school in the city, and finally retired as the teaching director.The youngest went to a high school in a rural town to work as a high school mathematics teacher, and was promoted to vice principal before retirement.

When Shen's father was in high school, his class teacher was Shen Yu's grandfather.When I was young, I heard from Shen’s father that at that time, the people sitting around him were the ones with the best grades in the class.At that time, Father Shen's grades were among the top three in the class. However, he fainted due to malnutrition during the college entrance examination and failed to pass the college entrance examination because he missed one subject.

Because the family's financial situation really couldn't support Shen's father to study for another year, and besides, a high school degree was considered sufficient at that time, Shen's father had no choice but to work in a factory.

Having said that, someone will ask, where is your second grandfather?
For this second grandfather, Shen Yu could only boast about his achievements: "The Shen family has a dragon!"

But Father Shen didn't like this second grandfather.

Shen Yu didn't understand it when he was a child, but he understood it a little bit when he grew up. He only saw it clearly after his father's accident.

There are three outstanding younger brothers, but what about the eldest brother who has devoted his whole life?

Oh, they sell side dishes on the street.

However, every year during the Chinese New Year, I still receive 2000 yuan in red envelopes from my second oldest brother, and 800 yuan in red envelopes from my third oldest brother.Apart from being a little lonely because he couldn't see his three younger brothers who disliked him, the old man was quite satisfied with his life.

(End of this chapter)