I am reborn and just want to concentrate on my studies

It didn't take long for the news of living in the same place with Wang Sangning to spread naturally.

Of course, in a place like the High School Affiliated to Normal University, where the quality of students is relatively high, the phenomenon of talking nonsense cannot be said to be non-existent, but it is certainly not too exaggerated. At first, everyone just thought that Yi Yang and Wang Sangning were some kind of relatives. Well... there aren't many people who have a good relationship with the two of them, so I can only guess.

It was only as time went by that some curious boys or girls heard some news through gossips from various parties and passed it around, and they gradually determined that the two were not related by blood, so the relationship between the two aroused greater concern. curious.

In this regard, Yi Yang explained frankly to a very curious classmate: "What is my relationship with Wang Sangning... Her cousin was a teacher of mine in junior high school, and now we are all staying at her cousin's house. That’s probably the relationship.”

If students studying in other places do not like to live on campus, it is not unheard of to find a family to pay for boarding. It is just that this phenomenon may be more common in Europe, the United States or at the primary school level in China, but Yi Yang explained it this way. It’s not that surprising anymore.

But speaking of this, it was a wake-up call for Yi Yang.

After all, I was indeed boarding at Jiang Lili's house, but logically speaking, there should be some reward, so this kind of boarding seemed more reasonable.

But he also knew very well that Jiang Lili's conditions were such that he could afford a little boarding fee. If the money was actually taken out, I'm afraid it would be an insult.

I have become very accustomed to living at her place.

I owe her more and more.

When the math class in the morning was coming to an end, the teacher said casually: "By the way, I know that many students in the class are studying for math competitions. At the end of this semester, everyone will be sophomores in high school. Do you think you can gain something in the math competitions?" , mainly depends on this year, um... This year’s Jiangnan Province preliminaries will start next month. If there are students who don’t know much about the mathematics competition, I will tell you about it here."

"A year-round competition that starts around April of the math competition year."

"The domestic competition is roughly divided into three stages."

"The first stage is the provincial preliminaries. The time for each province is different. In our Jiangnan Province, it is usually in April. There is basically no threshold for registration. The proposition is also our own proposition in Jiangnan Province, and the difficulty is relatively easy. It’s very high, but it’s a little more difficult than the college entrance examination questions, and there are only a few competition questions.”

"If you can pass the preliminaries, you will be given a preliminaries certificate with the seal of the province... Well, this is mainly to give you the qualification to enter the national league, and it is basically not helpful for independent enrollment... I heard that there is Universities in some provinces also recognize provincial certificates. I don’t know if this is true, but there is no doubt that if you want to go to a prestigious school, it will definitely not work if you only participate in one preliminary round.”

"After passing the preliminaries, it will be the second stage of the National League, referred to as the National League, which is much more difficult than the preliminaries. It is divided into a first test and a second test. The test module of the first test is similar to the college entrance examination, and tests functions, sequences, inequalities, vectors, complex numbers, and permutations. Knowledge such as combinatorial and analytic geometry. The second test consists of four major questions, which respectively test the knowledge of plane geometry, algebra, number theory and combinatorial mathematics."

"After the High School League, students will be ranked based on their performance, and the provincial awards that everyone is paying attention to are produced here."

"We often talk about province one, province two, and province three. In some places, they are also called provincial gold medals, silver medals, and bronze medals. Winning an award in the provincial competition means that you initially have the qualifications to independently recruit students."

"When many students reach this stage, they can participate in independent admissions interviews or exams in some colleges and universities. You have to check the policies of some colleges and universities yourself. But according to my observations over the years, the threshold is getting higher and higher. In the past few years, people who were in the second province were able to get interview qualifications from some good universities. However, in recent years, the slightly better universities basically had to be in the first province. Especially in some provinces with weak competition, this phenomenon is even more obvious. And this trend will probably get worse in the future, so if possible, everyone should try to hit a higher level."

“After the league is over, it’s naturally the finals, which is what we often call the winter camp, also known as CMO. It usually takes place in November. This involves a process of selecting the provincial team. In the past, the policy was that if you entered the provincial team, you would be recommended. That’s no longer possible.”

"About 550 people from across the country will enter the finals, and the final results will determine the gold, silver and bronze we are familiar with, that is, National First, National Second, and National Third."

"After the finals, 60 people will be selected for the national training team and will be recommended. They can be directly recommended to Qingbei. Of course, they can also apply for prestigious foreign schools."

The math teacher paused and said with a smile: "It is not ruled out that our school has such students. In the final national training team, four students will be selected to form the national team to represent China in IMO, which is the International Mathematical Olympiad. "

Although Yi Yang had known these things for a long time, he still couldn't help but feel excited when the teacher talked about it...

Yes, although he had planned to choose chemistry for the competition a while ago, after receiving the national first-level athlete certificate, he hesitated and decided to choose mathematics.

Of course it was well thought out.

Judging from the current results, the previous one is definitely stable, and he has a national first-class athlete certificate. Even if he focuses on the mathematics competition now, relying on high-level athletes to guarantee a 985, even if the final mathematics competition I really don’t have any talent for this path, and I can’t succeed even if I try hard, and that doesn’t matter.

In short, you can try it with confidence and boldness.

Another reason for holding this mentality is that... unlike mathematics and physics competitions, chemistry competitions are not of much use for the college entrance examination.

As his understanding of the chemistry competition increased, Yi Yang gradually understood that although the learning difficulty of the chemistry competition was lower than that of mathematics, physics and even information competition, it also had great limitations. A lot of knowledge is placed in high school and is even contrary to the textbooks. It can even be said that the chemistry competition may be counterproductive to the college entrance examination chemistry... You must spend a certain amount of energy to distinguish what is high school knowledge and what is college knowledge.

The chemistry competition requires memorizing a lot of content, which takes a lot of time and even affects other subjects in the college entrance examination.

In addition to the above disadvantages, there is another limitation. Even if you can enter university through the chemistry competition, the majors you can choose in the future are basically a few unpopular majors related to chemistry. Unless your love can withstand the long years, otherwise this The road must be extremely difficult.

The reason why I chose chemistry competition before was because it was one of the few possible paths that I could try besides the college entrance examination.

But he was actually more interested in mathematics.

Competitive mathematics is helpful for the college entrance examination, and there are more choices for entering university through mathematics... Even if you don't look at these utilitarian things, learning mathematics is very beneficial to people's thinking ability. The reason why I did not choose mathematics before is because it is too It’s difficult. Compared with the chemistry competition, your confidence is too low. If you put your time and energy on it, if you fail to succeed, you will lose more than you gain.

But after qualifying as a national first-level athlete, he finally had the confidence to boldly study mathematics competitions.

The worst result is that the math competition path fails... Even if the college entrance examination score is lower, it will be enough to take the high-level athlete path, and you can continue to take the normal college entrance examination.

At this time, Yi Yang couldn't help but feel grateful to the teacher Shen Xiaoding who originally suggested him to join the school team. This experience not only enriched high school life, but also left a way out for future gambling-style learning.

However, there is still one month left before the provincial preliminaries. Although the Jiangnan Province preliminaries are not very difficult, the scope of the exam is basically the content of the college entrance examination, and the difficulty is only slightly higher than the college entrance examination. According to the past practice in Jiangnan Province, basically the exam It is all book knowledge. You can pass the preliminaries with a level of about 135 in the college entrance examination, but it still takes a lot of effort.

The first goal right now is naturally to pass the preliminaries.

After thinking about it, Yiyang called Luo Bing during break time.

During this time, he was busy with high-level athletes, and Luo Bing was not idle either. He had already won the provincial first place in the mathematics competition, but he was not selected for the training team, so he planned to participate again this year.

There is no doubt that after another year, Luo Bing's strength must have become stronger, and this year he is probably stable.

Yi Yang briefly told Luo Bing that he was about to obtain the national first-level athlete certificate, and then mentioned that he still decided to try the math competition.

Luo Bing first congratulated him, then he thought for a moment and said, "Well... if what you plan to do next is to focus all your energy on the math competition, even though the time is relatively tight, it's not impossible. First of all, Pass the preliminaries. Have you finished studying the mathematics in the high school curriculum?"

Yi Yang thought for a while: "Except for the derivatives, which I still don't understand very well, I almost understand all the other knowledge."

"Well... until the preliminaries start next month, just focus all your energy on textbook mathematics. As for mathematics, your starting point is actually relatively late. I haven't seen anyone so far. Those in the first year of high school have not completed high school mathematics courses at the beginning of the first year of high school, but it doesn't matter. If you work hard, you can get the provincial second degree this year, and then try the first provincial one next year. If you can get the first degree, some better 985 independent enrollment will be I can go."

Yi Yang thought so too, and Luo Bing's words gave him great confidence.

Afterwards, we chatted about some random things, and finally figured out the next study plan. After hanging up the phone, Yi Yang sighed silently.

In fact, preparing for the mathematics competition requires a lot of time as support. Although it has not yet entered that stage, Yi Yang is already mentally prepared.

But despite this, there is no anxiety.

The reason why many competitive students are anxious is that they spend a lot of time studying for the competition, fail in the college entrance examination courses, and if they don't get a good ranking in the final competition, they will end up with nothing... So the psychological pressure is huge, but Yi Yang doesn't have it right now. This concern will eliminate anxiety and may actually promote learning competition.

Today is Friday. When school was over, Wang Sangning packed her schoolbag early and said to Yi Yang, "Yi Yang, let's go buy things for tomorrow together later."

"What's for tomorrow?" Yi Yang was startled for a moment, then realized that because tomorrow is the weekend, the picnic promised last time will be tomorrow.

Then Wang Sangning called Deng Wenxiao over there and said, "Wen Xiao——"

Deng Wenxiao turned around and smiled: "Wait for me..." Then he quickly slung his bag on his shoulder.

The three of them walked out of the classroom together.

Going out from the teaching building, you have to pass through a small path called Taoyuan Road. On both sides of the road, there are two rows of cultivated ornamental peach trees. The spring breeze in March is perfect for peach blossoms.

A pink petal floated from somewhere, whirled in the air, and then landed in front of Deng Wenxiao. She subconsciously stretched out her hand to catch the petal. It was light pink and soft to the touch. She stared at the palm of her hand. After one glance, he moved his gaze forward, and saw that the short Taoyuan Road in his field of vision was filled with a sad atmosphere.

Wang Sangning said: "Wow, what beautiful peach blossoms. It's a pity that they haven't started to fall in large swaths yet. If the wind blows, they will be everywhere. It would be so beautiful."

Deng Wenxiao asked abruptly: "Sang Ning, do you think you will be very happy when the peach blossoms fall?"

"Yes..." Wang Sangning gave Deng Wenxiao a strange look.

"Oh." Deng Wenxiao nodded and glanced at the peach blossom in the palm of his hand. Why did he feel a little sad when he thought of that scene? Then he laughed to himself, thinking that he was really obsessed with Lin Daiyu, and then asked Yi Yang: "Yi Yang, what about you?"

"Me?" Yi Yang glanced at the flowers, thought for a while and said, "I just feel sorry..."

Deng Wenxiao suddenly became happy, "Yeah, you also think that scene is quite sad, right?"

"No..." Yi Yang shook his head: "I just regret that the varieties of these peach trees... are just for ornamental purposes, but they don't bear peaches. It's such a pity..."

"Well……"

"Hahahaha..." Wang Sangning smiled from ear to ear and said, "But yes, I want to eat peaches too."

Deng Wenxiao couldn't help laughing while listening to the conversation between the two of them.

"Okay, okay, let's not waste time. We are going to have a picnic tomorrow. There are many beautiful places in the suburbs near Hanning this season!" Wang Sangning looked at Deng Wenxiao: "By the way, Wenxiao, you have Have you ever been to a spring outing near Hanning City?"

Deng Wenxiao shook his head honestly: "No."

"Looking forward to it, right?"

"Um."

"Let's discuss what we will buy at the supermarket later."

"Uh... ok."

"My sister said that I would grill it myself, but I think we should prepare some quick meals... do you like soaked chicken feet or something?"

"like……"

"..."

Yi Yang followed the two girls, silently listening to their chatter, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly.

Spring is just in time.