Chapter 164 The Dog

The weekend was also the last weekend before the Seven Sect Joint Exam.

During these two days, after completing the assigned homework, Chen Yuan began to frantically study physics.

Among the current subjects, he was already strong in mathematics. For English, he only needed to consolidate it from time to time to maintain his memory; he still had control over all the high school English vocabulary.

He had already memorized biology, the "liberal arts" within science, using his progress bar, so there were no particular difficulties, and he was confident he could score a good mark.

His chemistry level was only average, but compared to physics, which was dragging down his score, he had to temporarily abandon it.

As for Chinese, let's put that aside for now… no, he couldn't put it aside.

Liu Fang had said that if his scores in other subjects were very good this time, but his Chinese was still stagnant, then she would have him sleep in her office every day at noon.

That woman actually said something like that… I'm going to report her to the Education Bureau!

"So, why does this reflect the darkness of society?" Chen Yuan asked, puzzled, while doing reading comprehension exercises with Xia Xinyu before going to bed.

"Because it's depressing, it renders the environment, indirectly highlighting the era…"

Xia Xinyu shook her head after saying this, self-denying the abstract teaching, and then looked at Chen Yuan, asking seriously, "Was the period of the Northern Warlords the darkest period in China?"

"In modern times, I guess."

"Then at this time, descriptions of scenes, as long as there's thunder, rain, or a very dark atmosphere, all apply to this aspect." Xia Xinyu said with certainty.

"But can you guarantee that it will be right every time?"

"Of course not, but you don't lose points for writing it wrong." Xia Xinyu said with a smile.

"Oh—I understand."

Chen Yuan suddenly understood and said seriously, "Using the brute-force method?"

"Oh my, what brute-force method?"

Xia Xinyu almost blurted out "You're so stupid," but she held back and continued to explain, "Just remember, during this period, these authors, their environmental descriptions, as long as the test questions are related to the times. Even if you don't think it's reasonable, even if they themselves didn't think about mapping anything, we just write in this direction."

"Oh, okay, I understand."

Chen Yuan's own writing skills were also okay, so he always used his own thinking to understand the author.

In fact, reading comprehension is about guessing the examiner's psychology.

The examiners had already given the most formulaic formulas to make this subject as simple as possible, but Chen Yuan himself made too many guesses.

Chinese has never been about literary talent.

Literary talent is worthless in the subject of Chinese.

Why?

Because universal examinations are designed to allow the vast majority of people to pass, and people with 'literary talent' in high school are definitely in the minority.

Chinese is a tyranny against groups with overly divergent thinking.

This is also why many particularly outstanding and famous writers have one thing in common: their grades in Chinese in high school exam-oriented education are very average.

Similarly, people who get high scores in Chinese are very unlikely to become writers.

The reason is very simple.

When a writer describes a scene, the reason for focusing on the weather is either to set off the atmosphere, or it is the bullet in the gun. This weather will be used sooner or later in the following text. In short, it is definitely not for… political commentary.

My rain has become a malicious metaphor?

What a big pot!

"I understand, I understand everything." Chen Yuan nodded, indicating that he understood the formula for Chinese.

"Okay, then tell me about it." Teacher Xia Xinyu smiled slightly and handed the 'Little Bee' (a kind of test paper) to Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan cleared his throat and then pointed to the question stem, saying, "This question is worth six points, which means there are three points, or two, but generally three points are answered. From shallow to deep, first, is the plot itself, that is, the environmental description sets off a depressing atmosphere. Second, to the individual, it reflects the male protagonist's inner tension at this moment. Third, to society, it indirectly highlights the darkness and cannibalism of this era."

"Well said, but I'll add one point."

Xia Xinyu nodded, very satisfied, and then raised one finger, saying, "Foreshadowing the following text, because the bad weather led to the two people missing each other and forming a misunderstanding."

"Hiss…" Chen Yuan had no comment.

"Then look at the standard answer."

Xia Xinyu made a small version of 'Give you two wowo' (giving you two steamed buns), raised her head slightly, and said quite naturally.

Then, Chen Yuan did as he was told and turned to the standard answer.

Sets off a depressing atmosphere (2 points), reflects the protagonist's inner tension (2 points), writing either of the first two points is fine, writing both only counts for two points. Foreshadows the following plot (2 points), reflects the darkness of the era (2 points).

Damn it, Yu, you're a genius!

"How did you think of that? That's so smart!" Chen Yuan exclaimed, "Teacher Xinyu, you are a true Chinese master, I salute you."

"This is very simple."

Xia Xinyu stroked her hair with her fingers somewhat proudly, and then explained, "A depressing atmosphere and inner tension are actually the same thing, they both belong to people's moods. Answering both points is the safest, because it's not always the case that the two points are combined into one. And there will definitely be a foreshadowing in it, because the length of short stories is very short, and every sentence is refined, so there will be no useless content. As for reflecting the dark side of society, we've already talked about it."

"Teacher Xinyu is too strong, maybe you can become a special-grade teacher." Chen Yuan suddenly felt enlightened, as if he had broken through the clouds to see the light.

"The most important thing in Chinese is reading comprehension. This is the key to improving your score."

Xia Xinyu wanted to give Chen Yuan some enthusiasm, so she said seriously, "You may not have thought about beating Shi Yi now, but when you take the exam later, in the final stage of the college entrance examination, the subject that will determine the outcome is still Chinese."

Chen Yuan fully understood what she said.

He wasn't thinking about Chinese now, he was thinking about pulling up his score and improving his overall mark.

But the real showdown is the kind of peak battle where, after the exam, when checking the answers, a Chinese reading comprehension question can declare who wins.

After all, in the later stages, mathematics and the comprehensive science paper are basically set.

People who are strong in English are also set.

Top players are examined on Chinese.

This time, although his Chinese score won't be very high, Chen Yuan wants to work hard to improve in one aspect.

For example, reading comprehension.

"I think you're almost there with physics. Next, you just need to do more questions. As for Chinese, there's still Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday left… the exam is on Thursday and Friday."

Xia Xinyu made a gesture of three fingers and said seriously, "For these three days, I will explain to you like this for an hour every day. When the time comes, I hope you can get at least 25 points out of the 35 points for modern Chinese reading."

As long as he can get 25 points for modern Chinese reading, Chen Yuan has a chance to score 120.

120 is obviously considered a high score.

Of course, it doesn't count at the 670 level.

But if you score six hundred and sixty or seventy points and your Chinese is only one hundred and a few, then that's not right.

"Thank you, Teacher Xinyu. I'll treat you to dinner after the exam." Chen Yuan stood up and bowed modestly.

"And then invite the teacher to watch a movie and go shopping, okay?"

Xia Xinyu patted Chen Yuan's head lightly with her hand and said with a smile.

"Of course, I have to accompany the teacher well." Chen Yuan made an okay gesture, indicating that he understood everything.

"Class is over, student Xiao Yuan."

Xia Xinyu picked up her books and waved goodbye to Chen Yuan.

When she was about to leave, Yu Zi saw her getting up, so she spun around rapidly in place, and the pixels became blurred.

"Then, according to reading comprehension, what do you think Xiao Yu's action wants to express?" Xia Xinyu asked with a smile.

After Chen Yuan continued to study it for a while, he said, "Are you guys seeing how fast I'm spinning?"

"I don't know." Xia Xinyu shook her head and then said, "But if it's, writing about a dog spinning, it should be to show that it's very happy, right?"

"I don't think so. You're about to leave, why would it be happy?"

"Reading comprehension is just so unreasonable."

Xia Xinyu waved her hand, said goodbye to Chen Yuan, and then left the room.

Chen Yuan, on the other hand, stared at this Yu Zi, always feeling that his guess was right.

If I were a dog, these two people have finally finished their business, and I'm going to perform my signature talent—the super invincible lightning dog.

Then, I would definitely ask, hey guys, see how awesome I am?

"No, what are you talking about?"

Chen Yuan squatted down, holding Yu Zi's dog head in his hands, and asked.

"Has has—"

Then, Yu Zi opened her mouth and wanted to lick Chen Yuan's face with her tongue.

"Get out of here."

Chen Yuan made a husky pointing gesture, but the dog didn't understand and still wanted to lick.

So, Chen Yuan stood up and pointed to the doghouse, "Go to sleep."

Yu Zi understood this time and returned to the doghouse and lay down.

Chen Yuan went to bed, but before turning off the lights, he glanced at it again. Then, he went to it and covered it with a blanket that he used himself.

It's getting cold, so cover the dog well to avoid catching a cold.

As for a blanket, I'll buy it later.

"Woof woof woof!" Yu Zi obediently shrank under the blanket, but watched him with her eyes and barked three times.

"Stop barking, disturbing the peace."

Chen Yuan said casually and then climbed into bed and turned off the lights to sleep.

After this week, next week will be the very important Seven Sect Joint Exam.

And tomorrow, Chao Zi will also refresh.

But he has passed the age where he would be excited about Chao Zi refreshing and want to play it immediately.

It's like when a game is released, he no longer has the idea of becoming an internal beta player.

That's called electronic impotence, so I'll call this Chao Zi impotence.

Time to sleep.

The next day, while being awakened by the alarm clock, he also heard Yu Zi's barking next to him.

"This thing barked, which means it's time to get up, I have to wake him up! Get up, get up!"

"You really think you woke me up? At most, you just prevented me from sleeping in, that's true." Groggy, he opened his eyes, pushed away Yu Zi's dog face next to the bed, and Chen Yuan got out of bed, wearing slippers, ready to go to the bathroom.

Then, he suddenly stopped.

?

He turned his head, looked at Yu Zi who had just told him to get up, and was stunned.

Seeing Chen Yuan looking at it, Yu Zi suddenly spun around in place, so fast that it was a blur, and then squatted on the ground, barking triumphantly, "Are you seeing how fast I'm spinning?"

Yu, I said that's what it meant!

Wait…

"No, Yu Zi, what are you barking about?!"

(End of Chapter)