Rebirth of a Fat Girl: Youth Memories 95 | September
For many people, this summer is fleeting.
Students' memories of the third year of junior high school are probably about the endless mock exams, the endless questions, the quiet classroom and the cicadas chirping outside the window.
Time flies quickly, and the scene of spending New Year's at home seems to be just before one's eyes. However, in the blink of an eye, the thick cotton-padded jackets have all been replaced with short-sleeved shirts.
The junior high school career is about to end in a flash.
One month before the high school entrance exam, the early summer days had gradually become hotter.
At this time, the May Day holiday was indeed a long holiday, with as many as seven days.
However, unlike the excitement before previous holidays, most of my classmates have started to feel a little nervous.
This feeling mainly comes from the teachers of various subjects repeatedly reminding us, saying things like "During the long vacation, you must seize the time and not underestimate this week. Once you relax, by the time the holiday ends, you will have fallen behind..." Repeating such emphasis several times really makes it hard for people to enjoy a relaxing holiday.
But teachers say so, the assigned homework is just ordinary amount, leaving a large part of time for students to self-study and take proper rest.
It's not even dismissal time yet, but classmates are already discussing in groups where to go for vacation, whether to review at someone's home or which library to go to together.
The atmosphere in the class is also a bit strange as the mid-term exam approaches.
Normally, everyone's social circle is calculated based on their seat. Those who sit closer to each other naturally interact more often, while those who sit farther apart interact less often. At this point, it's as if there's an unwritten rule that people with good grades stick together, and those with poor grades also stick together. Of course, these people don't necessarily have a close relationship in daily life, and whether they reserve themselves from each other is another matter altogether.
Moreover, at this critical moment, whether one's mentality changes or not is another matter. When in such an atmosphere, it is easy to be unconsciously influenced.
Lin Jiahuan felt embarrassed to stick with Gu Xiang. Her grades were originally mediocre, but later improved somewhat because she often asked Gu Xiang for advice on study methods and borrowed notes to memorize.
It was less than two months before the college entrance examination, and all kinds of good seeds in the class were exerting their strength.
The ranking of each small test is a big shuffle, and it's possible that students who were previously able to stabilize in the top 10 may easily fall to the top 20 if they're not careful.
The smell of gunpowder grew thicker and thicker, and Lin Jiahuan was very aware of "alienating" Gu Xiang.
Many times during class breaks, she would walk up to Gu Xiang's seat with a question in hand. If she saw him working on a problem or explaining one to someone else, she would retreat back to her own seat.
Gu Xiang had seen Lin Jiahuan almost walk up to her several times, only to suddenly turn around and go back.
After several times, Gu Xiang also found that Lin Jiahuan's attitude towards her was too cautious. Moreover, the enthusiasm for discussing problems with her had also been greatly reduced.
In other people's eyes, Lin Jiahuan was just stupid.
Many people in the class lined up wanting to be guided by Gu Xiang individually, but they were generally acquaintances and didn't want to take up too much of her time.
Lin Jiahuan and Gu Xiang have been together since primary school, and they were also "conjoined twins" for three years, but they didn't make good use of the resources around them.
On Labour Day, Gu Xiang took the initiative to invite Lin Jiahuan to her home to do homework together.
Lin Jiahuan was initially unwilling, mainly because she was afraid of troubling Gu Xiang and also afraid of disturbing her family.
But Gu Xiang told her several times and even made a special phone call to her.
Lin Jiahuan answered the phone and was heard by her mother. Her mother listened to it being Gu Xiang calling her, quickly snatched the phone from her hand and immediately agreed.
She hung up the phone and scolded Lin Jiahuan, saying: "You said you're so unreasonable, usually seeing you two getting along like one person, how come at critical moments you fall apart."
Lin Jiahuan was still quite afraid of her mother, usually when her mother spoke, she didn't dare to talk back, so this time she just muttered a few words under her breath and obediently packed up her things to go to Gu Xiang's house. Although she seemed not very willing, in fact, she was actually quite happy about it.
If she could feel his distance, then she must have also felt his care for her.
In the past, there were several people together, Gu Xiang was not bad to anyone, and she even had a taste of it for a while. Now that the college entrance examination is approaching, the one who is still best with Gu Xiang is herself.
But Gu Xiang, on the other hand, had just started her long vacation when her grandmother called to ask about her studies.
It's just that the old man misses her and wants her to come over to live, but considering she's about to take the college entrance exam soon, he suppressed this idea.
Gu Xiang didn't want to be running around at this time either, so she often accompanied her grandmother to make phone calls and things like that.
The seven-day holiday passed quickly, and except for the day when Gu Xiang invited Lin Jia Huan to her home to do homework, she spent all the time at home organizing the test papers from this semester.
The homework is actually not a lot, if you work on it for two or three hours every day, you can finish it in three days.
The rest of the time is for self-study.
To be honest, probably the only person who can remain completely calm at this critical moment is Gu Xiang.
Even someone as careless and scatterbrained as Lin Jia Huan knows better than to bother her, let alone others.
Mom has been sleeping particularly poorly these past few days, often getting up at night and then sneaking into Gu Xiang's room.
Gu Xiang slept late too, although she wasn't nervous, but also couldn't really be like nothing was wrong.
Gu's mother still had to watch the store during the day, and Gu Xiang told her several times to go to bed early, but it didn't work. If Gu's mother woke up in the middle of the night and saw that she wasn't sleeping, she would get up and make some midnight snacks for her.
After such a long time, Gu Xiang didn't change much, but Gu's mother had lost a lot of weight.
Gu Xiang felt heartache for her mom, so she could only increase her study efficiency. In the past, when she was writing exercises and felt tired, she would lie down on the bed, listen to music for a while, and then continue writing.
Later she didn't want her mother to accompany her in staying up late, so she definitely went to bed before 12 o'clock.
The mother and daughter finally got a good night's sleep during the long holiday.
After this week, both of their faces looked much better.
Eating well and sleeping well, Gu Xiang also felt that she had more energy, and her condition was adjusted better.
However, when the holiday ended and returned to class, it was found that several classmates had caught a cold.
Mr. Jiang also noticed it and wasn't sure if it was influenza or not, but he still brought an alcohol lamp and vinegar to the classroom for disinfection.
At this time if a large-scale cold or something breaks out, the consequences will be very serious.
Mr. Jiang told these students to focus on recovering from their illness and at the same time asked other students to bring some Banlangen, vitamins and so on to eat.
More than a week passed and suddenly one of our classmates caught pneumonia after having a cold and was hospitalized.
