Cai Shaoying's seat was near the lecture table, and his deskmate was Wang Wenhai from Wang Zhuang. During self-study, he began to organize his notes. There were a few books on the table, including science, history, geography, language, and mathematics. His learning had already formed a pattern. During class, he stared at the teacher's mouth and kept taking notes. During self-study after class, he would sort out or copy the books one by one in his notebook. He remembered all the notes. In less than half a year, he had memorized a thick book of all subjects. Other than listening to the teacher's lectures, he spent most of the day taking notes and copying notes. He seemed very tired. Ah Hui's learning method was simply unbelievable to him. He didn't have a notebook, not a single one, and he didn't even do his homework. Sometimes, he would draw something on the title page of the book, and sometimes, he would even tear the book apart. All the books were tattered, and there was not a single complete book. However, her grades in all subjects were very good. She answered questions in class and was always the highest in the class. How did he learn? Cai Shaoying was not convinced. Sitting behind him was Yao Lianzheng, who also had a large notebook on his desk. Like Cai Shaoying, he also learned by taking notes. Cai Shaoying saw that Yao Lianzheng was concentrating on his notes. He turned around and said, Let me see how you remembered today." Yao Lianzheng gave him the notebook.
" Oh, your handwriting is really good. It's neat and beautiful," Cai Shaoying praised.
" What's so good about it? I'm just memorizing blindly," Yao LianZeng said humbly.
"I'll ask you a few questions. Try answering them. Can you remember them?”
Cai Shaoying opened the notebook and asked the first question.
Yao LianZeng said that he wouldn't.
When he asked the second question, Yao Lianzheng said he couldn't remember. When he asked the third question, he said he couldn't remember.
Cai Shaoying said," Isn't it all recorded in this notebook? Just answer according to the answers in the notebook."”Cai Shaoying looked at Yao LianZeng's red face.
Yao Lianzheng said," It's written. I need to read it a few more times before I can remember it. How can I remember it just by writing it once?"
Cai Shaoying felt that Yao Lianzheng had a point, so he would read it after he finished writing. It was just that he remembered it a little faster than Yao Lianzheng. The teacher said that writing it once was equivalent to reading it ten times, and he had to use this method.
How did Ah Hui learn? Ah Hui was sitting in a row of seats north of Cai Shaoying, separated by a road. There was no notebook on Ah Hui's desk, not a single one. "How are you going to study without notes?" Cai Shaoying asked Ah Hui.”"Aren't there books?" Ah Hui asked. Everything in the notebook was copied from books. The things recorded in the notebook were all in the book. He could just read it directly. There was no need to bother copying it into the notebook.”
" Then let me ask you a few questions," Cai Shaoying said.
"Sure, but I might not answer well." Ah Hui said confidently and modestly.
Cai Shaoying took out his notes and began to ask questions. He thought to himself,'Let's see if your brain can remember or my notebook can.' He started asking questions based on his notebook.
He asked a question, and Ah Hui answered every question. She answered all the questions fluently without even thinking. Some of the questions were even more comprehensive and complete than those in his notebook.
Cai Shaoying put away his notebook and shook his head."There's no cure. I've memorized all the notes in my heart. The notebook in my stomach."
No wonder you didn't take notes. It's all in your head."
The trio's questions and answers became the main focus in the classroom. Since it was revision anyway, everyone listened to their questions and answers, which really played a role in stimulating revision.
Zhou Cuiying and Zhou Cuiping were at a table near the window sill. They flipped through a book while looking at their notes. They listened to Cai Shaoying, Yao Lianzheng, and Ah Hui's questions and answers. They were very impressed.
" How can I remember it so well? My brain is really good," Zhou Cuiping tilted her head and whispered to Zhou Cuiying.
"I've long realized that Ah Hui has a good memory. However, the methods were different depending on the individual's situation. He didn't take notes and instead relied on reading books to memorize them. Some of them couldn't do this, so they had to take notes first and then memorize them.”，Zhou Cuiying seemed to have discovered something.
"Then this method of theirs will save us a lot of time. How much time will it take for us to take notes one by one?”
"That's why they only play. You can't see how they study. Individual situations were different, so he couldn't learn from others!”Zhou Cuiying put away her notebook.
Yao Xiurong and Zhou Cuizhen sat in the last row in the northeast corner of the classroom. Yao Xiurong didn't like to read or take notes these days. She sat on the bench, her eyes in a daze and her mind in a trance. She had also lost a lot of weight.
"What's wrong with you, Sister Yao?" Zhou Cuizhen approached Yao Xiurong and asked quietly.
Aiya, my matters are more urgent than yours. I can't continue my studies."
Yao Xiurong and Zhou Cuizhen were both older students in the class. Like all the other children, they started school when they were seven or eight years old. However, during the War of Resistance Against Japan and the War of Liberation, they had been "running about the enemy's situation" every day. They could not finish reading a book for several years. After the establishment of the Republic, they could study in peace, but they were already fourteen or fifteen years old. Fortunately, she was still a child at the age of 14 or 15 and had already finished her fourth grade studies. However, when they reached the fifth grade, they would be eighteen or nineteen years old. They were already big girls. They did not feel like they were studying in the same room as other children who were twelve or thirteen years old. The two of them were studying in the same room as their classmate, but they did not talk or play together. Only the two of them had a good relationship and liked to talk about anything together.
After lunch, the teachers and students habitually took a break. Yao Xiurong and Zhou Cuizhen came to the sandy area behind the school and sat down under the shade of a large willow tree. The two of them faced each other and told each other their difficulties.
Zhou Cuizhen said,"I'm afraid it won't be easy for me to continue studying. My family is looking for a husband for me." "Mother said that she's not young anymore. When she graduates, she'll be even older. It'll be difficult to find a husband in the future."
"What do you plan to do?" Yao Xiurong said.
"Of course I'm willing to continue reading. Even though we started school late and we're older, I still haven't had enough. Even if he graduated, he would still be a high school graduate. What's the big deal now? After two years, you'll have to eat porridge. However, my family doesn't allow me to study, so I can't do anything about it.”Zhou Cuizhen looked helpless.
"I say, you're one year younger than me, so you'd better persevere. Anyway, I didn't find you a husband.”Yao Xiurong seemed to have her own opinions. The bystanders really saw things clearly. When it came to other people's matters, they were always very clear, but when it came to themselves, they were often confused. She continued," You're not like me. I was engaged when I was young. Later on, she joined the army and is now an official. If she wants to get married, she has no choice but to agree. However, I really hadn't studied enough and couldn't bear to leave the classroom desk.”
"However, it's also very fashionable for you to find an officer. Aren't they all looking for officers now? One officer and two workers. Then I have to congratulate you." Zhou Cuizhen smiled bitterly and said," Does Teacher know about your situation?”
"I don't know. I haven't told Teacher yet. I'll give Teacher a message when everything is ready.”
"Then how should I send you off?"
"There's no need to send me off. Listen to me, don't look for a husband's family first, and insist on studying.”
In the next few days, Yao Xiurong came to school every day, and very early. Even though he didn't do his homework or take notes, and he sat there for half a day without moving, he still came every day. Her classmates and teachers didn't know what she was thinking. Sometimes, she would walk around the field and stand on the platform in front of the school gate, silently looking at the distant sky. Her figure left a deep impression on the students. Her heart was very restless. She yearned for that distant place and missed everything in the classroom. She was very helpless. It was not until the day before her wedding that she wrote a letter to her teacher to say goodbye.
After Yao Xiurong dropped out of school, the oldest girl in the class was Zhou Cuizhen. It turned out that because of Yao Xiurong's encouragement, he was very motivated to study and was determined to graduate. But now that Yao Xiurong was gone, he felt too lonely. He was quite an adult, and he was with the children every day. There was nothing to talk about or play with. It wasn't like that to hug a book all day. Yao Xiurong still had something to talk about. Therefore, her determination wavered a little. She thought that if there was someone suitable, she could find a partner.
One night, after dinner, when it was cooling in the courtyard, her mother called her to her side and said,"It's not that Mom doesn't want you to study. It's good that you can read more. It's just that you're too old. If you study for another two years, you'll be in your twenties. The girls in the village all look for in-laws at the age of seventeen or eighteen. When you're in your twenties, it won't be easy to find one. Even if you can find him, you won't be able to find him. He's from your second aunt's village. He just came back from North Korea and is even a company commander.”
When Zhou Cuizhen heard that it was the company commander, her heart skipped a beat. She wasn't an official, but Yao Xiurong had found an officer. It wouldn't be good if she found a bad one. Therefore, she lowered her head and said shyly," Then I'll listen to you and Second Aunt. It's fine as long as you two find it suitable.”
When Zhou Cuizhen's mother heard this, she was very happy. She did not expect Zhou Cuizhen to agree so readily. Therefore, she said,"As a mother, I'm always thinking about you! Others don't worry about it, but who will think about these things for you? Tomorrow, I'll go to your second aunt's house and see when it's suitable to meet.”
A few days later, Zhou Cuizhen met her boyfriend through the arrangements of her mother and second aunt. The man was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old. He had a medium build and was really a company commander. He was burly and handsome. Zhou Cuizhen was quite satisfied and the marriage was decided at that time.
In less than a month, there were two empty seats in the back row of the fifth grade classroom in Cai Gezhuang Elementary School. The two oldest female students in the class, Yao Xiurong and Zhou Cuizhen, had disappeared.
The principal and the teachers had done some research on their withdrawal from school. They believed that they would start school at the age of seven or eight and would be twelve or thirteen years old by the fifth grade. This was normal, and it was in line with the natural law of a student's studies. Seventeen or eighteen years old and still in the fifth grade, he was indeed a little old. This was the result of the war disaster. It was the Japanese invasion that destroyed the natural law of learning for the students of the Chinese Empire. Nowadays, students who were too old to drop out were also self-adjusting measures to ensure that the age gap between students was not too big. However, the school was still willing to let them persist and let nature take its course.
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