On the day of the arithmetic competition, everyone in the Yan family disappeared.
Even Yan Zhenzhen didn't show up.
"Why didn't Yan Zhenzhen come today?"
"You shouldn't be too embarrassed to see anyone, right?"
"Perhaps he is depressed, or he may have collapsed from illness."
A group of girls whispered. However, they quickly put the matter behind them. A total of eighteen students from the six major academies were already standing on the stage.
The arithmetic competition is about to begin.
The arithmetic competition is mainly based on written calculations. The rules are quite simple, and there are ten questions in total. Only those who calculate the correct answers are eligible for scoring. However, each question has a time limit. After the limited time, even if the result is calculated, there will be no points.
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If a candidate gets all ten questions correct, the ranking will be determined based on time.
In other words, you have to calculate correctly and quickly!
In order for everyone to see the students' calculation process clearly, everyone was given a piece of white board with clean paper on it. They were required to hold a pen and write in the air with their wrists hanging.
The students who participated in the arithmetic competition all knew this rule and had naturally practiced it in advance. At this time, everyone stood solemnly, waiting attentively for Chief Meng Shan to pose the question.
The questions were all dictated by Chief Meng Shan, only twice. It was necessary to write down all the questions on paper in a short period of time and then check them one by one. This was by no means an easy task.
As Chief Meng's voice sounded, everyone sitting under the stage unconsciously held their breath and listened attentively.
"A woman was washing dishes by the river. A passer-by asked her how many guests she had. The answer was that she didn't know the number of guests. Sixty-five bowls were self-evident. Two people shared a bowl of rice, three people shared a bowl of soup, and four people shared a bowl of soup. There was no meat left for four people.
Count, please count the number of guests?"
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In fact, the arithmetic competition was not so strict at the beginning.
It was Chief Meng who advocated making it more difficult.
In this way, the first thing to test the students in the school is their memory, and then their arithmetic ability and calculation speed. The best result in last year's arithmetic competition was to answer nine questions correctly, which took half an hour and a quarter.
The students turned their backs to the crowd and were concentrating on listening to the questions. They were writing with flying speed. They had no time to turn around and look around, and naturally no time to be distracted or nervous.
The Sixth Princess's gaze fell firmly on Xie Mingxi.
The clothes Xie Mingxi wore today were the same color and style as Li Xiang Rulin Weiwei. They were both a light green top and a long white skirt. The slender waist was tied up with a light green belt and then hung down to the skirt.
Not only the Sixth Princess, but almost everyone's eyes fell on the girl from Lotus Pond Academy.
If there is anything to see about the young man, of course he should look at the beautiful girls from Lianchi Academy. In terms of appearance, Xie Mingxi, Li Xiang, and Lin Weiwei are all top-notch. They are slim and graceful, wearing light and tender dresses, and their backs are
, also very pleasing to the eye.
Emperor Jianwen's eyes naturally fell on Xie Mingxi's figure.
Queen Yu's heart sank slightly, she opened her mouth and said with a smile: "Why don't you, Your Majesty, guess who will be the top student today?"
Emperor Jianwen turned his head, raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Queen, this is really embarrassing for me. I don't know these students, let alone their talents and qualifications. How can I guess this?"
Then, he smiled casually and pointed his finger: "I have some impressions of Miss Xie San, so I guess she is number one!"
The smile in Queen Yu's eyes disappeared, and a faint smile appeared on her face: "I accept the Emperor's good words. I also hope that Lianchi Academy can win the first prize today."
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The meeting room was quite quiet at first.
After the young men and women on the stage wrote down the questions and began to write and calculate, the whispers began.
"Look, there is a student over there who didn't even memorize the question completely. He will definitely be at the bottom this time."
"The three little girls from Lianchi Academy wrote down very quickly and memorized everything. Miss Xie San in the middle calculated really fast. In the blink of an eye, they had already calculated the fourth question."
"It's so fast! Others only did two questions."
"This Miss Xie San is really extremely smart."
yes!
Xie Mingxi is extremely intelligent and can be called a genius like no other!
The Sixth Princess watched intently as Xie Mingxi moved freely, her pride almost overflowing from her chest.
It was difficult to see the handwriting clearly at a distance. However, the Sixth Princess was very familiar with Xie Mingxi and knew that she was writing the most comfortable and comfortable running script at this time.
Xie Mingxi is good at many calligraphy styles, and the best among them is running script. Gu Shanchang once praised her in class several times for her clear, elegant and agile handwriting.
Half an hour seemed to fly by in the blink of an eye.
Xie Mingxi stopped writing and turned around, smiling at the judges: "Student Xie Mingxi has completed ten arithmetic test questions."
At this time, the student with the fastest calculation could only solve the eighth question.
The master who was in charge of judging on the side quickly stepped forward, looked at each one one by one, suddenly moved, and announced loudly: "Xie Mingxi from Lianchi Academy, all ten arithmetic questions are correct."
In other words, Xie Mingxi is already a well-deserved first place.
At this moment, Xie Mingxi shines brightly and no one can ignore it.
Under Xie Mingxi's calm smile, the other students participating in the competition all turned into dull figures.
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After another moment, Li Xiangru and Lin Weiwei ended the competition and each answered nine questions.
The students from the other colleges completed the competition one after another. The one with the best score was undoubtedly Ye Jingzhi. Although the time was slightly slower, he was the only student besides Xie Mingxi who got all ten questions correct.
Two other students from Boyu College also answered nine questions each.
As a result, the top six places were occupied by Lianchi Academy and Boyu Academy.
Xie Mingxi was first and Ye Jingzhi was second.
Li Xiangru ranked third and Lin Weiwei ranked fifth.
Although they did not win the top three, their ranking was still very good, with a total score of 48 points. More importantly, they left Songzhu Academy behind, and the total score difference was back to more than ten points.
Meng Shan's long nose was so angry that he called three students who were participating in the arithmetic competition over and scolded them severely. Among them was the fifth prince.
The fifth prince also felt quite wronged.
He had worked very hard and finished the test in less than an hour, getting nine questions correct. He also got seventh place this time, which is really not bad.
However, the freshmen of Lotus Pond Academy this year are too strong. Especially Xie Mingxi, who is extremely sharp and unstoppable. He crushes the entire audience with an overwhelming advantage...
Simply not human!
The fifth prince cursed in his heart. After being scolded, he returned to his seat in disgrace. What awaited him was the ruthless ridicule and ridicule from his two brothers.
"I was so bad yesterday that I got the fourth place. Fifth brother, you just got the seventh place today. When you go back, I'm afraid you will be scolded by your father." The third prince had a look of fake sympathy.
The fourth prince spat out three words from his thin lips: "It's really useless!"
The fifth prince responded with annoyance: "Yes, yes, I'm useless. Tomorrow I'll wait to see the Fourth Emperor take first place in archery."
The fourth prince's eyes flashed with pride: "Easy!"
