The Fiery Era: Starting from Longxugou

After calming down his younger siblings, the family enjoyed a happy lunch together.

After lunch, Zhao Shi'an went to the school library. His homeroom teacher had told him to review his notes today. Although he was confident, he was also afraid of making a mistake.

After all, he had only done the college entrance examination questions and had only briefly skimmed through the textbooks for the second and third years of high school. He hadn't had time to look at many of the concepts in detail before buying the college entrance examination questions. When he bought the test papers, he found them to be easy, and he hadn't even looked at the textbooks much.

The homeroom teacher told him to review his notes carefully, so he could take the opportunity to go through the textbook thoroughly and be mentally prepared for the test tomorrow.

With this in mind, Zhao Shi'an started by looking at the senior high school textbooks after arriving at the library. He spent the whole afternoon going through the textbooks for both the junior and senior high school years. Apart from Russian and content reflecting the characteristics of the current era, most of the knowledge points were much simpler than what we learn now!

Seeing this, Zhao Shi'an felt much relieved.

In the afternoon, he went to class as usual.

The next day, after finishing his morning exercises during the long break, Zhao Shi'an was called to the teacher's office.

"Shi'an, come quick!"

At the office door, Hu Chengzhi saw Zhao Shi'an waving at him.

"teacher!"

Upon seeing this, Zhao Shi'an hurriedly ran over.

"Let's go to the office and talk!"

Hu Chengzhi ushered Zhao Shi'an into his office. Once inside, Hu Chengzhi asked Zhao Shi'an:

"Shian, the test papers have been released. How did your review go yesterday? Do you want to prepare some more?"

If you're not confident, I'll give you a few more days to study hard!

"Thank you, teacher! I'm confident I'll do well on the test. Shall we start now?"

Upon hearing that the exam papers were ready, Zhao Shi'an was overjoyed and said that the exam could begin immediately!

"You're in a hurry, kid! Fine, since you're confident, let's get started now."

This is a math exam. The college entrance exam has two hours, and I'll give you two hours too. As long as you can pass, it proves that you have mastered high school math knowledge.

Don't worry about the class; I'll talk to the teacher.

Just focus on your exam here! There's an empty table over there, feel free to sit and write there! It's a bit dirty, there's a rag on the windowsill, could you wipe it down?

Seeing this, Hu Chengzhi became even more convinced that his student had mastered high school knowledge. Without any formalities, he took out the math test paper, found an empty seat, and let him begin.

"Okay, teacher!"

Zhao Shi'an agreed, picked up a rag from the windowsill, wiped away the dust, and sat down to begin the exam.

Here's the test paper, scratch paper, and a pen. Take a look at the test paper first. Is there anything you can't see clearly?

After Zhao Shi'an sat down, Hu Chengzhi placed the test paper on the table.

"Okay!"

As Zhao Shi'an spoke, he spread out the test paper and carefully checked it. In this era, most test papers were printed on wax paper. The teacher would first use a stylus and a steel plate to cut the wax paper stroke by stroke. After cutting, he would use a mimeograph machine to roll ink and print it on rough yellow paper or coarse paper.

There might be many problems with these exam papers; some might not be printed, and some might be blurred together. You need to check them in advance!

Zhao Shi'an carefully checked it and found that the parts that were not clearly visible had been modified.

After discovering that there was no problem with the exam paper, he immediately said:

"Teacher, there's nothing wrong with the test paper; the problematic parts have been corrected!"

"Okay, if there are no problems, let's start answering the questions!"

Hu Chengzhi nodded, signaling Zhao Shi'an to begin.

"Okay, teacher!"

Zhao Shi'an agreed but did not start answering immediately. He first looked through the test paper and found that the math teacher's questions were very basic.

The exam content is arranged according to the learning order of the textbook, starting with algebra and plane geometry in the first year of high school, then trigonometric functions and solid geometry in the second year of high school, and finally analytic geometry and comprehensive questions in the third year of high school.

In terms of question types, the test questions are very basic, with the teaching syllabus and textbooks as the absolute core. 70% are basic questions, 20% are advanced questions, and only 10% are relatively difficult questions. Of course, this is for students of this era.

After reading the questions on the test paper, Zhao Shi'an understood that what the teacher had said earlier—that passing meant mastering high school mathematics—was not an exaggeration!

If you can't even pass this kind of test, it means you really haven't mastered high school knowledge well!

Having grasped the teacher's intention, Zhao Shi'an turned to the first page and began to answer the questions seriously.

The math teacher set a test based on the format of the college entrance exams from the past two years. The questions were very basic, and he finished it very quickly.

There were a total of eight major questions, and Zhao Shi'an completed the sixth major question, solid geometry, in just twenty minutes.

只见题目上写着：一个圆柱底面半径 r=2，高 h=5，求：(1)底面积(2)侧面积、(3)表面积、(4)体积。

Upon seeing the question, Zhao Shi'an immediately calculated the answer in his head.

The office was very quiet, with only the sound of Zhao Shi'an's pen tip gliding across the test paper as he worked on the questions.

Zhao Shi'an was very fast at solving problems. He finished the math test in less than half an hour. It wasn't that he was showing off, but the questions the teacher set were too basic. Even junior high school students could get high scores.

After finishing the questions and checking them several times, Zhao Shi'an finally raised his hand to signal.

"Teacher, I've finished writing!"

"So fast!"

Hu Chengzhi was somewhat surprised upon hearing this.

"The math teacher's questions were too basic; you could just apply the formula!"

"The questions are indeed basic, but they're also easy to get wrong. I'll give you two hours. Are you sure you don't want to check them again? It's only been forty-odd minutes. You still have more than an hour left!"

Hu Chengzhi offered a tactful piece of advice.

"Teacher, no need. I've finished all the questions I knew how to do and checked them. I can just study the ones I didn't know after the exam!"

Zhao Shi'an refused the teacher's suggestion and handed the test paper to Hu Chengzhi.

"That's true. Okay, give me the test paper! You get some rest first. We'll have a physics test later; looks like we can do two subjects this morning!"

Hu Chengzhi took the test paper and glanced at it, finding that most of it was correct. He became even more excited for Zhao Shi'an's next test.

"I'll try to take three exams and finish them by tomorrow! The sooner I get to senior year, the sooner I can start reviewing and preparing for the college entrance exam!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Shi'an revealed his plan.

"You little brat, you're looking down on the questions the teachers gave you! If I'd known this would happen, I should have told all the teachers yesterday to make the questions harder!"

Upon hearing this, Hu Chengzhi laughed and scolded, but despite his words, he knew that his student's basic skills were very solid. After a quick glance at the test paper, he estimated that Zhao Shi'an could score at least 80 points.

This level is quite good even for a senior in high school!

"Teacher, you've misunderstood. That's not what I meant. I just want to go to senior year as soon as possible. After all, the sooner I go, the sooner I can start studying, and when I review, it will be easier to identify and fill in any gaps in my knowledge!"

"Alright, kid, stop explaining. Since you've got this in mind, your teacher can't hold you back!"

Let's start with physics now! How about it?

"I'll listen to the teacher!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Shi'an quickly agreed.

"Looks like you're quite confident!"

Hu Chengzhi laughed upon hearing this and immediately took out the physics teacher's test paper and placed it on the table.

Zhao Shi'an took the test paper and, just like when he took the math test, first carefully checked the paper for any errors or omissions. After confirming that there were no mistakes, he began to look through the paper and understand the test questions.

After reading the test questions, he picked up his pen again to answer them. The physics teacher's test paper was the same as the math teacher's, both based on the textbook and teaching syllabus, with basic questions making up the majority.