Rebirth 08: A Happy Life Begins in Elementary School

Chapter 151 Anyway, it's just a monthly exam

There really was a special situation!

The expressions of the students with the best grades became somewhat complicated.

Some found it unbelievable that Li Zhao had failed the exam; some secretly rejoiced that Li Zhao had underperformed; and some were lamenting that no one is invincible after all.

As it turned out, there was indeed a problem.

So Li Zhao's 95 points were a special 95?

Being awesome is being really awesome. Even if you fail an exam, you can still brag about your bad score?

Class monitor, could this be some weird answer you wrote on purpose just to show off?

Everyone seemed very curious about Li Zhao's answer, but Zhou Yun deliberately kept quiet and proceeded to explain the exam paper normally.

But she didn't keep everyone waiting for too long.

Because the basic questions at the beginning were explained very quickly.

There's nothing I can do about it. The accuracy rate is about 99% for the questions. The few mistakes I made were just excuses like "I remembered it wrong" or "I misread it."

"I taught Experimental Class 1 last year, and I can tell you with certainty that the overall level of your batch is definitely higher than that of the previous batch," Zhou Yun said. "Last year's students, the top ones are still very top-notch, but there will always be those who fall behind. In the first monthly exam, the test was not as difficult as it is now, and there were already ten students who scored below 90."

The whole class erupted in uproar once again.

"So I was very serious when I said that the average score is astonishing."

Liu Changgui whispered, "That felt pretty good, a complete thrashing of the previous generation."

Li Zhao glanced at him. "The previous year's class is now in the second year of junior high—they live upstairs from us."

Liu Changgui immediately covered his mouth.

"Next are the short answer questions," Zhou Yun said, "which is where everyone loses the most points."

Then she glanced at Li Zhao.

"The good news is that, after reviewing all the papers, almost no one seemed to have forgotten any key points, which prevented them from writing anything." Zhou Yun nodded in satisfaction. "This is a very good situation. It means that our students lost points probably because they were encountering this question type for the first time and hadn't yet adapted to it."

She glanced at Li Zhao again.

The second glance was quite obvious, to the point that some classmates had already started looking at Li Zhao.

Wu Weisong also glanced at it.

Li Zhao frowned. "You've already looked at the exam paper. You clearly know what's going on."

Wu Weisong scratched his head awkwardly.

As for the exam papers? They're currently in He Shuyao's hands.

"Many students got the correct answer to the question about the legend of Yanhuang right. I wouldn't say many, but almost all of them," Zhou Yun said. "The answer isn't complicated. As a short answer question, just like I said in class, answer with 'What is it? What is its significance?'"

Everyone nodded.

Then, in perfect unison, they both looked towards the corner where Li Zhao was.

"Weisong must be under a lot of pressure sitting next to the class monitor—" Liu Changgui whispered.

"I'm under a lot of pressure too—" Zhao Dabao said.

Even though they were the ones sitting outside, people would always linger on them first before looking for Li Zhao.

Wu Weisong always sat very upright for this reason, while Zhao Dabao couldn't secretly read his comics or play on his phone, which made him very uncomfortable. Even in such an excellent class, there are students who are not so attentive in class, but this does not prevent him from listening to what he should hear and learning what he should learn.

"Therefore, the answer is the knowledge point that most students wrote down: tribal integration laid the foundation for the formation of the Chinese nation, and later generations revered them as the first ancestors of Chinese civilization."

Everyone nodded.

"So, what if the answer is like this?" Zhou Yun said, picking up the chalk and writing a sentence on the blackboard:

The concept of the first ancestor of humanity is a cultural identity symbol that has been continuously constructed from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to later generations, used to unite the ethnic group.

Then he turned back to his notebook and began to read: "Currently unearthed ————"

Everyone's eyes widened in surprise.

"Alright, everyone, what do you think of this answer?"

Whispers arose from the audience, and more and more eyes were being cast toward Li Zhao.

"Teacher, really?" Wen Yutong suddenly raised her hand.

"What?"

"Currently, no unearthed artifacts can prove the existence of Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang."

"There are definitely records, but the artifacts from that era are not yet recorded."

"If it's recorded, doesn't that mean it existed?" Song Bowen asked.

"Myths and legends also record this. Could it be that Nuwa really patched up the sky?" Zhou Yun asked with a smile.

Everyone was stunned.

It seems that many students here, like Li Zhao back then, regard Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang as historical figures.

There really was a Shennong who tasted hundreds of herbs. He lived in Shennongjia and his stomach was transparent. After eating the herb "heartbreak grass," his intestines broke into pieces.

There really was a Yellow Earth warrior wielding the Xuanyuan Divine Sword, battling Chi You riding a panda—

"Well," Wen Yutong stood up, raising her hand, "Teacher, I think this answer is amazing."

"What about the other students?"

Everyone looked at each other, and many nodded.

"I think this answer is very forward-thinking. If Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang are just myths and legends, then I think it's fine to say that they represent cultural identity."

"But what does it mean to unite the community?"

"It probably means the same thing as tribal integration."

"But why did the ancients believe in such a myth? And where did it originate?"

They all talked at once.

Zhou Yun smiled slightly as she watched her classmates gradually begin their discussion, then looked at Li Zhao for the third time.

"Li Zhao, please explain this to everyone."

As expected, it still got clicked.

Li Zhao stood up helplessly. "Actually, everyone has discussed it enough. As for the origin of the myths and legends, of course I don't know either."

"Do you think it's reasonable to deduct 5 points from this question?"

The whole question was only worth 8 points, so this is the last one deducted.

Li Zhao's answer correctly addressed the two points: "the first ancestor of Chinese civilization" and "what is the abdication system".

"Reasonable."

An answer that Zhou Yun did not expect.

She was prepared for Li Zhao to feel unhappy and argue with her on the spot. She had been preparing lessons for this moment for the past two days and had done a lot of rehearsals. She was thinking about how to take this opportunity to make everyone understand the characteristics of history exams.

Good grief, this brat doesn't play by the rules!

This answer also left the whole class somewhat bewildered.

So much so that Wen Yutong, the class monitor who had just spoken up, couldn't help but ask directly, "So you know this is wrong?"

"The questions on the history exam seem very similar to those in Chinese language reading comprehension, appearing to be open-ended," Li Zhao said. "But they're not. They ask you to talk about your understanding, but only based on textbook knowledge. So what I wrote clearly deviated from the requirements of the history exam, and it's only right that I lost points."

The whole class was dumbfounded.

Wen Yutong frowned. "Then why did you insist on writing it this way?"

He Shuyao turned around with the test paper in her hand, and had the same question.

"Try writing it down."

"Write—try writing it?" Wen Yutong didn't understand.

"Well—" Li Zhao shrugged. "I wanted to see if this was okay. If not, I'll follow the instructions next time."

""

Seeing everyone's surprise, Li Zhao added, "Anyway, it's just a monthly exam—"

He Shuyao burst out laughing.