Rebirth 08: A Happy Life Begins in Elementary School

"Pinky promise," He Shuyao said.

It was clear that she had a lot to say, but she was unsure whether she could say it because of Li Zhao's instruction to "keep it a secret".

Ultimately, it evolved into yet another secret that belonged only to the two of them.

Li Zhao smiled and said, "I didn't say anything."

"Are you going to pinky swear?"

Li Zhao extended his little finger.

"Pinky promise..." He was the only one reciting it, "Never to change for a hundred years."

But he still finished reading it, and then stared at He Shuyao, who had closed her eyes and was silently reciting something.

"What exactly are you reciting?"

"Since you're making a contract with me, of course I have to chant a spell."

...Does this constitute the conclusion of a contract?

"What is the spell?"

"Keep it a secret."

Since Li Changlin really gave Li Zhao pocket money, and Li Zhao didn't need to hide the fact that he bought junior high school textbooks, his parents didn't react much when a new stack of books appeared on his desk.

All you need to do is hide the three youth novels.

Li Zhao spent a Sunday frantically flipping through his junior high school textbooks.

I've never been so hungry for textbooks in my life.

The final conclusion is: it's not easy to write accurately and quickly like in elementary school, but it's not difficult to be a top student.

Humanities subjects are actually a bit harder to handle than science subjects.

The math, physics, chemistry, and biology in junior high school are generally not very difficult. Although Li Zhao, who has been through high school, has forgotten a lot of specific knowledge, such as the dreaded trigonometric functions, he doesn't have much difficulty understanding them. In fact, he can even simplify his understanding by combining some of the knowledge he learned in high school and even university.

However, understanding knowledge is one thing, and quickly calculating and answering questions is another.

Humanities subjects are tough. English is a freebie, and let's not even talk about Chinese and Geography. Politics and History are so difficult that he'll feel dizzy.

Although his profession of urban planning requires all-rounders, and Li Zhao is usually quite interested in all kinds of encyclopedic knowledge, common sense is common sense, and exam preparation is exam preparation.

Li Zhao's understanding of politics, history, and geography no longer comes from textbooks.

Students have their limitations; it's not beneficial to go into too much depth on some things. Much knowledge needs to be combined with life experience.

Li Zhao loved reading and had a wide range of ways to acquire knowledge, accepting all kinds of information. As a result, he could see things from many angles. After all, he was only focused on reading the classics. The downside was that he neglected many other things, but the upside was that he read a lot of books.

Li Zhao was even able to trace a common thread through the diverse and chaotic viewpoints, connecting his own understanding to form his own knowledge system.

This is not a positive buff for junior high school students.

Junior high school history doesn't require you to write a paper on the advantages and disadvantages of the Qin Dynasty's system; it only requires you to answer the question "Qin's tyranny."

Not to mention politics, the understanding of "politics" by a junior high school student who takes a political class and that of a normal adult working in society are completely different.

Geography was a bit better; the basic knowledge was there, and it wasn't much different from Li Zhao's understanding.

Li Zhao has always believed that junior high school geography is essentially a science subject, while junior high school biology is essentially a humanities subject...

In short, there is a lot to memorize, and some test content requires him to simplify his understanding, making it far less relaxed and carefree than primary school.

Having privileges is much more difficult.

On the bright side, perhaps Li Zhao's unique cognitive abilities can find room to shine in a top-tier school like New Taipei First Senior High School? He can delve deeper into his studies than his classmates, just as he told He Shuyao: a junior high school student with in-depth learning abilities can become a genius on another level if he encounters a mentor.

Let's start thinking about the textbooks in advance during the summer vacation...

When this thought came to mind, Li Zhao himself was taken aback.

Who would have thought that after his rebirth, he would choose to study his textbooks in advance during the summer vacation?

It's really fun.

Monday, March 12.

Before leaving, Li Zhao looked at the calendar for a long time, his feelings a bit complicated.

Until 2:30 p.m., the day was uneventful, and no one knew that the number 512 would have any special meaning.

Except for Li Zhao.

The feeling of being the only one who knows that a major disaster is about to happen is quite unpleasant.

Especially today.

Perhaps it was this sentiment that prompted him to write that earthquake relief article and redeem the influence reward.

Li Zhao kept trying to recall everything from his past life to this day, but no matter how he thought about it, it was all a bit blurry.

Ultimately, the phrase "national grief" is based on the nation as a whole. When the emotions of a major earthquake are felt by an individual, they cannot be summarized in just one or two words.

Linjiang Province is far from the epicenter and is completely unaffected. Even those with exceptionally strong empathy are only moved by compassion, cry a few times, donate some things, and that's enough.

It's normal to feel deeply saddened and shed tears when the earthquake is being reported in the news; it's even more normal to be overjoyed to find out you got a perfect score on your test the next day.

Li Zhao's memory of the earthquake is that it was constantly broadcast on the news, her parents shed tears because of it, and later the family gave her 300 yuan for a donation organized by the organization.

Ma Yingying donated 500 yuan, standing in front of the donation box and putting the bills in one by one, looking very proud, which led to some private teasing from others.

Gone.

Elementary school students don't understand the pain of separation and death, and they can't possibly empathize with the suffering of families destroyed by an earthquake.

It was only later, as I grew older, that I reflected on this event and felt more and more deeply.

This time will probably be the same. Everyone will be shocked, discuss it as news, and wonder why the parents cried. Some of the more compassionate girls in the class will cry, the school will launch a fundraising campaign, and then it will all be over.

The news shifted to disaster relief, and people started discussing the transition from primary to junior high school and summer vacation.

Only when we grow up and look back will we have new insights.

Therefore, we cherish life and care more about our families; therefore, we have more faith in our country and government; therefore, we are more willing to do good deeds...

The snowstorm spurred the introduction of new standards for high-speed rail tracks; similarly, the earthquake will promote the optimization and implementation of many policies.

that's enough.

Surprisingly, not many people discussed the earthquake until school ended.

Li Zhao overlooked the fact that in an era when smartphones were not popular, information transmission had certain limitations.

The next day, everyone was talking about the major earthquake.

Similar to Li Zhao's memory, the main reason the classmates talked about it was because their parents were discussing it. The girls generally seemed more depressed than the boys.

After that, things were pretty much as Li Zhao remembered. Discussions about the earthquake were frequent throughout the week, but without watching the news broadcasts, people's emotions dissipated very easily.

The donations came faster than I remembered, and were arranged on Thursday. This time, Ma Yingying didn't put each bill into the donation box one by one, but simply stuffed them in and left.

...It could be considered a butterfly effect.

Essentially, apart from a few mischievous kids who are less likely to laugh and joke around, life hasn't changed much.

On Friday, Li Zhao finally went into the office to ask Huang Keyun to use the computer.

"You haven't been here for several days. What kind of information do you want to look up?" Huang Keyun asked.

"Just browsing."

"Sit down." She even got up and poured Li Zhao a glass of water in a disposable cup.

Li Zhao's heart was racing before she entered the keywords.

It's May 16th. Although it's very difficult, rescue efforts have begun, and reports about the disaster are coming out one after another.

The first point is that multiple schools conducted evacuation drills effectively, significantly reducing casualties.

Li Zhao paused for a moment, then typed in "drill," and several reassuring messages popped up.

Principal Ye, who was determined to reinforce the school and achieve the miracle of a safe evacuation of all students and staff in one minute and thirty-six seconds, is not an isolated case.

While it's not possible to ensure safety for everyone everywhere, various collective units have achieved some degree of success.

Li Zhao's rapid breathing suddenly calmed down, and he realized that he was still trembling a little.

His earthquake relief article was certainly mentioned by some, but for various reasons, people preferred to say that the author was farsighted and professional, and only a few places would say that he was a time traveler.

Then he was criticized: "If the time traveler was a real person, they would have told the country already. Why go through all this roundabout stuff?"

"Did you tell the country the letter? His writing style is too clever; he must be a time traveler."

"Who's a time traveler who writes an article first? If it were me, I would have bought a lottery ticket long ago."

"If we catch the lottery jackpot winner, we'll definitely find the author!"

……

The argument could go on for hundreds of floors.

Li Zhao closed the webpage and let out a long sigh of relief.

enough.

That's the end of this matter.

Li Zhao didn't want to calculate how many people were saved. It wasn't just his achievement, but also the achievement of everyone involved: those who made the decisions, those who organized the evacuation, and those who fought the disaster on the front lines.

Li Zhao was content that he could salvage something from this situation.

This is an act of righteousness. Happiness +5, Total 48