See How Many People Are Ungrateful Wretches

After Teacher Ke was hired by County Second High School, her relationship with the other teachers in the retake classes was just average.

The main reason was that her status was not yet clear, and everyone, on the principle of not causing trouble, deliberately kept their distance.

Moreover, Teacher Luo and the others had official positions, while Teacher Ke was a hired "temporary worker," making the relationship somewhat delicate.

But after Li Ye's practice notebooks were exposed, all the teachers put aside their reservations and sought Teacher Ke's help.

This was because Li Ye's notebooks contained practice problems in math, physics, and chemistry, and the problems in each subject were novel and ingenious, impressing the teachers.

"Teacher Ke truly is a university student from the 1960s; she's not just amazing at English, she's a true all-rounder!"

"Teacher Ke, please help these children! They are under so much pressure. Every set of problems you create gives them a better chance of getting accepted."

Teacher Ke calmly and generously said, "I did give Li Ye a few sets of problems. Since they seem to be effective, I will contribute my part!"

However, when Teacher Ke took Li Ye's practice notebook, her expression changed drastically, and then she quickly returned to normal.

She had initially thought the problems Teacher Luo and the others mentioned were the ones she had given to Li Ye for him to "mutually exchange" with her daughter. But upon seeing them now, why did they seem so different?

Still, Teacher Ke was a university student from twenty years ago, and she quickly grasped the brilliance of the problems in Li Ye's notebook.

"These problems are not simple."

Teacher Ke immediately reached a conclusion.

How could they be simple, given the wealth of experience accumulated over forty years of exam-oriented education?

Though seemingly just a few problems, they covered more knowledge points and were more conducive to students' understanding, far surpassing the level of the 1980s when the college entrance examination had just been resumed and was still in an exploratory phase.

Teacher Ke calmed herself, carefully savored the profundity of the problem types, and then began to create her own problems.

However, after creating several problems in a row, Teacher Ke couldn't help but feel a bit discouraged.

She had intended to absorb the essence of Li Ye's practice notebook, combine it with her own experience, and create a set of novel test questions in her own style.

But when she actually started creating problems, she found that she couldn't get around Li Ye's problems at all. At most, she could only change the numbers or the superficial appearance; the core of the problem types was still Li Ye's.

Am I going to "borrow" that child's work?

"Borrowing" was a polite term; the impolite word was "plagiarize."

Imagine this: Li Ye creates problems for your daughter, and then you change the numbers and superficial appearance, pass them off as your own achievement, and give them to students. Wouldn't that make you a laughingstock?

Teacher Ke, being a capable and cultured person, was still somewhat sensitive about her reputation.

Hesitantly, she talked with her daughter that evening. Wen Leyu, unable to resist showing off, took out several practice notebooks from her schoolbag.

This left Teacher Ke completely speechless. However, she was also very curious about where Li Ye had obtained these novel test questions.

"Mom, what are you doing?"

Wen Leyu, being sharp and intelligent, quickly sensed something was wrong, as if her exclusive toys were about to be touched by others.

Teacher Ke calmly replied, "The school asked me to create some test questions to help the students in the class improve their scores. I wanted to look at these practice notebooks to learn from the experience."

Wen Leyu instinctively felt unhappy, but since these were Li Ye's things, she could only say, "You'll have to discuss this with Li Ye. Some people in the class are always saying strange things. You shouldn't be kind to an ungrateful person."

Teacher Ke's eyes shifted slightly as she asked, "Of course. But what strange things have they been saying?"

Wen Leyu said indignantly, "They said Li Ye secretly copied our problems, and that we are stingy..."

Listening to her daughter chatter on for a long time, Teacher Ke felt both delighted and worried.

It had been so long, and this little girl had never spoken so much at once!

But thinking about the entanglement between Li Ye and Lu Jingyao, Teacher Ke felt a bit helpless.

Li Ye studying English so hard must be for Lu Jingyao. If in the future...

If Li Ye knew what Teacher Ke was thinking at that moment, he would definitely cry out in injustice.

But no one around believed that Li Ye, who was deeply in love, would give up on Lu Jingyao.

After all, the latter's appearance was more in line with the aesthetic standards of that era.

The next day, Teacher Ke came to discuss with Li Ye.

Teacher Ke believed that Li Ye's problems were resources that his family had painstakingly obtained through connections.

The college entrance examination was like thousands of soldiers crossing a single-plank bridge; no one wanted their child's benefits to be shared by others. Therefore, Li Ye's consent was necessary, and his contribution must also be acknowledged.

"Li Ye, Teacher Luo showed me your practice notebook yesterday, and you told him that I gave you the problems. This has put me in a difficult position!

Can you make your problems available to everyone? Of course, I will clearly state that it's all your contribution."

Li Ye thought for a moment and then said, "Alright! Let's release some of them first and see, then we can decide."

Teacher Ke immediately caught something and asked, "Release some first to see? See what?"

Li Ye smiled and said, "See how many ungrateful people there are."

"..."

At the County Second High School cafeteria during lunch, a long queue had formed for food. Li Ye, with his stomach rumbling, stood at the back, silently shuffling forward.

Some say that eating meat in large chunks and drinking wine in large bowls is for the young and strong, while eating finely and finely cut meat is for the old and weak.

At this moment, Li Ye was in his prime, "strong and healthy, able to eat his father broke."

Moreover, it was said that literature was poor and martial arts were rich. Unlike children who sat on benches and studied diligently from a young age, Li Ye had practiced boxing with his grandfather since he was young, which had greatly strengthened his digestive system and made him have a strong appetite.

Especially during this period after his transmigration, Li Ye felt that his body was like a bottomless pit. No matter how much nutrition was poured in, it could be quickly absorbed.

The strength, agility, endurance, and other qualities of this body were all improving subtly and continuously.

The price was that he easily got hungry, even before meal times.

When he was so hungry that his back was sticking to his stomach, Li Ye felt like he could eat a cow if one were placed in front of him.

County Second High School's cafeteria did not have cows, only three dishes served in large aluminum basins.

"One portion of cabbage, one portion of potatoes, and one portion of braised radish with meat."

Li Ye finally reached the school cafeteria window and ordered all three dishes.

The gazes of the surrounding students immediately converged on him, mostly with looks that said, "This rich landlord is truly wasteful."

The chef who was serving the food saw that it was Li Ye and said with a smile, "Cabbage is five fen, potatoes are six fen, and stir-fried radish with meat is twelve fen. Do you want steamed buns too?"

"I want two steamed buns."

Li Ye took out a stack of meal tickets from his pocket and began to count. In those days, meal tickets in schools were exchanged for money and grain coupons. Many students lived by counting their tickets, and students like Li Ye who ate to their heart's content were rare.

But who was Li Ye?

Even the beastmen knew what was needed to "never be a slave"! Would he, a dignified transmigrator, have to starve himself?

What a joke.

Li Ye carried his large enamel mug, filled to the brim, through the crowd, drawing collective stunned glances and the sound of swallowing saliva.

[What a time of material scarcity! They are so eager for a dish with meat. If every meal was two roast chickens... hmm, that's a bit extravagant.]

"Brother, what's wrong with you lately? Your appetite keeps increasing!"

"Oh, come on! Your appetite is still small, you glutton?"

Li Dayong followed him with two portions of potatoes. Despite his bear-like physique, his appetite could no longer keep up with Li Ye's.

Li Ye naturally wouldn't tell him about the changes in his body, and just casually brushed it off.

There were no dedicated dining tables for students at City Second High School. The cafeteria only had a few serving windows, and students either ate squatting outside or returned to their classrooms to eat.

As Li Ye and Li Dayong were eating in the classroom, the study committee member Jin Shengli walked over.

He said with a serious expression, "Student Li Ye, I must have a talk with you."

Li Ye stopped his spoon and said indifferently, "Talk about what?"

Jin Shengli swallowed and said, "I think your deliberate targeting of student Xia Yue is very inappropriate. Our class had a very good atmosphere of unity before, but look at it now, it's falling apart..."

Actually, Retake Class One was not united enough, but it was only that there were rifts between two groups.

After Li Ye distributed the practice questions, most of the students in Class One benefited. However, Li Dayong's "strict gatekeeping" excluded the small group led by Xia Yue and Jin Shengli.

Xia Yue was very "tough," and her animosity towards Li Ye deepened. However, Jin Shengli couldn't sit still.

As the study committee member, he felt capable and responsible. For the common progress of the class, he wanted to guide Li Ye, who was on the wrong path, back to the right one.

"Falling apart?" Li Ye interrupted Jin Shengli with a smile, "How can I not see any disunity? Besides, even if it is falling apart, what does it have to do with me?"

"How can it not be related? We all gathered here from all directions to study.

We should share any learning resources we have. We used to do that, but Li Ye, you are too selfish now."

Li Ye smiled and said nothing, but Li Dayong's loud voice blurted out.

"Jin Shengli, can you stop talking nonsense? Did you share the exam papers you got from First High School with us last time? Did Xia Yue share the notes she got from Lu Jingyao with us?"

"..."

Jin Shengli's face turned red, and he stammered, unable to speak.

Everyone had already experienced a brutal college entrance examination once and knew how dangerous the single-plank bridge was. They could barely stand on their own feet, so how could they truly achieve "resource sharing"?

However, just as Jin Shengli didn't know what to say, Li Ye said, "Alright, I've already submitted the questions to the school. Everyone will have exam papers to do soon."

Jin Shengli was overjoyed, "Really?"

Li Ye nodded, "Really!"

Jin Shengli nodded repeatedly, "Thank you, Li Ye, you are a great person."

"..."

After Jin Shengli left, Li Dayong said anxiously, "Brother, don't believe these people, they are the most selfish..."

Li Ye smiled and said, "Do you know that it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality?"

Li Dayong was stunned for a long time before he gave a thumbs-up and imitated a sycophant from a movie, "Brother, you're amazing, truly amazing."