Selling Cuteness Through Her Own Ability
A new week begins at Second Experimental Primary School.
Five-year-and-four-month-old Shen Nuo Fei has grown to a full 1.2 meters tall.
Teacher Liu, the instructor of the Pomegranate Math Class, brought Shen Nuo Fei to the main campus of the Second Primary School.
Before entering the classroom, Teacher Liu said to Shen Nuo Fei, "The people in the classroom are older brothers and sisters from the fifth grade. Shen Nuo Fei, don't be nervous, because you are no worse than them."
"Okay!" Shen Nuo Fei was mentally prepared.
Teacher Liu led Shen Nuo Fei into the classroom, where more than twenty fifth-grade students, both boys and girls, were seated.
"Let me introduce a new student to everyone. Her name is Shen Nuo Fei, a little girl in first grade. Please give Shen Nuo Fei a round of applause and welcome her to the Pomegranate Math Class's fifth-grade intensive group." Teacher Liu gave a brief introduction to Shen Nuo Fei from the podium.
Applause rang out as the fifth-grade Young Pioneers welcomed Shen Nuo Fei.
Shen Nuo Fei was the shortest, so she was assigned to sit in the first row.
Teacher Liu began the lesson. "This Saturday, our intensive preparation group will participate in the preliminary round of the Spring Festival Cup Mathematics Competition for fifth graders. The preliminary round is a computer-based test, all multiple choice questions. I'll go over a few questions first, and then everyone can practice on the computer."
The Spring Festival Cup Mathematics Competition is for primary school students and has a history of several decades. It was suspended for a few years before being resumed.
With the competition imminent, Shen Nuo Fei moved from a small class with only one student to a large class with over twenty students, and she gained new teammates.
Teacher Liu explained a few math problems, then asked everyone to take a few minutes' break before starting their computer practice.
During the break, Shen Nuo Fei looked around curiously.
Fifth-grade boys and girls are eleven or twelve years old, and their average height is around 140cm.
At 120cm tall, Shen Nuo Fei stood out among the group of older brothers and sisters.
In the back row of the classroom, a boy crossed his arms and sneered, "Shen Nuo Fei, a little first-grader, what's her background?"
You should know that those who can get into the Pomegranate Math Class are the elite of the elite at No. 2 Primary School.
Throughout the entire fifth grade, out of twelve classes, only about twenty students were selected to enter the Pomegranate Math Class's fifth-grade intensive group.
Shen Nuo Fei, surprisingly, entered the fifth-grade intensive group of the Pomegranate Math Class as a first-year student.
Another boy said, "Shen Nuo Fei, this little girl, has quite a background. Haven't you heard? She's Shen Qi's daughter."
"Shen Qi's daughter?" The boy scoffed, standing up. "I'll go talk to her."
The boy walked up to Shen Nuo Fei's desk, and his previously cold expression suddenly turned kind and approachable.
Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the little girl was incredibly cute. She had rosy cheeks, big eyes, black hair, fair skin, and wore a red hair clip—she was simply adorable.
The boy said with a grin, "Hello, Sister Shen Nuo Fei, I'm Ye Wushuang from Class 5(6). You can call me Brother Wushuang."
Shen Nuo Fei looked at the boy. He was tall and strong, over 1.5 meters tall, standing out from the crowd.
"Hmph, all boys are Big Idiot," Shen Nuo Fei thought to herself.
"Hello Ye Wushuang," Shen Nuo Fei replied politely.
Ye Wushuang smiled, finding Shen Nuo Fei even more adorable. "Class is over, how about I buy you a drink?"
Shen Nuo Fei shook her head. "No need, I have money to buy a drink."
"Alright then." Ye Wushuang then took his leave and returned to his seat in a very gentlemanly manner.
"Is the little girl interesting?" Ye Wushuang's best friend asked.
"This little girl is quite interesting." Ye Wushuang rubbed his hands together excitedly.
"What about Mo Yutong?" her best friend asked again.
Ye Wushuang coldly said, "You old woman in fifth grade, you should break up with me."
Soon, all members of the fifth-grade intensive math class at Pomegranate Math Class began their computer practice.
All questions were multiple choice.
Elementary school students answering multiple-choice questions.
We want all the high school students.
A bunch of multiple-choice math problems appeared on the computer screen.
The difficulty level was set by Teacher Liu to be the same as the challenging questions in the fifth-grade group of the Spring Festival Cup Mathematics Competition.
Twenty-five elementary school math whizzes entered the question-and-answer session. They either thought about the questions or made rough drafts, and then selected what they considered to be the correct answers on the computer.
This round of computer practice has ended, and twenty-three students have achieved full marks. Shen Nuo Fei is one of the students who achieved full marks.
Teacher Liu frowned slightly. "Wen Mengya, Chen Zihan, you both got one question wrong. So, I'll focus on explaining the problem-solving techniques for systems of two linear equations."
Wen Mengya and Chen Zihan looked embarrassed, since they were the only two who didn't get full marks in this round of practice.
Including Wen Mengya and Chen Zihan, the fifth-grade students in the class realized that Shen Nuo Fei's younger sister had actually gotten a perfect score?
After such a long period of training by excellent teachers, it's no surprise that the fifth-grade students in the Pomegranate Math Class got full marks on practice problems of the difficulty level of the Spring Festival Cup preliminary round.
It's a bit unbelievable that a younger sister who didn't even finish the first semester of first grade got a perfect score.
Nowadays, fifth-grade students aged eleven or twelve are generally mature and composed.
They were surprised by Shen Nuo Fei's mathematical abilities beyond her years, but that was all; they wouldn't do anything that showed a lack of common sense.
Ye Wushuang and his best friend were forced to re-evaluate Shen Nuo Fei, a 1.2-meter-tall little girl who was not yet 6 years old.
"Shen Nuo Fei, she's not here to act cute," Ye Wushuang said.
My friend nodded. "Yes, she isn't."
"This little cutie is quite strong." Ye Wushuang said solemnly.
"After all, her father is the world's greatest mathematician."
Fifth-grade elementary school students already have the concept of idols, especially boys, who admire strong people.
Saturday arrived in the blink of an eye.
Today, Shen Nuo Fei will compete in the preliminary round of the Spring Festival Cup Mathematics Competition for fifth graders.
For most parents, sending their children to participate in various competitions is primarily to develop their intelligence and broaden their horizons.
Secondly, there is also a certain incentive: elementary school students with good competition results are more likely to enter high-quality middle schools.
Upper-grade students in grades five and six, and even students in grades three and four, understand this principle themselves; they have goals to strive for and reasons to work hard.
Shen Nuo Fei participated in the math competition purely out of interest.
Shen Nuo Fei isn't even old enough to wear a red scarf yet, so it's too early to talk to her about middle school or anything like that.
"I suddenly realized that neither my wife nor I have ever participated in any elementary school competitions." At the dinner table, Shen Qi peeled two eggs, one for his wife and one for his daughter.
"I was really slow when I was in elementary school. But my math grades suddenly improved when I entered junior high." Ou Ye ate the egg her husband peeled for her. Happiness is actually very simple: every morning, the person you love, who also loves you, cooks and peels eggs for you.
Shen Qi's best home-style dish is boiled eggs, which is quite technically demanding and very troublesome to prepare.
For the two women he loved, Shen Qi was not afraid of trouble.
"So, Nofi is the hope of the whole village," Shen Qi laughed heartily.