After a simple rebirth

Fu Ying returned to school on the first day of school and had to report in the afternoon. She got up in the morning to prepare the dishes for Fu's parents so that they could cook them when they got home from get off work.

Then I bought some delicious sauce-flavored pancakes for breakfast. They were soft and fluffy, and she loved them very much.

She went to the city bus station to take a bus directly to the provincial bus station, and then took the subway back to school.

The straight-line distance is short, and considering the time of taking the bus and waiting for the bus, Fu Ying left home at 8 o'clock and arrived at school at more than 11 o'clock.

Fu Ying successfully reported in before the lunch break.

When she returned to the dormitory, she was not the last one to arrive, as Chen Danhong had not arrived yet.

It was less than a month since the bed was taken care of, so the bed boards were not very dirty. Fu Ying quickly wiped them dry and put her things in order.

Rong Xianjun and Gao Huan had already tidied up the room, so the balcony was empty. Fu Ying put the quilt on the balcony to dry in the sun for a while and made the bed in the afternoon.

After calling Chen Danhong to ask if it was that fast, Fu Ying and the other two went to the cafeteria to have dinner together.

Chen Danhong arrived at around four o'clock in the afternoon, and they chatted for a while after arriving at the dormitory.

Then she couldn't help but come close to Fu Ying and said that she made more than two thousand yuan from selling goods. She gave five hundred yuan each to her parents, three hundred yuan each to her two sisters, one hundred yuan to her brother, and kept the rest for herself.

During the Chinese New Year, her father rewarded her and gave her a big red envelope, which meant that she kept all the money she earned from selling the goods.

Fu Ying didn't know whether to be surprised that she had so many brothers and sisters, or to be amazed that she could collect all the money by herself.

But congratulations to her anyway.

Fu Ying said that she earned about the same amount, and gave some to her family and kept some for herself.

Chen Danhong began to consider whether to sell goods during the summer vacation. Fu Ying said frankly that she did not plan to sell anything during the summer vacation. For her, she would definitely earn more money by finding a part-time job during the summer vacation than selling goods. She could not sell too many things during the summer vacation as there were too many restrictions.

Chen Danhong also understood that she couldn't make money every time, and things about the summer vacation couldn't be decided so quickly. She just asked Fu Ying to take her with her next time she sold something.

Fu Ying nodded to show that she understood.

With half a year's experience, everyone has their own experience of life after school starts and has arranged their own plans. Fu Ying basically focuses on studying and clubs.

What was special was that she participated in a badminton competition at the end of April.

This badminton competition is held in the order of school selection - group breakout - semi-finals - provincial college badminton championship.

Their school's performance has always been poor. They were eliminated in the group stage in previous years, and they don't have any hope this year.

Fu Ying didn't want to join at first. She joined the badminton club just for regular exercise to improve her physical fitness, not for participating in competitions.

After Liang Shumin and the vice president's persuasion, she agreed. Because she was the only left-handed player in the club and not that strong in singles, she was required to participate in doubles, both mixed doubles and women's doubles.

The school selection is just beginning now, and it is tentatively scheduled that there will be two groups in each doubles event. The final list will be announced based on the ranking after the singles selection is completed.

So Fu Ying started practicing badminton for an hour every afternoon, and because of this, she stopped running.

Fu Ying also participated in the school singles trials, but she didn't even make it into the top eight. Liang Shumin did get third place, and Fu Ying was happy for her.

However, when the final list of players was announced, Liang Shumin's name was not on the list. Fu Ying and her friends asked the vice president and found out that, taking all factors into consideration, the girl ranked fifth was allowed to compete in singles, and the final list also included her and Fu Ying playing doubles.

But that girl is not that strong, and she only ranked fifth in this selection. And, who doesn't know that girl is the captain of the school team, and the girlfriend of the president of the badminton club.

It's hard not to think too much.

Fu Ying was even more angry than Liang Shumin. She was asked to play with someone she was not familiar with. She had always been a partner with Liang Shumin, so suddenly she was replaced with a teammate she had never worked with before. Was she serious?

Moreover, Fu Ying was inexplicably reminded of Ni Ping. She was so angry when she watched the competition. In an event that brought glory to the country, the athletes were not allowed to compete based on their strength. What was the basis? Based on their background? They made up a bunch of nonsense reasons to prevent them from competing, and when they lost, the athletes took the blame.

The same is true for badminton. It is clearly an event for the school, but personal relationships are still involved. Why do we still have to select candidates in this way? Why not just do the internal decision?

It was difficult for Fu Ying not to get involved, so she and Liang Shumin went directly to the captain of the school team to argue. The captain simply ignored them and said that Fu Ying's participation in the mixed doubles and women's doubles was already a promotion for her, and asked her not to cause trouble.

Fu Ying was even more speechless. She didn't want to participate. Wasn't it them who insisted that the left hand was a good match and asked her to participate?

So Fu Ying quoted the attendance teacher's words,

“Since you don’t care about us and don’t consider the team’s usual proficiency and tacit understanding, then I suggest you just arrange for all right-handed players to play.

I am not a threat. My performance is unstable. My singles results are not good. It is easy for me to hit my teammates when playing with my left hand. It would be better to arrange two suitable right-handed people to play together.

I don't want to join the club even though its original intention was good, but because of my lack of strength, I will be criticized by others. So for the sake of the honor of the school and the club, I decided to quit doubles.

After all, if I were to play, I could play better with Liang Shumin in women's doubles."

After saying that, Fu Ying pretended to leave with Liang Shumin, leaving the group of people to think it over carefully. She could save more time to do other things if they did not participate.

I don’t know if the club listened to it or if other people had opinions, but the next day we notified everyone to try doubles and then select two suitable groups to participate in the competition.

Fu Ying was determined to team up with Liang Shumin in doubles, and the two of them really had a good understanding of each other, and eventually they won a place in the competition.

As for the other group, it was the captain’s girlfriend. I don’t know where they found a girl to pair up with her. They were not from the club, but this competition did not require that they must be from the club, so it was not considered a foul.

There is only one mixed doubles team, one team consisting of Fu Ying and an unfamiliar partner.

The inter-school competition was held in the gymnasium of the Polytechnic Institute next door. They were led by the teacher in charge at the door and walked there.

Chen Danhong and the other two said they wanted to go and cheer her on, but Fu Ying felt it was a social stunt so she refused.

Moreover, the competition did not end in one day. It was divided into different levels according to their skills. There were nearly 50 teams in their group. Although there were two games in one day, the whole competition lasted for a week.

The boy in mixed doubles and Fu Ying really had no tacit understanding. Although Fu Ying was a girl, she liked to hit high balls, but the boy always stood in the backcourt, forcing Fu Ying to receive the ball in the front.

Although Fu Ying is also in the frontcourt with Liang Shumin, Liang Shumin is stronger and more considerate!

As expected, we won the first round of mixed doubles but were eliminated in the second round.

The women's doubles lasted a little longer and actually made it all the way to the group semi-finals. Fu Ying was very surprised. Although she has always played with her left hand, she is not really that good. She mainly relied on Liang Shumin's smash to hold on.

The women's doubles quarter-finals were in the morning. The night before, Fu Ying hesitated and found Liang Shumin to ask her if she wanted to try playing with her right hand.

So far, Fu Ying has always played with her left hand, but in fact, Fu Ying is not a natural left-handed player. There is no rule that left-handed players can only play with their left hand. Her right hand is more explosive, but she plays less now, so it may take some time for her to find the feel.

Liang Shumin was surprised that she could play with both hands. Changing hands at the last minute was equivalent to changing rackets. It could be a surprise, or it could be a shock.

Their current results have already surpassed the school's previous records. If they win the next game, they will at least get second place. If they lose, they will at least get fourth place. It is quite suitable for them to make a push.

Then the two of them found people from the club to practice with. The short Liang Shumin had the advantage of jumping ability in the front. Although Fu Ying was not very tall, she had strong running and reaction abilities, and was also suitable for hitting tricky angles.

So without informing anyone, the doubles of one left and one right became a doubles of two right hands.

The opponent must have known about them, so they made a temporary substitution and caught them off guard, but they were stronger than them and Fu Ying's touch had not yet come up, so Fu Ying and her team lost this game.

Therefore, Fu Ying and her team’s main task became to strive for third place.

The match for third and fourth place started on time at 2 pm. The opponents were very cautious at the beginning, while Fu Ying and her team were very aggressive. Anyway, there was no need to compete after this match, so there was no need to hold back, just go for it.

Fu Ying felt that the muscles in her right hand were tense due to the continuous high-intensity exertion, and her head began to hurt a little due to excessive concentration on the ball.

But Fu Ying is indeed a big-game player and has gotten used to the competition. The more nervous she is, the calmer she is.

Fu Ying doesn't have an absolute sense of the ball, can't count the ball, and doesn't have that many skills, but she knows that she can see the ball accurately and respond quickly.

All she had in her mind was staring at the ball, judging, swinging the racket, and repeating this over and over again. If she failed, she would immediately move on to the next ball, and would never regret whether she had received the ball well or not.

Fortunately, they won, and the top two in the group would advance to the next round to compete with other levels, but Fu Ying and her friends were already quite satisfied with getting third place.

The entire competition lasted for another two days. We won’t mention the results of Fu Ying and her team in the team competition, but they won the third prize anyway.

I heard that as long as you have good grades, you will receive a scholarship of 500 yuan at the end of the semester, and Fu Ying and her classmates who break historical records will each receive an additional 1,000 yuan.

Fu Ying was pleasantly surprised! Well, I am quite satisfied with participating in this competition.

But there won't be a next time. After the competition, she wanted to quit the club. She didn't expect that a sports club would be so corrupt. Fu Ying was quite disappointed.

There are many ways to exercise, such as running or learning to dance. She also has a fixed badminton partner. When she wants to play, she can ask Liang Shumin and others to play by herself. Pure exercise is more enjoyable.

However, she only mentioned it to Liang Shumin, saying that she would wait until the end of the semester, as it would be bad to quit midway and it would also be easy to lose the bonus. It just so happened that the school year was over, and many people would quit, and they would recruit new students next year.

Liang Shumin continued to stay in the club. Fu Ying did not persuade her but only made an appointment with her to play basketball when she was free.

The volunteer teaching activity followed right after the game. Last time, Fu Ying gave a small English class on how to address family members. The third-grade students were quite willing to participate at the beginning. But halfway through the class, Fu Ying discovered that those students were distracted or not listening.

After the class, Fu Ying asked about the content of the classes taught by others. Tuzi taught piano, Lingling taught origami, and some people taught painting. Anyway, they were all interest-based.

Fu Ying then realized that her content was too boring and too close to the classroom.

For these primary school students, compulsory education classes mean not having to attend regular classes and just playing.

Fu Ying's teaching content included reading words with them, which was based on English knowledge, making the students feel that they were still in class. However, Fu Ying did not have the pressure that a teacher usually has, and did not arouse their interest in time, so the teaching lacked stamina.

In response to this situation, Fu Ying decided not to teach knowledge this time, but to focus on using entertainment methods and directly teach the song "Do you wanna build a snowman".

"The Snow Queen" is a favorite movie of most girls in their childhood, and it is also well-known to boys. Fu Ying edited the clip in advance where Anna invites Elsa to build a snowman, which is also a popular clip for dubbing.

Fu Ying plans to follow the order of playing videos - singing - dubbing. It may seem difficult for primary school students, but the combination of singing and role-playing can allow for more classroom interaction and leave a deeper impression on students.

In the long run, what primary school students need more is interest in English, and popular songs can help them break down language barriers.

This time we went before Children's Day. Like other volunteer teachers, Fu Ying prepared small toys, such as stickers from this animation, magic wands, and rainbow candies, which always piqued the interest of the children.

This volunteer teaching activity was held on Wednesday afternoon. There were quite a lot of students participating in the volunteer teaching. Considering that students below the third grade were not very accustomed to unfamiliar teachers, classes were only held in grades three to six, so the classes were divided into two groups in the afternoon.

Fu Ying was in the second batch, which was the sixth class, and she taught fourth grade students.

When the bell rang for class, the second group of them went to the doors of their corresponding classes and stood there, accepting the gazes of the students in advance.

Fu Ying waited until the monitor called the class to start before she calmly stood on the podium.

She first introduced her English name and invited classmates to share their English names. Then she brought up "Frozen", which was related to her topic, from the names of famous and nice cartoon protagonists.

Amid the girls' excited anticipation, Fu Ying played the clip and asked them to recognize the characters and familiarize themselves with the words.

The next step was singing. Fu Ying led them to imitate the scene and movements while singing. After becoming familiar with the song, she organized the students to discuss the roles and invited two groups of students to come up and perform the song.

After the students finished their presentations, Fu Ying invited two more classmates to come up and reenact the scene. She played the role of the naughty and playful Anna, and the two of them took turns playing the role of Aisha.

Her deliberately exaggerated imitation made the classmates laugh and the atmosphere was lively.

The last part was the class chorus. With the previous practice, other students could subconsciously follow along by dancing and singing loudly.

Fortunately, the overall effect of this classroom presentation was quite good.

With three minutes left before the class ended, Fu Ying distributed small prizes and rewarded the students who went on stage with gift packs, and the same went for the other students.

Except for a few mischievous boys who insisted that they were men and didn't like girls' toys, the other students were very happy to receive them. Fu Ying didn't poke fun at the little boys' self-esteem, and everyone got one anyway.

In the end, when it came to the most popular class, Fu Ying actually took third place, which was an unexpected gain.