Chapter 386: The Day of Round Trip by Boat
It took two hours to visit the Yellow Crane Tower Park and one hour to visit the Qingchuan Pavilion Museum. It was just as Xu planned. The little girl who wrote down her to-do list on paper but still forgot to bring her books to school has grown into a very reliable and capable girl.

Mu Zhengguang looked at the time and then at his steps. He had walked more than 9000 steps. When he took a walk at night, he could walk about 4000 steps in an hour. After three hours of running around, he had accumulated only a few steps, but it was more tiring than walking 16000 steps normally. Was it because the temperature was too high?
Mu Zhengguang and Xu's next destination was a restaurant. They had hot pot for lunch and fried chicken and hamburgers for dinner. After dinner, the two of them enjoyed the air conditioning for a while, found a place to wash their faces and arms, and bought a few bottles of water each.

Xu intended to wait a little longer in the restaurant. According to her plan, they would spend a long time on the pedestrian street tonight. If they went too early, the sky would be too bright, and the lights would not be bright and gorgeous.

The ferry is also located on the pedestrian street. Board the ferry at 7:30 pm and take the daytime route, and return on the night route. Although there is a significant difference in price, it only adds up to the price of a more expensive cup of milk tea. It doesn't hurt to spend a few more dollars to get a better viewing experience.

Mu Zhengguang and Xu walked for about half an hour on the pedestrian street, which was more than a thousand meters long. The endless dazzling lights and the bustling streets with people coming and going made the two stop frequently.

Look at the colorful lights, look at the people, look at the various poses. Look at the scenery in this world that we have never seen before. It turns out that shopping is such a happy thing. This new interest makes Mu Zhengguang excited and makes him more grateful to Xu.

While shopping, Mu Zhengguang and Xu Zai kept chatting, and they talked about their freshman and sophomore years in high school. It seemed that as long as this topic was mentioned, there would be endless stories to tell.

During a chat a few nights ago, Mu Zhengguang learned that Xu's grades in her second year of high school dropped rapidly, mainly because of physics. In the second half of the second year of high school, most students failed to pass the physics test, but Xu's physics score was far below the passing mark. She only scored 42 points in the physics test in the second year of high school.

Today, Xu mentioned an even more shocking past event: "I remember my physics teacher said that some people in ordinary classes only took chemistry, biology and physics as electives..."

The science test paper is worth 300 points, but the physics compulsory course is discarded, which means discarding the questions worth 95 points. This is probably shocking. However, it is others who discard the physics compulsory course, those in the ordinary class who can only get or points in the college entrance examination. When Xu first heard this, he did not take it seriously, but regarded it as a joke.

It was not until later, when her physics scores were below 50 and then below 40, that she realized that for some people, giving up the required physics course was not a joke. On the contrary, this approach could even be called wise.

Moreover, giving up the required physics course does not mean not taking it at all. In the comprehensive science test, there are eight multiple-choice questions in physics, each worth six points. If you put a little effort into the multiple-choice questions, it is not impossible to get one question right. In the subsequent experimental questions, if you fill in a few blanks correctly and get another four points, you can get ten points. In this way, they only gave up 85 points.

Of course, if they study physics in depth, they may be able to get another 85 or points out of the points that were abandoned. However, they have to face a less gentle fact: getting another or points is definitely much more difficult than the previous points of required courses and points of elective courses.

The teacher always said, "If you don't know the answer, just ask. I'll be in the office." However, there were too many questions that she didn't know the answer to. Even if she asked and got the answer, she still didn't know the answer. In this case, is it still necessary to ask?
For her at the time, the answer was obvious: there was no need.

Xu chose the easier path, but her physics score did not drop significantly, which made her more certain that she had made the right choice: if she studied hard, she could get 50 points, but if she didn't study hard, she could get 40 points. So why bother to work hard?

Xu's thoughts changed after he entered the third year of high school and became in the same class with Mu Zhengguang.

There is certainly a difference between getting 40 points and getting 50 points. A one point difference means a ranking of more than a thousand points.

If I can only get 40 points in physics, I will be the focus of the teacher, I will become a laughing stock among my classmates, and Mu Zhengguang will look at me with special eyes. I will feel sorry for the me who could get full marks in physics when I was in junior high school!
Only a small number of people give up the compulsory physics course. I cannot be one of them! As long as my efforts can improve my score from 40 to 50, I am willing to spend more time studying physics. points is just a big question. If I practice more questions of the same type, I may learn how to solve a question.

From giving up to picking up, from not wanting to take a second look to studying hard, such changes seemed to happen in just a moment. Mu Zhengguang listened to her talk, and it only took a few minutes from the beginning to the end. But who can improve their physics score from 40 to 50 in just a few minutes?
In many late nights filled with doubts, Sister Xu must have wavered, right? But she persisted, and her persistence yielded remarkable results. In the college entrance examination, her physics score must have exceeded 66. Such a story is unforgettable just by hearing it.

Arrive at the pier, cross the bridge, walk, and queue.

There were many tourists in the hall and it was extremely hot and stuffy. However, as the boat docked and people got on board, the wind blowing from the river suddenly made the heat no longer felt. The lights in the high-rise buildings on both sides of the Yangtze River lit up in an orderly manner, and the blue and purple lights shone brightly, dispersing the gloomy shadows.

Mu Zhengguang and Xu were both sitting in the cabin, which was not suitable for viewing or taking pictures. After the ship started for a while, Mu Zhengguang asked Xu to help him watch the seat, and he wanted to go to the deck to take a look.

The deck was very windy and packed with people. The distance between people was very small, and everyone was holding up their phones. Maybe this place was suitable for viewing, but most of the positions here were not suitable for taking pictures. When one person in the crowd raised his phone and raised it above everyone's head, it seemed that another group of people had to raise their phones as well, otherwise, there would be many flaws in the photos they took.

Mu Zhengguang rushed to the deck with great interest, and then ran back excitedly: "Sister, next time I take a boat, I want to go to the deck, and I want to stand in the front position."

Crowds are not an obstacle; you can get a good seat if you run faster when boarding the ship.

This time he boarded the ship, he was inexperienced and mistakenly thought that the seat was a good position and ignored the deck.

When he saw people walking from the cabin to the deck, he realized that the deck was a better place to view the scenery. When he saw people standing by the windows taking pictures and their portraits were reflected in the photos, he realized that the cabin was not suitable for taking pictures.

"You can go alone. I may not be able to keep up with you. Please help me keep an eye on the position. I will go to the deck to check."

"Ok".

Xu came to the deck.

There were so many people that it was pitch black. Even though we were on the deck, we still couldn't see the river clearly, but the lights were very clear from outside.

Those who live in buildings can see such scenery every night, and those who need to take the ferry to get off work can feel such wind every day. They should not envy us, and do I not envy them at all?

(End of this chapter)