Chapter 12: Research

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Mr. Qian, the form teacher of Class One, stepped into the classroom amidst the sound of students reading. He stood on the podium and clapped his hands to signal everyone to look at him.

“For the sake of improving your analytical abilities, in the future, we’ll spend an hour and a half every Monday and Thursday on research topics. The two tables in front and behind each other will be in a group. The class monitor will inform everyone in advance. The homework will be handed over to the class monitor.”

A classmate immediately said, “Teacher, the time is too short.”

Mr. Qian said solemnly, “Didn’t I say that I would inform you all in advance? As long as your phone is used to check information and not to play games, I believe that the four-person team will be able to figure out a lot of things in this period of time. I believe in your abilities. I wish you all the best!”

With that, Mr. Qian told Lin Zhao to explain the rest and left.

Lin Zhao stood up and walked to the podium. He picked up a pen and wrote the words “The country’s social customs have changed in the past hundred years.” His handwriting looked bold.

Lin Zhao glanced at the words and gently adjusted the frame of his glasses with his index finger. He turned to face his classmates. “This is the topic we’re discussing this session. You can focus on this topic during the morning study hall. The morning study hall session will continue as usual on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. You can look for information to discuss after school. Remember to hand your homework to me before the end of study hall Monday morning.”

The senior class had a heavy academic workload. Every day, they had to memorize a bunch of knowledge points and had a ton of homework. Now, they also had two research topics to discuss every week. When everyone heard this, there were complaints.

According to the grouping rules, Bai Zhen and Qiu Ying were in the same group as Jiang Lin and Yao Yu, who were at the last table.

Bai Zhen turned to the back table and looked at Yao Yu in disdain. Based on her intuition, Yao Yu was a bad student, like her.

“What kind of gaze is that? You’re not much better than me,” Yao Yu said with a fake smile.

Bai Zhen immediately straightened her back and said proudly, “Yingying is smarter than the two of us combined!”

Yao Yu quickly replied, “Ah Lin is smart too!”

Qiu Ying watched helplessly as the two bickered. Jiang Lin tapped the pen in his hand on the table twice. Seeing this, the two of them glanced at Jiang Lin, who was reading, and immediately stopped talking.

During the break, Yao Yu watched as Qiu Ying was still memorizing the words while Jiang Lin continued to read ‘Thick Black Study’. He had a feeling that his suspicions weren’t wrong. He decided that he would take the initiative.

Yao Yu leaned forward with a smile and said, “Students, shouldn’t we take advantage of the break to discuss and split the work?”

So Qiu Ying and Bai Zhen turned around to participate in the discussion.

Bai Zhen thought for a moment and said, “No matter how history changes, food, clothing, residence, and transportation have always been important. I think we can start with these four.”

Yao Yu nodded in agreement. “However, there are many definitions. Other than what you said, the customs, etiquette, and norms are also considered. We can try our best to be more comprehensive.”

Jiang Lin looked at the pen he was twirling between his fingertips and added, “And political, economic, and educational analysis can also be done.”

The three of them had basically mentioned everything that the topic covered, so Qiu Ying had nothing else to add. She only mentioned what she felt was difficult about it. “If we add in the analysis of politics and economics, it will need too much professional knowledge. We haven’t learned enough about it so far. Won’t it seem too broad if we include it?”

Jiang Lin looked at Qiu Ying and replied calmly, “We can’t give up just because we’re worried that we won’t do well. We haven’t even tried. How do you know we won’t do well?”

Qiu Ying was stunned for a moment. She felt that Jiang Lin had a point. In the end, if worse came to worst, she could delete these arguments, so she nodded. “Then let’s temporarily decide on the research direction. How do you think we should split the work?”

Yao Yu and Bai Zhen both said that their work could be completed independently. After all, those were things that could be come into contact with on a daily basis, so it was not difficult. The real highlight was the three points that Jiang Lin had suggested. The two of them subconsciously assigned the difficult parts to Qiu Ying. After all, she was a genius.

Seeing this, Jiang Lin said, “Between politics, economics, and education, pick one.”

Actually, Qiu Ying was unfamiliar with these three fields, so she chose one at random. “I choose education. I can also do a summary.”

After everyone had decided, the bell rang. Yao Yu immediately suggested before class started, “I’ll form a chat group first so that it’s easier to discuss in the future. Sister Zhen, add Qiu Ying.”