Chapter 266: Chapter 259: Checking the Rankings
The topic eventually shifted to Tang Zhinian’s upcoming wedding. He mentioned that both of them were not getting any younger, so they planned to first obtain the marriage certificate, then return to the village for a few banquet tables, and invite all the neighbors. This would be sufficient, and there was no need for anything overly extravagant.
However, there was an issue with Ren Li’s household registration due to her being from out of town. She only brought her ID card and a reference letter was required for marriage. Therefore, Zhinian was contemplating asking the village to issue a reference letter.
“Leave this matter to me,” Mr. Lin patted his thigh, “Don’t worry, I’ll get it done tomorrow.”
He was in charge of the household registration, so it was a simple task for him.
Indeed, it turned out to be easier than he stated. With a single phone call, everything was handled.
As for Tang Zhinian’s second marriage, Tang Yuxin had no objections, and thus, neither did anyone else. This concerned other people’s families and had nothing to do with them. They simply needed to offer their congratulations.
Within a few days, the end-of-term exam results were released.
Mr. Lin was the first to become impatient. He went to school early in the morning. However, he had arrived too early. The honor rolls had not been posted yet. In the past, his family had never had any reason to check the honor rolls since his daughter, Lele’s name, had never appeared on it. However, this time, Lin Yile had claimed that she would definitely rank within the top hundred. If it weren’t for that, Mr. Lin would not be here now, despite his wavering emotions.
After waiting for about an hour, the teachers had already posted the honor roll in a conspicuous spot in the school.
Mr. Lin did not intend to start from the top. He started from the bottom, thinking that if his child could rank around the ninetieth, it would still be quite good, which would give her a chance to enter university.
He scanned upward from the last place, by the time he reached the eighties, he couldn’t help feeling despondent. There was nothing, nothing at all. It seemed that there was no hope this time. However, it was still fine. It was only the end of the first term of the upper school. They still had more than two years left. There was no rush. They were used to falling behind, and couldn’t possibly beef up overnight. As long as they were not at the very bottom, they would have succeeded.
He continued to scan upwards, one name at a time, seeing if there were any familiar names. To his surprise, he discovered that quite a few students in his daughter’s class had made it into the top hundred. It wasn’t that the names themselves were familiar, but rather each name had a homeroom number tagged behind it. By this time, many students had gathered beside him.
“Look, it’s Tang Yuxin from class one again. How did she do it? How come she’s the first again? The fifth and sixth place also belong to class one students, and so is the eighth place.”
“It’s clear class one did better this time, even better than class five, which is the top class. I’m not sure where they’ve been left behind.”
“There are quite a few from class one in the top twenty too. Another student exclaims, the twenty-first place falls to Ma Jiamin, the twenty-third place to Lin Yile, the thirty-sixth place…”
Mr. Lin was stunned. Twenty-third place, Lin Yile?
Were there another ‘Lin Yile’ in the school?
He quickly walked to another list. This list only had the names of the top thirty students. Mr. Lin went straight to the twenty-third place.
Indeed, it was Lin Yile, Lin Yile from class one.
Yes, it was her, unquestionably. Only his Lele bore this name in class one, and it was their daughter.
My goodness, he held back his excitement as his heart pounded. Their little Lele ranked twenty-third in her grade.
Yet he didn’t dare to linger, fearing that he might lose control. However, no matter how much he tried, he was unable to suppress the grin on his face.
That’s right, a proper celebration is needed. He would reserve a banquet table, inviting everyone over for a meal.
Upon returning home, he couldn’t help but share the joyful news with Mrs. Lin.
“Our Lele has ranked the twenty-third place!”
“Really?” Mrs. Lin was ecstatic. “Is she the twenty-third in her class, or does she rank the twenty-third from the bottom?”
Mr. Lin’s eye twitched slightly. “You have that little faith in your daughter?”
However, he was soon smiling from ear to ear.
“Our daughter really made us proud this time. She ranked the twenty-third, the twenty-third in the entire grade.”
“What?” Mrs. Lin was in disbelief initially. “The twenty-third in the entire grade? Are you sure you didn’t read wrong? Maybe there’s another student with the same name as our Lele?” At this moment, though she was excited, her heart was also very tense.
“I checked again and again,” Mr. Lin was very certain. “It was indeed Lin Yile from class one. If not our daughter, then whose?”
“I want to go and see the honor roll for myself.”
As if a gust of wind, Mrs. Lin was already getting ready to change her clothes and head to the school.
“No need to rush,” Mr. Lin hurriedly blocked her. “Those results won’t change. We should have a meal out first, invite Zhinian and the others for a feast.”
“Oh, right, right. That’s the right thing to do.” Mrs. Lin nodded in agreement after some thought. As this was the best score Lele had achieved since she was a child – ranking twenty-third among the entire grade – regardless of whether it was in the top ten, it was still an impressive score.
“What about the other children? Did you note their scores?”
Mrs. Lin then asked Mr. Lin, thinking that if her academically weak Lele could achieve such an impressive score, what could she say about those others?
“Of course, they’re all excellent,” Mr. Lin boosted with pride as if himself was the one who scored high.
“Yuxin has topped the grade, Lidong is fifth, and Miaomiao improved by two ranks from the last time, ranking sixth.”
“They did so well?” Mrs. Lin was also happy for these children. Hard work does pay off, and it was thanks to these kids who always pushing themselves every day to study.
With the right study methods and effort, it would be weird if the results were not good.
“And I noticed,” Mr. Lin added, “This time, the entire class one’s scores were all good. Almost half of the students ranked within the top hundred of the entire grade.”
This was something only a top class could achieve.
“So…” Mrs. Lin thought for a moment and then asked, “Did the school mistakenly label the top class?”