Chapter 242: Chapter 242: The Entrance Exam Questions are So Difficult Chapter 242: Chapter 242: The Entrance Exam Questions are So Difficult Ma Ming cleared his throat, “Time is precious, and your exam isn’t far off. Let’s get to the new content!”
Fearing the two children might cause trouble, Ma Ming spoke quickly, not giving them a chance to interject, “Watch me draw!”
Ma Ming picked up a marker and drew a rectangle on the white board, added four windows inside the rectangle, and then drew two wheels, asking, “What is this?”
Little Taotie eagerly raised her hand, “I know!”
“Good, Little Taotie, answer.”
Following what Ma Ming had taught them earlier about raising hands to speak and standing up when called on by the teacher, she stood up.
“Right, it is a car. Look closely, what kind of car is this?”
Little Taotie grinned widely, her cheeks blushing with pride.
“But the question isn’t finished yet. Do you want to continue answering?” Ma Ming asked gently.
Ma Ming smiled warmly, “A bus is also called a bus. From now on, we will call it a bus.”
“Okay!” Little Taotie shouted, “Bus!”
“Here comes the real question.” Ma Ming pointed at the bus on the board, saying, “Please answer, which way is this bus heading?”
Little Taotie was momentarily puzzled.
Ma Ming chuckled lightly, “Think about it. Is it heading to the left or to the right?”
This stumped Little Taotie; she stared at the bus on the board, looking left and right, trying to will it to start moving to show her the way.
“Can’t figure it out?”
Little Taotie pursed her lips, her little eyebrows tightly knotted.
Ma Ming turned to the silent Hua Jinyan, “Your turn to answer.”
Hua Jinyan had an answer in mind, but when he stood up, he simply said, “Don’t know.”
Little Taotie looked at him, then at Ma Ming, and echoed, “Don’t know!”
As if not knowing was the most natural and justified thing.
Ma Ming was amused by Hua Jinyan’s response.
The look in the boy’s eyes clearly showed he had an epiphany, he surely had an answer.
Alright, wanting to give face to the little girl, he’s quite the little gentleman.
Ma Ming guided the discussion further, “Little Taotie, what is missing from this bus?”
Little Taotie stared at it hard, muttering to herself, “It has windows, it has wheels, what’s missing then…”
Just as she was deep in thought, a soft voice came to her ears, “Door.”
Little Taotie’s eyes lit up, as if fireworks burst inside them in an instant, she replied in a milky voice, “It’s the door! The bus is missing a door!”
Ma Ming continued to guide, asking, “Have you ever ridden the subway?”
Cheng Guodong and Qin Xin always advocated experiencing life with Little Taotie, so although they had a private jet, the first time they still took Little Taotie to queue for a flight.
Including buses, subways, light rails, high-speed trains, maglev trains, they tried them all with Little Taotie.
Although it was only once, Little Taotie remembered everything.
She nodded, “I have!”
“Then, recall, do subway trains have doors on both sides?”
“Yes!” Little Taotie remembered clearly. Once, there was a grandma waiting by the left door to get off, but the door that opened was on the right; she hurriedly turned and almost tripped but was steadied by a man.
“Both sides have doors; sometimes the left opens, sometimes the right,” Little Taotie said in her milky voice.
“Then think further, what about the bus?”
“Ah?” Little Taotie’s eyes shone brightly, as if falling into a galaxy of brilliance.
She jumped up and down excitedly, shouting, “I know now! The bus only has doors on one side!”
She pointed at the bus on the whiteboard, answering, “The bus is heading left! Because if it were heading right, it should have a door, but since it doesn’t have one, it’s heading left!”