Chapter 3 Memory Palace
While listening to Ying Chanxi explaining the questions to him, Li Luo explored the shapes of these memories in his mind.
After about ten minutes, he finally had some understanding of his current situation.
Simply put, it is similar to hyperthymesia without too many side effects.
The memories of the 35 years before his rebirth seemed to be recorded into videotapes. As long as he took the initiative to recall them, he could immediately and accurately recall the scenes at that time.
Even the "Peach Blossom Spring", which he had only read a few times, could be recalled clearly without missing a word.
If we say that the memory of ordinary people is like a river, when we want to trace back to the past, it is very difficult to go upstream, and the memories of the past have long been turbid and unclear.
Li Luo's brain at this moment was like a huge memory palace.
All the memories of the past 35 years are neatly sealed in it, and can be retrieved at any time whenever Li Luo needs it.
But his ability is more like an active skill. When he is not thinking about it, he will not be like a patient with hyperthymesia who is always faced with the problem of brain load due to too much memory.
So while Ying Chanxi went to the bathroom, Li Luo hurriedly got up from his seat and took a thick Xinhua Dictionary from the bookshelf next to him.
Then he randomly opened a page and read the content of a certain paragraph word by word.
Normally, after watching it once, ordinary people can only remember the general impression.
But Li Luo just recalled it briefly, and all the content he had just seen appeared in his mind word for word.
He can remember it anytime he wants.
"What are you doing?" Ying Chanxi asked when he returned to the bedroom after using the toilet and saw Li Luo holding the Xinhua Dictionary.
"Oh, just look up the pinyin." Li Luo answered casually and put the Xinhua Dictionary back on the bookshelf. He was already feeling a little excited.
because……
He tried to recall the exams he had taken in his previous life.
Chinese - Question 1: Which of the following has all the correct pinyin for the underlined words?
Mathematics - Question 3, 2a (-a) =?
Really!
Li Luo recalled the test papers that appeared in his mind. His lips and throat felt dry and his heart beat violently.
With this set of original questions, let alone the score line for ordinary high schools, Li Luo might even be able to get a feel for the score line for Yuhang No. 1 Middle School!
But when Li Luo finished recalling the math paper and wanted to continue recalling the political history, science and English papers, his head suddenly felt dizzy and swollen. He was so scared that he stopped immediately, frowned and covered his head.
Well……
Li Luo frowned as he looked at the question that Ying Chanxi had asked him to think about, pretending to be solving it seriously, but in fact he was trying to relieve the pain in his head.
He then realized that the recall ability of his memory palace was not completely without side effects.
Every time he recalls something, it will probably consume his brain power and energy. If he wants to recall more content in a short period of time, it will easily damage his brain.
Especially the more detailed the content, such as specific questions on the test paper, the more this consumption is exacerbated.
But even so, for Li Luo, the remaining time should be enough for him to recall the other test papers.
The good news is that once you have recalled them, these test papers will be like they are truly engraved in your mind. You no longer need to expend any brain energy to retrieve them, and you can look through them at will.
The only pity is that Li Luo never checked the answers to the high school entrance examination in his previous life, so naturally the correct answers to the examination paper were not stored in his memory palace.
He only remembered that his score in the high school entrance examination in his previous life was only 417 points, ranking 4897th in the district.
The passing score for general high schools this year is 420 points.
The passing score for Yuhang No. 512 Middle School is as high as points.
As Yinjiang District is a relatively remote area in Yuhang City, Yuhang No. 1 Middle School ranks among the top five in the entire Yuhang City in terms of faculty and teaching achievements.
There are about 640 to candidates for the high school entrance examination in the entire Yinjiang District every year, and Yuhang No. Middle School will only admit about new students.
Among them, 160 people have been admitted in advance through independent enrollment, and there are actually only about 480 places left for candidates to participate in the high school entrance examination.
Excluding those top students who will transfer to the key high schools in the city, if you want to be admitted to the No. 1 Affiliated High School, you must at least be in the top 600 in the district to have a chance.
If you can get into the top 500, you are pretty safe.
This level of difficulty is hellish for both the 15-year-old Li Luo and the 35-year-old Li Luo.
Usually you don’t have to think too much about it.
But at this moment, after discovering the high school entrance examination papers sealed deep in his memory, Li Luo suddenly felt that he seemed to still be saved.
"Why are you standing there?" Ying Chanxi looked at the dazed Li Luo strangely, a little dissatisfied, "Don't be distracted, do you understand this question?"
"Well...can you tell me that again?" Li Luo came back to his senses and said shamelessly.
He did a quick comparison and found that the question Ying Chanxi talked about was of the same type as the fifth multiple-choice question in the math test for the senior high school entrance examination.
If you can solve this question, you can also solve this multiple-choice question in the high school entrance examination.
Thinking of this, Li Luo became excited.
It was impossible for him to write down the questions on the high school entrance examination mathematics test paper in front of Ying Chanxi and then ask Ying Chanxi to teach him.
After all, this is too suspicious. If Ying Chanxi looked at the questions on the math test paper after the high school entrance examination, there would be some hidden dangers.
But as long as he can understand the math problems of similar types, and then follow Ying Chanxi's ideas and do the high school entrance examination math paper in his mind, wouldn't he be able to solve these math problems in advance?
If there are no standard answers to follow for questions like reading comprehension on the Chinese test, it is almost impossible to get a perfect score.
For subjects like mathematics, as long as Li Luo finds the corresponding question type and understands the solution, he can calculate the answer in advance.
Even if you are solving a question, as long as you have the same problem-solving ideas and processes for the same type of question, you can solve it almost exactly.
After confirming this, Li Luo's passion for review was completely ignited.
Ying Chanxi could clearly feel that Li Luo had become several times more serious all of a sudden, and she even took the initiative to select some topics and asked her to explain them several more times.
This made her feel somewhat relieved, and she perked up and carefully broke down the problem and taught him how to solve it.
……
Around five o'clock in the evening, the sound of a key turning in the lock was heard at the door of the house.
Soon, there was a trivial sound of changing shoes and whispering outside the house.
Perhaps seeing the shoes at the door, Li Luo's mother Lin Xiuhong walked to the bedroom door, knocked on the door and asked, "Li Luo, is Xixi at home?"
"Auntie, I'm here." Ying Chanxi was closer to the door, so he stood up, opened the door, and leaned his head toward Lin Xiuhong outside and said, "Auntie Lin, I'm helping Li Luo review the subjects for tomorrow's exam."
When Lin Xiuhong heard this, she was stunned for a moment, then she looked through the crack in the door and saw Li Luofu studying hard at the table, and she was also a little surprised. She smiled happily and nodded repeatedly, saying, "Okay, Xixi, you have worked hard. Your uncle and I bought a lot of food. Let's eat here today."
"Yeah." Ying Chanxi nodded in agreement, with a sweet smile on her face, "I'm really envious of Aunt Lin's cooking skills."
"Haha, they're all your favorites, cola chicken wings, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, eggplant with minced meat..." Lin Xiuhong listed a bunch of dishes.
The more Ying Chanxi listened, the brighter his eyes became: "Aunt Lin, do you want help? I can help you?"
"No, no, your uncle is back, let's cook." Lin Xiuhong waved her hands, "You should help Li Luo review more. It's good to learn one more day."
"Well, I see."
The two finished talking.
The bedroom door was closed again.
And at the moment Ying Chanxi closed the door and turned back to sit in his seat, Li Luo's shoulders, which were originally trembling, also calmed down.
But if you pay a little attention, you can still see that Li Luo is holding the pen much harder than before.
"Huh..." Li Luo let out a long sigh and suppressed his fluctuating emotions, barely avoiding losing his composure in front of Ying Chanxi.
Just now, when he heard the familiar voice of his mother, Li Luo's mind suddenly emerged with his mother lying on the hospital bed twenty years later, with pale lips, sallow complexion, thin body and wrinkles all over her face.
And now Lin Xiuhong is 20 years younger... Li Luo was afraid that he would burst into tears as soon as he saw her appearance.
So he resisted the urge in his heart and didn't turn his head to take a look.
Ying Chanxi, who was standing by, didn't notice anything unusual about Li Luo and continued to teach him how to do the questions.
In the kitchen, Lin Xiuhong was also chatting with the child's father.
"If Li Luo could be half as well-behaved as Xixi, his grades wouldn't be so bad."
"Boys mature later." Li Guohong handed over the washed vegetables and consoled him, "Things will get better when you get to high school."
"He still doesn't know if he can get into a regular high school." Lin Xiuhong said worriedly, "At the mid-term parents' meeting, the teacher told me that Li Luo's grades are very dangerous now. If he is a few points short, he will have to go to a vocational high school."
Li Guohong was silent for a moment, then said: "Do you remember my cousin?"
"What's wrong?" Lin Xiuhong was a little confused.
"His wife's brother-in-law is the dean of teaching at No. 13 Middle School," Li Guohong said. "I mentioned Li Luo to him before, and he said that No. 13 Middle School has quotas for students who choose schools every year. If Li Luo's score in the high school entrance exam is a little short, he can still get him into a regular high school by paying a school selection fee."
"Really?" Lin Xiuhong's face lit up, and she felt a little more secure, but then she asked, "How much is the school selection fee?"
"The school selection fee is 30,000 yuan, and the annual tuition fee is 2,000 yuan more than that of ordinary students."
"So expensive?" Lin Xiuhong frowned subconsciously, but then sighed, "If this kid really doesn't live up to his expectations, the money will have to be spent."
"Okay, don't think like that." Li Guohong patted his wife's shoulder and comforted her, "Look, isn't Ying Chanxi helping with his studies? The top student in the grade is tutoring your son, so his admission score to a regular high school should be no problem."
"What's the use of that?" Lin Xiuhong pouted. "If it was really that useful, what would he have been doing? It's already the last day, and he just decided to let Xixi take tutoring?"
"It's better to cram at the last minute than not to cram at all." This is all Li Guohong could say. "The high school entrance exam is tomorrow. Let's not say any more angry words in front of the children."
"Do I need you to tell me that? I know my limits."
Lin Xiuhong cut a plate of apples and handed the kitchen knife to Li Guohong: "I'll bring in the fruit, you cut the vegetables."
After saying that, Lin Xiuhong took two toothpicks and inserted them into the apple slices. She walked out of the kitchen with the plate, came to the door of her son's bedroom, and knocked gently.
"Auntie Lin, what's wrong?" Ying Chanxi opened the bedroom door, stuck his head out, and then saw the fruit plate in Lin Xiuhong's hand.
"Come, dinner will take a while, you can eat some fruit first." Lin Xiuhong handed over the plate and glanced at Li Luo in the room.
At this time, Li Luo had just listened to Ying Chanxi finish explaining a big math problem, and was thinking of a way to solve a big geometry problem of the same type on the high school entrance examination paper, concentrating on doing the calculations.
Seeing her son's serious look, Lin Xiuhong felt a little relieved: "You guys continue, I won't disturb you."
"Okay, Aunt Lin." Ying Chanxi responded sweetly, then sat back in her seat with the plate.
Seeing that Li Luo was still staring at the questions on the test paper and thinking seriously, Ying Chanxi took the initiative to pick up the toothpick and put a piece of apple slice to his mouth.
Feeling something strange around his lips, Li Luo looked down and came to his senses.
Then he looked at Ying Chanxi with some surprise, blinked, and his eyes were somewhat dazed.
"What are you looking at?" Ying Chanxi moved the toothpick in his hand. "Since you have studied hard, this is a benefit only for today."
"Ying Chanxi."
"Ok?"
"You don't like me, do you?"
"...I like you, you big-headed ghost!" Ying Chanxi raised his eyebrows and was about to take back the toothpick in his hand, "If you don't want to eat it, forget it."
"Hey, don't!" Li Luo quickly reached out and held Ying Chanxi's little hand, then he moved his mouth up and took the apple slice into his mouth.
Ying Chanxi rolled his eyes at him, put the toothpick back in, then picked up another one and put one in his own.
Li Luo felt the pure and joyful friendship with his childhood sweetheart again, and his mood was particularly bright. He enjoyed the sweetness of the apple in his mouth and continued to work on solving the problem.
"Here, another piece."
The apple slice was handed to Li Luo's mouth.
Li Luo opened his mouth subconsciously, but he only bit the air and his teeth broke.
"Haha!" Seeing that he was fooled, Ying Chanxi immediately laughed triumphantly.
But the next second, Li Luo raised his eyebrows, snatched the toothpick from her hand, and stuffed the apple slice on it into his mouth.
"Hey!" Ying Chanxi's face suddenly became anxious when she saw this, "What are you doing! This toothpick is mine!"
"Ah? No wonder it's not as delicious as before."
"……you wanna die!"
The personality that had never been revealed in front of classmates at school bloomed unreservedly in the boy's bedroom.
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