Jiang Yunchen ate as he walked. After returning to the classroom, he placed the cardboard box on the podium.
This immediately drew the students’ attention, and they asked one after another.
“Little Fatty, what is this?”
“Where’d it come from?”
“Fatty Bro, what’s inside?”
“…”
Jiang Yunchen shrugged.
He had asked Gu Qiu on the way too, but the other person had been acting mysteriously and gave no explanation.
“Don’t know. Wait until Old Gu gets here and ask him yourselves!”
As he spoke, he had already walked back to his seat.
Just after sitting down, a petite girl in the front row slowly turned around.
She had a fair, tender oval face, a pair of big eyes as clear as water, and her hair tied in a ponytail. Although the blue-and-white school uniform was ugly and baggy, it did not affect her looks much at all.
Xu Youtian definitely gave people the impression of being cute, but once she opened her mouth, it was a different story.
“Dead fatty, what’s actually in the box?”
Jiang Yunchen took another bite of his scallion pancake and said casually:
“Go take a look yourself, and you’ll know!”
Hearing this, Xu Youtian shot him an unhappy glare.
Her eyes lowered slightly, and she noticed the chips on the desk. Without the slightest hesitation, she snatched them away.
“Hey, shorty, Teacher Qin gave those to me!”
Jiang Yunchen tried to snatch them back, but by then she had already turned around.
He pouted and muttered:
“Next time we switch seats, I’ll sit in the very last row. I refuse to believe I’ll still run into you!”
Before long, Gu Qiu entered the classroom right as the bell rang.
He had originally been walking with the little fatty, but halfway there he realized he had left his computer behind, so he went back for it and was delayed for a while.
Seeing him arrive, the students started chattering and asking questions again.
“Old Gu, what’s in this?”
“Did you prepare a surprise for us?”
“Don’t tell me you’re going to pull the same stunt as last semester’s Chinese teacher and give us a whole set of test papers, turning a surprise into a scare!”
“Seconded!”
“…”
Seeing that the box had already piqued everyone’s curiosity, Gu Qiu smiled calmly.
He did not keep them guessing. Instead, he quickly turned on the projector and connected his laptop.
Very soon, a PowerPoint slide appeared on the projection screen.
『Fun History Activity · Making History More Motivating and More Fun!』
After reading it, the students knew that their Teacher Gu was about to make things happen!
At the same time, Gu Qiu turned on his phone’s video recording function, switched it to the front-facing camera, propped it up on the desk, and began this lesson.
“Class begins!”
The class monitor was half a beat slow, but still quickly followed.
“Stand up!”
The students stood up with him.
“Hello, teacher!”
“Hello, class. Please sit down!”
Gu Qiu lifted his eyes to scan the room, then spoke:
“After more than a month of adjustment, the vast majority of you can now stay on the same wavelength as me in class. In last month’s exam, our class ranked third among the liberal arts classes. That’s pretty good, but I think that’s still not enough, so I’ve decided to organize some fun activities.”
“Since this was a spur-of-the-moment idea, for now I’ve only finalized one plan.”
As he spoke, he switched to the next PowerPoint slide.
This slide contained quite a lot of content, but the most eye-catching part was naturally the four large words at the top… History Points Competition!
Gu Qiu raised his eyebrows and continued explaining:
“From here on, I will evaluate everyone across multiple aspects, such as homework completion, classroom engagement, in-class knowledge questions, exam scores, and more, and then add or deduct points based on your performance!”
“There will be a minor monthly settlement of points, and a major settlement at the end of the semester. Each settlement will come with corresponding rewards!”
“Of course, I don’t want to add pressure for everyone. This activity is completely voluntary. Students who aren’t interested can simply ignore it. There will be no punishment, and I won’t be biased or treat anyone differently!”
He briefly explained the small print on the slide.
The students nodded repeatedly, then pressed about the topic they cared about most.
“Old Gu, what are the rewards?”
“Don’t tell me the reward is a set of test papers?”
“Old Gu, if you mess around, watch out… we might never love you again!”
“Exactly. If it’s really test papers, I won’t help you grab cafeteria seats anymore!”
“…”
With a calm smile, Gu Qiu raised his hand to signal everyone to quiet down, then switched to the next slide.
This slide displayed a table with three levels.
“I knew you’d care about this the most!”
“These are the rewards for the major end-of-semester settlement. I’ve arranged them into three tiers.”
“Tier 1: one person, meaning the student with the highest total points, gets to choose one of five prizes… a Nintendo Switch, a mermaid rhinestone watch, a 1,688-yuan luxury steak set from Yunhai Pavilion, a ticket to any celebrity concert, or a sports camera worth 1,800 yuan!”
“Tier 2: two people, a 500-yuan cash red envelope!”
“Tier 3: five people, a 100-yuan cash red envelope!”
The students stared blankly at the slide, and only after Gu Qiu finished speaking did they start letting out cries of surprise and excitement.
“Holy crap, that’s amazing!”
“So as long as you make the top eight in points, you get a reward, right?”
“Long live Old Gu!!”
“Teacher, I suggest adding a 648-yuan test paper set for first place!”
“What nerve! Throw him out!”
“…”
After the uproar, someone caught the key point and asked:
“Teacher Gu, if you don’t make the top eight in points, do you get nothing at all?”
“Wouldn’t ninth place be completely wronged?”
Gu Qiu shook his head and said:
“Don’t rush, I haven’t finished yet!”
“What I just told you about was the major end-of-semester settlement. There’s also the minor monthly settlement.”
As he spoke, he rested his hand on the Kuromi cardboard box and continued explaining:
“We’ll do a minor points settlement every month. After each settlement, everyone can spend ten points to enter a drawing. The prizes in here range from a few yuan to a few dozen yuan, but as long as your points are high enough, you’ll definitely reap a rich harvest!”
“The points from the drawing can be saved up and used together, and they do not affect the total points settlement.”
“In other words, our points are divided into static accumulation and dynamic usage!”
By this point, Gu Qiu noticed that everyone seemed not to have understood, so he raised his brows and thought for a moment.
“Uh, let me give you an example!”
“For instance, if Jiang Yunchen earned thirty points in the first month, that would mean he gets three chances to draw. He can choose to draw them that same month, or save them until the second month. The latest they can be used is before the end of this semester. And whether he uses those thirty points or not, they will still be included in the final major settlement. Does everyone understand now?”
After a while, the quick-witted students had already learned the rules, and the few slower ones also roughly understood them with their classmates’ explanations.
Gu Qiu pursed his somewhat dry lips and continued:
“So, are you interested or not?”
“Yes!”
As students, the things Teacher Gu mentioned were things they should be doing anyway. Plus, even if they did nothing, they would not be punished, so naturally no one refused. They all agreed in unison.
Jiang Yunchen finished the last sip of soy milk and grinned:
“First place is mine!”
“Hehe, the steak feast at Yunhai Pavilion… that’s the best Michelin restaurant in Yuncheng!”
But the moment he finished speaking, Xu Youtian let out a cold snort.
“Dead fatty, you haven’t even started competing and you’re already daydreaming?”
“I want to go watch Sister Tang Yao’s concert. I’m determined to get that first-place ticket!”
Jiang Yunchen curled his lips in disdain.
“Since last semester, you’ve only beaten me once, and that was because I got stomach trouble halfway through writing. Otherwise, how would I have given you a chance? You want to compete with me? Practice some more!”
“Teacher Gu already said the points are based on overall performance, not just grades!”
Xu Youtian clenched her teeth and argued back.
Hearing this, Gu Qiu gave a slight nod.
“Xu Youtian is right. Don’t get discouraged just because your grades can’t beat someone else. Our points will be awarded from multiple angles. Even for grades, it’s not just about who has the highest score. Students who make great progress or stay consistently strong will also earn points!”
Jiang Yunchen pouted.
“No matter what, I’ll do my best to take first place!”
Xu Youtian immediately said:
“Then let’s compete!”
“Shorty, my reserve of history knowledge is more than enough to crush you!”
“Dead fatty, stop showing off. Just you wait and see!”
“Quit yapping and give me back my chips!”
“Pfft, as if I care.”
“If you don’t care, why did you eat half of them?”
“Hmph!”
“…”
Gu Qiu looked at the two of them bickering and helplessly shook his head.
Before these two rivals got to know each other, their grades were actually not very good. But after repeated competitions like this, the two of them kept chasing each other and even managed to break into the upper-middle tier.
Xu Youtian was currently fifth overall in the class, and her history score had stayed in the top three consistently.
The little fatty was weak in English and still ranked outside the top ten overall, but he was extremely interested in history and had long remained the undisputed number one in that subject!
In youth, having such an experience is something both of them will surely miss later on. It just looks a little too noisy right now!
At that moment, Gu Qiu coughed twice and had everyone quiet down again.
At the same time, he turned off the phone recording and said:
“Alright, let’s stop talking about the points competition for now. I’ll go back and fill in any gaps later. If there are no problems, we’ll start it from the next class!”
Suddenly, he thought of something else.
“Oh, right, one more thing!”
“Did anyone bring me breakfast today?”
For a moment, the students started teasing him again.
“Huh? Someone brought you breakfast?”
“Who is it, who is it!”
“We don’t have that kind of spare money. You should be the one treating us to breakfast!”
“Is someone secretly in love with Old Gu?”
“Old Gu, I think Teacher Qin has feelings for you. Maybe she did it!”
“It could also be the vice principal. She likes young men the most. Has Old Gu been targeted!”
“…”
Gu Qiu felt speechless and slapped his forehead.
“Damn, why did I even ask you guys!”