Wang Ling's Summer Homework

Tuesday, August 15th.

It was officially the second day of the summer break.

Which of the summer breaks in the three years of high school was the most relaxing? It was naturally the first year, which didn't have the pressure of choosing courses and cram school in the second year, nor the tension of the last spurt before the college entrance exam in the third year.

The first year was the year of the salted fish¹, and it was never like that again in the second and third years. But Wang Ling's summer break was even more idle and relaxing compared with other people's. The most common thing for students during the summer break was to attend cram school. For kids in the elite class in particular, if they wanted to put up a front as top students, they had to work hard behind the scenes.