Chapter 408: The truth is revealed (please subscribe to monthly ticket)

After Grain Rain, the Beginning of Summer is in sight.

The cycle of the four seasons has reached the time when all things are growing.

When duckweed begins to grow, the dove flutters its wings and the hoopoe descends on the mulberry tree.

Many times, when I first see someone, I think that this spring and summer seem to be the same as the previous one, but the people in this spring and summer seem to be different from those in the previous one.

It's not the first year of high school anymore. People around me seem to be carrying invisible shackles after entering the third year of high school. Those decisions about the future are already in sight.

Except Ji Ling.

This girl who never seems to have any worries.

Every day on the way to school by bike, when I first saw Ji Ling, this girl had a cheerful demeanor and her bright laughter was like the warm breeze of spring and summer.

When Ji Ling was around, I felt that her life was more colorful. Ji Ling would take her to Yuxian Street to eat all the snacks on the street, and then squat on the side of the road to eat ice cream while commenting on the handsome guys passing by. Ji Ling would suddenly run to her bedroom in the middle of the night, crawl into her bed, talk to her in private, stay up until the early morning, and then fall asleep holding her arms. Ji Ling would suddenly appear at the door of Class 156, chase Zhang Yunqi to buy drinks, and then sit with her on the football field with a drawing board to draw a gorgeous blue sky for her.

Time keeps moving forward.

More often than not, the front is blurry.

In the classroom, there are endless test papers and the smell of summer dust mixed with water. Everything I am experiencing now, this endless cycle, makes me feel as if time has come to a standstill.

There is nothing worth mentioning about my life in senior year of high school.

Perhaps the only thing that left a deep impression on me at our first meeting was one afternoon in late April. The results of the month-end joint entrance examination had just been announced, and it was a time when some were happy and some were sad, but the majority were sad and confused. The bell for self-study class had already rung, and some students were still sitting on the windowsill staring outside in a daze, some were arguing with their test papers, and there was a girl who had performed very poorly and was lying on the desk crying silently until the head teacher Wang Mingzhen walked in.

Wang Mingzhen said nothing.

He sat on a chair and waited until the students returned to their seats and the classroom became quiet before he spoke.

He began to tell a story.

The story about Deng Xiaoping, the father of China's two atomic bombs.

At that time, he said: "Ladies and gentlemen, imagine if one day your husband suddenly said something like this to you, what would you think?"

"I'm going away for a while."

"where to?"

"can not tell you."

"What?"

"can not tell you."

"When are you coming back?"

"can not tell you."

"when are we leaving?"

"Leave now."

"I'll pack your stuff for you." "No, the car is outside."

This is what Mr. Deng said to his wife back then.

He was gone for 29 years, living in anonymity and obscurity. When he came back, he had nothing, but he had contracted all the diseases that could be contracted.

Wang Mingzhen finished telling the story with a cough.

It's a very simple story, but it seems to be very meaningful.

Is it worth it? This should be what most students thought, but no one said anything. Wang Mingzhen looked at Zhang Yunqi in the last row, asked him to stand up, and asked, "Do you think it's worth it?"

Zhang Yunqi didn't expect Wang Mingzhen to ask him to answer this question. After thinking for a while, he replied, "Teacher, it is certainly worth it to be in the environment of Mr. Deng. He is a peerless talent. But if you tell this story in the hope that students of our generation will emulate Mr. Deng, then I don't think it is worth it. A firewood carrier freezing to death in the wind and snow should not be a noble virtue that every era needs to possess. No pain, no gain, is the right way to go through life."

Wang Mingzhen suddenly stretched out his hand and applauded.

He no longer concealed his admiration for this mature student. Compared with the so-called selfless dedication, hard work pays off, which is a more pragmatic outlook on life.

After Wang Mingzhen motioned Zhang Yunqi to sit down, he stood on the podium and said to the students: "Whether it is worth it or not is actually a question of idealism. Everyone can have their own opinions. Many times, for many things, we don't need to attach too high a value. That kind of life is heavy."

At this point, Wang Mingzhen coughed and pointed to the left side of the blackboard, where he wrote nine words when school started: "Take your time, think positively, and look forward."

He pointed at the nine words and said to the students: "What I want to tell you through this story is that when you question whether it is worthwhile for Mr. Deng to do this, it means that you do not think it is absolutely correct. But does the opinion of others matter? It is enough if the person concerned thinks it is correct. Mr. Deng insisted on doing what he thought was right for 29 years. But you don't need that long. There are more than two months left before the college entrance examination. The past is the past, and the future is still in the future. You don't have to think so much. It is enough to insist on doing what you think is right at the moment. Take your time, think more open-mindedly, look forward, and those confusions will naturally stay away from you."

What this old man says always makes students think deeply.

Just what is the right thing to do?
For students, reading, reading, and reading.

However, there are always some young people who are unwilling to stick to textbook knowledge. They have a strong desire to explore and try to closely connect what they have learned and known with certain phenomena in this society. Although the approach is immature and may even be incorrect, such as Chu Jian and Li Xiaoman.

A few days after the beginning of summer, the scorching sun began to burn our hearts.

Something big happened in the school.

The incident started when a parent of a student from Class 173 of Grade came to the No. Middle School to see his child. They were having dinner in the school cafeteria that day. After taking two bites, the parent picked up a thumb-sized tile from the dish. He was furious at the time. If he hadn't been careful and put it in his mouth, several teeth would have been broken. His child was about to take the college entrance examination and it was the time to supplement nutrition. Not to mention that the food in the cafeteria was so poorly cooked, with clear soup and no oil in the dishes, now even basic hygiene and safety were not guaranteed.

In fact, the students were not surprised by such things. They would just eat out if they had money. But that parent was particularly serious about it. He contacted all the parents of the students in Class 173 and also contacted the reporter of "Chunjiang Morning News". He organized a group to go to the school and demanded an explanation from the school on this matter.

However, what was unexpected was that this incident soon led to the issue of the school collecting tuition fees.

This matter was set up by Li Xiaoman.

In front of a reporter from Chunjiang Morning News, she pointed out that the school had collected a large amount of tuition fees from students. The school originally said that the fees were to be used for hardware, material expenses and to pay for the tutors. However, in reality, the tutors were all young teachers who had just arrived at the school and their lessons were purely voluntary.

If something like this gets reported in the media, the consequences can be imagined.

On this day, during the English class, the Dean of Academic Affairs Zhou Hailian appeared at the door of Class 168 and called Wang Xiaokai out in front of the whole class and Luo Lin, who was already frowning.

Zhang Yunqi was concentrating on writing an English test composition. When he saw this scene, his eyes turned to Wang Xiaokai's girlfriend Yu Qingqing.

There was some worry in her eyes when she first saw him. She watched Wang Xiaokai with his head tilted and followed Zhou Hailian's figure as they disappeared at the entrance of the corridor. She asked Zhang Yunqi, "What does Director Zhou want Xiaokai to do?"

Zhang Yunqi said, "The truth has been exposed."

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(End of this chapter)