When Xiaoqi woke up, it was already dark.
She slept the whole afternoon.
I woke up feeling sore all over and didn't want to move at all.
This is normal, she is exhausted.
I'm also very hungry.
But I don’t want to eat either.
She opened her eyes. The dormitory was dark and the street lights outside the window were flickering, a bit like scattered stars.
After being confused for a while, Xiaoqi came to his senses.
She participated in the marathon, she won, she broke the record, and she was about to receive a prize of over one million dollars. Even after deducting 20 percent tax, there would still be more than 900,000 dollars left.
This is money that can be taken out legitimately and given to my parents in a legitimate way.
Feeling sore all over, yet also very comfortable and relaxed, she lay down in a big letter "X".
I looked quietly at the ceiling of the bed. It was dark and there was nothing nice to see, but I thought it looked very beautiful.
After a while, she suddenly remembered that there was a little tail beside her, but it disappeared.
Pick up your phone quickly.
She found that there were several missed calls on her phone. She didn't hear them at all. Maybe she was sleeping too deeply. It was her roommate who called.
Mi'er came first, then Wei Cheng, then Yunshu, and then the class monitor...
Little Liang Jiajia sent her a WeChat message, saying that she was going out to have dinner with big brother Lu Chao and would bring her some food.
Lu Chao wanted to thank the kid for sending him the Douyin video, so he wanted to treat him to a meal.
As a student from a poor family, Lu Chao did not expect that the guest he was treating was actually a wealthy man. The wealthy man ordered a lot of dishes. Lu Chao repeatedly looked at his living expenses to see if they were enough. He hesitated whether he should borrow some money from his classmates first, wondering if he would have to eat dirt after the meal. In the end, it was the kid who paid the bill himself.
She said thank you for helping him carry things and taking care of her teacher.
You could say she is ignorant. She is usually very polite in front of Teacher Xiaoqi. When the teacher buys her food and fruits, she never offers to pay the bill. Maybe Jia Jia is used to the teacher paying the bill. She invited the teacher to dinner before, and it was the teacher who paid the bill when they were in Lushan City.
Although the teacher is her tutor and also works part-time, Jia Jia feels that the teacher does not seem to be short of money. She is very generous when spending money. She is very similar to her mother and they are very close.
But Liang Jiajia was not very familiar with Brother Lu Chao, and seeing his condition, she paid the bill.
It's probably just an intuition.
Instead, Lu Chao felt embarrassed that he actually needed the kids to treat him at school.
On the way back, I bought her two cups of grass jelly, which made me feel a little relieved.
Xiaoqi got up and washed, but still felt sore all over. However, he did not go back to lie down. Instead, he took out his brush, inkstone, and rice paper.
The last time she went to Meng City with the president of the calligraphy and painting club, the president introduced her to a lot of good things. Her current full set of equipment is more than one level higher than before.
Before writing, pour some water and gently grind the ink on the inkstone.
My hands were a little sore, so after grinding it for a while, it looked like the consistency was almost there.
Xiao Qi dipped the brush in ink, tapped the tip of the brush, collected the excess ink, and then held the brush in front of a piece of rice paper, suddenly not knowing what to write.
It seems that I am a bit heroic emotionally, but not physically.
I feel like I’ve lost that heroic spirit.
Compared to participating in the Top Ten Singer competition with thousands of spectators, participating in a marathon should be the focus of everyone's attention.
Such attention made Xiaoqi feel a little pressured.
She looked at the rice paper in front of her and thought of an article she had seen on a stele before, "Fu on the Broken Kiln", also known as "Fu on Destiny", by the Northern Song Dynasty official Lu Mengzheng.
There are unexpected changes in the weather, and people are subject to misfortunes and blessings at any time.
This sentence is so familiar that almost everyone knows it. Xiaoqi looked it up before and found out that it was originally from "Po Yao Fu".
This article is a bit long, with more than 700 words. Perhaps that is why it is not included in the textbook, and Xiaoqi has never memorized it. However, when practicing calligraphy, Xiaoqi wrote it many times and liked it very much.
At this moment, Xiaoqi felt that this article best suited her mood.
She needs to be quiet, alert, and reflect on herself.
The ink soaks into the brush, and the words on the rice paper emerge one by one.
“There are unexpected changes in the weather, and people are subject to misfortunes and blessings at any time.
The centipede has a hundred legs, but it cannot walk as fast as a snake.
A rooster cannot fly higher than a crow.
Some people are poor first and then rich, and some are old and strong without becoming weak.
Full of articles, but gray hair is not the best;
He was not talented or well-educated, but he passed the imperial examination at a young age.
A gentleman who is initially poor has natural bones;
A small man who becomes rich suddenly cannot escape from his poverty.
I used to live in Luoyang, seeking food from monks in the morning and sleeping in a broken cellar at night.
He thought of clothes but could not cover his body, and thought of food but could not satisfy his hunger.
Hated by superiors and disliked by subordinates,
Now he is in the imperial court, holding the highest rank, one of the Three Dukes.
Although I bow below one person, I am above thousands of people.
Favored by the superiors and supported by the subordinates.
Alas! In life, wealth and honor should not be used up, and poverty and humbleness should not deceive oneself.
Let the cycle of heaven and earth continue, and it will continue over and over again."
The author, Lü Mengzheng, lived in poverty as a child, living in a dilapidated kiln, with scanty clothes and insufficient food. He was looked down upon by everyone, yet he refused to give up. He devoted himself to his studies, became the top scholar in the imperial examination, and rose to a high position in the government. He became a noble man, yet he remained unconceited. This article is always deeply moving when reading and writing. I feel that the most important point is to not be overly pessimistic and self-destructive in adversity, nor to be overly complacent and extravagant in prosperity. This is the only way to achieve long-term success.
It is said that this article was an admonition written by Lu Mengzheng to the crown prince when he became his teacher, who later became Emperor Zhenzong of Song. As a crown prince, he learned humbly from all the subsequent emperors, and as an ordinary citizen, he had no reason to be proud.
Xiaoqi wrote it three times before stopping.
I feel much better now, no longer feeling so dizzy, as if I have fallen back to the ground, stepped firmly on the floor, and feel much more stable.
At this time, someone knocked on the dormitory door and Jia Jia came back.
"Teacher, please open the door! I bought a lot of delicious food!"
Xiaoqi got up and opened the door. Jiajia brought the still hot food and filled the table, as well as two servings of grass jelly.
"The grass jelly was bought by Big Brother Lu Chao."
I just felt hungry but didn't want to eat. Now when I saw the green pepper beef rice bowl that was still smoking, Xiaoqi suddenly felt hungry and wanted to eat at least two servings, no, three.
There are no three servings, but fortunately, Jia Jia knows her teacher well. In addition to the rice, there is also noodle soup, oden, hand-pulled pancakes, and a bunch of fruits.
Xiao Qi ate like crazy, feeling very happy. He burped and felt at ease and satisfied.
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