"Zi Han, since the leaders value you so much, why don't you attend the school event first? We'll go home later. I don't think it'll last long, so I'll wait for you at the station. I just checked, there are two trains to Qingcheng this afternoon." Pei Xiao, after all, had been a leader for many years and understood the school's intentions. Although Zi Han wouldn't be attending school here in the future, this award earned the school face. There was no need to lose face over such a small matter.
"Okay." Yu Zihan finally understood after hearing her father's words that he was the one who could get things done. Teacher Hou looked at Pei Xiao gratefully. She had finally saved face.
Yu Zihan followed Teacher Hou to the school to participate in the event, while Pei Xiao rested at the station.
When she entered the school, she saw the playground filled with students, all dressed in neat school uniforms, waiting for her, the champion, to arrive.
Yu Zihan didn't feel anything just now, but when he saw those youthful faces and those pairs of expectant eyes, he felt guilty for his selfish behavior.
Although she will not go to school here, she is willing to do something within her ability for them.
She was led onto the podium and saw some leaders already waiting there. When they saw Yu Zihan, they smiled.
Yu Zihan greeted them. Principal Wang of No. 1 Middle School said to her, "First of all, congratulations, Yu Zihan, on receiving such an honor. The main purpose of holding this welcome party today is for you to share your learning experiences and the journey of winning the award with your classmates." Yu Zihan had already thought of this, so she nodded in agreement.
She gathered her thoughts a little and stood in front of the microphone.
She looked at her classmates on the playground and began to speak eloquently. She focused on attitudes toward learning, then on methods of learning, and finally on hope. She woven her own personal experiences into her speech, making it both vivid and down-to-earth.
She talked about how to arrange study time reasonably. If you want to have more time than others, you must make good use of fragmented time.
The most important thing is to seize the opportunity of school and study hard, because only by studying can you have a better life. While discussing this, she shared with the students what she had seen and heard at Imperial University. She also spoke of the current prosperity of the Imperial Capital. She hoped that the students would yearn for a better life.
Yu Zihan's primary focus is on her female classmates. Many are neglected by their families, often marrying off early or working away from home. Many families are unwilling to pay for their daughters' education. Many female students possess exceptional academic talent, but these circumstances and personal beliefs ruin their futures in their teens.
Yu Zihan felt sorry for these female students. She wanted to use her speech to make the female students in western Zhejiang have hope for a better life and take the initiative to overcome difficulties and fight for the opportunity to go to school.
So Yu Zihan wants to tell them that if they want a better life, they must fight with their family and go to school.
When Yu Zihan finished her speech, the students burst into applause, especially the girls. They saw hope in her. They were all girls, and if Yu Zihan could succeed, why couldn't they? They must strive for opportunities to study and live the life they wanted.
The leaders on the podium were surprised that Yu Zihan could deliver such profound remarks. Their initial intention was simply for Yu Zihan to inspire the students. They were surprised that this student possessed such ambition and would share it so freely with the students. They were filled with praise for Zihan.
After the speech, the leader made a summary and Yu Zihan said goodbye.
Yu Zihan said goodbye to Teacher Hou and rushed to the train station.
She saw her old father sitting in a chair, eyes closed, resting. Even in sleep, his dignified demeanor couldn't be concealed. She didn't know when she had become obsessed with looks.
Feeling someone around him, Pei Xiao opened his eyes and said to Yu Zihan, "Let's buy tickets first, and then have a meal nearby." Yu Zihan certainly agreed with his father's opinion.
She said: "I'll follow Dad's arrangements."
"Okay, I'll go buy the tickets first, you wait here." Old father Pei Xiao went to the ticket office. He looked at his watch. It was half past eleven. He bought two tickets for the 2 pm train. It would take two hours to get to Qingcheng by train, so he bought hard seat tickets.
"The train ticket is at 2pm, so we'll be back at 4pm. Let's have lunch near the station." Pei Xiao told his daughter about his plans.
"Okay, let's go eat first." The father and daughter walked out of the station, carrying their bags. Yu Zihan wanted to put her things into the space, but she held back. It wasn't that she didn't trust her father, but she felt it wasn't the right time to tell him about the space.
There were already vendors setting up stalls near the train station. There were no state-owned restaurants in sight, so they chose a stall selling large bowls of noodles.
Yu Zihan saw that it was noodle soup with gravy, which she could accept, so she asked her father, "Dad, how about a bowl of noodle soup with gravy?"
"Sure, I prefer noodles." Pei Xiao paid. A bowl of noodles cost three yuan.
"The prices here are not low." Pei Xiao talked to his daughter while eating noodles.
"This is the train station. Not only are the prices here higher than other places." Then Yu Zihan stopped talking because she saw the boss looking at her strangely.
She exchanged a knowing look with her father, then buried her head in her noodles. The only people who could afford to set up stalls here were either well-connected or well-connected. So, exorbitant prices and bullying were common. Yu Zihan couldn't bring herself to discuss this with her father, lest it cause unnecessary trouble.
Originally, the boss heard the hidden meaning in Yu Zihan's words and wanted to teach this ignorant girl a lesson, but when he saw the girl shut up at the right time, he thought that this girl was sensible and continued to greet the customers.
Pei Xiao also realized that the boss was probably not someone he was going to mess with. He quickly shoveled the noodles into his mouth, thinking about staying away from this place of trouble.
Only when they arrived at the waiting hall did they breathe a sigh of relief.
"The security situation here isn't very good." Pei Xiao sighed.
"It's not good." So Yu Zihan told her father about the strange experience that she and her daughter had encountered some time ago. She told her father specifically because she wanted her father to know how difficult it was for her mother, and of course it was not easy for her as a daughter either.
Pei Xiao fell silent after hearing his daughter's story. Just as Yu Zihan had thought, Pei Xiao felt very sad and blamed himself for their plight. He blamed himself for not finding them sooner.
Pei Xiao was also very glad in his heart, glad that he had finally found them and that his family would soon be reunited.
Yu Zihan saw his father's expression and knew what he was thinking.
She wondered what her mother's expression would be when she saw them.
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