Chapter 50
◎Second update◎
After Qin Wenxuan left, Lian Jiu looked at Si Lan with amusement: "Why are you so strict about your image now?"
Si Lan sat down and calmly complained, "You said I was fat."
"..." Lian Jiu thought carefully. He really had never called him fat, had he? The only time he'd said he was in much better health now, a little fatter than before, but before that, that was unhealthy, okay?
He really holds a grudge.
But now he really managed his own diet, so Lian Jiu didn't bother to argue with him about this issue any further: "Do you have a good impression of Qin Wenxuan?"
"Qin Wenxuan?"
"The one I just added on WeChat." Lian Jiu choked up, "You didn't forget his name again, did you?"
Si Lan said confidently: "I remember it now."
"I've told you three times, and you still can't remember it, it's not just your weight that's the problem. Maybe it's your memory." That's not right, Lian Jiu wondered. "If you can't even remember his name, you shouldn't have a good impression of him."
Actually, I still have some impression of it.
At least Si Lan now clearly remembers that person saying "I like you guys very much."
Another impression is that when recording the program, Lian Jiu said, "If he were in kindergarten, the children would definitely like him." Based on my understanding of Lian Jiu, this sentence also includes her impression of Qin Wenxuan.
The facts proved that this was indeed the case. Si Lan did not answer but said, "You let him into the mountains without inspecting him this time."
Compared with any other human who wanted to enter the mountains before, Qin Wenxuan who showed up halfway this time entered the mountains too smoothly.
"You can tell it just by listening to him speak on the show," Lian Jiu said. "Don't you think his approach to things actually aligns with ours? He's a pretty good person."
Si Lan didn't say anything.
Lian Jiu packed up his lunch boxes and said, "Okay, we'll start recording again soon, and then we can go home."
Si Lan stood up and took the trash from her hand: "Let me do it."
Then he asked, "Is there any more candy?"
Unexpectedly, this deity actually likes sweets. Lian Jiu took out two more from his bag and gave them to him: "These are the only ones you can eat. Eating too much is bad for your teeth."
"Um."
After Lian Jiu left, Si Lan peeled the candy and put it in his mouth, leaning on the sofa, his thoughts drifting away.
Now we are meeting more and more people, and the situation in the demon world is getting better.
But it seems that I am the only one still spinning in circles.
Monsters respect me because of my divine power, and humans are afraid of me because of my identity.
In fact, except for a handful of snow on the top of the mountain, nothing in this world belongs to you.
Although he didn't want to admit it, one Wei Jingchen, two Ke Yuansi, three Qin Wenxuan, any one of them seemed to remind him that the world had changed.
After sitting there for a while, the sound of recording started came from the small TV again.
Si Lan raised her eyes, swept her gaze across the screen, and finally stopped at Lian Jiu who was sitting quietly. She looked at the children in the video with a smile in her eyes.
Many years ago, he was looking down at all living beings in the clouds, seeing the world of ice and snow, and the cries of grief everywhere. That was the time when he was extremely disgusted with himself.
She had appeared silently then, standing there quietly just like she is now, looking at him and saying, "I don't blame you."
The camera moved to other people. Si Lan looked away again, took out his cell phone and called Long Ying.
Long Ying's heart skipped a beat when he saw Si Lan calling him: "Something happened?"
"I agreed to what you said before."
Long Ying was stunned for three seconds, then stood up suddenly: "You have come to your senses!!!"
Si Lan said succinctly: "Give me all those study materials."
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On the other side, the live broadcast started again. In the afternoon, it was the children's free extracurricular activity class. After the morning teaching class ended, the teacher took everyone to play in the small playground outside in the afternoon.
The human child was extremely anxious. Now that he had no chance to show off, he couldn't perform what he had learned.
But the little monsters were very happy because the toys in this kindergarten were not available in the mountains, and they felt novel about things they had never seen before.
Seeing the human child standing there, the little monsters took the initiative to reach out and said, "Let's go and play together!"
The little carp spirit held the water without hands, so it could only give its little tail to the human child: "Pull, tail."
The human child behind hesitated for a moment, but still reached out and grabbed the little carp spirit's tail, then exclaimed in surprise, "So slippery."
"Fish, water."
Kong Xinxin explained: "He said that the fish's tail is slippery because it has water in it."
The other human children were immediately curious about the ears and tails of these little monsters: "What about yours?"
Kong Xinxin turned around and said, "Xinxin's tail looks pretty."
As it spoke, the beautiful tail feathers spread out with dazzling colors.
Human children have been conquered, this is so cool!!
"A peacock spreading its tail!" one of the human children clapped their hands, "I saw it at the zoo! Xinxin's tail is even prettier!"
Being praised for her beauty, Kong Xinxin was happy and proud, and the three hairs on her head moved: "I am the little peacock fairy, the most beautiful peacock fairy."
Netizens were also excited.
[Wow, when did they start selling the peripheral tails?! I really want one of these!]
[Don’t force me to kneel down and beg you to bring the product! ]
【How about crowdfunding to get the money for the materials?】
Other netizens who had not watched the Monster Kindergarten live broadcast were confused.
What's going on? Why are people actively asking other anchors to promote products? And they're even asking for crowdfunding?!
But that tail is really special, and it's actually fully automatic.]
If you have one, you will have the other.
The other human children were curious about the special abilities of the other little monsters.
No one wanted to play with any toys anymore, they all sat together, even the trainee teacher sat down out of curiosity.
The little monsters didn't realize that their living habits were their specialties, but Yuan Qing and Jiang An reminded them.
Yuan Qing stood up and took the initiative to introduce: "Our Bubble likes to blow bubbles."
Little Bubble nodded, lowered his head and drank a sip of water, then blew a big bubble into the palm of his hand for each child, and the teacher was not spared.
If it weren't in front of the camera, the intern teacher would have wanted to take a closer look to see if there was a bubble machine in his mouth.
[The water in this basin is pure water. You've all seen it before, so don't spread rumors.]
[I know it's purified water! I'm so anxious! I just want to know how he did it!]
It was the turtle cub's turn. He only had a small shell on his back today, and he couldn't grow bigger in front of everyone, so he could only retract his hands and feet, rolled on the ground, and shrank forward, leaving only his head exposed. He looked at everyone obediently: "My shell is very hard, you can hit me."
The children looked at each other, took turns knocking on the turtle's shell, and all showed shocked expressions: "Really?"
The intern teacher couldn't contain his curiosity and reached out to touch it, looking a little strange.
This is not the texture of metal and rubber, but more like a real turtle shell.
The teacher asked doubtfully, "Man Man, isn't this heavy for you to carry?"
Fang slowly stretched out his arms and legs: "It's not heavy, the turtle cub likes it."
[Do you hear the children tapping on the turtle shell? It feels so heavy.]
Is this the true nature of mountain products?
In the camera, the teacher asked Yuan Qing and Jiang An: "What about these two children? Do they have any special talents?"
These two "little friends" have more than just special talents.
The two demon gods were playful and had no self-consciousness to restrain themselves. They all said, "We can perform magic."
All the human children were extremely curious. Were those little monsters just now not considered magic?
Intern teacher: “What magic trick?”
Jiang An stretched out his hand and said mysteriously: "Look~"
Everyone looked over attentively, and then they discovered that she turned her little hand and actually conjured up a small rainbow out of thin air.
“?!!!”
The trainee teachers were eager to push the children away and get closer to see whether the rainbow was real or fake.
But in the blink of an eye, Jiang An's little hand turned over and disappeared again.
[Oh shit! Oh shit!]
[This is terrifying! Is this really not a special effect? How did they do it?]
[Did you see her squirt? She didn't, did she?]
The human children clapped and cheered enviously: "Princess An An is so amazing!"
"I'm pretty good too!" Yuan Qing refused to be outdone, "I can do that, too!"
The children asked, "Can you turn into a rainbow?"
"I'll turn into fire!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Qing spread out his palm, and a small flame suddenly ignited in it, but disappeared the moment the children approached.
"Don't get close." Yuan Qing warned, "Children, don't get close to fire. It's very dangerous."
The intern teacher's heart was pounding.
You know you're a kid too?!
I just came to a children's program, but I actually got to see a magician!
[The live broadcast began to become mysterious.]
[How could my Yuan Qing baby have this ability?! ]
In fact, these were all performed by several demon gods on the streets for mortals to see thousands of years ago.
At first, they had no money, and when they saw some street performers performing acrobatics, the demons and gods seemed to have discovered a little trick to make money.
With a little trick, you can make a lot of money, so it is enough to use it to scare these children and humans.
The envious glances of the human children had become tangible: "Do you learn magic in kindergarten?"
Yuan Qing and Jiang An were both righteous and confident, and they joined forces to protect these human cubs who didn't even have kindergarten diplomas. Yuan Qing said, "That's right! But this depends on talent."
Jiang An nodded and said proudly, "Every child has his or her own talents, so we study separately."
The human children all pointed at themselves and asked, "Do we have talents? What are our talents?"
Yuan Qing walked over to the children and looked at them one by one with a serious expression: "Whatever you like is your talent."
The intern teacher couldn't help but interrupt: "What about me?"
Yuan Qing: “?”
[Hahahaha, Yuan Qingzaizi's eyes seemed to be asking: Look at yourself, are you a child? ]
Yuan Qing: Are you the teacher or am I the teacher? Who will take care of the children?
I think I understand the concept of the Monster Kindergarten. Why does each child have a different monster? Because they consider each child unique, and the child can choose according to his or her preferences.
[It’s not about cultivating children’s specialties, but about discovering their hobbies.]
Lian Jiu, who was sitting in the observation room: Actually, I haven’t thought about it that much.
I was worried that something might go wrong with the little monsters, but I didn't expect that these two monster gods would cause the most problems in the end.
They even came up with something like this. Fortunately, kindergartens don’t accept human children, otherwise the teacher wouldn’t be able to teach them magic.
"That's so cool, so cool." Qin Wenxuan, who had already considered himself a member of the Monster Kindergarten, asked expectantly, "Principal Lian Jiu, please take a look. Can my child, who has been here for over 200 months, still learn it?"
Lian Jiu said expressionlessly: "No, I'm too old."
Deng Ye found it very interesting: "How did you come up with the idea of developing this side of children? It's so interesting."
Lian Jiu said helplessly: "It mainly depends on their own choice, and we will cooperate."
"But what's the point of teaching these?" Ding Rui asked, "Are you going to be an acrobat when you grow up?"
"As long as they're happy," Lian Jiu said with a smile. "Do your children all want to be musicians or dancers when they grow up? No, you let them learn so many things, maybe because you want them to be proficient in all 360 professions."
The child's parents disagreed: "At least they should learn something useful, right?"
Lian Jiu nodded and asked, "What is useful?"
"Learn piano or some other instrument, so you can have another talent in the future."
Lian Jiu laughed: "Isn't magic a talent?"
“This is not up to standard.”
"But they like it." Lian Jiu pointed at the monitor, "And it's obvious that your children like it too."
On the small playground, after seeing the special talents of the little monsters, the intern teacher also suggested that the human children show off their own special talents.
This time, given the opportunity to perform, the human child, who had been relatively relaxed, immediately became tense again, fearing that he might have made a mistake.
Each one carefully stood in the middle, some sang, some danced. The program team had everything ready, knowing that these children had their own artistic talents, so they even prepared musical instruments.
When the children performed, the little monsters applauded enthusiastically: "You are so awesome!"
In the observation room, Ding Rui's expression suddenly became bold: "Look, Principal Lian Jiu, you have always denied our teaching, but your children also like our children."
"Of course I like it." Lian Jiu said naturally, "My child likes all beautiful things."
Ding Rui said arrogantly: "Then you can't say that what we learned is useless this time..."
Before he finished speaking, when the camera fell on the children who had just finished their performance, he found that their expressions were completely different from those of the little monsters.
Either nervous, disappointed, or relieved with a frown.
The little monsters also didn't understand: "Why are you unhappy again?"
The human child said, "I don't think I performed well."
The same was true for several other children. Even if they performed well, they could not control their emotional ups and downs.
Because compared to the children in the monster kindergarten who started performing, they don’t think their special skills are very popular, because they themselves don’t like it, or even hate it.
Children are most sensitive to emotions.
Jiang An comforted the children: "It's fine, it sounds great."
"This isn't a performance," Kong Xinxin said. "We're just having fun."
The human child was confused for a moment: "Why not acting? Mom said that if you want to learn this, you have to be the best."
Jiang An was shocked: "What kind of perverse logic is this?"
Except for Lian Jiu, she has never been in close contact with humans and has never given birth to children. The little monsters are all very cute, and the big monsters in the mountains are also very good to children, so Jiang An can't understand why the parents of human children would say this to their children.
She frowned. "You said before that your parents told you that only good-for-nothing and incompetent children play in the mud. Now you're saying that if they let you learn this, you have to do your best?"
The human children nodded.
Jiang An: "But aren't you learning this for fun and to understand it?"
How is that possible!
The human child's anxious denial looked as if he had been slandered.
How can there be children who like to learn this kind of thing!
I have to go to class every day. If I don’t understand, I have to learn the knowledge that I can understand, and I can’t make mistakes because other children don’t make mistakes.
"Mom and Dad said other kids are learning it, so we have to learn it too," the human child whispered. "If we don't learn it, we won't be able to catch up."
Another added, "The teacher won't like it if you don't do it well."
Jiang An's fists stiffened as he angrily shouted, "Nonsense!"
Yuan Qing quickly grabbed her and said, "Calm down, calm down. Sit down and calm down for a while. Bubble, give your sister An An some water."
Although Bai Ze has a somewhat extreme personality, he has compassion for all living beings in the world in his heart, otherwise he would not have followed the saint to the death.
Now, when I hear these kids say this and being treated like this, of course I get angry.
Jiang An was pulled back to sit down and asked Yuan Qing in confusion: "Is it true that there are parents who talk to their children like this? Do they really love their children?"
Although the sound was so low that the other children couldn't hear it, everyone in the live broadcast room and the observation room heard it.
The parents' faces flushed with anger: "How could this child say that? Who doesn't love their own children? If they didn't love us, would they provide such a good learning environment for their children?"
Lian Jiu had long guessed that these parents would have this reaction.
Or maybe it's because I've come into contact with too many parents before, and almost every one of them is like this.
She said slowly, "Of course you love your children. You hope they don't lose at the starting line, that they can have a good life, and that they won't be surpassed by their peers in the future."
The parents' expressions improved a little: "That's right."
But why did this headmaster suddenly change his previous style and identify with me?
"In fact, you can think back and ask yourself, have the children ever been happy in the process of learning these things?"
The parents immediately fell silent.
"Everything you do is so that they can live in peace and happiness when they grow up." Lian Jiu smiled and said gently, "But have you ever considered that these children have never been happy from the very beginning?"
Lian Jiu looked at the children in the video who became nervous and sat upright when it was time to perform, and a hint of sadness appeared in his shallow eyes. "If your children were confident and happy after the performance, then An An wouldn't say such things, because they enjoy it and are happy."
"But didn't you notice? At the beginning of today's show, these children were very tense. They only revealed envy and longing when talking to their peers." Lian Jiu looked away from the screen and looked at the parents. "If this is what you wanted, then you have indeed succeeded."
"If this is what you wanted, then you succeeded." This sentence is so powerful.
It's fine to let children learn special skills based on their interest, but if it becomes pressure or coercion, it will be a disaster.
A simple bubble and tail can make children so happy and eager, so why not satisfy them? Is it really that difficult?
If the debates and arguments before today made everyone nervous, then by now, both netizens and parents who watched the educational live broadcast on the children's channel have fallen into deep thought.
In many ordinary families, it is rare for children to actually sit down and watch educational programs other than cartoons.
Usually when he goes to kindergarten, he cries and screams and needs to be comforted for a long time.
Whether they are in kindergarten or lower grades of primary school, they always seem to need to be forced to attend extracurricular interest classes.
This time, the children watched the program seriously for such a long time, and were full of yearning and admiration for the children in those kindergartens.
In fact, it can be clearly seen in the program that after a day of study and life, the so-called aristocratic kindergartens or ordinary kindergartens are not as good as those "unemployed" and "unpromising" children in the monster kindergarten.
Who does this exploitative education model benefit?
"That's just how society is." Seeing that the parents' attitudes seemed to be softening, Ding Rui suddenly felt uneasy. Wasn't this a denial of her own teaching method? This was what she had learned in the aristocratic kindergarten!
"After arguing about all this, can you decide to ensure that your children can compete with others in the future?"
"No." Lian Jiu smiled faintly. "If you hadn't brought this up to target me, I wouldn't have argued with you about the so-called teaching model because it's meaningless."
She said calmly, "Wherever there are people, there is competition, whether in ancient times or now. I never think I can persuade others not to compete, because I cannot decide other people's life choices."
Ding Rui felt she had won: "What else do you say?"
Lian Jiu was silent for a few seconds, his eyes softening. "I'm saying this for a single purpose. If you love your children, you need to let them experience love. If even children can't feel their parents' love through this method, and only feel endless pressure and lack of confidence, then it can only be said that the method needs to be corrected."
Parents always feel that they are not wrong when it comes to different opinions on previous educational models because it is good for their children.
But what Lian Jiu said now made them suddenly afraid.
A fear that comes from within.
If your living conditions are not good, you can change them; it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any special skills, you can learn; it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand the rules, you can be taught.
But love is something that is beyond our control.
If there is no love between your child and yourself, all the material things mentioned above are meaningless.
No parent would not love their own children. This is the deepest desire in their hearts.
The words of the child named An An seemed to linger in my ears: Do parents really talk to their children like this? Do they really love their children?
Lian Jiu's words were like a wake-up call: If this is what you wanted, then you have indeed succeeded.
Who succeeded in the end?
The observation room was unusually quiet, and the host did not bother to disturb the parents' contemplation at this time.
After all, the educational theme is to inspire every parent in the process.
Time passes quickly, a day of kindergarten life is about to end, and this live class is about to end.
This is the time for the teachers in the observation room to go out and meet the children.
The children were playing together in the small playground, completely unaware that their familiar teachers and parents would come out again.
The camera in the observation room followed the teachers and parents all the time. When the teachers and parents stood at the entrance of the playground, the children playing on the playground also noticed them and stopped.
The next scene gave all parents a resounding slap in the face.
It also made the live broadcast room quiet for a long time.
All the adults stood at the door and did not come forward as the program crew did, and when the children turned around, the camera gave them close-ups.
When the children of the Monster Kindergarten saw Principal Lian Jiu, they were immediately surprised and couldn't wait to run to Lian Jiu.
The water in the little carp's basin spilled out, and the turtle cub followed slowly behind: "Wait for me~Wait for me~Teacher Jiujiu, wait for me~"
Yuan Qing couldn't stand it anymore, so he pulled him and followed the other little monsters.
A group of children ran to Lian Jiu, led by Jiang An, and hugged her waist and legs, and wanted to hold her hand.
The slowest one gradually lost out and couldn't squeeze in, so he had to shout from outside: "It's my turn to hug you!"
After spending a day in an unfamiliar environment, they all missed Teacher Jiujiu very much.
Lian Jiu squatted down, hugged the children one by one, and asked, "Did you have fun today?"
"happy!"
Compared to the situation at the monster kindergarten, the other children's reactions were much slower.
When the children in Deng Ye Garden see the director, they will greet him politely first, but they will not greet him enthusiastically. Instead, they will walk over slowly.
When the children in Ding Ruiyuan saw their teachers and parents, they all froze for a moment, then became nervous before walking over.
The parents were irritated by their children's expressions.
It wasn’t like this in kindergarten before. At least I would be happier when I go home.
But they don't know that things are different today.
Because they were in an unfamiliar environment and were told to behave well, and if they didn't, they would definitely be blamed, the children were a little worried and scared.
Especially when a parent asks, "How was your child's performance today?"
The child burst into tears on the spot.
The parent was also shocked by his own subconscious questioning. This kind of soul-deep concern seemed to really hurt the child.
"I'm sorry." The mother hugged her child anxiously, "Mom, I won't ask anymore. The baby was very good today."
[It's so ironic, really. I feel really embarrassed for this teacher and parent.]
One asked if they had fun, and the other asked how they performed. Tsk tsk tsk.
[That teacher, Ms. Ding, not a single child went to see her. In the observation room, every time she spoke, she acted like she was so great and knew a lot about education. Now she's been slapped in the face, right?]
Because the parents of the aristocratic kindergartens are usually very busy and will not come to this kind of program, and the parents of the monster kindergartens will naturally not come either, so the parents invited today are all from ordinary kindergartens.
Compared with the noble children standing obediently beside Deng Ye and the little monsters beside Lian Jiu, Ding Rui had no children around her and looked like an outsider.
All her long speeches about education were worthless at this moment.
"It's time to say goodbye," the host said. "Our children will go out together today."
Everyone walked out of the playground, just like at normal school dismissal time, and there were people waiting outside.
There were parents of children from the Noble Kindergarten, people who came to pick up their family children, and Si Lan who was holding a bunch of snacks.
【Ahhhhhh Si Lan is here too! He’s here too! 】
Teacher Si Lan isn't on the show again! Why is he always following Jiujiu around?! Stop being so clingy!
How can Si Lan look so handsome in modern clothes?
[Wait a minute, what are you talking about? Who is Si Lan?]
Everyone went home. Ding Rui was not part of the excitement. She felt that she had lost all face at this last moment of the day. She was about to leave quietly when she was suddenly stopped by someone.
"Teacher Ding Rui?"
Ding Rui turned around and saw the parent of a former student of the Noble Kindergarten. She suddenly looked embarrassed and didn't know what to say.
But the child's parents obviously didn't give her much face. Noble kindergartens have high requirements for teachers, and teacher changes must also be known.
The principal will tell parents and shareholders about Ding Rui's dismissal.
So the parent frowned and said, "Weren't you fired? Why are you here?"
[Wow! This was amazing! Luckily I stayed to see the handsome guy.]
The parents of the ordinary kindergartens hadn't expected this to happen. They looked at Ding Rui in shock: "Didn't you say you resigned on your own?"
The parent at the Noble Kindergarten understood what was happening and sneered, "Is it appropriate for a teacher to lie? Teacher Ding Rui previously behaved badly, flattering the powerful and treating people with hypocrisy. She'd already been reprimanded by Principal Lian Jiu and fired by Principal Deng. And now she's gone even further, lying in front of a national audience."
Netizens were outraged. Bad behavior! Hypocrisy! And he even got lectured by Principal Lian Jiu?!
Isn’t that the time when we went there for exchange and study?
Director Lian Jiu gave her some face by not exposing her on the show, yet she kept targeting Director Lian Jiu on the show?!
How can such a person teach children?
The parents at the ordinary kindergarten were so angry that their necks turned red: "Ding Rui, we trusted you so much! This is how you deceived and harmed us and our children?!"
Ding Rui was speechless and turned to look for help but found herself isolated and helpless.
Deng Ye handed the child over to the parents and left. It was even less likely that Lian Jiu would help, as he didn't care about what happened here at all.
[Hey, hey, hey, can you guys at least respect the villain and give him a straight look instead of sharing snacks?]
【Haha ...
Yuan Qing and Jiang Anzi carefully counted their snacks. These were gifts from fans, so they must not be eaten by Si Lan!
After counting them, Yuan Qing looked suspiciously at the empty bag of potato chips in Si Lan's hand, which he hadn't thrown away yet, and asked, "Where did you get those potato chips?"
Si Lan glanced at him, put the empty bag in his hand directly on his head, and said with a smile: "I can't cure you?"
Yuan Qing took advantage of being outside and punched him: "Wow! You bully a child, you have no shame!"
"Alright." Lian Jiu gave a little demon cub a hand and said, "I'm the one who kept the potato chips for him. One bag a day. I didn't steal any of yours."
Jiang An suddenly felt devastated and threw himself into Lian Jiu's arms: "You're still keeping snacks for him?! Why would you keep them for him?! You didn't even keep them for me! You just don't love me anymore!"
Si Lan took a look and felt that this one needed to be dealt with more, so he pulled the bag off Yuan Qing's head, put it on Bai Ze's head, and pulled her aside: "If you don't love me, get out of here."
[…Si is three years old?]
What's the connection? Storing snacks?
[This kindergarten's interaction is really making me laugh to death. I thought Si Lan was a cool guy, but I didn't expect him to be so cute.]
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