How come Song Shao happened to be here?
Wen Ying was in no mood to laugh at Shu Lu anymore. She clung to the car window and tried to get out, fearing that Song Shao had been cheated by Shu Lu.
Wen Dongrong quickly pushed her head back into the car.
"What's going on? Do you know him?"
"I know him. He's the monitor of our junior high school..."
"Song Shao."
Chen Ru called out Song Shao's name before Wen Ying, and Wen Dongrong turned around in surprise.
"What are you looking at me for? If you've ever attended a parent-teacher conference before, or actively participated in other school activities, you'd recognize him. The school has a flag-raising speech every week, and Song Shao has always been the outstanding student representative."
Song Shao is the "other people's child", and Chen Ru has a deep impression of him.
Wen Dongrong shamelessly promised: "I can attend the parents' meeting this year."
Chen Ru rolled her eyes: You wish!
In the past, when attending parent-teacher conferences, I only heard teachers praising excellent students like Song Shao. Now, when attending parent-teacher conferences, Wen Ying is also the object of teachers' praise. Chen Ru is as happy as Song Shao's parents. How could she give this opportunity to receive praise to Wen Dongrong?
Wen Ying didn't care about the quarrel between her parents, and suddenly remembered that she could send a message to Song Shao to remind him.
I sent several text messages in a row, but they fell on deaf ears. I also called Song Shao, but he didn't answer. Could it be that Song Shao didn't bring his phone with him today?!
Wen Ying wanted to get off the car, but Wen Dongrong squinted his eyes and watched for a while, then asked Wen Ying to wait a little longer:
"Don't worry, just wait for these two or three minutes. I think Song Shao is quite powerful."
Of course Song Shao is very powerful.
A top student who was able to set up a "study mutual aid group" when he was in junior high school and saved several dropout students. Even a great poet like Song Foxiang who was unrestrained and not bound by worldly rules was very obedient in front of Song Shao... It was indeed not difficult for Song Shao to deal with Shu Lu.
In the crowd, Song Shao seemed like a messenger of justice descending from the sky in a hot-blooded comic, and he asked Shu Lu a series of questions that stunned her.
Shu Lu felt that Song Shao looked a little familiar, and she hesitated and did not answer Song Shao's question directly.
Song Shao was very patient. "I'm a student at Rongcheng No. 9 Middle School. You may not know this, but I've been helping students like you who are facing dropping out of school due to their poor family background. Rongcheng is the provincial capital, and there are many kind-hearted people here who are willing to help students. As long as your conditions meet the funding criteria, you will definitely be able to continue your studies."
The reputation of 'Rongcheng No. 9 Middle School' is almost as famous as that of the provincial key schools. After hearing Song Shao introduce his background and speak so steadily and logically, the onlookers were already half convinced and urged Shu Lu to ask Song Shao for help.
"Maybe it can really help you?"
"That's right, just tell me what difficulties you have. I think it's more reliable than blocking your aunt's store!"
"There are many big bosses in Rongcheng. We don't know any of them, but this boy does. You're lucky today~"
At first, Shu Lu just felt that Song Shao looked familiar, but when she heard "Rongcheng No. 9 Middle School", Shu Lu immediately remembered Song Shao - how unlucky she was to meet Wen Ying's former class monitor!
Shu Lu had also heard some of Song Shao's deeds and knew that Song Shao was not bragging. If he was really willing to help, he would definitely be able to find a kind boss who would pay Shu Lu's tuition.
But Shulu was not excited at all, instead she buried her head even lower.
This was 2006, when the society was highly informationized. Dropping out of school due to poverty was common in remote mountainous areas, but not in the greater Chengdu area.
When poor students with excellent academic performance say they can no longer afford to go to school, school teachers will visit their homes again and again to do ideological work, persuading both the parents and the students themselves.
If the family is really in difficulty, the school can waive part of the tuition and miscellaneous fees. If the student is really outstanding, not only will the tuition and miscellaneous fees be waived, but the school will also give the student living expenses every month.
Shu Lu heard about this when she was in junior high school.
There was a poor student whose grades were so good that he could be admitted to Peking University or Tsinghua University. Not only did the school not charge tuition, but also regularly gave him living expenses. The teachers also cared about the student's physical and mental health. They were afraid that the student would damage his body by studying too hard, so the teachers took turns accompanying the student to run and exercise every day... Yes, it is rare to find poor students with such good grades. Even if the grades are not so good, as long as the learning attitude is correct, the teachers will not watch the students drop out of school.
Shulu has no interest in studying now. When the teachers learned that she had good grades before, they talked to her many times, but she just listened but didn't take it seriously. After a long time, the teachers felt that she was no longer worth saving.
This time, Shu Lu had no money to pay the tuition and had to drop out of school. She became anxious and acted pitifully in front of the class teacher, asking the teacher to help her pay the tuition first.
It’s not that Shulu suddenly realized that she should start studying seriously, but that if she dropped out of school now, Shulu would have nowhere to go.
She is so young and has such a low level of education, it is hard for her to find a decent job. She can't really go to work in a factory in the south, which is tiring and hard and she won't earn much money!
School is Shulu's safe haven.
If she continues to be a student, she won't have to shoulder the burden of supporting the family too early. Shu Lu does have some cleverness in this regard.
Shulu was very good at pretending to be pitiful, and even the head teacher was shaken by her actions. However, the teacher's wife was determined and said that Shulu was not worthy of being funded at all.
Teachers’ salaries are not that high nowadays. Instead of using their money to support students like Shulu, they might as well support other poor students who are studying hard!
Shu Lu ran into a wall with her class teacher and went to look for relatives of the Shu family, but none of them were willing to sponsor her to go to school. They all thought her grades were too poor. Sponsoring poor students to go to school is an investment with no return, and none of the relatives of the Shu family wanted to do such a losing business.
Shu Lu finally chose to block the door of Zhu Meiqun's fruit shop, which was also discussed with Wen Hongyan.
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