Chapter 276: Traveling back to the Republic of China from the modern times.
Encouraged by their friends, Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu both accepted the bet and the challenge.
But when they started to act, they found that things were much more difficult than they had imagined.
The two were like headless flies, not knowing how to take the first step.
They wanted to ask Ye Heqi and the others for advice, but they were unwilling to admit defeat at the beginning.
There was no other way, so the two had to discuss together.
In the end, they really came up with an action plan.
"According to Ye Heqi and the others, if the blindness-eliminating class is to be formalized and scaled up, it would be best if it was initiated by our Girls' School and Shanghai Middle School."
"We can first go to Teacher Fan Xiangxue, and after obtaining the consent of the Girls' School, we can persuade Shanghai Middle School in the name of the Girls' School."
With an idea, the two immediately went to find Fan Xiangxue and explained their intentions.
Fan Xiangxue had always been supporting the blindness-eliminating class behind the scenes, so she quickly agreed to this matter and helped them find the principal of the Girls' School.
The principal of the Girls' School pondered for a moment and asked a lot of questions about their plan.
Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu were very nervous when they were asked.
Fortunately, they had personally participated in the second blindness-eliminating class and were very familiar with all the procedures of the blindness-eliminating class. Although their answers were a bit stuttering, they were able to answer them smoothly.
Finally, the headmaster of the girls' school smiled and said, "No problem. If you can convince Shanghai Middle School, we are willing to work with Shanghai Middle School on this matter."
Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu were very excited.
Before leaving, Cheng Fu suddenly had an idea and turned around: "Principal, do you know the principal of Shanghai Middle School?"
The headmaster of the girls' school nodded.
Cheng Fu boldly put forward her request: "Can I take up a moment of your time and write a letter of recommendation to the principal of Shanghai Middle School?"
The headmaster of the girls' school readily agreed and asked them to sit aside and wait for a while. She picked up the pen on the spot and stamped the girls' school's official seal and her own private seal at the bottom.
When the recommendation letter was handed to them, the headmaster of the girls' school smiled with admiration: "The students of our girls' school are really amazing."
Fan Xiangxue also laughed beside her and said: "That's right. When I was their age, I didn't know anything."
Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu were very embarrassed by the praise.
Ji Baiqing repeatedly emphasized: "Principal, this is not the credit of the two of us."
Or it should be said that the two of them have the least credit.
The headmaster of the girls' school had a deeper admiration in his eyes: "Don't be humble, don't be modest, you are all great."
With this good start, Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu were greatly encouraged.
They did not seek the help of Shen Runshu and Li Su, but relied on the letter of recommendation from the principal of the girls' school to successfully meet the principal of Shanghai Middle School.
The principal of Shanghai Middle School is a well-known reform pioneer in the education field. He highly praised and supported the students' spontaneous organization of the blind elimination class.
So he deliberately set aside most of the afternoon to chat with Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu.
"Is your blind elimination class the same as the one that Shen Runshu and Li Su are attending?"
Ji Baiqing said, "Yes, we are good friends."
Cheng Fu said, "This plan was jointly planned by the five of them, and the two of us are responsible for its implementation."
The principal of Shanghai Middle School became more interested and asked in detail about the division of labor among the seven people.
After understanding the situation clearly, the principal of Shanghai Middle School personally took Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu to visit an empty classroom: "What do you think of this classroom?"
Looking at the bright and spacious classroom, Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu were satisfied with everything.
The principal of Shanghai Middle School said: "Okay, then this classroom and the one next door will be allocated to the blind elimination class in the future."
The most difficult stage was passed smoothly, and Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu began to recruit teachers.
The two recruited four teachers in Shanghai Middle School and Girls' Middle School respectively.
After recruiting teachers, the two immediately recruited eight students.
In the past half month, Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu did not have a single day of free time, and they did not seek help from others once.
When Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu walked up to Ye Heqi with a thick stack of registration forms and slapped them in front of him——
"I lost." Ye Heqi admitted defeat and applauded.
Her applause moved the whole class.
So everyone applauded.
For their perseverance in the past half month.
For their new transformation in the past half month.
After a round of applause, Ye Heqi, Sang Peizhen and Huang Mu stood up at the same time and pulled Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu out.
Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu said, "Hey, where are you going?"
Ye Heqi smiled mysteriously, "Of course we are going to fulfill our bet."
When they arrived at the playground, Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu found that there were two large boxes of lotus and roses sewn with cloth.
A rough count showed that there were at least two or three hundred flowers.
Shen Runshu and Li Su stood behind two boxes of flowers.
Even the second son of Huanyang Shipping Industry, Ji Baiqing's fiancé, came over.
"What are you doing?" Ji Baiqing asked in surprise.
Ye Heqi took a loudspeaker from Shen Runshu, turned it on, and said to the crowd: "In the past half month, our school has had two very amazing students, one named Ji Baiqing and the other named Cheng Fu. Through their own efforts, they convinced the Girls' High School and Shanghai High School to jointly organize an anti-blindness class."
"I believe many students here know about this - they recruited four teachers from our school a few days ago."
"We made a bet with them that as long as they accomplish this, we will commend them on the playground in front of all the teachers and students in the school, and announce to everyone that we have two very outstanding friends."
The crowd applauded and cheered.
When the surroundings gradually quieted down, Ye Heqi continued, "In addition, we have also prepared a small event. We hope that everyone can join us."
"During the half month they worked hard, we also used our free time to sew 300 flowers."
"The lotus is a gift for Cheng Fu, and the rose is a gift for Ji Baiqing."
"If everyone thinks they are both excellent, you can directly pick up the horn to praise them, or you can write down words of encouragement in the notebook we carefully prepared, and you can take away a lotus and a rose."
Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu were stunned, and a strong sense of shock swept through their bodies.
When they came back to their senses, Ye Heqi and others had already shouted "Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu are the best" three times, and a strange school girl came forward and picked up the microphone.
Later, all the faculty and staff in the school came over to join in the fun, smiled and took away the flowers, and shared their joy.
The principal of the girls' school came, holding a trumpet and holding flowers: "I am proud of the two outstanding students in the girls' school."
"I am also proud of the three students who are willing to tolerate their friends and grow with their friends."
Ji Baiqing's eyes were moist, and she whispered: "Ye Heqi and the others are too exaggerated."
Cheng Fu's eyes were red, and she echoed: "That's right, it's really too naive and too sentimental."
But it was this exaggerated, naive, and sentimental picture that constituted a day they would never forget -
many people were scattered on the playground of the girls' school.
These people held lotus and roses in their hands, scattered in every corner of the playground, as if the flowers were blooming all over the playground in December.
The flowers that bloomed against the season dispelled all the torrential rain of life.
When everyone left, the setting sun was also spreading on the horizon. Only Ye Heqi and the other seven people and the second son of Huanyang Sailing Industry were left on the playground.
"There are still a lot of flowers left in the box." Cheng Fu looked into the box.
Ye Heqi said, "These flowers belong to you two. Everyone else has them, so how can the protagonist not have them?" When they were making the flowers, they deliberately made more of them.
Ji Baiqing cried and laughed: "Ye Heqi, this must be your idea."
Ye Heqi picked up the flowers, handed them to the two protagonists, and hugged them: "You two are working so hard, we feel embarrassed to be lazy. If we can't help you, we can only work hard in other places."
"Don't cry." The second son of Huanyang Sailing Industry stepped forward and handed the handkerchief to Ji Baiqing. After Ji Baiqing stopped crying, he smiled and said, "You seven are responsible for the work, and I'm responsible for the money. Let's go, I'll treat everyone to a big meal."
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This blossoming of flowers witnessed and participated by everyone has temporarily ended, but the flowers of Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu's life have just bloomed.
After the third blind elimination class got on track, Huang Mu, Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu came to Ye Heqi's house together, holding New Year gifts for Ye Heqi and Yao Rong.
As soon as they entered the door, Ji Baiqing said nervously, "Did we disturb you?"
Ye Heqi smiled and said, "How could you be disturbing?"
"If this is considered disturbing, I welcome you to disturb me at any time."
Huang Mu and the other two all laughed.
Ye Heqi prepared refreshments for the three of them, and then asked, "What are you doing here?"
The three looked at each other, not knowing who should speak first.
Finally, Huang Mu couldn't stand it anymore and said, "It's like this. Bai Qing and A Fu came to me today and told me about their future plans. They were a little confused, and I didn't know how to comfort them, so I just dragged them to you."
The few of them had known each other for so long that they all knew each other's ambitions.
Ye Heqi, Shen Runshu and Li Su all planned to take the entrance exam for Peking University.
Sang Peizhen changed her mind several times, and finally decided to take the entrance exam for the Women's Normal University to learn how to be a professional and responsible teacher.
Huang Mu originally did not plan to continue his studies, but in the "competition" with Ye Heqi, his mind gradually changed, and he finally succeeded in convincing his family that he would take the entrance exam to Fudan University.
In this way, only Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu were "left behind".
Cheng Fu said bitterly: "If it weren't for these things, maybe I could get married and have children step by step, but now, I see a better life, but I don't know how to become a better person."
"Go to college like you guys?"
"That's the path suitable for you, not for me."
Ji Baiqing smiled bitterly and agreed with Cheng Fu: "The second young master promised me to let me continue my career after marriage. But I am also at a loss and don't know what I can do."
Ye Heqi listened to their confession quietly. Meeting their expectant eyes, Ye Heqi shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, I can't give you any advice."
Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu were a little disappointed, but felt it was expected: "It's okay, then we'll think about it."
Ye Heqi said: "But I have some ideas."
Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu's eyes lit up, and they hurriedly said: "What ideas?"
Ye Heqi showed an awkward but polite smile: "Have you ever thought about writing your experiences during this time into a short story and submitting it to the Women's Times?"
Ji Baiqing and Cheng Fu were stunned.
Huang Mu covered his mouth and laughed beside him: "Why do I feel that your suggestion is familiar?"
Ye Heqi said confidently: "It is very familiar, but think about how powerful my mother is now? So, writing novels is really useful, at least you can get some royalties after writing, right?"
Huang Mu stopped laughing, thought about what Ye Heqi said, and nodded: "That's true. You don't need to take too big steps, just walk slowly at the beginning, and then talk about other things when the foundation is laid."
Cheng Fu thought for a while and said: "I usually like to write something, I can really give it a try."
Ji Baiqing shook her head: "I'm not the material for writing books, but after listening to you, I seem to know what I can do."
"I play the piano pretty well. If you don't know what to do, you can teach some kids to play the piano first."
This seemed to trigger a switch, and Cheng Fu immediately said: "Then I can also teach others to speak English. In our class, except for Sang Peizhen, my spoken English is the best."
Huang Mu joined in with great interest: "If Afu is interested, you can also consider becoming a teacher in an elementary school."
Ye Heqi said: "Bai Qing's math grades are good. Your family and the second young master's family are both in business. If you have ideas, you can also learn accounting and learn how to manage a business."
The few of them talked more and more, and talked about many future plans.
Maybe some of them are naive.
There is still a long way to go to realize these plans.
But at least, their future is full of infinite possibilities.
When Yao Rong returned home, Ye Heqi was humming in the kitchen while preparing dinner, and there were four tea cups in the living room.
Yao Rong took off her shoes, put on cotton shoes, and took the tea cups to the kitchen to wash: "Are there guests at home today?"
When Ye Heqi told the story, Yao Rong turned around and looked at her.
Ye Heqi added half a spoonful of salt to the pot and asked curiously, "Mom, why do you look at me like that?"
Yao Rong stared at Ye Heqi with admiration: "I was looking at how I gave birth to such a daughter who can especially appreciate the strengths of others."
Ye Heqi flipped the stir-fried pork with green peppers in the pot and casually added, "Of course it's because I have a mother who can especially appreciate my strengths."
Yao Rong smiled, put the washed teacup back to its original place, and helped Ye Heqi prepare the vegetables.
With the joint efforts of mother and daughter, a warm home-cooked meal was quickly prepared.
After dinner, Ye Heqi discovered the big bag of clothes on the sofa: "What is this?"
"This is the clothes I prepared for you to wear during the Chinese New Year."
Ye Heqi excitedly opened the package: "Mom, did you make it yourself?"
"Yes, there are sweaters, coats, pants and scarves in it. Try them on to see if they fit."
"No need to try, they will definitely fit, I will keep them until the Chinese New Year!"
At this point, Ye Heqi walked to the shoe cabinet, opened the shoe cabinet and looked at her shoes, and immediately decided to go to the mall early tomorrow morning to buy a pair of new shoes that can match her clothes.