Chapter 24
Jian Li went home while spitting at her fourth uncle's family.
On the other side, after school, a few children from the Olympiad Mathematics class still surrounded Teacher Liu to ask questions.
"Draw an auxiliary line from this point to that point, and then treat this part as a whole..."
The confused student suddenly understood: "I know!"
No one dislikes students who can understand things quickly. Teacher Liu said with satisfaction: "All similar questions can be solved with the same method of adding auxiliary lines. Try this question again..."
After giving the students an extra hour of class, Teacher Liu packed up and prepared to go home.
When I reached the gate, the guard called me.
"Teacher Liu, your student said that he forgot to give you an assignment. Here it is."
Teacher Liu took it and wondered: "Homework?"
Where did he assign the homework?
As a teacher of the Mathematical Olympiad class, he always only sends out pages of questions that he finds himself. There aren't many questions on the page, after all, they are all advanced questions, and there are usually only three or four questions a week.
Talented students will take the initiative to learn, but most students can't even finish the weekly pages.
How could any student hand him any homework...
Teacher Liu opened the brand new notebook and when he saw the contents clearly, his blood ran cold.
He saw something that made him tremble with fear written on it in beautiful handwriting.
[Ge Ming, a student in your class, has something against you. I overheard him discussing revenge against you with a few other students...]
[Please pay attention to your child and the classmate in the next class who is very close to Ge Ming at school, and remind him not to be tricked out of school. Pay special attention to the abandoned well behind the school...]
Jian Li did not try to be mysterious when she wrote these contents. She simply described Ge Ming's plan and how she knew about it in a straightforward manner.
But precisely because she wrote it so clearly, there was a sense of fear in it that made Teacher Liu feel cold.
Teacher Liu grabbed the security guard and asked who gave him the notebook.
The guard was a little confused: "It's just a little girl, only about twelve or thirteen years old."
Teacher Liu's Olympiad class is mainly for primary and junior high school students, so when he saw Jian Li's appearance, he subconsciously did not make too many assumptions.
"Teacher Liu, what's the matter? Isn't that girl in your class?"
At the beginning of the school year, there were many new faces in the Olympiad class, and the security guard didn't even notice if there was someone like Jian Li among them.
But seeing Teacher Liu's pale face, the security guard became uncertain.
She's just a little girl, wouldn't she...
Teacher Liu tried to suppress all the emotions in her heart and faced the guard's inquiring eyes, "It's okay... This student's parents are really something. They asked their child to send a notebook with a card inside. I have to ask them clearly so that I can return it."
This is also a common thing, especially when the school has just started for less than a month. Some parents who want to squeeze their children into Olympiad classes have tried every trick in the book. There are countless parents who have found their children at home and in the Children's Palace.
Some people who came with gifts would simply put their gifts under the podium and run away, which always gave Teacher Liu a headache.
However, there were still few people who gave their cards directly like this. The guard looked at him with some envy: "I'm sure I'll still have to work for you."
Teacher Liu has opened two classes this year, each with 50 to 60 students. He has long said that he cannot take care of so many students, but parents still try to get their children in by giving gifts.
“You still have to go to school.”
The security guard sighed and said, how good it is to go to school, learn math well, and open an Olympiad class in the future.
Teacher Liu has been teaching at the Children's Palace for three or four years, and he has watched the number of students increase.
With so many students, not counting the gifts from parents, the tuition alone is already quite a lot.
The security guard couldn't help but think of his granddaughter, who is in the second grade of elementary school this year.
No, she has to go home and talk to her father to study math well and send her to Teacher Liu in the fifth grade.
Thinking of this, he said to Teacher Liu in a friendly manner: "Next time this happens, I will stop you. Didn't you say last time that it would be best not to ask parents to wait at the classroom door? I will also keep an eye on you."
Build up the relationship first, and it will be easier to speak up in the future.
Teacher Liu was extremely confused. He exchanged a few words of greeting and then went home tightly holding the notebook.
When I got home, I drank two glasses of water first, and then I began to carefully study the contents of the notebook, still in shock.
According to what was said above, the little girl accidentally heard that Ge Ming and his friends were going to target their own child, so she wrote these things.
But how did she know who Ge Ming was?
Teacher Liu pondered for a long time and could only think of one explanation.
This little girl is probably from my class.
He held the roster in his hand, thought about it, and finally decided on two children in the class.
A little girl came from a wealthy family. Both her parents worked in the Education Bureau and were usually very active. She was not very talented in math, but her family obviously attached great importance to education, so she was squeezed into the class.
Teacher Liu naturally had no objection to this kind of backdoor but usually obedient student.
But thinking more deeply, he felt that the possibility of it being this child was low.
This little girl is the only child in the family. Every time she goes to school, her grandparents take turns to pick her up and drop her off. Teacher Liu has seen this several times. The elderly people don't even let the child carry a schoolbag. She has to carry a bag full of food and drinks.
It is impossible for a family to allow a child like this to "eavesdrop" in the alley.
That leaves only the last one.
The little girl was specially recruited by Teacher Liu. Her family was very poor. Her father was paralyzed in bed and her mother rented half a stall in the market to sell vegetables.
If this child had not shown a rare talent for mathematics in school, Teacher Liu would not have accepted him into the class for a symbolic fee of just 100 yuan.
You should know that in recent years, after China hosted the IMO (International Mathematical Olympiad) in 1990 and achieved excellent results, many schools began to pay attention to the training of Olympiad mathematics.
Every year, each school will conduct some selections, and the best math talents will be selected into a class for unified training. Some parents are not satisfied with the basic education in school, and choose more famous teachers for their children.
Since Mr. Liu started running an Olympiad training class, he has become very influential in Taocheng because he successfully trained three students who entered the finals of the Hua Luogeng Cup.
It was precisely because of this that his class was in a "scarce situation" of having a seat.
In such a tense situation, Teacher Liu took the initiative to reserve a place for this girl, which shows how talented she is.
The more Teacher Liu thought about it, the more he felt that this was very likely.
The more he thought it was possible, the more he became restless.
After the little girl was accepted into his class, everything was going well for her, but because of her family's poverty, she came to him and expressed her wish not to continue her studies.
Even though Teacher Liu said he would not charge her a penny, she was unwilling to do so.
"My mother is usually too busy, so I can help her at home every day. Teacher, since I came to the training class, my mother has to be busy from morning till night every day."
The little girl was very sensible and said that she would not have her period after this month.
For poor families, just studying quietly is a drain on the family.
After Mr. Liu’s persuasion failed, he clearly saw the girl’s future fate.
In the Mathematical Olympiad, there are many people who are both talented and hardworking. If someone only has talent but does not practice it, in the near future, she will lose her talent and end up being just like everyone else.
But now...
Teacher Liu made up his mind.
If it is true as stated in the book, then this girl undoubtedly saved her family.
His wife died early, and he and his son were the only ones left at home. If his son was gone...
Teacher Liu was in a trance for a moment. He couldn't imagine how he would spend the rest of his life if he really reached that situation.
There was a creaking sound from the door.
As soon as Teacher Liu's son walked in, he saw his father with red eyes from crying.
"Dad...what's wrong with you?"
He was shocked by his father's abnormal behavior.
Teacher Liu wiped his eyes and said, "Nothing... Did you have anything to do at school today?"
Child: “Nothing.”
Teacher Liu asked, "Do any of your classmates want you to go somewhere?"
"no."
"What about students from other classes?"
"No... Dad, what's wrong with you?"
Teacher Liu choked up. He still had to go to work and prepare lessons. Besides, even if he didn't prepare lessons, he couldn't keep an eye on the children 24 hours a day.
"Nothing, I just thought that I should ask your grandpa and grandma to live in the city recently."
The child shouted happily: "Really?"
Teacher Liu: “Really.”
His father is a veteran of the Korean War, and his mother was a person who could cook for the troops. There are two elderly people, and the child's grandparents are retired in the city.
With the four old men watching, he didn't believe that Ge Ming could do anything else!
Thinking of Ge Ming, Teacher Liu became angry.
He never imagined that a junior high school kid could be so cruel.
A cold light flashed in his eyes, and Teacher Liu thought, none of those people can escape!
*****
Jian Feng decided to resign from his position as team leader and told the factory immediately.
The factory didn't say anything, and soon promoted Zhao Xiaopeng to replace Jian Feng's position.
Zhao Xiaopeng’s wife Wu Haixia was so proud of this in the compound for several days, and even ran to Wang Mengmei’s stall and said things like “I didn’t expect the leader would mention our Xiaopeng”, “He is not as hardworking as Brother Feng”, “What is Brother Feng thinking? Is he planning to quit and run the stall with you?”, “You should persuade Brother Feng that the stall is not that easy to run”…
Wang Mengmei was speechless. She wanted to say that it was Jian Feng who recommended Zhao Xiaopeng, but after thinking about it carefully, she decided to forget it.
Wu Haixia is such an ignorant person. When you told her about it, she thought you were deliberately telling her off.
We have already done good things, so why bother making a fuss?
Wang Mengmei kept making some sweet sounds, which made Wu Haixia very satisfied.
Jian Feng changed his job, and his monthly salary immediately dropped by 80 yuan.
The two of them were thinking about how to make the money back at the stall.
Wang Mengmei wanted to add more items.
"Or we can make stir-fried dishes at night. Isn't there a stall selling stir-fried dishes outside the factory at night? Let's do it too. There are two or three stalls in the market now. I think this is still feasible."
Jian Feng was a little unsure: "Then you get up so early in the morning and stay up late at night, is that okay?"
Wang Mengmei gritted her teeth and said, "That's fine."
Thinking that she could earn money and avoid being angry with her mother-in-law, she would never complain even if she worked herself to death.
Jian Li finally couldn't help herself: "When you get out of this tired state, you can use this money to send you to the hospital...Mom, you should calculate the bill carefully."
It's not easy to make money from overdrawing your body. Just like her, she wanted to buy a house and a car in her last life, but she died just after she paid off the mortgage early.
I don’t know what the purpose is.
Jian Li quickly took out her little notebook before Wang Mengmei got angry.
"Mom, I suggest you stop serving breakfast and focus on lunch and dinner. Look at the gross profit margin. Breakfast in the morning cannot be sold at a high price. The most important thing is the turnover rate and the amount of money spent per customer..."
Jian Li spoke in a serious tone and Wang Mengmei was too embarrassed to say that she didn't understand.
Jian Li explained it once, but seeing that her parents didn't respond, she sighed and changed her way of saying it.
"In the morning, one person orders one yuan each, and you have to take up a seat to eat. After eating, you still have to wash the plates and bowls."
"At noon, you can just fry some fried dough sticks, and you don't have to roll the noodles yourself. Many people bring their own bowls, and they don't have to wash them. A bowl costs just over one yuan."
"At night, if there are several people at a table and they order three or two dishes, it will cost five or six yuan. You can make more money serving one table than serving five or six tables in the morning."
Wang Mengmei understood.
She was confused.
Jian Feng was also confused.
Jian Li: "You do this to make money, not to suffer! If you must earn money by hard work, then street sweepers make the most money in the world."
Wang Mengmei's heart was beating fast. She had never seen things from this perspective before.
Jian Li was still nagging: "They are both screwing things. It looks the same whether you screw in the factory or on a rocket, but the screws on the rocket are more valuable. People have limited energy. If you just bury your head and rush, you will be exhausted just screwing in the factory. If you look up, you may be screwing in a rocket in the future."
“A smart person is one who does the most valuable work in the right position.”
After Jian Li finished speaking, Wang Mengmei and Jian Feng could not calm down for a long time.
"...Where did you learn all this?"
It took a long time for Jian Feng to find his own voice.
Only now did he realize that his daughter had really changed.
Those previous feelings were not misunderstandings!
But Jian Li has really become a completely different person!
Jian Feng had some inexplicable feelings in his heart. He thought he was a qualified father. He worked hard to support his family, cared for his wife and children, and took care of the housework...
But my daughter grew up to be a completely different person, reckless and reckless.
His daughter, who was growing up so fast, seemed to be accusing him of being an incompetent father.
Jian Li raised her head and suddenly showed her two rows of big teeth: "It's taught in the book!"
She picked up a magazine and pointed at the content: "Here!"
Jian Feng flipped through the cover and said, "Economic Talk...where did you buy this magazine from?"
Jian Li: "I bought it with my own pocket money."
Jian Li thought of a way out before she opened her mouth. She was a little brazen in showing off her difference, but she was also very cautious in finding an excuse for it.
Jian Feng and Wang Mengmei looked at each other and saw the relief in each other's eyes.
It’s great that my daughter didn’t turn into a monster.
Jian Li looked at her parents in bewilderment and said, "I'm going to go play with Xia Liu!"
Xia Liu has recently become obsessed with table tennis. Deng Yaping won two gold medals in 1992. Next year will be the Olympics again. The school has organized an activity to learn from Deng Yaping's spirit, and everyone has recently become fond of playing table tennis.
Jian Li thought that playing table tennis could also be considered as a form of exercise and could be considered as a way to lose weight, so she played with Xia Liu every day.
"If you go too late there will be no seats left!"
There are only five ping-pong tables in the family compound, so she has to go early to grab a seat.
After Jian Li left, Jian Feng and Wang Mengmei had a brief discussion and began to settle the accounts.
"Xiao Li is right. We should settle the accounts."
When Wang Mengmei does business, she just calculates the daily income and expenditure. She is a hard-working person and believes that hard work leads to wealth.
Only when you work yourself to the point of being unable to straighten your back every day will the money you earn be valuable.
But when the two of them did the math, she realized that the breakfast that made her the most tired was actually not as good as making two fried dough sticks and selling noodles at noon to make money.
Wang Mengmei murmured to herself: "I am so stupid."
She originally wanted to remove the lunch menu and just sell breakfast.
Now it seems that breakfast is not free money, but it is all hard-earned money.
And with her good skills, she can obviously make money in a non-tiring way.
"I'm so stupid!"
Wang Mengmei patted her head and said, "If I had known earlier, I would have only sold food during lunch and dinner!"
Jian Feng: "It's not too late now."
Selling stir-fried dishes at night is a feasible option.
After much thought, Wang Mengmei decided to mainly sell fried chicken in the evening.
This time she carefully asked her husband for his opinion and decided to ask her daughter in the evening.
Wang Mengmei said awkwardly: "This girl has some money-making ideas. Let's ask her tonight if it's okay."
Jian Feng smiled: "Of course, the fried chicken you make is her favorite."
This compliment, which was not really a love word, made Wang Mengmei smile a little.
"If I'm not a good cook, how could I feed her so much that she's so fat?"
When Jian Li was taking medicine and gaining weight, she had a huge appetite every day and she cooked five meals a day.
Wang Mengmei: "Let's have fried chicken tonight! I'll go to the market and buy a three-yellow chicken and cook a good meal tonight."
Jian Li hasn't had a good meal for a long time, and Wang Mengmei decided to show off her cooking skills today.
Wang Mengmei hurried out.
Jian Feng picked up the magazine and started reading.
This magazine is pretty good, I will subscribe to it later.
*****
Jian Li rushed to the ping-pong table. Three of the five tables were empty, so Jian Li occupied one of them and sat at the table waiting for Xia Liu to come.
As a result, Xia Liu hadn't arrived yet, but a few acquaintances came first.
Liu Xiangdong's two sons, Dajun and Xiaojun, and a few familiar boys from the family compound came.
Dajun and Xiaojun look similar. They are the twins who look similar, except that one has a mole on his face while the other does not. They are in puberty and both have acne scars on their faces. They look a lot like Liu Xiangdong, both are tall and thin.
Looks like a stick.
The two "thin guys" gave Jian Li a malicious smile when they saw her.
"Hey, Fatty! Aren't you afraid that the table will collapse if you sit on it?"
Jian Li turned her head slowly, looking unhappy.
"Chopsticks Brothers, what are you two doing?"
Big Army and Small Army: ...
"What are you shouting for!"
Jian Li said slowly: "You two standing together like a pair of chopsticks, don't you? When you two debut together in the future, you won't even need stage names."
The big soldiers and the small soldiers have always loved giving people nicknames. This was the first time they were given such a nickname, and they were immediately furious.
"Who the hell calls me Chopsticks Brothers? You fat bastard, you're such a jerk!"
As soon as she could, Jian Li started making personal attacks.
Jian Li was not used to it either: "You are so thin, who is like you? You weigh two and a half kilograms including the ash box."
The troops were dumbfounded; they had never encountered such combat power.
Jian Li continued to speak: "To call you two the Chopstick Brothers is an understatement. You two look so creative. When you stand there, you look like date kernels that my grandma has chewed. You look like a toy. Others have perfect angles, but you have no angles at all. The pits on your face are so deep that even a fly would sprain its ankle. Your facial features are like scraps of wood. Your whole face is full of illegal architecture..."
The boys who came with the army and the soldiers tried to hold back their laughter at first, but later they couldn't help it anymore.
“Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!”
"Scraps, hahahaha!"
"The illegal building is hilarious."
…
Nowadays, people curse others with dirty words. How many of you have seen Jian Li's way of cursing without using dirty words?
But Jian Li remained calm and gentle throughout the whole process, and her face didn't even blush, which made her seem even more irritating.
The big soldiers and the small soldiers were furious: "Stop laughing!"
The more they yelled, the more people around them laughed.
I laughed so hard that I couldn't straighten my back.
You can't think too deeply about these words. The more you think about them, the funnier they become.
They want to spread the word!
The big soldier's face flushed with anger, and he came up to hit Jian Li: "You stinky bitch, I'll teach you a lesson!"
Jian Li turned over and jumped over from the side: "You hit me after saying nothing. You are so impatient."
Big Army and Small Army: ...
Ahhhhh how can there be such an irritating person!
There were adults playing table tennis nearby, and they stopped when they heard the noise.
When he saw the soldiers were about to beat someone up, he stopped smiling and watching the fun from the sidelines.
"How can you hit someone? I'll find your parents later!"
They enjoyed listening to Jian Li scolding people, but if something like beating a girl happened under their noses, they, the old men, would not have to go out and see people.
The soldiers were so angry that they almost cried: "She scolded us!"
Jian Li stuck out her tongue: "You guys scolded me first!"
The big and small soldiers were shocked: "How can it be the same?"
They scolded the fat guy, what a powerful attack!
But Jian Li humiliated him from the nickname to his personality!
Dajun and Xiaojun really wanted to cry. Jian Li was such a good curser, those who heard it would definitely spread these words tomorrow... if not tomorrow, then today!
They both could imagine the shame of being called "Chopstick Brothers" wherever they went in the future.
Jian Li muttered: "You're still not happy... Chopstick Brothers still have a hit song."
I'm sorry to teachers Xiao Yang and Wang Taili.
The soldiers and soldiers were clamoring for Jian Li to give an explanation.
Jian Li: "I was just joking, why are you guys so embarrassed?"
"Well, I'm sorry, are you two satisfied?"
Although Jian Li apologized verbally, Dajun and Xiaojun were not happy at all.
They are even more uncomfortable!
Jian Li chuckled. Is this uncomfortable?
All her life, the big soldiers and small soldiers had chased her and called her fat. Every time they called her that, they would make a hypocritical apology. In the eyes of adults, this kind of apology meant "the matter is over", but Jian Li was never happy once.
Now it’s okay, no one needs to be happy anymore.
Now that's fair!
Jian Li didn't care about them. With such a commotion, there was no need to play table tennis. She strolled away to find Xia Liu. Xia Liu's house had a color TV, so she went to watch "Journey to the West"!
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