Chapter 138 Parents’ Routine
"Wei Xu?" Ou's mother said, "I think I've seen this guy in a TV show before. Turns out he's a graduate of a professional school. He's in TV shows and movies, so he's a big star."
Fu Ying's expression became even more conflicted.
Lin Ruoyan noticed this time and wondered, if Fu Ying was Wei Xu's schoolmate and had been a counselor back then, then were they really unfamiliar with each other? If they weren't familiar, she probably wouldn't have such an unnatural expression. Perhaps there was something going on between them, so even though she could have gotten an introduction from Wei Xu, she still hadn't done it.
Lin Ruoyan didn't dare to boldly suggest investing in the film festival. After all, she still needed to consult with those in the film and television industry. This wasn't like organizing a homestay design competition. Lin Ruoyan didn't understand the rules of the film and television industry. If she crossed someone else's sphere of influence, the financial loss would be minor, but the impact on the Lin Group's development would be worthless.
So she said, "I don't know much about this film festival either. How about you give me some data so I can ask someone in the company who knows about it and then decide whether to sponsor it."
This Fu Ying didn't have a name in the original book. Unlike Zhang Huanyu, Lin Ruoyan couldn't even tell if she was the mastermind. If she was just helping to inquire and pass on the message, then she had to look higher up.
Lin Ruoyan's request was reasonable. Fu Ying was attending a parent-teacher conference today, so she naturally wouldn't have any film festival data with her. So, she agreed, saying she'd visit with the data another day. Lin Ruoyan gave Fu Ying the company's address and arranged to meet there in two days. During those two days, she could sort through the information and gather her thoughts, while she could also learn more about the film festival.
After talking about the film festival, Mother Ou and Fu Ying turned back to the topic of children's education and asked Lin Ruoyan how she taught her son so well and what extracurricular classes he took.
Lin Ruoyan said modestly, "My child usually does exercises online and reads books on his own. He used to learn Go, but since he got his amateur 5th dan certificate, he hasn't been going to classes anymore and just plays Go with others online."
Ou's mother knew the ins and outs of Go grading and rank exams. She had only heard that Lin Mengxi was learning Go, but she hadn't expected him to be an amateur 5th dan already? Her husband's colleague's son had just passed the amateur 1st dan exam in second grade and was bragging about it everywhere. Lin Mengxi was already an amateur 5th dan before even starting elementary school—that was incredible.
"So, what are the learning website and the Go website you mentioned just now?" the two mothers asked at the same time.
Lin Ruoyan asked someone to bring a laptop and demonstrated the learning website and Go website to the two of them on the spot.
Mother Ou said, "Yes, my homeroom teacher seemed to have recommended it before, but I didn't pay much attention to it. It turns out that learning websites are so good and very convenient for supervising children's studies."
Although Fu Ying was also interested in the website, she was a little worried. "Will it be bad for children's eyesight if they constantly look at computers? My son Lu Yiming already wears glasses. Is there an offline school for Go that I can sign up for?"
"Oh, yes." Lin Ruoyan smiled and took the chess academy's enrollment flyer. There were also some of these flyers placed in the B&B restaurant. "I invested in and opened a chess academy. The teacher is a retired professional from the city Go team. One of his students was selected for the city team this year. If you're interested, you can go and learn."
"Wow, Mr. Lin, how many businesses have you opened?" Mother Ou exclaimed enviously.
Lin Ruoyan said modestly, "It's just a small investment. The real business is still run by professionals."
"Then can we invest as well?" Mother Ou usually has some spare money but doesn't know what to do with it. "Ten thousand or twenty thousand, isn't that too little?"
"As for this amount, I can recommend another project." Lin Ruoyan found the recruitment promotional documents for Zhang Huanyu's homestay project for small and micro shareholders on the computer. "I'm sponsoring this project. Take a look. If you're interested, you can invest. The money isn't much, but you can stay there for free in the future. It's very convenient for travel and leisure."
This really attracted the two mothers, and they were eager to try it after reading the materials.
Mother Ou also said, "Mr. Lin, would you like to join our parent group? It's full of parents from our school. There's a first-grade group and a school-wide group. It's a private organization for exchanging information."
Lin Ruoyan immediately joined the group. However, Penguin accounts at the time didn't require real-name verification, and accounts were frequently stolen, so people rarely filled in their real names. Information spread in such groups was only for reference, far less official than the real-name verification groups of professional communication tools more than a decade later.
However, she can use this parent group to send some project information, such as learning websites, Go academy... and the myopia treatment device developed by her company in the future.
"Oh, by the way, does anyone of you know a good physical training teacher?" The two were asking about training classes, and Lin Ruoyan also wanted to ask how their children usually practiced sports.
"What is a physical education teacher?"
It seems that the concept of specialized physical training didn't exist in that era, so Lin Ruoyan changed her explanation: "Our homeroom teacher asked me to strengthen Mengxi's physical training. His other subjects are fine, but his physical education grades need extra practice every day."
Mother Ou had seen Lin Mengxi before. This little boy was cute and delicate, and relatively thin. Unlike other strong little boys who were particularly naughty, it seemed that he needed to exercise more.
"Well, my Xiaoxue is a dance student, so she doesn't have any extra practice. Fu Ying, where's your baby?"
"At the beginning, we ran very fast, so we didn't practice. The child's father helped him skip rope, and he jumped more at home, and his grades improved."
These parents didn't worry about their children's physical education classes. If they wanted to exercise, they would let their children learn some ball games, swimming, or skating. There was no special physical training to prepare for physical education exams like in later generations. Who knew where the son's father was? Lin Ruoyan herself was not good at running and jumping, and there were no training classes. It seemed that she had to find another way.
Because Lin Mengxi is not an all-rounder and needs to "make up lessons" in sports, the two mothers' mentality has finally stabilized a little and they are no longer too crazy about envying other people's sons.
After seeing the two mothers off, Lin Ruoyan returned to her own residence in front of the courtyard. She immediately spotted Chen Jun practicing boxing in the yard. She suddenly realized: Isn't this a ready-made master? Rope skipping and running are the basics, and for horse stance and martial arts, she could learn from Chen Jun and just pay him a tuition fee.
So Lin Mengxi, who was engrossed in reading in the study, was caught by her mother and taken to the courtyard. Lin Ruoyan asked, "Do you think Uncle Chen's boxing is good?"
Chen Jun practiced in the yard every day, and Lin Mengxi often saw him when he came home from school. However, he had never been very good at sports, so he could only watch with envy.
Lin Ruoyan beckoned, "Son, do you want to learn? Chen Jun learned martial arts from Shaolin Temple and doesn't easily accept disciples. If you want to learn, how about Mom find a way to get him to teach you?"
Lin Mengxi's eyes sparkled. His mother had dragged him to see a lot of movies before. At the time, martial arts films with their gruesome scenes of sprinting and slashing through walls and settling scores were all the rage, and they were all Lin Ruoyan's style, easily captivating for children. He knew the Shaolin Temple's status in the martial arts world, and he'd heard from classmates who were taking classes in martial arts and taekwondo. Those classmates were incredibly agile, and he wanted to be like them. He nodded and said earnestly, "Mom, I want to learn."
Lin Ruoyan said, "Then you have to lay a solid foundation first. During the parent-teacher conference, Mom heard the teacher say that you need to work harder on your physical education. You didn't get full marks in skipping and running, so practicing martial arts is still a bit difficult..."
"Mom, I'll practice." Lin Mengxi promised solemnly.
"Then spend an hour every day after school exercising in the yard. First, get a perfect score on your school's physical education exam. Then see if your Uncle Chen is interested in teaching you." Lin Ruoyan thought to herself that her son's IQ was high, but adults' methods were more complicated. How could she arrange for him to learn martial arts from the beginning? He had to meet certain conditions before he would have a chance, and only then would he work hard.
This reminded her of a story: To encourage his grandson to go to kindergarten, his grandfather had taught him from a young age that only well-behaved and excellent children could be sent there, where there were plenty of toys and other children to play with. So the grandson was always very obedient and well-behaved, eager to qualify. On the day of admission, he happily packed his little backpack and went, unlike the other children around him who cried and wailed due to separation anxiety.
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