Lu Chengcheng walked into the office and saw Lu Chengyi concentrating on writing a report. She did not disturb him, but sat down on the sofa beside him, took out a book and read quietly.
Not long after, someone knocked on the door and came in. When they saw Lu Chengcheng in the room, they hurriedly said, "Director Lu, you have a guest, I'll come in later."
Lu Chengyi waved his hand and said, "It's okay. This is my daughter. She's waiting for me to get off work. If you have anything to say, just tell me."
The man opened his eyes wide in surprise. He had seen Lu Chengyi's daughter before, but not the one in front of him.
Lu Chengyi smiled and said, "This is my eldest daughter, Lu Chengcheng, who studies at the provincial capital university."
"Lu Chengcheng from Provincial Capital University?" The man was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Those cartoons in the Provincial Capital Daily, you drew them, right?"
"It's me." Lu Chengcheng said embarrassedly.
"It's such a great painting, so funny! Everyone in our department is almost dying of laughter. Many of us are reminded of our school days." The man couldn't help but praise Lu Chengcheng and said to Lu Chengyi with a smile, "Director Lu, your daughter is truly talented. Not only was she admitted to the provincial university, but she's also a great painter. She's truly a talented girl!"
Although Lu Chengyi didn't show it on his face, he was naturally happy that his daughter was doing so well. He pretended to say, "Not bad, but don't praise her too much. Children of this age can't stand being praised. They will become cocky and inevitably fall behind."
The man knew that Lu Chengyi had done a self-criticism in front of the entire department yesterday because of his son's situation. Now that his daughter had come today, he wouldn't believe him if he said he wasn't showing off. Naturally, he had to praise her profusely. "I'll tell the people in the department later that the cartoon was drawn by Director Lu's daughter. I'm sure they'll be shocked."
Sure enough, although Lu Chengyi was humble again and again, there was still a smile on his face.
After dealing with the man, it was time for Lu Chengyi to get off work. He took Lu Chengcheng downstairs. As soon as he arrived at the gate, the old man guarding the gate took the initiative to greet him, "Director Lu, it's time to get off work. Your daughter is a good child and really polite!"
Lu Chengcheng had only been here once when he was praised by both of them. When the two children came to the department before, they were praised for their good looks, but no one ever praised them for their politeness and talent.
The smile on Lu Chengyi's face deepened.
Not long after the two of them walked out of the ** compound, Lu Chengcheng mustered up the courage to say to Lu Chengyi, "Dad, are you free this Saturday night?"
"I don't know yet. If there's no urgent meeting, he should be available. What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
"Well, our school is holding an orientation party on Saturday. I've signed up for it and there will be a sand painting performance. I hope you can come and see it then."
When Lu Chengyi saw his daughter lowering her head and looking timid, he couldn't help but think of his ex-wife.
It was the same when she first came to the provincial capital. He was busy with work and didn't have much time to spend with her, but he didn't expect that every little thing he usually didn't care about was recorded in her diary.
Lu Chengyi gently stroked Lu Chengcheng's hair and said with a smile, "As long as Dad doesn't have a meeting that day that keeps him away, Dad will definitely come to watch your performance."
There was only one class in the Chinese Department on Thursday afternoon. After class, Cheng Maixiang went home with her schoolbag.
Today is Yingying's day to perform on stage. Cheng Maixiang promised to go to school to cheer her on. The performance of the provincial capital primary school starts at three o'clock in the afternoon. After class, she took the bus with Lin Jiayu and they were just in time to catch it.
Lin Jiayu only worked for half a day and came back at noon. Cheng Maixiang originally wanted to go home at noon and cook for him, but he refused.
Ever since he started his business on a tricycle, Cheng Maixiang always got up early every day to prepare hot dishes, hot rice and hot soup for him, put them in his lunch box, and wrapped a thick towel around the outside of the lunch box to keep it warm, so that the food would still be warm when he ate at noon.
Fortunately, the weather was getting warmer at this time, so even if the food was cold by noon, it was not that difficult to eat.
But when winter comes, I'm afraid it will be difficult. There are no thermos cups in this era. In order to grab business, Lin Jiayu refuses to eat in the store. Cheng Maixiang has thought many times that she must find a way to make the food warm.
The two went out together and waited for the bus three hundred meters away from the gate. Wei Lingcheng originally wanted to ask the driver to pick them up, but the provincial capital primary school was only four or five stops away from the Lin family, so he declined his kindness.
After all, it is the provincial capital, and the bus schedule is more punctual than other places. The two stood for ten minutes, and then a bus came. They got on the bus, paid the fare, and rode for five stops. The conductor announced that they had arrived at the Provincial Capital Primary School, and they hurriedly got off the bus.
At the gate of the provincial primary school, many people who looked like parents were walking in one after another. When the two arrived at the gate, the guard saw that they were too young and did not look like parents, so he stopped them and was about to ask them questions when Wei Lingcheng and Lin Qingwan rushed over and took them in.
In this era, school management was not as strict as in later generations. Parents of students could enter the school as long as they said their child's name, and they did not need to provide any proof such as an ID card.
Of course, in addition to backward management, it is also related to the fact that in this era there were not as many human traffickers who specifically targeted children as in later generations. After all, public security was stable and there was no need to be on high alert.
Lin Qingwan took Cheng Maixiang's hand and said to Wei Lingcheng, "I'll take Maizi backstage to find Yingying. You take Xiaojia to find a place to sit down first."
The backstage of the performance was in a classroom of the provincial capital's primary school. Lin Qingwan brought Cheng Maixiang and walked to a row of classrooms on the north side as if they were familiar with the place. They knocked on the door of the second classroom on the west side.
A teacher opened the door. Lin Qingwan smiled and greeted her as soon as she saw her: "Hello, Teacher Fang."
Teacher Fang smiled and nodded, then looked at Cheng Maixiang curiously, "You are the aunt Yingying mentioned who taught her acting, right?"
"Yes, Teacher Fang, I came here specially to cheer her up." Cheng Maixiang said with a smile.
"Okay, then Yingying will definitely give a great performance today," Teacher Fang was quite confident. She turned around and called into the room, "Yingying, come out for a moment."
Yingying ran out of the classroom when she heard the sound. When Cheng Maixiang saw her, she was stunned.
Although makeup technology was backward in this era, these primary school teachers were really good at it. Yingying in front of me was wearing a patched green suit. Her ponytail, which was originally tied up high, was braided into two rustic pigtails. I don’t know what she put on her face, and her originally fair skin became much darker.
Lin Qingwan and Cheng Maixiang looked at each other, and suddenly laughed at the same time. The Yingying in front of them had completely lost her usual beauty and cuteness, and had really turned into a country girl.
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