Because the exam time was about an hour later than the usual school time, when Su Ting took He Yan to school, almost everyone in the compound was already up.
The wives of soldiers who are usually busy at home at this time are now out of the house, talking about exams only. The children who should have been in school are also playing together in groups because they have a day off for the fifth grade exam.
When they saw them passing by, adults and children alike would take a look. They lived in a large compound, and everyone knew that He Yan was going to take an exam today.
Seeing He Yan following along, a military wife jokingly asked, "Are you sending your child to take the exam?"
"right."
Su Ting nodded, and the military wives who gathered around were all surprised. Someone said, "The school is just outside the compound, less than 300 meters away. Your He Yan is not a child anymore, why does he need someone to send him?"
"It's mainly to show how much I value his exam," Su Ting said with a smile.
For those parents who send their children to take the junior high school entrance examination or the college entrance examination, is it because the examination site is far away and the children are not familiar with the way, so they have to stand outside the school for two and a half hours?
Of course not!
Isn't it to express the importance of this important exam in children's lives?
Although the midterm exam is not as important as the high school entrance exam and the college entrance exam, it only happens once in a lifetime, so Su Ting feels that she cannot just say nothing.
If He Yan's grades were not good, everyone might think that Su Ting was just pretending. She attached so much importance to her child's studies, but he didn't get many extra points!
But thinking about how He Yan always ranked first in his grade, and how every household is following Su Ting's example and cooking noodles and fried eggs for their children on the day of the exam, everyone can't help but wonder, "Is it useful to send children to the exam?"
“How would I know that!” Su Ting didn’t dare to say anything nonsense, otherwise, if they sent their children to take exams in the future and they failed, what would they do if they blamed her?
Su Ting lied, "Isn't this the time for my college entrance exam? Didn't Dongchuan take the two kids to see him off? Xiaoyan saw me off, and now it's his exam time, I can't just ignore him, so I brought Manman to see him off."
After hearing this, he slowly raised his head and said, "When I take exams in the future, my mother and brother will also come to see me off."
Su Ting smiled: "Okay, I'll send it when I have time."
Because He Dongchuan didn't have time today and didn't come to see He Yan off, he slowly didn't think there was anything wrong with the second half of Su Ting's sentence, and said with satisfaction: "Okay."
Hurrying to school, Su Ting and the others left after chatting about a topic, and the military wife who stayed behind began to think.
When Su Ting took the college entrance examination, He Dongchuan took his children to see her off. In the end, she scored the highest score in the academy and was admitted to Fudan University. Although the main reason for her admission to Fudan University was that she had a solid foundation and studied well, what if it had something to do with the fact that he sent her to the exam?
Thinking of this, the wives of soldiers who had candidates at home today couldn't sit still anymore and regretted it endlessly. If they had known this earlier, they would not have sat here chatting idly but would have sent their children to school!
They can’t catch up with this course in the morning, but they must take the math test in the afternoon!
Therefore, the students who were taking the entrance exams for primary school to junior high school in the compound all felt that their mothers were a little strange after waking up from their naps. Not only did they take the initiative to help them check their stationery and send them to school, but they also asked with a smile after they arrived at school: "Son/daughter, do you feel that your mother attaches great importance to your exam this time?"
Crowd: ...felt it [shiveringjpg.]
If I fail the test this time, I will definitely have to eat bamboo shoots and braised pork when the results come out. Woohoo…
But as the saying goes, pressure brings motivation. This year, students who took the quizzes in the campus generally did better in mathematics than in Chinese, and their scores were also higher than their usual scores.
…
Having said that, parents may not feel it obviously, but teachers feel it deeply. After the parents got involved, the afternoon exam was indeed smoother than the morning exam.
Most parents today adopt a laissez-faire approach to raising their children, providing them with food, water and clothes, but they don't treat their children like their own eyes.
Even if it is a small test, they don't pay much attention to it. A more careful parent may help check the stationery, but a careless parent will not care about anything. If the latter happens, it's okay if the child is careful, but if the child is also careless, it may be a tragedy.
During the morning exam, there were many things like not bringing draft paper, breaking coins and then realizing that I didn’t bring a pencil sharpener, or even not bringing a pen at all.
In fact, lack of stationery is a small matter. The teachers are caring and will try their best to help students solve any problems they encounter in the examination room. The trouble is that students with stomach upsets have to go to the toilet several times during an exam. By the time students recover, the exam will be over.
After the morning exam was over, teachers from each class hurriedly gathered the students and repeatedly emphasized that they should not eat anything during the exam and should bring all their stationery!
Therefore, the students did not dare to eat anything at noon. As for stationery, all the students in the compound had brought all their stationery because their parents helped to check.
Candidates from the surrounding groups also paid special attention to this matter, so they checked their stationery again and again before going to school... Well, although there were still some that were forgotten, the number was greatly reduced.
Compared to some candidates who had a lot of problems, He Yan had a very smooth day. Su Ting helped check his stationery. Before leaving the house after breakfast in the morning, Su Ting asked him to go to the toilet, and the same thing happened before going to school in the afternoon. So let alone diarrhea, he didn't even think about going to the toilet to pee during the exam.
After the test, He Yan went to the restroom and came back feeling refreshed. He felt that he had performed well and had a good chance of getting full marks in mathematics. It would be a bit difficult to get full marks in Chinese, but he should be able to get more than 95 points.
When he saw Su Ting after leaving the school gate, He Yan immediately told her his prediction and said, "I will definitely get a 100 in math on this exam!"
Su Ting followed suit and said, "It seems that I had the right four poached eggs this morning."
He Yan was stunned: "How come I didn't eat anything wrong?"
"Just think about it. Normally, if you eat two poached eggs, you will get more than 90 points in both subjects, and you can't even get 100 points. But this time, you ate four poached eggs, and your math score immediately reached 100 points. The effect is immediate!"
This sounds reasonable, but after thinking about it carefully, He Yan felt that it was all fallacy, and said in defense: "Four eggs, aren't two subjects 100 points? Then my Chinese score is not 100 either."
Su Ting said quietly, "You didn't get 100 in Chinese. Isn't that your fault? Besides, you usually don't get 100 in any subject. At least you made progress this time."
He Yan: “…” After all, it’s all his fault?
I looked up and listened to the two people talking slowly. The more I listened, the more confused I became. When they finished talking, I couldn't help but ask, "Mom, are my brother's grades out yet?"
Su Ting said: "I just finished the exam today, how can it be so fast."
I slowly said "oh", then thought about it and felt something was wrong, "It hasn't come out yet, why do you seem to be sure of my brother's score?"
Yes, why?
Su Ting thought for a moment and said seriously, "Because mom believes in brother. He said he can get full marks in math this time, so he will definitely get full marks, right, Xiaoyan?"
He Yan's face was stiff: "Is it, is it?"
Damn it, it seems like he has dug a hole for himself!
…
After the exam, He Yan's salary plummeted. After a half-hour rest after dinner, he began to practice martial arts with his father.
The place for their martial arts practice had long been moved from their home to the tenth floor, because they lived on the second floor and martial arts practice required leg-lifting movements, which they themselves could not notice but the people downstairs could hear clearly when they stepped on the ground.
Although the two families have a good relationship and Meng Xiuzhen doesn't care about these things, they can't pretend they know nothing and practice martial arts at home as a matter of course.
Anyway, what he learned could not be considered the secret manual of the martial arts school, and it would be okay if others saw it, so he changed the venue and continued practicing downstairs.
Although martial arts novels became popular later, they were still banned in mainland China at that time. But there were few young boys who didn't like martial arts. Whether to learn it or not was one thing, and whether to enjoy reading it was another.
When the father and son were practicing martial arts at home, people were too embarrassed to come over to watch. But when the practice venue was moved downstairs, more people came to join in the fun.
By now, the crowd included not only children but also many military officers. Even the leaders of the troops would occasionally come to take a look and even compete with He Dongchuan.
Many children followed suit, but most of them were just learning for fun. They demonstrated simple movements a few times, but were at a loss when faced with difficult ones.
There were a few who persevered and not only practiced with He Yan at night, but also ran with He Yan in the morning. They learned quite well and He Dongchuan would sometimes take time to guide them.
For this reason, some parents wanted their children to become He Dongchuan's apprentices, but he refused. Having an apprentice is different from giving occasional guidance, and it requires a lot of thought.
He Dongchuan was so busy with work, but he was willing to spend time teaching He Yan because he was his biological son and had a good physique, making him a good candidate for martial arts. In other words, if any of these two conditions were not met, He Dongchuan would not have bothered to do so.
But then again, these kids practiced martial arts much harder than He Yan. When they were resting two days ago, they did not stop training, and the location did not change, it was just downstairs of the tenth building.
He Dongchuan was so moved by what he saw that he went down to give them some instructions.
Compared to them, He Yan was too lazy. He was quite self-conscious during his daily training. He didn't slack off when no one urged him to run in the morning.
But after stopping for two days, he started to feel lazy. When He Dongchuan asked him to go downstairs, he was very reluctant and wanted to rest for another day.
This is because he is a biological child, otherwise who would care whether he practices or not.
But there is no if, He Dongchuan said with a dark face: "If you keep dawdling, I will make you make up for the training you did in the past two days today."
A fatal move.
He Yan stood up from the sofa quickly and asked nonchalantly as he walked out, "Dad, what are you going to teach me today? How about I perform all the moves you taught me before in a row for you to see?"
He Dongchuan: “…” It’s what you owe.
After the father and son went downstairs, Su Ting also took Man Man downstairs to join in the fun.
It was not yet seven o'clock, and there were not many people downstairs. Only Meng Xiuzhen and Xu Min were sitting downstairs with palm-leaf fans, enjoying the cool air and chatting. When they saw Su Ting coming down, they quickly called her over to sit down.
They had extra seats, so Su Ting sat down on one and asked with a smile, "Are you done with your work?"
"We eat early at home," Meng Xiuzhen said, and pointed at Xu Min, "Her family didn't cook today, so we bought the food from the cafeteria. He Yan just finished his exam today, so he doesn't want to take a day off?"
Su Ting said: "I have rested for two days."
"It doesn't matter what day it is."
Su Ting waved her hands and smiled: "His father has the final say in this matter, I don't care." She didn't understand martial arts and didn't intend to interfere.
Meng Xiuzhen thought about it and understood what Su Ting meant. She did not ask any more questions about this topic, but said with emotion: "Your He Yan is really a good candidate for martial arts."
"Can you tell?" Xu Min interrupted.
"I can't see it, but I can listen. There are people in our compound who know martial arts, and they all say He Yan is a good candidate," Meng Xiuzhen mentioned something. "Commander Liang also said that He Yan should apply to a military academy in the future, and it would be best if he stayed in the navy after graduation. My husband Jiang said that if He Yan was not too young to be a soldier, Commander Liang would have thought about it now."
Xu Min asked, "Do you plan to let He Yan inherit his father's business in the future?"
Commander Liang said that Su Ting knew about letting He Yan take the military academy entrance exam. This happened more than a month ago, and He Dongchuan mentioned it when he went to the city to see her on Sunday.
When she heard his words, Su Ting felt that he might have the same idea and asked for her opinion.
How should I put it? Applying to a military academy is indeed a good path, and the He family is also a military family. It should be easier for He Yan to take this path than for ordinary people.
However, no matter how easy being a soldier is, it is still more dangerous than any other job. This can be seen from He Dongchuan. He does not have many scars on his body, but many of them are in key locations.
In other words, he was lucky and had the good fortune to meet Su Ting, who knew the plot of the original novel. He would have died on Pingchuan Island a long time ago.
Moreover, the input and return of military service are often not proportional. In this era, the military is considered a high-paying profession, but after a few decades their income will be very average.
What's more, He Yan was the richest man in the original novel. Even if his life trajectory changed in this life, his talent for business should not have changed much.
It is unknown whether being a soldier can help him succeed, but by doing business, even if He Yan cannot become the richest man again, it should be no problem for him to achieve financial freedom.
In comparison, for He Yan, it would be better to repeat the original path.
But then again, the decision a person makes when faced with the same thing will often change due to some minor changes.
In the original novel, He Yan lost his parents at a young age and was abused by his stepmother. He dropped out of school before finishing junior high school. If he wanted to make a name for himself, doing business could be his only option.
He Yan's father and elders are all alive in this life. As long as he works hard and is admitted to university, they will definitely support him. There are many choices in front of him, and no one can predict whether he will embark on the future path.
Maybe when he grows up, he will want to become a soldier like his father.
So after thinking about it, Su Ting chose a conservative answer, which was to let He Yan make his own decision.
He Dongchuan used to think so, but recently there were too many people who said that He Yan was suitable for military service, so he thought of guiding his child in this direction. But after listening to Su Ting's idea, he thought it would be better to let He Yan make his own choice in the future, so he stopped worrying about it.
When Xu Min asked about this, Su Ting's answer remained the same: "It depends on what Xiaoyan thinks. I have already made an agreement with his father not to interfere with his decision."
Xu Min thought about it and said, "Your He Yan has good grades, so he will have many choices in the future."
Meng Xiuzhen nodded in agreement and then sighed.
The child has good grades, so the parents feel confident. For example, she is not worried at all when she thinks about the future of the eldest child, but the feeling is different when she thinks about the future of the second and third children.
Although she had planned to let her daughter tutor her younger siblings when she returned, Meng Xiuzhen had no idea what the result would be.
As they were chatting, the crowd exclaimed. Meng Xiuzhen loved to join in the fun, so she immediately forgot what she was going to say and ran over to join in the fun. The people who were surrounded were He Dongchuan and He Yan, and Su Ting also wanted to watch. Xu Min saw that they both ran away, so she quickly followed.
The three of them squeezed through the crowd and saw He Yan standing in the middle, performing a series of combos with great vigor. When he got to the exciting part, they couldn't help but cheer and exclaim.
Because the noise was too loud, those who lived nearby and had no intention of joining in the fun also came out. For a moment, it seemed as if everyone in the entire compound had come running over, and the three lower and three outer floors of the ten buildings were surrounded, making it impossible to get in or out.
After He Yan finished his combo, a military officer felt itchy and invited He Dongchuan to come down and fight with him for a few moves.
Initially, He Dongchuan didn't want to leave the stage, but the onlookers were excited and wanted to make trouble. Before he could even open his mouth, they shouted, "Fight two moves! Fight two moves!"
The few leaders who managed to come out and join in the fun all watched with interest, and some who didn't care much about their image also joined in.
He Dongchuan had no choice but to go down and play with others.
Everyone living in the compound knew that He Dongchuan was a skilled fighter, so those who dared to fight were more confident in their own skills. It wasn't that they would definitely beat him, but they believed that they wouldn't lose too badly.
He Dongchuan would not use the same killing moves he used against his enemies to fight them, after all, they were neighbors, so the fight between the two was very interesting and the onlookers were also very excited.
But Su Ting was excited but also a little worried. She was afraid that He Dongchuan would get hurt.
Although they would avoid hitting vital parts, the blows from fists to flesh were real, and the swollen arms would hurt for several days.
Compared to Su Ting, He Yan and Man Man, who were standing together, didn't think too much. They clenched their fists and shouted for their father with excited expressions: "Come on, Dad! Dad is the best!"
A few years have passed, but the words the two children use to cheer their father up have not made any progress and are still the same as what Su Ting taught them.
In addition to them, several children who learned martial arts from He Dongchuan were also cheering for him. Well, they learned all the skills from the brother and sister, but they just called them Uncle He.
The family of the military officer who was fighting with He Dongchuan also came. Several children followed He Yan's example and cheered for their father. Not only the content but even the way they addressed him remained the same, only the subject and object changed.
He Yan felt something was wrong and looked up at them. Then he adjusted the content of his encouragement from "Dad is the best" to "Dad is the most powerful in the universe". Later it changed to "When Dad makes a move, the enemies are scared to death".
It's just that when he adjusted the content, the other party also adjusted it, and there was still no change. He Yan was so angry that he didn't care about cheering for his father and asked loudly: "Why are you imitating my speech?"
The leading child on the other side denied it and answered confidently, "Who copied you?"
He Yan angrily said: "You just copied me! You copied the cunning of others!"
Slowly followed suit: "Learn from others!"
The other party was also angry: "Can't other people say what you said? Big-faced monster!"
The younger children also shouted: "Big-faced monster!"
For a moment, not only were the two people in the middle of the field fighting fiercely, but there was also a lot of tension between the two groups of children watching.
Just when the children were arguing the most fiercely, the winner was decided on the field, and cheers rang out again from the bottom of the ten buildings.
He Yan and Man Man were so busy arguing that they didn't see the glorious moment when Dad won. So after the cheers, He Yan turned around and said unhappily, "I didn't even see how Dad won. It's all your fault!"
Slowly nodding wildly: "Yeah, it's your fault!"
The kids on the opposite side were already feeling sad because their dad lost, and when they heard He Yan's words, which seemed to be picking faults but were actually showing off (in their opinion), they could no longer contain themselves and burst into tears.
Among these children, the youngest was four years old and the oldest was nine years old. Each one cried louder than the other and howled more miserably than the other. Their voices intertwined together and could be heard from the ten buildings to the gate of the compound.
Their father was originally discussing his experience with He Dongchuan, but when he heard the crying, he ignored it and hurried over to coax the child with his wife.
He Dongchuan saw He Yan standing next to him with an embarrassed look on his face, guessed that something was wrong with him, and went over to inquire about the situation.
It would have been better if I hadn't asked. Once I did, the two children almost started quarreling again. You called me a "big-faced monster" and I called you a "shrewd imitator". The crying, shouting and cursing were intertwined together, and the scene was in chaos.
The two adults were in a state of great headache, but the onlookers were quite amused. Of course, some people offered suggestions, saying, "The children are both angry. If they are together, they will quarrel endlessly. If we take them back separately, they will surely calm down immediately!"
The four parents took this to heart and quickly took their children away separately, and the day's training ended early.
The method of sending a group of children home separately is indeed effective. There were more than ten children on the scene, and they were talking to each other. Not only did the noise give the adults a headache, but they also became more and more excited the more they talked.
After returning home, their emotions were indeed much calmer, but they still felt unhappy in their hearts. When entering the house, He Yan muttered, "You cry when you can't win the argument, what a bunch of scumbags!"
Slowly parroted: "That's right! Laziness, laziness!"
He Dongchuan felt a headache after hearing this. He turned around and asked unhappily, "Do you think you are right?"
"We were right in the beginning!" He Yan answered confidently, "They were the ones who imitated my speech first! They even called me a big-faced monster!"
"They are bad!" he slowly echoed in the summary.
"Didn't you also scold them for being cunning?"
"They imitate my speech, which is actually a way of imitating others!"
He Dongchuan understood: "Oh, you can scold them for being imitators, but they can't scold you for having big faces, right?"
The brother and sister nodded in unison: "Yes!"
He Dongchuan: "...I think you are really shameless."
"Dad! Which side are you on?" He Yan was dissatisfied.
"I will stand with whoever is right."
He Yan said loudly: "Of course we are right. I have already said that they were the ones who imitated me first, so I argued with them!"
"They can learn it, and you can't lose a piece of meat. Even if others see it, they will at most think it's inappropriate, but they won't think they are wrong." He Dongchuan changed the subject, "But it's different when you scold people. You speak first, and everyone will think that you are the one who started the trouble and you are wrong."
He Yan was speechless, but still unwilling: "But..."
"No buts!" He Dongchuan was about to say something to He Yan, "You think you have reason to scold others, but as long as you open your mouth first, you will be the one who is wrong in the eyes of outsiders, and as your parent, I will have to go to their father to apologize for you tomorrow."
"Based on what?" He Yan asked angrily.
He Dongchuan glanced at him and asked coldly, "Did everything I said just now go in vain?"
He Yan was silent, pursed his lips and said nothing more.
After half a minute, He Dongchuan spoke again: "Whether you speak first or you hit someone first, it's both very stupid. If you are smart enough and can guide them to start swearing first, then even if you curse someone until they cry, they won't think the problem is yours, and I won't say a word..."
He Yan, who was furious just now, raised his head in surprise after hearing this: "Huh?!!!"
Not only He Yan was confused, Su Ting, who was sitting on the sofa listening to He Dongchuan scolding the child, was also confused and couldn't help shouting: "Dongchuan."
He Dongchuan just gave Su Ting a soothing look and continued: "You made a mistake today, I must punish you."
He Yan suddenly became nervous and asked, "What's the punishment?"
Man Man also looked panicked. She had never been punished in her life!
He Dongchuan did not answer immediately. He thought for a long time before saying, "During the summer vacation, He Yan, you should double your training every morning. Run for one hour and do horse stance for one hour."
Although He Yan also trains on weekdays, it only adds up to one hour a day. He runs or does horse stance for half an hour in the morning and practices martial arts for half an hour in the evening. He only trains more on Sundays.
But from what my dad said, it seems like we need to practice like this every day?
He Yan sighed in his heart, but he didn't dare to object. He said with a bitter face, "I understand."
But he didn't expect He Dongchuan to say something else: "In addition, you should spend two hours reading every day."
"What are you reading?" He Yan popped his head up and asked.
"Make him a list of books. We'll take some time to go to Xinhua Bookstore in a few days and buy all the books." After talking to Su Ting, He Dongchuan turned to He Yan and said, "Read the books according to the list. After reading each book, you must write a review of no less than 1,000 words."
"ah?"
He Yan was completely dumbfounded. Although he was good at Chinese and writing essays, no child would like to write a book review, right? And it was summer vacation, and he was planning to have fun.
He Yan couldn't help but ask: "Is this too much?"
"If you are not satisfied, we can increase it appropriately." He Dongchuan said with a smile.
Didn't he just say too much? He Yan was confused and was about to speak, but he noticed the sinister smile on his father's face and quickly stopped himself and said, "No, I'm not dissatisfied."
"Okay, training will start tomorrow morning, and reading will start next Monday," He Dongchuan hummed, "You just finished your exams, so you need to take a few days off to rest."
He Yan: “…”
After explaining He Yan's punishment, He Dongchuan looked at Man Man.
Man Man was originally afraid of the punishment but was also curious about it. However, after hearing her father's arrangement for her brother, her curiosity disappeared and she was left with only fear.
After being stared at by her father, she immediately stood up straight and stammered, "I, I can't do the horse stance! I, I can't write."
He Dongchuan's lips twitched. "Then when your brother is doing the horse stance, you just stand by the side. You don't have to write a review, but you have to read the book. I'll ask your mother to make a list of books for you."
Slowly heaved a sigh of relief: "Oh oh."
Three minutes later, she slowly realized something. Although she was the best-looking, smartest, and most word-recognizing student in the class, up to now, she had only known less than fifty words. How many words were there in a book?
So sad~