◎Two in One◎
Of course a smart baby wants to go to school. Shanshan sits in the classroom very properly, with her hands and feet placed properly, more upright than the other children next to her.
"Shanshan, if you don't understand anything, you can ask the teacher or your classmates. You should get along well with your teachers and classmates. If you want to go to the bathroom, just raise your hand and tell the teacher. At lunch time, follow the teacher's instructions and go to bed after lunch."
The most important things in life are eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and sleeping. Liang Baozhen mainly reminded her daughter of these points, and everything else is not a big deal.
Xu Shengjie was concise and clear, "Study hard, Shanshan, and dad will reward you with popsicles when you come back."
"good!"
Shanshan watched her parents leave the classroom, but they didn't go far. They just stood outside the classroom, with many uncles and aunts beside them.
On the first day of elementary school, some parents who are not busy at work will stay a little longer. After all, they know their children well, and it will be troublesome if their children start crying and their mothers can't find them.
Xu Shengjie and Liang Baozhen looked at the young lady sitting in the classroom. She was wearing a goose-yellow double-breasted jacket with two pigtails hanging on her shoulders. She sat with her back straight and her hands folded on the table, looking like a spirited and positive elementary school student.
This is what Liang Baozhen taught her children early on. She was worried that her children would become nearsighted early in the future, so she decided to start teaching them from a young age.
This serious look naturally attracted the attention of the elementary school teacher. That morning, Shanshan was the student who was named the most by the teacher.
Shanshan: “…”
Xu Shengjie looked at the small figure of his daughter through the classroom window, and couldn't help feeling emotional. Perhaps this is what an old father feels like.
"Why do I feel like Shanshan has grown up so fast? She's already going to school in the blink of an eye."
Time passed in the blink of an eye, and before he had time to savor it, the girl had become an elementary school student.
Liang Baozhen teased him, "You'll have to tell me later why Shanshan is already in junior high school."
"No, I can't accept growing up so fast! Let's take it slow." Xu Shengjie's thoughts drifted far away. After elementary school, it was middle school, after middle school, it was high school, college, and then marriage...
Oh my God, the more Xu Shengjie thought about it, the more he couldn't stand it. What if a son-in-law came and married his daughter away? The thought of it made his scalp tingle.
"I have to examine my son-in-law carefully in the future. Shanshan is silly and I am worried that she will be deceived."
Liang Baozhen:? Why did you think of your son-in-law?
Shanshan: Who is so stupid!
The parents outside the classroom left one after another. Liang Baozhen and Xu Shengjie stayed longer. One of them took half a day off, and the other was his own boss and had free time. As a result, when the crowd dispersed, Liang Baozhen saw an acquaintance.
"Yang Yan?"
"Liang Baozhen?"
The two met at the Children's Palace, and later their contact gradually faded. Unexpectedly, they met again at the door of the elementary school classroom today.
The two ladies were talking. Xu Shengjie greeted them and then had no time to interrupt them, so he went to talk to the fathers next to him.
"Why are you here? Chaochao should be in junior high school now, right?" Liang Baozhen remembered that Yang Yan's son should be about twelve or thirteen years old.
"Yes, he just started the first grade this year." Yang Yan was very happy to meet an acquaintance here. "My youngest son is here to attend elementary school today."
"Ah? Your youngest is also in primary school?" Liang Baozhen knew that Yang Yan had given birth to a second child. It was the same year that she gave birth to Shanshan. Her son was six months younger than Shanshan. "He's not old enough yet."
"Next year he will be six years old, which is quite a long time. We think it's about the same for him to go to primary school at five years old. It's better to start early than late."
"That's right." Liang Baozhen didn't say any more about this topic. After all, the school stipulated that children could only start school at the age of six. However, Yang Yan's family lived in the municipal party committee compound, so there was naturally a way. "So your son and Shanshan will be classmates in the future?"
"Yeah, I didn't expect that we are so destined to meet. When I go back and tell Chao Chao, he will definitely say how coincidental it is."
The two mothers exchanged parenting experiences at the classroom door, ranging from cultivating children's ability to concentrate on learning to their enthusiasm for getting up early to go to school, and even talked about whether to enroll their two children in classes at the Children's Palace.
The interest classes at the Children's Palace are now richer than they were seven or eight years ago, with more students learning musical instruments, singing and dancing. The most important thing is that they are open to the public.
"I'm planning to enroll my younger child in a calligraphy class, a saxophone class, a piano class, a swimming class, and a..."
Liang Baozhen almost popped her eyes out when she heard about this series of interest classes. It wasn't about the registration fee, "How can the child learn so much?"
"Just learn slowly. You don't know that the granddaughter of the director of the Education Bureau I know has signed up for even more classes. I've thought about it. I have to lay a solid foundation now, so that I won't fall behind in the future. It's also good to cultivate more hobbies."
Liang Baozhen thought this made sense, but wouldn't the children be too tired? With so much to learn every day, would they have time to play? At least when she was a child, she had an easy time in elementary school. She would play in the afternoon when she got home. Of course, she had to work, but at least she was free in the fields in the village.
When the bell rang, Shanshan came out jumping up and down. Her mother hadn't left yet! She was having a great time. We didn't learn anything in the first class. The teacher asked everyone to introduce themselves and let the children get to know each other. Shanshan was so happy because she loved playing with her friends. There were dozens of children here, so we could play for a long time.
It’s great to go to school. It turns out that only fools don’t want to go to school.
"Shanshan, call me Aunt Yang."
"Hello, Aunt Yang."
Yang Yan looked at other people's daughters who were pretty and cute, and spoke in a soft and sweet voice, and couldn't help but feel envious, "Your daughter is so beautiful, she really looks like you."
Liang Baozhen praised both of them with one sentence, and she also reciprocated by praising her younger son Peipei.
The two families had a very pleasant conversation.
"You will be classmates from now on, so get along well with each other." Yang Yan has always liked Liang Baozhen, especially when she heard that she was very motivated and got into university and joined the TV station through her own efforts, which made her admire her even more. Now that she and she are the parent of a student in the same class, she feels even closer to her.
"Shanshan is the older sister, a few months older than Peipei. You have to take care of your younger brother."
Shanshan nodded. She loved being a big sister. Big sisters are so awesome! She looked at the boy in front of her and said to him, "I will protect you in the future!"
"Hahaha, Shanshan is so cute. Our Peipei has never heard anyone say these words to them. If you don't know, you would think they are on the battlefield, not in elementary school."
Liang Baozhen didn't know where the girl learned this saying from. Later, when she asked, she found out that she learned it from watching TV. This girl.
On the other side, Xu Shengjie also communicated with several student fathers, two of whom were also daughters and one had a son. The four of them had a friendly exchange about their children’s schooling issues.
A classmate's parent passed a cigarette to the other three people. Xu Shengjie didn't smoke much anymore, but he still took it, not wanting to offend others. This was in school, and everyone tacitly didn't smoke and held the cigarette between their hands.
Two fathers practiced laissez-faire parenting, allowing their children to do whatever they wanted as long as their lives were not in danger. One father practiced strict management parenting, even resorting to force from time to time.
When asked about Xu Shengjie, he thought carefully about how he educated Shanshan, but he couldn't seem to come up with an answer. "Maybe it was half-relaxation and half-management? There's nothing for my daughter to worry about."
"No, you can't be too accustomed to the child."
"It's not okay to ignore the child. He should be beaten if necessary."
When Xu Shengjie heard about the beating, he waved his hands repeatedly, "It's not necessary to beat him, just teach him well."
Beat Shanshan? You must be kidding. How could he bring himself to do that? If his wife did something to her one day, he would definitely be there to stop her.
"Anyway, children have to be taught well and learn well when they are young, and they have to be corrected from the root." The father of a male classmate said that he believes in the principle that a good son is born under the stick.
Xu Shengjie, acting like an old father, agreed, "Yes, you have to teach them well, and you have to tell them if they are wrong."
"Dad!" After meeting her new friends, Shanshan saw her dad and a few uncles not far away in the corridor. The most important thing was that her dad was holding a cigarette in his hand.
She ran over and turned into an anti-smoking ambassador. Of course, this was mainly because her mother had taught her since she was a child to supervise her father to quit smoking. This supervision had become a habit. The little girl ran to her father, greeted a few uncles first, then pouted her face and "educated" them.
"Dad, why are you smoking again? Pay up quickly." The little boy spread out his hands and enforced the law impartially.
Xu Shengjie looked at the other three fathers who were laughing so hard that they couldn't stop. He gave the cigarette to another father and said to Shanshan, "I'm holding this for uncle. Dad doesn't smoke."
"Okay." Shanshan decided not to expose her father's lie. The TV show said that sometimes you have to save face for others, so she just believed it for the time being. "Don't hold the cigarette next time."
After Shanshan walked away, the other three fathers looked at Xu Shengjie and said, "You are a good girl at educating people."
"Hahahaha, that's right. You control me so strictly." What else could Xu Shengjie do? He could only pamper his own daughter himself.
After staying at the classroom door for a whole class, the parents always let go of their children’s hands. Some crying children felt a little embarrassed when they saw other classmates sitting obediently in the classroom. They wiped their tears and listened to the teacher attentively.
The chubby boy whom Shanshan had asked about on the way was led by his mother into the classroom of Class Three, Grade One. Shanshan recognized the little brother at a glance. It seemed that he had become smart and came to school!
Liang Baozhen and Xu Shengjie left with peace of mind. When school was over in the afternoon, Xu Shengjie was supposed to pick up the children, but Liang Baozhen was too late.
After leaving Hongqi Primary School, the two of them headed east and west respectively, each busy with their work.
As soon as she arrived at the TV station, Liang Baozhen was called by Song Wenjing to her workstation.
"Baozhen, how do you feel about being in Taili these past two years?"
The two were already very familiar with each other, being alumni of the same school and colleagues at the TV station, so Song Wenjing got straight to the point.
"It's good, I learned a lot." Liang Baozhen's words are true. She is still a learner. She broadcasts in Taiwan every day and goes home to practice standard Mandarin pronunciation and news broadcasting...
Song Wenjing had praised her before, saying that she was becoming more and more impressive. Although only the sound could be heard on the radio, every word, every sentence, and every breathing pause in that frequency band could reveal the host's working status that day.
Some people speak clearly and expressively, while others speak weakly, too fast or too slow. When voice is the only bridge connecting the host and the outside world, voice is the most important.
"You are becoming more and more proficient now. You can say that you are very good at it." Song Wenjing was very pleased to see this junior, as if she saw the shadow of her youth in her. "Sister Wu, who took turns with me to host the "Noon News", is about to retire. Now the station is preparing to select another person to take turns with me to report. I am going to recommend you."
Hosting the Midday News?
Liang Baozhen's eyes suddenly widened, and her slightly round almond-shaped eyes flashed with surprise, because that was a show where she would be appearing in public!
In front of the news booth, the host sat with his upper body exposed, looking dignified and confident as he reported the news to the audience in front of the TV.
"Do you have confidence? Do you want to give it a try?"
"I want to!" Liang Baozhen had this dream from the moment she stepped into the TV station, "Sister Jing, thank you for recommending me, I will definitely not let you down!"
"Okay, prepare yourself. I'll send you the dress code and hairstyle requirements. You should practice more often. Showing your face as a host is different from being on the radio. Expression is very important. You need to pay attention to the look on your face when you pronounce each word. We represent the image of the TV station, so we must be strict with ourselves."
"Okay, I'll definitely pay attention!"
Liang Baozhen's head was buzzing, and she kept Song Wenjing's words in her heart. At this moment, she really wanted to scream, but there were too many people, so she had to hold it back!
What Song Wenjing told her was basically 80% to the truth.
She kept this excitement going until she got home. She pedaled her bike like a happy little bird. If the bike had wings, it would have flown away.
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The school bell rang at Hongqi Primary School, and students were preparing to go home one after another. The older students could go home by themselves, but the first and second graders had to wait for their families to pick them up.
Especially the first graders who were attending school for the first day today. The crowds were moving like little ducks, quacking and running out, throwing themselves into the arms of their parents at the school gate.
The area where Hongqi Primary School is located is adjacent to several government buildings and several municipal units such as the Beijing Development Bureau. The children who come to the school all come from well-off families and are well-educated.
When Liang Baozhen was a child, her parents could not come to pick her up when she went to primary school because they were busy working in the fields. They just let the children come back by themselves and were very well taken care of.
Now our conditions are getting better and better, and we are more attentive to every aspect of our children.
There were many parents standing at the gate of Hongqi Primary School. Xu Shengjie arrived more than ten minutes early. There were some parents or grandparents waiting around him.
Standing next to him was a sturdy, slightly plump middle-aged man.
"Comrade, are you here to pick up the kids?" The middle-aged man was quite talkative. Seeing that there were several mothers around and a rare gay man, he immediately felt that he had found his organization!
"Yes, it's my daughter's first day of elementary school."
"What a coincidence, my son is also like that!" The middle-aged man felt that they were destined to meet and was ready to get to know him. "My name is Li Hai."
"Xu Shengjie."
The two fathers nodded to show that they knew each other. After some communication, they found out that the two children were actually in the same class!
This is even more fate!
Li Hai is a good talker, and he especially loves to chat. Whenever he meets Xu Shengjie, he starts talking about his son.
His son Pangpang is good in every way except that he doesn't like going to school. He cries and makes a fuss when he goes out in the morning. It's really worrying. I'm sure this comrade is also worried about this.
"Comrade Xu, your child is crying so hard. Are you worried?"
Xu Shengjie was puzzled. "Why is she crying? She was so happy to go to school today. She urged me and her mother to go out."
"Ah?" Are there still children willing to go to school? Li Hai didn't believe it, but he couldn't lose face. "Yes, our Pangpang is the same. He likes going to school and never cries."
These words made him feel guilty.
Xu Shengjie and Li Hai were chatting idly, and finally saw the children come out.
Shanshan and Pangpang walked together. Pangpang sat in the back seat behind Shanshan, barely joining the small group. He sighed, while Shanshan was excited. He frowned, while Shanshan was beaming with joy.
"Oh, I have to go to school tomorrow!" Pangpang sighed.
"Wow, we have to come to school tomorrow!" Shanshan said excitedly.
"Let me count. Today is Monday. Wow, it's going to be Saturday. Oh my god, it's so long! I don't want to live anymore!"
"What?!!" Shanshan stopped walking when she heard this, very excited.
"You finally know how sad it is." Pangpang knew, how could anyone like going to school! Comrade Shanshan finally woke up! Who can stand going to school six days out of seven?
It doesn't matter. It's not too late for Comrade Shanshan to wake up now, and the organization is still willing to accept her.
"Why not go to school on Sunday? Can't we go to school seven days a week?"
Fatty: Pawn!
He looked at Shanshan and always felt that this little comrade was abnormal!!!
The two walked to the school gate.
"Dad!" Shanshan spotted her dad in the crowd at a glance. Her dad was very tall and stood out among the family.
"Are you happy at school today?" Xu Shengjie picked up the girl and asked her.
"happy!"
On the other side, Pangpang also rushed towards Li Hai, giving the old father a rare moment of warmth.
The chubby father who was still worried about not wanting to go to school in the morning was somewhat happy when he saw his son excitedly jumping towards him. He was so attached to his father after just one day of school? The teacher must have taught him well!
"Dad, let's go home quickly!" Pangpang doesn't like going to school. He is very excited to see his dad coming to pick him up. At this moment, his dad is his hero.
"Are you happy at school today?" The chubby dad learned from the loving father and filial daughter next to him, looking at how harmonious their family is. The little girl was acting coquettishly in Xu Shengjie's arms, and the energetic son was talking about what he saw at school today.
Whatever others have, you should have too!
"Unhappy!" Pang Pang was wronged and angry. Who would feel happy to go to school? Oh, except for the little sparrow next to him.
She seemed really happy, excited like a little sparrow.
"Okay, as long as you are happy!" Fatty Dad looked at Xu Shengjie next to him and spoke loudly.
Fatty: “…?”
It's obvious that you're not happy.
The fat dad tried to pick up his son, but he had a big beer belly. His son's sturdy figure was not in vain.
He tried twice, but it was a bit strenuous, so he gave up! Then he looked at Xu Shengjie holding his daughter next to him. What a good guy, he did it with one hand, so easily.
It must be that his daughter is too light and his son is too heavy. Oh, how could Pang Pang grow so fat!
I don’t know if changing my name to Shoushou will help.
"Can you also tell Dad what you learned in school today?"
Pang Pang didn't want to bother with his father and pulled him away quickly, "It's not fun, I don't want to come again!"
"Hey, you kid." Fatty's dad looked at Xu Shengjie and smiled, "Children just love to talk nonsense. In fact, our Fatty loves to study."
"Yes, I noticed it." Xu Shengjie saw that the little fat boy was anxious to go home, so he didn't expose him.
Xu Shengjie put his daughter down and let the child sit on the back seat of his bicycle. When he was about to take off her schoolbag, Shanshan refused.
"No, Daddy, I want to carry it myself."
"Does your shoulder hurt?"
“It doesn’t hurt!”
Riding her bicycle home, Shanshan held onto her father's clothes tightly with her little hands, and kept talking about school today in the back seat.
"Dad, I met a lot of kids today, more than 40 of them."
"My deskmate is called Jia Jia. She is two months older than me. We even go to the restroom together after class."
Xu Shengjie: "...There's no need to say this."
"I have my own desk and chair now..."
Shanshan's voice was blown into pieces by the wind, like notes composing a pleasant melody. Xu Shengjie would chat with her from time to time, listening to the lady's excitement.
When they got back to the entrance of the alley, Shanshan simply left her father behind and wanted to run back home with her schoolbag on her back.
Along the way, the neighbors, uncles and aunts, all teased her.
"Is Shanshan back from school?"
"You are in the first grade now, right? How are you doing in school?"
"Study hard."
Seeing that there were many people around, Shanshan slowed down her pace, held the straps of her schoolbag with both hands, answered everyone's questions steadily, and walked slowly home.
She is a primary school student now, things are different.
However, once he saw his family, the elementary school student turned into a little kid again.
"Grandma, we got new books. They smell so good!"
"Uncle, look at my new schoolbag. My grandma made it for me."
"Aunt, we had class today and sang a song, Little Swallow in a Flowery Dress..."
"Mom!!!" Shanshan was most excited when she saw her mother who came home later. She rushed into her mother's arms and told her what happened on the first day of school.
"Okay, let's eat first, okay?"
"good."
At the dinner table, Shanshan was the most active. The school simply became a paradise for her and other children to play, especially on the first day. The teachers were very friendly and kind. They spoke softly to the children and led everyone to play games to get to know each other.
"I'm going to play with Jiajia and Niannian tomorrow. We agreed to go to the playground."
"Li Pangpang insisted on coming with us, so we had to take him with us."
"Mom, can I take some candies to school tomorrow? I want to exchange them with Jiajia and the others."
"Okay, you guys, count them when the time comes, one for each of you."
"Okay, four people!"
Shanshan almost forgot to eat while talking. The chopsticks in her hand seemed like a decoration. It was only after Liang Baozhen fed her that she took a few bites of food.
"Eat quickly. You're so excited now. You'll be hungry later."
Shanshan lowered her head and ate a few mouthfuls of food, chewing with her little mouth. "School is so fun, singing and playing games, and there are so many children. I want to go every day."
Shanshan has been a little sad since she found out that she could only go to school six days a week. Why couldn't she go on Sunday?
Liang Baozhen felt something was wrong as she listened. Was this girl too enthusiastic?
Can ordinary children love going to school so much?
"Shanshan, what do you think school is for?" she asked in her soul.
Shanshan looked at her mother seriously, "Of course it's a place to play."
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