The college entrance examination is over, and the third year of high school is graduated, which is another painful time to wait for grades, and the students in the first and second years of high school still have to stay in the classroom and continue to study hard.

A few days after graduating from the third year of high school, Wang Yige went to the principal's office to find Lin Ping.

For Wang Yige, the principal's office is like his home, after knocking on the door and coming in, he consciously took a glass of water and sat on the sofa and drank it, and then said, "Teacher Lin, I'm here to ask for leave." ”

Lin Ping said with a smile: "I know that the World Mathematical Olympiad is held in Cape Town, South Africa this year, right?"

Wang Yige said happily: "Yes, from July 3rd to July 13th, I have to take half a month's leave in advance to go to Beijing for training, and then set off for South Africa, I am still the first time to go abroad, a little nervous, but I am more excited, I want to compete with so many young math masters in the world, I am very excited." ”

"By the way, teacher, this year's Chinese delegation, my teammates, are so powerful, not only good at mathematics, but also fluent in English, and there is also a Chinese, English, French, Japanese and Chinese dialect, the brain is also better than mine, I am a little afraid that they will be dragged back." Wang Yige, who was quiet and silent, talked a lot in front of Lin Ping, and would say anything to Lin Ping.

Lin Ping said with a smile: "It's okay, you can enter this team and represent Chinese teenagers to participate in the International Mathematical Olympiad, which means that your strength and ability have reached this level, your foreign language level may not be as good as theirs, but your mathematical level must not lag behind anyone, you have to believe in yourself." Moreover, the teacher thinks that they must not be as hard as you. ”

Wang Yige pursed his lips and said with a smile: "That's true, but I think they're smarter than me." ”

"Diligence can make up for clumsiness, you have to believe in yourself. Lin Ping smiled and encouraged.

It is true that diligence can make up for clumsiness, but this clumsiness must be limited, people like Wang Yige who have outstanding learning talent A and outstanding mathematical talent through hard work and diligence make up for the learning talent S or even S+ in mathematics There is no problem, but a little lower, B or C, it is difficult to say, sometimes talent is really an insurmountable gap.

"By the way, is the money enough?" asked Lin Ping.

"It's enough, it's enough, it doesn't cost much, the state has paid for me, and you have spent a lot of money on me before, I am very grateful to you, teacher. Wang Yige said a little crampedly.

"Okay, Yige, don't say these words to the teacher, you have a chance to be the best thank you to the teacher. As he spoke, Lin Ping took out a bank card and gave it to Wang Yige, "Take it, the password is 090901, there is some money on this card, and the foreign exchange business is opened, if you need anything when you go to South Africa, you can withdraw it from this card." ”

Wang Yige shook his head resolutely: "No, I really don't need a teacher." ”

Lin Ping smiled and said: "You don't need to take it, you don't need to spend it, you don't need it, the poor family is rich, you are also going abroad, your team will definitely have to play there for a few days at that time, don't owe it, also, help the teacher buy some South African souvenirs and bring them back, buy more, and give them points to Teacher Ma of Zhongguo Hope School." Teacher, I haven't been abroad yet, let alone South Africa. ”

Looking at Lin Ping's firm eyes, Wang Yige felt a little difficult to disobey, so he took the bank card, and then carefully put it into his pocket.

And looking at Wang Yige, Lin Ping couldn't help but smile with relief, being able to train Wang Yige, a poor child in the mountains, to participate in the top mathematics competition such as the International Mathematical Olympiad, Lin Ping felt a little satisfied and proud, just Wang Yige, just Wang Yige Now, Lin Ping feels that he has not come in vain in this world.

But Lin Ping also knows that there are 60 million left-behind children in China, basically all of them in backward and poor areas such as rural areas and mountainous areas, and their conditions and resources are very poor.

Even if only one out of 10,000 people can become a talent, then if these 60 million left-behind children can really receive sufficient support and training, they will not be worse than most foreign students studying in China.

At least, after education and training, these 60 million are the ones who really love this land, this country, and this nation.

Only then will they know how to be grateful, and they are willing to struggle and fight for this land where they were born and grew up, to deliver their future and life to this land, to contribute their strength to the hope and tomorrow of the Chinese nation, to deliver themselves to the motherland, and finally die and be buried here.

Those local and hidden human resources are still worth excavating and cultivating, and they are also an important guarantee for national self-confidence and national rise.

And Lin Ping's grand educational goal in this world is to dig out a piece of gold from these 60 million or even more children, give a platform and a hope, at least bury a few talents.

And now Wang Yige can be regarded as a small achievement, although Lin Ping also smashed it with money, in order to make Wang Yige successful in mathematics, Lin Ping did not spend less money, but at least it proves that with enough money and educational resources, children like Wang Yige will not be too bad.

Making money - throwing money, this is a transformation process that Lin Ping must face if he wants to cultivate more talents.

At this time, Wang Yige seemed to see something, and couldn't help but say "Huh".

Lin Ping turned his head to follow Wang Yige's gaze, and it turned out that Wang Yige saw the portrait hanging on the wall of Lin Ping's office.

Lin Ping said with a smile: "One of your senior sisters in high school gave it to me, and the painting was not bad, so I hung it on the wall." ”

Wang Yige blurted out: "It's Zhao Zhiya, right?"

Lin Ping was stunned: "Yo ho, how do you know." ”

At this time, Lin Ping looked at Wang Yige, then at the painting on the wall, and suddenly said, "Wang Yige, you stand here and stand next to that painting." ”

Then Lin Ping got up from his seat, walked to the edge of the sofa, observed Wang Yige and the painting from as far away as possible, and then couldn't help but sigh and said: "I said why do you feel that this painting looks so strange, you stand next to it like this, I feel more and more that the eyebrows and eyes of the characters in this painting are very similar to you." ”

Wang Yige looked at the painting and lowered his head in embarrassment.

Even Zhao Zhiya herself didn't realize that because she especially likes to paint Wang Yige on weekdays, the characters under her brush, especially men, will always unconsciously have a trace of Wang Yige's charm, and people who don't know Wang Yige can't see it, but people who know Wang Yige can always feel it deeply.

Decades later, one of Zhao Zhiya's most proud and famous paintings is the portrait of the great mathematician, scientist and thinker Wang Yige.

That painting was evaluated by the world in eight words: vivid, like a person.