I didn't have any specific parent-teacher meetings when I was in elementary school, especially in the first few years, when no one was studying, and there were any parent-teacher conferences. No one came to catch the fights on the street, and several times I was caught by the uncle at the police station, and I was beaten by my father when I went home, but the school teachers really didn't care much about me, and I didn't participate in the college entrance examination later, so I didn't have the experience of college life.

"I haven't been to the show. ”

I don't want to go, let alone at this juncture.

"But Teacher Shen said that every classmate's parents have to go, grandpa is really inconvenient for his legs and feet, but if you are inconvenient for the eldest brother, forget it......"

Huizhi didn't look over, the poor little eyes looked at me, I patted my head, and said, "When will the parent-teacher conference be held tomorrow?"

"At noon, because there are no classes in the afternoon. ”

The time was too tight, so I nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to your school tomorrow." ”

I arrived at noon the next day, the weather was a little stuffy, in order to behave a little decently, I specially asked Brother Yong to borrow a white shirt, plus a pair of crumpled suit pants, and a pair of old leather shoes that were uncomfortable to wear, barely decent. It is estimated that because of the parent-teacher conference, there were many adults waiting at the school gate, and the bicycles were parked in a long row. After waiting for a while, I saw Huizhi and a few classmates coming over with a smile, and when I saw me, I beckoned.

The old man of the porter has also changed to a young man, and for some reason he always dares not raise his eyes to see the location of the porter, because he always seems to think of the old man who was killed by me by mistake.

"Big brother, you're here so early. ”

Hui Zhi said with a smile.

"Well, I'm going to go out with your fat brother and them in the afternoon, so it's best to come early and finish it early. Take me in......"

"I'll lead you in, by the way, our homeroom teacher has changed. Teacher Shen is now the homeroom teacher of Class 3, and our homeroom teacher has been replaced by Teacher Zhou, who is a short-looking female teacher, who is particularly fierce. Criticize me a lot, very harshly. ”

Huizhi whispered, and I nodded, and walked into the school.

This kind of thing is actually similar to the year-end work report, criticizing some people, praising some people, and then talking about discipline and achievements.

Huizhi's reading performance has not been very good, because the foundation is too poor, he basically didn't read much when he was with the old monk in the temple, the language is okay, at least he is literate and can read Buddhist scriptures, but mathematics and ideology and morality are not good.

Teacher Zhou spoke impassionedly on the podium, the parents sat down and listened, and there was no electric fan in the classroom, so the stuffy parents could only take out their children's books as fans.

"In this final exam, we could have won the first place in the whole grade, but the average score was pulled down by three classmates, among them, especially the criticism of Huizhi, who just transferred to our class this year. Are the parents here? Please stand up. ”

I wanted to mess around down there, but I didn't think I would have to stand up at this time, so I frowned and got up, staring at the people around me, which was uncomfortable.

"We have always said that parents and schools should cooperate with each other, and children should go home to review, watch and consolidate what they have learned in school. You didn't listen to our school at all. If a child can't get good grades, he can't get into a good university, and if he can't get into a good university, how can he have a good future? I think all the parents here should understand. The days of eating a big pot of rice no longer exist, the country is taking off, and what is needed is knowledgeable and literate talents. The spring breeze of reform and opening up has long been blowing all over the land of China, and if today's children do not come up with good scores, what will they do if they set foot in society in the future? But there are only 21 points in mathematics, how do you get this kind of score? Even if you ask a child born with cerebral palsy, you can't get this kind of score!"

These words caused a round of laughter all around, and Hui Zhi beside me slowly lowered his head, looking ashamed.

"You can sit down, I'm not targeting the parents of Huizhi alone, but the entire class today. What is the child studying for, of course, to get a good score. In the future, only when you go to society can you use knowledge to serve the motherland. In the future, the competition in society will become more and more fierce, and we can't let our children fall behind from the beginning......"

I originally thought that the parent-teacher meeting would end in half an hour lasted for two hours, and after coming out of school with Huizhi, the little monk didn't say a word along the way, and kept his head down.

When he entered the small courtyard in front of the house, he mustered up the courage to say: "Big brother, I was wrong, I will study hard......"

As he spoke, he burst into tears, covering his eyes and crying.

I sighed, turned around and squatted down to look at him and said, "What you Teacher Zhou said is actually right, society is indeed very cruel, if you don't study well, you can't get a foothold in society without getting a good score." Your grades are indeed not good, you should be scolded, and I have not done a good job of supervising your responsibilities. However, her words were not all right. In my opinion, it's better to be the first place person than to get the first place score. ”

Rubbing his head, a layer of short hair had grown on his bare head all this time.

"What do you mean by the first upright person?"

He looked up at me strangely.

"Together, we value a person's conduct and morality more than grades and scores. Maybe we can't be rich people and play a big role in the construction of the country, but at least we can be good people with a clear conscience and noble character. Use your modest strength to help others, huh...... You have to remember that character is more important than wealth. I won't scold you today, because you are not a bad boy, although the test results are not good, it does not mean that you do not work hard, we can make up for the poor foundation, but if the character is poor, it will be difficult to change. Alright, let's go home......"

I took Huizhi's hand and walked in the direction of home, he followed silently behind, we are very similar, for example, we have not had the talent to study well since we were children, he scored 21 points in mathematics, and I rarely passed. I fight, he sometimes dozes off in class, and he is not a good student who is very disciplined and especially well-behaved in the eyes of the teacher.

But none of us are bad people, and what I want to say to Huizhi is what I have always thought in my heart.

I prefer to be an upright person than those who have a lot of money.

When I got home, the fat man and they had already packed their things, Zhong Yong came early in the morning, and the car stopped at the door and waved when he saw me.

"What's going on? ”

The fat man asked.

"This kid scored 21 points in math, haha. ”

I smiled.

"It's pretty high. ”

The fat guy used to hand in blank papers in exams, and the old man spoiled him anyway, so he basically didn't scold him much. Later, after going to the streets as a Red Guard, no one studied hard, so a zero score in the exam did not prevent us from going on to higher education.

"Fart, full score 100 points, okay, today I was scolded by their head teacher. Forget it, things are packed, right? We should also hit the road, whether we can escape this disaster this time depends on the creation. ”

got into Zhong Yong's car and drove in the direction of Song Baoyu's old house.

At sunset, the sun was just right, the breeze was blowing, Luo Qiong and I were sitting in the back row, and the fat man suddenly said for no reason: "At what age do you think we can retire?"

Brother Yong said with a smile: "Retirement? It's good that you think about it, and you should retire your mother." ”

The fat man was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Aren't I just thinking about it, I have to find a wife to live in the future." ”

"When you don't retire after doing this business, there is only one way out, which is to expand your own power, one day you make a sect as big as Maoshan Longhu Mountain, then you can indeed retire, anyway, no one dares to touch you." It's really not good, the whole thing is as big as the Ling family, and no one dares to be presumptuous when the ancestors live in their nineties. However, it will be difficult for a generation to do so, so if you want to retire, you should stop thinking about it as soon as possible. ”

As we laughed, the car drove forward, as if it were running to the end of the earth