- "Mr. Li, in 2009, your son's whereabouts were unknown twice, may I ask, how did you survive during that time?"

- "Teacher Li?!" Hearing this title, Li Lanzhi raised her head and glanced at the interviewer, but she was interviewing seriously, so she had to reply seriously: "What else can I do? Even if he has news, I am still worried - little Mulan, be good, a bite of rice, a mouthful of eggs! Eat more, don't be as thin as your aunt!"

- "Mr. Li, do you know what mission your son went on later?" The interviewer once again activated the Unrelenting Skill, and frantically tested on the edge of Mr. Li's roar.

- "You, you, you're fishing again!" Li Lanzhi picked up the spoon, knocked the interviewer on the head, and nagged: "I'll call Qiao Nan and ask him to bring back the confidentiality regulations, don't do anything today, just copy the confidentiality regulations ten times at home!"

- "Okay, okay, I won't ask! You don't know how the scar on your son's neck came about. ”

- "I know!" Little Mulan's eyes widened and her hands danced: "Dad said, it was the villain who cut it with a knife! But Dad is very good!

- "Okay, Mulan, let's go out with grandma after dinner, so you don't have to be asked by her at home!" When referring to his son's scar, Mr. Li has always been reluctant to say more.

- "Teacher Li, last question. If you can travel back, will you still let your son enroll in military school?"

......

Teacher Li was silent, and finally used violence again, beating the interviewer's head: "Write a break, everyone has to ask once, you will be happy if you drive everyone crazy! Few people read it, and I don't know what you interviewed —— go, Mulan, let's go and see if my brother is back." ”

The interviewer had no choice but to spread his hands, and it seemed that this mission could not be written. For this break, several interview subjects avoided her, and only a few of them didn't bother her.

Well, back in 2009, after Qiao Nan lost contact, not long after the college entrance examination, some parents came to consult Li Lanzhi and asked their children to take the military academy. Li Lanzhi could only sigh and say, what else can I do? I could have asked my son, but I don't know where he is now.

So the parents left politely, but they didn't dare to mention the matter of going to military school easily. If your own child is uncertain about life and death at every turn, it can torture a person to death.

After a week after his son lost contact, the results of the college entrance examination came out, and after last year's downturn, this year's No. 2 Middle School made a beautiful turnaround, not only once again won the city's top prize in arts and sciences, but also threw off other schools several streets.

When talking to her youngest daughter on the phone, Li Lanzhi said regretfully: "You really didn't catch up with the good time, if there were not so many things in the second middle school, you would have been admitted to Beijing Foreign University properly." ”

Jolene said, "Anyway, I did my best, and it's fine now, there's no need to always look backwards." ”

said the same, Li Lanzhi thought to herself, the more she lived, the less transparent she was to this child.

Among the group of students graduating this year, the two most eye-catching should be two art students. Wei Chenglin finally got an admission letter from Berkeley and applied for a half-scholarship. The teacher over there called him personally and said, although your comprehensive conditions are not excellent, but your sincerity has touched us and let us see your potential for growth.

Wei Chenglin was so excited that he burst into tears on the spot, and he forgot anything except "thank you". When preparing for the admission application and introducing himself, he originally wanted to hide the paragraph "almost with criminals", but Sun Ruiyang and Qiao Lin asked him to write it, because there is nothing more touching than sincerity.

Sun Ruiyang told him: "Cheng Lin, maybe you can hide that not-so-glorious past for the time being, but now that the Internet is very developed, maybe you will be picked up one day." Especially after you become famous, if someone is jealous and expands this experience infinitely, it will have a worse impact on you at that time. It is better to face the past frankly and honestly, and those who have the courage to face the past are worthy of a better future. ”

Qiao Lin also told him: "My sister's freshman grades were not the best in the class, and when she applied to Stanford, she didn't hide this or make excuses for herself, but said very honestly - because she was not admitted to Tsinghua University, there was a big gap, and she lingered for a while." In his sophomore year, he fought hard and was the first in his major for the next three years. You see, how inspiring this experience is! The school will also think that this student has a lot of potential, from not very conspicuous to very dazzling, only one or two years. ”

Wei Chenglin finally listened to his good friend's advice, and it takes more courage to face the unbearable self in the past than to catch a thief on the train. But he did it, and he could face himself like that, and there would be nothing to be afraid of in the future.

When Wei Chenglin received Berkeley's notice, Zhao Linlin also came with good news, this year she was admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts with the first place in both professional and cultural courses, and finally raised her eyebrows. The moment she found out the results, she almost fell to her knees. She thought that if Su Su had a spirit in the sky, she would also feel happy for herself!

There is no shortage of students from famous schools in the second middle school, and there has even been a provincial champion, but it is the first time that two artistic talents like this have appeared. The school specially invited a TV reporter to conduct an exclusive interview with the two, and also took out a sum of money from the Dongmei Scholarship Fund, rewarding each of them with 5,000 yuan, and also thanked them for providing the school with new ideas for running a school.

There are a total of four restaurants in No. 2 Middle School, in addition to a three-story restaurant building, there is also a slightly expensive privately contracted restaurant. On the day of filling in the volunteers, No. 2 Middle School chartered a private dining room and invited all the graduates present to dinner. Lao Xu said that the last time students were invited to eat on such a large scale could be traced back to many years ago, when the school was rated as a provincial key point.

Before the meal, it was still inseparable from the speech of the school leader, but that day, Principal Guo's speech was particularly brief, he held a wine glass, and did not use a microphone, so he shouted three times: "Everyone has worked hard! You are all special~ special awesome! In the future, you will also become the pride of No. 2 Middle School!"

After the crackling applause, Principal Guo said: "I've been tired for three years, and you've heard enough of the teacher's nagging, so I won't say anything today, and I'll leave all the time to you! You let go of your belly and eat! But don't forget, go and toast your teacher—— no, you can't drink yet, but you have to toast!"

Amid the cheers, the students ate quickly. After eating for a while, the president of the student union walked up to Li Lanzhi with the microphone and insisted on asking her to get up and say a few words. The sound of the students coaxing came and went, and Li Lanzhi couldn't refuse, so she had to stand up with the microphone.

Li Lanzhi looked around at these eighteen or nineteen-year-old children, and before she could speak, she choked up a little. Seeing this, the students applauded again, Li Lanzhi controlled her emotions a little, and said: "A few years ago, I once told Wei Chenglin that children who don't have umbrellas on rainy days should run hard. Right?"

Wei Chenglin looked at her with a smile and nodded silently.

"It seems to me that the vast majority of you are children without umbrellas. At your age, you should read a lot of extracurricular books, explore the mysteries of the natural sciences, develop your athletic or artistic talents, and even wear a beautiful school uniform to go on a date with your loved one. But do you think that's realistic? No, you have to live the opposite life, because most of you don't have umbrellas. Many students have asked me, "Teacher, if I don't get into college, does that mean I've failed?" No, every life has infinite possibilities. As long as you keep working hard, you probably won't have a bad time. But why do you still have to study hard and try hard to get good grades? Because for the vast majority of people, reading is a slow but sustained path, and if you go to a better school, the road will be straighter and wider. When you grow up, read more books, and walk more roads, you will find that the pressure of the college entrance examination is almost the same in any country...... It's just that when it comes to pressure, our province can be regarded as one of the best. ”

The students listened very emotionally, but they were amused by Li Lanzhi's words. Li Lanzhi also smiled and continued: "Because we don't have umbrellas, we can only run forward. I heard from my son that running armed cross-country is very tiring, but it seems to me that you are all carrying heavy pressure and running for three years. Sometimes I feel very distressed when I see you guys. Now that most of you have reached a supply point, you can take a break. But there is still a long way to go in life, so after resting this period, continue to run with your bags on your back! When you reach my age, you will look back and you will find that the way you ran when you were young was really fascinating!"

This burst of applause lasted for a long time, and after the applause weakened, starting from Wei Chenglin's table, a burst of singing suddenly sounded. Immediately afterward, the singing quickly spread to every corner, and the students sang along.

"The stars are shining in the quiet of the night,

The teacher's room was bright all night.

Whenever I walk gently past your window,

Bright lights illuminated my heart.

......

Nurturing a new generation of hard-working gardeners,

Late tonight, the lights are still on.

You're working hard to write textbooks,

The tall figure is reflected in your window.

......

Teachers on the road of the new Long March have made new contributions,

Groups of successors thrive.

Shouldering the hope of the motherland and running to the Quartet,

You always gaze affectionately with tears.

Ah, whenever I think of you,

Dear good teacher,

A warm current stirred in my heart. ”

In her coaching career, Li Lanzhi has heard this song countless times, but most of them are played on the stage of theatrical performances or on a tape recorder. It was the first time she had heard such a spontaneous chorus, and it turned out that the song was so moving. And this group of ordinary students, when they sing, it turns out to be as beautiful as nature.