Chapter 5: New Friends
On August 25, the freshmen of Linxi Academy of Fine Arts reported on time for military training. On September 1, the school started on time.
When Tong Ziru appeared at school on time, it was not surprising that the eyes of her classmates were attracted to her. After all, she was the only foreign student in her class.
These days, she has long been accustomed to the strange eyes of others, and over time she has also become a lonely and self-appreciating character. She didn't have any friends since she was a child, so what if she was lonely for another four years. She often told herself that she was here to learn, not to make friends, so she didn't have to be sentimental.
In fact, the main reason why everyone is attracted to her is her appearance. Such a slender and tall woman with blonde hair and blue eyes is really too beautiful. Some people inevitably feel that God is too fair to her, giving her the appearance of a fairy and making her so smart, it is said that she is an engineering girl, and the engineering student switched to the art major, and she is so beautiful, isn't this a typical pride of the sky.
But some girls will inevitably have envy, jealousy and hatred, such as her classmate Tian Tian, a typical rich daughter. Her father is the boss of Chengmeng Real Estate in Linxi, and she has been pampered since she was a child, and she is always a celebrity in the school and the object of attention of others. On the first day of school, Tong Ziru stole her limelight, and even saw a handsome guy in the school asking her for contact information, she was quite surprised.
However, Tong Ziru doesn't care about these things, she just wants to work hard, and she doesn't think about feelings at all, because she doesn't believe in love. She saw her parents' failed marriage, and when she was two years old, her father divorced her mother, and she ruthlessly abandoned her mother to find a new wife. Knowing this, she no longer trusted any man.
On the first day of school, when each student in the class introduced herself, she was the only one who only reported her name and where she came from. Most of the classmates looked puzzled, and some thought that she was prideful and high-minded. But there are also some girls who are friendly to her and want to be friends with her. But she still has an attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away, and she doesn't say anything to them every day except for her signature smile.
Most of the time at school, she likes to be alone and live a life of three points and one line. Until the end of the month, the school's various clubs began to recruit new students, including the calligraphy and painting club.
As a diligent and studious, she certainly did not miss this opportunity, and fortunately, she successfully joined the club. The main task of the calligraphy and painting club is to hold a calligraphy meeting and a school art activity every Wednesday and Friday afternoon. And every time she would sit in the corner, either quietly listening to the lecture or practicing alone.
The president of the club is Zhao Yang, a senior majoring in fine arts, and the vice president is his classmate Chen Xi. Seeing that the foreign girl was so interested in them, they were both happy and curious.
It wasn't until the third event that Zhao Yang couldn't help but ask, "Hello, are you from the calligraphy department?" ”
"Yes," she smiled and didn't reply.
"Are you a Westerner? Are you here to study?"
"Yes. ”
Zhao Yang wanted to ask again, but Tong Ziru was called away by the counselor and left first.
When it came to another event, Chen Xi asked everyone to give suggestions for the art festival, and she wanted to organize a program where calligraphy and painting would be performed on the same stage, but she couldn't think of a good idea.
Everyone's opinions were not very ideal, everyone spoke actively, only Tong Ziru sat quietly in the back corner, looking at the classmates in front of him with a pair of big blue eyes.
Zhao Yang smiled knowingly, "The foreign girl in the last row, I'm sorry I didn't remember your name, you can talk about your thoughts about this event." ”
She was not flustered when she was named, and in the face of everyone's dozens of pairs of eyes staring, she stood up and spoke, "My name is Tong Ziru." I think it's okay to improvise, it's best to stand on the stage and write alone, and one person can draw the other's appearance, both Western and Chinese paintings. Preferably accompanied by musical composition. ”
"Don't say it, it's okay. The old girl has a good idea. Chen Xi on the side praised twice, and the other members also felt that this idea seemed to be okay.
"And who's going to draw and write?" someone asked.
"To be fair, we've been practicing together lately, and we'll see who draws and writes the best. Zhao Yang proposed.
So, everyone began to practice again, and the children's characters were idle, so they picked up their two Zhonghao brushes and began to dance and ink. It has been a long time since she practiced writing with both hands at the same time, and she was afraid that she would be unfamiliar, so she didn't think about it so much, so she picked up the pen again and wrote Wang Xizhi's "Sacred Order of Collecting Characters".
Writing and writing, when she looked down, she saw a lot of feet approaching, she raised her head, and saw many classmates surrounding her, even Zhao Yang and Chen Xi were standing behind her and looking at her.
"Wow! How do you manage to write with two hands?" said a little girl, clapping her hands and grinning.
"Thank you, it's over, I'm writing casually. Since I was a child, my grandfather taught me to write with two hands, and I got used to it. She was a little shy, and a blush appeared on her fair face, as if she had applied a little blush.
"Don't be modest, I think the representative of this competition is none other than you!" Chen Xi also expressed appreciation and expectation for her, although she does not know much calligraphy, but she can see that Tong Ziru is very talented in calligraphy. She had seen many calligraphy students write, and it was the first time she had seen two handwriting lines so wonderful. Generally, only teachers who have been writing for many years can write with two hands.
She thanked everyone with a smile back, and after that day, Zhao Yang and Chen Xi stopped her to plan to communicate. Zhao Yang said that he wanted to ask her for advice on learning calligraphy, he took the initiative to stretch out his hand and said with a pleasant face, "I have always wanted to learn to write, my handwriting is not good-looking, seeing you so good, I have an urge to apprentice, you won't appreciate this face, right?"
She shook hands, and the corners of her mouth inadvertently raised slightly, "Don't dare to be, we are all learning from each other, it just so happens that my second degree is fine arts, we can help each other." ”
"What a coincidence! We both studied art, and we were classmates. Lao Tie is going to help each other, count me in!" Chen Xi put his arm around her shoulders.
"The words are as high as you, I still have to put my feet on you. Chen Xi is 1.65 meters, she has always worn sneakers, has short hair, and likes to wear sportswear every day. Tong Ziru is 6 centimeters taller than her, so it feels like a goddess and a bodyguard who protects her.
"I'm really tall, so I'll squat slightly. "Tong Ziru is a little embarrassed.
The three of them gradually talked more, they chatted for a long time that day, during the conversation they learned about Tong Ziru's situation, Chen Xi is a warm-hearted person, as soon as she heard her first time in the past, she patted Tong Ziru and said with a smile: "This is normal, now if you want to find a training institution, whether it is part-time or full-time, people are looking at whether you have work experience, even if you have experience, they don't value your knowledge very much, to see if you will 'be a man'." I have a friend who studied English as a teacher and is now looking for a job after graduation, and when they hear that they have no experience, they say, 'I'll think about it.'" She later went to the little Orange English Agency, which had a little bit of a reputation, and there was no requirement for experience. And guess what, when I went there, the principal instilled in them every day how to pull students, and said, 'In my case, excellent teachers are not how good you teach, as long as you can let students come, as long as you can successfully renew the fee, it is king.' And I heard her say that some teachers didn't bring in the required number of students and were directly expelled!"
Oh my God, educational institutions are so terrible, Tong Ziru suddenly felt that these institutions were consumed by the desire for profit.
Maybe that's how cruel the reality is.
"I see, then I won't go. ”
"Don't, I can help you!" Chen Xi snorted.
So, she was very enthusiastic to introduce her part-time art training school to Tong Ziru to recruit part-time calligraphy teachers, so she followed Chen Xi to Xingguang Art School, and the two became good friends after coming and going.
Chen Xi found that only in front of children will Tong Ziru become approachable, she will patiently answer children's questions, will write with children's handwriting, and will accompany them to play and laugh with them. She is completely different from the past.
It seems that only the child can let her guard down.