Chapter 132: Campus Cultural Festival
Yangyang was in a very good mood this week, because No. 2 Middle School is carrying out an annual week-long cultural festival, during which students do not have to attend classes, they can have a whole week of fun!
At this campus cultural festival, Yangyang participated in two activities, one was a campus art show, and the other was a football match in the school. www.biquge.info Lu Tao and I have seen his performance with his so-called rock band many times, and this time I only promised him to be a spectator on the football field once.
This morning, before leaving, Yang Yang reminded me and his father: "Don't miss to watch our football game, otherwise once our class is eliminated, you won't be able to watch it." โ
After hearing this, Lu Tao jokingly said to his son: "If your class is eliminated, it means that the game is not exciting enough, so let's just watch it." โ
Yang Yang was anxious when he heard this, and said, "Dad, what are you talking about? If I can't be a champion, you won't watch it, do you want a son, or just want a champion?"
Seeing that Yangyang was unhappy, I hurriedly comforted: "Your dad is teasing you, don't worry, after a while, my mother and the unit will take a leave of absence and go to watch your dad go to watch you play, okay?"
"Okay, I'll wait for you. โ
Seeing Yangyang happily go downstairs, I picked up the phone and called the director, saying that I wanted to take a day off to watch my son's football game, but I didn't want the director to flatly refuse my request, saying that the new deputy director took office today, and the bureau would hold a welcome meeting, and no one was allowed to ask for leave without a special major reason.
"It seems that I can't go to the Yangyang game anymore, you can go alone. I turned to Lu Tao and said.
"You'll be unhappy if you don't go to Yangyang. Lu Tao said.
"What's the solution? I'm not a housewife, I can go there if I want? I have to go out to earn money, don't I?"
I don't know why I talked about making money, no, the man who was touched Lu Tao had something to say: "Hey, don't say that, as if I can't support your mother and son, you can quit your job and go home to be a full-time wife!"
"I knew you wanted me to come back to be an old mother, no wonder I couldn't be promoted for so many years, it has a lot to do with you not supporting me!"
"Look at what you said, the reason why you can't rise is because I don't support you? Well, I fully support your career now, I cook the food, I wash the clothes, but I hope you will come back in a year and a half wearing an official hat. "I was grabbed by Lu Tao.
"Sincere support is unconditional, what kind of support is support like yours? I've been supporting your business for so many years, have I asked you to take 100 million back?" I retorted.
"You're going to be late if you don't leave?" Lu Tao, who knew that he couldn't say anything, made a detour and kicked me out of the house.
During the more than 20 years that I have participated in the work, not to mention that the leaders of our unit have changed many times, even the ordinary staff have come and gone and changed several rounds, so to speak, I have experienced a total of five directors, 12 deputy directors, and now I have continued to work in the bureau for more than 20 years without being promoted, and there are only three old staff members left including me. But I don't admit that my work ability is poor, I only admit that my communication skills are poor, and I am a person who will not get close to the leader. Fortunately, I am not very ambitious, and I am satisfied when I can receive my salary every month, especially after I am 40 years old, and I am looking forward to the day when I retire.
When the new deputy director came to take up his post in our unit accompanied by the leaders and staff members of the organization department and the personnel department, I was stunned, because the new leader was only 25 years old! Looking at the young new leader, my mood was not calm again, I felt that I was very redundant in the unit, and I had an urge to resign. Fortunately, I am no longer as complaining as I used to be, and I no longer comment on the unspoken rules in officialdom, because I have admitted that whether it is the explicit rules on the table or the unspoken rules hidden under the table, they are all rules, they all exist objectively, and in the face of these rules, there is no ability to change them, so I can only obey them. Also, psychologically speaking, a mentally healthy person must have a strong enough ability to adapt to society, that is, let you adapt to society, not let society adapt to you! Just like a fish in the water can't blame the depth of the water. As for the government or relevant departments using all kinds of restrictive means to curb the operation of those unfair unspoken rules, that is another matter.
After the new leader's welcome meeting, it was already eleven o'clock, and at this time, Yangyang's morning game must have ended.
When I got home at noon, Yang Yang really asked me why I didn't go to watch him play, and I said I couldn't take a leave of absence.
"Yangyang's class has already entered the finals, and the champion and runner-up will be decided in the afternoon, how sorry don't you go?" Lu Tao persuaded me on the side.
"Yangyang has made it to the finals?" I asked in surprise.
"Yes!"
"Wellโso be it," I hesitated, and then said, "I'll take another leave of absence from the Director in the afternoon, and maybe the Director will agree, because I haven't taken a leave of absence this month." โ
When Yang Yang heard that I was going to ask for leave again, he happily said to me: "Mom, then you can call your director quickly!"
"No, my mother has to go to the unit to take a look first, and she can ask for leave if she has nothing important. I replied.
In the afternoon, the director agreed to my leave, so I sat with Lu Tao on the audience stage of the school's football field.
But there was no Yang Yang among the players who played first, because he was an alternate.
"Yang Yang is not the main player?" I asked Lu Tao.
"Probably, but it doesn't matter, our son doesn't want to be a professional player, he can just participate in this game. Lu Tao said.
When Yangyang has not yet played football, I want to visit other places in the school, because the school's cultural festival is very lively, there are singing and dancing performances, there are simulated merchants setting up stalls on the roadside to sell things, and there are many other projects such as student art exhibitions and film festivals.
I just walked out of the football field and actually met Liu Jia!
"Hey, Liu Jia, are you also coming to see your son's performance?" I took the initiative to greet her.
"Oh-no! Kai Kai didn't attend the event. Liu Jia replied.
"Why?"
"I know, Kai Kai is not good at stylistics, and he has no other specialties, so he didn't sign up and studied alone in the classroom. โ
"Studying alone in a classroom? The whole school is doing activities, why are you letting him stay alone in the classroom?"
"What can he do when he comes out? Stand on the sidelines and watch other people play?"
"yes, it's okay to be a cheerleader and a spectator?"
"What a waste of time? Why don't you learn something in the classroom? โ
Alas, when it comes to educating children, I always can't talk to Liu Jia, forget it, since I can't talk about it, don't talk about it.
"I'm going to see the students' theatrical performances, aren't you going?" I asked Liu Jia politely as I turned to leave.
"No, I have something. โ
"What's the matter? It can't be to go to the classroom to study with Kaikai, right?" I stopped again and asked Liu Jia curiously.
"I've been here as a female dormitory administrator for a month, and I have to go back to my job or I'll be disciplined if I get found out by the leadership. Liu Jia said with a smile, as if the dormitory administrator is such an amazing job.
"Oh, that's it, then you go!" I really admire Liu Jia, her son goes where she goes there, and she follows there!" "Then it is convenient for you to take care of your son again." I said.
"Yes, now I know his situation well, he is a little relaxed, I will talk to their homeroom teacher, the child is a child after all, poor self-control, you have to keep an eye on it, otherwise how can the grades go up?"
"That's not necessarily, if the child is interested in learning, even if you don't stare at it, he will take the initiative to learn, take Yangyang as an example, he loves to watch Japanese anime, so he learned a lot of Japanese, or the old saying, interest is the best teacher. "I hate myself so much, I can't keep my mouth shut.
"Interest? How many children can be interested in learning? Besides, Yangyang has only learned a lot of Japanese, does he learn a lot of English? I often hear you say that his English grades are not good, you know, English is the main subject!"
Liu Jia's words made me speechless, indeed, in terms of academics, Yangyang is indeed a little unprofessional, his English grades have not been able to improve, listening to Japanese all day long, isn't it messing around? But what can be done? Yangyang is not like Kaikai, who listens to his mother for everything.
"What about Kai Kai, my academic performance is getting better and better, right?" I turned the conversation to Kai Kai, which is also Liu Jia's favorite topic.
No, Liu Jia shook his head, the smile on his face disappeared, and he sighed and said, "His studies have been improving, but he has less communication with me, and he refuses to go home on Sunday." โ
"You don't have a TV or a computer at home, and your child is bored when he returns, so he naturally doesn't want to go back. I said.
"Bored? Does he feel bored when he looks at his own mother? Alas, today's children don't understand their parents' love for them, and my hard work is likely to be in vain in the future!" Liu Jia wiped away tears as she spoke.
At this time, I received a call from Lu Tao, saying that Yangyang was on the field and asked me to hurry over.
"Let's talk another day, I'm going to watch Yangyang play football. I waved to Liu Jia and prepared to return to the football field.
"Alright then, goodbye. Liu Jia also waved her hand to me and walked towards the girls' dormitory building.
When I returned to the stands on the football field, Lu Tao happily told me that a player was sent off for a foul and was sent off with a red card, so it was Yangyang's turn to play.
"Okay, it's good if someone gets sent off. I said casually.
"Why do you sound so awkward? You can't wait for other children to be sent off for the sake of your own children, you have to understand that you are here to see the football game today, not just to see your son!" Lu Tao suddenly became a wise and wise person, and even criticized me.
"Yo, you're getting nobler now. I laughed.
"Well, it's good that you know that. โ
"What? Do you think you're really noble?
During the teasing between me and Lu Tao, there was a scream in the field, Lu Tao and I took a closer look, it was Yang Yang who took the opportunity to catch the ball and made a long shot, although he didn't shoot in, but after all, he launched an attack, which is better than chasing the ball.
Yang Yang on the field looked into the audience, as if he was looking for us, but from his blank expression, it could be seen that he didn't notice us.
Obviously, Yang Yang's running ability is still poor, only running for more than ten minutes, the speed has slowed down significantly, and the ability to control and dribble the ball is also poor, often the ball is just at his feet and is snatched by others. These are the things we have to bring up to him when we get home in the evening.
When my eyes were chasing Yangyang's figure, I suddenly saw a group of girls cheerleaders dressed in red, green and green on the edge of the opposite court, but what attracted me was not the cheerleading team, but the lead dancer of the cheerleading team: Yang Sile.
Seeing Yang Sile, my brows locked again: This girl is really a headache.
Lu Tao also saw Yang Sile, but he acted indifferent, and jokingly said to me: "Yang Sile, this child is very beautiful, and it will be good to be your daughter-in-law in the future." โ
"When we are our daughter-in-law, do you dare to be in-laws with someone like her mother?"
At this time, Lu Tao suddenly stretched out his finger and pointed to the court and said, "Look, it's in!"
I quickly turned my eyes from Yang to the court, and saw a football go into the net with great speed and force, and at the same time, the goalkeeper fell to the ground.
"Did Yang Yang kick it in?" I asked Lu Tao excitedly.
I didn't want Lu Tao to choke me again, and said: "What, it's obviously the goal scored by the opposing team, how can it be said that it was kicked by Yangyang? I don't think you will come to watch the game in the future, you can't understand it at all!"
"The opposing team kicked in?" I have a little regret.
In the end, Yangyang's class won the runner-up. However, it was the best place for their football team to finish, and it is something to celebrate.
In the evening, I made Yangyang his favorite lasagna cake as a celebration for him.
Yang Yang, who went to high school, is adapting to this society with a more optimistic and positive attitude, although he is not the lead singer in the band, he is not a striker in the football team, but his performance has made me very satisfied. (To be continued.) )