196 Graduation Ceremony
Looking at the youthful faces in front of him, full of vitality, with expectations for the future and expectations for his dreams, cheering hard and sprinting with all his might, this made Song Lingyi feel unprecedented reality. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Song Lingyi doesn't like the United States, not that she hates it, but that she feels that there is no need to beautify the United States. The United States certainly has advantages, but it also has disadvantages, just like China/China, all things considered, Song Lingyi does not think that the country is worse than the United States. During her time in the United States, she was not so much enjoying life here as enjoying the years she had lost, which reminded her of her life when she was young and the dreams that faded away in life.
But in this moment, she fell in love with the United States. Or maybe she still doesn't like the United States, but agrees with letting Lu Li stay here.
In China, college students are burdened with too much pressure, from childhood to adulthood are desperately studying, just to be able to find better jobs, get higher wages, buy better houses, the moment they graduate from college, the children who have been living under the wings of their parents suddenly have to face the huge pressure of society, the heaviness of the workplace has not had time to adapt, the bumps and ups and downs of life have made them fall into confusion, and then the pressure of getting married and having children, buying real estate follows, wave after wave, there is no breathing space at all. By the time they reacted, the torrent of life had washed them into confused middle age.
But here, she saw vitality, hope, and ...... Dream.
This group of children who are preparing to leave society are chasing their dreams with high expectations, eager to change the world. Yes, the real society is cruel, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea will soon polish everyone into a different appearance, and they will soon find that their dreams are not all realized, and many times the weight of livelihood will crush their backbone. However, even the opportunity to work hard is weak, and even the possibility of trying is given up, so what is the difference with the walking dead?
At the very least, they still have dreams, even if it's an unrealistic dream like becoming president, or an unreliable dream like starting their own band. But they are truly alive, in work, in remuneration, in the house, in marriage, in the workplace, in the family, they also have their own piece of sky, they can breathe free air, they can run wildly towards their dreams, they can be true to themselves.
Perhaps, their end point is the same, just like those children in China, back to the daily life of inaction. But they used to have wanton days, they used to ...... I really enjoyed my youth, the youth of wanton, reckless, and rampant.
Today, at the moment of graduation, they are wanton, happy, free, and positive, with a rosy halo blooming all over their bodies, and even the sun has become eclipsed.
"Dreams make life bearable. ”
This sentence came to Song Lingyi's mind. She thought of Lu Li's Cloud Peak Ranch, she thought of the column of the "New York Observer", she knew that none of this was so easy, an Asian face living in a foreign country, the future would be more bumpy, more bumpy, and more difficult, but Lu Li was realizing his dream - the dream that Song Lingyi once had but did not realize, even if he never even tried.
Thinking of this, Song Lingyi also stood up with everyone, raised her hands high, and began to scream and shout. This is an unprecedented move for Song Lingyi, who lives in the countryside, and she can't help but have her cheeks slightly hot.
But when she looked left and right, she found that there was no strange vision around her at all, and some parents were even more exaggerated than her movements, waving scarves, learning the movements of cowboys, and whistling. Song Lingyi couldn't help but laugh out loud, let go of the reserve in her heart, and really joined everyone, making the shape of a horn with her hands, and shouted.
"Ahh
However, Lu Huaijin shook his head and refused.
This still didn't affect Song Lingyi's good mood, she waved her hands and jumped on the spot. It was as if the years had begun to flow backwards, and she was back to the age of eighteen, the carefree years, the years when dreams were bigger than the sky.
Lu Huaijin sat quietly next to him like this, with a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth, looking at Song Lingyi, and the gentleness in his eyes made time lighten his pace.
The excitement in front of her lasted for more than half an hour, and Song Lingyi also followed the carnival for nearly twenty minutes, her cheeks were stained with two clusters of redness, she turned her head, and then saw the water cup handed over by Lu Huaijin, she couldn't help laughing, "Lu Li said that he must bring a water cup, I thought it was something going on." He opened the lid of the cup, drank two large sips of water happily, lowered his head and handed the cup to Lu Huaijin, "You also drink two sips, today's temperature is higher than expected, pay attention to hydration." ”
Lu Huaijin took the water cup and took a sip.
Song Lingyi turned her head left and right, and found that the students were dispersed in an orderly manner, and even the guests and teachers on the stage were leaving one after another, she couldn't help but be a little foggy, and didn't understand the current situation at all, "What's next? The graduation ceremony is over?"
It was too late to go back last night, and it was too early to come out today, Lu Li didn't have time to tell them the specific process, just explained to them, just follow the student stream, but now, everyone has disbanded, which stream do they want to follow?
"Which college do your children belong to?" said a middle-aged woman standing in the front row, her figure was chubby, wearing a floral shirt, the big black backpack in her hand could almost fit a baby into it, with a warm smile on her face, and her rosy cheeks looked even more amiable, "Next, we will go to our respective colleges and continue with the graduation ceremony later." This is a collective ceremony for the whole school, and the graduation ceremony at the college is the highlight, and every child will go on stage to receive their graduation certificate and make an appearance. ”
Since they are all sitting in the parent seat, all the parents around them are so friendly.
"Oh, thanks. Song Lingyi is a little unaccustomed, it is rumored that New Yorkers are always cold and don't like to deal with people, but if you think about it carefully, Texans are not full of meat, five big and three rough, so she is relieved, "My child is from the Department of Communication Journalism." ”
"Hey, me too. The middle-aged woman walked towards Song Lingyi, took two steps before realizing that there was no one behind her, turned around and waved at her husband, he was also a chubby middle-aged man, wearing a New York University baseball cap, sitting on the chair very comfortably, it seemed that he didn't want to move at all, turned around and pressed the hat on Song Lingyi, which was considered to have said hello.
The middle-aged woman stepped forward enthusiastically, "My girl is crazy about journalism, she must study journalism in the first place, and she plans to explore New York." Where's your family?"
"My son too. Although Song Lingyi was still a little shy, and her heartbeat couldn't help but start to speed up, after this period of training in the ranch, she finally stabilized and talked with laughter.
Seeing the two women walking in the same direction, the remaining two men exchanged glances, and then the two men also stood up and followed them not far behind, following the tide of the students.
The crowd of followers came to the location of the Department of Journalism, and Song Lingyi didn't spend much effort to see Lu Li's figure in front of the rostrum, Lu Li, who put on a bachelor's uniform and a bachelor's hat, was mixed in a crowd and couldn't see it clearly, but Song Lingyi still saw her child at a glance, with a bright smile on her face, chatting with her friends.
This kind of Lu Li is unfamiliar to Song Lingyi, in front of them, Lu Li is always a big child, or a big child who tries to support the whole family with his immature shoulders, even when he is on the ranch, but in front of his friends, Lu Li's body blooms with a thousand rays of light, with a little mischievous naughtiness in his smile, and some cunning is revealed between talking and laughing.
Song Lingyi and Lu Huaijin found a place to sit down, waiting for the official start of the graduation ceremony, all they felt in their ears and eyes was the rich breath of youth, so that when the dean announced the start of the graduation ceremony, the noise in the audience was even more shocking than when the whole school was just now.
One by one, the students took to the stage to receive their diplomas. Song Lingyi was a little expectant, but a little apprehensive, and couldn't help but stretch her neck, looking forward to the order of landing, even Lu Huaijin was a little stiff sitting next to her, sitting upright, her eyes were looking straight ahead, and her eyes fell on the teachers on the stage, one after another.
Suddenly, Song Lingyi's whole person stood up, waving her right hand high, Lu Huaijin moved reflexively, but after all, she didn't stand up directly, she just straightened her waist and raised her chin to look at Lu Li, who walked onto the stage step by step.
Lu Li walked to the center, took his graduation certificate from the dean, and then turned around and looked for his parents in the crowd, but many people stood up at the scene, and many people used cameras to record this precious moment, which made it extremely difficult to find.
When Lu Li was about to give up, he saw the petite Song Lingyi, who was waving his right hand vigorously, the eyes of the two people passed through the long sea of people and collided together, Lu Li also raised his right hand high, and waved it vigorously towards Song Lingyi, the smile on the corner of his mouth precipitated to the bottom of his eyes, blooming like sunshine.
Tears suddenly invaded, and Song Lingyi's vision blurred.