No matter how many disappointments you encounter, you must always face them with a smile, at least in front of others, and maintain a confident smile.

This is Tao Zhizhi's philosophy of life.

At the age of seventeen, it is too early to say that it is philosophy, but in the face of those with ulterior motives, Tao Zhizhi will always disguise himself with self-confidence and arrogance.

This class is an English class.

A few minutes before the end of class, the teacher said that he was free to ask questions. Lin Yan raised her hand and asked, "Teacher, I heard that you have studied in the United States." ”

Tao Zhizhi's heart tightened, his hand held the pen tightly, and he didn't move.

The teacher nodded; "Yes, I'm still an alumnus of the president's wife."

"Oh, that's amazing, my mom graduated from Princeton, oh, and Tao Zhizhi's dad, which school did you graduate from?"

Lin Yan looked at Tao Zhizhi with a smile.

Tao Zhizhi glanced at the English teacher, and couldn't explain why he was a little flustered: "Yale." ”

The English teacher nodded: "No wonder your grades are so good, it seems that your father is very strict with you." ”

"Yes, Dad wishes I could be like him." Tao Zhizhi replied very reasonably.

Lin Yan asked, "Teacher, you usually participate in the activities of the alumni association in the United States, right?" ”

"Yes, our alumni association in the United States has always had some activities in Jinling." The teacher took this opportunity to encourage the students, "I hope that you will study hard and participate in the alumni association in the United States in the future and become one of us." ”

Lin Yan sat down, and Li Nan whispered in her ear: "Do you believe that her father is a graduate of Yalu?" ”

"It will soon come to light."

It was raining before school, and when I opened the door, a damp and cold air came to my face.

"Oops, it's cold."

The schoolgirls wrapped their coats tightly.

Tao Zhizhi only has a thick sweater, which her mother knitted for her. Her mother's wool work is very good, in the past when she was not busy, she still made money by weaving wool, this sweater is of good quality, it is the prize for her to be admitted to the second daughter, the red pure wool thread, and a pointed hat at the back, very fashionable, Mrs. Tao is imitating the dress of the little girl on the street foreign picture and pondering the weaving, the effect is very good, although there is no expensive fur coat, this sweater is still very novel, at least in the second daughter, this place is still very face-saving.

She has been wearing this sweater for the past few days, and when she heard from her classmates at the door that it was cold outside, she put on a thick sweater.

Li Nan asked: "Hey, classmate Tao Zhizhi, you have been wearing this sweater for a long time." ”

Tao Zhizhi nodded: "Yes, I like this sweater very much, it is knitted by my mother, which represents maternal love." ”

"Oh, your mother is so skillful, can you help me knit one." Li Nan's eyes rolled, "I'll pay for it, you can see how much money is appropriate." ”

"How much money is not appropriate, my mother is weaving a love card, this is the only one, only for me to weave, sorry, my family is not short of these little money."

As he spoke, he picked up his schoolbag and walked out.

The rain was not very heavy, and thin streaks of rain slapped indiscriminately on the face. The car at the door was in a mess, and a driver saw his young lady come out, got out of the car and opened the door with an umbrella, and the rickshaw driver covered the carport with a yellow tarpaulin.

Lin Yan was leaning into the car, saw Tao Zhizhi coming out, and beckoned: "Tao Zhizhi, it's raining, I'll send you home, right?" ”

Tao Zhizhi smiled: "Thank you, I appreciate the kindness, but I still like to walk in the rain." So, can you lend me your umbrella? ”

Lin Yan was stunned for a moment, thinking that this person was really thick-skinned, but she wanted to maintain the quality of a lady in front of everyone, and no matter how reluctant she was, she still handed her the umbrella in her hand: "Then take a good walk." ”

Tao Zhizhi borrowed the umbrella to deliberately anger her, and when he saw Lin Yan handing over the umbrella generously, he thanked him and propped it up.

Li Nan followed out, carefully patted the rain on his fur coat, and shouted loudly: "Lin Yan, I'll take your car today." It's so cold, I don't want to go back as a rickshaw and freeze to death. ”

Saying that, getting into Lin Yan's car, Tao Zhizhi walked alone with an umbrella, listening to Li Nan's shout, he was actually very envious. Li Nan can take Lin Yan's car generously, although the Li family is not as rich as the Lin family, but people don't care, they live very openly, and she can't do it herself, she can't let her classmates know the environment in which she lives, she will be laughed at by everyone, if her classmates know that she is a free student...... God, that's unimaginable. The English teacher's expression just now was very natural, as if he didn't know that he was a free student, it seems that the school still protects the privacy of students, and only a few teachers know about this matter, such as the teaching director, when I think of the teaching director's tone: You are different from others. Tao Zhizhi's heart is like the cold rain in this winter, it is cold by the wind, it is really an annoying tone, I heard that the teacher is also from a poor family, and he is not good-looking, he is still an old virgin in his thirties, and he keeps a straight face every day, which is jealous of my young and beautiful and good grades.

Thinking like this, her steps were a lot lighter, and the whole person became happy.

Because of the rain, the smell of soot in the alley was particularly strong, and it was wet into people's noses, and she couldn't help sneezing when she opened the door.

"Hey, you've got a cold." Her mother was walking around the house with her son on her back when she heard her daughter sneezing and turned back to ask.

"Yes, maybe it's cold."

"Hurry up to the back room, stay away from me, be careful of your brother, you're okay when you're sick, it's troublesome to pass it on to your brother."

Her mother hurriedly took a few steps back. Tao Zhizhi nodded, put the umbrella down, and her mother asked, "Where did you get the umbrella?" ”

"Borrow from a classmate."

This is a black umbrella, very new, the Tao family only has a heavy and dilapidated oil-paper umbrella, her mother looked down at her mouth and praised: "I have seen this umbrella in a department store, it costs ten yuan, it is really a rich family, such an expensive umbrella can be borrowed casually." ”

Tao Zhizhi responded randomly, and her mother said again: "Is it a classmate who has a good relationship?" The students in your school are so rich, no one cares about an umbrella, it's better to stay, the oil-paper umbrella at home is too broken. ”

The twin sisters ran out of the room, and the two of them went to grab the umbrella together. Tao Zhizhi snatched the umbrella over, and the two younger sisters sat on the ground and began to cry loudly: "I want an umbrella, I want an umbrella." ”

"I want it too, I want it too."

As soon as the two sisters cried, the son on Mrs. Tao's back also cried loudly.

"Enemies are enemies. You debtors, an umbrella, worth making your brothers and sisters cry? You debtor. ”

Saying that, he stretched out his hand to Tao Zhizhi's forehead, Tao Zhizhi raised his neck and said: "This is borrowed, we have to return it to others, no matter how poor our family is, we can't do anything to ignore other people's things." Did my mother encourage me to be a thief? ”

"Thieves? You mean I'm a thief, and your sister is a thief too? You're a good guy in our family? Mrs. Tao was angry, and reached out and slapped Tao Zhizhi in the face, "Don't cry, a group of debtors, annoyed, annoyed, I'm going crazy on this kind of day!" Marry a poor ghost! ”