Chapter 20: Graduation
When the national examination just ended, Aunt Cai, who was busy with business in Yunnan, asked Zhao Jiadi to take care of Xiaoguoer, Zhao Jiadi was not allowed to take on this important task, originally Xiao Lori Chen Qingzhi was very angry with this white horse who had not visited him for more than half a year, but when he saw the appearance of the white horse's beard, he was very generous and did not blame the past, but just asked him to cook a hearty dinner, which called the female prime minister can support the boat in her belly, in the kitchen, Xiao Lori slightly touched Zhao Jiadi's chin stubble with her heels, and asked why not shave, It's getting more and more like Uncle Weird. Zhao Jiadi, who was wearing an apron, said with a smile that he usually scrapes once a week, but he didn't have time to see Xiaoguo'er in a hurry this time. Xiao Guo'er pursed her lips in disbelief. On the dining table, Zhao Jiadi's eyes were warm and gave Xiaoguoer a dish, Shibei San rì was impressed, to be precise, it should be Lori San rì swished in the direction of the girl when she didn't see it, with Xiao Guo'er's height and temperament, she really didn't look like a child who hadn't graduated from elementary school, and it was a sure thing to reach 175 in four or five years, once she stepped on a pair of high heels, she really didn't leave a way for ordinary men to live, who dared to come to her? After eating, Xiao Guo'er helped clean the dishes and chopsticks very righteously, and then watched cartoons in the living room.
Zhao Jiadi was a little distracted, thinking that it took two months to make a good reputation for ICBC's social responsibility model, that retreat just almost collapsed the body, jīng god state has actually been good, to the later stage is more and more courageous, but this time in order to cope with the national examination, the physical burden is not heavy, but more energy-consuming, it feels like taking a soft knife to self-harm every day, there is no way to say the suffering, especially during this summer vacation stay in school, the test and the argument encountered a bottleneck at the same time, and the whole person was extremely irritable, From the beginning, the reading of short texts and the analysis of ambiguity are always not ideal, and then Xu Qiang gave a panacea, Zhao Jiadi turned the most basic "Chinese Dictionary" over and over countless times throughout the summer vacation, and the whole dictionary was directly turned over, although the line test was at a critical moment when it hit the ceiling, but after all, each mock test can get a high score far beyond the average line, but the argument is the real roadblock, the line test is like Zhao Jiadi playing Diablo 2, there is difficulty, but one ring after another, the goal is still clear, And Shen is completely the game "The Elder Scrolls", as soon as you get in, there is no end at all, the zìyóu degree is too high, which makes Zhao Jiadi, who is invincible in science, very confused for a long time, Xu Qiang once again played the role of saving the suffering and saving Guanyin Niangniang, and specially rushed to the school to teach Zhao Jiadi face-to-face, and the two of them, who are also teachers and friends, soaked in the library all day long, smoked together and talked about life together, of course, they must discuss the love action movie actress together, and the two of them walked on the lakeside path of the school once, Xu Qiang asked Zhao Jiadi very suspiciously, what is Zhao Jiadi doing so hard, with your test results, as long as you don't make a big mistake, you will definitely exceed the admission line by a big cut. At that time, Zhao Jiadi replied very seriously that I went to the first place in the national examination, and I couldn't get the first place, and for me, no matter how high the score was, it was useless. Xu Qiang was shocked, the first in the national examination? This difficulty is much more than winning the Olympic gold medal, which is almost similar to Zhao Jiadi saying that he is the best among the cattle in the IMO national team, and won the physics gold medal and then the mathematics gold medal in middle school, and TMD won the chemistry gold medal carelessly, because the highest score in the national examination depends on half of the strength, and half of it depends on luck. What's more, the top high scores over the years often come from liberal arts students in some major provinces of the college entrance examination, because compared with science, this kind of test-taking genius has a more comprehensive and solid foundation, if Xu Qiang is not mistaken, the highest score in the national examination over the years is only in the early 80s, and it is difficult to say whether it reaches 85. So at that time, Xu Qiang looked at Zhao Jiadi, who was not joking at all, was silent for a long time, and said with a smile Then we have to do our best to ask for destiny, you must first be mentally prepared to get a shocking score of 160+, otherwise it will be completely useless, Zhao Jiadi, don't blame me for pouring cold water, this is a fact.
Zhao Jiadi bent down and picked up a stone and floated into the lake, smiling brightly, full of indescribable confidence, and muttering in a hoarse voice. As a result, Zhao Jiadi gritted his teeth and sprinted all the way to November, without stopping for a day, and the lights in his community room were not once turned off before 2 o'clock in the morning at night, so that one morning when he went out to buy breakfast, the owner of the store who lived nearby asked Zhao Jiadi what he was doing.
"Hey, what do you want?" Xiao Guo'er had already held his cheeks to observe Zhao Jiadi for five or six minutes.
Zhao Jiadi, who had already stopped speculating about the final results of the national examination, but was inevitably embarrassed, came back to his senses and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm distracted." ”
"Go to Yicheng to play chess or a horror movie, you pick one!" Little Lori throws out a choice.
"No." Zhao Jiadi was lying on the sofa and said weakly, whether it was Yicheng or Tom Chess Saint Dojo, now he has no interest in blowing up thunder and blowing up a bunch of hobbies, as for watching horror movies, it is even more important, which time to watch these things is not Zhao Jia's first big man is trembling and her little girl is there with relish.
"Shall I rub your shoulders then?" Lori cared, stretching out two small hands that were as pink as jade.
Zhao Jiadi was moved to tears, and said fearlessly: "Just knock it to death." ”
"Lie down!" Xiao Guo'er asked Zhao Jiadi to lie down on the sofa and sit on his waist, Zhao Jiadi just had an ominous premonition, but he didn't expect that Xiao Lori was really skillful in kneading and pushing it, very professional.
Xiao Guo'er, whose hands were slightly sore, shook his arm and asked softly, "White Horse, do you like white silk or black silk?" ”
Zhao Jiadi said in horror: "What? ”
Little Lori raised and sat down again, humming, "Be upright!" ”
Zhao Jiadi, who gritted his teeth, collapsed and said: "I like them all, okay?" ”
Xiao Guo'er didn't move for a long time, Zhao Jiadi turned his head and saw that she was thinking about the problem, and said with a smile: "You are still early from the age of wearing stockings, what are you in a hurry." ”
Little Lori sighed and said, "You men don't understand us women, this is called taking precautions." ”
The corners of Zhao Jiadi's mouth twitched, ignoring it.
"Hey, hey, white horse, when do you think I'll be taller and prettier than that ponytail?" Little Lori asked unwillingly.
"I don't know." Zhao Jiadi muttered angrily, the difference is ten years old, and there is no comparison at all.
"Then I'll also wear a ponytail, okay?" Little Lori retreated.
"Okay." Zhao Jiadi knew that if he didn't say it well, he wouldn't want to stop today.
Little Lori smiled, jumped off Zhao Jiadi very happily, and learned how to jump around zombies in horror movies in the living room. Zhao Jiadi, who originally just wanted to close his eyes and recuperate, fell asleep unconsciously. Little Lori was tired of jumping, saw the sleeping Zhao Jiadi, and danced his claws without making a sound, in order to express his indignation, and finally quietly helped Zhao Jiadi take off his shoes, turn off the TV, and then take the sheet in his room to cover his white horse, squatted on the ground and looked at Zhao Jiadi's face for a long time, as if he thought of a good idea, tiptoed to the study to bring a pencil drawing board, ready to sketch a picture of a white horse sleeping, half an hour later, it was done, and the little Lori who yawned for a long time went back to the room to sleep.
The day before the winter vacation, the results of the national examination have not yet been announced, in the evening Zhao Jiadi and Ma Xiaoyue ran ten laps and sat on the lawn to watch the sunset, Ma Xiaodian suddenly laughed, Zhao Jiadi was inexplicable, Ma Xiaodian lowered his voice and said: "Chat with the pigeon, learn a classic mantra, 'Good brother, I watch you round, don't waste it, give your brother a hair!" Zhao Jia kicked Ma Xiaoyue for the first time, and simply lay on the ground in a large font Ma Xiaoyue looked at the dim sky above his head, stunned. Zhao Jiadi asked: Are you still in touch with Zhang Xin? Ma Xiaoyue said calmly, yes, you can't be a couple, and you can't be an ordinary friend? After she talked about someone who lives in the same community, she also sent me a text message, I heard from them that the buddy is good, **, but the character is very good, and he has done volunteer teaching like you, and he has a good family background, so I have no excuse to be worried. Zhao Jiadi lay down and took a cigarette, now Ma Xiaoyue rarely smokes, and is only responsible for buying cigarettes. Ma Xiaoyue laughed softly In the past, I felt that Shen Hannian thought that if those lives were only as they were when they first met, they would be as boring as they were, but now that I think about it, the ancients really told the truth of love and love. Zhao Jiadi quipped, is it panicked? Ma Xiaoqiao shook his head and said no, the two sides didn't say that day to break up, she said something very reasonable, probably meaning that playing online games requires constant blood and blue to keep fighting monsters and upgrades, and you can't hide in the novice village for the rest of your life, indeed, she walks fast, one copy after another, I prefer to stay where I am, which group is willing to accept me? Zhao Jiadi snorted and asked, "Do you really want to smoke a cigarette?" Ma Xiaoyue shook his head and said Don't smoke, as soon as I pump, there is no bottom line, and my restraint is already poor. Zhao Jiadi accompanied Ma Xiao to dance the sunset, and quietly accompanied this brother who drove a small BMW n years ago and still drove a small BMW n years later.
During the winter vacation, before Chinese New Year's Eve, Zhao Jiadi went to Guanyin Village in Sichuan alone, and said softly to the lilac woman who always slept there on the top of a small hill: "Little fox, next year Qingming, I will go to the tomb of nǎinǎi, I'm sorry." ”
During the holidays, the results of the national examination were announced, and Zhao Jia was the first to stand out, which was unexpected and reasonable.
Xu Qi, who knew the results in advance than Zhao Jiadi, couldn't wait to call to congratulate him, and the man who has always been elegant and funny excitedly said 170 points! TMD, no one believes it!
Zhao Jiadi knelt in front of the three graves next to each other, and silently offered incense and toasted.
This year, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the Zhao family's mansion was slightly deserted.
Han Daode once again occupied a position and sat next to Zhao Jiadi.
At the beginning of the last semester, in fact, there are not many people left in the school, most of them participate in internships, and Zhao Jiadi, who is hesitating whether to go to běijīng or Hangzhou, was called to the office by the old principal Jiang Shigen, the old man took out the chessboard, and asked a question at the end of the show slowly, whether he wanted to be his student. This can probably be regarded as the protégé of the retreat disciple of this ** economic giant. Zhao Jiadi only took half a minute to think about it, and then agreed, and it was only two years. As a traditional etiquette of apprenticeship, Zhao Jiadi gave the old principal a piece of Qingtian Huangshi carving squatting book paperweight, the old principal couldn't put it down, did not refuse, the premier southern economist has long been no longer to take over the matter of accepting apprentices, this time to Zhao Jiadi, who has been observed for four years, is not only out of the customs, but also a retreat, so it caused a lot of sensation in the circle, the Chinese economic circle is not big, and there is only a handful of hands, which can be said to be pitiful. Especially after learning that this fresh graduate is the first in the national examination and the founder of ICBC's 10-year social responsibility model, it makes people have mixed feelings.
In mid-May 11, the dissertation was defended.
Not long after, the graduation ceremony.
The old principal did not make a grand graduation speech, but only made a short and unusual speech, which could almost be regarded as a personal commendation.
"Our school is still a not very well-known school, the teachers are average, the employment rate is average, the collection of books is average, everything is very ordinary, and it is still not as good as those famous universities such as Fudan and Tongji that are close to me, so if I want to say that you guys have been here for four years, only disappointed children will agree, 'I am proud of the school, The school is proud of you', few people take it seriously, so I'm here, I don't expect anything, I just hope that when I hear someone scolding this school in the future, I will come out and say that our school is not good, but you outsiders will go coolly. Some students may already know that some of you scored 170 points in the national examination last year, don't say you don't believe it, I don't believe it, I also called the ** Education Commission to confirm, and said yes, it's 170 points. One of my students over there hadn't been with me for several years, and he came to congratulate me in the first month, saying that his alma mater was very good, and I was both happy and unhappy to hear this. I won't go into details. What I want to say is that this student who scored 170 points in the test, don't mention the name, in fact, many teachers in the teaching building know each other, especially those official hats on the first floor of my office, but there are two big leaders who don't have my big belly, I must remember, because in August and September last year, this student nested in a small room on the same floor, making a model that even economists think is too complicated to understand, and it takes two months to do it. I came to a very interesting conclusion: if the young child in a very smoky dress with a stubble on his face rushed to the bathroom empty-handed, he must have been on the trumpet, and if he brought a pen and paper, there is no need to guess, it was on the tuba. If you are interested, you can turn over the 10-year social responsibility model of ICBC and study it, which was done by this student. But even so, I still don't believe that he can get 170, I'm going to take the test, this score, divided by 2, is about the same, so I'm wondering, why can you get a second college student? I called him to the office, and asked him how he got out of the exam, this kid estimated that he was used to eating and drinking in my office, and casually said a word to read books and do questions to deal with me, of course I was not satisfied, saying that you kid don't say that he is ugly, and the graduate deducted it, but he thought about it, and said to me very seriously that he began to sprint for the national examination for 7 months, and after the exam, he sold the real question set, the line test papers, and the argument materials as waste paper, and sold them for 7 cents a pound after bargaining, and he sold 140 yuan and 9 cents, The collector gave him 141 yuan, and I asked him if he could treat me to a meal. This kid smiled and said that the registration fee cost 96 yuan, and there are 47 yuan left. Later, I found a nearby food stall with him, and this meal was the most comfortable meal I have had in the past ten years, because I always felt that being a bullshit principal for more than 30 years was not as useful as the earliest ordinary teachers for more than 20 years, and when I finished eating, I said to this student, you don't have to be proud of the school, but the school is proud of you. ”
There was silence.
The old principal paused, still in an unhurried tone: "I remember that at the opening ceremony four years ago, when I delayed you reading newspapers and listening to songs, I said why you should work hard, and the answer is up to you. Today, I would like to say one more thing, hoping that one day when you will celebrate the celebration of this school, you will be able to say to the new principal, 'The school will be proud of me'. Well, graduation! ”