Chapter 16: Growing Pains

Lin Yi didn't realize that in his eyes, Gu Caiwei's reading of science was something that had already happened, so he just helped Gu Caiwei find the "right" path.

After two delays in Lao Zhao's office and the top of Linzhong, he arrived a little late today, so he shouted first as usual:

"I'm back."

Soon, however, he realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere at home.

Dad Lin didn't actually be in front of the TV today, but sat at the dining table with Mother Lin, and the dishes on the table were extraordinarily rich, two or three more dishes than usual.

The two of them glanced at each other, and Yu Xiujuan said, "Wash your hands and eat first." ”

Taking advantage of the time to wash his hands, Lin Yi thought about it quickly, this posture just now is like a three-hall trial, could it be that my incident happened?

But what is it?

He looked back at his recent home and found that it was most likely a gambling affair.

Because Lin's father and Lin's mother don't usually turn on the computer, he didn't erase the browsing history or anything casually.

But it's not that they don't know how to use it, and they used to occasionally play mahjong and cards on QQ games.

Careless!

I can't go into details.

Otherwise, there is no way to explain why they can guess the outcome of so many games correctly, especially since they know very well that they have not watched football before.

Can't you say I'm Paul the Octopus?

He didn't think about Lao Zhao, thinking that he had "leveled" him.

Lin Yi's face was still as usual when he sat on the chair, when he was young, he ate quickly, and it would take a few minutes for two bowls of rice to dry.

Mom and Dad were still a little hesitant, and they looked like they wanted to speak and stopped.

Lin Yi made up his mind that if they didn't speak, he wouldn't take the initiative to explain.

"I'm full."

He quickly put the bowl down, lay on the couch and turned on the TV, and did not go directly into the room, because he knew that today's conversation could not be escaped.

After a while, Yu Xiujuan cleaned up on the dining table.

Lin Guoqing walked over, lifted the kettle on the coffee table, filled the cup with tea leaves, and asked, "Do you want it?" ”

Lin Yi knew that he was the main talker today, and the battle was not small, so he said, "Just boil water." ”

"The ......"

Lin Guoqing just sat down, and he didn't think that the two of them would speak together.

"You know all about it?" Lin Yi said tentatively.

Lin Guoqing also breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had solved the problem of wanting to make an opening statement: "Yes, your teacher Zhao called your mother in the afternoon." ”

Depend on!

Lao Zhao, if you don't talk about martial arts, give me a backstab!

Lin Yi scolded in his heart, but it was more relaxed, he felt that this question was easy to say.

It's normal for grades to go up and down, but parents are not as sharp as the head teacher at this point, and they have not been top students since they entered the middle school.

Lin Guoqing should have thought of his rhetoric in the afternoon:

"Teacher Zhao said that your final exam scores have dropped too much this time, and if you take the college entrance examination according to the current grade ranking, you won't even be able to pass the ......."

Lin Yi disliked Lao Zhao's bad mouth.

In Lin'an Middle School, the power of this sentence is about equal to:

"Is there any room for you to fall?"

Lin Guoqing continued: "Let's take care of your study status, and also, this summer vacation can't let you play how you want. ”

"Although the content of the first year of high school is not difficult, if the foundation falls, it will be difficult for the second and third years of high school to catch up, and it will be ...... to fall behind step by step."

"He said he talked to you and suggested that you make up for it during the summer vacation, so let's choose one for you."

Lin Yixin said that Lao Zhao was originally ambushing here, but he was actually too worried, Lin's father and Lin's mother are not the kind of parents who like to find fault.

He said directly: "Mr. Zhao recommended a physics teacher, and others can also be found over there." ”

Sure enough, Lin Guoqing recognized it very much: "Teacher Zhao's recommendation will not be wrong, then report to this class, tomorrow Saturday, I will take you to pay the money." ”

Lin Yi had also attended cram schools before, but not much, and it was the first time he had taken three classes at a time.

He was going to pay for the money himself, but of course he doesn't need it now.

It's not a small amount of money, but Lin Guoqing didn't blink, he had to pay for his studies, not to mention that his son's good grades since he was a child were already money-saving.

Otherwise, if you choose a school, buy points, etc., there are too many famous halls.

Lin Yi thought that this conversation would almost end here, but he didn't expect that Lin Guoqing had just begun:

"Lin Yi, neither your mother nor I went to college, and I haven't taken care of anything about you in my studies since I was a child, and I rely on your own ......"

In Lin Yi's impression, Dad Lin has always been a taciturn person, and rarely speaks in such a heartfelt tone, he quieted down and listened carefully.

"You are also very competitive, your grades have always been very good, you are the first in your family to be admitted to Linzhong, in fact, your uncle and your uncle are very envious."

"I know that there are top students in Linzhong."

"In the past, when you were in elementary school and junior high school, you didn't feel like you were working hard and just playing casually, and you were always in the top few in the exam."

"When you first entered Linzhong, you complained that your junior high school was too bad, and you didn't know anyone."

"You said that those good junior high school graduates, they seem to have friends everywhere, and there are classmates in every class in the grade."

"You said that you have a particularly powerful roommate, you went to the selection together, he was admitted to every competition class, and you didn't get into any of them."

"You said it was stressful, and you felt like you were too wasted."

"Those students who are engaged in competitions have learned all the knowledge of high school early, and they entered the national team in their freshman year of high school, and they have been admitted to T University and P University in advance......"

It's been too long.

These teenage troubles, in fact, Lin Yi didn't think much about it, but he didn't expect Lin Guoqing, who didn't talk much, to remember them all.

"Now that you're older, you come home and talk less and less, and you don't tell us anything, and I know we can't help."

"I want to say, you can just work hard in your studies, and I don't have anything to ask of you from your mother."

"The premise is that as long as you don't leave regrets, don't go to college and feel that the three years of high school are wasted again."

"When you were a child, I told you that as long as you can pass the exam, even if you are admitted to the United States, we will have to provide for it, and now we still say this ......"

He stretched out his calloused palm and grabbed it a little Lin Yi's arm:

"It's a little muscular, it's an adult."

He seemed to have finally finished what he wanted to say, patted his legs and stood up, and finally added:

"Don't be pressured to tell you this, we think the second book is pretty good."

"Look at Ma Jack from Factory A, he didn't take the exam three times and didn't get a book, and now he graduated from the university and didn't work for him?"

At that time, Majack had not yet become the father of the people of the whole country, but he was already a household name in Lin'an.

Lin Yi lowered his head, not wanting his moist eyes to be seen, and he sniffed imperceptibly.

He seemed to have a lot to say, but after all, like Lin Guoqing, he was not a person with exposed feelings, and finally just said in a muffled voice:

"I know, don't worry."

Dad Lin walked away, which may have been the most heartfelt father-son conversation in ten years.

Lin Yi stood up, walked to the balcony and took a deep breath, letting the evening breeze of the summer night blow on his face, and his mood gradually calmed down.

He has realized his mistake.

For him, the final exam of the first year of high school was just a failed episode, an inconsequential matter.

But for mom and dad, there's nothing more important than that.