Zhang Tan was waiting for Xiaobai in the car outside the school. He thought it would take a long time for Xiaobai to show up, but he didn't expect that she would come soon.
"Is it over?" Zhang Tan asked, looking around Xiaobai, "Why didn't you see Xi'er and the others?"
Xiaobai kept a calm face and said nothing. He passed by the old man's feet, got into the car, climbed into the back seat and lay down.
Zhang Tan sensed something was wrong and got into the car.
He did not sit in the driver's seat, but sat in the back row like Xiaobai, next to Xiaobai, and asked sideways: "What's wrong? Are you in a bad mood? Your test scores are not satisfactory?"
Xiaobai didn't speak.
Zhang Tan thought he had guessed correctly and comforted him: "It doesn't matter if you didn't do well in the exam. You are only in the second grade. I'm not angry."
Xiaobai said in a muffled voice: "Here~"
She handed over two certificates, and Zhang Tan smiled and said, "Wow, there are still two certificates."
He unfolded it and saw that one was "Art Star" and the other was "Three Good Students".
"Isn't it great to get three good students? Why aren't you happy?"
Xiaobai was silent for a moment, and then sighed: "Why? Why is this? I don't understand it at all!!!"
Zhang Tan asked in confusion: "Why why? What's wrong?"
He looked outside the car again and didn't see Xi'er or the others, otherwise he could ask them.
Xiaobai finally sat up and said dejectedly: "Liuliu's Chinese score is not as good as mine, but her math score is better than mine. Why is this???"
Zhang Tan suddenly realized that this was what happened.
He comforted: "Liuliu is your good friend. Her academic performance has improved. We should be happy for her. Why should we be so sad? Isn't it a good thing that good friends grow up so fast? We should
Open up the situation."
Xiaobai said bitterly: "But when she sang and danced to me, I was going to explode. I have never seen such a arrogant person."
The image of Liliu singing and dancing appeared in Zhang Tan's mind. The sultry look was indeed quite unworthy.
He continued to explain to Liuliu: "Liuliu usually doesn't have very good grades. It's rare that she does well in the final exam. Isn't it normal to be happy? If it were me, I would also be very happy. I heard that she is going to live with her grandma during the summer vacation.
After a while, now that she has passed the exam, she feels confident enough to go see her grandparents. When the elderly see that she has done well, they will also be happy together. What a good thing. Liuliu must have thought of this, and her mood will naturally improve.
.”
Xiaobai still couldn't express her feelings freely, so she said: "Then she went to dance to her grandparents. Why did she dance to me and sing Bobo Chicken!"
Zhang Tan smiled bitterly: "Don't you know Liliu's character? Isn't it normal for her to do this? It would be abnormal not to do this, right?"
Xiaobai thought for a while and had to admit that the old man was right.
But she just couldn't let go of how sullen Liuliu was in front of her today. The key was that she knew that during the summer vacation, Liuliu would be so sullen, which made her unable to hold her head up.
She sighed again and said dejectedly: "I should study harder. Grandma is right. If I don't make progress, I will regress, because everyone else is making progress. I regret it so much -"
Zhang Tan was quite pleased in his heart. People always grow through various lessons. If he learned this lesson because of a failed test, he thought it was completely worth it.
"I'm happy that you can think so. Remember grandma's words, this is much more valuable than the final exam score this time. You have learned something more valuable."
Xiaobai wondered: "Is that so?"
Zhang Tan nodded and said: "Of course, these principles grandma told you are very useful. Not only can they be used in study, but they can also be used in all aspects of your life. You will think of them whenever you encounter important things in the future.
For this reason, when you think about the fact that your test score was surpassed by Liuliu this time, as long as you think about this, you will be very motivated and tell yourself to work harder and harder, and then the results will be better."
Xiaobai thought for a while and nodded heavily.
Zhang Tan said: "Can you show me your transcript and test papers? It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you don't do well in the exam. The old man won't blame you. I believe grandma won't blame you either."
Xiaobai was a little worried and asked, "Won't you scold him like Lu Zhong's mother did and tear up his certificate?"
Zhang Tan said categorically: "Of course not! Lu Zhong's mother did something wrong. She shouldn't have done that. Do we know she was wrong and still do what she did? Of course not! Didn't you say that?
?This is a bloody lesson!"
Xiaobai then felt relieved and gave his test paper and transcript to the old man.
Zhang Tan was mentally prepared for the worst, such as failing the exam.
But when he saw the scores on the report card, he was quite surprised, isn't this great!
"Liuliu did so well in the exam this time." He asked in surprise.
Xiaobai nodded and said yes.
Zhang Tan soon realized that his idea was wrong. Why was he so surprised or even doubtful when someone else did well in the exam?
He asked Xiaobai: "Then did you congratulate her?"
"Huh?" Xiaobai was surprised. Congratulations? Liuliu? She's already riding on his face! Want to congratulate her? Then doesn't she want to ride on her head and make daddy?
Zhang Tan said: "Yes, congratulations to Liliu. She did so well in the exam, shouldn't she be congratulated? She has worked hard during this period, and we have all seen that she deserves it. Her success in the exam is not due to luck, but to herself.
The result of hard work. Well, all kinds of hard work.”
Xiaobai said angrily: "I don't want to congratulate her! Old man, you didn't see her sullen look."
Zhang Tan knew that he couldn't force it, so he said: "It's wrong for Liuli to do this. Let's congratulate her again when she stops being so arrogant, otherwise I'm worried that she will be too proud. But in our hearts, we can feel sorry for Liuli."
Please be happy. You don't want her to be scolded by her mother because of her poor test scores."
Xiaobai thought for a while and nodded. She really didn't want Liuliu to do too badly in the exam, but she also didn't want Liuliu to do better than her.
She told the old man what was in her heart, and the old man said: "This is normal, and it does not mean that you are a bad boy. A good friendship should be able to encourage each other and make progress and growth. In the past, you were always better than Liuliu in the exam.
Okay, this time Liuliu did better than you in the test, then should you work harder? When the next test comes, your score may be better than Liuliu, and the most important thing is not that it is better than Liuliu's.
It’s that you are better than you are now. You and Liliu have grown up, and you are both better than your original selves. This is the most important thing.”
"Is he better than his original self?" Xiaobai asked.
"Yes, Liuliu is not your competitor. You should not limit your sights to Liuliu. Instead, you should compare your present self with your original self, and your future you with your present self. Liuliu
Not your opponent, but your partner on the road to growth."
"You should compare each other's excellence, not each other's wretchedness."
Xiaobai was half-understood and half-confused, and murmured to himself: "This time Liuliu has improved a lot compared to the original Liuliu, so I should be happy for her. This is the result of her hard work, and she deserves it."
Zhang Tan said happily: "Yes, your understanding is 100%."
Xiaobai said: "Old man, I seem to understand a little bit."
"Really? Then I'm happy for you. Huh? Liuliu and the others are here."
Xiaobai hurriedly looked out the car window, and sure enough, he saw Liuliu and his group walking this way. Liuliu walked at the front without hesitation. With that posture and look, even before the people arrived, the laughter started coming.
.
Xiaomi, who scored 100% on two exams, was not so proud!
This made Xiaobai feel angry.
Zhang Tan warned: "Think about how to tell Liliu later."
"I know, I'm going to get off the car."
Xiaobai got out of the car and met Liuliu. He suppressed the words of congratulations that had just reached his lips, and another sentence came out from the bottom of his heart: "Liuliu-take my sword!!"
Zhang Tan looked at Xiaobai and Liuliu who were arguing in silence, and smiled bitterly. Xiaobai still followed her heart, but forget it, let her follow her heart, otherwise it would be one thing to do, but what she was thinking about was something else.
It's the same thing, that doesn't make sense.
Fortunately, Xiaobai and Liuliu were fooling around for a while, and the two of them hooked up.
"Daddy, look at my results -"
Xi'er happily handed the report card to her godfather to read.
"Really? Let me take a look."
Zhang Tan took Xi'er's report card, and the little girl put her hands together, her face full of anticipation, smiling, waiting for the affirmation and praise from her godfather.
