Chapter 615: Encountering the Man Who Stayed in a Small Town when he was a teenager. After completing one year of school, Hua Tianlong returned to his hometown and continued to be an ordinary kindergarten teacher.
When he returned to the kindergarten to report, the principal was incredulous: "You're back?"
"Well, didn't I get suspended without pay? You don't want me anymore?"
"No, you are a great writer and painter, and you have gone to a well-known art academy to study. I thought you just talked about it and didn't really want to come back... Our small kindergarten can't accommodate you!"
Hua Tianlong smiled: "The teachers here are better than me and more professional than me. I still have a lot to learn. Principal, I really want to stay here!"
The principal was extremely moved. Hua Tianlong is not only a person who keeps his promises, but also a humble and studious person. Such a young man is really valuable!
Hua Tianlong stayed in that kindergarten peacefully for twenty years.
After he published a book, the Federation of Literary and Art Circles in the city offered him an olive branch and wanted him to join the local Writers Association. Hua Tianlong was honest and dull and diligent, so the Federation of Literary and Art Circles wanted him to serve as a cadre. However, Hua Tianlong had no talent for holding meetings and did not want to turn writing into a cadre.
Since he wanted to allocate his time to administration, he declined the leader's kindness and was willing to be a little transparent in the Writers' Association.
Hua Tianlong doesn't know if doing this will offend others. He just wants to live freely according to his own wishes.
After studying abroad for a year, Hua Tianlong became more cautious than before. After seeing the master's level, he understood his own shortcomings. Therefore, after returning to the small town, he still found painters to hone his skills and rarely released new works.
He missed many opportunities, but he has no regrets.
After the earthquake in 2008, Hua Tianlong published a new picture book. In that picture book, a storm destroyed Little Bear's home. Little Bear was heartbroken and sat alone next to the ruins crying. His
Good friends extended a helping hand one after another - the little monkey picked up a lot of branches for him, the little pig made a lot of mud, the goose brought gentle and warm straw, and the little squirrel gave him all the nuts he had collected.
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At the end of the story, Little Bear has a new house and new friends. Little Bear said: "I lost everything, but my friends gave me everything. I will never cry again!"
The picture book Warmth and Healing immediately entered the best-selling list of children's books as soon as it was published, and Hua Tianlong won many awards for it.
During the Spring Festival of 2009, Hua Tianlong accepted an interview with local media.
The reporter asked: "Excuse me, what is your motivation for engaging in the picture book industry?"
Hua Tianlong answered honestly: "I like painting. I was not good at studying, and the only thing I was good at was painting. Later I became a kindergarten teacher, and I just wanted to paint and tell stories to children."
"So, before writing children's books, did you have any idols that you particularly admired? Are there any idols that are close to yours now?"
Hua Tianlong thought for a while and shook his head honestly: "No, I didn't like reading when I was a child, and I didn't recognize painters or writers."
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It was over, and as soon as the interview started, Hua Tianlong chatted with Tianer to death.
The reporter asked again: "Then how did you create such a gentle and delicate picture book? To be honest, before I got to know you, I thought you were a lady."
"This is a stereotype." Hua Tianlong smiled lightly: "Girls can be heroic, and boys can be gentle and delicate. This style is not differentiated by gender."
The eloquent reporter doesn't know what to say. Hua Tianlong is elegant and easy-going, but not tactful enough and speaks directly. Probably, everyone who comes to the city has this characteristic!
Xie Ying saw this interview with Hua Tianlong on TV. Not to mention, Hua Tianlong is quite photogenic, personable, talented, and much better looking than himself.
It's also possible that he has indeed grown over the years, but Xie Ying's mind was not on him, so she didn't notice it.
The kindergarten has not started yet, and Hua Tianlong is helping in his store. Seeing Xie Ying, he greeted warmly: "Xiaoying, haven't you left yet?"
"Go back to school on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month."
"Where is your brother? He has gone abroad?"
"Not yet, I said I will leave in early March."
Hua Tianlong cut the meat skillfully and said, "Bought it for your grandma? There happened to be a little left."
"Well, thank you very much." Xie Ying handed him the twenty yuan: "Add cucumber and peanuts and mix them without adding chili pepper."
"Okay, I know."
Hua Tianlong didn't take the money, so Xie Ying threw the money into the money jar herself.
"Tianlong, are you still working in the kindergarten?"
"Well. When I was desperate, the kindergarten gave me a job opportunity and gave me creative inspiration. I will definitely repay this kindness!"
Xie Ying nodded approvingly and said: "There must be many companies looking to recruit you now, and the salary is higher than in kindergartens."
"Then I can't leave. What's the point of having more money? People have to be conscientious."
Xie Ying admired him even more.
Hua Tianlong quickly mixed the pig ears: "If I go to a better place, I will feel sorry for the kindergarten. Even if I get a high salary, I can't sleep at night. It's so uncomfortable!"
"Only now do I realize grandpa's wisdom." Xie Ying took the pig ears and said thoughtfully: "He said that his biggest wish in this life is to have a good sleep every night, but this is very difficult.
It can be done.”
"Well, 'sleep well' may sound commonplace, but you can only sleep well at night if you spend the day steadily, without being angry, sad, guilty, and calm. The prerequisite for a good night's sleep is to have a good night's sleep every day.
To live a comfortable life is certainly a difficult goal.”
"Wow! Hua Tianlong, you are so amazing! You actually think so thoroughly."
"I am a writer now. A writer must have a pair of eyes that can see things in the world and be good at thinking."
Hua Tianlong is really different from before.
Hua Tianlong wiped his hands, walked out of the store, and locked the door. He was going to the supermarket and took a walk with Xie Ying.
The small town has changed a lot, and the modern atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger. But for these children who are used to the "big world", it is still too small. Even if you ride an electric bicycle, you can walk from south to north in an hour.
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But Hua Tianlong has no intention of settling down in a big city. He would rather stay in this small town, where he can see his parents and friends every day, live a peaceful life here, and have a good sleep every day.
"To be honest, I was shaken." Xie Ying said hesitantly: "I originally planned to go to Guangzhou with Haochuan after graduation, but... I found that I can't live without my family. If I go to Guangzhou, one year
The number of days I can see my family is numbered. Then my family and I will become strangers, and I’m afraid that will happen.”
"My new picture book is the story of Little Mulu and three little squirrels. Little Mulu is a little boy who doesn't study well. His father is a ranger. He grew up in the mountains. All his friends have moved to
He has gone to the bustling town, but little Muzhu still lives in the forest, exploring the forest with his squirrel friends, and growing up happily day by day..."
"Stop!" Xie Ying said hurriedly: "Tianlong, although I am very curious about what is going to happen next, please don't tell me anymore. You should remain wary even of your best friends. Of course, I am definitely not
I will tell others the contents of your book, but if I get drunk one day and spill the beans, your book will be plagiarized again." m.
Hua Tianlong smiled generously: "Well, I will be careful. I am just talking in front of you. Xiaoying, I am probably the confused little person in my book, who has no ambition and is willing to stay in his own little forest.
, slowly feel the flowers bloom and fade, the seasons rotate, and you grow old without knowing it.”
Just thinking about it is romantic enough.
Hua Tianlong asked: "Wang Haochuan hasn't confessed to you yet?"
"No, I don't know what he thinks." Xie Ying said slightly melancholy: "I told him very clearly that I don't mind his family background, and I don't worry about getting along with his family. But he always has something on his mind.
He has a lot of worries and worries. Apart from family, there must be other reasons that are holding him back."
"Wang Haochuan is stymied by his thoughts. If you think too much, you won't be able to act freely. It's a shame that you are so infatuated and still miss him."
Xie Ying said: "My second uncle advised my brother not to regard infatuation as a cool thing and to be immersed in self-movation and unable to extricate himself. I feel that these words are also meant for me. But I am different from my brother.
I feel that Wang Haochuan’s thoughts are on me, but he really hesitated for too long.”
"Xiaoying, if you like him so much, can't you be more proactive?"
Xie Ying said arrogantly: "I don't! I have to let him confess to me! I have waited so hard for so many years, he should compensate me!"
Hua Tianlong could only smile bitterly.
"Tianlong, are you still in contact with Jiajia?"
"Contact, whenever she has troubles, she will call me. If I have something I can't think of, I will also contact her. But... our relationship has not gone any further, and even if I date her, I will not contact her in the future.
It's impossible to be together."
"Why? After graduation, Jiajia really wants to work in Hong Kong City! Now Lai City is also a part of Hong Kong City and can be reached by bus. You are very likely to be together."
"The plan is just a plan. Can she really be assigned to Hong Kong City? Will her parents let her go? I didn't even go to college and barely graduated from high school. His parents are so ambitious, so they will take a fancy to her.
Me? I’m not belittling myself, it’s just that the problems in front of me are real problems.”
Xie Ying listened carefully and couldn't help but smile. From Hua Tianlong's tone, he liked Wen Jiajia and was willing to date her, but he was suffering from objective conditions and stopped there for the time being.
Xie Ying thought to herself that as long as the two of them had the same mind, there would definitely be a way to overcome it.
The sun is about to go down, and many people are riding electric bicycles with their children on the streets at dusk. School has not started yet at this time, and the children picked up by parents should be children who have just finished interest classes.
Xie Ying naturally thought of her childhood, when whenever she went to the Children's Palace to rehearse, her grandfather would always ride a bicycle to pick her up. Her grandfather would hold delicious snacks in his arms, and she would sit in his back seat, eating while
Sing happily.
Although those memories are beautiful, there is one person that cannot be avoided, and that is Zhu Fangting.
Xie Ying occasionally sees recommendations related to Zhu Fangting on the campus website. She does not want to click on Zhu Fangting's homepage because it will leave browsing history.
But how is Zhu Fangting doing? Xie Ying can't help but be curious.
Finally, when Wen Jiajia logged into the campus network, she used Wen Jiajia's account to search for Zhu Fangting. In 2007, when Zhu Fangting was 22 years old, she gave birth to a little boy. From the photos she posted
Look, that little boy is quite beautiful.
After giving birth to her child, Zhu Fangting also posted an admission notice, which was all in Japanese, which Xie Ying couldn't understand. Zhu Fangting's caption was, "Being a mother means you have to improve yourself even more, since you finally got the admission qualification."
, then you must work hard!”
She is going to Japan to study at university?
Wen Jiajia took a look and said, "That's a fashion training class. Can't you just pay to attend it? Is there anything difficult about it?"
Judging from other photos posted by Zhu Fangting, she spends most of her time in China, drinking afternoon tea with her children. She is a beautiful mother and a young girl with money and leisure.
Probably, she didn’t intend to attend the school she applied for “with great difficulty”.
Xie Ying was quite envious: "If my family were so rich, would I also live such a life, right?"
"You won't!" Wen Jiajia said flatly: "Would someone as competitive as you allow yourself to be idle?"
Xie Ying said unconvinced: "You have never seen my brother. He is very competitive and arrogant!"
After waking up from the memories, Xie Ying told Hua Tianlong: "Tianlong, since you have become a kindergarten teacher, you must treat everyone equally. Some children are from good families, and there must be children from poor families. When performing on stage or holding some competition,
When it comes to children, you must look at their ability, not their family background. As long as they have ability, every child should stand in the most conspicuous position, and they cannot be influenced by their family!"
"Don't worry! I have been a teacher for several years and I am very experienced in these things. It is true that some parents bribed me to give their children more opportunities to perform, but I have never agreed. My thoughts are the same as yours
In the same way, as long as the child behaves well, regardless of his family background, he should stand in the most conspicuous position."
Xie Ying smiled sweetly and gave a thumbs up: "Tianlong, you are such a good teacher! Just like my aunt!"
“Mr.
How should I apply for the education course she taught?”
"This is easy!" Xie Ying said: "I will call my aunt when I get back. Isn't it a piece of cake to accept you as an auditor? My aunt must be very happy!"
Xie Ying raised her head and said with a smile: "Tianlong, whether you can go to college or not is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that you have been checking for gaps in social life and learning all the time. My aunt must be very happy to be able to teach students like you.
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When Xie Ying returned home, her second uncle brought back the physical examination report of her grandparents. He and her second aunt were studying it hard. As soon as Xie Ying came back, the task of reading the report was given to her.
Xie Qingshou handed the report to his niece: "The doctor said there is no big problem, but I'm not worried. Xiaoying, take another look. The problem should be discovered earlier and treated earlier!"
Xie Ying read it carefully and said: "My grandparents' cardiopulmonary function is good, and there are no major cardiovascular and cerebrovascular problems. There are some small cysts. I will check again after half a year. However, I think it is fine."
Xie Qingshou finally breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. I'm most afraid of your grandparents getting sick."
"My grandfather is a traditional Chinese medicine doctor and a regular guest on the health care column of the city TV station. When it comes to skin care, he is an out-and-out expert!"
Xie Ying put the report on the coffee table and suddenly found a receipt.
My second uncle donated 20,000 yuan to Shuizhen Central Primary School.
"Second Uncle, have you sponsored poor children?"
"That's not true." Xie Qingshou said: "As early as 2001, didn't your grandfather Zhou make a bet with your brother? If the Chinese team qualified, he would build a football team in the school. Years ago, he made a bet with Teacher Zhou
During dinner, he talked about this matter. Although the football team had not achieved any results, the Zhou family had been sponsoring it. I thought that the football team had something to do with your brother, so I paid two
Ten thousand yuan, that’s what I mean.”
After that, Xie Qingshou said with some sadness: "My family had no money back then, so I couldn't let your brother continue to learn football. If I can use this money to train a few football players, it will make your brother less regretful!"