Sweet Green Plum Cultivation Program

Chapter 99 Coming of Age Ceremony ([-])
The coming-of-age ceremony is held in Changhe's playground.

Wang Jiong had directed the students to set up the scene one day in advance.Each class has its own area. From a closer look, red stickers are orderly pasted on the grass of the playground. The stools are arranged according to these stickers, which is very spectacular from a distance.

After breakfast, the students went to the playground to rehearse very early, and the students who only wore thin school uniforms were shivering from the cold.During the intermission, everyone sat in chairs and chatted.I don't know who was the first to notice the big guys who were pushed in by the gate of the playground, and everyone's eyes were instantly attracted.

"Wow!" Everyone exclaimed in unison.

The [-] salutes were tied with red ribbons and were pushed under the rostrum by the teachers, looking extremely mighty.

"I'll go, Changhe really spent a lot of money this time, and there are salutes! There are so many!" Everyone was dumbfounded.

Song Yao came over and said mysteriously: "Don't worry, we have prepared a surprise."

"What surprise?"

The students' eyes widened one by one, Song Yao smiled slightly, shook her head and remained silent.

"Temporarily keep it secret, you will know later."

It aroused everyone's curiosity in an instant.

Bai Luofan's position was not far from Zhou Luo. When everyone was paying attention to the salute, he quietly moved the stool to the side of Zhou Luo.

Seeing him coming, Zhou Luo remembered his horrible gesture dance: "Today is about to perform, don't make mistakes in your gesture dance."

"Don't worry, Mr. Zhou is so dedicated, how can I embarrass you?" He patted his chest and said.

Zhou Luo patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Student Bai, Mr. Zhou likes you."

The two chatted about business for a while, and Bai Luofan asked, "Who is your parents coming today?"

Zhou Luo: "At first my mother said she would come, but last night she suddenly called me and said that my father insisted on coming."

In fact, she was still a little worried. After all, the letter was a bit sensational. She thought that Ye Hui would be the first to see the letter, but Zhou Moshan was suddenly replaced... a little embarrassed.

Flowing clouds are running, the sun is gradually rising, the temperature rises, but it is not so cold.

At nine o'clock, parents entered the venue one after another.Zhou Luo saw Zhou Moshan in formal attire and Ye Hui beside him in the crowd at a glance, and she quietly waved to them.

The Zhou couple looked at her with a smile and waved their hands.

There can only be one parent next to each student, and the rest need to go to the auditorium to watch.After the parents entered the arena, the school leaders on the rostrum also took their seats.Wang Jiong is the host of this coming-of-age ceremony. He stood on the rostrum and read the opening speech.

"Respected leaders, teachers, parents and friends, dear students, good morning! Thank you parents for taking the time to participate in this coming-of-age ceremony. It is a great honor for our school."

"The opening ceremony of the [-]th coming-of-age ceremony of Changhe Middle School begins now. All staff members are requested to be ready to light the salute."

As soon as his words fell, the people in the audience made an ok gesture, and the salutes were lit one after another.

Eighteen salutes exploded one after another in the blue sky, one after another, as if beating people's hearts.In the end, only a wisp of white smoke was left, which was very conspicuous in the blue sky.

A white dove flew by in the air, and its vibrating wings made a fluttering sound in the air. When everyone looked up, the dove had already flown away.

At that time they didn't understand that the same is true of youth, which is fleeting, but it is the most important time in life. When they turn their heads and want to cherish it, they find that youth has gone away, leaving only a shadow.

"It is an important turning point in life. The [-]-round salute has been fired. Dear children, you are welcome to join the ranks of adults. I announce that the [-]th coming-of-age ceremony of Changhe Middle School is now officially started!"

Wang Jiong's sonorous and powerful voice reached everyone's ears through the May wind.

"The first item is the gesture dance performance. Parents are asked to stand up and stand face to face with the students."

All the students on the playground kept their eyes on each other and stood upright.Parents get up from the chairs next to their children and move in front of them.

There was silence for a while, except for the hum of the drone hovering overhead.

Familiar music reverberated in the playground. After half a month of practicing gesture dancing, everyone was very familiar with this song.But everyone who stood on the grass in the playground and heard the song again, and saw the parents on the opposite side, felt a strange feeling in their hearts.

The prelude is over, and the gesture dance performance begins.The teenage boys and girls have different postures and have their own little thoughts.

Zhou Luo stared at his father in front of him, a little embarrassed, his eyes wandering around.

Lin Jingjing and her mother suppressed their smiles, holding back very hard.

Meng Xiangting never dared to meet her mother's eyes, and only dared to take a sneak peek. When she found her expression was serious, she secretly looked away again, feeling uncomfortable.

Both Bai Luofan and his father were very serious, and they were doing their actions step by step.

Among this group of teenagers, only An Mu always looked at his mother standing opposite with a smile on his face, and every movement was full of emotion.

As the music ended, the students finished their last movement and resumed their standing posture.

Wang Jiong's voice spread throughout the playground again: "Take a closer look at the parents who have gray hair in front of you."

"Let me make an account for everyone. Before you go to high school, most of you are day students, and you can see your parents almost every day."

"When you go to high school, you go home once a month, two days at a time, three years, six semesters, one semester is about five months, and you can only go home 24 times, which is 48 days, except for the winter and summer vacations. Less than two months. During these 48 days, how much time can you spend with your parents?"

Wang Jiong paused for a few seconds, glanced at the students in the audience, and saw that everyone's expressions were very serious, so he continued with the words just now: "When you go to college, if you are not in the local area, you will only be able to come back during the winter and summer vacations." Home, twice a year. After you graduate from college and work, you may not be able to go home once a year.”

"Students, have you ever thought about this question? How much time do you have left to spend with your parents in your life?"

Wang Jiong's voice echoed on the playground through loudspeakers, lingering in everyone's ears.

Zhou Luo listened to these words in silence, her throat felt dry for a while.

In fact, it is far more than that. She has been boarding since junior high school, and she didn't spend much time with her parents when she was a child.The time with parents is much less than others.

Perhaps in this life, a person is doomed to drift away from his parents from the moment he is born.From leaving the womb to going to school, the distance has changed from zero to thousands of meters.From school to work, the distance may become tens of millions of meters.Until the parents leave, the distance becomes empty.

"While there is still time, give the parents in front of you a hug."

Zhou Luo raised her head, Zhou Moshan was looking at her with a smile against the light.

I don't know when it started. When I was young, I felt that my father's figure was so tall, but now she can look at him as long as she raises her head slightly.

The sun shone on her face, flickering on and off.She opened her arms and threw herself into Zhou Moshan's arms.

Zhou Moshan was slightly taken aback.

Probably because she had stood in the sun for a long time, her hair was a little hot, and he stroked it lightly, tears welled up in her vicissitudes of life eyes.

This is his daughter, as if she was the little dumpling that was taken out of the delivery room by the nurse yesterday, but she has grown into an adult in the blink of an eye.

He has missed so much these years...

Wang Jiong's speech continued, but she didn't hear anything clearly. She nestled in Zhou Moshan's arms, tears streaming down her face.

She suddenly remembered that it was the same on the day when the kindergarten started. She said nothing about going to play with the children, and held on to Zhou Moshan's clothes tightly.When the teacher came to pull her, she threw herself into his arms timidly, and buried her whole face in his arms.

She was four years old then, and now she is 17 years old.

(End of this chapter)