Time is ruthless, it will not stop because of our hesitation, laziness or stagnation.

Just like the scenery that keeps receding outside the window of a high-speed train, it is gone forever, leaving us only lamenting the rush of time.

The sea has changed, and in the blink of an eye, time has come to two thousand years.

September 4th is the first day of the new semester. At the same time, today is also the first day of Li Zexin’s primary school career. At 4:30 in the afternoon, Li Tang has arrived at the gate of the first primary school in the southern suburbs, waiting to pick up his son from school.

Accompanying him was Yu Weitong, director of the Supervision Office of Qin Pharmaceutical Group who had just taken office for half a year.

As for his predecessor, Comrade Jia Xianghua, he took up the post of director of the Provincial Supervisory Committee half a year ago.

Yu Weitong was promoted from the position of director of the Yang City Supervisory Committee. If we talk about the power in his hands, it is definitely lower than that of a team member of a prefecture-level city. However, the level he enjoyed after being transferred has become It's at the bureau level, so it's hard to say whether he will be promoted or demoted.

But judging from the fact that he is just forty-five years old, and considering that his first two positions were eventually promoted and left to work in Qin Yao, it should be a good thing for him. Anyway, he is quite satisfied.

Today is also half a year since he took office. He has just thoroughly mapped out the entire group, including all subordinate units. He is looking for the chairman to report on his future work ideas. Unexpectedly, the leader does not follow the routine. After listening to the report for a while, he directly So I dragged him over to pick up my son from school.

Standing at a small doorway, Yu Weitong turned to look at the army of parents who came to pick up their children from school, and shook his head with emotion.

"Director, I remember that when my girl was out of school at that time, there was basically no one to pick up and drop off her children. Why is it now required by the school to pick up and drop off her children?"

director?

This title involves another position of Li Tang.

In 1997, Father Song and Director Wang both retired. Before retiring, they did not discuss with Li Tang and worked together to push him up again.

This move was in line with the wishes of his superiors, so after the change of office that year, he naturally became the top director of the provincial consultative conference.

At this point, Li Tang's current position has become a formal member of the 13th session of the organization, and then the director of the Provincial Consultative Conference, as well as the chairman and director of Qin Pharmaceutical Group.

At the age of forty-two, he suddenly became one of the three giants in Qin Province (the director of the provincial organization also serves as the director of the representative committee, and the original four giants became the three giants), and implemented the treatment that he originally only enjoyed. It has been three years since I became a real-time employee.

Nowadays, both local cadres and people in the group are accustomed to calling him director, and he is used to it. At present, there are only a few group executives who still call him chairman when they meet him, and they can still call him like this. They are all old people, and they sound friendly.

Hearing Yu Weitong's doubts, Li Tang turned to look at him with a smile and said, "Times have changed. Your daughter is at least in high school now, right?"

"She took the college entrance examination this year and is now a freshman at a provincial university. She originally wanted her to be admitted to the School of Economics and Management to see if she could be admitted to the Song Academic Committee's postgraduate program in the future. But she didn't score enough, so she had to study other majors."

Song Academic Committee, ever since Song Xiaohui won the highest award in 1998 with the paper she published in 1994, it is certain that she will become the Academic Committee, no matter whether some people are willing or not.

Also since 1998, the admission score of the Provincial University's School of Economics and Management has been increasing year by year. After all, with such a world-leading master in charge, I don't know how many people are trying to make their children become her students.

Song Xiaohui has been busy in the past few years, flying around the world to give lectures. Even if Li Tang and his son want to see her, they can only see her through newspapers and TV. It was not until this year that things got a little better.

However, this year she was nominated for that award again because of a heavyweight paper, and the list of winners will not be announced until next month. If she wins again...

Not to mention those in the West, even Li Tang found it impossible. He did not believe that those in Europe and America could be so generous and give an award to an Easterner after two years.

But no matter what, as long as you get it once, it is an honor.

Yu Weitong and Li Tang are the same age. They were both born in 1955. They are forty-five this year. It is very common for children to go to college. It is a normal age to get married and have children at a normal age. To exaggerate, they have even given birth. It's a grandson. For someone like him whose son has just entered the first grade of elementary school, it must be the second child. There are not many people in the same situation as him.

"That's right, your daughter has already gone to college. When she was in elementary school, there were so many cars on the road. Now look at it, there is basically only one child in every family, and six adults are surrounding this baby, and they are not allowed to protect it. better."

"What you said is true. When we were young, I remember that the older ones were in charge of the younger ones. Now look at it, my dear, I often see a little one running and playing in front, with several adults following behind. Some are bringing water, some are bringing clothes, and some are bringing food, tsk tsk..."

"Haha, when we were young, the situation where the big one took care of the small ones is almost impossible to happen again in the future. With the development of society, the cost of childcare will become higher and higher in the future. Even if we let the children have children in the future, it will not happen again. There will be a situation like before where a family has three, four or four or five children. They can afford to have children but cannot afford to raise them."

"Yes!" Yu Weitong nodded sympathetically.

“Looking at the cram schools and interest classes that have been popping up all over the streets since I don’t know when, I sometimes wonder how my daughter grew up when she was a child.

I was bored that day, so I passed by an interest class and went in to take a look. There were teachers who taught painting, keyboard playing, guitar, calligraphy, dancing, etc. Anyway, there were many kinds, and one class Less than thirty or forty, more than seventy or eighty, one class is only one hour. I see dozens of children in each class.

At least two sessions a week. How much will it cost this year? From that day on, I have been thinking, if my girl was still young, I don’t know whether I should enroll her in any of those cram schools or interest classes. "

"You can't let your children lose at the starting line. This is the thinking of many parents. When you see other people enrolling their children in this and that, the children appear to be versatile, but your own children can't do anything. You are anxious or not, so it doesn't matter. Whether your child is interested in this or not, let him know first.

Looking back and thinking about it again, are these interest classes and cram schools used to increase children's knowledge and correct mistakes, or are they used to make up for the shame of parents. "

"Hey, your idea is really unique."

"Haha, it's just family talk, just listen to it, don't take it seriously." Li Tang smiled and waved his hand.

"Forget about this, Wei Tong, go down and take a walk, take a look, what do you think about the group's supervision work?"

"It should be said that my predecessors have laid a good foundation. However, supervision work is always on the road. Preventing it before it happens is far better than dealing with it afterwards. We still need to keep the alarm bell ringing. Doing the preventive work beforehand is also the greatest benefit to our comrades. Protection, after all...our group is too rich."

Speaking of this, Yu Weitong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I just heard about it before, but I haven't really come into contact with it. This time I went to take a look and found that the funds involved in any order are hundreds of millions, and the unit is still US dollars. To be honest, director, I was really frightened when I saw those orders and contracts.

Before coming here, I always felt that the salary, bonus and welfare benefits of Qinyao Group were a bit too good. After walking around, I realized that it was not good. Sometimes, high salary is really needed to maintain integrity.

Otherwise, not to mention those factory directors and managers, but also those in finance, sales, and purchasing below. They are often exposed to large-amount orders, and often have hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in capital transactions. Over time, people’s thinking is really There will be fluctuations. "

"Yes!" Li Tang breathed out softly.

"It is not easy to train a cadre. We cannot let them fall in front of interests and become prisoners of money. That's why it is said that supervision work is always on the road. Your future work has a long way to go. Enterprises are different from local governments in this regard." Completely different, with various forms and tricks. You need to change your work ideas and adapt to the working atmosphere and rhythm here as soon as possible.

The province's appointment of you as the director of the Supervision Office shows the trust the organization has placed in you. I hope you will not let this trust go to waste. "

"I understand, director." Yu Weitong responded solemnly.

"Jingle Bell……"

Following his words, a burst of electric bells rang in the school, the school door slowly opened, and school was finally over.

After school, primary schools do not just crowd out in one go, but line up one class at a time according to grade and class. Parents who come to pick up their children just wait at the designated place in their respective class. The class team will automatically be led by the teacher. Come over here.

Primary School adopts a small class teaching model. There are only 25 students in a class, and each class is led by the head teacher and deputy head teacher. Two teachers can basically manage the 25 children, and the bigger the better. Tube.

The first class to come out was the first grade class. Under the leadership of two teachers, the children lined up in a less than neat line and walked out of the school shouting the slogans they just learned today.

Li Zexin was in Class 2, and his class walked out right behind Class 1.

When queuing up in the school, they are all arranged according to their height, with the short ones at the front and the tall ones at the back. Twenty-five students in a class are not many, so you can basically see your own children at a glance, but Li Zexin is still too young. He was so special that he was almost a head taller than other students, making him stand out from the crowd.

There is no way, Li Tang is over 1.8 meters tall, and Song Xiaohui is over 1.7 meters tall. They are both tall, and the children they give birth to cannot be too short. In addition, they have always been well-nourished, and they have been used to improve their height since they were six months old. After taking a bath with the medicinal solution for physical fitness, Li Zexin, who was only seven years and four months old, had grown to nearly 1.4 meters tall. In terms of height alone, he was taller than most children in the third and fourth grades.

As soon as he came out of the school gate, Li Zexin saw his father standing diagonally across the road, and Uncle Huzi, who seemed to be always behind his father and silent.

The little guy still can't understand the meaning of the security personnel. He only knows that whenever he goes out, Uncle Huzi or Uncle Dacheng, as well as several other uncles, will always follow his father and mother. They all treat him badly. very good.

Today is the first day of class for the freshmen of the first grade. Don’t expect them to line up seriously after seeing their parents, or grandparents, who came to pick them up. As soon as they left the school, the line was completely chaotic, regardless of the teacher. They all screamed and ran to their parents, and some even ran over crying.

After all, elementary school is different from kindergarten. On the first day of school, many children still cannot accept this completely different living and learning state.

The two teachers who led the team could only stand there and carefully watch the reaction of each parent who picked up their child, and then see if they had a pick-up sign on them. If they could not see it, they would He would quickly step forward and ask.

When he saw Li Zexin, one of the two teachers hurriedly came over, stretched out his hand to press Ozawa's shoulders, looked at Pang Hu who had just taken the schoolbag, and asked hesitantly: "Hello, Are you Li Zexin's parent?"

I don't blame the teacher for asking. It's because Pang Hu and Li Zexin are very different in appearance, and they don't wear pick-up tags. In a responsible manner, the teacher had to come up and ask a few more questions.

"Teacher Zhou, he is Uncle Huzi, my father is here."

Before Pang Hu could say anything, Ozawa raised his little head, pulled the teacher's hand on his shoulder, pointed to the other side and said.

Following the direction of Ozawa's new finger, the teacher saw Li Tang standing aside with a smile on his face. At the first glance, she couldn't even see the face of Qing Zexin's father. She only felt that the man's eyes were really bright. At the second glance, she could clearly see Li Tang's handsome appearance. At the third glance, she saw Yu Weitong arrived at Li Tang's side.

Unlike Li Tang, who has a smile on his face and makes people feel as if he is bathed in spring breeze, Yu Weitong rarely smiles, perhaps due to his work responsibilities, and basically keeps a straight face, which makes people feel a little uneasy.

After glancing at Yu Weitong, the teacher's eyes fell on Li Tang again, stretched out his right hand and said, "Hello, father Zexin, I am Zexin's Chinese teacher, my name is Zhou Meina."

"Hello, Teacher Zhou, I'm sorry for your trouble."

"You're welcome. You parents have left your children in our hands. Of course we have to ensure their safety. By the way, Zexin's father, I wonder if it's convenient for you and if I can talk to you."

? !
Hearing the teacher's words, Li Tang looked down at his son in astonishment. This boy wouldn't be naughty at school. Otherwise, why would he be talked to by the teacher on the first day of school?

"Uh... of course it's convenient."

With that said, he patted his son's little head, turned to another security guard behind him and said, "Xiao Pan, lead March to the car first, Wei Tong, you also sit in the car first, I’ll talk to the teacher.”

"it is good"

"goodbye teacher!"

"Goodbye Zexin."

Seeing that his father asked him to follow Uncle Xiao Pan to the car first, Xiao Zexin bowed to the teacher, then took Xiao Pan's hand, and followed him and Yu Weitong towards the parking lot at the intersection. .

Car, there is a car at home!

Zhou Meina glanced deeply at Li Tang when she heard this. Only then did she notice that he was wearing a gray half-sleeved work uniform from Qin Yao Group. He might be... a senior executive of Qin Yao, right?
Turning around, she discovered that Uncle Huzi, who had just taken the schoolbag from Ozawa, had not left, and was still standing aside in silence.

What a strange combination. She thought in her heart.

"Teacher Zhou, were you naughty at school in March?"

"March?"

"Oh, it's Zexin, March is his nickname."

"Oh, no, no, no, Zexin is very well-behaved. I'm looking for you...how should I put it, have you enrolled your child in any interest classes? I found that Ozawa's writing is very neat, and he writes well with a pencil. The beautiful imitation Song font is just like the printed one.”

Li Zexin's handwriting is beautiful. In fact, the school teacher discovered it as early as mid-August, before the school officially started. It was just during the placement test.

Children who have practiced calligraphy since childhood have seen these teachers many times. They have practiced both brush calligraphy and hard-pen calligraphy, but this is the first time they have seen imitation Song calligraphy made by hand like a printed script.

Fonts are not the most important thing. As long as you have the intention and willingness, you can basically practice it. The most important thing is that they also found that many of the characters written by this child are traditional Chinese characters, and some characters can be picked out individually. None of the teachers knew them, which was a bit embarrassing.

She is talking to Li Tang now, and what she wants to say is this issue.

Traditional Chinese characters are indeed beautiful when written neatly, but... now everyone is learning simplified Chinese characters. If you, a traditional Chinese character, take the exam in the future, will the teacher give you points or not?
And she also discovered today that this child actually had a thread-bound vertical version of the Analects of Chinese Confucius in his schoolbag. This... is this something a seven-year-old child should learn?

The key is that there are comments written on them, and they are also written in imitation Song font. She can't tell whether the font is written by a child or someone else. If it is written by a child, it is a bit too scary, right? What kind of student did you bring?

Now that she met her child's father, of course she had to ask him clearly. By the way, she also wanted to communicate. It was right to hope that the child would succeed, but she should not overdo it.

What age is the right way to do something, and you cannot push your children too hard, otherwise they will lose the fun of childhood.

"Interest class? He is only seven years old. I have never enrolled him in any interest class. As for the words you said, he learned them from me."

"Uh..." Zhou Meina didn't expect that she would get such an answer. For a moment, she didn't know how to continue.

After being stunned for a moment, she quickly sorted out her emotions and then said: "That's it, the traditional Chinese characters that Zexin usually writes..."

"He still writes traditional Chinese characters in school?"

Li Tang was also surprised at this time. Of course his son knew how to write traditional Chinese characters. For this reason, he and Song Xiaohui often told him that they would not let him write like that outside. He could only write at home when he was playing by himself, in kindergarten. I had always performed very well when I was in elementary school. Why did I forget it again when I got to elementary school? But...it was only the first day of school and we already asked the children to write. Are you so focused on learning?
"When he took the placement test in August, there were a lot of traditional Chinese characters in his writing."

"Oh, that's it. It's my fault. It's my problem. I told him during the placement test that day that he should write his most beautiful handwriting so that he could leave a good impression on the teacher. That's why he wrote like that. Zhou Don’t worry, teacher, Zexin doesn’t usually write traditional Chinese characters.”

Zhou Meina smiled bitterly when she heard this. Who is this person? When he taught writing to his children, he taught traditional Chinese characters.

"Also, Zexin's father, I accidentally saw a vertical version of the Analects of Classical Chinese in Zexin's schoolbag today. Do you... teach these to your children at home?"

"Hey, why did this kid bring this book to school?"

This brat was really good at messing with him. Li Tang rubbed his teeth from the pain in his teeth.

"Tiger"

"Three Brothers"

"Remember to remind me later that I will check March's schoolbag every morning to prevent him from carrying these extracurricular readings to school again."

"I remember."

After admonishing Pang Hu, Li Tang turned to look at the teacher and said: "Teacher, don't worry, I haven't expected Jackie Chan to let him learn the Analects of Confucius yet. On weekdays, he just plays things at his age at home. That Analects of Confucius belongs to me, and he just uses it to practice calligraphy from time to time."

"That's good. I'm just worried that we as parents always hope that our children can learn more, so we expose them to things early that are not what they should do at their age."

"No, no, his mother and I are actually very open-minded, and we won't force him to study like that."

"Then I'm relieved. In fact, your Jiazexin is really great. Your handwriting is so beautiful, and you are knowledgeable and courteous. You have taught me very well."

"Thank you for the teacher's praise, and also thank you for your concern for your children."

"You're welcome. Children's education requires the joint efforts of our school and your parents."

……

Li Tang left, because there were still teams coming out of the school gate. Zhou Meina did not rush in, but stood there and looked at Li Tang's back.

After communicating for a long time, she realized that the student's parent in front of her seemed to have been seen somewhere before, and it always gave her a familiar feeling, but she was also very sure that the people she knew in the Qin Yao Group did not have this number. , which is a bit strange.

"Mina, what are you looking at?"

Mr. Cao, the deputy head teacher and math teacher who was surrounded by other parents just now, finally got free and came over.

"Is the parent you just communicated with Li Zexin's parent?"

"Yes, I feel a little strange. I'm pretty sure I don't know Li Zexin's father, but I always feel familiar, as if I've seen him somewhere. And the group they came to pick up today is also very strange. The person next to Zexin's father just now He really looks like a leader, with that majestic aura, tsk tsk...

And the middle-aged man who just picked up Li Zexin’s schoolbag looked like..."

"What does it seem like?" Teacher Cao asked curiously.

"I can't tell. Anyway, I just think it's weird. Forget it, let's go in instead of talking about him."

……

Yu Weitong can't control his aura very well, so people with lower levels than him always feel an inexplicable sense of oppression when facing him.

This is the momentum developed by staying in a high position for a long time.

Li Tang is different. As long as he is not angry, he looks no different from the uncle next door. He can control his momentum very well. This is what Teacher Zhou felt when he saw him just now. It's like a spring breeze.

(End of this chapter)

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