Reborn in the red age

"It's so embarrassing, so embarrassing, I have never been so embarrassed in my life"

"You don't know today, I was at the parents' meeting, sitting in the same seat as the first grade, facing the teachers and parents, I couldn't even lift my head up."

"What did the teacher say? He said that no matter who you sit with in the first grade, you can always drag that person down with you and gossip with them in class."

Before going to bed at night, Hu Jiabao, who was very angry after attending a parent-teacher meeting, sat on the bed and wiped tears in front of Li Qingfeng for a long time.

Regarding this situation, Qingfeng Li didn't know what to say.

I know my own daughter well. She is an absolute chatterbox and can't stop talking. She must have gossiped with others a lot during class.

It is the last half year of elementary school and the students are about to enter junior high school. In order to avoid affecting the studies of other students, there is nothing wrong with the teacher doing this and there is nothing to blame.

Li Qingfeng is not an unreasonable person. He will not cause trouble for other teachers because of his own child's problems.

Although the capital issued the "Interim Provisions on the Admission of Primary School Graduates to Junior High School" as early as 1993, which stipulated the cancellation of the primary school graduation examinations organized by districts and counties, and replaced them with primary schools setting their own graduation examinations, primary school graduates were admitted to junior high schools near the designated areas, which is the so-called school district housing policy.

However, every school will set up so-called key classes. If students have excellent academic performance when they are promoted from primary school to junior high school, they will be given priority to be assigned to the school's key classes.

Whether it is the teaching staff or the level of class management, key classes are not at the same level as ordinary classes. Parents who push their children to study hard will try every means to send their children to key classes.

After comforting Hu Jiabao, Li Qingfeng looked at Hu Jiabao's face and asked tentatively, "The first-year junior high school student will go to junior high school soon. How about I talk to the school after the first-year junior high school student goes to junior high school and ask them not to put the first-year junior high school student in the key class like in elementary school? Our daughter's academic level can't keep up, so it's good for her to go to the ordinary class."

Haidian, as the area where the first generation of test-taking kings took root, is also the hardest hit area for the internal competition in primary education. Signs of this appeared as early as the late 1980s. Whether it was schools or parents, they were all test-taking kings.

They have been setting up experimental classes and improvement classes since primary school. The most advanced Yucai Primary School even set up an experimental class for gifted education this year.

The depth, breadth and progress of teaching are outrageous. Before the end of elementary school, students have already started covering junior high and even high school knowledge points.

The degree of involution is so deep that, let alone in the 1990s, even the education in third- and fourth-tier cities 20 years later could not reach the standards of today.

With such dismal grades in the first year of junior high school, he has not been kicked out of the experimental class yet, and that is only because of Li Qingfeng's consideration.

"No, birds of a feather flock together. This is how it is in the key class in the first grade of junior high school. If she goes to the ordinary class, she will completely let herself go, right?" Hu Jiabao wiped away the remaining tears on his face and continued with a frown: "Although her current grades are not very good, she can still learn something in the key class. If she goes to the ordinary class, how can the atmosphere be compared with that of the key class? By then, I'm afraid she will focus all her attention on playing."

"Forget it. If she wants to play, let her play. As the old saying goes, fate comes first, luck comes second, feng shui comes third, accumulating good deeds comes fifth, and study comes second. Study comes after fate. Chuyi already has the best fate. Don't think about anything else. How can our family take all the good things?" Li Qingfeng spread his hands and explained patiently to Hu Jiabao.

"We are talking about children's education, why are you talking about feudal superstition?"

"How can it be considered superstition? This statement makes sense."

Hu Jiabao rolled his eyes and retorted, "Okay, even if you are right, I saw an interview on TV where the boss of Hong Kong also said that fate comes first, luck comes second, feng shui comes third, accumulating good deeds comes fifth, reading. But he said that only reading is real, and the others are all fake."

Li Qingfeng thought for a long time before he figured out who the Hong Kong boss that Hu Jiabao mentioned was. Wasn't he the one who married a good wife?

Besides, he was born into a top wealthy family in Hong Kong and received a true aristocratic elite education when he was young. His father was a comprador of Jardine Matheson, a member of the Legislative Council and chairman of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. It was only later that his family's investment failed and they went bankrupt, which led to their decline.

But a broken ship still has 3,000 nails. Even if it goes bankrupt, it is just not as rich as before. Although the relationships left are not as good as before, the old relationships are still there. In the eyes of the local tyrants in Hong Kong, he and themselves are of the same class. As long as someone is willing to give a hand, it will be easy for him to turn things around again.

How about asking an ordinary college student with no background to try? In the 1950s and 1960s, in the Xiangjiang Oyster Mirror area, anyone without a background would have been thrown into the sea by competitors to feed the fish in the early stages of starting a business.

After knowing who Hu Jiabao was talking about, Li Qingfeng curled his lips and said disdainfully: "What? The example you cited is wrong. What's more, you don't know anything about his family background. I think he is just lucky and unlucky."

Hu Jiabao focused all his attention on the school and the hospital, and knew nothing about people and things in business.

Hearing what Li Qingfeng said, Hu Jiabao couldn't help but frown. The old man in the news looked like a serious person.

Hu Jiabao pursed her lips and began to speak as every woman can: "You have a negative attitude and are irresponsible in educating your children."

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"You are in charge. From now on, all the parent-teacher meetings for the first grade will be handed over to you. I will go to attend the parent-teacher meeting for the fifteenth grade." Li Qingfeng said as he pulled the quilt to cover his head, turned his back to Hu Jiabao and said nothing more.

Looking at Li Qingfeng with his head covered and his back facing him, Hu Jiabao was so angry that his teeth were itching. He kicked Li Qingfeng hard on the butt and then drove Li Qingfeng to the guest room.

Early the next morning, at the urging of Hu Jiabao, Li Qingfeng took the first grade students to school to discuss the seating issue with their teacher.

After some communication with Li Qingfeng, the first-grade student's desk was successfully moved down from the podium and went to accompany the last-ranked student in the class.

Speaking of which, my grades in the first grade of junior high school were very stable, always hovering around the fifth from the bottom in the class.

As for why it is so stable, it is because the other four are also related households like Chuyi.
But he is not as bold as the first grader. Although his grades are not good, he is still well-behaved in class.

"My dear, it's the last month now, please don't talk in class anymore. If the teacher moves your seat onto the stage again and your mother beats you, I won't be able to stop her." Li Qingfeng said helplessly, holding Chuyi's shoulders as they left the school.

Facing Li Qingfeng's instructions, Chuyi agreed without hesitation, and patted his chest to say that he would definitely not talk in class anymore and would make it until he graduated from elementary school.

Li Qingfeng didn't believe Chuyi's assurance at all. This kid admitted his mistakes but refused to change.

After graduating from school, Li Qingfeng, who had been working for several months, did not go to work in the company. Instead, he drove aimlessly around the city to see the current development of the capital.

Since the 90s, the capital's development has entered the fast lane, high-rise buildings have sprung up, and many familiar streets can no longer be seen. Many of the houses that Li Qingfeng bought a few years ago have been demolished. The houses are all under the name of Hu Jiabao, and the demolition work has always been managed by Hu Jiabao. Li Qingfeng doesn't know how many houses have been demolished.

All we know is that when it came to resettlement compensation, Hu Jiabao found it troublesome to take the money, so he just took the house for all of it.

I heard Hu Jiabao complaining a while ago that there were too many property certificates at home and he needed a special box to store them.

After a stroll around the city, I found that the streets were still quite chaotic, with protection fee collectors fighting over territory.

When Li Qingfeng got out of the car and had a meal in a small store, he encountered thugs who came to collect protection fees.

Faced with this kind of thing, Li Qingfeng didn't do much. He just glanced at the hooligans who were deeply influenced by Hong Kong movies and dressed in shabby clothes and obviously were not good people, then continued to eat noodles with his head down.

There are many such incidents. Protection fees have been collected since the early 1980s when educated youth returned to the city, and have been collected for nearly 15 years now. A complete system has been formed, and merchants have long been accustomed to it. There is no need to get involved. Who knows, the boss may not even appreciate it.

But then again, in the early days, those educated youth who received protection fees really did something. If someone caused trouble in the area they were protecting, they really didn't take their lives seriously and would just pick up weapons and fight them.

I don’t know what the situation is now.

He didn't dare to go to any place that was too remote, so he strolled around the street. Just as he was about to go home, Li Qingfeng received a call from a former colleague from school, saying that someone was looking for him.

After receiving this call, Li Qingfeng felt it was quite strange. Ever since he appeared on TV, many people came to the school to try their luck and want to meet him.

But they were all sent away by the school security department. Today was the first time that someone called me to inform me that someone was looking for me.

With curiosity in his heart, Qingfeng Li turned the car around and sped towards the school.

After the car passed the automatic identification barrier, Li Qingfeng parked the car on the side of the road, picked up a cigarette and walked towards the gate, intending to see who was looking for him.

Since Li Qingfeng lived in the school, in order to avoid being disturbed by strangers, Li Qingfeng funded the school to build an automatic vehicle entry and exit barrier system and installed an access control system.

A batch of chips were customized, and the student ID cards and faculty and staff work ID cards were converted from paper to the later smart card format, which has the corresponding identification chips embedded in them.

Not only can you swipe your card to enter and exit, but it is also linked to the campus card system developed by the School of Computer Science. Students can also swipe their student cards equipped with chips to eat in the cafeteria. In 1995, this was quite advanced.

This measure set a precedent for universities around the world, making Peking University a benchmark for scientific and technological informatization among global universities. It is known as the most technologically advanced university in the country, attracting many sister universities to send people to inspect and study.

After listening to the gatekeeper's explanation, Qingfeng Li raised his eyebrows and asked in disbelief, "You said my wife took the person home?"

"Yes, after Teacher Hu saw the man who came to see you, she was very happy. She talked to him for a long time and even said that she would treat him to a dinner tonight. Then she took him home." The security guard on duty at the gate of the Security Department was afraid that Li Qingfeng would not believe it, so he described it to Li Qingfeng in great detail.

Li Qingfeng raised his eyebrows, wondering who this person could be. He knew him, and Hu Jiabao also knew him. He only knew his address but not his contact information. Who could he be?

After throwing a piece of Chinese rice cake on the table at the gate and saying thank you, Li Qingfeng drove towards the staff quarters.

After opening the door with the key and taking a look at the heavily worn men's cloth shoes in the shoe cabinet, Li Qingfeng raised his eyebrows, put on slippers and walked towards the living room.

As soon as I entered, I saw Cai Genhua and Hu Jiabao, who came to work during the day, sitting on the sofa, talking to a middle-aged man who was wearing shabby but clean clothes.

The man noticed Li Qingfeng coming in, and stood up from the sofa awkwardly. With an awkward smile on his face, he stammered, "Teacher Li, I haven't seen you for many years. I'm sorry to disturb you so hastily."

Li Qingfeng carefully looked at the person in front of him, and quickly searched his memory. He felt that this person looked familiar, and the accent was also familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a moment.

Hu Jiabao was about to start introducing himself when Li Qingfeng interrupted him: "Don't say anything, let me recognize myself."

After staring at the man for a long while, Qingfeng Li finally matched the man's face with the one in his memory.

He grinned, opened his arms, and happily went forward to hug the man: "Brother Yongjun, we haven't seen each other for many years. In the blink of an eye, it's been almost twenty years."

The person who came was none other than Zhou Yongjun, an old educated youth from Northeast China who had been assigned to the educated youth point when Li Qingfeng went to the countryside.

He was a sensible and open-minded man. When he went to the countryside, he never had any conflicts with Zhou Yongjun. On the contrary, this big brother helped the new educated youth like him to ask for money for building houses in the village, and they always got along well.

Seeing Li Qingfeng's enthusiasm, Zhou Yongjun's face became less restrained, and he grinned and responded to the hug: "Teacher Li, it's great to see you again. You and Xiao Hu haven't changed much over the years. You are still as handsome and good-looking as ever."

"Haha, no, I'm too old. I can still barely be called an old handsome guy, but Hu Jiabao has become a middle-aged woman," Li Qingfeng joked with a smile.

Hu Jiabao slapped Li Qingfeng and scolded him with a smile, "Go to hell, Brother Yongjun is being polite to you, you really have the nerve to flatter yourself, don't you know what you look like? When has the word handsome ever been associated with you?"

Li Qingfeng smiled without saying anything. He pulled Zhou Yongjun back to sit on the sofa and told Xiao Cai to get the tea from the top grid in his study. Today he wanted to use the best tea to entertain Brother Yongjun who came from afar.

"Teacher Li, here is tea."

"Why call me Teacher Li? I haven't seen Brother Yongjun for so many years. You are alienating me. Just call me the same as before."

"This Brother Li"

"Hey, that's right" (End of this chapter)