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"When you were in elementary school, you had to learn these messy things. If you say it's just a hobby, I won't talk about it! Now you're in junior high school, and you still don't know the importance!"

"Tang Tang, let me tell you! Your most important task now is to study hard, then get into a good high school, and then get into a good university! Everything else is useless!"

"The high school admission rate is only 50%, but with your grades, you are still far away from the minimum admission threshold. If you don't work hard, you still dare to be distracted and play with these irrelevant things!"

"I know you dislike me for nagging you and keeping an eye on you all day long. But do you think I want this? I'm not afraid that you have no education and can only do hard work like us, and your life will be miserable in the future!"

"I am your mother, I will not harm you! I don't know how many times I have said these words to you. I feel annoyed and hateful. But what can I do? I am your mother, I can't For your sake, who will care about you?”

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Shen Jiayin and Cheng Hongbing stood there, watching the lion dance girl being beaten by her mother with a stick. While beating her, she was scolding her earnestly.

The reason why she didn't stop him was because the stick in the mother's hand was not thick, and she obviously targeted non-vital parts, so she wouldn't really hurt the person, just a little bit of pain.

With a girl's strength, it was easy to break away from her mother's hand holding her arm, but she just jumped around to avoid it, with no intention of running away.

Later, the mother, probably tired, finally stopped holding the stick in her hand, resting her hands on her hips and panting.

At this time, they both discovered that two spectators had appeared next to them, and both mother and daughter became uncomfortable.

The mother also threw away the stick in her hand in an attempt to destroy the evidence.

Shen Jiayin wanted to laugh when she saw it.

For such a mother, her education method may not be correct, but she must love her children very much.

There happened to be a vending machine nearby, so Shen Jiayin bought four bottles of water and gave one to Cheng Hongbing.

"Come on, sister, drink some water slowly."

"No, no, no!" She waved her hands repeatedly.

"Take it, it's so hot today, you can sweat all over even if you sit still. By the way, your girl is good at lion dance."

She finally took the water from Shen Jiayin. The weather was really hot. She looked at what she had taken out of the vending machine and felt relieved while drinking it.

"Have you seen her lion dance?"

"She was doing the lion dance here ten minutes ago, and we happened to see her."

Then, Shen Jiayin handed the water to the little girl again.

"Your name is Tangtang? Is it the candy?"

"Correct."

"What a nice name. By the way, how many years have you been practicing lion dancing? When I came here to park the car before, I saw you dancing so focused and well that I didn't have the heart to disturb you."

Shen Jiayin pointed to the car parked aside.

"It's been more than eight years since I was five years old."

"That's amazing. Persistence is the hardest thing in the world. You can persist for more than eight years at such a young age! I give you 1,200 likes!"

Shen Jiayin found that she was becoming more and more slippery in using these Internet languages.

Tang Tang was embarrassed by her praise, but couldn't help but ask again: "Do you really think I dance well?"

"Actually, I don't know much about lion dance, so I can't judge from a professional point of view. However, when I watch you dance, I feel excited, and the movements are very beautiful. The most important thing is that you make me feel very good. move."

"Why?" Lion dance is indeed very festive and passionate, but few people seem to feel so moved.

Shen Jiayin smiled and said, "Because when I see you, I can see the inheritance of lion dance culture, so I am very touched."

"Don't you think lion dance is useless?"

Tang Tang really likes lion dance, but almost everyone tells her that it is useless to learn this thing, and she should throw it away and spend more time learning.

"How could it be? It is said that lion dance has been popular since the Three Kingdoms period and has been passed down to this day. It is a precious treasure left by our ancestors. How can it be useless?"

"But lion dance cannot be done for a living. In the eyes of most people, it is just a useless thing."

Although there are still some lion dance teams, there are very few people who want them, and most of them have low and unstable incomes. In the eyes of the world, this is indeed not a skill suitable for making a living.

If her family is in good condition and she only treats lion dance as a hobby, that's fine. Unfortunately, the conditions at her home are not very good.

"If you consider it from an employment perspective, it is indeed not a good choice. But from a cultural perspective, it is indeed a valuable asset. It would be a pity if the inheritance is cut off like this."

Tang Tang sighed and said, "This is probably what people often say, ideals are full but reality is skinny."

At this time, her mother Mao Xiaolan answered: "It's good that you know! When you graduate from college and start working, and you have time, I don't care how you like to dance. But now, you must give me a break and spend your time." and focus on learning.”

"But, Mom, I really have no talent for learning. I have worked hard since I was a child, but my grades are so-so. What can I do? Don't say you don't let me do the lion dance, you just let me not eat or drink If I don’t sleep and study 24 hours a day, I can’t become a top student.”

"That's your excuse!"

"I didn't! You're not me, you don't understand at all!"

Tang Tang felt aggrieved. She is really not lazy, but she just can't learn well. What can be done?
"I'm your mother, if you stick your butt out, I know what you're going to do!"

"Do you think I don't want to be a top student? But I'm really not that good. What can I do? Besides, your grades were not good when you were studying with your dad. I am your child, and I have inherited your ability to learn. Is it any wonder that you don’t have any talent?”

"What's wrong? Now you blame us for not giving you a good brain, right?"

"That's not what I meant. But—"

"I think that's what you mean!"

Seeing that the two mother and daughter were about to quarrel again, Shen Jiayin quickly came out to break up the fight.

"Sister, calm down, we have something to talk about. Besides, I believe Tang Tang doesn't mean that."

"It's useless to talk to her! Girl, let me tell you, I'm not the kind of unenlightened parent. She finally found something she likes, and I didn't want to stop it, so I bought her this lion head. But. There is no way, she has to do a good job in her studies before she can pass the high school entrance examination and college entrance examination, and then she can find a good job in the future."

"What did she say? I think there is nothing wrong with being a cleaner sweeping the streets. Yes, we are the lower class people, and we will not look down on ourselves. But there are many people in this society, especially those who have a little money. They just look down on these people who can only do manual labor! In their eyes, we are inferior!”

"Sister, you don't have a child yet, right? When you have a child, you will understand how I feel. As a mother, it doesn't matter if you endure hardships, grit your teeth and get over it, but when you think about your children, they will have to go through this in the future. It’s a hard life, it’s worse than a knife cutting my heart!”

Shen Jiayin nodded repeatedly.

"Sister, although I don't have a child yet, I can completely understand how you feel. What bad intentions can a mother have? In the end, you just want your child to have a smooth life, right?"

"That's right! Sister, you are a sensible person. Let me tell you."

So, Shen Jiayin was pulled by her and talked for a long time about how difficult it was to educate a child. She also taught her experience and told her how to avoid pitfalls when she has children in the future.

Tang Tang tried to interrupt several times but failed. He could only shrug apologetically at Shen Jiayin's shoulders and spread his hands, saying that there was nothing he could do.

Shen Jiayin smiled. She didn't actually feel impatient, nor did she think it was funny.

Cheng Hongbing, on the other hand, looked at them and couldn't help but turn his face in another direction and snicker.

"Sister, come here, drink some water to moisten your throat." While she was drinking water, Shen Jiayin pulled her to the side of the tree to get cooler, and then took the opportunity to take the initiative back to herself.

"Sister, after listening to you say so much, let me make a simple summary. Do you think it is correct or not? In fact, you are not opposed to Tang Tang learning lion dance. You just think that Tang Tang should focus more on his homework now. right?"

"Correct."

"You don't think lion dance is bad, you're just worried that she will not be able to find a good job in the future because she neglects her studies because of lion dance, and her life will be too hard, right?"

"Correct."

"Okay, I understand." After saying that, Shen Jiayin turned to Tang Tang again, "Tang Tang, you really like lion dance, right?"

"Correct."

If I didn't like it, I wouldn't be able to hold on for so long.

"Do you think you are a good dancer? In other words, do you have the confidence to become an excellent leader?"

Tang Tang puffed up his chest: "I think I can do it. Although they say that lion dancing is for men, I feel that I am no worse than them!"

Shen Jiayin curved her lips and smiled, then raised her hand and patted her shoulder.

"Then have you found your partner? A partner who loves lion dance as much as you do and is determined to achieve success in lion dance."

"Yes! Her name is Tiaotiao, and she is a good friend of mine. She is about the same age as me, and she has just entered the first grade of junior high school. Her family does not allow her to learn this, because they think it is not something a girl would do, and it will affect her study."

"In this way, you find your friends and other suitable personnel to form a Lions team, and I will invest in you."

Tang Tang immediately opened his eyes in surprise. "Really? You're not lying to me?"

"I won't lie to you. But I have conditions."

"Say." Tang Tang looked at her with shining eyes, extremely excited.

"First, either don't do it, or you have to work hard to do your best. I don't mind spending money, but the money must be well spent!"

Tang Tang replied without hesitation: "No problem!"

Mao Xiaolan was a little confused and couldn't figure out how to form a lion team.

"Second, no matter what you want to do in the future, you can't be careless about learning. College is not the only way out, but knowledge is always power."

"I know, I really study hard. Of course, I will work harder in the future!"

"Okay, I believe you."

After taking care of Tangtang, Shen Jiayin pointed his "gun" at Mao Xiaolan again.

"Sister, do you mind sitting down and having a meal together, and then we can chat a little bit more?"

Mao Xiaolan was not stupid, so she could naturally see that her daughter could listen to what this person said.

Finally, the four of us went to a nearby small restaurant and ordered some home-cooked dishes.

"Girl, do you really want to invest in that Lions team?"

"Correct."

"Sister, you may not understand the situation. Few people will invite the Lions now. If you invest in this, you may not make much money, and you may even lose money!"

Shen Jiayin couldn't help but laugh.

This is an honest person, and she is worried that her money will be wasted.

"Sister, the market will change. Just because the demand is low now does not mean it will be the same in the future. Besides, I have a more important purpose."

"What?" It was Tang Tang who asked.

"I hope that a hundred or even a thousand years from now, our descendants will be able to see such a wonderful lion dance. Instead of only seeing these two words in some literary works, but knowing nothing about it."

Tang Tang suddenly realized.

"No wonder you said that when you saw my lion dance, you thought of inheritance and felt very touched. What you want is this inheritance, right?"

"Smart girl."

Mao Xiaolan didn't quite understand this.

"Sister, if Tang Tang continues to learn lion dance, it will definitely take up some free time, but I don't think this will affect her study."

"You see, because you love her, you always think about how to give her a better life and how to give her a good future. When you love someone and something, it is difficult to kick them out of your life."

"Tang Tang likes lion dance very much. In reality, you can stop her from doing lion dance, but lion dance is in her heart, and she can't just say she doesn't want to do it. When the time comes, she will most likely not be able to do what she likes. If you are not happy at work, you will be distracted from studying, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.”

"Why don't you try my method? We will set up a training schedule for her so that she can continue to learn lion dance in her spare time, but she must study hard during the study time."

Mao Xiaolan was a little worried: "Is this possible?"

"How will you know if you don't try it? Besides, no matter how important studying is, there is always time to relax, right? For Tang Tang, lion dance is her way to release stress, the best way."

Tang Tang was very smart and immediately struck while the iron was hot.

"Mom, what she said is true. You may not understand, but as long as I hear the sound of the drum and hold up the lion's head, I feel refreshed. Every time I sweat from dancing, I feel that every pore is You need to relax and be very happy. Mom, just let me learn. I promise it won’t affect your studies.”

Mao Xiaolan struggled for a while, but was finally defeated by the two of them.

"Normally I can't control you. Now that you have found someone who supports you, I can't control you even more. Okay, as long as it doesn't affect your studies, I won't care about you either."

"Oh yeah! Long live mom! I love you!"

Tang Tang hugged her mother and kissed her on the face, which made Mao Xiaolan very embarrassed.

People of the older generation are not used to expressing their love so directly and passionately.

Shen Jiayin and Cheng Hongbing also laughed, and at the same time they felt deeply: It is indeed not easy to educate children.

"By the way, Tang Tang, who did you learn the lion dance from?"

"Learned it from a grandfather in the village. He had a dog named Xiaobai, so we called him Grandpa Xiaobai."

"How about we visit him later and see if we can ask him to be your master and officially teach you lion dance?"

"Yeah, yeah, Grandpa Xiaobai is a very nice person, he will definitely agree."

"I believe it. He has taught you for free, so his character goes without saying."

Shen Jiayin recalled that in her time, in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions, there were many grand scenes of lion kings competing for hegemony.

She hopes that one day in the future, such a grand occasion can be presented to people again.

(End of this chapter)