Rebirth 07: Start adding points from elementary school students

Chapter 135 Parents' Meeting (5694 words)
Composing music is different from choosing lyrics, but it is also a form of creation after all, so Li Yan gave it "ample" preparation time.

"Let's decide on the music by this Saturday so we can start arranging it."

"Yan, only you dare to say that there is enough time..."

If one person gets used to being outrageous, everyone will gradually get used to it.

Although Lin Heng complained, he was actually thinking about how to compose a few suitable songs within two days - yes, a few.

Those who are close to vermilion will become red, those who are close to ink will become black, and those who are close to outrageous things will become outrageous.

There is a parent-teacher meeting on Thursday night. Students living in the dormitory do not need to attend evening self-study classes and can just stay in the dormitory.

Theoretically, it is a good time for creation, but in reality, no one is in the mood for it. Even Li Yan is a little distracted, not to mention her roommates in the first grade of junior high school.

I am not worried that parents will be criticized by teachers or their children’s grades are not good. Class Zero has not fallen behind yet. If I have to say, it is that Chen Fan’s overall score is indeed not ideal, but his math score is high enough.

After all, they are children away from home. Their parents come to the school for parent-teacher meetings and will visit them in the dormitory later. This is of great significance.

Nervous, excited and afraid of embarrassment.

In fact, the school is very humane. It suggests that parents who do not live in the urban area do not have to attend the parent-teacher meeting and can choose a day to speak to the class teacher to understand the situation.

However, parents of Class 0 who do not live in the city either drive here themselves or ask relatives in New Taipei to drive here - while keeping their phones on.

Parents also have a need to show off. As parents, when their children are in the best classes at the best schools in the province, it is a very satisfying thing to attend parent-teacher meetings.

Li Yan really hopes that his parents can come over to experience the big city and feel the glory that their son brings them by being the top student in the grade at the best school.

But Li Chun and Chen Fengling said that the small business could not be stopped, otherwise it would not be able to continue, "Let's call the teacher."

At that moment, Li Yan was a little disappointed and a little angry. The teachers and classmates of New Taipei No. 1 Middle School, and even the teachers and classmates of Lincheng, understood Li Yan's current value better than the two of them. If things continued like this, whether she would make money or not would depend on when Li Yan was ready to make a move.
Even if we take a step back, the loss of those few regular customers to this small business is nothing compared to the achievements he has made today.
Logic: There is no logical comparison relationship, and emotional influence is taken into consideration.

So Li Yan decisively called Li Chun and asked him three times in a row "Do you want to come?" After getting a positive answer from his parents, he finally understood the reason behind "not coming".

Only one person is required to attend the parent-teacher meeting, and Li Chun really couldn't give up his business. He also supported Chen Fengling to attend the meeting, but Chen Fengling was worried that her "countryside" temperament would not fit in with the big city.

"You can't compare with the wealthy families of your classmates in New Taipei City. It will embarrass you. Mom is afraid that your classmates will bully you because of this."

Li Yan felt a pang in her heart and almost went out to buy a lottery ticket.

I might as well just go around raising funds and borrow money to buy a house and wait for it to appreciate in value.

Logic: Now it’s not a question of money. It’s not that I have to rely on my mother to give me face, but that it’s my own achievements that give my mother face.

Ding!
[Filial piety +1, large experience pack, total 22]

Understanding is always difficult, especially in the closest relationships in the world.

Finally, Li Yan persuaded Chen Fengling to use the money she had reserved for him to buy a cell phone on the grounds that she had used her royalties to buy him a cell phone, and instead used it to buy nice clothes.

With the kind invitation from Xiaopang’s mother, she finally happily prepared to participate.

Although it is often said that New Taipei First High School and New Taipei Experimental High School are in a hostile relationship, the former king is still sitting there, and the wealthy upstarts next door are waiting to launch an attack.

In fact, the two neighbors have a very good relationship. Major exam dates and parent-teacher meetings are always scheduled on the same day, and they also interact with each other in programs like art performances.

After school on Thursday afternoon, Li Yan, with mixed feelings, waited at the door with Lin Zhiyuan for a brand new Mercedes-Benz.

After parking the car, a fashionable lady in cheongsam got down from the driver's seat. She was carrying a luxury small handbag, wearing a gold bracelet, and took small steps. She opened the door for the "big shot" in the back seat in full view of everyone.

At least that's what the students and parents at the door think.

In fact, this was only because Chen Fengling seldom took a car and couldn’t open the door all at once, so Lin Zhiyuan’s mother enthusiastically got out of the car to help open it.

Li Yan and Lin Zhiyuan walked towards the Mercedes-Benz under the gaze of their classmates.

It’s not that the Mercedes-Benz stands out. There are many wealthy families in New Taipei First High School, and everyone just looks at every luxury car equally.

Then pay special attention to the "Legendary Li Yan".

"Son, how is it, is Mom's new dress okay?"

"Very good." Li Yan said with a smile.

I just didn't expect that the clothes would never have a chance to play a role.

Li Yan had heard of the term "follower" before. He had explained it to his roommates, but it was impossible for him to explain it to everyone.

People are always more inclined to believe in some "mysterious legends".

Judging from the surprised expressions of my classmates, I’m afraid I won’t be able to get rid of the label of having a mysterious family background.

This speculation was based on a misunderstanding of Xiaopang and his mother. Although it was not Li Yan's original intention, it still made him feel a little ashamed.

"Hello, Auntie, thank you for your hard work!" Gratitude expressed with a hint of shame is always the most sincere.

Lin Zhiyuan's mother was well-maintained and had the temperament of a noble lady. She smiled and said, "Zhiyuan, you should learn from her. Li Yan is such an excellent child, but she is more polite than you."

The little fat boy twisted his body and said, "Hello, Auntie, thank you for your hard work!"

"Kid, why am I working so hard? It's your mother who's been driving for so long."

The four of them chatted for a while, and the main topics were basically "Li Yan is so amazing" and "this and that".

"If we want to chat, let's go to the dinner table. Mother Li Yan, are you feeling okay now?"

"It's okay, it's okay. I just haven't ridden in a car much before, so I feel a little stuffy. I'll be fine after taking a breath."

"I just found a restaurant nearby. Let's go eat. It's getting late."

"Mr. Yan, please." Lin Zhiyuan played the role of a butler and opened the car door respectfully.

Li Yan was helpless, and the two parents couldn't stop laughing.

The students were very shocked.

The Benz drove away gracefully. In the Toyota Crown next door, Wang Hang's mother was asking her son:

"Hang, this is Li Yan? She looks like she comes from a good family. Do you know her?"

"...I guess we know each other." Wang Hang muttered.

"You should get in touch with more people like this and make friends with them. Don't hang out with those people who love to play and don't study."

"Hey, can you please stop saying things like that?"

"Okay, okay, even your dad has heard Li Yan's name in the office recently. If you become friends with him, you can invite him to our house when you have the chance."

"Ah."

"It's a pity that they are not in the same class, otherwise I really want to ask Li Yan's mother how she raised such a child."

Wang Hang's eyes were filled with loneliness.

There are many things in New Taipei that look more awesome than those in Lincheng, but restaurants are an exception.

Lincheng is a city that loves to eat. Its industrial development is very poor, but its consumption places are very high-end.

So even though she came to a famous old restaurant in Rongxi District, Chen Fengling, who considered herself a "country girl", was not too surprised.

I even feel that this place is a bit old and the space is not spacious enough.

The food was quite good - mainly because Lin Zhiyuan's mother ordered the dishes without looking at the price. Over there, Chen Fengling was still lamenting why the tea fee was several dollars per person, but here the dishes had already been ordered.

The topics of conversation at the dinner table naturally revolved around three things: one was to review the food. The principle was that no matter whether praising or criticizing New Taipei cuisine, one would always end with "not as good as Lincheng"; the second was to praise Li Yan; and the third was to criticize Lin Zhiyuan.

Li Yan could only keep smiling awkwardly and let Chen Fengling say polite words while she concentrated on eating something more nutritious, such as the big grouper in front of her.

Lin Zhiyuan’s strategy is simpler: to be a ruthless eating machine.

However, the little fat boy has a very childish taste. He left the giant grouper and boiled shrimps alone and instead boasted about the plate of egg tarts that were there to make up the number.

Ding!
[Nutrition +1, Level 34 skill, total ]

No way... If I eat a few more bites of fish and a few more shrimps, the nutritional value will increase?

To what extent do school cafeterias hinder the healthy development of contemporary teenagers?
However, this "nutrition" is also very strange. It should be a basic value that changes dynamically. It is understandable that it will increase if you eat well, but it does not decrease if you don't eat well. Then, can you maintain a fixed nutritional value level even if you eat coarse food?
Logic: Should be understood as “nutrient absorption capacity”.

That's fine. In the end, it's all for the sake of physical health. According to this understanding, Li Yan's rapid growth in height during puberty will definitely come earlier than before his rebirth.

Li Yan was so worried that she forgot to eat. Suddenly, she heard Chen Fengling ask:

"Li Yan, you didn't fight at school, did you?"

I don’t know how the two parents started talking about this topic.

"How could a good child like Li Yan fight? You are overthinking it." Lin Zhiyuan's mother said with a smile.

"Yeah, how could I fight?" Li Yan responded very naturally.

But what was in my mind was the scene of meeting Gu Ziyu by chance this afternoon.

Even a mouse seeing a cat wouldn't react as exaggeratedly as him. Seeing Li Yan standing at the entrance of the lunch break room chatting, this guy actually walked around and entered the lunch break room through the back door...

After the meal, the classic tug-of-war began.

The two mothers were competing to pay the bill, using all kinds of rhetoric. Li Yan and Lin Zhiyuan stood aside, both with helpless expressions on their faces.

"This is what an adult who has been corrupted by the ways of the world looks like." Lin Zhiyuan said, "Good kids shouldn't learn this, Young Master Yan." "Well, when I become rich, just assume that I'll pay for your meals."

Xiaopang just smiled faintly, not knowing how valuable this promise was.

"The parent-teacher conference is about to start, shall we go?"

Lin Zhiyuan's mother won the battle to pay the bill and drove back to the school gate with a smile on her face.

In order to "make it easier to say things that can only be said to parents," New Taipei First High School requires boarding students to stay in the dormitory during parent-teacher conferences.

So Li Yan and Chen Fengling had to temporarily separate on the playground. The last words Li Yan said were:
"At this parents' meeting, prepare to be the star."

But Chen Fengling's answer to her son was:

"That meal just now was so expensive..."

While her roommates were impressed that Li Yan could still concentrate on listening to music and composing music at this time, Chen Fengling was feeling very uncomfortable under the gaze of her parents.

She didn't understand, what was so worthy of attention for being the top student in the grade?

When my son was in Lincheng Yucai Primary School, he had been the top student in every exam since the third grade. When the parents' meeting was held, other parents did not take it seriously.

She still remembers some parents chatting loudly, "My son doesn't need to do well in exams, he will inherit his father's factory in the future anyway," which attracted the admiration of many other parents.

Aren't all the families in New Taipei City very powerful? Why do they keep looking at me with envy?
It’s all because of the huge child’s name on the table.

Chen Fengling really couldn't understand the importance of New Taipei No. 1 High School, nor could she realize how powerful Li Yan was.

Guo Qiwen, who was standing on the podium, originally wanted to communicate with parents based on the overall educational situation, but he found that whenever he needed a "role model", he would inevitably mention Li Yan.

Especially the two aspects of "comprehensive development" and "quality education".

Hearing the head teacher mention Li Yan's name, Chen Fengling said she was very calm. She was used to it and did not feel any difference between New Taipei First High School and Yucai Elementary School.

As a result, as soon as the parent-teacher meeting was over, several parents enthusiastically surrounded her and asked her for her secret to parenting.

"How can you teach such an excellent child?"

Chen Fengling thought for a long time, but couldn't come up with any decent content except not letting Li Yan watch TV.

From being the top student in the grade at Yucai Elementary School, to winning various awards in competitions, to being specially recruited for sports, to being the top student in the grade at New Taipei First Middle School... the whole journey has been worry-free.

Li Yan also suddenly became very mature. Not to mention urging her son to study, what she and Li Chun were most worried about was that their son was studying too much.

"It's all the child's own luck." Chen Fengling said.

The parents were all stunned and began to reflect on whether they were too high-pressure in their education. After a few thoughts, they quickly convinced themselves.

A male parent who looked very prestigious - judging from the attitude of the other parents who were all praising the child - nodded repeatedly and said, "Respecting the nature of children is indeed a great wisdom."

Suddenly, an atmosphere of "enlightenment" filled the classroom of Experimental Class 1.

Chen Fengling was in a hurry to check on Li Yan's dormitory. Plus, she didn't know whether Lin Zhiyuan's mother would be waiting for her, so she didn't stay long. She hurriedly made her way through the group of parents who were chatting animatedly and prepared to leave.

"Ms. Li Yan," a mother called Chen Fengling and handed over her business card with a smile, "I'm Chen Fan's mother, this is my business card."

Chen Fengling took it and saw the words written on it: New Taipei City Huaguang Technology Co., Ltd., Dong Lihua.

Seeing that Chen Fengling did not return the business card, Chen Fan's mother took the initiative to ask, "Li Yan is really excellent. My Chen Fan has been praising her on the phone recently. Excuse me, what do you and Li Yan's father do for a living? Let's see if there is any chance for us to cooperate."

"No, no, we're just a vegetable vendor. Chen Fan is Li Yan's roommate, right? Let's go to their dormitory and take a look?"

"Too modest, no wonder Li Yan has such good family education."

Suddenly, a few more parents came and handed their business cards to Chen Fengling and Dong Lihua. Chen Fengling had no choice but to add, "I just sell vegetables, I don't have a business card," and then hurried downstairs to the dormitory. Unexpectedly, Dong Lihua followed her.

The two mothers chatted happily along the way, but they just talked and listened.

Dong Lihua labeled Li Yan's family as "wealthy" in advance, and attributed part of Li Yan's excellence to the support of a strong family.

So "vegetable and fruit wholesale" equals "the city's leading vegetable and fruit wholesaler", "working in Lincheng Market" equals "this market is owned by Li Yan's family", and "small business" equals "huge profits"...

On the premise that Dong Lihua tacitly agreed that Li Yan's family would inevitably monopolize the vegetable supply for all the schools and even the government canteens in the city, Chen Fengling's words "the ones in the canteen are nothing" immediately expanded the business scope several times.

In fact, I really don’t have any canteen business and I don’t have the connections.

No one is willing to believe that Li Yan's family is very ordinary, so ordinary that it is considered poor in the eyes of the natives of New Taipei City.

Just like the richest man wearing old Beijing cloth shoes would also be considered a luxury item, everyone would use their usual logic to weave an acceptable and understandable story out of Li Yan's outrageous behavior.

A wealthy family and a strong background are just one element in this logical chain.

It's impossible to believe that he was reborn with cheats, right?

As soon as we entered dormitory 403, Liang Tiancheng's mother, Zhu Qinglun's mother and Li Ruofei's father were already in the dormitory. After a round of greetings, everyone unanimously expressed their approval of the dormitory conditions.

What followed was a parent-teacher meeting that left several children frozen.

In fact, it was very short. It was late at night and the school did not allow parents to stay for long, so in total we could not say more than a few words.

The topic was still the old-fashioned one of praising Li Yan, learning from Li Yan, Li Yan taking care of him... Chen Fengling responded with the "counter-praise card" one by one.

This surprised Li Yan a little. Her mother actually remembered the strengths of each roommate clearly. She praised Liang Tiancheng's academic performance, Li Ruofei's composition, Zhu Qinglun's geography, Chen Fan's mathematics and computers, and even specially praised Lin Heng, whose parents had not yet appeared, as a "great talent."

The parents present all enjoyed the lecture and left after a round of greetings.

Only Li Yan sent Chen Fengling to the door - this made the other parents sigh with emotion again.

"Mom, are you leaving now? Why don't you stay in a hotel for one night and then go play in New Taipei?"

"Why live here? What a waste of money. The parents in your class are very nice. They gave me some business cards, but I have no use for them. Let me show you. Make friends with them."

Li Yan took the business card reluctantly and was about to say something else when she saw Lin Zhiyuan's mother waving at her not far away.

"I've already agreed with Lin Zhiyuan's mother that we'll have to go back and forth on the same day. It's too much work for her. Don't think too much and study hard, okay?"

Li Yan pursed her lips and nodded silently.

"Good boy, mom is proud of you."

Chen Fengling rubbed Li Yan's head, shouted to Lin Zhiyuan's mother, "I'm sorry to trouble you," and walked away quickly.

Li Yan waved goodbye to the two of them and watched the car merge into the traffic with its lights on.

I can't tell them apart. There are too many black cars on the busy and crowded road.

It took him a long while to turn around and slowly walk back to the dormitory.

I haven’t seen the campus at night very often, and it turns out the school’s street lights are quite bright.

He clenched his fist lightly.

The hottest topic discussed in the dormitory was Lin Heng's father.

"He is just like that, a very busy man. I wonder which parent stopped him to chat again." Lin Heng was very natural and seemed completely unaffected. "It's rare for him to come to the parent-teacher conference."

"My mom said that she heard a lot of people call your father Lin Tinglin Ting. Your father must be some celebrity or star. Everyone knows his name." Zhu Qinglun asked.

Liang Tiancheng asked, "Which hall?"

Lin Heng shrugged helplessly, "The living room, the specific... He told me not to say anything casually, and everyone doesn't need to care about it."

Liang Tiancheng and Chen Fan looked as if they had suddenly realized something, and they shook their heads and made "tsk tsk" sounds.

"No wonder you are so good at politics." Liang Tiancheng rarely put on a sly expression.

"This has nothing to do with him," Lin Heng waved his hands repeatedly, "Politics is just one of the many aspects in which I excel."

"What director?" Zhu Qinglun really didn't understand.

Junior high school students whose families have no exposure to this kind of content are basically completely in the dark.

"Provincial leaders." Chen Fan explained.

From this, it can be seen that Liang Tiancheng and Chen Fan's family have some connections with the system.

As for Li Yan, I only know his approximate level.

He also knew that simply talking about rank was useless, and it had to be combined with actual position, etc. No, it was department... provincial level.

That's still amazing.

It’s just that I’m not interested in this. How can a wonderful life with all-round talents end with civil service exams and job promotion? That would be too low a vision.

He took another look at the business cards in his hand. They were either company executives or senior engineers from the research institute's design department.

Students’ parents are also a treasure trove of personal connections.

Noticing that Li Yan was in a daze, Lin Heng called out, "Yan, can you now concentrate on preparing the song?"

"I've been preparing." Li Yan pulled out a chair and sat down, put on headphones and opened her notebook, "I'll start sight-singing and ear-training right away."

Lin Heng was stunned. He had a profound life experience. No matter when and where, don't try to stimulate a King of Rolls with the "pressure of the roll", the boomerang will hit you twice as hard.

(End of this chapter)