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Chapter 1045 Competition, is there any prize money?
Chapter 1045 Competition, is there any prize money?
The primary school curriculum is relatively loose, and school ends at four o'clock in the afternoon. Many parents are still at work at this time and have no time to take care of their children. This is also the main reason why so many parents sign up their children for interest classes in the Children's Palace. Not only can it help them take care of their children, but it can also cultivate their children's interests and hobbies. Why not?
Qin Hao and Lin Dongzhe were sent to the Children's Palace by Song Ying after school. Lin Dongzhe went to the dance class reluctantly. He was frowning at first, but after getting familiar with his classmates, he smiled like a fool and started to have fun.
After Huang Ling sent Zhuang Xiaoting to the vocal class, she and Song Ying found a place to sit down nearby. After a busy day of working and taking care of the children, they could finally relax.
"This Children's Palace is a really great place, otherwise we would still be following after the children." Song Ying said with emotion.
Huang Ling covered her mouth and chuckled, "That's right. Every day before going to bed, I feel a little dazed, wondering what I did that day. It turns out that every day seems to be the same. I'm either at work or taking care of my children."
"Alas, I feel like I've lived my whole life for Lin Dongzhe. Sometimes when I think about it, I feel like I've lost out."
Huang Ling laughed when she heard this and said, "You are like this to Lin Dongzhe, so why do you still agree to be Haozi's guardian?"
"Haozi is much easier to take care of than Lin Dongzhe. He is smart and sensible, and he helps me with housework from time to time. You haven't seen that before Haozi came to our house, he would beg Lin Dongzhe to get up early in the morning and yell at him to go to bed at night. He also lay on the ground all day with dirty clothes, just like a mud monkey emerging from the mud. Ever since Haozi came to my house, I feel a lot more relaxed." Song Ying said seriously.
"Raising another child is always tiring and energy-consuming." Huang Ling held Song Ying's hand.
"You are kind-hearted and generous. If it were me, even if I felt sorry for Haozi's life experience, I would not have the courage to be his guardian."
Song Ying was a little embarrassed by the compliment: "Actually, I was just impulsive at the time, but Haozi is really a worry-free child. Sometimes I think, maybe it's destined, God gave me a naughty Lin Dongzhe, and also gave me a smart and sensible child."
Huang Ling saw Song Ying's eyes were red, so she changed the subject: "By the way, what is the Go Junior Class like?"
Sure enough, Song Ying's attention was immediately diverted: "Okay, Sister Ling, you didn't see that the group of children in the Go Junior Class were all very well behaved. They sat face to face, with the teacher explaining the chess pieces at the top and them setting up their pieces at the bottom. They were learning very seriously."
"Really? Last night I heard Chaoying say that people who are good at Go have high IQs, and if you are good at it, you might even be able to join the provincial team and participate in the national competition."
Song Ying waved her hand: "I don't dare to think about the provincial team. Anyway, as long as Haozi wants to learn, I will definitely let him learn. From the day he entered my house, in my heart, he is no different from Lin Dongzhe."
Before they knew it, it was already 5:30 in the afternoon and the interest class was over, so Song Ying and Huang Ling went to pick up their children.
Lin Dongzhe had been in dance class for a day and his head and body were covered in sweat. Song Ying wiped his sweat while he was still running.
"Lin Dongzhe, slow down."
Lin Dongzhe was like a wild monkey in the mountains, running around the Children's Palace at high speed: "Mom, hurry up, Hao is still waiting for us to take him home."
Song Ying chased Lin Dongzhe all the way to the Go class, only to find that the Go classroom was divided into two circles, large and small. The innermost circle was filled with the children in the Go class, and the outer circle was filled with parents.
In the center of the circle, Qin Hao was playing chess with a child about thirteen or fourteen years old.
"Brother Hao is waiting for someone to play chess. I'll go in and take a look."
Lin Dongzhe, relying on his young age, rushed in headfirst, causing the surrounding parents and children to frown. The atmosphere in the classroom was too quiet, and Song Ying couldn't shout, so she could only signal him to be quiet with her eyes.
Lin Dongzhe remembered that Qin Hao said yesterday that one should not make loud noises while playing Go, so he stood obediently behind Qin Hao and didn't say a word.
Song Ying also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
However, compared with the vocal class and dance class, the depressing atmosphere of the Go class made Song Ying feel a little uncomfortable. Just when she was worried whether Qin Hao would be affected.
The child sitting in front of Qin Hao suddenly burst into tears.
The originally quiet classroom was suddenly filled with whispers.
"Where did he get this kid from? He's so powerful, even Wu Yue can't beat him."
"It's more than just a failure. It's too far away. If I continue, I will lose at least 20 points."
"I think this child is only about ten years old. This is amazing. Whose child is this? Why have I never heard of him before?"
Hearing the parents' comments, Lin Dongzhe started to show off: "His name is Qin Hao, he's my brother, so I say he's awesome."
Qin Hao saw Lin Dongzhe coming, but didn't see Song Ying: "Why did you come here by yourself? Where's Aunt Song?"
"Haozi, I'm here." Song Ying quickly squeezed out a way from among the parents.
Seeing this, the parents around her looked at her with envy.
"Your child is such a good chess player. If you train him well, maybe he can join the national team in the future."
"What chess manuals does your child usually read? Who is his national champion teacher?"
This question confused Song Ying. Chess record? National player? National team?
Song Ying just felt that these parents must be joking with her. No matter how good a ten-year-old child is, how good can it be.
"Aunt Song, let's go back."
"Okay, go home, go home."
It was not until Qin Hao tugged at Song Ying's fingers that she woke up from her dream.
After Qin Hao and his two companions left, the parents also took their children home. Only the Go teacher Liu Hong was left in the classroom, staring at the game between Qin Hao and Wu Yue in a daze with a complicated expression.
“Is this another game of guidance?”
Just as Liu Hong was watching intently, he was hit on the head again.
Liu Hong turned around and saw the old man from yesterday. His anger disappeared immediately: "Mr. Zhang, when did you come?"
"It's been a while." The old man put his hands behind his back and shook his head. "It took so long to see such an obvious instruction. Your chess skills have declined drastically in recent years."
Liu Hong smiled bitterly: "Mr. Zhang, please don't look down on me. I have fallen to this Children's Palace to teach kids how to play chess. How can my chess skills not decline?"
"Well, it's not your fault. The chess academy has been closed for so many years and was only reorganized a few years ago. It's normal that it has been abandoned." After a sigh, the old man changed the subject.
"Our two generations have been wasted, but the next generation cannot continue to be wasted like this. If we want to overthrow the huge mountain that weighs on Chinese Go, perhaps this generation will have to rely on us."
Liu Hong hesitated for a moment: "Mr. Zhang, do you mean to give this child a place in the National Children's Go Competition?"
"Why, is his chess skill not good enough to qualify?"
"His chess skills are good enough, but he is not even ten years old after all."
"You are so confused. The younger he is, the greater his potential is. Keeping him here will only harm him!"
"Well, I'll ask his family for their opinions tomorrow..."
"You don't have to wait until tomorrow, you can go tonight."
Liu Hong hesitated: "There's no need to be so anxious, right?"
"You are stupid. Many of these parents are involved in the Go circle. It won't be long before the news gets out. If you don't go now, you will regret it when others come to snatch your players away." The old man said with a look of disappointment.
Liu Hong slapped his forehead and said, "Yeah, how could I have forgotten about this."
Top talents are always in high demand. If Qin Hao represents Suzhou in the National Children's Go Competition and gets a good ranking, it will definitely be counted as the result of Suzhou Children's Palace. But if Qin Hao represents other cities in the competition, it would be tantamount to making wedding dresses for others.
So Liu Hong quickly rode his bicycle all the way.
At the same time, Song Ying and Huang Ling had already returned home with the children.
The adults started to busy themselves with cooking, and the children started to do their homework. Of course, Lin Dongzhe was very reluctant to do his homework, but under Qin Hao's supervision, he had no choice but to sit down and start writing.
The reason why Lin Dongzhe was so obedient to Qin Hao was mainly because Qin Hao could always make him some novel toys and tell him stories. As a "daddy" with rich experience in taking care of children, it was easy for him to control Lin Dongzhe.
Seeing this, Song Ying couldn't help but whisper to Huang Ling, "Oh, before Haozi came to our house, I couldn't imagine that Lin Dongzhe could be so well behaved and start doing homework as soon as he got home."
Huang Ling was also happy. She remembered that when they first moved in, Lin Dongzhe ran around like a monkey and was so dirty that it was unbearable to look at. Later, under the coercion and inducement of Qin Hao, he slowly became clean and the courtyard gradually became quiet. To be honest, she had to thank Qin Hao, otherwise Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting would not have such a good learning environment.
Not long after, Zhuang Chaoying and Lin Wufeng also came back.
Lin Dongzhe vividly described to Lin Wufeng how Qin Hao dominated the Go class. In fact, he only watched for a while and had to imagine most of it.
"Really? Haozi is so awesome." Lin Wufeng knew his son well. He liked to exaggerate. Even when he just passed the exam, he would talk as if he had scored full marks.
Until Song Ying came out of the kitchen with dishes: "I didn't expect Haozi to be so good. Lin Wufeng, do you know that when Haozi called me, all the parents in the classroom saluted me and asked me what chess books Haozi usually read and who his teacher was."
"Really? The national players have come out. That means Haozi is really good at playing Go." Lin Wufeng felt that his wife seemed to be exaggerating a little.
"Of course, our Haozi is the best."
Song Ying had no idea about the national players, but that didn't stop her from being proud of Qin Hao.
Just as the family sat down to eat happily, they heard a shouting sound coming from the door.
"This, Song Ying's family lives in this courtyard."
Song Ying subconsciously stopped picking up the food: "Looking for me? Who?"
Lin Wufeng put down the bowl and went out to take a look, and saw a middle-aged man pushing a Phoenix bicycle entering the yard.
"Hello, is Song Ying here?"
Before Song Ying came out, Lin Dongzhe went out.
"Dad, this is Mr. Liu from Haoge's Go class at the Children's Palace."
Upon hearing this, Lin Wufeng hurriedly invited the person into the room: "Teacher Liu, hello, please come in. Haven't you eaten yet? Lin Dongzhe will go get another set of bowls and chopsticks."
Liu Hong refused again and again, but Lin Dongzhe had already brought in the bowl and chopsticks, and Song Ying had filled his bowl with rice. Having ridden all the way here, Liu Hong was indeed hungry, and said a little embarrassedly, "It's too much. I can't eat so much."
"Not much. Even Lin Dongzhe of our family can finish it."
Song Ying even thoughtfully picked up a lot of dishes for Liu Hong: "Teacher Liu didn't know you were coming, and we didn't prepare any dishes at home. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
"No, no, it was me who was rude." Liu Hong quickly waved his hands, took the opportunity to put down his bowl and chopsticks, and then said solemnly.
"That's right. Since Qin Hao's Go skills have reached a very high level, we decided to recommend Qin Hao to represent Suzhou Children's Palace in the National Children's Go Competition."
Song Ying and Lin Wufeng were obviously stunned for a moment. They didn't understand Go and didn't know the nature of this competition, but representing Suzhou in the national competition was already a great honor.
"This, this is a good thing."
"A good thing, a great thing."
Song Ying and Lin Wufeng were both surprised.
Lin Dongzhe had no idea what was going on and joined in the fun: "Oh, Brother Hao is going to participate in the national competition."
However, Qin Hao suddenly asked, "Is there any prize money for the competition?"
The smile on Liu Hong's face suddenly became a little strange, and Song Ying and Lin Wufeng also quickly winked at Qin Hao.
"Teacher Liu, this kid is just joking, don't take it seriously."
"This kid usually likes to make jokes and stuff."
Liu Hong saw that Qin Hao had a calm expression, and based on his observation of Qin Hao, this kid was very mature and didn't look like someone who liked to joke around.
"Ahem, it's like this. The top ten in this National Children's Go Competition will be able to enter the Chinese Chess Academy's Junior Class, and the top three will also receive physical prizes, but we don't know what the specifics are yet."
When he heard that there was no prize money and that he had to join the chess academy's junior class, Qin Hao instantly lost interest.
But Song Ying and Lin Wufeng's eyes lit up. Although they did not understand Go, they had seen the Chinese Chess Academy in newspapers. It was the highest hall for Chinese chess players. The junior class of the Chess Academy was equivalent to the junior class of Tsinghua University and Peking University. It trained future "national players". For their generation, honor was more important than material things.
"Thank you so much, Teacher Liu."
"Teacher Liu, please eat more vegetables."
Liu Hong looked at Qin Hao somewhat awkwardly. If it were any other child, he would have jumped up three feet high with joy by now, which made him feel uneasy.
"Teacher Liu, don't worry. Haozi will do his best to win honor for the Children's Palace and our Suzhou." Lin Wufeng saw Liu Hong's worry and said quickly.
"Yes, if Qin Hao performs normally, he will have a good chance of getting a place."
"Really? That's also because of your good teaching, Mr. Liu."
Facing the compliments from Song Ying and her husband, Liu Hong's mouth twitched. Qin Hao only taught one class at the Children's Palace, and he was really embarrassed to take the credit for it.