novelonline Chapter 1069: New things added
Chapter 1069: New things added
Chapter 1069: New things added
Not long after the school started, Lin Dongzhe heard the mistakes the teacher made when explaining a question in class and pointed them out immediately. The teacher then asked him and Zhuang Xiaoting to do a set of third-grade papers. Then Lin Dongzhe's parents were called again, but this time Song Ying came back with a smile.
That evening, he cooked two of his signature dishes for Lin Dongzhe as a side dish to show his encouragement.
Starting from the next day, Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting were directly promoted to the fourth grade and successfully skipped a grade.
September 9th happened to be a Sunday, and many neighbors gathered in the courtyard.
"Old Wu came early enough."
"Haha, aren't you the same?"
"Song Ying, when does Haozi's competition start?"
"I heard it starts at 9:30, but I don't know if the TV station will broadcast it."
The opening ceremony was yesterday, but unfortunately the one-day-off system was still in place in 1979 and everyone had to go to work, so I didn't get to watch it. It was only last night when I was watching the news that Lin Dongzhe noticed Qin Hao's fleeting figure during the opening ceremony.
This year's National Games was rarely broadcast live to meet the national audience, so neighbors crowded into the courtyard early in the morning.
"I'm coming."
"Why is it football that's being broadcast?"
"There's nothing we can do about it. Football is exciting and many people watch it."
There was no Go broadcast for the whole day, and Song Ying and Lin Dongzhe were both a little disappointed. Fortunately, around seven o'clock in the evening, they received a call from Qin Hao and learned that he had successfully advanced. Song Ying finally had a smile on her face.
"Brother Hao, if you find any rare stuff in Beijing, remember to bring me some back. Don't forget my gift." Lin Dongzhe shouted at the top of his voice, afraid that Qin Hao couldn't hear him.
"Got it. Don't worry. You'll be there for me."
After hanging up the phone, Song Ying grabbed Lin Dongzhe's ear and said, "All you think about is gifts. I think you look like a gift!"
In the following ten days, Song Ying sat in front of the TV whenever she had free time. Unfortunately, the popularity of Go in China was average, not as high as chess. The chess side did broadcast a match of Commander Hu, but for Go, one could only occasionally see the results of Go matches in the news.
The only good news is that Qin Hao made it to the finals with an unstoppable momentum.
On September 9, CCTV finally broadcast the final of the Go individual tournament.
"finally come."
"Haozi is going to win the championship again."
"Of course. Didn't Haozi win against Nie Weiping in the last national championship? He won 3-0. This time he will definitely win as well."
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe he wasn't familiar with Haozi last time. Nie Weiping is a national player after all. He must have worked hard this year to regain his reputation."
Nie Weiping had indeed been training very hard this year, preparing to avenge his previous defeat, but unfortunately, his opponent was Qin Hao.
The game still ended cleanly with a score of 3:0.
The off-site commentator responsible for the broadcast was also stunned by the score.
"It's a pity that Mr. Nie failed to complete the comeback at the last moment and lost to Qin Hao with a total score of 0:3, finishing second."
"However, this is good news for Chinese Go. We have the youngest National Games Go champion in history, Qin Hao, who is only 8 years and 17 months old. Not only him, but also many young players have emerged in this National Games Go event. Ma Xiaochun, who is only 19 years old, Jiang Zhujiu, who is only years old, and Liu Xiaoguang, who is only years old, have all achieved very good results. The future belongs to them and to Chinese Go. I believe that in the near future, we will definitely see them winning glory for the country on the world stage."
Lin Dongzhe jumped up and down in front of the TV: "Oh, Brother Hao won the championship again."
Neighbors also congratulated Song Ying.
"Haozi is really amazing. He is the National Games champion this time."
"Yes, the future is limitless. Song Ying, just wait and enjoy the good life."
Song Ying smiled so hard that her eyes almost squinted together. She waved her hand and said to Lin Dongzhe, "Go to the grocery store and buy some popsicles. One for each of you. I'll treat you all."
A big unity photo was directly slapped on Lin Dongzhe's hand. Lin Dongzhe was full of motivation and ran out of the yard in a flash.
Zhuang Tunan and Zhuang Xiaoting were afraid that Lin Dongzhe couldn't carry it by himself, so they took the initiative to help.
Zhang A-mei quickly winked at her daughter Xiao-min: "Go and help get some too."
"Oh." Xiao Min stood up reluctantly.
In the hot summer, the grapes planted in the yard last year have replaced the snake melons and have climbed all over the wooden racks. The green grass is growing beautifully. Unfortunately, it has only been planted for a year and has not yet started to bear fruit. Only the small white flowers are attracting bees and butterflies.
Beside the grape vines, the adults were discussing which athlete on TV was the best, and the children were chasing and playing with popsicles in their mouths. Everything was so peaceful.
The next day, Zhuang Tunan brought back a piece of news when he returned home. A red silk banner with the words "Warmly congratulate our school's first-year junior high student Qin Hao for winning the individual Go championship in the National Games" was hung at the entrance of No. 1 Middle School. It was said that when Qin Hao came back, the school leaders would hold a special celebration party and invite Qin Hao to the stage to speak.
People's joys and sorrows are often incomprehensible. Some people are about to give a speech in front of the whole school, while others are still depressed about not having a red scarf.
On this day, in a fourth grade class at the primary school affiliated to the cotton mill, the teacher asked the whole class to teach the younger students how to tie red scarves after school. While other students were eager to try, Lin Dongzhe was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into. In the end, Zhuang Xiaoting reported to the teacher. After talking with Lin Dongzhe, the teacher said that he would help him apply to join the Young Pioneers.
So, Lin Dongzhe finally became a glorious Young Pioneer in the fourth grade. However, the weather was not good, and it suddenly rained heavily during the ceremony. The principal arranged for the teachers to ask the students to hurry back to the classroom, leaving Lin Dongzhe alone standing under the red flag and crying.
Regarding Lin Dongzhe's experience, Song Ying and Lin Wufeng didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
As a result, Lin Dongzhe cried even louder and no matter how he was comforted, it didn't work.
Just as Lin Dongzhe's crying was shaking the earth, a noise was suddenly heard coming from outside the courtyard.
"Yo, the National Games champion is back."
"Haozi, now that you've won the championship again, what appliances are you planning to buy for your home?"
Song Ying and Lin Wufeng immediately stopped trying to comfort Lin Dongzhe and hurried out of the door. Lin Dongzhe also stopped crying and followed them.
"Aunt Song, Uncle Lin, I'm back."
Lin Wufeng took Qin Hao's luggage and patted him on the shoulder: "Glad that you're back."
Song Ying, however, immediately embraced Qin Hao in her arms and cried bitterly.
"Okay, Song Ying, stop crying. Haozi must not have eaten yet if he comes back at this time."
Huang Ling's reminder made Song Ying stop crying: "Yes, Haozi, you must be hungry. I will make you something delicious. There is meat and chicken in the refrigerator. You have only been gone for a short time. How come you are so thin?"
Qin Hao felt warm but also a little helpless. In fact, he had lost weight at all. It was just that he had been in the growth period in the past two months and the baby fat on his face had disappeared.
"Brother Hao, you are finally back."
Lin Dongzhe hugged Qin Hao tightly, his chubby face full of attentiveness.
"Here, your gift."
Lin Dongzhe took the two booklets Qin Hao took out from his arms, opened them and took a look. He was very surprised and looked bitter.
"Brother Hao, what are these ghostly characters on this comic book?"
Qin Hao smiled and said, "This is a Japanese comic. If you don't want it, I'll give it to someone else."
This comic book was the bet between Qin Hao and Chen Zude when they were playing chess privately. He brought it back for his children when he went to Japan to participate in a competition some time ago. Before he could even warm it up, Qin Hao won it and brought it back as a gift for Lin Dongzhe.
"Japanese children also like to read picture books?" Lin Dongzhe felt that his worldview was challenged.
Qin Hao was happy: "Not only Japanese children, adults also like to watch it."
Wu Jianguo, who was standing by, sneered: "Adults still like to look at such a messy painting? It's just to fool you kids."
Lin Dongzhe was unhappy: "Brother Hao never lies. You haven't been to Japan, so how do you know that Japanese adults don't like to watch it?"
Wu Jianguo was a little embarrassed: "I haven't been there, and neither has Haozi. How can he be right and I wrong?"
Qin Hao did not argue, but frowned at Wu Jianguo: "How about, Uncle Wu, let's make another bet?"
"Go, what are you betting on? I'm a grown man and I won't bother with a bunch of kids like you." When Wu Jianguo thought about the last time he made a bet with Qin Hao, which almost caused his wife and children to break up, he felt inexplicably guilty and ran away after saying that.
A burst of laughter rang out over the courtyard.
After dinner, neighbors came to the courtyard early. Before the news started, this period of time became a personal interview with Qin Hao, with all kinds of strange questions popping up one after another.
For example, have you been to the Great Wall or the Forbidden City? Have you met an important leader?
However, compared with the previous two times, the neighbors were somewhat accustomed to Qin Hao's winning this time, and few people asked him about anything related to the competition.
At nine o'clock, the courtyard returned to peace as everyone had to go to work the next day.
Just as Song Ying picked up the broom to clean the yard, Qin Hao took out two bills and handed them to her.
“Is this… a bicycle ticket?”
Qin Hao nodded: "Well, this is the championship award given to me by the Suzhou Sports Bureau. It will take some time before I can get the award from the Jiangsu Sports Bureau."
"No. 1 Middle School is a bit far. You need a bicycle, but Lin Dongzhe doesn't need one. He still has a year to graduate. Besides, with his grades, we can't expect him to be admitted to No. 1 Middle School..."
Before Song Ying could finish her words, Qin Hao interrupted her and said, "Aunt Song, the other bicycle ticket is for you. This way you don't have to walk so far to get to and from get off work, and it's also convenient for you to buy groceries."
As soon as she finished speaking, Song Ying's eyes were filled with mist. Holding the two bicycle tickets, her lips trembled constantly.
“It’s only a few steps to work…”
Lin Wufeng came out of the house, put his arm around Song Ying's shoulders and comforted her: "Okay, take what Haozi gave you. You can give it to Lin Dongzhe in the future when you don't need it. What if our Lin family's ancestral graves smoke up green smoke and Lin Dongzhe is admitted to No. 1 Middle School?"
"Hmph, what's the point of wishing for good fortune? Dongzhe is also very smart. He can get in if he works a little harder. Yes, my son will definitely be able to get into No. 1 Middle School." Song Ying wiped her tears, then pounded Lin Wufeng's shoulder with her wet hands and wiped her tears on his clothes.
In the neighboring Zhuang family, Huang Ling sat under the light sewing clothes for Zhuang Tunan, listening to the conversation between Song Ying and Qin Hao in the courtyard, feeling mixed emotions.
Last year, Zhuang Tunan was admitted to No. 1 Middle School. She wanted to buy a bicycle for her son, but she couldn't get a ticket. Later, she had no choice but to exchange the sewing machine her parents gave her as a dowry for a bicycle. Originally, she wanted to leave the sewing machine to her daughter Zhuang Xiaoting as a dowry.
"Song Ying is so lucky. She is so lucky." Huang Ling was envious and happy for Song Ying from the bottom of her heart.
"Mom, why are you crying?" Zhuang Xiaoting asked cautiously.
Huang Ling quickly wiped away the tears that overflowed from the corners of her eyes and said softly: "It's okay, I just watched the clothes sewing for too long and my eyes are a little sore."
"Is it really okay?"
"It's really alright, go wash up and get ready for bed."
"Oh, Mom, don't stay up too late. You have to go to work tomorrow morning."
"it is good."
……
The next day, there were two brand new bicycles in the yard, which attracted the attention of many neighbors in the alley.
"Tsk tsk, Song Ying, you are really generous. You bought two bicycles at once." Aunt Li's eyes were full of envy.
Song Ying straightened her chest and said the most modest words in the most arrogant tone: "The bicycle ticket is a reward from Haozi for winning the championship. You said that this reward from the Sports Bureau, we can't refuse it, and it's not easy to sell it, wouldn't it be speculation, so we have no choice but to buy it all back."
Zhang A'mei happened to be getting off work from the street office. She looked at the two brand new Forever bicycles with her eyes wide open. Their family didn't even have an old bicycle yet, and Song Ying bought two new ones at once. It was really frustrating to compare with others.
When she got home, Zhang A-mei took out her anger on Wu Jianguo and complained a lot.
"We are all cotton mill workers. Look at the life of Song Ying's family and the life of our family."
Wu Jianguo felt very aggrieved, but he didn't dare to say anything back. If he said one word now, Zhang A-mei would have ten words waiting for him.
Seeing Wu Jianguo's cowardly look, Zhang A'mei knew that she could not rely on him and could only place her hopes on her daughter.
"Xiao Min, you should play with Haozi more often in the future. Don't always hang out with Hongbing, Xiaojuan and the others. They are a bunch of poor students. What can you achieve by playing with them?"
Xiao Min pouted: "Mom, Qin Hao is already in junior high school, I can't play with him."
Zhang A-mei was very disappointed: "What do you mean we can't play together? You are so old and you still only think about playing. Why don't you pay attention to your studies at all?"
Xiao Min was scolded so hard that she burst into tears. Wu Shanshan and Wu Xiaojun beside her didn't dare to make a sound. Wu Jianguo quickly hid in the house to avoid being implicated. It was the first time he saw Zhang A-mei scolding her own daughter like this after being married for so long.
"Song Ying, you are killing me."
That evening, when Wu Jianguo went to the courtyard to watch TV, he quietly pulled Lin Wufeng aside to complain.
"Mr. Lin, can you please ask your Song Ying to stop being so ostentatious? If she continues like this, our family will have trouble living."
Lin Wufeng was confused.