Chapter Thirty-One
Really, the first truth that Hu Wenhai realized in his decades of life is that he should not regard other people's promises as 100% effective at any time.
However, this understanding is indeed too cruel for an 18-year-old high school girl.
Hu Wenhai could imagine how proud Feng Hongqi announced to his family that he was going to the United States. Then her family proudly announced to her relatives and friends that her outstanding woman was about to go to the United States.
Perhaps in this short week, Feng Hongqi will fall asleep every night with the dream of America.
For Chinese people in the 1980s, the United States was such a place. In this era, there was no difference between 50 cents or cents. All China was cents from top to bottom, but the degree was different.
Anyone who can go abroad to a developed country is envied by people. Not only to settle abroad, work, do business, or even travel, meetings or inspections, are all rare opportunities.
It seems understandable that a girl like Feng Hongqi has a dreamlike longing for the United States. But when the dream is shattered, the pain in her heart will naturally be greater.
Xiao Huaidan was not without any objection. At this time, he was asked by Feng Hongqi, and he really didn't know how to continue. Could it be that he told this simple girl that you can't go? It's not because you didn't do well enough, but because you didn't have a deep background and a strong relationship?
As the head teacher, she really couldn't say this. But work is work. After the school gave her the instructions to do a good job in Feng Hongqi's ideological work, she had no way to shirke her as the head teacher.
"Feng Hongqi, you are a strong girl. I ask you, are you willing to go to the United States for one semester, or are you willing to go to the United States for four years, or even live there for a lifetime?"
"A lifetime?" Although Feng Hongqi still had pear blossoms and rain, he still couldn't help but look up at Xiao Huaidan hoping.
"Yes, you have to know that the study time in the third year of high school is very tight. Can you complete your studies on time when you go to the United States? If this delays your college entrance examination, your life will be affected."
Seeing that her words attracted Feng Hongqi's attention, Xiao Huaidan continued to work hard: "If you can use your senior year to stay in China to study, and after getting into college, you can apply for public study abroad, so that you can study in the United States for four years. If you perform well in the American university, you may have the opportunity to stay in the United States and make you an American."
"Become an American..." Feng Hongqi's expression was obviously a little shaken about this. She had no doubts about being able to get into college. If she could really follow the route Xiao Huaidan said, maybe one day she could become an American.
And in this Chinese school on Chinese land, no one in this Chinese class had any objection to "becoming an American".
It seems natural that outstanding talents should choose to become an American.
Hu Wenhai sighed secretly, to be honest, who is the blame for this? Are Feng Hongqi, Xiao Huaidan or other classmates unpatriotic? No, they will not be less patriotic than Hu Wenhai.
Is it a big blame for the motherland not being strong enough? No, China in 1984 was countless times stronger than China in 1949.
To put it into Putin's words, those who deny China's construction achievements over the past 35 years of its founding are heartless, and those who think that China is better than the United States are brainless.
At least in this era, this land of the United States has great appeal to the Chinese.
"Teacher, but I..."
Feng Hongqi had obviously been persuaded by Xiao Huaidan. She breathed a sigh of relief, held Feng Hongqi's hand and said, "Feng Hongqi, you are the squad leader of Class 2 of Grade 3, and you must be strong and strict with yourself!"
"Yes, I get it."
Feng Hongqi seemed a little listless. Although he seemed to have recognized the reality, he was hit hard.
"Student Hu Wenhai, you go to the principal's office." After saying this, Xiao Huaidan turned around and walked onto the podium, without even looking at him.
Hu Wenhai stood up and felt a bad feeling. The principal's office and the senior high school are on the same floor, located on the top floor of the school's teaching building, one occupying the westernmost end, and the other covering the entire east side.
Dangdangdang——
"Please come in."
After Hu Wenhai knocked on the door of the principal's office, he heard the sound inside and pushed the door and walked in.
The principal's office in the second high school is not big, only about ten square meters. After putting on a set of desks, it is only enough to place two cabinets and a sofa.
At this time, two wealthy middle-aged men were sitting on the sofa in the principal's office.
"Is it Hu Wenhai? Haha, it's indeed an excellent student educated by our Xiucheng." The half-bad middle-aged man sitting on the sofa actually stood up before the principal and walked over intimately and grabbed Hu Wenhai's hand.
"This is Director Fan of our Xiucheng Education Bureau. He came here specifically for Hu Wenhai today." The middle-aged man in his twilight clothes beside Director Fan stood aside like a narrator and began to explain simultaneously.
Hu Wenhai didn't wipe their face. He held his hands for a while and then separated gently, and said modestly: "Hello Director Fan, I'm just an ordinary senior high school student. I don't deserve to pay so much attention."
"No, this is what it should be. It is the honor of the entire education system to have such outstanding students as Hu's classmates in Xiucheng No. 2 High School!"
Director Fan looked back at the principal of the Second High School and said in a deep voice: "A student as outstanding as Hu Wenhai did not notice it at all before the Second High School. This is a dereliction of duty by the school!"
The principal of the Second High School sweated on his forehead and was frightened: "It's because our work has not been done well. On behalf of all the faculty and staff of the Second High School, I will review the bureau leaders."
"Forget it, it's not too late to make up for the dead!" Director Fan waved his hand and generously instructed: "This year's three good students in the city, I think Hu Wenhai is very good. Your school should actively recommend it!"
"That's certain. Hu Wenhai is a well-deserved student of the school in our school. He must submit the selection of the city's three good students!"
"Well, that's about the same."
Seeing that the principal of the second high school was still on the road, Director Fan then with satisfaction retracted his scrutiny gaze, turned to Hu Wenhai and said with a smile: "Class Hu Wenhai, after research by the second high school and the Municipal Education Bureau, we believe that you are the most suitable candidate for the second high school to participate in the exchange program in the United States. You don't have to take your class today. Go home to clean up, prepare the relevant documents, and then set off for the United States next week."
Hu Wenhai frowned slightly, lowered his head and thought for a while, raised his head and looked directly at Director Fan, and asked, "Director Fan, may I ask if the candidate for the exchange student originally appointed by the Second High School should be Feng Hongqi, the second class leader of the Third High School, right?"
"We have studied the situation of that child, and it is not very suitable." Director Fan waved his hand easily and said disregardlessly: "The quota is the one, of course we have to choose someone who is truly capable to go out."
"But if I remember correctly, my academic performance is somewhat different from Feng Hongqi." Hu Wenhai broke his lie incisively.
"This, the ability of students is not exactly equal to scores, haha." Director Fan's expression was a little unnatural, and he pretended to cough.
Hu Wenhai was silent for a moment, and Director Fan, the narrator and the principal of the second high school did not know what to say for a while, but it suddenly became a mess.
"Director Fan, do you know how Teacher Xiao of our class convinced Feng Hongqi to give up her identity as an exchange student?" Hu Wenhai asked deeply.
However, before Director Fan answered, he asked and answered: "We Teacher Xiao said that Feng Hongqi should not lose the opportunity to study in the United States or even immigrate to the United States in the future for the sake of the exchange students in one semester. What I want to impress Feng Hongqi is that sentence: If she gets admitted to university, she may study abroad or even stay in the United States to work, and eventually become an American."
"However, in the face of such remarks, none of our class found it strange. It seems that Feng Hongqi is working hard to leave her motherland. It is understandable that it is nothing wrong."
"I want to ask Director Fan, why do you think this is?"
"Is this really such a thing?" Director Fan raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "Hmph, this is the ideological education level of the second high school, and this is the way our class teacher does ideological work? This is a dereliction of duty, a dereliction of duty of the faculty!"
Director Fan seemed furious, while the principal of the second high school was trembling and trepidated. This is really a perfect picture of parents and officials making decisions for the people.
"Enough!" Hu Wenhai roared and interrupted Director Fan's performance, pointing at him and said: "This is indeed a dereliction of duty, but it is not Teacher Xiao's dereliction of duty, it is not our principal's dereliction of duty, but your dereliction of duty!"
"It is precisely because people like you control the high position that our outstanding students yearn for the world outside! If you can give me private gifts to me today, maybe you will regard the public goods as your own private property in a few years."
"In this matter, Feng Hongqi is not wrong, Teacher Xiao is not wrong, and our principal is not wrong! Director Fan, don't you think what you do is as shameful as a clown!"
Very cool! Very cool!
Hu Wenhai's 108,000 pores on his body were almost all hairs exploded!
What is the meaning of rebirth? This is the meaning of rebirth!
In the past history, he had fantasized about the scenes of yelling at the stupid leaders of the Education Bureau in person countless times, and today his dream finally came true!
To be honest, they deserve these sycamos! Hahahahahahahahaha!
Is it a second place? It is absolutely a second place! But so what? I have the capital to be a second place, but I am not a young man!
Chapter completed!