Chapter 56 10

In the classroom of the amateur fashion design tutoring class, the male teacher is giving a lecture to everyone: "Students, today, more precisely, right now, I am very happy. Really, don't mention how happy I am. Not only happy, And, it's a little exciting..." His expression did not look happy or excited at all, his rigid face with glasses seemed to remain so rigid no matter how happy or excited he encountered. The students looked at him in bewilderment. He said: "Who can guess, why am I happy? Why some excitement?" After a while, a girl said uncertainly, "Teacher, is your son married?"

The teacher shook his head: "My son just entered college last year." "Is your family assigned to a house?" The teacher smiled wryly, and said, "It will take another ten years for such a good thing to happen to me." "Then, have you raised your salary?" "It's certainly a pleasant thing to have a high salary. But it's only twelve or three yuan more per month, and it doesn't make me feel excited, and it doesn't make me so excited that I want to share the joy with you. .” Another girl raised her arms high and said loudly: "I guessed it! I guessed it!"

The teacher said: "Okay, you say." She stood up and said confidently, "You have joined the party." The teacher was startled, and looked at her with a strange expression. She is not without complacency.All the students looked at the teacher, clearly thinking that they were guessed right.The teacher shook his head slowly: "Your thinking is very quick. But... you didn't guess right. The application for joining the party, thought report and so on that I have written add up to at least three to four hundred thousand words. Now, this enthusiasm has already I can't get excited anymore."

The girl sat down a little frustrated, and the students were even more confused. The teacher stepped onto the podium and said: "It seems that it is not easy for you to guess. Then, let me tell you, I promised you a month ago. Each of you will choose the one you are most proud of. I sent an assignment for a selection activity. Yesterday, I received the certificate of award sent. Among you, several students won the encouragement award, and one student won the third prize. Due to the funding of the event organizer Not enough, the award ceremony will not be held. Now, I will award the certificates to the award-winning students on their behalf."

The students sat upright one by one, and their expressions became solemn. Hao Mei listened expectantly to the teacher announcing the list. The teacher announced the list of several winners of the Encouragement Award and the Third Prize, and presented the awards on the spot. There were bursts of applause in the classroom. Hao Mei, who was secretly lost, was stunned by the applause for a moment, and then applauded along with everyone. Her strangeness was noticed by the teacher.When her eyes met the teacher's, she lowered her head in shame. Obviously, she was still a little sad. The teacher stood on the podium and said: "A good fashion designer's design talent should be reflected in at least two aspects--the design talent suitable for artistic performances and the clothing that meets the needs of the market, that is, guides people." The design talent of consumption. Therefore, a good clothing design pattern should not only be unconventional and beautiful, but also not deviate from the consumption level of the general public in the real society. That is to say, it is not only reflected in the window models of clothing stores It should be pleasing to the eye, and it should also be very popular on the sales counter of the clothing store. Students, among you, there is one design that won the special award unanimously voted by the judges—— among all the participating designs , the only pattern that thought of the needs of middle-aged women, and the pattern was selected by a garment factory, and 10,000 pieces were produced a week ago and sold to the market."

The classmates looked at each other, and I looked at him, guessing who might win the special award, but no one turned their attention to Hao Mei.At this moment, among these girls much younger than herself, she felt as uncomfortable as an ugly duckling among a flock of swans. Her raised head lowered again. The teacher looked at her from the podium and said, "Hao Mei, raise your head." Hao Mei had to look up. The teacher said loudly: "The winner of the special prize is none other than you." There was no sound in the classroom, and all the girls looked at Hao Mei. Hao Mei sat there in a daze for a moment, as if she didn't listen to what the teacher said just now.

The teacher stepped down from the podium, walked up to her, handed her the certificate, and handed her a red paper package: "This is the design remuneration given to you by the manufacturer. It is 1,500 yuan, after deducting personal income tax, and there is one yuan left." Around 1,200 yuan." Hao Meiru was in a dream, sitting and receiving the certificate and bonus. One girl whispered to another: "Look at her, she doesn't even stand up." Another girl was jealous of her: "What's the big deal, I won't be fooled by more than one thousand yuan!"

Hao Mei stood up abruptly. Holding the certificate and the reward in both hands, Hao Mei left her seat and bowed deeply to the teacher respectfully. The corner of the teacher's mouth moved, showing a gratifying smile that was not easy to be noticed. The teacher stood on the podium again and said: "Students, what I want to say is - I have also experienced it at your age. At this moment, I was just like you, and I was very dissatisfied with others. Even secretly jealous. This is something that most of us often take for granted that we don’t know what to do. But I want to say, students, none of us should be jealous of Hao Mei, okay? We should be more happy for her, Share her joy. Since the start of our remedial class, who has not been absent from class for more than five months? Hao Mei. She is different from you. You are daughters at home, and your parents will take care of you. Make a good meal and wait for you to go back to eat. And when she comes home, she is the mother. If she goes home late, the daughter with a leg problem will starve. You are sitting here, you can say that you are carefree. And When she comes to class, she often locks her daughter at home. People are here, but her heart is tied to her daughter. Some of you have jobs, and she is still called an 'unemployed youth', although she is old enough to be you My eldest sister. Life is still very difficult for her.”

The teacher was a little emotional.He paused, and then said: "If you think what I said is right, then I hope that all of you will join me in applauding and congratulating Hao Mei sincerely and from the bottom of your heart, instead of hypocrisy and playfulness. !" The teacher leads the applause on the podium. There were only a few sparse applause at the beginning, and soon, the applause finally rang out.The louder and warmer it is, the longer it lasts. Class was over, the teacher put the textbooks into the handbag, and the last few students also left the classroom.Hao Mei walked to the podium, put a white paper bag on the podium, turned around and left.

The teacher picked up the paper bag strangely, opened it and saw that it contained money.There are a few lines written on the paper: Teacher, you have reduced my tuition for two months.You have worked hard in teaching, and now I should make up for it.Without you, without those enthusiastic organizers of the selection activities, I would not have the joy and excitement I have today.Therefore, I will take three hundred yuan out of the reward, and please pass it on to them for me.What they do is important to me.I hope events like this can continue. After reading it, the teacher immediately chased him out.He called: "Hao Mei! Hao Mei!"

He chased after Hao Mei and returned her money, but Hao Mei insisted on refusing to accept it, but he still snatched the bag and returned the money to Hao Mei. Hao Mei's expression was very anxious and sincere. She stamped her feet repeatedly because she couldn't express her sincerity in words in time. Finally, she had to take out a small notebook and pen from her pocket to show the teacher what she wanted to write. The teacher said: "Put it away, put it away, in this matter, let me impose a tyranny on you!" He looked at his watch, "You can accompany me to a place. It won't delay you to go home and cook for your daughter Yes. We can still talk on the way. I said, listen, okay?" Hao Mei nodded. They walked to the bus stop and waited for the bus. The teacher continued: "Our city has a population of more than three million, that is to say, one out of every one hundred women will wear the clothes you designed. If you happen to see one of them, you Surely so, see. She's wearing a dress of my own design. What a special pleasure that is! Isn't it?" Hao Mei looked at him with great affection and nodded. Teacher: "If I happened to see one of them, I would think, look, the clothes this woman is wearing are designed by the students I taught. When I just graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, I aspired to be Xu Beihong, Masters like Qi Baishi, Pan Tianshou, and Wu Zuoren. Later, this kind of ambition disappeared. I knew that I was doomed to have no future in painting. I was distressed, depressed, and gave up on myself. Next, I started to study fashion design. I didn’t want to be famous for it, and I didn’t really understand its meaning. It was just to find a kind of thing that suits me and a kind of spiritual sustenance. But today, from a few of you From the student, more precisely, from you, I suddenly realized that what I did may really have some meaning! So, I also thank you from the bottom of my heart!" Hao Mei watched the teacher and listened carefully. The bus came and they got on. On the bus, the teacher continued: "Although you are not working yet, you are already a taxpayer. You should understand that this is something to be proud of. In our country, taxpayers rely on individual creative labor Now it is less than a few hundredths of people! It also includes those painters and writers. Think about it, at this point, you are already the same person as them. With this good start, So you have to be optimistic about your future life.” Hao Mei smiled shyly, but sincerely. Arriving at the station, after getting off the bus, they walked into a shopping mall, went up to the second floor, and came to a row of clothing cabinets; there, many middle-aged women were buying clothes, and they compared each piece of clothing on themselves. The teacher whispered: "Look, everyone is buying the clothes you designed." Hao Mei was really excited in her heart, she watched with emotion. Hao Mei went back to the yard where she lived and saw a tricycle converted from a bicycle parked in front of her house. After entering the house, she turned around and locked the door.I saw Yunyun falling asleep holding an old doll on the bed. She gently pushed her daughter awake, Yunyun rubbed her eyes and muttered: "Mom, I've been hungry for a long time." Hao Mei hastily wrote a few lines in the "Dialogue" booklet for her daughter to read - "Mom is already a taxpayer!" Yunyun looked at this line of words in confusion. Hao Mei added two more exclamation points after that line. Yunyun is still confused. Hao Mei took out the money from the bag and showed it to her daughter. Yunyun was pleasantly surprised: "Wow! So much money! Is it all our money?" Hao Mei nodded with a smile. Yunyun counted: "Five yuan, ten yuan, fifteen yuan..." The mother and daughter looked at each other with happy smiles.