Mr. Gu, my wife has blocked you.

Qin Xiao...

Gu Jingyan looked at him, "So you just don't like it, but you don't want to change it?"

Qin Xiao...

Why does it feel like I'm listening to a lecture from my head teacher in high school? Serious, but to the point.

He opened his mouth and wanted to argue, but seemed to have nothing to say. After a long time, he said, "I didn't think that much." I just thought about going against my family.

Gu Jingyan said, "Life is your own. You can take it seriously or perfunctorily. It doesn't disappear just because of how you treat it. You just perfunctorily deal with it. The problem is not solved, and it is still there."

"You study half-heartedly, graduate half-heartedly, and then take a job half-heartedly, or just stay at home or work, and then what? Is this how you want your whole life? Is this the life you want?"

Qin Xiao looked at Gu Jingyan stupidly for a long time before saying, "No."

He didn't like this major, so he didn't study hard, thinking that he could graduate quickly. But as Gu Jingyan said, what should he do after graduation? Should he find a suitable job and live a lazy life, or should he just live a lazy life in his own company? These were not what he liked and wanted to do. Four years passed by perfunctorily, and he got nothing.

"I'm almost a junior, and the time to change my major has passed. I feel like it's too late for anything." Qin Xiao was a little frustrated.

Han Ruoxing said, "You are a post-2000s generation. You are only 20 years old. It is not too late for you to do anything. Don't define yourself so early. Wasn't there a news report this year about a senior student who took the college entrance examination again and got more than 600 points to choose a new school? He is two years older than you and he is not afraid of being too late. What are you afraid of?"

"I..." Qin Xiao opened his mouth and sighed after a long while, "Why don't you two start a prodigal son college entrance examination class? One by one, you both are blocking my words. It seems that if I don't study hard, there is no hope in life."

Gu Jingyan smiled, "You can't deny that some people can rise to the top from scratch even if they don't receive a very good education, but this is a problem of survivor bias. The vast majority of outstanding people in life are not too bad at academics. Even ordinary people can have a stable job through hard work during the education stage. And the most important point is that many people probably haven't mentioned it to you."

"what?"

Qin Xiao was curious.

Han Ruoxing was also curious.

Gu Jingyan said, "The degree of effort you put into your education determines the level of your school and the social circles you will come into contact with in the future. When you enter society, your social circle is your network of connections. When you ask people to do things for you and exchange information, whether they are willing to help you does not depend on how well you play with them at the table, but on how much value you bring to them and to yourself. After all, no one is doing charity."

This statement was too cold-blooded and indifferent of a capitalist. Qin Xiao subconsciously wanted to refute, "Do you have to be useful to make friends? If you interact with someone with a purpose, it's not pure from the beginning. How can you make true friends? Do you have a common language?"

Gu Jingyan said, "Life is a marathon. At each stage, there are companions to run with you. Whether you choose to run or stop, or change your schedule, it is a process of selecting companions. With the same goal, he has experienced the roads you have run, the scenery you have seen, and the pattern you have. How can there be no common language?"

"I'm not asking you to select your companions based on their quality. I'm asking you to run like the half marathon we just did. It doesn't matter how fast or slow you run. The goal is there, but you have to keep running. People with the same goal will always end up in the same place."

Qin Xiao was speechless because Gu Jingyan's summary was so to the point.

His family only told him to study hard and not waste time on useless things, but when Gu Jingyan preached to him, he would analyze with him why he should work hard. The major is chosen by others, but life is one's own. As long as you have not reached the end, any deviation can be corrected.

Gu Jingyan really has his own way of dealing with these half-grown kids. Whether it was Kong Zheng before or Qin Xiao now, Gu Jingyan can always easily gain the favor of these half-grown kids.

The person who was in a bad mood and called Gu Jingyan "Uncle" before running, when he was sent to school, started calling him "my brother and sister-in-law".

He said to Gu Jingyan, "Although I know you must have your own purpose in persuading me to study, I agree with what you said, so I listened to your advice. Do you want me to help you with something?"

Gu Jingyan smiled faintly, "Let's talk about it after you pass the two exams this week."

Qin Xiao waved and ran into the crowd.

On the way back, Han Ruoxing looked at Gu Jingyan again and again, and the latter tilted his head to look at her, "Do you have something to tell me?"

Han Ruoxing nodded and whispered, "You won't use this theory to educate your children in the future, will you?"

Gu Jingyan asked back, "You think it's bad?"

Han Ruoxing said, "I know what you said is right, but I always feel that teaching children this way is a little... a little too utilitarian."

Gu Jingyan smiled and said, "I won't teach the children this way. Children's values ​​are gradually formed as they grow up. I have time to accompany them to grow up and to accompany them to make mistakes. But Qin Xiao is already an adult. Instead of persuading him to study with gentle words, it is better to make the interests clear to him and motivate him. His values ​​and thinking patterns have already been formed. If he wants to change for the better, then what I say will be useful. If he doesn't want to change, then nothing I say will be useful."

Han Ruoxing said, "Qin Xiao was right in saying one thing."

"what?"

Han Ruoxing narrowed her eyes and said, "You really should start a prodigal son persuasion class. You are good at brainwashing students."

Gu Jingyan curled his lips. In fact, the high school leaders had often asked him to hold mobilization meetings for students.

I went there twice in my early years, but later I was too busy to go, so I declined.

He really likes the days when he worked hard in school, and hopes that every student can live up to their youth.