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More than an hour later, the head teacher and subject teachers had come to the class to give speeches. No matter which teacher it was, they all showed their preference and admiration for Cao Lanshan. They all took Cao Lanshan as an example, praised Cao Lanshan highly, and called on the students to learn from Cao Lanshan.

Cao Xueqin appeared calm on the surface, but he was very proud and happy in his heart.

"Finally, we will present the prizes and certificates," announced Teacher Peng.

After Mr. Peng finished his announcement, he gestured to Cao Lanshan: "Cao Lanshan, you come and hand out the certificates."

Cao Lanshan was a little surprised. He pointed at himself and asked, "Me?"

Teacher Peng nodded: "Yes, it's you, come up and distribute it."

Cao Lanshan could not disobey the teacher's order, so he walked to the podium and started handing out certificates.

Cao Lanshan picked up a certificate and read: "Student Cao Lanshan, you have achieved excellent results in the final exam of the first semester of the 2015-2016 school year and won the 'Outstanding Academic Performance Award'"

The students in the audience all laughed.

Cao Lanshan felt a little embarrassed to award the certificate to himself, and he looked at Teacher Peng for advice.

Teacher Peng smiled and said to Cao Xueqian, "Dad Cao, please go up and receive the award on behalf of Cao Lanshan."

So, a strange scene appeared on the podium that puzzled others: the son was giving out the award and the father was accepting the award on behalf of his son.

Cao Xueqin had just come down after receiving the prize and had not yet sat down when he heard Cao Lanshan reading out Cao Lanshan's name. It turned out to be an excellent award for the Chinese subject, so he turned around to receive the award.

……

Throughout the award ceremony, Cao Lanshan's name was constantly heard, such as the Single Subject Award, the Outstanding Class Leader Award, the Three Good Students Award... and there was also a very unique award called the "Good Popularity" Award.

Cao Xueqin kept going up and down to receive awards, feeling rather guilty as he felt as if he had received all the awards, which was really too much of an animosity.

He couldn't understand why Teacher Peng asked Cao Lanshan to give out the awards. Didn't she know that most of the awards belonged to Cao Lanshan? Was she deliberately trying to provoke other students and arouse their competitive spirit?

"Why does Teacher Peng want you to present the awards tonight?" It was already late when the parents' meeting ended. On the way home, Cao Xueqin asked Cao Lanshan in confusion.

"How should I know? I'm curious too." Cao Lanshan was holding a briefcase in his hand, which contained a stack of award certificates.

"You gave yourself the certificates, and most of them are yours. It feels like your special event. Isn't Teacher Peng afraid of causing dissatisfaction among other parents?"

“I feel embarrassed too.”

"Maybe it's because you ranked seventh in the grade this time and won honor for Class 5, so Teacher Peng wanted to praise you and keep you in Class 5."

"Isn't it?"

"With your ranking, you should be able to enter the top class next semester, right?"

"It's reasonable to do so."

"You said that Mr. Peng and other subject teachers are so good to you, and your grades in Class 5 are not bad. Are you willing to leave Class 5?"

"I am a little reluctant, but I still want to go to the top class."

"Why? Is it because the top class teachers are better?"

"That's one of the reasons. Another reason is that the top class is definitely more competitive, and Liang Ziyang is also in the top class."

"Oh, that's right, you guys agreed on that."

When Ye Lian learned about Cao Lanshan's final grade ranking, she was naturally overjoyed; when she heard Cao Xueqin talk about the scene where Cao Lanshan awarded himself the award, she was also proud but also puzzled.

"I feel like it's not bad for Cao Lanshan to stay in Class 5. Every teacher values ​​him and is so nice to him. They take great pains to train him." Ye Lian was still sighing when she went to bed.

"Yes," Cao Xueqin agreed, "I think so too. Gold shines everywhere. Being in Class 5 also has its advantages. You can get special attention from all the teachers. But it may not be the same in the top class. The students in the top class are all so outstanding. You become less outstanding and lose yourself in the crowd. You may not get the special attention of the teachers."

"Do you really want Cao Lanshan to stay in Class 5?" Ye Lian asked.

"It doesn't matter whether I want to or not. The key is whether Cao Lanshan wants to or not. Cao Lanshan still wants to go to the elite class."

"He told you?"

"Well, I asked him on the way back, and he said that the elite class has a more competitive atmosphere. Besides, Liang Ziyang is in the elite class, and they had an appointment."

Ye Lian said "Oh" and analyzed:

"Cao Lanshan has his own ideas, and he is very determined.

“Some people would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix, and some people would rather be the tail of a phoenix than the head of a chicken.

“Being the head of a chicken has its advantages. You feel superior because you are surrounded by people. But as Cao Lanshan said, it is not easy to know your real position and you are prone to self-paralysis. Being the tail of a chicken not only does not give you a sense of superiority, but sometimes you may even feel frustrated. However, you know where you are and how far you are from others, so you can catch up.

"Everyone has different ideas and decisions. Cao Lanshan wants to go to the elite class. This is his goal, and he naturally doesn't want to change. Then we will definitely support him unconditionally."

Cao Xueqian nodded: "Well, then I will go to the elite class next semester. After all, the elite class gathers the best teachers in Anbao Middle School, which is something that the parallel class definitely cannot do."

"Yes. You know what. Cao Lanshan is really hardworking. He said he wanted to get into the top class again, and he really got in." Speaking of her son, Ye Lian was very proud.

“Once a person has a clear goal, he or she will unleash infinite power, and the state and effect of learning will be completely different.”

"Now that I have achieved the mid-term and final exam results, I am just waiting for the school's notification when the next semester starts. It can be said that everything is ready except for the east wind. Do you think there will be no more accidents?" Ye Lian's personality is that no matter what the matter is, as long as it is not set in stone, changes may occur, so one should not be too happy too early.

"What kind of surprises could there be? We agreed that this time we will only look at the midterm and final exam results, not the previous high school entrance exam results. Besides, even if we still look at the high school entrance exam results this time, Cao Lanshan is not afraid."

"That being said, I'm just in case."

Cao Xueqian was helpless and smiled at Ye Lian: "You always like to worry about what might happen. Don't worry about what might happen and just go to sleep."

"Okay." Ye Lian also smiled.

"How's your waist today? Is it feeling better?"

"Yeah, it's getting better. I think it will be completely healed in two days."

"Can I help you change the warmer?"

"No, I'll change it myself."

"It's no use putting it off like this. You should go see a doctor and find out the cause of your illness."

"No, if I go, I'm sure they'll say everything is normal."

……

The room fell silent.

Ye Lian lay down straight, feeling a little more relaxed than last night. She tried to turn over to the left and right and found that she could do so.

It's really getting better.

Ye Lian was in a better mood too.

Thinking of what Cao Xueqian had vividly said, at the parents' meeting, Cao Lanshan received most of the awards and even awarded the awards to herself, I thought it was particularly interesting and laughed to myself...