Continue to move forward on the road to No. 1.
At the end, another statue appeared.
Li Zhen was so embarrassed. The statue was more than three meters high, and it was him again...
But I saw that although the stone sculpture was only three meters high, the materials were similar to the previous one that was ten meters high. But this stone sculpture is indeed kneeling on the ground.
It's not about kneeling in submission.
Instead, he knelt on the ground, held a handful of soil in his hand, put it to his nose and sniffed it. The sculptor even carved tears on the cheeks of the stone sculpture.
Zhang Meng introduced: "This stone sculpture is called 'Spread Wings and Fly High'."
Li Zhen wondered: "You are obviously kneeling on the ground, why are you flying so high?"
Zhang Meng said seriously: "Maybe you have forgotten it yourself, but the entire Hangcheng County remembers it. After you were admitted to the first place, before leaving Hangcheng County, you knelt on the ground of Hangcheng County and held a handful of Carry the soil in your arms and take it away. At that time, you want to grab a handful of soil from your hometown and wander around with the thoughts of your hometown at any time."
"You took Hangcheng County with you and spread your wings from now on. This stone sculpture is a blessing to you and the best and purest hope of the people of Hangcheng County for you. I hope that you will never meet again in Hangcheng County for thousands of years. Geniuses who go out can be even more brilliant."
Li Zhen looked at it carefully for a while, then thought about it vaguely, feeling inexplicably.
Walking forward, there are many stone sculptures of Li Zhen along the way.
Hangcheng County relies on these stone sculptures, attracting millions of tourists every year.
Hangcheng County seems to love statues. After Li Zhen passed the imperial examination, a large number of sculptures were carved throughout Hangcheng County.
When Li Zhen founded the Kyushu Academy of Sciences and held the first world science summit, he carved another batch.
Li Zhen established the Kyushu Party and created the new Kyushu Queen. Another batch was carved.
In fact, when warlords were in chaos in Kyushu, the rebel Taiping Army in the Nanzhou uprising captured the entire Southeast Prefecture, except Hangcheng County. The people of Hangcheng County were grateful to Li Zhen's prestige for saving Hangcheng County from the war, and made another batch of carvings.
There are currently more than 300 statues of Li Zhen in the entire Hangcheng County, some of which are only Li Zhen, and some of which include others besides Li Zhen. Those statues with other people in them, each one has great historical significance.
Before I knew it, I reached the public high school.
Li Zhen stopped at the school gate, while Jia Liping and others rushed to look inside. Everyone was very curious, what kind of school taught a genius like Li Zhen
Zhang Meng smiled and said: "I'm home, I should go back to my alma mater to visit."
Li Zhen was a little embarrassed: "Well... that's okay."
As soon as the words fell, an earth-shattering cry came from the school:
"Welcome Li Zhen to return to his alma mater for inspection."
Li Zhen was startled by the momentum. When he walked in, he found that all the teachers and students were standing in the entire school playground, and they were all jumping up and down to look at Li Zhen excitedly. The moment Li Zhen showed up, the whole school was excited.
Li Zhen smiled and waved to everyone. I want to say hello to you, but I feel too unfamiliar. For a moment, Li Zhen couldn't think of the right words to say, so he just waved his hand and said nothing.
Walking into the campus, Li Zhen vaguely recalled that he had been working and studying here for three years. He sat in the last row of the classroom every day, wearing shabby clothes and bad shoes, and listened carefully to the lectures.
Not surprisingly, there is still a statue of Li Zhen in the school playground. But what is different from other statues is the appearance of this statue. But it was Li Zhen who was carrying a basket on his back and bent over to pick up a tin can on the ground. At the same time, he was staring at the book in his other hand seriously.
The meaning of this statue is very deep.
Back then, Li Zhen was studying while picking up rags. This story is known all over the world. The public high school did not carve the appearance of Li Zhen in his glorious period, but carved the appearance of Li Zhen in his suffering period, in order to encourage all students to pay tribute to their senior.
In fact, today's Hangcheng County Public High School has become the most famous school in the entire southeastern state.
In the past thirty years, the school could not produce anyone who could go to college. Since Li Zhen's year, 80% of people have been admitted to college every year.
A century-old comet rose from their side. Li Zhen really inspired many people, especially other students in public high schools. From that year on, Hangcheng County Public High School became famous in one fell swoop.
After that, he completely embarked on the road to rise. His reputation grew, and from that year on, he was awarded the top pick in the entire southeastern state every year. Then, only the best students in the state could attend public high schools.
The principal is no longer the principal, and the teachers are no longer the teachers. Li Zhen doesn't know anyone, so it's understandable that after the level is improved, the hardware facilities must also be improved.
It is worth mentioning that Li Zhen saw the class he was in before in a blink of an eye. That class was now closed. It is surrounded by an iron fence on the outside and a red line on the inside.
The current principal stepped forward quickly: "This is the class that Dean Li used to attend. It has been preserved since then and is no longer open to the public. All the tables, chairs and benches inside are well preserved."
"Go in and have a look."
Li Zhen nodded and strode in.
But I saw that the entire classroom was overcrowded!
It was really overcrowded. But they are not real people. All are stone sculptures.
All the tables, chairs and benches in the entire classroom are so old, all retained from the past. In the entire class, more than eighty students were sitting or standing, looking at the blackboard in front of them seriously.
There is a statue of a teacher on the podium giving a lecture.
In the last row, among a group of students without seats, there was a unique stone sculpture. It was different from the others around him. He was dressed in ragged linen and had a piece of gauze on his shoulders to protect him from wind and sand. At this time, he was sitting on the floor taking notes.
The principal said: "This is a one-to-one restoration based on the specific situation at that time. The school found all the students who were in the same class as you at that time, and erected statues for them to stay here forever. There were many students and few seats at that time. The situation has also stayed. We will open this classroom once a month, and let the top ten students in the school take the exam every month to visit. Let them remember the bitterness and sweetness, and know how bad the learning environment of Dean Li was at that time. But in such a harsh environment, he still became the most knowledgeable writer and scientist in New Kyushu."
Li Zhen looked at the statues and himself sitting cross-legged on the ground in the last row, and suddenly burst into tears.
So true.
It really made Li Zhen feel as if he had really returned to the time when he was learning knowledge in this classroom many years ago.
At the same time, I was a little sad.
The teacher standing on the podium is so lifelike, with white hair. It was Mr. Wang, the mathematics teacher at the time. He died in Yanziji.
Of that team of carriages and horses, he was the only one who survived.
Li Zhen looked at the statue on the podium and murmured: "In the end, I did not disappoint you."
(End of chapter)