Looking at the scene in the kindergarten, Chu Xiaoyi felt that he had strayed into a brand new world. He used to be in a kindergarten in the old city. It was an affiliated kindergarten of a certain university. The teachers were not bad, and the children were also from Kochi families, but it was by no means exaggerated.
In the auditorium, Annie's mother led Chu Xiaoyi towards the seat, and she saw many enthusiastic parents along the way. Chu Xiaoyi found that Annie's mother was also very popular in the school. She wanted to come to Annie to be an all-powerful child in the kindergarten, otherwise she would not have the aura of "Mother Annie".
Mother Annie and Chu Xiaoyi walked to the front row of the auditorium. She pointed to the seat marked with her name in the front row and explained, "Xiao Xiao is the student representative, and the parents are not in the class, but in the first row."
Chu Xiaoyi turned his head and saw that he saw the seat of "Brother Chu Xiaoxiao", and hurriedly said, "Thank you!"
Chu Xiaoyi was dizzy in the auditorium. Fortunately, with the help of Annie's mother, he finally succeeded in taking his seat. There is also a small paper bag on each seat, which contains the souvenirs of the kindergarten's opening ceremony.
Chu Xiaoyi: Are the opening ceremony planning of kindergartens almost catching up with brand activities these days
He found that Anne's mother's seat was next to him, and it was estimated that the child Anne also had arrangements at the opening ceremony. The position of the two is like a VIP VIP seat, and just after sitting down, the person behind them started talking.
"Is this brother Xiao Xiao? It's the first time I know that Xiao Xiao has a brother?"
There seems to be a unique social circle in the front row of the patriarchate. Everyone knows or is familiar with each other, and it is not awkward to chat. When Chu Xiaoyi first arrived, he had never had such a great social pressure, so he hurriedly said, "Hello, hello, I'm brother Xiao Xiao."
"Hello, hello, I'm Yahan's father!" The male parent handed Chu Xiaoyi a business card and shook his hand solemnly.
Chu Xiaoyi greeted countless children's parents again and again, and accepted a few business cards in a confused manner. Fearing that he would confuse people, he simply took out a pen from the small paper bag and wrote the child's name on the parent's business card to distinguish him from the parents who didn't hand over the business card.
Chu Xiaoyi: If it is a person with face blindness or social fear, I am afraid they have completely collapsed now.
Chu Xiaoxiao seems to have a good relationship with Annie and Yahan, so Annie's mother and Yahan's father also take good care of Chu Xiaoyi.
Yahan's father: "I'm going to take pictures at the ceremony later, do you have cameras?"
Anne's mother took out the compact Leica from her bag and said, "I brought it, but I don't know how to use it, so I'll try it now."
Yahan's father nodded, then looked at Chu Xiaoyi silently, showing concern.
Chu Xiaoyi knew the school's requirements. The kindergarten asked parents to take a photo of their child at the ceremony as a souvenir. He scratched his head in embarrassment, and hesitated: "...I can take pictures with my mobile phone?"
Xiao Bi had informed Chu Xiaoyi about this in advance, but he thought it was enough to take a picture with a mobile phone, so he was naturally unprepared.
Yahan's father immediately showed a look of disapproval, but he was quite forthright, patted his chest and said, "It's okay, I'll take a picture of Xiao Xiao for you!"
The next second, Yahan's father took up the SLR camera with a super long lens and showed Chu Xiaoyi his weapon. If it wasn't for his suit and leather shoes, Chu Xiaoyi would have suspected that the other party was a paparazzi or a station sister, and would immediately rush out to shoot stars.
Seeing this, Chu Xiaoyi was a little flustered, and hurriedly said: "Thank you, but it's not necessary, it's really not necessary..."
Chu Xiaoyi: Is my sister an international superstar? Is this already an Oscar red carpet treatment
Annie's mother persuaded: "You just let Yahan's father take the picture, otherwise Xiao Xiao will have a gap in her heart when she submits her homework."
Photos that parents take of their children are eventually turned in, and teachers are even shown in class. If Chu Xiaoyi casually patted with his mobile phone, wouldn't it make Chu Xiaoxiao unable to raise his head in front of the children
Chu Xiaoyi was stunned, who would have expected this link. He learned about Annie's mother in detail, and then he realized that this is a parent-child project reserved by the kindergarten. Once the school assigns the task, it will be displayed in the class later. There used to be parent-child painting, parent-child baking and so on.
Annie's mother said sadly, "Where can I bake? Last time I had to go to the baking class in advance to complete the requirement of making pastries, but I finally managed to cope."
Chu Xiaoyi: "..." This kindergarten is "what can't you do, tossing the parents first"
Annie's mother: "But I heard Xiao Xiao's father say that you still bring a cameraman here, so you can take pictures with your mobile phone. Anyway, there are high-definition images left, which are more memorable than photos!"
Yahan's father gave a thumbs up in admiration and praised: "It's amazing, I didn't expect it!"
Chu Xiaoyi directly denied it for three consecutive times, and waved his hand frantically to explain: "I'm not, I don't, you misunderstood..."
Chu Xiaoyi: How can I explain that Director Li and others did not come to take a commemorative image for Chu Xiaoxiao
The opening ceremony finally started, Chu Xiaoyi didn't have to talk to the warm-hearted parents anymore, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The ceremony was quite normal, with speeches by the principal, student representatives, and parent representatives. The speeches were not new, but the languages used were extremely rich.
The headmaster was a gentleman with a blond hair, and he completed his speeches in Chinese, English and French.
Chu Xiaoyi said blankly, "It's so difficult to be a kindergarten principal now? You still need to know three foreign languages?"
He felt that after entering the kindergarten, it was like a barrage of complaints, and there was no way to stop.
Annie's mother: "What's so difficult about this? Xiao Xiao is no better than him... Xiao Xiao is here, Xiao Xiao is here!"
Chu Xiaoyi heard Annie's mother's excited voice, and she saw Chu Xiaoxiao in a small robe come to the stage. She was wearing a dark robe outside and the school uniform she wore in the morning, looking dignified and well-behaved.
The blond headmaster smiled gently at Chu Xiaoxiao, he stretched out his hand to guide her forward, and adjusted the height of the microphone on the podium for her. Chu Xiaoxiao thanked the principal, and then began to speak without script, saying smoothly: "Respected teachers, dear parents, lovely classmates..."
Although Chu Xiaoxiao's speech level is like a three-and-a-half-year-old child, but she stood solemnly in the warm light of the auditorium, and she was really childish and cute. When Chu Xiaoyi saw the little thing standing on the podium speaking, his heart softened, and he reached out to take a picture of her.
Chu Xiaoxiao's speech was not long. Just when Chu Xiaoyi thought she was about to step down, she suddenly changed her tone and said another language, "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, my dear teachers. and…”
Chu Xiaoyi was stunned for a moment, he just put down the phone and continued listening as his sister wanted to speak in both languages. I saw that she changed her tone after a while, and continued: "Mesdames et messieurs, bonjour..."
Chu Xiaoyi: "?"
Chu Xiaoyi: "This is..."
Annie's mother admired: "Xiao Xiao's French is really good, not worse than Annie!" Annie's father is French, so the children grew up in a Chinese-French family.
Chu Xiaoyi: "???"
After Chu Xiaoxiao finished speaking French, he continued calmly: "Дамы игоспода… "
Chu Xiaoyi tentatively said: "...Is this Russian?"
Annie's mother: "You are so amazing, you can hear it!"
Chu Xiaoyi: "..." No, no, no, I just remembered the experience of being humiliated by the big tongue vibrato that day, and I carved this tone into my bones.
Chu Xiaoxiao switched to two languages, adding up to a total of 6 languages, and finally stepped down indifferently amid warm applause.
Annie's mother applauded and regretted: "It's a pity, I still can't understand Spanish and Arabic..."
Chu Xiaoyi's face was full of confusion, and he expressed his doubts: "Since you don't understand, how do you know she speaks Spanish and Arabic?"
Anne's mother: "Because Xiao Xiao's speeches are all in the working languages of the United Nations, namely Chinese, English, French, Russian, Arabic and Spanish, a total of 6."
Chu Xiaoyi: "..." After a long time, she is the spokesperson of the United Nations!
After Chu Xiaoxiao finished his speech, the parent representative came to the stage to speak. He used three languages like the principal. According to Annie's mother, Chengcheng's father used to be a simultaneous interpreter, and in short, he was a professional player. Of course, he did not receive as much applause as Chu Xiaoxiao, after all, he did not have an advantage in the number of languages.
Chu Xiaoyi witnessed his sister's amazing performance at the ceremony. He felt that he had always misunderstood her. Could it be that the tenth-level scholar of Peppa Pig is a genius
Xiao Bi actually told the eldest son that the youngest daughter is very talented in language, but she has always been introverted and humble, and does not like to speak too much, so that Chu Xiaoyi does not understand the true meaning clearly.
Chu Xiaoyi heard the private efforts of the parents, and was convinced that it was not the parents who created the language environment for Chu Xiaoxiao, but the sister's own ability. Their family is different from Annie's mother and others. In order to let Annie learn Spanish, Annie's mother plans to learn the language by herself first, and then accompany Annie to practice together, in order to give the children a language environment.
Yahan's father can't learn foreign languages by himself. He will ask foreign teachers to accompany Yahan to practice one-on-one, but this choice is obviously a middle-of-the-road strategy. Parents who are not "parents are the best teachers" are excellent.
Parents in this kindergarten study various courses, choose the best goals, and take their children around the world to learn and broaden their horizons. They have been bothering to find summer camps and talent camps a long time ago, so that children can prepare early so that they can help the subsequent impact of Ivy League schools.
Among them, Chu Xiaoyi is by no means a "qualified" parent, but the funny thing is that he relies on his sister to attract attention, and countless people have to ask him for experience.
Chu Xiaoyi said in surprise: "But don't you feel tired? Won't you delay work?"
Annie's mother showed him the Gantt chart on her mobile phone and replied, "It's definitely tired, but if you manage your time scientifically, you won't be delayed on both sides."
Mama Annie is an excellent working woman and a master of project management, keeping her work and family schedules well-organized. It is said that the same is true of Annie's father. They are respectively responsible for Annie's foreign language sparring to maximize the efficiency of education.
Chu Xiaoyi pondered for a few seconds, he frowned slightly, and said cautiously: "I don't know if it's appropriate to say that... But I think you're a little anxious?"
After Chu Xiaoyi faced the parents alone, he felt suffocated anxiety. The people around seemed to be always on guard and hurried in a hurry, showing the momentum of winning the battle, which made him a little scared.
Annie's mother smiled bitterly: "Of course I will be anxious. If Annie doesn't get along well with us in the future, what should we do?"
"She has to go to a high-ranking Ivy League school first, so that she can carry out all kinds of plans in life."
Chu Xiaoyi couldn't help falling into silence, he looked at Annie's mother's worried eyes, and suddenly realized what they were afraid of. They are already heroes and elite parents, but they are deeply afraid of class division, and even more worried that their children's class will slip.
They force themselves to become world-class education experts, pushing their children upward with all their might, lest they fall behind on the starting line. They are convinced that money alone is not enough, and more importantly, to maintain the existing circle, they must do their best to give their children the best of everything.
This is not only the strength of the family to fight for the father and mother, but also the action and willpower of the father and mother.
No matter how good you are in your field, you can still fall into a vicious circle of anxiety, even the more elite you are. Only the elite know the importance of class, but mortals have no such troubles.
After the opening ceremony, Chu Xiaoyi's mood was always subtle and complicated, and even lasted until he brought Chu Xiaoxiao home. Chu Xiaoxiao climbed onto the back seat calmly, and put her small schoolbag to one side. She looked the same as in the morning, as if she had not been affected in any way.
Chu Xiaoyi looked at his sister in the rearview mirror with a hint of hesitation. If the little thing is really a genius, then the family is facing new problems, how can we not waste her talent
Chu Xiaoyi: Mother Annie worked so hard to raise her card with SR, so naturally they couldn't fall behind with SSR.
Chu Xiaoxiao noticed the silence of the cheap brother, she noticed his fluctuating emotions, and frowned: "What's wrong with you? Why are you in a bad mood?"
Chu Xiaoxiao looked at Chu Xiaoyi's emotional color, and she felt that there were so many things about her brother. How many times can she be in a bad mood a day? He was either sad or furious, and now he was anxious again, like an unstable chemical element.
Chu Xiaoyi hesitated for a moment and asked, "Xiao Xiao, what school do you want to go to in the future? When will we go shopping in advance?"
Annie's mother takes Annie to visit the Ivy League every year, so that she can develop interest in well-known universities and lay the foundation early. Chu Xiaoyi felt that it was necessary to understand her sister's aspirations. Does she like Harvard or Cambridge? Should he take her to America or England
Chu Xiaoxiao tilted his head and thought for a while, and said, "I want to go to Hogwarts, can you take me there?"
Chu Xiaoyi: "..."
Chu Xiaoyi gritted his teeth and said, "I'm asking which university you want to study at..."
Chu Xiaoxiao: "I want to read Hogwarts! I want to go to Gryffindor!"
Chu Xiaoyi held his forehead with a headache. Could it be that other people took their children to the Ivy League school, and he took his sister to Universal Studios
Chu Xiaoxiao was originally calm, but at this time she became more and more excited, and even happily sang the Hogwarts school song: "You might belong in Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart, their daring nerve and chivalry, set Griffindor apart…”
"..." Chu Xiaoyi recently discovered her sister's problem when she was happy. She would dance and sing happily. The last time she sang "Let it go" when she was stepping on a puddle.
Although Chu Xiaoyi felt that he was talking to her like chickens and ducks, he had to say that her singing relieved anxiety and made him no longer feel tense and uneasy.
He also relaxed, regained the standard of singing and dancing stars, and joked: "You sing really badly."
Chu Xiaoxiao: "Then you sing the sentence I just sang, and if you can sing it, I'll admit it's ugly."
Chu Xiaoyi: "..." He can imitate the tune, but he can't recite the lyrics!
When Chu Xiaoxiao saw that he couldn't learn, she immediately showed a proud look, and at the same time confessed her long-standing doubts: "Brother, do you really have fans? Why do they like you?"
Chu Xiaoyi: "!!?" Killing your brother and punishing your heart
That night, Chu Xiaoxiao paid a painful price for her remarks. She was forced to watch her brother's ancient costume TV series in the living room, and her beloved iPad was also confiscated. She hummed and rolled on the sofa, wailing, "I don't want to watch this..."
Chu Xiaoyi: "Chu Xiaoxiao, you shouldn't watch foreign language cartoons every day, you should also accept the influence of history and culture, and you can't forget your roots!"
The backstage director heard the remarks of the tenth grade scholar of Huanzhugege: "?"
Backstage director: Are you sure that watching domestic costume dramas is considered to be influenced by history and culture