Suzaku Junior High School and Wuren Senior High School are friendly schools, and they send delegations to each other every year for exchange and learning. During the exchange and learning process, students from the two schools will also participate in some small-scale competitions.
For example, there are speech contests, interesting knowledge quiz competitions, and physical fitness events such as short-distance running and athletics.
Therefore, when Saburo Fujino proposed to hold a competition, no one present found it strange.
This was the content that should have been there, but someone just brought it forward.
The question is, if Fang Yan accepts the challenge, will his class represent Suzaku Middle School? And will Suzaku Middle School be willing to be represented by Class 9 where Fang Yan is
In the past, a group of top students would be sent out to participate in the reception tasks.
"What to compare? How to compare?" Fang Yan asked.
"Let's compete in three events: tea ceremony, calligraphy, and fencing." Fujino Saburo said confidently. "If we lose, I will take back what I said and apologize to you in public."
"Okay. That's settled then." Fang Yan said. "When does it start?"
"No hurry." Fujino Saburo sneered. This guy is too cunning. He has only said how to apologize if his side loses, but has not yet said how to punish him if he loses. "What if you lose?"
"It's impossible for us to lose." Fang Yan waved his hand and said, thinking that this was an impossible thing and it was not worth wasting time discussing it.
"----What if I lose?" Fujino Saburo was full of anger again. Fang Yan was like an air pump, and with just a few words and a few puffs, he blew up this big balloon.
Fang Yan thought for a moment and said, "If I lose, I will apologize to you and admit that what you said about Tang Dynasty culture in the East is correct."
"It's a deal." said Fujisato Saburo.
Fang Yan rolled up his sleeves and asked, "When will the competition start? Should we compete in tea ceremony, calligraphy or fencing first? How about fencing first? Everyone likes to watch the fun. Let's have some fun first?"
Seeing Fang Yan's posture of wanting to fight, Fujino Saburo said, "Teacher Fang Yan, what are you going to do? This is not a competition between you and me, but a competition between my students and your students. Whether Chinese culture will be passed on is not only determined by us teachers, but by the future of these countries."
Pointing to the students from both countries in the class, Fujino Saburo said: "They are the witnesses and beneficiaries."
"Whether Chinese culture has been passed down or not, teachers are the most qualified to speak. If a teacher's ability is mediocre, how can he be qualified to teach students? You are a teacher, and I am also a teacher. Why don't we compete? It's simple and direct."
Fang Yan thought, if this guy agrees to fencing with me, I will break his hands and feet first, and see how he can continue to compete in tea ceremony calligraphy-----
"If you want to compete, then we'll have another match. But it's after these students' matches." Fujino Saburo said. He knew that Chinese people were very proud and could not stand provocation the most. He sneered and said, "Teacher Fang Yan, don't you have confidence in your students?"
Fang Yan looked at the students in the audience and asked, "Do you have confidence?"
"Yes." The students of Class 9 shouted loudly, their emotions were agitated and their expressions were excited.
"Look." Fang Yan smiled. "They are full of confidence, and I am also full of confidence. Since Mr. Fujino has challenged us again and again, we can only accept the challenge. In fact, I really don't want to do this. Why? I have to take risks. If I lose, some people in the school will say that I, Fang Yan, am incompetent and want to kick me out. If I win, those who say I am incompetent will think that I am destroying the relationship between the two schools and will still want to kick me out. What do you think is better for me to win or lose?"
"--------" Li Ziqiang, Jia Siting and others felt burning pain on their faces. They had already thought about using this incident as an excuse to kick this guy out. Unexpectedly, Fang Yan didn't knock down his opponent, but shot them in the face first.
"What do we Chinese value? Peace is the most important thing. If my students beat your students, you will definitely feel bad - you can't win in a competition, and you can't win in a fight. You came here happily, but you leave sadly. When you go back, others will think we did something to you."
"The outcome is still undecided. I believe in my students," said Fujino Saburo. He wondered why this guy kept thinking about competing with him. Could it be that he was really talented
Just then, the bell for the end of get out of class rang.
Even though the Dongyang students were extremely dissatisfied with Fang Yan, they still stood up politely, bowed together, and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
The Wu Ren inspection team lined up and left the classroom in an orderly manner. Matsushima Ji looked at Fang Yan with a thoughtful look.
Lu Chaoge had no expression on her face from beginning to end, making it difficult to tell her true attitude.
After all outsiders had left and only students from Class 9 were left in the classroom, Fang Yan walked over and closed the classroom door.
It was noisy outside the classroom, but inside you could hear a pin drop.
The smile on Fang Yan's face gradually faded. He looked at the 40 students in the class with a serious expression and said, "What do you want to say?"
"Teacher Fang's rebuttal is very good and brilliant-----"
"Teacher Fang, let's compete, who is afraid of who-----"
"Will the sea be afraid of the small rivers? Just swallow them up and-----"
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Fang Yan did not laugh. He looked at the students in the audience with gentle eyes and said, "In front of foreigners, no matter what, I will never admit that what they said is right. They want to slap us in the face, but should we slap ourselves in the face? I can't do it."
"Now, behind closed doors, we are all our own people. Let's think carefully and reflect on why such a saying has been spread? The culture of the Tang Dynasty is in the East, and the culture of the Song Dynasty is in South Korea. Are they really better than us in some aspects?"
"Have we really done our best? Do we really have a clear conscience? The times are developing, technology is advancing, we have gained a lot, and we are becoming stronger and stronger. But, have we lost a lot of precious things?"
"What does our country have? We have agricultural culture, we have various schools of thought, we have "High Mountains and Flowing Water" and "Guangling Qu", we have calligraphy, Chinese painting, Tai Chi and Bagua. We have the twelve zodiac signs, we have "The Book of Songs", "Chu Ci" and "The Art of War". We have traditional festivals, we have Kunqu Opera, Henan Opera, Hunan Opera, Peking Opera, shadow play and Huangmei Opera, we have the Great Wall, gardens and bell towers. We have traditional Chinese medicine, we have yin and yang and the five elements, we have paper cutting, kites, clay figurines and embroidery, we have the four great inventions, food, cooking utensils, personal clothing and costumes - you can't imagine how rich we are. But are we proud of it?"
Fang Yan looked at the students in the audience and said, "What I don't understand is why those who have only learned a little dare to come to our territory to provoke us? Are we too friendly or are we really easy to bully? What kind of situation makes them think that we have really lost all the essence of our culture?"
The students were silent, thinking about every word Fang Yan said.
Yes, what makes those Japanese people think that they are the true inheritors of Tang Dynasty culture
Are they really as good as they say? Or is it that there is a gap in our inheritance of Tang culture and we have become a joke in the eyes of others
Did I inherit anything
I drink American cola, watch Japanese anime, play Blizzard games, sing Korean songs, and drive German cars. How many Tang and Song poems have I memorized? Who are Laozi and Zhuangzi? Where is their thought? How many pages of the Four Great Classics have you read? How many moves of chess and go have you made
We think that steak and Western food are high-end foods, but aren’t the thousands of variations of the eight major dishes the essence of food
Are the Japanese wrong? Or are we wrong
"If the Japanese win, they win face. If we lose, we lose substance."
Fang Yan stood on the podium and bowed deeply to the students below: "Please, everyone, please step on them hard."
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Lu Chaoge didn't speak, and Fang Yan didn't speak either.
Lu Chaoge was writing a manuscript, his white fingers holding a black pen, and the beautiful little characters were jumping on the paper like newborn silkworm pupae, which was pleasing to the eye.
What’s more beautiful is the people.
Lu Chaoge is really a rare beauty. Her hands are as soft as catkins, her skin is as white as cream, her figure is plump and well-proportioned, and her facial features are delicate and flawless.
She was wearing a black slim-fitting uniform with a light yellow stand-up collar shirt underneath. Two buttons of the shirt were undone, revealing a snow-white and tender neck.
The most touching thing is her cold and arrogant demeanor, as if nothing matters to her. She is a goddess in the sky, and you are a speck of dust on the earth.
In terms of youth, Jiang Qin is number one. In terms of aura, Qin Yitian is invincible.
In terms of charm, Lu Chaoge has no rival; in terms of brutality and violence, Ye Wenrou is far ahead of others in her loneliness and pursuit of defeat.
Fang Yan rarely saw Lu Chaoge wearing casual clothes, but of course, she looked really good in professional attire.
Snapped!
Lu Chaoge finally put the cap on the pen, then picked up the tea in front of him and started drinking.
Fang Yan also held the teacup and took a sip of the tea, as if they were toasting and were going to drink it all in one gulp.
Lu Chaoge looked at Fang Yan sharply and said, "I have convinced the board of directors and the school leadership to agree that you will lead the students of Class 9 to represent Suzaku Middle School to accept the challenge of the Wu Ren inspection team."
"You can't disagree." Fang Yan smiled. "They are looking for me."
"If you lose, I'll kick you out. If you win, I'll agree to one of your conditions," said Lu Chaoge.
"What's the condition?" Fang Yan asked happily. "I don't have to pay back the money I borrow from you?"
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(PS: This book was first published on Zongheng Chinese website. Friends who have read it can click to collect and vote. This is the source and motivation of Lao Liu's writing. You certainly can't imagine that this will change the laziness of an author...) (To be continued)