Gu Jinshu said eloquently: "I have a friend..."

"She was born in an ordinary family. Both her parents were working people. With her background, the two elders were around their daughter every day. Whether they were eating or drinking, they would carefully choose and buy them home. At that time, the baby lying in my arms could not speak and did not understand the ways of the world. He just felt that his life was so happy."

"In order to accompany her as she grew up, her parents used a notebook to record her growth, including the first time she cried, the first time she crawled, the first time she called someone, the first time she walked, the first time she ran, and the first time she jumped. , the first time she applauded, the first time she read a picture book, the first time she ate by herself... When did her hair start growing, when did her teeth start growing, when did she start going to school... All the first times in her life were recorded. .”

Jiang Yuexi moved slowly and sat in a comfortable position and said: "Then your friend is quite happy living in such a family. He has the love and company of his parents, and they love you with their actions. Friends, just like my parents are to me.”

Gu Jinshu still glanced out the window, and the smile at the corner of his mouth deepened: "Really? When she mentioned these things in front of me, I also thought she was the happiest girl in the world."

She took a sip of the water Jiang Yuexi poured for her and continued: "But... she gradually stopped feeling happy, especially after she started going to school. The school I went to was a three-day test. There was one test every five days, and she told me that the first in-class test was the one that left a deep impression on her."

"That was her first quiz. She felt very strange and excited. She was very sure of the knowledge she had learned and thought she could finally show off her skills. That school had standards and the full score was 100. When the results were announced She was so proud when she learned that she had scored 85 and was among the top ten students."

Jiang Yuexi listened in fascination, and she seemed to be able to feel how happy the girl was: "This kind of result is very good, and it is my first time to take the exam. I remember that when I took the first exam as a teacher, I was so nervous that I couldn't perform well. , I waited another two years for the opportunity to participate again.”

Although Gu Jinshu had a smile on his face, there was an indescribable sadness. He continued to drink water and said, "So later on, I also admired her mentality when facing the exam. It was like a newborn who was not afraid of calves and tigers."

"That day she took her results and ran all the way home. As soon as she entered the house, she showed off to her parents how good her first test score was. She remembers it very clearly. When her parents heard the results came out, they immediately put down their papers. She took the results with a smile on her face, and the red '85' came into view, and she could clearly see the whole process of her parents' smiles going from stiff to disappearing."

Jiang Yuexi was puzzled when she heard this: "Why? You were so happy just a second ago."

Gu Jinshu did not answer her question first: "She felt that the atmosphere at home was not good, and her father just said, 'You should go back to the house first, review your homework carefully, and do your best next time.'"

At that time, she felt that her parents were a little strange for the first time, and she asked cautiously, "Is it because I didn't do well in the exam?" '

Unexpectedly, her parents nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes, I didn't do well in the exam. Try harder next time." '

It was the first time for my friend to take the exam. She was so happy that when she returned home after this episode, she began to wonder if she was satisfied too easily and if 85 was really bad. In order to make her parents happy next time, she started to wonder. It’s time to work harder. "

Jiang Yuexi thought for a while and said, "It should be that your friend's parents have stricter requirements on her, and they also want her to advance to a higher level."

Gu Jinshu: "Yes, so in the big exam that year, she worked hard to write, and breathed a sigh of relief when she handed it in. She was fully looking forward to the moment when the results were announced. As expected, she made progress. She scored 100 points out of 95, and she thinks her parents will definitely laugh this time."

"I ran all the way home that day. The first thing I did when I got home was to take out my results and wave them around, shouting, 'I got a 95!'"

Jiang Yuexi listened with great interest, and the pain in her body seemed to be less severe: "Are your friend's parents happy?!"

The smile at the corner of Gu Jinshu's mouth slowly faded: "She thought so too, but the result was not what she wanted. Not only did she not get a smile from her parents, but she also didn't get any praise from them. Her grades were torn down and she got a sentence of 'Just Why are you happy about this result? You didn't even get the top three.'"

"As he said that, he pulled her into the house. From that night on, her parents took turns tutoring her in her homework, holding sticks in their hands. If she made a mistake in a question, she would be hit with a stick. If she dared to pronounce a word wrong, she would be hit with a stick. It was a stick, and if she dared to cry, she would be beaten down with a hard stick, but she was seven years old at the time, how could she control her tears, so in the new year she was basically covered in bruises and bruises."

Jiang Yuexi frowned slightly, her expression changed several times, and her whole face showed a complex color that was difficult to identify: "This... Although it is the wish of many parents to hope that their children will become successful and their daughters will become successful, they must choose the right way. Otherwise it can easily backfire.”

Gu Jinshu's dark eyes stared unblinkingly at the swallow outside the window, which began to flap its wings and scream a few times. It was its mother who had brought food.

"She thought about leaving home and running for help, but what she got was the beatings and scoldings getting worse. Her father told her, 'When did you learn to be obedient? If you get full marks on the exam, you won't be beaten anymore.'

No matter how hard my mother said, "We are also doing it for your own good. Now we are stricter with you and let you suffer more. When you get ahead, everything will be bittersweet. You will definitely thank us for our strict requirements on you now." '"

"Later, her parents hired an extra teacher to come to her home to teach her homework, and bought her various questions and materials. In addition to doing the homework in the school, she also had to do the questions they assigned and memorize additional questions. The five poems accumulated over time, and every month she had to memorize about 150 poems. She couldn't make mistakes in the questions or the poems."

"As time went by, every small test and big test she faced became a nightmare and fear in my friend's heart. Through the questions on the paper, she seemed to be able to see her ending after getting the results and returning home. She was not as confident as before. , only infinite doubts about herself, she asked herself more than once, 'Am I really stupid?' This kind of question."

"As she grew older and learned more and more content, she lived up to expectations and successfully squeezed into the top three. Just when she thought she could relax, her parents were dissatisfied with her condition and started telling her every day 'You have to be number one', and even asked her to take these five words as her motto."

Jiang Yuexi had never been treated like this by her parents. Looking back on her childhood, and then recalling their silent support during the years of taking the exam, she was suddenly glad that she had lived in such a family since she was a child.

"Then what? Does your friend really come first every time?"

Gu Jinshu smiled sweetly, his eyes bright and clear.

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