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After listening to Aunt Shen's words, Yuan Ning immediately went to call Chairman Zhang back.Chairman Zhang's angry voice came from the phone: "What? Ningning is back home? Your aunt Shen told you, right? You won't be stage frighted?"

"No!" Yuan Ning said, "What kind of event? What preparations do I have to make?"

President Zhang said: "What activities can the Calligraphy Association have? Discuss calligraphy, compare calligraphy on the spot and so on. But this event is more important, it is a joint venture of the three provinces, and people from the capital will also come. How about it, don't be nervous. nervous?"

Yuan Ning said: "...why do you think you miss me so much, teacher, are you nervous?"

President Zhang laughed: "You can see it all. You are serious all day long, like a little old man, busy with everything. I want to see if you are also nervous like other children. "

"Teacher, you think highly of me." Yuan Ning said, "I'm very nervous every time." If there is a big brother present, he can't help but want to rely on the big brother and want to get closer to the big brother.It's just that when the eldest brother is not around, he can only try to keep calm and let himself face everything alone.

"I can't see it." President Zhang said, "As for what to prepare, you just need to practice your handwriting well. You are recommended by me. If you are asked to write a few words and you can't write them, then I will lose face." It's gone too!"

Yuan Ning suddenly became serious: "Okay, I will practice hard!"

"Don't be too nervous," President Zhang said, "just perform as usual. By the way, the youngest member of the Calligraphy Association I mentioned last time will also come - of course, the youngest is you now."

Yuan Ning's heart skipped a beat.President Zhang made a special mention, doesn't it mean that the other party is coming for him?That person was originally the youngest member of the Calligraphy Association, and now he is replaced by him, wouldn't you be very happy?Yuan Ning couldn't help asking: "Will he not like me?"

"I don't know," President Zhang said irresponsibly, "I just know that his teacher doesn't like me very much."

"…………"

Yuan Ning felt that it was over.He won the calligraphy competition last time, and this time he met again at the calligraphy association's activities, and there is still a bit of feud between their sponsors!

Yuan Ning hung up the phone, saw Zhang Xiuyan sitting there reading a newspaper, and said, "Brother, I'm going to practice calligraphy!"

Zhang Xiuyan raised his brows: "Temporarily hugging Buddha's feet?"

Yuan Ning retorted: "I practice calligraphy every day."

"Then what are you worried about?" Zhang Xiuyan said, "Just show up at your usual level. If you are too deliberate, you will lose your true colors."

Yuan Ning was right when he thought about it, so he didn't practice it specially.

After a few more days of class, the National Day holiday began.After the collapse of the building and the arrest of two directors, Huang and Jia, the school still has to operate.Yuan Ning followed Senior Brother You and the others to organize freshmen to participate in volunteer activities, and helped complete the National Day celebration in the city, thereby launching his first shot in the practice department—this activity was led by Yuan Ning.

Unexpectedly, the freshmen had only been volunteers for half a day, and Brother You was found by the dean: "How can you use the name of the school to organize outings during the holidays? Who will be responsible if something happens? Who allowed you to do this?"

Yuan Ning was busy working with Senior Brother You. Hearing what the dean said, he was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help interjecting: "But when we were in elementary school, our school would organize some activities at Fang's house." That's why he went to compete with high school students. Some quotas have been allocated, and some freshmen who are free on the National Day will be invited to be volunteers for the celebration.Their province is an important base for the founding of the country!

The dean's tone was aggressive: "What's your name? Which elementary school did you graduate from?"

"My name is Yuan Ning," Yuan Ning looked up at the dean, "I graduated from Wangxian Elementary School."

"It's Wangxian Elementary School again!" The dean obviously didn't like this, "It's an expensive and well-known aristocratic elementary school, teachers' salaries are also high, and there are high subsidies for working on holidays, of course they are willing to work overtime. These things are in public schools. It won’t work, and safety must come first!”

Yuan Ning was dumbfounded.

Seeing that the other party wanted to ask the bottom line and find out who was responsible, Senior Brother You could only smooth things over: "Now the position has been arranged, and nothing happened to everyone. Next time we will pay attention to applying to the school in advance."

The dean was very dissatisfied with Senior Brother You's attitude: "Come and pay attention when something happens!"

Brother You said, "Then what do you mean?"

Before the dean could speak, he saw the mayor approaching with a smile on his face, and looked at Senior Brother You with a smile: "Xiao You, this is it?"

Brother You hurriedly introduced to the mayor: "This is the dean of our school, come here to follow up on our volunteer work." He wisely didn't mention what the dean said just now.

After hearing this, the mayor looked at the dean with relief and said, "Your school is good, and the volunteers who came here are very conscientious. It seems that although there was an accident some time ago, your school has adjusted quickly, and you have not lost Huazhong No. [-] Junior High School." face!"

"Mayor!" The face of the dean changed suddenly, the unkindness before was less, and a smile that was almost flattering, "This is just our regular activity! We will also carry out actions such as afforestation, helping orphans and widows, etc. !"

"Very well," boasted the mayor, "those things should be cultivated at an early age."

The mayor was very busy, so he only stayed for a while before turning to other places.Brother You and Yuan Ning looked at each other, and they tacitly didn't mention the change in the dean's attitude.

The dean looked at Yuan Ning and the two, his face was a little unnatural, but he still said with a sullen face: "Okay, the mayor knows that our school has volunteers coming, you work hard, don't lose the school's face!" Teaching The director left after speaking.

When the dean walked away, Senior Brother You blinked and said to Yuan Ning, "He's just like this, he's timid, and he wants face and credit. Don't worry about him!"

Yuan Ning nodded.Adults are really hard to understand!I want credit, but I am worried about organizing an event.How can there be such a good thing in the world?

After finishing the work on the celebration, the next day is the day Chairman Zhang said.Yuan Ning pushed other invitations and arrived at the event venue ahead of schedule: the Cultural Center in the city center.

When Yuan Ning arrived, another car also stopped at the entrance of the Cultural Center. A thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy got out of the car first, followed by another middle-aged man in his fifties.The middle-aged man looked refined and restrained, and his self-cultivation seemed to be very good.He looked at the words Huazhong Culture Museum, and sighed with some regret: "I haven't come back here for several years. Huanran, this is where I came from. When there was no place for me here, I went to the capital, which is a city. In a place that is very inclusive, I will quickly gain a foothold there. But in my heart, I still feel a little regretful.”

Yuan Ning happened to be not far away, and could clearly hear the other party's words.He backed away a little, not wanting to see other people's secrets, and not accidentally mentioning the flowerpot next to him.When the flower pot was moved, there was a creaking sound, causing the two people to look at Yuan Ning together.

Yuan Ning had no choice but to greet them politely: "Hello!"

The boy frowned and looked at Yuan Ning for a while, probably guessing who Yuan Ning was, and said in a bad tone, "Are you hiding behind and eavesdropping?"

Yuan Ning blushed: "No, I just got out of the car too, and I'm about to go inside."

The middle-aged man glanced at the young man and said, "Huanran, don't scare the little baby." The middle-aged man looked at Yuan Ning carefully, and felt that Yuan Ning's features looked familiar, but he couldn't think of where he had seen them.He said, "Little baby, are you here to take an interest class at the cultural center?"

Yuan Ning was about to answer, but the boy had already helped him out: "He is here to participate in the activities of the Calligraphy Association just like us." The boy's tone was still not very friendly, "I met him, we participated in the calligraphy competition together last time .”

"Oh, I see," the middle-aged man smiled brightly, "You are the 'Xiao Song', right? Huanran has always remembered you. And you President Luo—you should recognize it? It's your class The person in charge of the calligraphy competition. He was the one who approved your entry into the association, and he will also come this time."

Yuan Ning listened carefully to the middle-aged man's words, and walked into the cultural center with their master and apprentice.The young man was still somewhat displeased with Yuan Ning, but when he saw the middle-aged man talking to Yuan Ning kindly, he obediently followed him aside and remained silent.

Through talking with the middle-aged man, Yuan Ning knew that his name was Li Yunjing, who was a famous calligrapher. His handwriting was upright and upright, which was very suitable for guiding young people to practice calligraphy.

Li Yunjing seems to have been recognized by the higher authorities early on. Over the years, his calligraphy has been printed as copybooks and promoted in various primary and middle schools. It can be said that there are now the most people practicing "Li Pai" in China.In comparison, their President Zhang is not so famous.

The young man is Li Yunjing's closed disciple, named Mi Huanran, he is quite talented in calligraphy, he has always been praised by everyone, and he can take the first place in any competition.It wasn't until he met Yuan Ning that time that he suffered a misfortune in Waterloo—although he still took back No.2, the meaning of the second prize is far from the first prize!

Therefore, Mi Huanran was somewhat hostile to Yuan Ning.The three of them talked and chatted, and arrived at the event location in a short while.Seeing that the lights were on inside, Yuan Ning knocked on the door, opened the door and looked inside. President Zhang was sitting there looking at the list of participants.

President Zhang heard the knock on the door and looked up at Yuan Ning and the others.Seeing that they met earlier, but the atmosphere was not too bad, President Zhang was a little surprised: "I didn't expect you to come here first."

Li Yunjing said: "I knew you would arrive early, so I came to talk to you in advance." He looked at President Zhang, "You helped bury Old Wu, right? After all these years, you still refused to take us to see Old Wu ?"