Chapter 38 Knowledge is Really Wealth
"Today we are holding a school-wide assembly, mainly to commend the outstanding students who emerged last semester."

“The meeting will last approximately two hours.”

"Principal Sun, please give your speech."

On the playground in the middle of the cement runway of Guyuan No. 2002 High School, students from all three grades of the school gathered here in classes to attend the end-of-term summary and outstanding student commendation meeting.

It was February and the temperature was just right, so I didn't feel too hot.

As the school director finished reading the meeting agenda on the stage, the microphone was immediately handed to Sun Xuehai.

At the same time, a burst of firecrackers sounded from behind the class team.

Soon, nearly half an hour passed, and Sun Xuehai and Wang Jianan, who attended as a guest, gave their speeches one after another.

This means the conference process has entered the stage that everyone is most looking forward to.

First, the outstanding teacher came on stage.

Wang Qingtao, Li Yan, Zhou Feng and others all won awards.

Among them, Wang Qingtao received the most generous reward, which included not only practical food and oil but also bonuses.

Whenever the students heard their teacher's name, they would burst into cheers.

It makes me happier than winning the award myself.

As for the commendation for outstanding students in each grade, Xu Yuan also saw several familiar figures in the class.

……

"Now, please invite the award-winning students from the senior year to come up on stage to receive their awards. Each of them will receive 500 yuan in cash."

"Xie Qisheng from Class 1, Senior 3."

"Deng Yanna, Class 1, Senior 3."

……

When the names of the winning students were called out one by one, Xie Qisheng, Deng Yanna and others in the class stood up one after another.

Sun Xuehai took out the envelope containing the bonus with a smile on his face.

In this age when one dollar can buy a lot of things, 500 yuan is not a small sum of money. It can be used as living expenses for a long time while in high school.

Therefore, when seeing their classmates receiving awards, other students in the class were also very envious.

"How come our school is so generous this year? Everyone got a bonus of 500 yuan."

"It seems like there is a class monitor every year. This result is really stable."

"Xie Qisheng from our dormitory is also very good. This time he got the first place in the school grade."

"This guy must treat me to lunch at noon."

Perhaps it was because they heard people from another dormitory praising Xie Qisheng all the time, which made Yang Bin and Wang Yongjie a little unhappy.

I thought that compared to their Brother Yuan, I had the nerve to brag about being the top student in the grade.

So the two of them joined in and forced their way into the topic.

"I think five hundred yuan is not a lot. Last year, the school gave Brother Yuan two thousand to participate in the math league."

"Who says it isn't?"

When Xu Yuan heard the conversation between the two, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He could only say that it was normal for someone to be mentally immature at this age.

With his parents and sister sitting next to him, he couldn't say much.

However, Xie Qisheng on the stage was very happy at this moment. He held the prize money in his hand and looked at the students below, as if the gap between him and Xu Yuan had narrowed a lot because of this award ceremony.

"Thank you, Principal. I will definitely keep working hard."

He turned around and leaned over to thank Sun Xuehai, then returned to his seat with everyone else.

But as soon as I walked into the class team, I heard Sun Xuehai's deep voice ringing on the stage again.

"The next award is a special one. I believe that students who have seen the newsstand already know that Xu Yuan from Class 1, Grade 3 of our school has won the first prize of the gold medal in this National Middle School Mathematics Winter Camp and has been successfully selected for the national training team."

"I have been recommended to study mathematics at Qinghua University."

"After research by the city, county, and school, we have decided to award Xu Yuan a total of 120,000 yuan in rewards."

"Everyone, congratulations to Xu Yuan." Almost the moment Sun Xuehai finished speaking, the thousands of people in the audience fell silent.

Students from other grades stretched their necks to look in the direction of the senior year, while everyone in the class focused their eyes on Xu Yuan.

I was shocked by this number.

There was a pause of about two or three seconds before deafening applause suddenly broke out.

"A six-figure bonus, oh my god!"

"Fuck!"

"My brother Yuan is awesome."

"No wonder my teachers have always said that knowledge is wealth. Today I finally understand what this means."

"If I had known the prize money was so high, I would have participated in the competition."

"Your math final exam score seems to be less than 100. I suggest you go to bed right away."

……

Knowledge is wealth.

We have heard this sentence countless times since childhood, but we all think that learning is learning.

It was not until today when I saw Xu Yuan’s example that I suddenly realized that such wealth can be withdrawn.

Compared to other people's uncontrollable emotional fluctuations, Deng Yanna was happy for Xu Yuan's achievements, which was a special quality she should have as a class monitor.

Xie Qisheng, who had not been happy for long, looked down at the envelope he had just warmed in his hands and suddenly felt displeased.

Compared with the other person's 120,000 yuan, his 500 yuan seems so insignificant.

I thought I had narrowed the gap between myself and Xu Yuan, but it turned out that the other party was already a contestant in another track.

In the end, there was only a silent sigh.

"Why are you still sitting there like an idiot? Go up and receive your award." Xu Ying reminded Xu Yuan quickly when she saw him still sitting on the stool.

It can be said that he is more anxious than the person involved.

Although she was the only sophomore student present, she was not much calmer than the people around her.

After all, it was her own brother who received the award, and as his sister, she must be extremely happy.

"Oh."

Xu Yuan felt the familiar force coming from his shoulder, responded immediately, then stood up and walked towards the stage.

As for Xu Jianguo and Liang Yanli, who were looking at their son's back, they were so surprised that they didn't know what to say.

I never expected there would be so much prize money.

Originally, when they learned that their son could make money without spending any money at Qinghua before the New Year, it had already shocked their limited knowledge, but today was the real highlight.

You have to know that even if they work in the provincial capital for several years, they can't earn more than 100,000 yuan.

"Isn't the money a bit too much? I wonder if it's a mistake..."

"Don't worry, Dad, I won't make a mistake." Xu Ying heard Xu Jianguo muttering and immediately comforted him: "Have you thought about how to spend it?"

"This is Xiaoyuan's money, he can decide how to spend it." Xu Jianguo answered decisively.

Liang Yanli beside him nodded and said, "Your father is right."

Just as Xu Jianguo's family was saying this, Xu Yuan on the stage also received a medal with the words "120,000 yuan" inscribed on it from Wang Jianan, and took a group photo with the school leaders.

"Congratulations, classmate Xu Yuan."

"Thank you to the city, county and school leaders for their support. I will continue to work hard to bring honor to the school."

At this point, except for the remaining conference summary, it has basically ended successfully.

I finally got the bonus I had been longing for for a long time, and the next step is to let my parents start looking for houses.

After all, the national training team will start training and eliminating students, and the college entrance examination will be anticipated by thousands of candidates. He also has no time to go to the sales office every day to choose a house.

　Please give me monthly tickets and recommendation tickets, thank you very much!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)