Rebirth: The Life of a Scholar

Chapter 32

The theme of this debate competition is "It's harder to cry than to laugh."

This is a very common debate topic, and many schools have already debated it. Dehui and Tonghua chose this topic as the theme of the friendly match, which is really unpredictable.

It was still the gymnasium from last time, with children of Dehui and Tonghua sitting all around. The tables and chairs on the basketball court in the middle were all ready. There was a distance of about one or two meters between the two black rectangular tables. There are five black microphones standing upright, and the famous brand atmosphere of one to five debates in front of the microphones is a bit heavy, and the players feel very serious before they even play.

"The debate match between Dehui High School and Tonghua High School has officially started. Debating contestants from Dehui High School are invited to enter the arena."

After the host finished speaking, there were various cheers, and the Dehui players who came out of the lounge were neatly dressed in Dehui school uniforms, with Ji Rong leading Tang Xu and the team entering the field in sequence.

The girl walking in front of Tang Xu is called Xu Huiwan, she is a lively and beautiful girl. When we met for the first time, Xu Huiwan kept asking Tang Xu if he knew who she was. Her eyes widened after she was the announcer from the last sports meeting, and she couldn't connect with that announcer at all, but the sound of her laughter was indeed very similar.

Only after that did Tang Xu know that Xu Huiwan was at the same level as Ji Rong, and she was a goddess of Dehui. Her goal in life was to be an excellent host, and a national one.

This is what Xu Huiwan told Tang Xu, and he also asked about Tang Xu's life goals. Tang Xu bluntly said that he didn't know. After being teased by Xu Huiwan, Tang Xu couldn't help but also began to think, what is his life goal?Maybe it is to study and earn money to cure his father's illness, and then what?Then spend your whole life being kind to those who are kind to him.

Tang Xu is just so dull, he doesn't have big dreams, he values ​​what he gets.

"The following are debaters from Tonghua High School."

The host's voice brought back Tang Xu's thoughts. He was already sitting in the five-discussion position. He looked up and saw the people around him a little nervous. This was the first time he spoke in front of so many people. The main thing was that it was a debate competition. , It's not just as simple as opening your mouth to speak.

The contestants from Tonghua High School and the contestants from Dehui High School sat face to face, and the two sides were already competing in arrogance.

"Tonghua High School is more difficult for the positive side to cry than to laugh, and it is harder for the negative side to laugh than Dehui High School! The first debate of the positive side begins with an argument, and the time limit starts in 3 minutes!"

The host stood up as soon as the voice of the host fell to the first debate of Tonghua High School. He spoke at an appropriate speed and his tone was passionate. Tang Xu understood what he meant. In one sentence, laughing is the most common facial expression, while crying is the most common facial expression. The lacrimal gland secretion is only produced when the mood fluctuates. A person may not have such a mood swing once a day, and some even appear once a long time, so crying is more difficult than laughing.

After the announcement, the children of Tonghua whistled and cheered.

"The first defense of the opposing side begins with an argument, and the time limit starts in 3 minutes!"

The debate on Dehui's side was Ji Rong. Tang Xu sat at the farthest distance from him and watched him get up and speak. I have to say that Ji Rong is really smart. at the beginning of the first sentence of .

"Laughter is the most common facial expression of human beings, but it is also the most elusive expression. Each smile has different meanings. How to express the meaning correctly and how to smile has become a problem, and people are used to using smiles to cover up their emotions. In our hearts, many times we cannot know exactly what the other person is thinking from a smile, for example, he is not smiling because he is happy, he may be embarrassed." Ji Rong said and looked at the one who argued just now, and suddenly The fixed smile on the corner of Wei Yibian's mouth was pulled down stiffly.

Ji Rong smiled and continued: "But crying often has two meanings, crying with joy and heartbroken. Generally, it is difficult for people to manage expressions when crying with large emotional fluctuations. We can clearly see from his crying and expression. I can see his emotions, and crying is also a way of venting, all kinds of pressure, physical or mental pain will make people want to cry, so I think laughing is more difficult than crying, thank you."

After Ji Rong finished speaking and sat down, the whole gymnasium burst into thunderous applause. Even Tonghua's children couldn't help clapping their hands. Tang Xu also clapped his hands, giving Ji Rong a thumbs up in his heart.

The opening argument overwhelmed Tonghua's momentum, and Ji Rong deserved to be the No. [-] male god of Dehui High School.

The following debate competition was almost one-sided because of Ji Rong's beautiful opening, and the free debate part even made the children from Tonghua have nothing to say. Tang Xu only spoke three times in the whole process, and expressed his own After the speech, he didn't speak again, and it was obvious that the situation had been settled.

After washing away the "blood shame" of losing the last basketball game, the five-member debate group led by Ji Rong easily won. Dehui's children are all proud. You guys are amazing at sports. Dehui is a famous student, okay? !

The audience shouted the names of the five members of the debate team, not to mention how proud they were.

Tang Xu felt that he had been honored by Ji Rong, and couldn't help but blush and scratch his burning ears when he heard those children calling his name.

In the end, to commemorate the two principals taking photos with the debate teams of the two schools, the two groups of debaters stood behind the principals of their schools and smiled at the camera, which seemed very friendly.

The principal of Dehui asked the cameraman to take several groups of contestants from the two schools after the filming, and then posted them on the school announcement.

Tang Xu was originally standing next to Xu Huiwan, but when he turned around and saw Ji Rong who had changed positions with Xu Huiwan at some point, Ji Rong put his hand on his shoulder and gently put it on his shoulder. Just as Tang Xu was about to say something, he heard the cameraman let him watch In the front, he quickly turned his head to look, and the cameraman asked them to do the eggplant pose again. Tang Xu grinned and imitated the others in posing with scissors hands. With a click, his silly smile was frozen.

"Can I have one?" Tang Xu walked over to ask the cameraman after taking the photo. He wanted to send one to his parents to show them what he looks like now and reassure them.

"Yes." The cameraman smiled: "You can take as many pictures as you want~"

"Then I'll take one too."

"I want me too!"

"And me, I also have the right to portrait!"

The kids in the debate group started to ask for photos, and the girls sitting in the auditorium were also ready to move, they wanted it too, there was senior Ji Rong qwq!

The principal heard the movement and walked over: "Haha, okay, okay, I'll send you a few photos tomorrow."

"Ahhh!! I want the principal too!!"

"Me, me, me!!"

Immediately, the children in the auditorium howled, and the principal pretended helplessly that he hadn't heard anything.

The first photo of the two of them was posted on the school bulletin board the next day. When Tang Xu saw it, he was followed by Bai Liangshu. Bai Liangshu made fun of him in various ways, saying that he laughed too stupidly. Yes, he looked like a nerd at first glance, but Tang Xu had no words to object, scratched his head depressed and left.

Tang Xu received the photos from yesterday's photographer in the afternoon, and there are two copies of each group photo.

Tang Xu couldn't take a closer look at the photo posted on the bulletin board in the morning because of Bai Liangshu. Looking at Tang Xu now, he found that Ji Rong was very photogenic, and he smiled very nicely. gentle?

Uh, maybe it's because winning is happier than Ji Rong, so the smile is very good-looking, Tang Xu didn't think much, took out the mailing envelope and put two photos in it, and then went to the school's free phone room to call his parents , because my mother had to go to work, so the mobile phone was kept by my father, so when Tang Xu called back when he was free, his father would answer it.

"How's dad doing recently?" It was the usual opening line.

"Very good, why are you calling at this time?" Father Tang's voice sounded quite energetic.

"I'll send two photos to my family, and tell you to remember to take them when the time comes."

"photo?"

"Yeah, the school won the debate competition yesterday, so the principal took photos of us and developed some photos for us. Dad, I have grown taller."

"Okay, okay, I want to grow taller, and I need to grow some meat. Send the photos back for your mother to see. Your mother misses you. She talks about you studying hard outside all day, and I'm afraid you won't eat well."

"Well, I ate well, and you can see from the photos that I am very good, and I didn't work hard at all." Tang Xu said this a lot in his previous life.

"Dad knows it all, don't put pressure on yourself."

"Well, Dad, do you still remember the good friend I told you about?"

"Remember, it's called, what is it called Ji... Ji Rong, right?"

"Yes, you can also see him in the photos sent back this time. He is very powerful and smart, and taught me a lot."

"Okay, you should repay him well in the future for such a good boy, and you must not forget the kindness others have shown you when you are successful."

"I will remember it, and treat him better in the future."

"That's right, hey, you guys are going to be on vacation soon, Xiao Xu, come back for the New Year, my parents haven't seen you for half a year."

"Dad, I will hurry back."

Tang Xu originally wanted to work in city b to spend the winter vacation. It was too troublesome to go back and forth, and the train tickets were expensive. He just took advantage of this period of Chinese New Year to work hard and earn more money, but his father's tone sounded too worrying. Tang Xu thought I want to go back when the Chinese New Year is about to come. I will come out after staying for two days. I haven’t seen him for half a year and I don’t know how the real situation at home is. His parents always say in his ears that they are very good, but he knows that they are simply comforting him. .

"Well, then you must come back. I will ask your mother to buy more New Year's goods."

"it is good."

When the call time limit was up, Tang Xu hung up the phone and rubbed his eyes at the hot envelope in his hand. He suddenly wanted to grow up quickly.