atypical rebirth

Time is walking so unhurriedly.

Meng Zheng and Shen Duqing formed a team of four with Wang Jiayun and Gu Jingmiao.Every month, the speculative club arranges a debate competition, which is participated by the club. The competition time is the Friday evening self-study in the second week of each month.

In Yahe High School, the first week of each month is the monthly exam time.The second week after the monthly exam will be relatively easy, so many clubs are used to arranging their club activities to be held in this week.

Considering that there are not many members in the speculative society, after one semester, each member can have about three rounds of competition tasks.The four of Meng Zheng were arranged in the first game because they were the officers of the first year of high school.

Meng Zheng and his teammates were also first-year students, and the debate topic they were drawn was "Smooth (adverse) circumstances are more conducive to human growth."Meng Zheng and the others have drawn a positive point of view, believing that adversity is more conducive to human growth.

Because it is an intramural competition, the debate questions will be given a few days in advance.

The preparation time is said to be one week, but as boarding students, you can't leave the school this week, and you don't have a computer or mobile phone. In fact, you can only go to the school library to look up paper materials.Considering that there are a lot of homework in Yahe High School, there is less time for real preparation.

When Wang Jiayun got the topic, she frowned and said: "This topic is not easy to debate. The opponent should have fun. In our traditional culture, we pay attention to the fact that the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, and only by suffering through hardships can we be the best. There are allusions about chiseling the wall to steal the light, and the firefly reflecting the snow. We are fighting against the mainstream thinking.”

Shen Duqing said without hesitation: "We also have ready-made examples to support our argument. You must have heard of the Candlelight Action that expanded from our city to the entire province, right? If adversity is more conducive to human growth, the Education Bureau will not What kind of candlelight action is necessary, the harder the students in the villages and towns live, the better they will be?" Hmph, the candlelight action advocated by Meng Zheng, Shen Duqing will blow it up whenever he has the opportunity!

Wang Jiayun immediately understood what Shen Duqing meant, and said with a smile: "You are quite right."

Gu Jingmiao said: "Oranges growing in Huainan are oranges, and oranges growing in Huaibei are oranges. Obviously, a good external environment is very important. Prosperity provides people with a good material foundation and spiritual encouragement. How can we not become talents?"

Wang Jiayun was enlightened, and she had an idea: "When the other party's debater cited examples of success in adversity, can we ask whether the success of these people stems from adversity, or from his inner strength and unremitting perseverance?" Hard work. There is no doubt that it is the latter. Strength and hard work are personal qualities. People with this quality can succeed in adversity, and it is easier to succeed in good times."

"You have a good idea, but it's easy to be caught by your opponent." Meng Zheng reminded Wang Jiayun, "Since ancient times, a hero has suffered a lot, and he has never been a rich man. If the opponent says, this kind of personal quality is just in adversity. How should we respond to those who have been tempered? We must be vigilant against their counterattacks like this."

After a pause, Meng Zheng said again: "I thought of a way to fight back. People often say that the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, why don't they say that the fragrance of spring orchids, begonias, peonies, and lotus comes from spring and summer? Because all flowers bloom in spring and summer, and they bloom in winter. The flowers are too rare to see. The more people emphasize that the fragrance of plum blossoms comes from the bitter cold, the more it proves that it is not easy to become a talent in adversity. This is actually a kind of survivor bias."

Wonderful!The three of Shen Duqing applauded Meng Zheng together.

Meng Zheng also said: "Similarly, Kuangheng started from the beginning and finally became a prime minister. This was not easy in ancient times, so people remembered his chiseling the wall for more than 2000 years. The chiseling of the wall to steal the light It means that the family was poor and studied hard. I believe that many other prime ministers in history, such as Fang Xuanling, Di Renjie, Wang Anshi, Kou Zhun, etc., must have studied hard, otherwise they would not be able to achieve great careers, and they were all born In the family of officials and officials, the family background is good, but there has never been an allusion in history that they studied hard because of their wealth."

Wang Jiayun said: "What you mean is that we can deliberately sell a flaw, lead the opponent into a trap, and then use your point of view to fight back. It is precisely because it is not easy for people in adversity that the world will vigorously promote it."

Father Meng gave Daughter Wang a look of praise.

Shen Duqing said: "Speaking of Kuang Heng... the Chinese teacher only told us that Kuang Heng robbed the wall, but did not tell us that he left behind the crime of stealing land in the history. He became successful because of stealing light in adversity. He became a prime minister, but in the end he withdrew from the stage of history because of piracy. It can be seen that adversity will affect a person's state of mind."

Father Meng immediately looked away from Daughter Wang, and gave Son Shen a thumbs up.

Using Kuang Heng as an example of first stealing everything and then stealing land, it does not mean that Shen Duqing and Meng Zheng really agree that people who come out of adversity will be of poor quality.But the debate is to let your side win "by all means".Many times, just because they debate a point because of a topic drawn by lottery does not mean that they really agree with that point of view.For example, if the topic of the debate is that modern society should (shouldn’t) encourage men to dominate outside and women to dominate inside, considering that Shen Duqing has a strong woman mother, and he admires and respects his mother very much, he will undoubtedly agree with the opposite side However, if his team is unfortunate enough to win the affirmative view, then he will have to think hard about arguing that modern society should encourage men to dominate outside and women to dominate inside.

After the four of them brainstormed and set the main tone of the debate, they separated to find information.

Soon it will be Friday.The four of them presented a very exquisite debate performance for members and instructors.The judges haven't scored yet, and the real winner can be seen from the duration of the audience's applause.

The reporter agency sent two students to watch.They recorded the entire game, probably because they wanted to report the game process last week.

After the competition, Wang Jiayun said happily: "Haha, we won! By the way, Meng Zheng, I found that you and Shen Duqing have a wide range of extracurricular knowledge. What books do you usually read? Can you recommend them to me?"

The amount of homework in Yahe High School is a lot for a scumbag, just right for a top student, but not enough for a godly student.Like Meng Zheng and Shen Duqing, after the teachers of various subjects handed out their homework, they stopped doing it first and let Liu Jian do it.When Liu Jian is doing it, he will mark the questions that he can't do or are not sure about.Then, Meng Zheng and Shen Duqing did the questions marked by Liu Jian directly.The rest of the topics are... copied from Liu Jian.

Although in this way, they would spend more time lecturing Liu Jian on the topic.But there are two people, Meng Zheng and Shen Duqing, and they can take turns to give lectures.In general, they still spend less time on homework.Therefore, they have enough time to do extracurricular exercises, read extracurricular books, and develop other hobbies.

Meng Zheng has always been very generous to his peers around him. Whenever they ask questions, he will always answer them generously, without hiding them.When Wang Jiayun asked, he opened his mouth and wanted to speak.But he didn't want to, Shen Duqing came over and muttered in a low voice: "Meng Zheng, I'm so hungry! I want to eat supper! But I can't run anymore."

The lecture hall where they participated in club activities was part of the laboratory building, and the laboratory building was located at the east end of the school, a little far from the cafeteria.It's going to be the evening self-study soon, if they walk slowly to the cafeteria, when they arrive at the cafeteria, it is estimated that the cafeteria is already full of people, so they have to run there quickly.

Meng Zheng immediately said, "I'll go to the cafeteria to help you line up. Come here and tell Wang Jiayun what books we usually read."

"Okay, then I'll go find you later." Shen Duqing smiled at Meng Zheng.

Meng Zheng ran away under the streetlight.Shen Duqing stared at his back for a while before turning around to talk to Wang Jiayun.In this way, he easily snatched the opportunity to communicate with girls alone from Meng Zheng.

But Shen Duqing didn't chat with Wang Jiayun, he just silently wrote down a dozen book titles on a piece of paper, stuffed the draft paper to Wang Jiayun, and chased after Meng Zheng.He ran fast, passing like a black panther in the night wind.

"Didn't he say he couldn't run?" Wang Jiayun asked.

"Running is impossible, but chasing is possible." Gu Jingmiao said.

"I don't understand what you're talking about." Wang Jiayun said a little cutely.

Gu Jingmiao shrugged her shoulders: "I don't know what I'm talking about either."

Male animals seem to be born with the instinct to enclose territory.Shen Duqing's instinct gradually began to awaken.

Meng Zheng didn't know anything about the young man's changes.On weekends, he went to the surrounding vegetable markets as usual.A pedestrian street is often formed at the entrance of this kind of vegetable market, and there are densely packed small stalls selling clothes and shoes on both sides of the street.In this kind of place, you can buy a lot of high-quality and cheap clothes and trousers, provided that you can bargain.

The Shen brothers insisted on arguing together.

Meng Zheng teased them and said, "Do you know how to bargain?"

The Shen brothers all shook their heads.

"Let me tell you a secret, the price should be cut from the neck." Meng Zheng said.

"The asking price is one hundred and twenty, and I can cut it down to one hundred?" Shen Duqing asked tentatively.

Meng Zheng pointed to his neck and said, "I don't mean the neck, I mean the ankle."

Shen Duqing's gaze flicked along Meng Zheng's fingertips and across Meng Zheng's neck.

The Shen brothers didn't quite understand what it meant to cut from the ankle.But they soon saw it.

At a shoe stand, they saw a lady in her 30s with curly hair and not shabby clothes.The lady pointed to a pair of sneakers worn by a little boy and asked, "Boss, how much are these shoes?"

The boss smiled and said: "Hey, the quality of these shoes is very good. Take a look at the sole and the insole that comes with it. It will definitely not smell bad... I will offer you a price of 62 yuan a pair."

In all fairness, as far as it looks, the shoes do look pretty good.During the summer vacation, Shen Duqing took his younger brother to the shopping mall in the city center to buy shoes.He bought a pair of similar-looking sneakers for his younger brother, more than 300.

Therefore, 62 pairs of shoes are already very cheap for Shen Duqing.

"It's too expensive." The curly-haired aunt said disdainfully.

Then, the curly-haired aunt began to bargain with the boss, and the two sides came and went.The expression on the curly-haired aunt's face has never changed, and her words are not violent, but the boss's face changes like a palette.In the end, with a straight face, the aunt took away two pairs of shoes for 50 yuan, which was only 25 yuan for each pair.

Shen Duqing was shocked.The child's three views have been reshaped.

After the curly-haired aunt left, Shen Feizhuo picked up a pair of shoes and asked tentatively, "Boss, how much are these?"

There are two very cute little monkeys on the upper of this pair of shoes.

The boss had seen Meng Zheng and the Shen family brothers a long time ago, and thought that their children's family shouldn't be here to buy things.But now they asked the price, and he had to answer.He knew that these three children must have seen the process of bargaining between himself and the customer in front, so he didn't dare to make a price indiscriminately, and gave a very real price and said: "This pair, 22, you take it!"

Shen Feizhuo was thinking about Meng Zheng's words of bargaining from the ankle, without considering the truth, imitating Aunt Curly, and said naturally: "It's too expensive, can you sell it for two yuan? Two yuan, I'll take it."

boss:"……"

Turn left when you go out of the two-dollar store, please go ahead, little ancestor.

Meng Zheng turned around and buried his face in Shen Duqing's shoulder, which startled Shen Duqing.Meng Zheng struggled to hold back a smile.You can't laugh, you can't laugh, and you must not be caught laughing by your younger brother who is serious about bargaining, hahahahaha.

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The author has something to say: The bargaining in the article is my little aunt!She took her son and me to go shopping for shoes.The store asked for 60 pairs. I always heard adults say that this aunt is good at bargaining. I thought she should be able to get 40 pairs, but she actually took 50 pairs for [-] yuan? ? ?It's so powerful, so powerful that I can't forget it even after many years have passed.

"Modern society should (shouldn't) encourage men to dominate outside and women to dominate inside" is the topic of the second round of the [-]th International College Debate Group B Preliminary Round. I think this topic is very unfriendly to the affirmative.

Because the debate involves the plot of the following article-not the plot of representing the school to participate in the competition-so I will write a little bit of the plot in this regard. _(:з)∠)_

I wish you all a happy New Year's Eve and a happy Spring Festival. ^＾＾~