50 years of anniversary of the founding of a school, alma mater invited build the old haunt of return of nearly 100 successful personages that education goes since school, hold celebration meeting, seminar, informal discussion, teachers and students happily gather under the same roof, memory associate with, let his thought flow freely to did not come.
Laoliu is this celebration activity in 5 make keep in mind of special subject encourage one of delegates of the report, achievement and position see one spot in schoolfellow good friend.
His encourage annals speech is very successful, win the enthusiastic applause that thousands of teachers and students and honored guest prolonged do not cease.
Old Liu Zaiben the orgnaization of a scientific research of subordinate of bureau of city science and technology works, can count constrainedly " accurate scientist " , ferial in never enter classmate party and activity, achievement of his a scientific research won large award in the world recently, go abroad not only received award, contended for light for the country, and return those who basically be led by some to interview. Hearsay says, when provincial Party committee organizes a branch to be evaluated in this year cadre, label him assessment object, allegedly hopeful abnormality is promoted, what deputy office of hall of fill province science and technology grows is vacant.
In the classmate that attends anniversary of the founding of a school together with Laoliu, have a plenty of group president, assets number; Have a plenty of governmental official, all provides hundred thousands of person; Have a plenty of style star, social status a few ten million. Laoliu's speech ends, everybody expresses congratulation to him in succession.
The Li Tongxue that holds the post of a deputy mayor takes the lead in giving out invite, the promotion of whole town quality that asks Laoliu to be begun in next month grooms one class is told on the class. Classmate of king of manager of some group company also is holding Laoliu's hand, invite his near future seriously to attend an encourage annals class to administrator of their company middle-level, say for fun, have rich and generous pay. Back-to-back, the old schoolmate that is in charge of different field work in different city county dispersedly also is given out in succession invite.
Laoliu is affected deeply with enthusiasm by everybody's sincerity, feel an upsurge of emotion, nod again and again, assent one by one.
Swing time, currently hold the post ofthe president to did not accompany each leader, cluster round technically to be controlled in Laoliu with a gang classmate of Laoliu however, ground of an in spirits visits the school to build achievement.
Arrive very quickly have a meal time, the lab has not gone, the president seeks old Liu opinion, ask he is used need not go. "Go, get of course! " the scientific research achievement that what Laoliu takes great pride is him, the lab of alma mater is him originate " swaddle " , can not go how!
Like the scientific city that new lab is like a modernization, take building door, laoliu and everybody take off leather shoes together, change the slipper that the doorway puts, enter familiar environment, old Liu Wu I two forget, be too busy by consider, here looks, over there look, indulge completely in the environment in the lab.
Accompany right-and-left classmate, do not know which sharp-eyed lower his head, the black hose on a foot defeated discovery old Liu actually a hole, beetle-crusher foot very dazzling ground was shown -- when going out in the morning, the suit that the wife that old Liu sicken is in the home buys before two days technically for him is put on to him, still brush his new leather shoes shinily with the cloth that brush a shoe. He did not take a taxi, however clutch is worn the dot reached the school on foot, sock damaged is the thing that produces sadly in these half hours of distance probably, and him Laoliu does not become aware right-down.
Give directions via that classmate, a lot of originally absent-minded person was in look focusing on old Liu foot, expression is very complex, somebody wants to dare not laugh, although somebody wants to remind but be afraid of make a fool of oneself again.
Visiting activity is planted in this already awkwardness undertakes ending in harmonious atmosphere again.
Anniversary of the founding of a school ends, everything restored again former days halcyon.
Laoliu this person, do not have all along do not be about to have beg, also relaxed and comfortable, but, the agree when anniversary of the founding of a school leaves activity of so much speech, always feeling in his heart is a thing, must treat seriously. Then, working leisure, he differs in the light of different unit object, ground of have a definite object in view is detailed compose speech outline, with when equipment arrives, be being developed to the top of one's bent. Unknown to public is so old, think of him career to go up small successful, economic atmosphere has very quickly improve, the wife that can be sicken more or less and the son that should take an examination of an university immediately improve living conditions, there is to comfort in his heart.
Time is rapid, two many months go, hall of province science and technology holds the post of deputy hall newly to grow to had gone to take up office, laoliu returns a nest to be in city unit of that scientific research is absorption do research. The classmate that those plan to invite old Liu Qu to make a speech also all did not have later development.
Planned the speech pay of a long time is about soon melt into visionary hope, think of wife son, old Liu kink repeatedly, hearten finally, call to Deputy mayor Li, Wang Zong respectively inquiry.
Two classmates reply also flat: The foundation is current situation, speech and the Chongzhongzhi that grooming already was not their job are heavy.
Two this city classmates had failed to keep an appointment, the classmate of city county does not have necessary connection more outside.
It is agreeing thing obviously, why can finally be all in vain? Old Liu Baisai does not get his to solve, later, he is indistinct heard classmates to be in furtive in pass go up in anniversary of the founding of a school about him the dry ration thing of toe of sock hole leakage, just suddenly be enlightened.
Old Liu Ping is to wear old cloth shoe in day, that pair of new leather shoes that wear only were thrown early to be below the bed. Foot of new shoe press or rub against, after coming back, he did not cross anniversary of the founding of a school again. Laoliu takes the leather shoes that cheated an ash, draw out a place of strategic importance in the sock of shoe lining look, discovered to a hole is cut on the sock as expected.
Old Liu mood is depressed, carry a shoe and sock to yearn be lost in ash-bin, thinking over again, this pair of shoes are worth half his monthly wages, lose shoe again was in below the bed.
Author: Li Jun civilian
