When Sister-in-law Zhang arrived at the Shili Brigade, the sky was just turning white.
She knew that the educated youth spot of the Victory Brigade was the landlord's compound. She followed it and found it, but the gate was still closed.
She didn't dare to knock on the door, so she waited at the door with a small cloth bag.
After waiting for about ten minutes, she finally heard the sound of a fire being lit for cooking. Then she carefully controlled her strength and knocked lightly on the courtyard door a few times.
Today it is the turn of sisters Wen Qingqing and Wen Ruanruan to cook. The two of them recently went to work during the day, came back at night, ate, washed and fell asleep. Although they didn't cry, their days were extremely painful.
Now that they woke up early in the morning, the two sisters were too lazy to talk to each other. They washed their faces with cold water and went into the kitchen.
Breakfast is easy to make. When Miao Hongqi was steaming steamed buns last night, she specially brought them out this morning. Just heat them up and eat them. Then boil a pot of cornmeal batter and cut a pickle.
Wen Ruoruan was still yawning while lighting the fire, and she was in a half-dream and half-awake state.
Suddenly she heard a knock on the door, and she was still a little unsure: "Sister, is there someone knocking on the door?"
Wen Qingqing was cutting shredded pickles. When she heard this, she put down her kitchen knife, wiped her hands with her apron and walked out: "I'll go take a look - Ruanruan, please stay awake and don't burn your hair."
"Well..." Wen Ruoruan yawned again, still unable to cheer up.
When Wen Qingqing went to open the door, Miao Hongqi came out. She still didn't say much. She walked into the kitchen silently and pulled Wen Ruanruan away from the stove.
Wen Ruoruan was very embarrassed: "Sister Miao, no, I can light the fire. You can sleep a little longer."
Miao Hongqi put on her apron neatly, rolled up her sleeves and said, "It's okay, I'm used to it. You two have to work during the day, so you're more tired than me."
"But……"
Before Wen Ruoruan could continue to refuse, Wen Qingqing came back. Seeing Miao Hongqi there, she said, "Sister Miao, you just woke up, and the parents of the students in your class are here to find you."
"ah?"
Miao Hongqi was stunned, quickly stood up, smoothed her hair, and asked them nervously: "Can I do this?"
Not counting the uncles and aunts in the brigade, this was the first time for her, a novice teacher, to meet the parents of her students, and she was extremely nervous for a while.
Wen Qingqing tucked her hair behind her ears, took off her apron, and then said, "Okay, go quickly."
Miao Hongqi went out awkwardly, not much faster than Sister-in-law Zhang outside.
"Hello comrade, who are you?"
Looking at the lesbians outside, Miao Hongqi's voice became softer unconsciously.
Sister-in-law Zhang had a flattering smile on her face. Facing this teacher who was much younger than herself, her attitude was extremely humble, even bending down.
She replied awkwardly: "Hello, teacher, hello, teacher, I am Zhang Dahu, I..." She rubbed her hands, not knowing how to continue.
Miao Hongqi nodded: "Hello, Big Tiger, has something happened to Dahu?"
She couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and subconsciously clenched the corners of her clothes.
Sister-in-law Zhang shook her head repeatedly, thought for a while, and then handed the small cloth bag in her hand to Miao Hongqi: "Teacher Miao, these are the hazel mushrooms I picked up the mountain. You can keep them to eat."
How has Miao Hongqi ever experienced this? She was startled and hurriedly waved her hands and hid: "No, no, no, big tiger girl, don't be like this. Just tell me what's wrong? I will definitely help you if I can."
"This this……"
Sister-in-law Zhang has never experienced a situation where gifts cannot be delivered!
When she thought about it, the teacher must have annoyed Zhang Dahu to death. Otherwise, how could he not even collect the things?
After thinking about it like this, Sister-in-law Zhang's eyes turned red again.
She held up the cloth bag, her eyes full of sincerity and pleading: "Teacher Miao, what happened in the past was all the fault of my mother-in-law and the man. Even a child can't get involved in adult matters, right? He I used to do well in studies, and he is such a good boy. Look at this..."
Miao Hongqi became even more confused after hearing this.
She didn't understand why this was related to the previous matter again?
As early as the first day of school, Wang Hong came to her and said clearly and directly - "You can teach that boy from the Zhang family how you should teach him. I won't care about the bad things his father did. He is just a brat." ...Miao'er, take good care of him and don't let him follow his father's example in the future."
Miao Hongqi has always treated Zhang Dahu as an equal these days, doing whatever he wants... Why does his mother act like her child is being targeted?
"Big Tiger Girl, why are you saying this as if Hongqi bullied your son?" Wang Xue walked out while braiding her hair. Her tone was brisk, with a bit of laziness as if she had just woken up, "Big Tiger Mom, you might as well tell me directly, who spread the gossip, or was Dahu being bullied at school? None of us can understand what you say."
After she finished speaking, her braids were braided and she walked over to Miao Hongqi. She casually put Miao Hongqi behind her and looked at Sister-in-law Zhang with a smile: "If Dahu is really wronged, just say it's the teacher's fault and we'll go to the principal or the commune. If it's the students who say it, What, we will definitely help take care of them."
Sister-in-law Zhang looked at Wang Xue and then at Miao Hongqi, thought about it again and again, and said, "That's it. Dahu went home last night and kept doing homework. Even late at night, he still lit a lamp and boiled oil to write. I see Other children don’t write so late. Ask him, he said he can’t do it...Teacher, my big tiger used to study really well, you see..."
As she spoke, she took out a stack of square papers from her pocket, unfolded them and continued: "Look, he scored a hundred points in the last exam!"
Wang Xue took the test paper and looked at her with questioning eyes when handing it to Miao Hongqi.
Miao Hongqi said subconsciously: "Dahu was the first to finish his homework yesterday..."
She thought of it in an instant, slapped her forehead and said, "That's an arithmetic problem that Nian He specially asked for Dahu. She told me about it."
Wang Xue rolled her eyes, turned around and said to Sister-in-law Zhang with a smile: "Dahu Niang, you see, this is a question specially given to Dahu by another teacher. Other people's children didn't have it, so they didn't do their homework when they got home. "
Sister-in-law Zhang nodded in understanding, still looking a little confused.
Wang Xue said, "Let's do this. Wait a moment, and I'll ask Teacher Lin what's going on and let her explain it to you. Do you think that's okay?"
Sister-in-law Zhang really didn't understand. She had a low self-esteem and felt that the child was involved in her family's troubles... She had experienced this kind of thing too many times since the accident happened in her family.
Wang Xue patted Miao Hongqi on the shoulder, turned around and walked quickly to the backyard.
When she arrived at Lin Nianhe's hut, Lin Nianhe had just opened the window and was sitting on the edge of the table with a blank look on his face, his whole body filled with the strong aura of waking up.
Seeing Wang Xue, she blinked twice without thinking, and her mouth opened and closed instinctively: "Have you eaten?"
Lin Nianhe checked the pig-raising guide for most of last night, thinking of sleeping a little longer today, but she heard the chatter of voices in the front yard early in the morning, which abruptly woke her up from her sleep.
She couldn't sleep well and was in a bad mood. She was now the one who resented Qingdian the most.
(End of chapter)
