It was almost noon before Zhang Tugen returned to the dormitory with a look of despair.
As soon as he entered the door, Liu Xing secretly looked at Zhang Tugen's face. His face was slumped. Is it successful or not?
Yu Changxi stood up quickly and walked over to talk to him, but Zhang Tugen just raised his eyelids and glanced at Yu Changxi, then turned his head stiffly, climbed onto the bed, pulled the quilt over his head and remained motionless.
Yu Changxi stood awkwardly beside his bed, not knowing how to break the deadlock.
After thinking for a long time, his eyes fell on Zhang Tugen's polished aluminum lunch box, and then he found an excuse to say:
"Tugen, you haven't had lunch yet, and we haven't eaten either. Let's go to the cafeteria to have a good meal. I'll treat you and apologize to you and Zhao Kai!"
The figure under the quilt was like a hill, motionless and making no sound, obviously not wanting to pay attention to him.
Zhao Kai, who was straight-faced, couldn't help but say: "Tu Gen, what's going on? You're not really going to ask the counselor to change dormitories, are you? We are classmates and brothers, we share blessings and share difficulties, how about one evaluation?"
His words successfully ignited Zhang Tugen, who was still sulking, and he lifted the quilt and sat up.
"As for! Why not?! I also pointed out that I was rated as an outstanding student. You don't have this pressure, so of course it doesn't matter!"
Zhao Kai was startled, and after he recovered, he retorted in a low voice:
"With so many graduates from the school every year, there are only a few places to stay and teach in urban schools. Even if you are rated as excellent, you may not be able to stay..."
"But if I can't rate him, I won't be able to keep him!" Zhang Tugen shouted at him viciously.
Zhao Kai was at a loss for words. He could somewhat understand Zhang Tugen's anger. Despite his usual carelessness, he actually noticed that Zhang Tugen and Yu Changxi were somewhat different.
Although the two people have similar backgrounds, they are both students who came from the valleys where the land is barren and the people are poor. Compared with the students in the city, they are obviously much simpler and more motivated than the students in the city.
But compared with Yu Changxi who actively participated in various school activities and club activities, Zhang Tugen's choice was obviously more utilitarian.
He is often willing to participate only in activities involving extra points, awards, etc. Other than that, he can be seen actively around the instructor, and anything else seems to not interest him at all.
This in itself is not a problem, but in Zhao Kai's opinion, even the urban students don't know which county or even township they will be assigned to when they graduate. Shouldn't they just go?
This is not something they should consider as students, and didn’t the chairman say, I am a brick of the revolution, I can move it wherever it is needed!
Chairman, for the sake of the party, the country, and the people, they can settle down and take root anywhere. Students like them should respond to the needs of the party, the country, and the people, and go wherever they are needed!
He didn't want to talk too much, and Zhao Kai didn't want to say more at this point. Everyone has the freedom to pursue their own ideals in life without too much interference from others, and he didn't want to waste his words.
After Yu Changxi listened to Zhang Tugen's complaint, the clothes on his back were soaked with sweat. He was really regretful that his impulsiveness had brought so much trouble to his friend.
"Tugen, I'm going to go talk to the instructor again. You and Zhao Kai were not present at all in this fight. You really shouldn't be implicated by me. If you want to be punished, just punish me alone!"
As he said this, he turned around and was about to walk out of the dormitory. Zhang Tugen, who had been ignoring him, suddenly said:
"No need, the instructor said that the results of this case have been reported, so there's no point in going to him."
Yu Changxi stopped and turned to look at Zhang Tugen, who was still looking cold. A trace of joy flashed in his heart. It seemed that Tugen still had no intention of breaking up with him. Although his attitude was very cold, he finally talked to him.
Zhang Tugen's mood was very complicated at this time. He had been away for so long just to find the instructor to remove himself from the punishment list.
At one moment he argued with reason that he was not involved in the fight and was not even present at the scene. At another moment he played the emotional card and told how active he was in helping the instructors complete various student tasks. At another moment he cried and complained that he was a child from a rural area. How difficult it is to come to the city to study.
After all, it is a purpose, and his qualification for this year's evaluation cannot be cancelled.
The instructor was so pestered by Zhang Tugen that he couldn't help it. No matter how he explained that the merit evaluation would not be linked to the graduation assignment, Zhang Tugen would not believe it with a knot in his neck.
He also didn't expect that the punishment he thought would have the least impact on the students, which was purely a warning, would actually cause him so much trouble. He was disqualifying them from being evaluated as excellent, and it was not that they were already evaluated. The excellence in the exam was cancelled. Where did Zhang Tugen get the confidence to find trouble with him for something that never happened?
Every year, the assessment of excellence is based not only on grades, but also on the moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and academic performance of middle school students. The university takes a more comprehensive consideration. Students like Zhang Tugen who do not participate in any extracurricular activities cannot be rated as outstanding.
As a teacher, of course he can't say such words that undermine students' enthusiasm. It's a good thing to pursue improvement, but now that he's done talking about it, Zhang Tugen just doesn't understand and keeps yelling that it has nothing to do with him.
The instructor couldn't bear it anymore and interrupted Zhang Tugen's chatter: "Who said this matter has nothing to do with you? The conflict between classmate Yu Changxi and the classmates in dormitory 204 was just to speak for you!"
Zhang Tugen's mouth that was still flying just now finally stopped, and he was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time:
"...Speak for me? But I didn't have any conflicts with those classmates from 204..."
The instructor has already criticized and educated the uncivilized language and behavior of the 204 students, and now it is difficult for him to speak too clearly in front of Zhang Tugen.
"The cause of the matter was that some classmates from the 204th class were discussing some of your living habits in private. This was overheard by classmate Yu Changxi. He had to stop them from using some uncivilized words before a physical conflict broke out. So, if it wasn't for you, If you talk, classmate Yu Changxi won't conflict with them, so does it still have nothing to do with you?"
It wasn't that the instructor was partial to Yu Changxi. He had no intention of telling the matter. It was just that Zhang Tugen was so annoying that his patience was almost worn out.
This question was asked in front of the instructor, but Zhang Tugen did not answer it until the end.
After knowing the whole story, he felt a little moved. I am afraid that only Yu Changxi would stand up to defend him on such a huge campus.
But what’s the point of not maintaining it?
What he cared more about was what he had lost.
