On the eve of the Spring Festival and New Year's Eve, everyone in the Su family, except Su Congwen, went home. Su Qingyun picked up the teacher from the town and came to the Su family. Su Congjun brought Wen Sisi back from the county. Su Congwu... Su Congwu came back alone. .
He was alone, but he was the first one to arrive. He was holding the New Year's goods he bought for his family. When Zhang Xinlan saw him, she ignored everything else and said: "How come you really came back to celebrate the New Year alone? "
Su Congwu was confused, "If I'm not alone, how many people can I be?"
"Didn't you bring someone back to celebrate the New Year like Congjun and Yunyun?" Zhang Xinlan winked wildly, hinting at how this unlucky kid couldn't compare to others?
Su Congwu understood his mother's meaning immediately: "..."
"It's really gone." Su Congwu was helpless.
"You've been going to the factory for so long, and you don't have any?" Zhang Xinlan said sadly, "It's a shame that you still went to a textile factory." You can't bring back any of the girls with you?
"No." Su Congwu frowned.
"It's really useless." Zhang Xinlan, who was still happy at first, quickly changed her expression. She took the things from Su Congwu's hand and ignored him.
I can't even bring a girl back, so I can stay where I can to cool off.
Su Congwu was used to his mother's face-changing drama, so it didn't matter. He sat alone and cracked melon seeds, and he didn't forget to ask about his milk, "When did you become a teacher? I don't even know." Woolen cloth?"
Wu Guixiang was also chewing melon seeds, "Her child has big ideas. I don't know when she got a teacher, so I suddenly heard her say that she wanted to pick up her teacher to celebrate the New Year with her. She said that she was alone in the county. It’s not fun to just celebrate the New Year.”
"I thought, it doesn't matter. It's just an extra pair of chopsticks, so I agreed." Wu Guixiang cracked melon seeds and talked for a while, "Besides, it's not a trivial matter to have a teacher like this." , as the saying goes, once a teacher, always a father, we have to meet him to feel relieved."
"Hey, Nai, do you know that once you are a teacher, you will always be a father?" Su Congwu was startled.
Wu Guixiang said proudly: "Of course I know. Let me tell you, that teacher training class taught by your third aunt, I am not bragging. I feel that I can learn better than those people. It is a pity. At my age Well, if I were decades younger, I would definitely become a teacher."
She boasted for a long time, but Su Congwu's eyes were confused. He stopped eating melon seeds and said, "What teacher training class?" What the hell?
"The primary school in the village needs teachers. Then your Uncle Fu found your third aunt and Aunt Xu of the Xia family in the village, and took other junior high school graduates in the village to study together, and then..." Wu Guixiang explained.
Su Congwu was dumbfounded. His third aunt had become a teacher, "No, why didn't anyone tell me about such a big thing?"
"Didn't anyone say anything?" Wu Guixiang also looked confused, and her tone was casual, "Then I probably forgot. Don't you know now?"
Su Congwu's breath was stuck in his throat, neither rising nor falling. He was speechless. How could he be so insignificant in this family? They could forget to tell him about such a big thing, it's really their fault.
When he was about to say something else, Su Congjun came back with Wen Sisi. The young couple also carried large and small bags of things and introduced them to the family one by one: "This bag of sugar cubes and this barrel of oil are from the factory." As an apprentice, I can only get so much of Lifa’s annual gift.”
"This carton of cigarettes and this bottle of wine were given to me and my father by Sisi's parents. Oh, and by the way, there are also these few kilograms of white flour that they asked us to bring back first."
"No, wait a minute." Su Congjun talked a lot, but Li Xiulian didn't hear the main point, "Why didn't the two in-laws come? Didn't they agree to celebrate the New Year at our house this year?"
"I'm coming, I'm coming, mother, what are you in a hurry for? Just listen to what I have to say." Su Congjun said helplessly, "My parents will arrive later. Usually some workers in the factory will come to visit today to say New Year's greetings. They will come back after sending these people away."
"Yes, mother." Wen Sisi also smiled, "My parents will be here late, don't mind."
"You really have no eyesight. How can you start paying New Year greetings on New Year's Eve?" Zhang Xinlan muttered involuntarily.
Li Xiulian waved her hands and said, "Why do you mind? I have to finish these things first. It's okay. Let's just wait. Anyway, it's still early for the New Year's Eve dinner, so there's no rush."
"Thank you, mother." Wen Sisi smiled obediently, "What are you busy with? Let me help you?"
"No, no, no, you guys sit down, I have nothing to do here." Li Xiulian refused quickly. It was only around three o'clock in the afternoon, and it would take a while before the New Year's Eve dinner would start, so there was no rush now.
Wen Sisi looked inside the room and wondered, "Where did this go?"
"She went to town to pick up her teacher." Su Congwu answered helpfully.
Wu Guixiang looked at the time and said, "Should be back soon." In order to show respect for teacher Su Qingyun, and even more respect for the university professor, the Su family of three went to the town to pick up someone, and they had already gone It's been a while, I should be back soon.
"Really?" Wen Sisi said to Su Congjun, "If we had known this earlier, we would have waited in the town and returned with Yunyun and the others."
"It's okay. I'll be back soon. Let's warm up for a while." Wu Guixiang grabbed a handful of melon seeds for each of them.
The two of them sat down obediently, and started chatting around the stove while cracking melon seeds.
Over there, Su Qingyun's family of three had just picked up Chu Xianming, who had come by car from the county. Looking at Chu Xianming, who was carrying something in his hand and wearing a Chinese tunic suit, Su Aimin and his wife couldn't help but straighten their backs.
"Teacher, this is my father and my mother." Su Qingyun introduced.
"Hello, Teacher Chu. Hello." Su Aimin and Qin Ying immediately greeted Chu Xianming with warm smiles on their faces.
"Hello, I'm Chu Xianming." Chu Xianming tried his best to curl up the corners of his mouth and try to look kind.
When meeting the student's parents for the first time, Chu Xianming naturally wanted to leave a good impression. He was alone all year round. Apart from saying a few words to people who came to borrow and return books, he had lost his basic ability to interact with others. communication skills.
When he wasn't smiling, he looked extremely serious, which looked a bit bluffing. Su Aimin and Qin Ying were more enthusiastic and cautious. Su Qingyun felt that this scene was very similar to when she had committed a crime and was visited by her teacher at home. scene
She was amused by her thought, and quickly shook her head to get rid of the thought, and said to the three of them: "Let's go back quickly, we are still waiting at home."
"Okay, okay." Su Aimin stretched out his hand to take the thing in Chu Xianming's hand, "Teacher Chu, let me carry it."
"It doesn't matter, I can do it myself..." Before Chu Xianming finished speaking, the things in his hand were snatched away by Su Aimin without any explanation.
He looked at the palm of his hand and felt a little at a loss for a moment. The Su family was so enthusiastic and he was a little flattered.
"Let's go, teacher." Su Qingyun saw his discomfort and said quickly.
Su Aimin is a very familiar person. As long as he wants to have a good relationship with someone, he can get closer to them in the shortest time. This time is no exception. He just said a few words and made Chu Xianming feel excited all over. Relaxed.
"Teacher Chu, I would like to ask you about the rural economy again, for example..." Su Aimin didn't just talk about a random topic. He really had something to say and a problem to say. After all, this is A living university professor is not someone you can meet casually. Of course, you have to study and study.
Although Chu Xianming is a professor of mathematics, he also knows a lot about various other fields, and he took the trouble to answer Su Aimin's questions, even some very simple economics questions.
He was very happy. He didn't expect that his student's family members were also such studious people. He liked studious people.
The two of them walked and talked together, the atmosphere was very harmonious, and they looked like a pair of good brothers. Su Qingyun and her mother walked behind, looking at the serious backs of the two, and smiled at each other.
Soon, the group of people arrived at Luoshui Village. As soon as they entered the courtyard, the three of them heard a burst of laughter burst out from the house. Su Aimin walked in and asked curiously: "What are you talking about? Are you so happy?"
"Isn't this talking about joining the martial arts?" Li Xiulian said with a smile, "He was telling some jokes he made when he first went to the factory, which were really funny."
Su Congwu looked helpless. Is that funny? That pure thing is what makes him embarrassed!
However, it would be nice to make the family members smile. Su Congwu smiled as he thought about this.
When Chu Xianming entered the room, the eyes of the family immediately focused on him. With so many pairs of eyes, Chu Xianming instantly felt tremendous pressure.
Su Qingyun quickly introduced: "Mistress, uncle, aunt, second uncle and aunt, eldest brother and sister-in-law, third brother, this is my teacher, Teacher Chu Xianming."
"Hello, I'm Chu Xianming." He greeted everyone bravely.
After the Su family was stunned for a moment, they scrambled to stand up and say hello.
"Hello, Teacher Chu, I am Su Aiguo."
"I am Su Ai Dang."
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The family introduced themselves one by one. Chu Xianming had an excellent memory and memorized the names of everyone in the room in an instant.
Zhang Xinlan murmured in a low voice: "My God, I can still see a teacher from a college student in this life. It's really amazing."
Li Xiulian sat next to her and said nothing, but she was thinking the same thing.
The Su family members were a little nervous thinking about Chu Xianming's identity. He was a teacher who taught college students. He wouldn't look down on them, right?
"Teacher Chu, drink some water." Wu Guixiang poured a glass of water for Chu Xianming herself.
"Thank you." Chu Xianming took it and thanked him quickly.
Su Qingyun looked at the slightly nervous faces of the family and felt a little helpless. Their family members were just like the children in the kindergarten, sitting and looking at the teacher obediently.
