Say no more. Qi Liang persuaded Xu Sijin to return, but he refused. Qi Liang persuaded Xu Sijin again, "Sijin, come home with us. I will send you to Tubao Yucai School for enlightenment tomorrow."
I am already a teenager, what books should I still read? Illiteracy is illiterate. Qi Liang pouted, but actually she actually liked hanging out in school because there were many hooligans there and it was fun.
Silly boy, it would be great to study. If you learn literacy, you will be able to accomplish something in the future. Listen to your mother and Uncle Qi and go home first. I will take you to school tomorrow. Hu Yingzi also felt warm in her heart, feeling that Qiliang was really helping him by sending Sijin to study. Xu Sijin was moved by this and followed the adults back without saying a word.
The next day, Qi Liang, Hu Yingzi and Xu Sijin went to the Tubao Yucai School across Songshan. This school is run by an elementary school and a junior high school together. It is divided into east and west rows of classrooms. The east row is for junior high school students and the west row is for elementary school students. When he found the principal Tian Yucai, the school was over. As soon as he saw Xu Sijin, he refused, saying that he was so old and in the first grade, could he save face? Most first-grade students are only six or seven years old, but your child is more than ten years old, like a young man.
If you can afford it, I'm willing to read it. Xu Sijin said with confidence, holding the new schoolbag hanging on his chest with both hands.
Even if he wants to study, it won't work! It’s been two months since school started and I can’t catch up. Come next semester! Tian Yucai frowned as soon as he said this, and the crow's feet with freckles at the corners of his eyes trembled slightly.
Didn't you say that since he is older, it would be better to wait for another semester? Hu Yingzi used what he said to defeat his "army".
Anyway, I am already older and I don’t care about being another semester older. Come see me again next semester. Tian Yucai still wanted to refuse, so he said this.
Qi Liang pulled him to a sycamore tree next to the campus playground and had a conversation alone. Hu Yingzi saw the principal nod, then accepted Xu Sijin and arranged for him to attend class one (four). Qi Liang also went to the school finance office to pay one semester's tuition, walked out with the receipt, called Hu Yingzi who was waiting outside the door, and walked out of the school with satisfaction.
After leaving the school, Hu Yingzi, who had always been confused, asked, how did Principal Tian agree?
Qi Liang replied that he was moved by what I said and he agreed to accept it. I said that we are a combined family. The four-pound father died early. Unfortunately, he lost the best chance of education due to the ruin of his family. Now if he continues to wander outside, the child will be wasted. I don’t want to If you send the child here, where should you send it? Besides, if a child is spoiled, doesn’t the school, as an educational institution, have no responsibility at all? If you don't accept him, I will have to send the child to the county education bureau to find the director.
Hu Yingzi immediately interrupted him and said forget it! Principal Tian may have agreed to accept four pounds because he was afraid that you would ask the Director of Education to hold you accountable.
Maybe yes. No matter what, just accept the child. To prevent the four kilograms from being wasted or stolen outside, causing us trouble. As Qi Liang spoke, he had already walked a short distance and saw a river in front of him. This river was called Longpan River. The shape of the river flowing through the area was like a dragon coiling around the earth. A stone pagoda stands on the mountain ridge across the river.
Qi Liang sighed emotionally at the scene and explained the origin of the pagoda to Hu Yingzi, saying that it was built by a local Taoist named Wu Fazi during the Ming Dynasty to raise public funds to suppress the river demon. It is said that in the past, there were special incidents in the river. The tragedy of drowning people is caused by river monsters. Since the pagoda was built, no one has died in the river. I hope Tubao Yucai School can calm Xu Sijing like a pagoda, allowing him to stop his bad habit of stealing outside and become a good person.
I hope so, you must be nice to him. Hu Yingzi said.
Will I treat him badly? I treat him like my own son. Qi Liang said this and did the same thing after returning home. When his two children came home from school, he quietly said good things to them. As expected, they behaved well and let Xu Sijin do everything. Xu Sijin always let Xu Sijin eat anything delicious first. When Xu Sijin saw Qi Bin, Qi Lin was good to them, and she was good to them. They no longer quarreled, and the family got along harmoniously.
But not long after the peaceful days, another troublesome thing happened.
One morning, Hu Yingzi, who was wearing an old checkered dress, was carrying water to water seedlings in the vegetable garden. Suddenly she heard the barking of dogs from the village. She ignored that and concentrated on her work. After a while, a middle-aged man from her neighbor Qiyue came running to call her, dripping with sweat. When asked what happened, he said that a female teacher came to Tubao Yucai School, saying she was the head teacher of Sijin, and she had something to do with you.
What's the matter? It must not be a good thing, Hu Yingzi thought. She didn't say anything. She put her hand into the bucket with half a bucket of water that had not yet been poured, washed it, poured the water again, and quickly returned with a load of buckets.
The lacquered moon that held the letter had long since disappeared, but a strange woman in fashionable clothes was standing at the entrance of the village, watching her approach, with a faint smile on her face, looking polite, friendly and cultivated. . The strange woman greeted Hu Yingzi, who was walking over with two empty buckets, and asked, "Are you Xu Sijin's mother?"
right! Come sit in the room, drink some tea, and if you have any questions, just tell me. Oh, by the way, what do you call it? Hu Yingzi was worried about Xu Sijin getting into trouble again, but she tried to stay calm and answered politely.
My surname is Xiong, and I am the class teacher who teaches Xu Sijin. Just call me Little Bear. I don’t have to sit at your house, so don’t be polite. I have something to tell you. Classmate Xu Sijin is skipping school.
Oh, Teacher Xiong, why did he skip school? When did you skip school?
I have been skipping school for two or three days and have not been to school for these two or three days. He also invited two male classmates Xia Gao and Long Lai, who were in the second grade of junior high school, out of school to play hooky together.
That's okay, I see him carrying his schoolbag and going out every day. I thought he was at school, but how could I know he was skipping school?
A dialogue allowed each other to know some of the real situation. Hu Yingzi also learned from Teacher Xiong's conversation that Teacher Xiong was arranged by Principal Tian to come to her. She believed that as long as Xu Sijin was found, the other two classmates would naturally be with him, because Xu Sijin was the leader.
Teacher Xiong also said that Principal Tian asked me to convey his words to Xu Sijin’s parents. If Xu Sijin does not return to school tomorrow, he will be told not to come to school in the future and the school will expel him.
Originally, he was an older transfer student from a lower grade, with poor grades and skipping school. When the final exam came, he would be a hindrance to the class and also to our school. The total scores of students in our school's final exam were We need to be ranked in the district. Compared with other schools of the same level, if we are ranked behind, we will be disgraced. We may even be held accountable and have teachers' bonuses deducted, so we are under pressure.
Principal Tian said that he had heard that Xu Sijin was caught by the police and sent to a juvenile correctional center and had been sent to a labor camp. He had bad conduct and our school should not have accepted him. But now that he has been admitted, this is what happened.
Hu Yingzi remained silent for a while. After listening to Teacher Xiong's words, she felt nervous and the seriousness of the problem, and immediately expressed her position, I will go find Si Jin immediately. If I find him, I will send him to school today. If I can't find him, he has to go home at night. After I get home, I will educate him. Then I will definitely send the four pounds to school tomorrow. As for the other two classmates, I also asked him if he brought them with him. If he is a truant, ask him to ask those two classmates to go to school together.
