Ever since she won the award, Qiu Shi's school life had changed drastically.
Principal Liu praised her at the school meeting." Our school's Zeng Hongtong is an excellent student and a versatile student. She is two years younger than her classmates on average! However, he was able to obtain better results than others. Could this not make him famous? Wasn't age a symbol of wisdom? "I hope that all of you can look up to Student Hong Tong and bring out better results to bring glory to the school." The audience was in an uproar.
This was the first time Qiu Shi had been praised at the school assembly. Her flushed little face was filled with shyness, but she was also very happy in her heart. She repeatedly bowed to everyone to thank them. There were no music teachers in the village schools in the 1980s, but they couldn't possibly skip every music class, right? After the school meeting, the teachers of each class handed over the music class to this girl who had just entered the third grade. Because she was the first student in the school to win the first prize in the singing competition.
In order to live up to the teachers 'expectations, Qiu Shi worked even harder to learn how to sing and dance. Every morning, he would wake up and make breakfast while listening to the songs on the radio. No matter what kind of song it was, as long as she listened to it two or three times, she would be able to grasp the lyrics and melody very accurately. At that time, there were songs such as Lupin Flower, Daddy's Grass Shoes, Mud Doll, Flower Heart, Sailor, Starlight, Tea Mountain Love Song, and so on. These all became the content of Qiu Shi's lessons in school. She didn't even know how to write some of the lyrics, but that didn't stop her determination to continue working hard. Perhaps this was the only way she could repay her teachers.
Qiu Shi's form teacher once told her that if she wanted to stand out, she had to work hard to be a useful person. The prerequisite was to study hard, which was the only way out for rural children.
Qiu Shi did not have much time to waste. She learned in her own way. He would always bring a book with him when he was harvesting pigweed. She had already finished reading the text that the teacher had yet to talk about, and she had written down the sentences and math questions that she did not understand. Ask your teacher for advice during your spare time. Because of her special status in school, she was very familiar with the teachers of every class. The teachers would also recommend some extra-cursory books for her to read. She was quite thick-skinned in this aspect. Every time she encountered a word she didn't understand or a word she didn't know, she would disturb the teachers.
After the third grade mid-term exam, the form teacher arranged for Qiu Shi to participate in the primary school essay competition. The essay [Sunset in the West, Swallows Return to Their Nest] was selected as the first prize for the best essay in the province and the annual top ten excellent essay award. She also received 30 yuan as a remuneration. It was published in [Primary and Secondary School Students 'Essay Weekly].
30 yuan. What did this mean to a primary school student living in a rural area? A teacher's monthly salary was only about 140 yuan, and it depended on the age of the teacher. This news quickly spread throughout the school, and it was like the school had exploded into a frenzy. The seniors of the upper grades would run to the door of Qiu Shi's classroom to see her and discuss it animatedly. The juniors of the lower grades would look at her with admiration. The principal had specially held a school meeting for Qiu Shi, and she stood on the podium of the school meeting, shining brightly. The students looked up at Qiu Shi, who was not tall but had a dazzling halo, with envy.
However, such a student who was well-liked by teachers and students had to cut a basket of pigweed every day after school at noon to go home to cook and feed pigs. He only had the chance to continue studying in school in the afternoon.
The students in the class started to strike up a conversation with Qiu Shi, and some of them volunteered to help Qiu Shi. They would follow behind her and look for fodder for the pigs. Qiu Shi would also help her classmates solve their learning problems. However, there were always some people who did not like her.
"Hong Tong, let's skip rope together!" After class, Aijing grabbed Qiu Shi's hand.
This put Qiu Shi in a difficult position." I still have things to do!”
"Let's play together for a while. Don't tell me you don't know how to skip rope?”Aijing blinked as an interesting thought flashed through her mind.
"I really have something to do. Find someone else!”Qiu Shi prepared to leave the scene after saying that.
" Hong Tong, let's play together."
Seeing that Hong Tong was about to escape, Aijing was even more certain that this top student with excellent moral character and academics did not know how to skip rope. With a look from her, a few of her playmates grabbed Qiu Shi's arm and insisted on skipping rope with her.
Qiu Shi was stubborn and was dragged to the center of the field by a few female students.
"Have any of you seen Red Boy skipping rope? This was unprecedented! Everyone, come and take a look!"
Who was so nosy that they were shouting? The advertising effect was really high. In less than a minute, the surroundings were filled with people, as if they wanted to see the pandas in the zoo.
" A rubber band is 7.7 meters long. Malan blossoms 21, 256, 257, 282931, 356, 357, 383941 "
A group of people surrounded Qiu Shi and watched her jump rope. She originally thought that her classmate, who did nothing but study and play pigweed, did not know how to skip rope. She did not expect her to actually…
At this moment, the bell rang…
It was PE class.
On the field, Qiu Shi's classmates were doing warm-up exercises.
Teacher Chen: " Sports committee member, can I borrow someone from you?”
At this moment, the sports committee member looked at the form teacher, Luo Tianzhi.
She was an excellent teacher. She smiled and said,"I know who you want."”Then, he looked up at Qiu Shi with a smile and said,""You can go!"
"Hong Tong, you have to be careful. Don't get caught skipping rope after class!”An Lin and Qiu Shi were neighbors, and they were the two most important playmates. An Lin cast a sidelong glance at Qiu Shi and chuckled evilly.
Qiu Shi rolled her eyes at her and retorted sarcastically," Don't mention that. The teacher might make you do 100 push-ups!"”
After the school meeting, the teachers liked Qiu Shi even more. The first-year form teacher would occasionally ask Qiu Shi to help him mark his homework. The second-year form teacher would bring her to the office after class and hand her a new collection of literary works…
As for her? She had also become a teacher in school, responsible for teaching music classes from grade one to grade six. Even though it was just a few songs and he didn't need to read the score, it was still not an easy task for a third-year primary school student.
Qiu Shi was a very competitive child. She knew that her family was poor and that the clothes she wore were not as beautiful as others. She could not spend her pocket money to buy snacks at the grocery store every day like others. The only thing she could be proud of was her results in every exam, so she could not lose to others in this regard!
"Tong Tong, are you washing clothes tomorrow? " Let's go to the Han Family's pond. Let's go together…" After school in the afternoon, An Lin finally caught up to Qiu Shi. Their friendship had been slowly forged from the time they spent harvesting pigweed and washing clothes.
" I have to go wash up after lunch. After that, I have to fetch water-" Qiu Shi's lips twitched. She was very envious of An Lin because the well was right under her yard and was only a short walk away. On the other hand, she had to walk through a field to reach home.
"I don't know how to do some questions. Are you free tonight? "Come over to my house for dinner, then we'll do our homework together-" An Lin lowered her head with an embarrassed expression."My mother said that your grades are good and asked me to ask you more questions.”
"My study time is after dinner, but I can't go to your house for dinner. It should be fine to do homework together, because I don't have to light Dad's kerosene at your house.”After she finished speaking, Qiu Shi looked at him from the corner of her eyes and walked towards home with a basket full of fodder on her back."Let's go back together."
"Hey!" An Lin jogged after him.
He was blessed by the teachers in the school, and his classmates looked at him with envy. Qiu Shi's young heart felt a heavy burden, but of course, there was also a little pride. However, as time passed, her throat began to hurt and it was difficult for her to speak.
That day, when Ru Xian returned home, she heard her daughter's voice turn into a duck's voice. After careful observation, she said to her daughter,"" It's your tonsil inflammation. Don't sing in falsetto in the future. Otherwise, it will destroy the normal development of your vocal cords and cause tonsil inflammation. Your school teachers are really too much. They keep making you go to music classes. I have to go to school to report this.”
"Mom, don't go!" Qiu Shi's pleading tone stunned Ru Xian." I don't know what a real voice is and what a falsetto is. There's no music teacher in school who taught me how to sing. It was precisely because there was none that everyone hoped to hear the song. The teachers are also very good to me. I am very happy in school. Mom, I am not afraid of throat inflammation. Please don't go to school to report it.”Qiu Shi said as she knelt down.
She was really afraid. Other than using this method to repay the teachers for their kindness, what else could she do? She was the poorest student in the school, the girl who dressed the worst and ate the worst. If she didn't have excellent results and lost the value of being noticed, what was there for her to be proud of?
Qiu Shi did not understand what she needed in her heart. Was the need for good results a kind of consolation for her inferiority complex? Or was it the pride of wanting to be noticed? Or to prove his existence!？Ru Xian didn't give up on protecting her daughter. She went to the school to talk to the form teacher. After that, the school held a meeting and divided the music class for the six grades into two days, Tuesdays and Thursday. The three grades would have one music class together.
It was summer vacation, which meant that the tuition fees for the new semester were coming again.
Qiu Shi was always troubled by the problem of her poor family being unable to pay her tuition fees. Every semester, the teachers in the school would raise funds for her and apply for subsidies. Teacher Luo said that she had applied for special approval from the Jiangjin Education Bureau, hoping that when she graduated from primary school, Qiu Shi would be able to get into a key high school with excellent results. That way, she would be able to obtain the qualification to study for free. However, she did not mention anything about the tuition fees she had paid for Qiu Shi.
In the 1980s, the monthly salary of a village teacher was sometimes less than 100 RMB. It was normal for them to only receive their salary once every three to four months. Thinking of this, Qiu Shi felt very sorry for Teacher Luo. Even if the other students did not talk about her or despise her, she would still feel very sad.
Therefore, she worked even harder to pluck the pigweed, hoping that the pigs in the pen would grow up quickly.
That day, she finally seized an opportunity. Her father seemed to be in a good mood." Dad, sell this pig and help me pay my tuition fees. I heard that Teacher Luo hasn't been paid for two months…"
"Ah! I sold pigs to pay for your tuition? The whole family only sees selling a pig a year to make ends meet. Is your tuition more important?”Her father glared at her and suddenly stopped in his tracks.
Qiu Shi was so frightened that she stuttered,""I-I-it's just-I thought I'd get some extra money from selling pigs, so I'd give twenty to the teacher-she's been without pay for two months.”
In the end, his eccentric and irritable father used his violence to respond to Qiu Shi's request. On his small body, the old and new injuries hugged each other and comforted each other.
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