Time: 2011-1- 14 23:36:42 Words: 5282
33. The Second Visit
Perhaps I thought too much and thought for too long. Perhaps I thought that it was almost dawn. I slept until the sun came out in the morning. It was Li Zhuhong who woke me up.
I got out of bed and looked. Oh my god, he was riding a brand new Phoenix bicycle. The sound of the bearings turning was very clear.
He put the bicycle on the top of his bed and took off his bag from the hanger.
"Do you want to eat? I brought something good!"
As he spoke, he took out a paper bag from his bag and opened it. It was filled with preserved fish, sausage, and pig ears. Then, he took out another bag and opened it. It was filled with flower stems, biscuits, and dates.
"This is the New Year's gift that my mother made. I couldn't finish it, so she asked me to bring it over. My father gave this to my family from the factory. There's a lot of it. I've been sick of it since I was young.”
I said,
"I brought a lot too."
I opened the bag and took out pig's head meat, sausage, fried lotus root, fried mung bean balls, fried roasted dumplings, and rice candy. We began to share each other's things. He ate my fried lotus roots, fried green bean balls, fried grilled dumplings, and rice candy, while I ate his snow dates and flower stems. Unfortunately, there was no water. I said,
"If only there was something to boil water!”
Li Zhuhong said,
"I bought an electric cup."
He took out a cup from his bag. I said,
"I'll go get some water."
I carried the bucket and walked out. I remembered what Yu Lian said last night. It was not good to pass by the principal's house. I walked to the place where the bell rang. The principal came out to pour some water for his face. When he saw me, he shouted,
"Little Zhang! Too early?"
I wasn't early, and I can't go back to her house now. Hence, he said,
"Good morning, Principal! I've already passed!"
I saw the principal go in. He hurriedly went to the river to grab a bucket of water and ran to the dormitory.
After a while, the electric cup rang, and it turned on very quickly. We each poured a cup of water and ate while talking about the winter vacation. As he was speaking, Wu Aiting came in.
"Alright, you guys are secretly eating and didn't even call me!”
She didn't care if it was mine or Li Zhuhong's. She grabbed it and ate it. Li Zhuhong said,
"Wu Aiting, aren't you afraid of getting fat by eating the sausage?”
"You're the one who's getting fat! Zhang Su Ning, this is yours, right? Did you buy it or did you make it yourself?”
I said,
"People in the countryside don't buy anything from the street. I made them myself."
She praised the sausage, the rice candy, and the fried lotus root, but she didn't praise the flower stalk and the snow dates. Li Zhuhong was very dissatisfied.
"Why don't you eat my salted fish, snow dates, flower stems, and cloud cake?”
Li Zhuhong took out a cloud cake from under the bag and handed it to Wu Aiting. Wu Aiting didn't take it and said,
"Didn't you buy these from the store? I've already bought it for my family. I want to eat something I've never eaten before!”
Li Zhuhong pointed at my sausage and said,"
"Haven't you eaten an sausage before?"
"That's different. I've smoked it. It smells very good. You haven't eaten yet, have you?"
Li Zhuhong really took a piece and started to praise him. I looked at Wu Aiting's eyes, which were moving slowly. What should those eyes be called? Red phoenix eyes?
Zhang Moxiong and Lu Chuanjie also came over and casually grabbed some food to eat. At this time, the principal called for a meeting, so we swarmed to the office. On the way, we passed by the principal's door. I deliberately glanced inside and happened to see Amelia carrying the child towards the door. I didn't dare to look at her, so I quickly avoided her. She sat at her desk and thought about what she had said to Amelia last night. Why was she staring at her so intently at that time, but now she didn't dare to look at her? Humans were really strange creatures.
I didn't hear what the principal said at all. When I saw everyone get up, I didn't know what to do. Wu Aiting walked to my side and said,
"Let's go?"
I asked,
"Where are we going?"
Wu Aiting looked at Teacher Zhou and smiled. Teacher Zhou said,
"Little Zhang, let's form a group of three and visit the families of the students in our two classes for the next two days.”
Only then did I come back to my senses. Wu Aiting leaned into my ear and said,
"Zhang Su Ning, what are you thinking about? Could it be that his soul had left his body? Didn't you hear the principal speaking so loudly?”
I stopped talking and let Wu Aiting taunt me.
We followed Teacher Zhou and planned to go to Team 54 first, then Team 81, and then to Xiaohe Bay to Team Xin Hua. Today, we will go to four teams. In the beginning, it seemed that they were all Teacher Zhou's students. Once they had a student, they would bring us to another student's house. The parents of the students seemed to be very familiar with Teacher Zhou. There was a family on May 4th that had no students studying in Teacher Zhou's class, but they dragged Teacher Zhou and the two of us to sit at home for a long time. It turned out that there was a son who used to study in Teacher Zhou's class. He was very naughty and broke his head in a fight. When he went to school, he insisted on breaking his head as well. Teacher Zhou patiently did a lot of work. After both sides calmed down, Teacher Zhou taught both sides how to get along. Later on, both of them made great progress. The child of this family later passed the third high school examination. The parent said,
"If it weren't for you, Teacher Zhou, who knows what our son would be like!”
Teacher Zhou asked,
"Where is he?"
"She went to school a long time ago."
As he spoke, the man's wife brought two bowls of eggs. One bowl for Teacher Zhou, one bowl for Wu Aiting, and then another bowl for me. To be honest, I was a little hungry, but I couldn't eat like this. Wu Aiting said,
"We didn't teach your son not to eat your eggs.”
The man said,
"Teacher Zhou is my son's teacher. You are Teacher Zhou's colleagues, which means that you are my son's teacher.”
Teacher Zhou said,
"The parents are so enthusiastic. They've already prepared it. Let's just eat a little!”
When I saw Teacher Zhou say this, I wolfed down the four eggs in a few bites. When I finished eating and drinking the soup, I found that Wu Aiting had eaten two and used a spoon to scoop the soup. Teacher Zhou barely finished it. The student who led the way outside said,
"Teacher Zhou, Lin Chaoying is here to pick you up!”
Teacher Zhou said goodbye to the man. He wanted to send us off, but I stopped him. After walking for a long distance, Wu Aiting said,
"Zhang Su Ning, aren't you too early? Look at how you finished the egg in a few moves! If it wasn't for the fact that I was afraid that the parents would laugh at me, I would have given my eggs to you.”
There was a hint of sincerity in my words, but also a hint of mockery. I said,
"I look awful, don't I?”
"Yeah, he doesn't look like a weak scholar at all. He looks more like a person like Li Kui.”
I asked,
"Do you know how Li Kui eats?”
Wu Aiting stared at her round eyes and said,
"It's the kind of look that gulps down the dates!”
"Do you want me to tell you?"
I pretended to know Li Kui very well, and Wu Aiting really believed me.
"Tell me, I'll listen."
Thus, I began to speak without thinking.
"Do you still remember Bai Juyi's 'Song of the Pipa? After he wrote this poem, the Xunyang River became famous. It was unknown which official had built a pipa pavilion by the Xunyang River. Song Jiang was led by Dai Zong to the Pipa Pavilion for a meal. Li Kui was Dai Zong's follower, so he followed him. After drinking a few rounds of wine, Song Jiang wanted to drink fish soup. He asked Dai Zong if he knew how to cook fish here. Dai Zong said,'This is a land of fish and rice. How can anyone not know how to cook fish?' Brother, just order. Therefore, Song Jiang said," I want a sour and spicy fish soup. It's sour and spicy, just right to sober up." Therefore, Dai Zong called the waiter over and ordered a hot and sour fish soup. After a while, the waiter served a large bowl of fish soup. Dai Zong invited Song Jiang to drink first and scooped a bowl for Song Jiang. When Song Jiang drank it, he repeatedly cheered, saying that in the past, Bai Letian sent guests off here. How could he drink such good soup! Li Kui gulped down a big bowl of wine and said,"What kind of soup is this? My Brother Song Gongming said it tastes so good?" After saying that, he brought the soup bowl in front of him and scooped it in with his hand. A huge fish was in his bowl. Li Kui took a bite and half of the fish was gone. He chewed a few times and swallowed it…"
"Nonsense! If he ate it like this, where would the thorns be? Could it be that he didn't spit out the thorns? You're talking nonsense!"
Seeing that she had taken the bait, I became even more pleased.
"You don't believe me? Shall we make a bet? Anyway, there is a set of Water Margins in the school library. We can go back and check it tonight to decide the winner. This way, if Li Kui ate all the bones, you would lose. If Li Kui spat out the bones, you would win. Whoever lost would treat. Teacher Zhou will be my witness, okay?"
This frightened Wu Aiting. She said,
"You're so ruffian!"
"Teacher Zhou, tell me, she was the one who suspected that I was wrong, so I wanted to make a bet with her. Am I the rascal or is she the rascal?”
Teacher Zhou only smiled. Some parents of students invited us to dinner. After we walked a few doors, some parents invited us to drink and eat. I was still thinking about the bet with Wu Aiting. I quietly asked her,
"Wu Aiting, have you seen Water Margins?”
She said,
"This is the most serious novel I've ever read. Why don't I remember Li Kui eating all the fish?”
When she said that, I started to doubt my memory. Although I had seen it twice, it was hard to say the details. If Wu Aiting agreed to the bet immediately, I might lose. However, I was very curious and asked her,"
"I've only seen men like to read 'Water Margin', but I've never heard any female students say that they like to read novels about fighting and killing. Why do you like it?"
Wu Aiting was excited.
"Alright, Zhang Su Ning, you look down on women! You're a male chauvinist! Let me tell you, not only do I like to watch it, but my best classmate, Zhong Aiping, also likes it! We all worship heroes, why should we differentiate between men and women?”
I just remembered that Wu Aiting often went to the gate to play with this classmate.
When we arrived at Xiaohe, a student from Class 2 said to me,"
"Teacher Zhang, that's Wang Side's house. I'll bring you there!”
We followed the students of Class 2 to Wang Side's house. It was not far from the county town. The house was a red brick house with three rooms in the front and a kitchen on the left. The student shouted,
"Wang Sde, your teacher is here!”
I was looking at the house when a middle-aged man came out and asked,
Who is Wang Side's teacher?"
I walked forward and said,
"I'm his form teacher. Today, the school arranged for the teachers of our two classes to come out and visit together. Firstly, we're here to understand the student's family situation, and secondly, we're here to remind him of the requirements for registration for the new semester.”
Another middle-aged woman came out, probably Wang Side's mother. I asked,
"You're Wang Side's mother, right? Where is Wang Sde?"
"He went to visit relatives and will only be back tomorrow.”
The middle-aged man brought out two chairs for us to sit on. I gave them to Teacher Zhou first and said,
"This is Ms. Zhou from Class Two. She's my teacher.”
The man said repeatedly,
"My apologies! My apologies!"
I went to the hall and brought out two chairs. I sat beside Wu Aiting and said,
"This is Teacher Wu, Wang Side's math teacher.”
The man stood up slightly and sat down with me. I began to introduce Wang Sde's situation.
"Wang Side is quite obedient in school and is very polite. He shouts at every teacher he sees. As long as the teacher says something, he will immediately follow. I've never seen him be late for class before. I don't think he's been late for math either, Teacher Wu? He also completed his homework well. He just wasn't hardworking. Everything was about completing the task. Once the task was completed, everything would be fine. He would have fun with his classmates. How many children are there at home?"
The man said,
"Two. The eldest went out to learn craftsmanship. He's the youngest son.”
I asked again,
"Where's Grandpa and Grandma?"
"It's just that Grandpa and Grandma spoil him. Isn't that right? He lives next door to our house. As long as we ignore him, as long as we hit him casually, our grandfather and father will run over. If we don't, Grandma will scold us. I said, you guys even broke the baton when you were in charge of us. Why are you not allowing us to hit you when it's our turn to take care of our son? The two old men acted shamelessly and said,"If you're not allowed to fight, you're not allowed to fight!" We can't do anything about it. Fortunately, he hasn't spoiled us.”
Wu Aiting interjected,
"Wang Sde is a smart kid. He has a way to solve many of my math problems. It's just that Teacher Zhang said that he doesn't work hard. If he takes the initiative to study and studies further, he will make great progress.”
Teacher Zhou said,
"Children nowadays are no longer like the children from a few years ago. They are all a little lazy. I have a student like Wang Sde in my class. He's smart and can learn immediately.”
As we were talking, Wang Side's mother came out and shouted,"
"You treated the teachers to drinks! My meal is ready."
We were about to leave when the man grabbed me and Wu Aiting. Wang Side's mother also came over to grab Teacher Zhou and said,
"Today is the ninth day of the lunar new year, and it's also the new year. No matter what, we have to wet our teeth!”
The man echoed,
"We don't have anything good to eat at home, but you must appreciate our teacher's kindness. Usually, we can't even invite you. Now that you're here, how can you leave just like that?”
I looked at Teacher Zhou and said,
"Teacher Zhou, since the parents are so polite, we can only…"
Teacher Zhou said helplessly,
" I ate at the student's house just now, and now I'm eating again. It really can't fit…"
The man said,
"You've already eaten at other people's houses, so you must eat at our house. Otherwise, you'll be looking down on us!”
Since we've already said this, we can only stay. Wang Si De's mother had already served the dishes. Wang Si De's father held my hand, afraid that I would run away, and pressed me to the seat of honor. I wanted Teacher Zhou to sit.
"I'll let you sit!"
Then, I invited Teacher Zhou and Wu Aiting to sit. Wu Aiting sat next to Teacher Zhou on my right hand, and the parents sat on my left.
"Logically speaking, I should sit down and accompany you. However, Teacher Wu refused to sit here, so I sat here and accompanied you to drink.”
He forced us to drink, but Wu Aiting and Teacher Zhou declined. Only I drank with him. I said,
"I haven't drunk alcohol before."
He smiled and said,
"I haven't drunk it either.”
What he meant was that he had drunk it.
"I really don't know how to drink it."
"Then let's start drinking from today. Which man in the countryside doesn't know how to drink? Come on, just one glass and you'll be fine.”
Wu Aiting smiled beside Teacher Zhou, but this smile did not work. Wang Side's father said,
"Look, Teacher Wu already told me that you know how to drink.”
I could only drink with my parents. As we talked, two old men came in. Wang Sde's father whispered to me,
"These are my father and mother. Please help me talk to them. Mother, grandfather, this is Teacher Zhang, this is Teacher Wu, and this is Teacher Zhou. They are all your grandson's teachers. Come, Grandpa, have a drink with Teacher Zhang.”
After saying that, he gave me a look and went down to sit opposite me. I stood up and said,
"Greetings, elders. Please take a seat.”
Grandpa sat beside me and raised his glass.
"Come, let me toast to my grandson's teacher. Thank you for educating my grandson.”
I took a sip and said,
"You're Wang Sde's grandfather. I want to say a few words to you. Wang Si De was very smart. He would learn everything in one go. If he put in a little effort, he would definitely be able to stand out in the future.”
Speaking of his grandson, the old man perked up.
"This grandson of mine is so smart. His father had been very weak when he was young. He could not study well, so he could only touch mud fruits in the fields. My De 'er is much smarter than his father. He knows what he wants!”
Teacher Zhou continued,
"That's right, we all saw it. Wang Side is smart. If he used all his intelligence on his studies, it would be amazing!”
Wu Aiting continued,
" I really like Wang Sde. He can think of many ideas to solve the questions…"
The old man perked up.
"How is it? Motherf * cker, I'm talking about my grandson, alright? The teacher said that De 'er is smart. If you hit him again, I'll break your hand!”
Wang Side's father wasn't angry at all. He stood up and filled my cup with wine, then filled his father's cup with wine. He returned to his seat and said,
"Grandpa, you shouldn't have scolded me in front of the teacher. Teacher came to our house today to say that De 'er is smart, but did you hear what Teacher said?‘It would be great if he used all his cleverness on his studies. That is to say, he didn't put all his heart into his studies and just wanted to have fun. This is all your fault!"
In order not to let the old man interrupt, I quickly continued,
"He's just a little playful. He's always sloppily completing his learning tasks, which affects his progress. If she was serious, she might get good grades. He was ranked 18th in the class during the middle of the last semester and 21st at the end of the semester. With his intelligence, he could definitely get into the top few. You are his grandfather, and you love your grandson the most. You have to set strict requirements for him. " Didn't they say that strictness is love and relaxation is harm? I hope that Wang Side's parents, grandparents, and grandparents will be stricter with him. Let him be serious at home and in school. We will help him in school, and you will strictly control him at home. I think he will definitely make great progress.”
When we got up to leave, I was already dizzy. Wang Sde's grandfather and father sent us to the main road.
I didn't remember which other student families I went to. I originally planned to go to Zheng Debin and Chengzu Hong's house and come back. However, before I reached, it was already dark. I walked unsteadily and Wu Aiting was dodging from my collision. I'm thinking, am I pretending to be crazy?
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