908: Children without mothers are pitiful

Amid the cheers of his classmates, Jia Le secretly observed the reactions of the other students. Seeing that they had forgotten their opinions about him and no one raised any objections, Jia Le felt relieved.

In the afternoon, Shao Xia specially took out a class time, took out an accordion to accompany the children, and taught them to sing "Let's Row the Boat Together". Jia Le, who had never participated in any activities, participated in the chorus for the first time. He was very excited and sang very seriously.

But he was still a little uneasy, afraid that others would say something else, but fortunately, as long as Teacher Shao was there, those students did not dare to be too arrogant.

After school in the afternoon, all the other children ran out of the school gate and went home on their own, except Jia Le. Shao Xia was worried that he would run around if she let him go, so she kept holding him tightly.

I waited at the school gate until Jia Le's father arrived.

Jia Zan saw the teacher leading Jia Le across the street and immediately quickened his pace to run over. He began to thank them from a distance:

"Mr. Shao, thank you very much. I'm sorry to trouble you."

Seeing Jia Le's father being so polite, Shao Xia smiled and said:

"Jia Le's father, you don't have to be so polite. This is what I should do. Jia Le performed very well today. He joined our choir and sang very seriously. Jia Le, you will perform well in the future, right?"

Jia Le nodded slightly.

Seeing that his son didn't seem as rebellious as before, Jia Zan smiled sincerely:

"Okay, Jiale, let's go home?"

Jia Zan reached out to pull his son, but Jia Le suddenly hid behind Shao Xia, unwilling to go back with his father.

He patted Jia Le's head lightly and asked with a smile:

"What's wrong?"

"Teacher, I don't want to go back—"

"Don't want to go back? Where are you going if you don't want to go back?"

"I think, I think—"

"Tell me, where do you want to go?"

Jia Le raised his head and said to Shao Xia:

"I want to go back with you."

Shao Xia and Jia Zan were both stunned.

Jia Zan felt a little embarrassed by what his son said:

"Teacher Shao, I'm sorry, this kid is talking nonsense—Jia Le, you go back with Dad. Teacher Shao also wants to go home and rest."

However, Jia Le directly grabbed Shao Xia's clothes, as if he was afraid that his father would pull him away.

Shao Xia was worried that the father and son would quarrel, and if the parents were angered, Jia Le would be beaten. Shao Xia didn't want to see the child crying after being beaten.

Seeing that Jia Le refused to go back with his father no matter how his parents persuaded him, Shao Xia had no choice but to think that there were bunk beds in the dormitory. Maybe she could make a bed for Jia Le temporarily. After all, a second-grade child was not too old, so it shouldn't be a big deal for him to stay in the dormitory with her for one night. Her mother used to take in students to live in her home, so she said:

"Jia Le's father, how about this? If he doesn't want to go back, don't force him. Let him go back with me first."

"——How can I be so embarrassed?"

"Nothing, he is my student, I should be responsible for my student."

Jia Le looked at Shao Xia, feeling so moved that he didn't know what to say. It was not convenient to say too much in front of the child, so he just asked:

"Then tell me where you live?"

"My dormitory is on the first floor of the building behind the teaching building. If you need anything, just come and find me."

Jia Zan felt very sorry:

"Teacher Shao, I'm so sorry to have caused you so much trouble."

"It's okay, I'll go back and counsel him, don't worry too much - Jia Le, let's go back."

Jia Le said nothing, silently pulled Shao Xia's clothes and walked away with Shao Xia.

Jia Zan watched helplessly as his son followed the teacher away, and sighed in his heart that he had not expected that Teacher Shao would be so patient and treat his students like his own children.

This teacher is really beautiful and kind-hearted.

Jia Zan waited until they disappeared into the teaching building before turning back.

Shao Xia took Jia Le back to her dormitory.

As soon as she entered the house, another teacher, Mr. Wang, who lived with her, was surprised:

"Hey, why did you bring the student back? Is there no one at home?"

"No," Shao Xia said without further explanation in front of Jia Le. "Let him stay here for tonight. I'll clean up my upper bunk and you can lend me a mattress. I have my own quilt and thick clothes. Let him stay here for now."

"Oh, well—"

Shao Xia cleared another space on the table:

"Jia Le, come over and do your homework."

Jia Le took out his textbooks and exercise books from his schoolbag, took out a pencil, and started doing his homework on the table.

Shao Xia was about to cook, so she went to the corridor outside to make some porridge and fried some vegetables and eggs to make do.

There is no cafeteria in the primary school, so everyone has to cook their own food. Shao Xia had just started working here, and the conditions were very limited. She had nothing and usually had to make do with her meals. She could have had noodles or porridge with pickles three times a day. But now that Jia Le was here, she had to try her best to find ways to cook something fancy with the simple supplies she had.

While she was cooking porridge outside, Teacher Wang, who lived with her, came over and whispered:

"Hey, Mr. Shao, where is Jia Le's dad? Why did you bring him back?"

Shao Xia turned around to look inside the room and saw that the door was tightly closed. She probably couldn't hear what was said outside, so she answered in a low voice:

"His father came to pick him up, but he didn't want to go back and wanted to come back with me. I had no choice but to bring him back. I couldn't just watch him cry and get beaten. By the way, Jia Le's mother was really a labor camp inmate. Is she really gone?"

"Yes, you might not know this when you first arrived. Jia Le's mother was actually in labor camp, and later she was involved in a major crime. In the end, she died a violent death. I heard that her death was quite tragic, and her body was rotten. People said she deserved it, that she was mentally ill and had a problem with her brain—"

Shao Xia got goosebumps when she heard this and couldn't believe it:

"Isn't this all hearsay?"

"It's not hearsay, it's true. The truth is more terrible than you can imagine. Anyway, Jia Le's mother is not a normal person - but Jia Le's father is a big boss of the Construction Bureau.

Leader, your rank is not low."

Shao Xia quite agrees with this point:

"I can see that his father is a cadre. However, whether he is a cadre or not is none of my business. I just feel that these father and son are very pitiful."

"Instead of sympathizing with others, you might as well sympathize with yourself. While you're drinking plain porridge, others are enjoying delicious food and spicy drinks. Who's going to sympathize with whom?"

Shao Xia didn't argue with Teacher Wang, but she couldn't help but wonder in her heart: Why didn't Jia Le go back with his dad to eat delicious food, but would rather come back with her to drink plain porridge?

It can be seen that children are not satisfied just by having food and clothing.

Sometimes children may need more understanding, care and companionship from adults than food and clothing.

Generally speaking, children without mothers are pitiful.

What’s even more pitiful is having a mother like that.

Now, Shao Xia feels more sympathetic towards this problem student.

Shao Xia cooked the porridge, fried some vegetables and eggs, and brought them back to the house to eat with Jia Le.

She was worried that Jia Le would not be able to get used to such a simple meal, but Jia Le was not picky and drank all the porridge in the bowl and ate all the dishes. This made Shao Xia feel relieved and she said:

"Tomorrow morning, the teacher will go out to buy something delicious to eat. Tell the teacher what you want to eat and the teacher will buy it for you."

"Teacher, I want to eat meat buns."

"Meat buns, right? So you like meat buns. Okay, I'll buy them for you tomorrow!"

Mr. Wang, who lives in the same room, said half-jokingly:

"Teacher Shao, your salary is only enough to buy a few meals of meat buns. Jia Le, if you stay here for ten days or half a month, you will really eat your teacher Shao out of money."

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