Chapter 124

The date for going to Beijing was set for half a month later, which happened to be close to the school holiday. After the students finished their exams and the school was on vacation, Lin Tao would have some vacation time and could go to Beijing with Li Chengxi to play.

Beijing has a special meaning to Chinese people. Beijing is the capital of China, where the Chairman lives, where there is the Mao Zedong, the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and many other places that everyone yearns for.

There is also a song called "I Love Beijing ***", which goes like this: "I love Beijing ***, the sun rises above ***, and the great leader Chairman Mao guides us forward."

Yueyue can also sing this song, especially knowing that she will be able to go to Beijing with her parents in a while. She hums a few lines from time to time these days and looks forward to going to Beijing every day. However, what she looks forward to most is not going to ***, but eating Beijing roast duck!

After her parents told her about this last time, she has been looking forward to it. She never thought that she could go to Beijing so soon.

Yueyue has been counting the days on her fingers these past few days. Every morning when she wakes up, the first thing she does is turn over the calendar and count how many days are left before she can go to Beijing.

Chen Shuifen and Xu Yuting also knew that Lin Tao and her family would be going to Beijing in a few days. Xu Yuting was fine, as she had seen the world and had studied abroad before, and had been to Beijing before, so after knowing that Lin Tao was going to Beijing, she told her a few places to go. However, Lin Tao was going with Li Chengxi, so she was quite relieved because Li Chengxi was there to help her.

But this made Chen Shuifen jealous because she had never been to Beijing.

"Teacher Lin, I really envy you. It's great that you can go to Beijing and see ***." Chen Shuifen's face was full of envy when she spoke.

Xu Yuting joked: "Why are you jealous? Why don't you just let your husband, Mr. Zheng, take you there next time?"

Chen Shuifen: "You know what, when he retires, we really have to go there. If we don't go to Beijing and see ***, I feel like my life has been lived in vain."

"I'll bring you some Beijing specialties when the time comes," said Lin Tao.

Chen Shuifen: "Take a few more photos and let us see them later!"

"Okay, since we have a chance to go there, we should take some photos." Lin Tao nodded. Not only Yueyue was excited, it was her first time to go to Beijing, and she was also excited just thinking about it.

Yueyue sings very well, just like Lin Tao. Even Chen Shuifen said that Yueyue will definitely be the second Lin Tao in the future.

Yueyue didn't understand: "Auntie, I am me, how can I become a second mother?"

The child's childish words made several adults laugh. Xu Yuting said, "Your Aunt Chen is saying that your mother sings well, and you sing well too. You both sing well."

"Yes, your mother sings beautifully. At the National Day party that year, your mother led the chorus of her class and was praised by Commander Yan." Chen Shuifen said, "But, I still think your mother's singing of Green Mountains and Clear Waters is beautiful. It's really beautiful."

Yueyue looked at Lin Tao and asked, "Mom, when did you go to the performance? Why didn't you take me with you? Where am I? I want to watch the performance, too."

"Where were you? You were still in your mother's belly!" Chen Shuifen laughed when she heard this.

Xu Yuting corrected her, "A Tao wasn't pregnant at that time, and Yue Yue wasn't even in her belly."

Yueyue frowned, looked at them distressedly, and asked, "Then where am I?"

Zheng Hongxing flicked the marble into the hole and said to Xiao Qingming, "I won." Then he brushed off the dust on his pants and ran over to Yueyue and said, "Yueyue, I know where you were at that time."

"Ah?" Yueyue turned her head, staring at Zheng Hongxing expectantly with her watery eyes.

Zheng Hongxing said seriously: "You were in Nezha's mother's belly at that time. Later, after Nezha gave his flesh to his mother and his bones to his father, you ended up in Aunt Lin's belly."

Yueyue's fair little face wrinkled: "..."

Why does Red Star always say that she is Nezha? She is obviously not Nezha, she is Sun Wukong! Because Sun Wukong can transform into 72 different forms, which is more powerful than Nezha!

Seeing that Yueyue didn't quite believe it, Zheng Hongxing continued, "It's true. My dad told me. And you were in Aunt Lin's belly and couldn't come out. If you're not Nezha, who is it?"

Yueyue: "...What about Brother Qingming? Who is he?"

"Him, let me think about it." Zheng Hongxing said, "He is Little White Dragon."

"Why is it Little White Dragon?" Yueyue asked.

Zheng Hongxing said: "Because he doesn't talk much. When Bailongma is a horse, he never speaks."

Xiao Qingming: "...Brother Hongxing, do you know who you look like?"

"Me? Of course I am Sun Wukong. I can do anything, and I also have the golden cudgel, look." Zheng Hongxing picked up a stick next to him and said seriously.

However, Xiao Qingming shook his head calmly and said, "No, I think you are like Zhu Bajie in the movie, because Zhu Bajie has a greedy mouth and eats a lot."

When little Qingming said this, Yueyue seemed to be called out. She quickly covered her mouth with her little hands and subconsciously wanted to hide behind her mother. She ate a lot and was afraid that Qingming would say that she was also Zhu Bajie. In that case, she would rather be Nezha.

After all, Nezha is more handsome than Zhu Bajie!

Zheng Hongxing frowned: "Zhu Bajie doesn't have the golden hoop stick."

"That's not a golden hoop stick, it's a wooden stick." Xiao Qingming pointed out Zheng Hongxing, "The golden hoop stick can be enlarged or reduced, and can even be put in the ear. Can you do that?"

Zheng Hongxing: "...I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go home and do my homework."

"Go quickly, or Aunt Shuifen will scold you again." Xiao Qingming said.

The adults could also hear their conversation. Seeing Zheng Hongxing go back and write down his thoughts obediently, Chen Shuifen couldn't help but smile and said, "Little Qingming is really amazing. He can even deal with this kid."

Lin Tao said, "It seems that Xiao Qingming has inherited Yuting's mouth. He speaks very powerfully."

Xu Yuting smiled and said, "He usually doesn't talk much, but when he does, he can choke you to death. You say he's like me, but I'm not as irritating as he is. Besides, he's already five years old this year, and he should go to school in the second half of the year. He can't be called Little Qingming anymore, he's not little anymore."

"Yes, Xiao Qingming is five years old now. We can't call him Xiao Qingming anymore. We have to call him Qingming." Chen Shuifen said with emotion, "In the blink of an eye, the children have grown up. Tell me, how can time pass so quickly?"

Lin Tao smiled and looked at Yueyue beside her. Yes, time flies so fast, Yueyue has grown up.

Xu Yuting: "It's fast now, but it will be really fast when they have a family and a career in the future."

Lin Tao: "We will all be old by then."

Xu Yuting: "Even when I am old, I still want to be a beautiful old lady. I am getting better and better at making clothes. When the time comes, I will make clothes for you. Ah Tao, you are pretty. When the time comes, you can be my model."

"What's the 'special'? 'Touch'? 'Touch where?'" Chen Shuifen was confused. She couldn't understand what Xu Yuting was saying.

Lin Tao smiled and explained: "I am a model. When Yuting finishes making clothes, I will wear them, just like when she was painting before, I was her model."

"What this means..." Chen Shuifen seemed to understand but not quite.

Xu Yuting's family also bought a sewing machine a while ago, which aroused Xu Yuting's desire to design. Before she bought the sewing machine, it took her several months to draw a design, but now she can draw one in ten days or half a month, and she makes new clothes for Yueyue from time to time.

It’s no wonder that the clothes designed by Xu Yuting are really beautiful. When ordinary fabrics fall into her hands, she can always make different designs.

A few days later, the class taught by Lin Tao and Xie Cong graduated.

Shengshan School only has junior high school. If they want to go to high school or technical secondary school, they have to go to the city to take the entrance exam. Technical secondary school is more popular at that time. Students with good grades usually choose to take the entrance exam first. After graduation, they can get a job. Moreover, now that universities have been suspended, if they cannot get into university after high school, it is better to go to technical secondary school so that they can work after graduation.

But the decision also depends on the grades, because it is not that easy to get into a technical secondary school, and there are a lot of people taking the exam every year.

In the end, about half of the students were admitted to technical secondary schools, and half were admitted to high schools. In the entire class, no one was left behind, everyone was admitted, and everyone had education to go to.

The last class was taught by Lin Tao, the Chinese teacher, and Xie Cong, the math teacher.

They did not talk about knowledge from books, but spoke to students from their hearts and talked about their experiences after entering high school.

In that class, all of the twenty or so students in the classroom had tears in their eyes. The boys were already in their teens and felt that they were adults, so they held back their tears. The girls lay on the desks, crying so hard that the whole classroom was filled with sobs.

"Teacher Lin, Teacher Xie, we can't bear to part with you..."

Lin Tao wanted to speak, but her eyes turned red and her throat felt like it was blocked by a ball of cotton, and she was unable to speak for a while.

They couldn't bear to leave her, so how could she bear to leave them?

They were the first batch of students she taught after she came to the island and became a teacher. She taught them for four or five years, and the relationship between her and this group of students was unique. Maybe she will teach many more students in the future, but she will never forget every student in this class.

Likewise, it is impossible for these students to forget her.

Teacher Lin is the best teacher they have ever met. He is a mentor and a good friend, and a guiding light on their life journey.

On the day when the students graduated, Lin Tao watched them leave the school one by one. They were about to embark on a new journey. Lin Tao sat alone in the classroom for a long time without leaving.

Looking at the classroom that was once noisy and bustling, which had now become extremely quiet, I suddenly felt a little empty in my heart.

When Xie Cong packed his textbooks and prepared to leave school, he saw Lin Tao sitting in the classroom.

I knocked on the door and said, "Teacher Lin, are you not leaving yet?"

When Lin Tao saw that it was Xie Cong, she smiled and said, "Let's go later. I want to take another look."

Xie Cong walked in and said, "I understand. They are the first batch of students you taught. Now that they are graduating, you will always feel reluctant. But as long as you think that they are heading for a better future, you will feel better. This is what we teachers are like. We feel reluctant to let go of students one after another, but we have to do it."

"Teacher Xie, how many years have you been a teacher at Peking University?" Lin Tao asked.

"It's been at least five or six years. I should have stayed in school after graduating from junior high school, but unfortunately that happened." Speaking of that incident, Xie Cong sighed again.

After the two chatted for a while, Lin Tao felt much better.

After returning home, I first went to gather the dead leaves in the house and fed them to the rabbits and lambs. Yueyue also said she wanted to help feed them.

We are having scallop vermicelli at home tonight and cooking a pot of wakame soup. The pickled sour beans from last time are ready to eat, so we added some diced bacon to stir-fry and it is also very fragrant.

Lin Changhai accidentally twisted his ankle when he went fishing. Recently, his ankle has been a little swollen. Lin Tao scolded him and kept him at home for the past few days, not allowing him to go out fishing anymore.

When Zheng Youde saw that Lin Changhai was put in solitary confinement, he was very considerate and brought a chess board to their house and played chess with Lin Changhai.

Li Chengxi came back from get off work and joked with Lin Tao: "Teacher Lin, congratulations on your graduation."

Lin Tao said, "What is there to congratulate? I still have to continue teaching. When I retire, come and congratulate me. Hurry up and wash your hands and have dinner."

Lin Changhai asked Zheng Youde to have dinner at home, but Zheng Youde insisted on going back to eat.

On the second day of school holiday, Lin Tao's family packed some clothes and prepared to take a boat out of the island and then take the train.

Zheng Hongxing was extremely jealous, but now he had grown up and was no longer like he did in the past two years, clamoring to be Lin Tao's son and to follow Lin Tao.

Xu Yuting brought Xiao Qingming to see Lin Tao off. Lin Manman also came and prepared some motion sickness pills and vitamin tablets for Lin Tao to take when she felt unwell.

Lin Tao smiled and said, "So many of you came to see me off. It always makes me feel like I'm leaving and won't come back."

Chen Shuifen said, "Don't talk nonsense. I can't bear to see you go."

Yueyue was saying goodbye to her friends: "Brother Hongxing, Brother Xiangyang, Brother Qingming, I will miss you. When I get to Beijing, I will bring you good things."

After that, he leaned close to their ears and whispered, "I secretly saved the New Year's money that my grandfather gave me. My mother doesn't know about it."

In fact, it was just that Yueyue thought Lin Tao didn't know. In fact, Lin Tao knew how much money Yueyue hid in her little pocket better than anyone else. This child, at such a young age, knew how to hide money. She hid the money under her pillow, in the closet, and in her cotton jacket that she didn't wear in winter. You could see some of it everywhere.

Before, Lin Tao knew that Lin Changhai would give Yueyue a New Year's gift during the Spring Festival, so she asked him not to give it at first. But later, seeing that Yueyue managed her money well, she let it go.

As long as Yueyue doesn't spend money recklessly and knows what's going on, it's good for her to manage the money herself. This can be considered as training her to manage money from a young age. When she grows up and gets married, she can also manage the family's finances.

However, Lin Tao just thought about this matter in her heart. Even when she thought about Yueyue's future marriage, she still felt reluctant.

Xiao Qingming said, "I also have some New Year's money, I'll give it to you."

Xiao Qingming said as he stuffed the money from his pocket into Yueyue's pocket. Yueyue refused to take it, so he said, "I'll treat you to Peking duck."

"Then I'll buy you some marbles and some delicious food." Yueyue said.

Zheng Xiangyang also gave money to Yueyue and asked Yueyue to buy him a better pen: "The quality of the pens sold by the supply and marketing cooperative on the island is not very good. After using them for a while, they always leak ink and are not comfortable to write with."

Only Zheng Hongxing touched his pocket. His pocket was really tidier than anything else. He usually spent whatever Chen Shuifen gave him and never thought of saving the money. This time, he got anxious and ran to Chen Shuifen and stretched out his hand: "Mom, give me money."

Chen Shuifen didn't pay attention to the children's affairs. Suddenly, Zheng Hongxing asked for money. She glared at him, slapped him on the back of the head, and said unhappily, "All you know is asking for money. You have enough food and clothes at home, and you still want money? Do you think I'm your mother and I own a bank? Get out of here!"

Lin Tao smiled and said, "Hongxing, just tell Auntie Lin what you want to bring and she will bring it for you."

Zheng Hongxing swallowed his saliva and said, "I want to eat Peking duck."

"Okay, I'll bring it to you when Aunt Lin comes back." Lin Tao said.

"You still want to eat roast duck? I'll give you a slap in the face." Chen Shuifen said, "Teacher Lin, don't pay attention to him. He's just a kid. He doesn't study hard, but only knows how to fight and eat. It's really outrageous."

Zheng Hongxing snorted, "I'm like you. Who made me your son? It's up to you whether I can study or not. Didn't you say last time that neither of your two children is like you? This time I'm like you, and you're not happy?"

Chen Shuifen was so angry that she wanted to beat Zheng Hongxing, but Zheng Hongxing just slipped away like a loach.

Lin Tao waved her hands: "I was planning to bring it to you guys. The child just wanted to eat something. It's nothing."

When someone heard this, they came over and asked Lin Tao to bring something for them as well. When Chen Shuifen saw these two people, she laughed out loud. Oh, aren’t these the two people who spread rumors about Lin Tao and Lu Chengze last time?