This is Su Xiaoqi’s first time as a tutor.
She was actually a little nervous, but she performed well.
He didn't look nervous at all and was very calm and composed.
However, her student Liang Jiajia seemed a little too lively.
He has a round face and looks quite cute. He talks a lot and always rambling on, seeming to be curious about everything.
And I would see her giggling from time to time.
If it wasn't the first time they met, Su Xiaoqi would have thought they had met somewhere before.
"Ms. Liang said that your English foundation is not very good. Can we start from the first grade of junior high school?" Xiao Qi asked as gently as possible.
Her voice is naturally delicate and crisp.
"Okay. Teacher Su, are you a student at No. 1 Middle School? Where are you from?"
"It's No. 1 Middle School. My home is in Gumula Village, Balong Township, Huanghe Town. I've read your English textbook and taken some notes, but they're a bit messy. Also, we're planning to have eight two-hour classes a month. Your teacher has taught you the textbook before, so you might have some preconceived notions. So, I plan to teach you New Concept English, Book 1. This book focuses on common conversations, helping beginners quickly get into English and develop a sense of the language. I'll also supplement your English knowledge with some basic knowledge from your textbook."
"Okay, okay, my classmates are learning New Concept English, I have it at home, and my mother also bought it, but I haven't read it. Aunt Wang, can you help me get the book, New Concept?" Liang Jiajia shouted loudly.
After shouting, she stared at Su Xiaoqi with sparkling eyes, because she saw the glass water bottle that Teacher Su took out of the schoolbag, and the A4 homework paper filled with English words. Even the pen was the same fountain pen, which looked quite old, and she confirmed that it was him.
"Teacher Su, your home is so far away, do you ride horses to school?"
Su Xiaoqi: ...
“No riding.”
Su Xiaoqi took the book brought by the nanny.
Sure enough, the other party's new concept was still brand new, and the plastic film was not even torn off. She flipped through the new concept over and over again, took many notes, and the book became much thicker.
The first volume itself was relatively simple, and she remembered most of it. Coupled with her memory buff, she basically knew it by heart.
"If there are no other questions, let's start today's study?" Su Xiaoqi said slightly seriously.
Otherwise the little girl's questions would be endless.
"Then, then Teacher Su, one last question."
Liang Jiajia had just secretly checked the introduction of Gumula Village on her mobile phone. It said that Gumula Village is located in the mountains and hills, and its main resource is bamboo forest. Therefore, Gumula Village has a tradition of bamboo weaving, and daily necessities are all bamboo products.
"Teacher Su, can you also weave bamboo?"
Su Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes. Let's start learning."
The two moved to the study.
The study looked like no one had used it for a long time. The desk was clean, but when the books were moved away, there was a layer of dust on the corners.
The view from the study is excellent. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, you can see almost half of Lushan City.
Su Xiaoqi and Liang Jiajia sat face to face, each holding a copy of the New Concept English textbook.
Xiaoqi explained and Liang Jiajia followed and read.
The room is air-conditioned, the temperature is 26 degrees, and there is water, drinks, milk and fruit.
Liang Jiajia found that Teacher Su’s English was so beautiful that it was even more standard than her father’s and hundreds of times better than that woman’s. It was a pleasure to listen to it.
She is actually very smart and learns very quickly. She just had psychological resistance before, so she did very poorly in her studies.
So when Liang Jiajia wanted to learn, she learned very quickly.
One is willing to teach and the other is willing to learn, and the two hours pass quickly.
When the clock in the study showed it was 3:30, there was a knock on the study door.
Su Xiaoqi saw that the nanny of Ms. Liang's family actually brought in a bundle of bamboo strips, bamboo and hemp rope.
Liang Jiajia smiled flatteringly at Su Xiaoqi and said, "Teacher Su, Teacher Su, we've almost finished learning. Let's take a break. Don't you know how to weave bamboo? Can you weave a small thing for me?"
Su Xiaoqi: ...Tutoring is really hard...
"Stop messing around!" Ms. Liang's voice came, very majestic.
However, Liang Jiajia is not afraid of her mother at all. Ever since her parents divorced, her mother has always responded to her requests and would never scold her. She is only strict with her in front of outsiders.
Su Xiaoqi originally didn't want to bother with Liang Jiajia, feeling that she was just a naughty child who hadn't grown up. Just when they were studying, she talked about why she didn't like English, her father cheated on her, and so on...
But when Ms. Liang showed up, she found it difficult to refuse.
"It's okay. People in Gumula Village do know how to weave bamboo, but I might not be very good at it."
She spread out the bamboo strips and hemp ropes. The bamboo weaving in their Gumula Village has quite a history. The special thing about it is that no hemp rope is needed in the middle. The whole thing can be woven with bamboo, and at the end, just wrap a circle of hemp rope around it.
She watched her parents do it every day and was basically familiar with it, but she just hadn't gotten the hang of it.
"Use the bamboo weaving skill platinum card." She muttered to herself.
"The host's bamboo weaving skill is level 0. After using the bamboo weaving skill platinum card, the skill is at entry level." The system said mechanically.
The bamboo strips were still relatively soft and wet. I don’t know where the nanny, Sister Wang, got them from.
Soft and wet bamboo strips are easier to make, but after they are made, they will lose water and easily deform.
However, Su Xiaoqi, who had entry-level bamboo weaving skills, obviously didn't think too much about it. She took the bamboo strips and started working.
Liang Jiajia secretly opened the video on her mobile phone. Although she was a bit naughty, she at least knew to pay attention to her privacy. She did not take a picture of Teacher Su's full face, but only took a picture below the chin, showing the knitting movements.
When Su Xiaoqi sat down and started to weave, she felt as if she was back with her parents.
Sitting on a small bamboo chair in the corner of the living room, Dad had a piece of blue coarse cloth on his legs. In his rough big hands, the long bamboo strips were rapidly transformed from a stick to a winnowing basket. If he sped up, it would seem as if they were created out of thin air.
Her hands were different. They were slender and white, and her palms were bright red. It was like a girl's hands, with blood vessels visible on them.
The background is no longer the living room of a country cottage filled with messy bamboo and bamboo shavings, but a brand new and spacious study with rows of bookcases, floor-to-ceiling windows, and curtains.
The girl's hands were as flexible as if dancing, and the long green bamboo strips seemed to be endowed with vitality.
What Xiaoqi had in her mind was the bamboo bag she had seen in her previous class, the bamboo bag that her classmates used to show off.
Because there were not many bamboo strips, she made a smaller one.
After weaving the base, her speed increased and she even became proficient in it. Her speed was so fast that her expression was not so serious anymore and she even found fun in it.
"Bamboo basket in English means bamboo basket. This bamboo basket is my own work. This bamboo basket is made by myself. The sentence structure is very simple. Can you make one like it?"
Su Xiaoqi kept moving and even started asking questions.
Liang Jiajia, who was having a lot of fun shooting videos, didn't expect that Teacher Su could still teach like this. She stuck out her tongue and tried to think of a sentence.
Ms. Liang was even more surprised. She didn't expect that this little girl was not only good at English, but also could actually weave bamboo. She originally thought that a girl like Su Xiaoqi, with such good grades, must have been spoiled at home. She didn't expect that she had such strong hands-on skills.
Seeing her daughter scratching her head, she glared at her, shook her head and went out.
Two hours of tutoring, ends at four o'clock.
Ms. Liang invited Xiao Qi to stay for dinner, but he refused. However, he got today's money, two hundred yuan.
Liang Jiajia personally saw the teacher out.
It was rare for Ms. Liang to see her daughter being so polite.
Seeing the small green bamboo bag on the table, it is really cute, with the green bamboo surfaces facing outwards. Although it is made of bamboo, it has no burrs, and the bamboo seams are fine. It is just the right size to hold a mobile phone, lipstick, etc.
After sending the teacher away, Jia Jia turned around and saw her mother holding her bag. She rushed over and snatched the bag away.
"Mom, you have so many brand-name bags, don't fight with me for them. This one was made for me by Teacher Su and given to me."
My daughter came back with her bag, took photos with her phone, and kept muttering the English sentence she had just learned: "This bamboo basket is my own work..."
Then he sat on the sofa with his phone in his arms, fiddled with it with a smile, listened to the familiar music, and watched Tik Tok again.
Ms. Liang shook her head and smiled.
Liang Jiajia didn't watch Douyin this time, but made a Douyin video. She posted a video of Teacher Su doing bamboo weaving and teaching her English at the same time, with the text: "My tutor sister is the all-round invincible Su."
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