Chapter 009 First Day of Kindergarten
Perhaps because Shi Yue had registered Shi Qiu Shui for kindergarten before, the registration process today was much simpler than Shi Yue expected. He had just taken Shi Qiu Shui to the principal's office and hadn't opened his mouth to explain his origins when the principal smiled and took Shi Qiu Shui's hand.
"Are you Shi Qiushui? I heard you were hospitalized a few days ago. How are you? Are you feeling better now?"
In the kindergarten affiliated with the machinery factory, both the children sent there and the teachers and staff in the kindergarten have some connection with the machinery factory. The director is of course no exception. Her husband is the director of personnel in the machinery factory, and he was the one who arranged for Shi Yue to join the company. In addition, her family lives in Ping'an Hutong, so she also knew that Shi Yue and his daughter were hospitalized due to food poisoning.
Shi Qiushui nodded: "I'm feeling better now."
Shi Yue also said: "Thank you for your concern, Director. Xiaoqiu is now well."
He smiled sheepishly and said, "Before, both my father and I were hospitalized. We didn't have time to report to the hospital, and we also forgot to ask someone to come to the kindergarten to tell them. I'm really sorry."
The headmaster smiled kindly and said, "It's okay, it's okay. There's no rush to report. You can come anytime. Your health is the most important thing."
Shi Yue: "She's fine now. I sent Xiaoqiu here because I saw she was fine."
The head teacher said: "Okay, as long as the child is well. By the way, Xiaoshi, do you have to go to work today? Go to work quickly, and leave the child to me. Don't worry."
Shi Yue nodded: "Then I'll trouble you, Director."
As he turned to leave, he lowered his head with some concern and instructed Shi Qiushui, "Xiaoqiu, you must be a good boy in kindergarten and listen to the teacher. If other children bully you, you must tell the teacher and attend class well. I will pick you up after school."
Shi Qiushui nodded with his eyelids drooping, and responded with a long tone: "I understand——"
Does her dad really think she's a six-year-old? She's still being bullied and laughed at. It's good enough that she doesn't bully others!
Seeing the speechless look in his daughter's eyes, Shi Yue also thought that his worry about his daughter being bullied seemed a little funny. He rubbed his nose and said, "Then you should study hard in kindergarten. Dad is leaving."
Shi Qiushui raised his little hand and waved: "Goodbye, Daddy."
Seeing that she seemed impatient to send him away, Shi Yue muttered in his heart, "What a heartless girl!" and turned to leave.
After Shi Yue left, the head teacher was mentally prepared for Shi Qiu Shui to cry. After all, according to her experience, nine out of ten children who came to their kindergarten on the first day would cry, and the remaining one would cry particularly hard.
1 2 3——Huh?
The head teacher counted to three in her mind, but she didn't hear the crying sound that should have been heard after she finished counting. She lowered her head and her eyes met Shi Qiu Shui's bright black eyes.
Shi Qiushui blinked and asked, "Director?"
Looking at Shi Qiu Shui who was looking at him obediently, the headmaster felt somewhat embarrassed.
She underestimated the child in front of her. He was much stronger than she thought.
She lowered her head and asked gently, "Little boy, do you want to go to the classroom and meet the teacher and classmates who will be studying with you in the future?"
Shi Qiushui raised the corner of his mouth, revealing a sweet smile, and nodded vigorously: "I want to go!"
"Okay, then hold my hand and let's go to the classroom together."
The head teacher took Shi Qiushui out of the office, and Shi Yue followed closely behind. The three of them came to the door of the kindergarten's Class 2, which was covered with colorful stickers of various small animals. Several children had already arrived.
However, the children who were chatting together did not notice the three people standing at the door at this moment. Instead, Teacher Kobayashi, who was adjusting the tables and chairs in the room, looked up and saw the three people.
Teacher Xiaolin walked to the door in two or three steps, greeted the principal, then glanced at Shi Qiushui and asked, "Principal, is this the child who will be transferring to our class?"
The headmaster nodded and said, "Yes, this is the little Shi Qiushui I told you about before."
"Oh, okay, okay." Teacher Xiaolin nodded, then squatted in front of Shi Qiushui and stretched out her hand: "Hello, little friend Shi Qiushui, let me introduce myself to you first. I am Teacher Xiaolin, the teacher of the Machinery Factory Kindergarten's Class 2, which means you are my teacher. After you join the Class 2, you can come to me if you have any questions."
Teacher Kobayashi, who has a round face, big eyes and a pair of dimples, has a sweet smile that easily makes people feel good about him, and Shi Qiu Shui is no exception.
It only took her a moment to say hello and she fell in love with Teacher Kobayashi.
She shook hands with Teacher Xiaolin according to the handshake gesture she remembered and said, "Hello, Teacher Xiaolin."
Teacher Kobayashi shook their clasped hands and said, "Hmm!"
She stood up and took Shi Qiushui into the classroom: "The class hasn't started yet, let me show you around our classroom first. First, let's see..."
She talked about the decorations in the classroom from top to bottom, starting from the stickers on both sides of the classroom and going all the way to the blackboard newspaper on the back wall that the children had helped make. After she finished talking, the bell for class rang.
The children in the class were all very obedient. After hearing the bell, they all sat down in their seats. At this time, Teacher Kobayashi led Shi Qiu Shui to the podium. She clapped her hands, focused the children's attention on herself, and said.
"Children, there is a new student joining our class today. I would like to invite this new student to introduce himself."
The children in the class followed her gaze and shifted their attention to Shi Qiu Shui who was standing next to her.
Shi Qiushui was stunned for a moment as she was stared at by more than twenty pairs of curious eyes. Then she smiled sweetly and said confidently, "Hello everyone, my name is Shi Qiushui. I'm very happy to be transferred to this class and become your classmate."
Children are very curious. As soon as Shi Qiu Shui finished speaking, the children sitting below immediately started talking.
"Shi Qiushui? Why are you called Shi Qiushui? Is it because you were born in autumn?"
"Summer vacation is just over a month away. Why did you transfer here now, Shi Qiushui?"
"Shi Qiushui, where did you transfer from? Why haven't I seen you before?"
“…”
There were so many questions coming into his ears that Shi Qiushui didn't know which one to answer. He subconsciously said, "I wasn't born in autumn, I was born in winter. The Qiushui in my name comes from the Qiushui chapter in Zhuangzi. My father gave me this name to let me know how huge the world is and how small I am. He wanted me to never limit my vision to the present..."
After Shi Qiushui finished speaking, she noticed the confusion in the eyes of the children below the podium, as well as the shock on Teacher Xiaolin's face. She suddenly realized that her words didn't sound like something a six-year-old would say. She panicked and quickly added, "Anyway, that's what my dad told me."
When the children heard her say this, they didn't react much, but the shock on Teacher Kobayashi's face turned into understanding.
It turns out that it was a parent who said this to the child. She said, how could a six-year-old child read "Zhuangzi".
The child who asked the question had no interest in whether she was born in autumn or not. After learning that she was not born in autumn, he just said "Oh" and continued to ask: "Then what is your birthday? Is winter in December? I was born in December in winter."
Shi Qiushui: "Ah, I was born in December too."
"So what day of December were you born? I was born on December 13th. Let's see who's older between us."
Shi Qiushui: "I was born on December 8th."
"Oh, then you are older than me..." Tao Yueyue, who asked the question, pouted. She was the child with the latest birthday and the youngest age in the class. She had hoped that the newcomer Shi Qiu Shui would be younger than her, but who knew that she was also older than her.
Seeing Tao Yueyue's expression that seemed like she was about to cry, Shi Qiu Shui inexplicably felt like she was bullying a child. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something to comfort that person, when suddenly she had an idea and said.
"But I only celebrate my birthday in January! My dad said, what's the point of celebrating my lunar birthday? It's January according to the solar calendar!"
Her words were not meant to comfort anyone. After all, both she and Xiao Qiu Shui celebrated their birthdays on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. According to the Gregorian calendar commonly used here, the birthday should be more than one month later.
Tao Yueyue didn't understand what the lunar calendar and the solar calendar were. She only knew that Shi Qiushui had his birthday in January and her birthday was in December, and Qiushui was younger than her at that time!
She smiled instantly: "Xiao Qiu, you are younger than me, so you should call me sister!"
Shi Qiushui: ...
Call the little brat in front of you sister?
Come on!
Shi Qiuguo decisively pretended not to hear these words.
Fortunately, the other children nearby interrupted and prevented Tao Yueyue from noticing that Shi Qiu Shui didn't call her sister.
"Shi Qiushui, Shi Qiushui, you haven't told me yet, where did you transfer from?"
Shi Qiushui: "I went to kindergarten in the south."
To be precise, it is a military kindergarten on a small island in the south.
But there is no need to say that.
"South? Where is the South?"
"Oh, you idiot, north is up and south is down, so the south is down!"
"Down there? Underground? Shi Qiushui, you're amazing! You're actually attending kindergarten underground!"
"What's the big deal? There's actually a kindergarten underground? Is there any difference between the kindergarten underground and the one above?"
Shi Qiushui held his forehead weakly. How come the south was underground...
Teacher Xiaolin was also shocked by the children's wild imagination. Looking at the clock on the wall, which showed that ten minutes had passed, she thought it was almost time, so she clapped her hands and said, "Children, stop for a moment."
She said, "You have too many questions. If Shi Qiushui keeps answering them, we might not be able to finish answering them even after the class ends. So, let Shi Qiushui go back to his seat first. After class, if you have any questions, you can ask Shi Qiushui privately, okay?"
"good!"
Teacher Xiaolin breathed a sigh of relief and pointed to an empty seat in the last row of the classroom and said, "Shi Qiushui, go over and sit down first."
It has to be said that Shi Qiu Shui also breathed a sigh of relief. These kids were so curious!
She quickly went to the empty seat with her schoolbag on her back and sat down. However, because she was too hasty to sit down, she accidentally bumped into the little boy next to her. She whispered, "I'm sorry."
The little boy next to him was looking down at a book. Even when he was bumped into, he didn't look up. When he heard Shi Qiushui's apology, he just replied calmly, "It's okay."
His attitude aroused Shi Qiu Shui's curiosity. When she was on the podium just now, it seemed that the little boy had been reading with his head down, and didn't ask herself questions as curiously as other children, right?
Out of curiosity, she secretly glanced at the book in the little boy's hand, and saw a long formula mixed with unfamiliar numbers and letters. She did recognize the four Chinese characters "Newton's Law" in front of the formula.
But what is Newton's law?
I don't know, but it looks pretty awesome!
Shi Qiu Shui looked away in awe.
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