Chapter 052 Good Friends
As usual, Shi Yue went to the kindergarten gate to pick up his child after get off work, but today he picked up a Shi Qiu Shui who was completely different from usual. A Shi Qiu Shui with drooped head and looked particularly listless.
It's strange. His daughter is always happy after school. Why is she so listless today?
He ruffled Shi Qiushui's hair and asked, "What's wrong, girl? Are you unhappy?"
Shi Qiu Shui hung his head and said nothing.
Shi Yue: "Hey, don't be silent, come and tell your dad if you have anything to say. What's wrong? Who made you unhappy? Tell dad and I'll beat him up for you."
Shi Qiu Shui lowered his head and pointed at his two index fingers guiltily.
She didn't need her father to beat someone up for her, she just hoped her father wouldn't beat her up today...
Shi Yue: "Hey, girl, tell Daddy, today..."
Before Shi Yue could finish his words, Teacher Xiaolin approached. Teacher Xiaolin, who always had a smile on her face, gently welcoming and seeing off the children, now lost her smile. With a serious expression, she said to Shi Yue, "Mother Shi Qiushui, please wait a moment. Don't leave yet. I have something to tell you about Xiaoqiu."
Shi Yue lowered his head and glanced at Shi Qiu Shui, which happened to catch the guilty look in Shi Qiu Shui's eyes. He raised his eyebrows and understood.
His daughter got into trouble at school.
No wonder she looks so listless as soon as school is over. It seems she is afraid that he will say something bad about her!
Shi Yue patted Shi Qiushui's little head, lowered his eyebrows and said to Teacher Xiaolin, "Okay, teacher, you go ahead."
Teacher Xiao Lin: "Uh... Mr. Shi Qiushui, please wait a moment. I need to send the other children away first... So, you and Shi Qiushui can go to the classroom first. There's a place to sit in the classroom. Please wait for me for a while. I'll be right there after I send the other children away."
Shi Yue: "Oh, okay, no rush, you can send the students away first."
It seems that Xiaoqiu made a serious mistake today. If it was something that could be explained in a few words, Teacher Kobayashi would not have let him go into the classroom and sit and wait.
Shi Yue followed Shi Qiushui into the classroom and sat down. He couldn't help but say, "Xiaoqiu, tell Dad what happened to you in kindergarten today so I can be mentally prepared."
Shi Qiushui twisted her fingers in circles, looked up at her father cautiously and said, "Dad, I'm telling you, don't be angry."
Shi Yue: "Don't worry, I'm not angry, definitely not angry. Just say it boldly."
Shi Qiushui closed his eyes and said, "I skipped class today."
"Skipping class?" Shi Yue was surprised: "You skipped class?"
Shi Qiushui: "Well, during my second class today, I used the excuse of going to the bathroom to skip most of the class..."
Her voice became smaller and smaller, and she obviously knew that her actions were wrong.
Shi Yue was not angry. Skipping classes was not a big deal. He had skipped classes before when he was in private school.
But he was a little confused: "Why did you skip class?"
He can't just skip classes and go out and play like he did before, right?
Seeing that her father wasn't angry, Shi Qiushui's eyes lit up, and she excitedly shared her experiences today: "I went out to do good things and catch bad kids! Dad, you don't know, Chen Dapao from elementary school is really bad. He actually robbed the money of our kindergarten kids, and he robbed people from our courtyard, Guo Qi and Guo Qing from our courtyard!"
Shi Yue: "Oh? What happened?"
Shi Qiushui: "After our morning exercises today, Guo Qi and Guo Qing came to see me... and then I thought to myself, this Chen Dapao is so bad, I must report him to the teacher, and then... later... finally, the elementary school teacher caught those three bad kids."
She recounted the whole story in rapid succession, and her expression showed considerable pride as she spoke.
Shi Yue glanced at her and said with a smile, "You did a good deed, did Teacher Xiaolin praise you?"
Shi Qiu Shui fell silent for a moment. She pouted her lips and stared at Shi Yue with her big black and white eyes, as if accusing him of bringing up something that was not relevant to the topic.
Not to mention praising her, Teacher Kobayashi criticized her for half a day. Later, Teacher Kobayashi let her go because he wanted to leave time to criticize Zhao Ran.
Shi Yue rubbed the little girl's head: "You weren't praised, but criticized, weren't you?"
Shi Qiushui puffed up her cheeks and nodded unhappily, "Yeah, I got criticized by Teacher Xiaolin for the whole afternoon."
Shi Yue: "Does it feel bad to be criticized?"
Shi Qiushui tilted his head and thought for a moment, then shook his head: "It's not that I'm very sad..."
She also knew that it was right for Teacher Kobayashi to criticize her, after all, she really skipped class.
And even though Teacher Kobayashi criticized her, he didn't scold her. He just said that she shouldn't skip class.
Shi Yue glanced at the child and was deeply speechless. If Shi Qiu Shui was sad, he could take the opportunity to teach Shi Qiu Shui not to do that next time, but the problem was that Shi Qiu Shui didn't feel sad at all.
Shi Yue, who was very tired of the children, could not remain speechless for long, because Teacher Xiaolin came. Teacher Xiaolin did not come alone. Behind him were the expressionless Xiao Zhaoran and the slightly embarrassed Old Zhaotou.
"Come, Mr. Zhao Ran, please sit down too." Teacher Xiaolin pointed to a seat for Mr. Zhao.
Old Zhao sat down on the short stool with his head held high and his hands resting flat on his knees. He said nervously, "Teacher, tell me what you want from me?"
His son Zhao Hui was on a business trip, so he and his wife were responsible for picking up and dropping off Zhao Ran from school recently.
Teacher Xiao Lin: "I asked you two parents to stay here mainly because I wanted to tell you about Zhao Ran and Shi Qiushui skipping class today."
Shi Yue had already heard Shi Qiu Shui's account of the whole story and was not very surprised.
But Old Zhao was different. He widened his eyes in surprise and asked loudly, "Skipping class? Our Zhao Ran skipping class?"
He looked at Teacher Kobayashi in disbelief, wanting to ask if he had made a mistake.
How could his little nerd Zhao Ran, who refused to move at all, skip classes?
However, he still knew that for such a serious matter, it was impossible for Teacher Kobayashi to talk to their parents without being sure.
So his kid really skipped class.
Teacher Xiaolin: "Yes, Zhao Ran and Shi Qiushui skipped the second period today. They skipped the kindergarten and went to the elementary school next door. Although they had a reason to go there, skipping class is still wrong."
Old Zhao didn't quite understand what he was saying, but he quickly agreed: "Yes, yes, yes, Teacher Xiaolin, you are right. No matter what, skipping class is definitely wrong. I'll go back and tell Zhao Ran that he's wrong. I should give him a good beating so that he doesn't forget his mistakes!"
"No, don't hit the child." Teacher Xiao Lin said: "Zhao Ran's parents, and Shi Qiu Shui's parents, you are all the same, don't hit the child."
She said, "Actually, Zhao Ran and Shi Qiushui did a very good job this time. They heard that a classmate at the neighboring school was robbing the kindergarten children's money, so they went to the teacher to complain to help the children there. They were brave and did a good deed. However, the two children chose the wrong time to go there. They went during class and left without reporting to the teacher. That's why I'm talking to you."
Although Teacher Kobayashi criticized the two children for the whole afternoon, she actually felt that the two children were very brave and did a good job this time.
Teacher Kobayashi grabbed the two parents and praised the two children earnestly. Old Zhao and Shi Yue smiled happily, unable to hide their joy.
Praising their children is equivalent to praising them!
Noticing the two parents' happiness, Teacher Kobayashi quickly stopped talking. He had obviously kept the two parents to let them know the seriousness of their children skipping classes, so why was he praising the children?
She paused, then changed the subject: "However, since skipping class is against the rules, I hope both parents can discuss this issue with their children when they return home."
She emphasized: "It's just talk. Talk to the children nicely, don't do it!"
Shi Yue nodded immediately: "Yes, okay, Teacher Xiaolin, don't worry, we will definitely talk to the child when we get back."
Old Zhao nodded and said, "Well, don't worry, Teacher Xiaolin."
Is Teacher Xiaolin reassured? Teacher Xiaolin is not reassured at all!
She became a kindergarten teacher because she liked children. What's more, Shi Qiu Shui and Zhao Ran were obedient children. She cherished them in her heart and was so soft-hearted that she gave instructions to Old Zhao and Shi Yue again and again.
"Parents, just go back and talk to your children. After all, I've already punished them at kindergarten. I've already deducted half of their red flowers for this semester, and I even nagged them all afternoon..."
The kindergarten teachers will give little red flowers to the children who perform well every day. When the little red flowers accumulate in a semester, they can be exchanged for prizes from the teachers at the end of the semester, so the children care about these little red flowers very much.
Picking off half of the red flower is already a severe punishment.
The two parents nodded in understanding: "We know, we know the two children have been punished. We won't beat them when we get home, teacher, don't worry."
Shi Yue made promise after promise to Old Zhao, and finally convinced Teacher Xiaolin to let them leave.
After leaving the kindergarten, Shi Yue couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Shi Qiushui blinked and said, "Dad?"
Shi Yue touched her head and said, "I didn't realize that your teacher Xiao Lin likes you very much."
Shi Qiushui proudly puffed out her belly and said, "Because I'm likable!"
Shi Yue: "Okay, okay, you are very popular."
He smiled and said, "Then let me ask you, dear little Shi Qiushui, what would you like to eat tonight? To reward you for doing a good deed today and to prevent other children from getting robbed, just tell us what you want to eat and we'll buy it for you."
Shi Qiushui's eyes lit up with joy: "Then I want to eat roast chicken!"
Roasted chicken, roasted chicken, crispy skin and tender meat, juicy roasted chicken when you bite into it, her favorite roasted chicken!
Shi Yue was no exception to this answer, "Okay, then let's buy a roast chicken!"
If other parents were around, they would say that Shi Yue doted on his child too much and would eventually spoil the child. But the person standing next to Shi Yue was Old Zhao.
Hearing the conversation between the father and daughter, he didn't think Shi Yue was spoiling his child too much. On the contrary, he looked at Zhao Ran with a smile and asked, "Grandson, do you want to eat roast chicken? Or should we buy one and take it home? After all, you did a good deed, so I have to reward you, right?"
Even though he had a stern face in front of Teacher Kobayashi and said he would go home and beat the child, Zhao Ran was his only grandson. How could he really beat the child?
Besides, didn’t Teacher Xiaolin admit that Zhao Ran did a good deed today out of bravery? Then he must reward his own child.
Without waiting for Zhao Ran to reply, he shook his head and said with satisfaction, "I think it's best to buy a roast chicken. It's from the place in the vegetable market. Not only is their roast chicken delicious, but they also make great side dishes. It's perfect to buy some to go with your wine."
Zhao Ran looked at Old Zhao with a serious face and said, "Grandpa, grandma doesn't allow you to drink."
Old Zhao pouted in disappointment. "Alright, alright. Since your grandma won't let me drink, I won't drink. What about you? Do you want some roast chicken?"
Zhao Ran nodded gently: "Eat."
He didn't really want to eat roast chicken, but he could see that his grandfather really wanted to eat it.
Old Zhao really wanted to eat roast chicken. It was strange. Before Shi Qiushui mentioned it, he hadn't thought about it. But as soon as Shi Qiushui mentioned it, he remembered the roast chicken at the market. It was so delicious. The fat in the chicken skin was roasted out, and it was fragrant and smooth...
Slurp.
Old Zhao swallowed his saliva and followed Shi Yue's footsteps. The two of them headed towards the roast chicken shop in the vegetable market together.
Because they knew that the roast chicken shop in the vegetable market was doing good business, both families walked very fast. When they arrived at the roast chicken shop in the vegetable market, they just happened to catch the last two roast chickens, which they successfully bought, and then the two families went home.
On the way back, Old Zhao said to Shi Yue, "Hey, Xiaoshi, why don't you come to my house to eat today? Let's have a couple of cups of tea..." After seeing Zhao Ran's serious look, he quickly changed his tone: "Drink a couple of cups of tea, tea, drink tea."
He said, "It just so happens that I just bought some jasmine flowers a couple of days ago. They're fresh and the fragrance is just as strong. Why don't you try some? Let's play a couple more games. You left before we even finished our last game of Go, and I've been thinking about you ever since."
Before Old Zhao mentioned playing chess, Shi Yue was ready to nod in agreement, but after hearing him say that, Shi Yue paused and then shook his head violently.
"No, no, Uncle Zhao, I'm not going. I haven't finished the food I bought yesterday. If I go to your house for dinner today, the food will go bad tomorrow."
He didn't want to go to the Zhao family and play chess with Old Zhao, a terrible chess player. It was too torturous!
Old Zhao said regretfully, "Fine, forget it today. Let's do it some other time. Some other time, if you don't cook, come to my house and eat. Then we can have a good fight!"
Shi Yue smirked and nodded in agreement.
But it’s hard to say when the change will be made!
Shi Yue and Old Zhao were chatting non-stop, while Shi Qiu Shui and Zhao Ran were also whispering beside them. Of course, it was mainly Shi Qiu Shui who was chattering non-stop.
"Zhao Ran, Zhao Ran, I'm sorry. I've caused you so much trouble. You've also been criticized by your teacher and family..."
Shi Qiu Shui pursed her lips and apologized sincerely, saying that Zhao Ran skipped class because he was worried about her.
Zhao Ran: "I don't blame you. It's not you who got me into trouble."
Shi Qiushui: "If you didn't follow me to elementary school, you wouldn't skip classes..."
Zhao Ran: "I don't blame you. You already told me to go back. It was my own choice to go with you."
Zhao Ran really didn't know what Shi Qiu Shui had to apologize for. After all, he was the one who decided to go to elementary school with Shi Qiu Shui, and he did skip classes. Even if he was worried about Shi Qiu Shui, Shi Qiu Shui also told him to go back, so he couldn't be said to have been implicated by Shi Qiu Shui at all.
Shi Qiu Shui glanced at Zhao Ran, once, twice, three times, and finally stared at Zhao Ran straight.
Zhao Ran really didn’t mean to blame her!
Under her gaze, Zhao Ran said calmly, "Besides, Teacher Xiaolin and my family weren't angry. Didn't you see it too? My grandfather even rewarded me."
He didn't feel that his teacher and family were angry with him because of this incident, and he didn't understand why Shi Qiu Shui apologized.
Shi Qiushui opened her eyes wide and looked at Zhao Ran. After a while, she patted Zhao Ran's shoulder seriously and said, "I declare that from this moment on, you, Zhao Ran, are my good friend, the best friend in the world. From now on, every bite of meat I eat will be a bite of soup you drink!"
They had committed crimes together, been scolded, and had their teachers called in. Their friendship was almost life-long, so she accepted Zhao Ran as her friend!
Zhao Ran frowned and asked, "Can't I eat meat with you? Can only you eat the meat and I drink the soup?"
Shi Qiushui's smile froze, and then he waved his hand and said, "Oh, this is just a metaphor, it's not real. It's not really about me eating meat and you drinking soup!"
Zhao Ran: "Then if you want to use a metaphor, can't you use it to describe the two of us eating meat together?"
Shi Qiushui: "...Okay, okay."
She said again, "I declare that from this moment on, you, Zhao Ran, are my good friend, the best friend in the world. From now on, if I have a bite of meat to eat, you will also have a bite of meat to eat."
Zhao Ran nodded in satisfaction.
Shi Qiushui: "But besides you, I also have two good friends, Xiaopang and Xiaotaozi. Don't be jealous of them. Of course, it would be great if you could become good friends with them as well. I won't be jealous of you. I'm very generous..."
Shi Qiu Shui kept talking. Zhao Ran wanted to say that he was not jealous, and that he did not really want to be good friends with Xiaopang and Xiaotaozi, but he never found a chance to interrupt.
Just as Shi Qiu Shui was chattering non-stop, they had already returned to the slum.
As soon as Shi Qiu Shui stepped through the door, he heard the familiar voice of Yao Dazui.
"Hey, did you hear that someone went to our factory this morning to cause trouble?"
Then came Old Lady Yang's cheering voice: "I heard it, I heard it, someone is making a fuss about looking for their own child. What's going on, Old Yao? Is someone's child missing again?"
"Oh, no! You don't know, the one causing trouble is Wang Dali's future mother-in-law. Remember Wang Dali? She was the red flag bearer who defeated more than ten men in our factory during the competition last year!"
Old Lady Yang: "Oh, that Wang Dali, I remember him. Hiss, why would her future mother-in-law go to the machinery factory to cause trouble?"
Yao Dazui said, "It's all because of Wang Dali's girlfriend. Wang Dali's future mother-in-law doesn't like Wang Dali and wants her son to break up with him. But he refuses to do so. He even ran away from home because of this and went to live with Wang Dali's family."
Old Lady Yang was shocked: "Living here without any status or identity? Isn't this the same as eloping?"
Yao Dazui said, "That's what she said. That's why the old woman went to the factory to make trouble today, just to get her son to come home quickly and stop living at Wang Dali's house. But it was no use. After all she did, he still didn't come back."
Hearing this, Shi Yue pricked up his ears. He only knew that Wang Dali and Hao Fang carried Hao Fang's mother away, but he didn't know how they handled the subsequent situation. He was really curious.
I'm mainly curious about what tricks Wang Dali, who doesn't follow the beaten path, will use next.
He had a hunch that Wang Dali would not let Hao Fang off easily.
Shi Qiu Shui, the little gossip-loving girl, was also curious. She pricked up her ears to listen to Yao Dazui's gossip, while sending a resentful look to Shi Yue.
Damn dad, something interesting happened in the machinery factory, but he didn’t even tell her!
Shi Yue wiped his sweat in embarrassment. Well, he had forgotten about it.
Once the news of Shi Qiushui skipping classes came out, he couldn't think about anything else...
"snort."
Shi Qiu Shui turned his head away, not looking at his stinky dad, and listened attentively to Yao Dazui's explanation of the follow-up.
Yao Dazui said, "Wang Dali is quite mean. Her boyfriend's mother came to the factory to cause trouble and refused to leave, so she carried her boyfriend's mother home. She held her up high above her head and carried her back. She kept talking about the old woman as she carried her home, saying that she was carrying her like that because the old woman had caused trouble at the machinery factory and refused to leave. Oh, carrying her that high was enough to make the old woman suffer. I heard that when she was put down at home, her legs were so weak that she couldn't even stand up. Not to mention the humiliation she suffered along the way. If I were her, I wouldn't be able to face people anymore."
Old Mrs. Yang nodded sympathetically.
Yao Dazui said, "That's not the end of it. She left the baby at her boyfriend's mother's house, then went out to the market and bought two live chickens, one male and one female, and sent them to her boyfriend's mother's house."
Old Mrs. Yang: "Why send a chicken? Is it to nourish her girlfriend's mother?" It seems that Wang Dali is not such a good person.
Yao Dazui: "What? It's about keeping fit. You think too much. Wang Dali wanted those two chickens to be the son and daughter-in-law of her girlfriend's mother. She's really unforgiving. Do you know what she said? She handed the chicken over, pointed at the big rooster and said, 'You blame me for kidnapping your son, so I'll give you another son. I'll also buy a daughter-in-law for your son. Let them both accompany you. If you still think it's not enough, then wait two days. When the hens lay eggs, you will have grandchildren.' Her girlfriend's mother was almost mad to death when she heard this, but Wang Dali patted his butt and left as if nothing had happened."
"Tsk tsk, Wang Dali's mouth is so poisonous." Old Mrs. Yang was so poisonous that she felt a little sorry for Wang Dali's girlfriend's mother.
Yao Dazui noticed something was wrong with her expression and quickly said, "Don't feel sorry for Wang Dali's girlfriend's mother. You don't know what she's done. People like her need to be dealt with by a ruthless person like Wang Dali."
Old Lady Yang was curious, "What did she do to her mother?"
Yao Dazui said: "Oh, that's a long story. I've heard about that old woman before. She's not someone you can easily mess with."
Hearing this, Shi Yue and Shi Qiu Shui came forward excitedly.
What other gossip is there? They want to hear it too!
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