The moment Lin Zhilan entered the classroom, she saw Xia Minmin. She ran over with her schoolbag on her back, "Xiaomin, let me borrow your winter vacation homework right away! It's extremely urgent!"
"Pfft, Lin Lanzhi, what accent are you speaking from?"
Xia Minmin's classmates were amused by Lin Zhilan's accent and burst into laughter.
"Take a look?"
"Take a look?"
"What are you looking at? Haven't you heard of our Northeastern accent? What's wrong with you?" Lin Lanzhi didn't care at all about her classmates' teasing.
Xia Minmin took out her winter vacation homework from her schoolbag and handed it to Lin Lanzhi, "Are you sure Lao Lu won't find out like this?"
Lin Lanzhi snatched the homework away. "Oh dear, I can't worry about that now. If I hand in a blank test paper, they'll probably find out right away. A test paper filled with writing is better than one that's blank. What if Old Lu and the others don't check?"
Lin Lanzhi hurriedly ran back to her seat with her winter vacation homework, and without even wiping the dust off her desk and chair, she immediately began writing furiously.
At the start of the new semester, many students in the class were catching up on their winter break homework, which was quite rare in Class 1.
"My dear friends, who has finished their homework? Can I borrow it to take a look?" Gu Fei's voice came in before he even entered the classroom.
"Class monitor, where's your homework?"
Gu Fei rushed in through the back door and pounced on Xia Minmin's desk, knocking all the books and pencil case off the desk.
Gu Fei apologized as he picked up his things, "I'm so sorry, class monitor! Where's your homework?"
Tang Meng said irritably, "It's with Lin Lanzhi."
She was also one of the victims of this undeserved disaster.
"Extra! Extra! Old Lu is here! Quickly put away your test papers!" The students who came in with their backpacks rushed to their seats.
Gu Fei didn't have time to think and ran back to his seat.
The familiar rhythmic sound of Teacher Lu's high heels drifted over; she hadn't heard it for over a month and missed it terribly.
The students who were frantically copying homework were now sitting up straight, as if they hadn't been the ones copying homework just a second ago.
Teacher Lu stood on the podium and looked around. Her many years of teaching experience told her that there must be something wrong with these children.
Gu Fei said loudly, "Teacher, when do we pay the tuition? Mom told me to give you the tuition as soon as I get to school, so I don't lose it."
Teacher Lu stared at Gu Fei intently, thinking to himself, "This kid definitely has a problem. He's probably just changing the subject because he didn't finish his winter break homework."
"Don't worry about tuition fees yet, let's collect the winter break homework first," Teacher Lu said with a smile.
The classroom was filled with constant wails.
Someone shouted, "Teacher, aren't we only collecting tuition fees today? My winter break homework is still at home and I didn't bring it with me."
"That's right! Teacher, I thought I was only paying tuition, so I didn't even bring my schoolbag."
Gu Fei smiled broadly and said, trying to muddy the waters, "Teacher Lu, you should have told me before the holiday."
Teacher Lu's many years as a homeroom teacher have not been for nothing. "Alright, those of you who brought your schoolbags should have brought your winter vacation homework. Please hand in your winter vacation homework. Class monitor, come up and register it. I'll go around here and check it one by one."
Xia Minmin sat in the last row, watching her classmates' little actions carefully. Those who hadn't finished their homework and still had their backpacks folded them up and put them in their desks.
After Teacher Lu finished speaking, she stepped down from the podium. The students who had finished their homework were organizing their test papers, and Xia Minmin had no choice but to take her notebook to the podium to register her name.
Teacher Lu walked up to Gu Fei and said, "Gu Fei, did you bring your schoolbag? Open it and let me see."
Gu Fei wanted to deny it, but Teacher Lu's gaze was truly frightening. Helpless, Gu Fei had no choice but to take his folded schoolbag out of his desk and slowly pull out the test paper inside.
Seeing that Teacher Lu was staring at Gu Fei, the other students quickly stacked their test papers, wrapped the unfinished ones in the completed ones, handed them to the podium, registered their names, and went down.
Lin Lanzhi walked up to the podium with two stacks of test papers, and judging from her appearance, she still had a lot of homework left.
Teacher Lu patted Gu Fei on the shoulder and sneered, "Gu Fei, come to my office later, we'll have a good talk."
Teacher Lu turned around and said loudly, "Hurry up and hand in your homework, it's time to pay your tuition."
Xia Minmin handed the register to Teacher Lu, "Five students did not hand in their winter vacation homework."
The students lined up one by one to pay their tuition. After the last student finished paying, Teacher Lu counted the items on the podium.
"Class monitor, vice class monitor, and academic representative, after school, please bring the test papers from the podium to my office and separate the test papers for each subject."
Teacher Lu's words struck the hearts of the students who hadn't finished their homework like a thunderbolt, and those who had hoped to get away with it turned ashen-faced.
Perhaps because he was in a good mood after teasing the students, Teacher Lu hummed a song and slowly walked out of the classroom.
The classroom immediately became chaotic as students who had finished their homework packed their bags and left the classroom.
"Oh no... what am I going to do? I haven't even started writing my history exam yet!"
"Other classes don't have this much homework, why is our class so full of it?"
"I wonder how Old Lu will treat us?"
"If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have gone on a trip this winter break. I thought Lao Lu wouldn't collect the homework."
"Who says otherwise? My sister used to be taught by Lao Lu, and she said that he never collected homework during winter and summer vacations. I didn't do my homework because I listened to her."
"Your sister lied to you on purpose, didn't she?"
Xia Minmin, Liu Dan, and Xi Ang were organizing the test papers on the podium.
Several students looked at them pleadingly, their hands still pressing down on their exam papers.
Xia Minmin moved her hand away from the test paper. "Don't think about it. There's only so much time. Even if I give you the test paper, you won't be able to finish copying it. You might as well accept reality, go home and get some rest today. Maybe tomorrow there will be a big cleaning session waiting for you."
“Yes, Xiaomin is right. You all know what kind of tricks Lao Lu has. At most, he'll make you clean up, he won't call your parents. Xiaomin, Xi'ang, I'll hand in this stack of test papers first.”
After saying that, Liu Dan left the classroom with her schoolbag on her back and the test paper in her arms.
Xia Minmin urged the remaining two classmates, "You guys hurry up, I'm going to lock the door."
Tang Meng carried Xia Minmin's schoolbag and accompanied her to Teacher Lu's office, while Xi Ang carried the test papers and went to the office together.
Standing outside the office, I could hear Teacher Lu's voice, "Gu Fei, do you still remember that you were a criminal?"
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"Please come in."
Xia Minmin and Xi Ang walked into Teacher Lu's office with the test papers in their arms. Gu Fei breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly, thinking that he had been saved.
"Teacher, the rest of the test papers are here."
Teacher Lu looked at the two who came in, her expression gentle, "Xia Minmin, Xi Ang, put down your test papers and go home!"
Xia Minmin and Xi Ang turned and left after Gu Fei made a pleading gesture.
Teacher Lu coughed lightly, and Gu Fei immediately stood up straight.
"Xiaomin, wait a minute. Give the keys to the front and back doors of the classroom to Gu Fei. He will be in charge of opening and closing the doors for the rest of the semester."
Xia Minmin's eyes lit up. This was truly good news. Finally, she wouldn't have to be the first to arrive and the last to leave.
"Old Lu, can we change the punishment? I really can't get up." Gu Fei kept whining and tugging at Teacher Lu's hand.
Teacher Lu simply watched him perform quietly; with the situation hopeless, Gu Fei had no choice but to accept the key.
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