Chapter 49: What is going to school?
The children are in class and the mothers are repairing the house. This is the main task today.
Honey was "naturally" late, and they didn't arrive until 9 o'clock in a hurry.
"I'm so sorry. I have to wait for the doctor's rounds to confirm before I can be discharged. I'm late on the first day. I'm so sorry." Liu Yunshan came in bowing all the way. The sincerity of her apology was more endless than the river water last night.
Everyone naturally showed some concern, but not much, as if not saying anything was also an "offensive and defensive alliance" between them. As I said, they are all thousand-year-old foxes, so who is going to play Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio with whom?
"Before class, we need school bags, textbooks, and stationery. The teacher has prepared them for each new student!" Teacher Huang took out hand-sewn cloth school bags with very Miao characteristics and distributed them to everyone. The children were extremely happy to see them.
Cheng Cheng couldn't let it go and looked at it left and right in his hands.
"Mom, take a picture for me!" she shouted happily.
"Let's shoot later. We have to go to class now. Everyone follow me!"
Teacher Huang led the children into the first grade classroom.
The classroom was quiet, and the big eyes showed everything they wanted to say. How out of place these children were here. Their fair skin, exquisite hairstyles, and bright clothes all showed that they were from another world.
Suddenly, crisp applause rang out in the classroom. Someone shouted "Welcome new students" and everyone started laughing.
"It sounds like the atmosphere is pretty lively." Several mothers gathered at the window to "eavesdrop" and feel the atmosphere of being a parent of elementary school students.
"I'm not worried about Cheng Cheng. She likes being with her brothers and sisters. It's just that she plays too wildly with me. I don't know if she can concentrate on her studies."
"I'm worried about Ranran. I'm afraid he'll get mad after trying a few times and realizing he doesn't know how to do it."
"Nuanbao and Honey are the least of worry, right? The first grade content is too easy for them, so they can start directly from the third grade."
The "anxiety levels" of several mothers soared in an instant, as if the "competitiveness" in their blood would awaken as soon as their children entered school.
Everyone naturally brought the topic to education, how to cultivate academic masters, how to improve artistic accomplishment, whose children won what awards, which schools have what strict admission requirements... No matter how unrestrained and freedom-loving you are, at this moment you should obediently focus your thoughts on being a "school-age mother."
[No matter how big a star they are, gossipers always talk about their children in the same way! ]
[No one can escape the Shura field of tutoring homework, burn, moms! ]
[It just made me laugh, a group of kindergarten parents are imagining the pain in advance. The real pain is ten thousand times more intense than this, you will know when the time comes! ]
[I suddenly felt relieved. It turns out they were worried about the same thing as me! ]
"Hello, moms, how about we start our work?"
The mothers became more and more excited as they chatted, and they looked like they were going to roll up their sleeves and start eating melon seeds. The program crew couldn't stand it anymore. This style of work really reflects the true meaning of "when in Rome, do as the Romans do".
Jiang Ranran was experiencing school for the first time. It would have been harder than climbing a mountain to get him to sit in his seat for 45 minutes, but he was drowsy at the moment. Just as Mr. Huang started to lead everyone in reading the text, a familiar drowsiness came over him.
I didn't sleep last night, and it would be unfair not to sleep with such a good "lullaby" now. The sound of everyone reading became louder and louder, and Jiang Ranran's eyelids became heavier and heavier. After struggling up and down, his little head fell on the table with a plop, making a crisp sound.
"Hahaha--"
Everyone laughed unrestrainedly, and a naughty boy ran over from the back seat to look at Jiang Ranran. Seeing that he was grimacing in pain, he laughed even harder.
"Ranran fell asleep on the first day of class. He is a teachable child." Teacher Huang joked to ease the atmosphere.
[Teacher Huang's words are very meaningful. Ranran found the right feeling for the class on the first day. Haha, I still need to sleep for another 20 years. Come on, Ranran! ]
[Isn’t this me? No matter how old you are, everyone falls asleep at school.]
[The small shoulders carry a big head, the baby can't bear it! 】
[I can foresee the scene of Mrs. Jiang helping him with his homework in the future. It's like watching a famous scene of a loving mother and a filial son.]
Jiang Ranran was laughed at by everyone and became quite angry and embarrassed, so she was about to get up and walk out.
"Where are you going?" Teacher Huang stopped him.
"Go to bed!"
Everyone laughed even more happily.
"Going to school is different from going to kindergarten. Children in kindergarten can eat when they are hungry and rest when they are sleepy, but it is not the same at school. There must be rules and discipline. During class, you can only concentrate on studying, you are not allowed to sleep, and you are not allowed to run out of the classroom." Teacher Huang explained to him patiently and carefully.
Jiang Ranran tilted her little head, listening with a vague look as if she understood what was said.
"These kids are still in kindergarten and are not familiar with the pace of school. We should be more tolerant and helpful to them, okay?"
Teacher Huang's proposal naturally attracted everyone's response, and a loud "yes" echoed throughout the classroom.
Jiang Ranran sat down helplessly, his sleepiness had long been scared away. He began to look around, curiously observing the surrounding environment and people.
His deskmate was called Buni, a dark and thin boy. His stationery was shabby and inadequate compared to Jiang Ranran's brand new stationery. The rusty pencil case, the broken notebook, the patched schoolbag, all these made the boy's self-esteem turn into inferiority.
He would glance at Jiang Ranran from time to time, as if he was peeking at an alien creature. And Jiang Ranran would also look at him from time to time, wondering how he could read all the densely packed words in the book.
"Let's take out our pens and write this word, remembering the key points the teacher has mentioned."
Buni opened his pencil case, took out a pencil that was about to be used up, and started writing seriously.
Is this pen still usable?
Jiang Ranran looked at her pen and handed it to Bunny.
"No, I have one." Boonie refused him.
"Here."
Without saying a word, he snatched the pen from Bunny and handed him his own pen.
Buni wanted to take it back, but because of everyone's gaze, he had to endure it silently. He did not use Ranran's pen, but took out another slightly longer pen from the pencil case, which was still bald, and started writing.
Jiang Ranran pouted, took out a pencil sharpener and started to sharpen Bunny's pencil. He didn't care about saving money, he just knew that the tip of the pencil had to be sharpened to make the writing beautiful. But he used too much force, and the pencil was sharpened to the bottom in just a few strokes.
"You've shaved it all off!" Boonie finally couldn't bear it anymore.
"I'm trying to help you. You're so bald that you can't even write."
"You're so wasteful. You can't use a pen much and you just sharpen it all!"
Boonie snatched it away angrily and stuffed the stub into his pencil case.
Jiang Ranran was so angry that she stuffed all her pencils into Boonie.
"Compensate you!"
The two kids glared at each other for no reason, and it looked like a tense situation.
"What's going on?" Teacher Huang came over in time.
"I sharpened his pencil, I have to compensate him! It's no big deal, I'm still a man!"
"Who asked you to pay? Who asked you to touch my things?"
Oh, I have such a bad temper, my kindness has not been rewarded yet, didn’t I help you because your penis was bald?! Jiang Ranran was so angry that she stared.
At this time, the mothers were standing in front of the storage room, staring at each other in amazement. It was the first time they had seen such a shabby room filled with all kinds of miscellaneous items, and they had no idea where to start.
"Ran Ran's mother——" Cheng Cheng ran over while shouting, "Auntie, something bad has happened, Ran Ran is fighting with someone, go and check it out!"
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