The roar of the head teacher, Mr. Wu, was deeply felt in the ears of every student.
In a sense, the "cosmic virtual war" during the break turned into a real dispute.
And now, Teacher Wu wants to find out the culprit.
She slapped the podium several times, and each slap seemed to hit the face of class monitor Dong Sunqi. Dong Sunqi knew that Teacher Wu had a strict rule that "writing novels and drawing comics in class is not allowed", but he still dared to take the lead in drawing the plot of the "Exploring the Universe" series of comics... At this moment, Dong Sunqi felt a huge pressure.
Teacher Wu brought a chair and placed it next to the podium. She sat on the chair and had a heart-to-heart talk with the whole class, educating all the students at once.
First, she twisted a piece of paper and read it aloud with a calm expression: "Dear leader of the Earthlings, we have decided to assign Ruan Jingjing to the Earthlings' base. This is a marriage. Long live peace."
Ruan Jingjing, who was sitting in the second row, had a red face. She was enveloped by a violent rage. She turned around, looked at Dong Sunqi, and rolled her eyes at him.
Ruan Jingjing's actions did not escape Teacher Wu's eyes.
According to Teacher Wu's judgment, Ruan Jingjing should not know about it. This is easy to deal with.
Teacher Wu asked loudly, "Who wrote the note? Stand up! How old are you? How can you do this? You wrote such a note under Teacher Wu's nose? Ah, what do you mean? Doesn't the fourth grade class one have a homeroom teacher? Can I control you? Do you have any sense of propriety in doing things?"
No one answered.
Teacher Wu slammed the podium again: "Who was the leader? I'm asking you one last time! If no one admits it! Everyone must write an 800-word self-criticism and hand it in to my office before 8 a.m. tomorrow!"
An eight hundred word review!
Review requires inspiration and needs to be brewed.
Once a word count is set, a student will lose the original intention of reviewing.
Moreover, Teacher Wu adopted a policy of "collective punishment" and punished all the students in the class impartially. Her move was really cruel and strategic, and she was worthy of being the head teacher of the fourth grade class one of the provincial capital experimental primary school.
Jiang Yubai was ready to take all the responsibility. He stuffed his schoolbag into his drawer and was about to stand up from his seat when Lin Zhixia grabbed his wrist.
Lin Zhixia said softly: "Wait a minute! Jiang Yubai, the note was not written by you..."
Jiang Yubai has already stood up.
He is not afraid of Teacher Wu, and even less afraid of taking responsibility.
He wanted to show Lin Zhixia what it meant to take responsibility, what it meant to be brave, and what it meant to be a one-man army that could hold off ten thousand!
He would protect Lin Zhixia, take care of her, and not let her face the slightest risk of having to write a self-criticism or being called to school. This is what a real man should do. He would bear all the consequences without the praise and admiration of his classmates.
He spoke frankly: "Teacher Wu, in my class..."
Before Jiang Yubai finished speaking, Liu Xingjian suddenly yelled, "It's all my fault!"
"It's me!" Jiang Yubai rushed to say, "I drew the comics and designed all the characters!"
Liu Xingjian confronted him: "It's me! I did it!"
Jiang Yubai was a little angry: "You are lying."
Liu Xingjian declared without hesitation: "I didn't lie! I told the truth!"
Liu Xingjian felt deeply sorry that the "Virtual Universe War" could not be fought.
Liu Xingjian was thinking, how can he deal a fatal blow to Jiang Yubai, how can he make Jiang Yubai lose his mind?
Because of Jiang Yubai's interference, Liu Xingjian was punished to stand in the corridor for the first time in his life. Liu Xingjian swore that he would never forget that humiliation, that great humiliation that was deeply engraved in his bones!
At that time, the fourth grade dean was patrolling the corridor and saw Liu Xingjian standing there. The dean asked him, "Liu Xingjian, Liu Xingjian, does your mother know that you were punished by the teacher to stand there?"
What a shame and humiliation!
I will not be a human being if I don’t avenge this!
At this moment, Liu Xingjian had already seen something - he discovered that Jiang Yubai was trying to turn the tide.
Jiang Yubai didn't care about Mr. Wu's criticism. As long as Jiang Yubai took all the mistakes, his status in the class would be at its peak, and he would become the object of admiration and worship of all classmates. The class representative would be proud of "receiving Jiang Yubai's homework", and countless boys would want to team up with Jiang Yubai in physical education and activity classes. The three words "Jiang Yubai" would become the representative of the fearless spirit of the fourth grade (one) class.
Liu Xingjian would never allow the situation to develop to that point.
Liu Xingjian then admitted even louder: "It was me! I created the comic book "Exploring the Universe"! I instigated the whole class! I started the space war!"
Jiang Yubai was stunned. He and Lin Zhixia were the co-founders of the "Exploring the Universe" comic series - this was not a simple question of responsibility. Fundamentally speaking, this was a very serious issue of copyright attribution.
Thanks to the influence of his family environment, Jiang Yubai has a strong legal awareness of "intellectual property rights". He listened to Liu Xingjian's statement calmly and explained without giving in: "I organized the whole class to participate in comic creation. I am the real initiator."
"I am!" Liu Xingjian was dominated by hatred and spoke without thinking, "I asked Ding Yan and Tang Leqin to draw a topographic map of the war! I divided the whole class into two corps!"
"That's enough!" Teacher Wu roared, "You two, come to my office!"
The classroom was completely silent, and the students' breathing became barely audible.
No one spoke. Everyone was watching Jiang Yubai and Liu Xingjian, just like a group of slaves in ancient Rome watching two gladiators enter the arena, just like the soldiers of the French Empire watching Napoleon being exiled. Everyone faced reality with silence, using silence as a silent resistance - the scene was extremely tragic.
Wei Rongjie almost burst into tears.
The draft of the "marriage agreement" was written by Wei Rongjie himself.
However, neither Jiang Yubai nor Liu Xingjian exposed him.
His young and naive heart could not bear such great friendship.
Before Teacher Wu left the classroom, Wei Rongjie stood up suddenly, puffed out his chest, and proudly announced: "Teacher Wu! The idea of sending Ruan Jingjing to marry was mine! Don't blame Jiang Yubai and Liu Xingjian! If you want to blame someone, blame me!"
"Wei Rongjie!" Squad leader Dong Sunqi murmured in a deep and sorrowful voice.
Wei Rongjie put his arm around Dong Sunqi's shoulders and said softly, "I'll be back, squad leader, don't worry about me."
"Wei Rongjie! You still have the nerve to talk?" Teacher Wu's anger almost broke through the classroom, "Come here!"
"Coming!" Wei Rongjie ran towards Teacher Wu.
The break had not yet ended. The rain was still falling outside the window, the raindrops were hazy, hitting the railings in the corridor, making a rustling sound. The sky was still gloomy, and dark clouds rolled in, completely covering the sunlight.
The rain in the sky is the tears in the hearts of our students.
Originally, everyone was looking forward to this cosmic battle.
No one expected the final result of the war would be that the leader of the Earth Army, the deputy leader of the Orion Army, and the military strategist of the Orion Army were all captured by Teacher Wu.
Teacher Wu is the real villain.
Many classmates ran to Lin Zhixia's seat and asked her, "What should we do? Will Jiang Yubai's parents be called in? Should we go to the door of the class teacher's office to protest collectively?"
"No. Don't go find the class teacher. Stay rational, act according to circumstances, and don't let the situation get worse." Lin Zhixia gave advice.
She is very calm.
She stopped a group of classmates who were going to the office to cause a row.
Jiang Yubai was arrested, but Lin Zhixia remained calm. She still kept the original manuscript of the "Exploring the Universe" comic series. This manuscript was the spiritual sustenance of many students in Grade 4 (1).
"I haven't seen Teacher Wu so angry in a long time," Dong Sunqi said to Lin Zhixia while sitting in Jiang Yubai's seat. "Hey, if Jiang Yubai's parents are invited, I'll be sorry for him. I didn't stand up and say a few good words for him."
Lin Zhixia shook her head: "It's okay, don't blame yourself. He will be fine..."
The classmates all looked at Lin Zhixia, and Lin Zhixia's attitude was very gentle: "We must learn to think about problems from the perspective of adults."
Dong Sunqi asked shamelessly: "Ah? From your perspective?"
"Yes," Lin Zhixia explained patiently, "If you were Teacher Wu, and the students in your class were addicted to their own comics, would you be worried about them? Would you try every possible way to get them back on track in their studies?"
Dong Sunqi said firmly: "I will!"
Lin Zhixia nodded: "You found two culprits, one is Jiang Yubai and the other is Liu Xingjian. Do you know what their parents do for a living? Will you call their parents one by one?"
Dong Sunqi hesitated and couldn't give an answer.
Lin Zhixia said to herself, "When adults do something, they consider the risks and benefits. Just like in our comic book series "Exploring the Universe", the accident probability of gold mining is 3.7%. We calculate the final benefits based on the expected value, and we also have to consider the risk curve."
"What do you mean?" Dong Sunqi asked her persistently, "Are Jiang Yubai and Liu Xingjian okay?"
"It's okay." Lin Zhixia concluded.
She took out a rope from her schoolbag and called Tang Leqin happily: "Tang Leqin! Tang Leqin! Let's continue playing the game of cat's tuck!"
Tang Leqin grabbed Dong Sunqi's collar and pulled him out of his seat.
Then, Tang Leqin took over the place and played cat's tangle with Lin Zhixia without distraction. For a moment, Dong Sunqi thought that Tang Leqin was indeed a spy sent by the earthlings - she was not worried about the personal safety of Liu Xingjian and Wei Rongjie at all.
In the "experimental class office" on the fourth floor of the teaching building, Teacher Wu was closing his eyes and resting.
On Teacher Wu's desk was a potted plant, a pile of homework, and a lesson plan. She rested one hand on the desk and the other on her lap, looking a little tired. She asked, "Do you know what you did wrong by drawing that kind of comic in class?"
The three students in front of her rushed to answer: "Yes!"
She opened her eyes and glared at them: "Explain it to me one by one. Wei Rongjie, you go first! What do you mean by sending Ruan Jingjing to marry? What is a marriage? Ah, you have to pay attention to your ideology and morality. I am embarrassed to say you in class! I don't care about other things. The school is also cultivating your extracurricular interests. I am usually lenient with you. As your class teacher, I really want you to learn to respect female classmates."
"I, I read it from Romance of the Three Kingdoms," Wei Rongjie described hesitantly, "Sun Quan married Sun Shangxiang to Liu Bei, and he married Liu Bei..."
Teacher Wu slammed the table and said, "Wei Rongjie, you don't understand Romance of the Three Kingdoms at all. What does this novel about Liu Bei, Sun Quan and Cao Cao fighting for supremacy have to do with you kids? You just turn around and bring what is written in the book to school and to your life. Is that okay? Teacher Wu has told you that students should behave like students. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, do you want to learn all the scenes of Hua Xiong being killed with warm wine, Yan Liang being killed and Wen Chou being executed, the Red Cliff being burned, and Ma Ji being killed with tears?"
Wei Rongjie shook his head desperately.
More than three years of school life taught Wei Rongjie one thing: when listening to a teacher's criticism, one must concentrate and be respectful. Once the teacher has calmed down, the matter can be easily forgotten.
Compared with Jiang Yubai and Liu Xingjian, Wei Rongjie obviously has more experience in dealing with teachers.
Teacher Wu suddenly asked again: "How long did you work on this comic? Teacher Qian said that Liu Xingjian was very repulsive to Earthlings. Is that the content of your comic? At your age, you are most likely to be influenced by those untrue comic stories. Ideological quality, children! You must exercise your ideological quality! Read more things about truth, goodness and beauty, and read things that are warm and touching. The rules for primary school students clearly state that you must develop in all aspects of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics and labor. The gentlemen in ancient China all knew 'gentle, kind, respectful, prudent and modest, polite, benevolent, wise and trustworthy'. How many of you are there? Whose idea was it to pick a fight with Earthlings?"
Wei Rongjie revealed without hesitation: "It was Liu Xingjian who came up with it himself."
"Liu Xingjian!" Teacher Wu shouted out Liu Xingjian's full name angrily.
Liu Xingjian stood at attention, his hands pressed tightly against the seams of his pants.
Teacher Wu taught him: "Liu Xingjian, Liu Xingjian, what a good name. There is a sentence in the Analects of Confucius, Yong Ye, which says, 'Being respectful and simple in conduct, in order to treat the people, is that not good?' Do you still remember what this means? Your actions and your thoughts must be worthy of your name, okay? Liu Xingjian?"
Liu Xingjian's eyes dropped, like a dead tree, staring blankly at the floor.
"And you, Jiang Yubai," Teacher Wu turned around and faced Jiang Yubai, "You, you should focus on the right path. You organized the whole class to participate in comics, which is good. This shows that you have organizational and leadership skills. But is this the right way to do it? No. Your behavior will cause small groups to form cliques and fights in the class, which is what Teacher Wu doesn't want to see the most. You will affect other students. Liu Xingjian has been driven crazy by you..."
After saying the words "crazy", Teacher Wu suddenly realized: "Jiang Yubai."
Jiang Yubai took a step forward.
Teacher Wu bent her index finger and tapped the table with her knuckles: "Jiang Yubai, tell me the truth, was the comic "Exploring the Universe" the idea of Lin Zhixia? Was it her?"
Jiang Yubai insisted: "It's not her."
He glanced sideways and looked at Wei Rongjie.
Wei Rongjie also said: "It's not her."
It's really not her.
Jiang Yubai drew the first stroke of the comic, and Lin Zhixia was just the one who constructed the background concept.
However, Teacher Wu said: "Lin Zhixia often thinks about some very advanced things. Teacher Wu understands her and gives her more freedom, but I don't want her to affect other students. She is a good child. Most of the students in our fourth grade (one) class are good children. We can't damage the reputation of our class because of a small episode. You must have a sense of collective honor! Good news never goes out, but bad news spreads a thousand miles. If you make a joke in the class, the whole grade will know about it."
Class teachers always compare themselves with each other, and Teacher Wu places particular emphasis on the word "class style". She thought for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Jiang Yubai, do you want to change seats?"
Change seats?
Jiang Yubai shook his head like a wave drum: "No."
Although Jiang Yubai was afraid of going to school for a while after becoming deskmate with Lin Zhixia, he felt that he had already fully adjusted.
Changing seats is undoubtedly a sign of weakness. As a growing man, Jiang Yubai will not complain about the world, will not be timid, and will not succumb to weakness.
Teacher Wu closed her eyes again. She tapped the table with her fingers, making a heavy, dull sound, like a clock that had been out of repair for a long time, disturbing the passage of time.
"Go back, all of you," Teacher Wu instructed, "Each of you write an 800-word self-criticism and hand it in to my office before 8 a.m. tomorrow. Since this is your first time making a mistake, I won't call your parents. If you make a mistake again, I won't show any mercy. Do you understand?"
The three students nodded repeatedly.
Jiang Yubai, Liu Xingjian, and Wei Rongjie walked out of Teacher Wu's office one after another. They walked quietly through the corridor, and a slanting wind and light rain came from outside the railings, soaking their clothes and pants.
Several students from Grade 4 (1) stuck their heads out of the window and shouted strangely at the three of them - this was a special way for students to express their concern for each other. Jiang Yubai could understand.
Some students from the next class heard the news and came to peek at them. From the teacher's office to the fourth grade (one) classroom, a distance of only a few dozen meters, Jiang Yubai walked out of it with the solemn feeling of a teacher returning home.
Class monitor Dong Sunqi stood at the door of the classroom with his hands behind his back, his eyes slightly moist: "Jiang Yubai, Wei Rongjie, are you all back?"
"Yeah, I'm back." Jiang Yubai replied.
Dong Sunqi asked again: "Have you been called parents?"
"No," Jiang Yubai said truthfully, "You just need to write an 800-word self-criticism."
Dong Sunqi clenched his right fist and smashed it into the palm of his left hand: "Damn! Lin Zhixia is so good at predicting things!"
He hugged Wei Rongjie and said, "I am Sun Quan, you are Zhou Yu, Jiang Yubai is Liu Bei, and Lin Zhixia is Zhuge Liang!"
Jiang Yubai had no time to chat with Dong Sunqi. He walked back to his seat quickly and noticed that Lin Zhixia looked the same as usual. Jiang Yubai's brief absence did not seem to affect her peaceful life.
Lin Zhixia pushed the window open a little, and the mist covered the glass. Lin Zhixia was writing on the glass. She wrote down the expression of Fermat's Last Theorem x^n y^n=z^n.
Through Fermat's Last Theorem, she continued to observe the world in the rain.
Until Jiang Yubai called her: "Lin Zhixia."
She turned around and asked: "You called me?"
Jiang Yubai sat down: "I need to write an 800-word self-criticism."
Lin Zhixia sat next to him: "Can't you write it?"
How is that possible?
How could he not be able to write?
Jiang Yubai opened his pencil case, tore off a piece of draft paper, and prepared himself: "I write my self-criticism very quickly. I will finish it while you are distracted."
Lin Zhixia held her chin with one hand: "Really?"
Jiang Yubai swore: "It's true."
Lin Zhixia was a little sleepy after having a heavy breakfast. She simply fell asleep on the table. About ten minutes later, the break was over and the shrill bell woke Lin Zhixia up. She got up in a daze, but found that there was not a single word on Jiang Yubai's draft paper.
Jiang Yubai kept holding the pen, still thinking carefully and choosing his words.
"Let me write it for you." Lin Zhixia suggested.
Jiang Yubai rejected her coldly: "No, thank you. I can complete my own affairs independently." Under Lin Zhixia's various stimulations, Jiang Yubai finally had an inspiration.
He picked up the pen and wrote: "First time writing a self-criticism..." Six words in total.
After the six words, Jiang Yubai was at a loss for words again. He was stared at by Lin Zhixia with a fiery gaze, and he felt like an illiterate who had never learned Chinese pinyin.
Think about how many people praised him for his good Chinese in Singapore. How many times have we recalled the past, and who knows what happened next?
"How often in this world do we recall the past?" is a line from the Tang Dynasty poet Liu Yuxi's "Reminiscence of the Past at Xisai Mountain". Thinking of this, Jiang Yubai simply wrote these seven words into his self-criticism. In this way, his self-criticism had 13 words. He only needed to write another 787 words to complete the task. He was one step closer to success.
Lin Zhixia burst out laughing. She mercilessly ridiculed him: "You've been holding it in for so long, and you can only write 13 words!"
He responded calmly, without any haste or impatience: "Yes. I'm trying."
This answer, although brief, was respectable and left no room for his competitors to continue laughing at him.
But he didn't expect that Lin Zhixia actually flipped through his homework on the desk. Lin Zhixia took his "Chinese Homework Book" and carefully examined a few pages.
Then, Lin Zhixia took out a piece of draft paper, wrote the title "Self-Criticism", and signed it "Jiang Yubai".
Jiang Yubai was extremely shocked. Because Lin Zhixia's handwriting was exactly the same as Jiang Yubai's. She only spent ten seconds observing his work and was able to successfully imitate his every stroke.
As the object of imitation, he could not find even the slightest fault.
Lin Zhixia wrote quickly: This is the first time I write a self-criticism. The phrase "How many times in this world have I felt sad about the past" suddenly appeared in my mind. "This world" refers to the world, but also to the school. I "feel sad about the past" because I feel frustrated about the mistakes I made. I'm sorry, Teacher Wu. This morning, I realized my mistakes...
Lin Zhixia followed Jiang Yubai's 13-word opening and expanded on it as much as she could, her hands moving at lightning speed.
She didn't hesitate for a second, using the Spring and Autumn style to downplay the seriousness of the incident, and between the lines revealed a strong sense of regret, a hint of reserve, and a deep sense of responsibility. It was not a self-review, but Lin Zhixia's modern Chinese teaching class.
Jiang Yubai wanted to kneel down to her.
Before he could come to his senses, Lin Zhixia had already finished.
Jiang Yubai wanted to become her disciple.
In the closing part, Lin Zhixia concluded: This review is my reflection, my self-examination, and also my opportunity to correct myself. I will abide by the "Code of Conduct for Primary School Students" and be a well-rounded person with moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor development...
Jiang Yubai interrupted, "In the office, Teacher Wu mentioned morality, intelligence, physical fitness, and aesthetics."
"Yes," Lin Zhixia told him seriously, "Teacher Wu likes to talk about morality, intelligence, physical fitness and aesthetics the most. When you write a self-review for her, you must include this sentence. If it is not well written and the attitude is not right, she may ask you to rewrite it."
"Rewrite?" Jiang Yubai felt unbelievable.
This class was originally a physical education class, but due to the weather, it was temporarily changed to a self-study class. The classmates in the class whispered and chatted secretly, but the physical education teacher didn't care at all.
The physical education teacher sat next to the podium, holding a magazine, concentrating on reading his magazine, oblivious to what was happening outside.
At first, Jiang Yubai was ready to take advantage of the self-study class to write a handwritten letter of apology. He calmly explained his reasons: "I should bear the consequences of my mistakes. I cannot accept your letter of apology. I should write a new one. Even if Teacher Wu asks me to write another one tomorrow morning, I will accept it."
However, Lin Zhixia said to him: "Jiang Yubai, if you write a new one, the one I have in hand will be in vain. Do you want me to give this self-criticism to someone else? If I give it to Liu Xingjian, Liu Xingjian will definitely think that I look down on him. If I give it to Wei Rongjie, Wei Rongjie will definitely be very grateful to me. So I'd better give it to Wei Rongjie..."
Jiang Yubai said nothing, tore up his 13-word self-criticism on the spot, and carefully kept the version written by Lin Zhixia.
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