Chapter 035
Chu Xia still said to her softly: "Take these two comic books back and read them first. When you have finished reading and understood them and recognized all the words on them, bring them to me and I will give you two new ones."
Wang Xiaoyan nodded with tears in her eyes and spoke louder: "Okay, Teacher Tang, don't worry, I will take good care of it when I take it back. I won't dirty or damage it at all. I will return it to you as soon as I'm done reading it."
Chuxia glanced at the horse-head clock and saw that it was almost time for get out of class to end.
So she didn't say anything more to Wang Xiaoyan, took the hammer and left the office with Wang Xiaoyan. After watching Wang Xiaoyan leave the school gate, she went to the iron plate and rang the bell for the end of get out of class.
After ringing the bell, I returned to the office and sat down.
Not long after, Lin Xiaohan came back after finishing class.
Lin Xiaohan sat down at his desk and drank some water first.
After taking a sip of water, he suddenly asked, "Did you send away the little girl carrying the child?"
Chu Xia was slightly stunned when she heard this, and turned to look at Lin Xiaohan.
It turned out that he had been seeing Wang Xiaoyan all along, but she thought he didn't see her.
Unexpectedly, he has always turned a blind eye to it.
She thought that if he saw it, he would definitely chase Wang Xiaoyan away and never let her come to school to attend classes again.
Chu Xia looked at Lin Xiaohan for a while, then said, "I'm not that cold and heartless. I taught her how to use a dictionary and lent her the dictionary, as well as two comic books, so that she can learn to recognize more words on her own when she returns."
Lin Xiaohan put down the cup, smiled and said, "You are such a kind person."
Not being able to tell what his tone was, Chu Xia looked at him seriously, "Isn't kindness the most basic moral quality of being a human being?"
Lin Xiaohan: “Really?”
Chu Xia affirmed: "Yes."
Lin Xiaohan was not interested in discussing this and did not continue the conversation.
Seeing that he stopped talking, Chu Xia looked away and ended the topic.
The next class is hers, so Chuxia opens the textbook to take a look and make some preparations in advance.
When it was time for the bell, she stood up, took the hammer, and went out to ring the bell.
When she got outside, before she raised the hammer to hit the thick iron plate, she noticed the movement in the classroom.
In fact, they heard something in the office just now, but she and Lin Xiaohan didn't pay much attention to it. After all, there were many children in the classroom, and it was normal for them to make noise after class. It happened during every break.
But now that she was outside, she could clearly hear the children shouting, "Down with the little landlord Li Xisheng!"
Feeling that something bad had happened, Chuxia raised the hammer and quickly rang the preparatory bell, then hurried to the next classroom to see what was going on.
Then, as soon as she entered the classroom, she saw a large group of children gathered in the corner of the last row of the classroom. Most of the students in the class were gathered there, and only a few people were sitting in their seats, turning their heads to look back.
The students surrounded the room in three layers, and it was impossible to see clearly what was going on inside.
"What are you doing?" Chu Xia shouted and walked over, pushing aside the students who were watching the fun outside and squeezed in.
When I squeezed inside, I saw seven or eight boys kicking and beating Li Xisheng.
Li Xisheng did not fight back. He lay on the ground holding his head. There were countless muddy footprints on his body. He did not say a word even after being beaten like this.
After teaching for such a long time, Chuxia has some understanding of the children in the class.
He reached out his hand, pulled the leader Zhou Xiaohu over, and stopped them, saying, "What are you doing?! Stop it!"
Zhou Xiaohu and his seven or eight children ignored Chu Xia and continued to kick Li Xisheng.
Chuxia finally managed to pull them apart and pulled Li Xisheng up from the field.
When they pulled him up, they saw that Li Xisheng's body and face were covered with black ink.
His forehead was hit by something and bleeding was oozing out, with the blood already flowing into his eyebrows.
The man was beaten by Zhou Xiaohu and his men until he started crying, his face covered with tears.
Chu Xia couldn't help but frowned, looked at Zhou Xiaohu and asked, "Why did you hit people?"
Zhou Xiaohu spat at Li Xisheng, then looked at Chu Xia and said, "We are not fighting people, we are fighting small landlords! We are enemies! Enemies of the people!"
Chu Xia glared at him angrily and repeated, "I asked you why you beat him like this for no reason?"
Judging from Li Xisheng's usual performance in school, he would never cause trouble. Zhou Xiaohu, on the other hand, likes to bully people in groups, but usually they are just minor fights.
This is the first time I’ve beaten someone like this.
Zhou Xiaohu was not afraid of Chuxia, and spoke even louder than Chuxia, "What's wrong with me hitting him? Do I need a reason to hit him? His family is the landlord class, the enemy of the people! Their whole family deserves to be beaten! Teacher Tang, are you going to help the little landlord and protect him?!"
Chu Xia was about to continue speaking, but before she could finish her words, someone suddenly pulled her from behind.
It was Lin Xiaohan who pulled her. Lin Xiaohan pulled her behind him and said, "Li Xisheng, don't stand there. Go back and change your clothes and wash your face. Don't disturb everyone's class."
Li Xisheng didn't say a word from beginning to end. After hearing this, he lowered his head and walked away.
Chu Xia said from behind Lin Xiaohan: "I haven't found out what's going on yet."
Lin Xiaohan turned around and gave her a fierce look that told her to shut up.
Lin Xiaohan didn't let Chu Xia speak anymore and asked everyone else to return to their seats.
After the classroom quieted down, he and Chuxia returned to the office together.
As soon as she entered the office, Chu Xia said, "Didn't you see that Li Xisheng's face and body were splashed with ink, and his head was broken? His body was covered with footprints!"
Lin Xiaohan suddenly turned around, stared at Chu Xia and said, "So what?"
Chu Xia was a little afraid of him, but she looked at him with anger, "What do you say? We are their teachers now. If we don't care about this kind of thing happening between students, who can we expect to take care of it?"
Lin Xiaohan: "How do you want to manage it? Seek justice for Li Xisheng?"
Chu Xia: "If he did nothing wrong after asking clearly, why not... um..."
Before she could finish the next words, Lin Xiaohan pulled Chu Xia to the wall and covered her mouth.
He closed the door of his office, stared at Chu Xia with a dark gaze, and said in a low voice: "Li Xisheng's grandfather is a landlord. He is fundamentally wrong and cannot be right! I don't care how many ideas you have in your heart, just keep them to yourself and don't say a word. If Zhou Xiaohu asks the parents to make a big deal about this, you will be considered to have a problem with your class stance, and even gods can't save you."
Any fights between children are just minor ones, so just forget about it.
But if the conflict escalates and the adults in the family are involved, it will inevitably become a big deal, and then it will become a major matter of rising class standpoint.
Chu Xia looked at Lin Xiaohan, and her eyes slowly softened.
Lin Xiaohan looked at her and continued in a low voice: "Li Xisheng shouldn't have come to school in the first place. The fact that he can sit in the classroom is already a sign of tolerance from others. What's a teacher? What do you think a teacher can control? In the first few years, weren't there many teachers who were driven to death? If you don't want to lose this job or even be sent to a construction site for reeducation through labor, just pretend nothing happened."
Chu Xia looked at Lin Xiaohan and blinked twice.
After looking at Chuxia for a while, Lin Xiaohan's eyes and tone softened again. "You've seen criticism and parade, right? The second is losing your job. To be more specific, you lose your ten work points a day and five yuan a month in subsidies. Then you're taken to a labor camp. Not only do you not get any work points, but you also have to bring your own dry food and bedding. The work you do is harder than the work you did at work, and if you don't do it well, you'll be whipped."
Chuxia lowered her eyes and no longer had any desire to speak.
Although she did not have clear personal thoughts before, and had not paid much attention to or cared about anything else except Han Ting, she was born and raised in this era.
There was not a single word that Lin Xiaohan said that she could not understand.
Seeing that Chu Xia didn’t react, Lin Xiaohan let go of her.
Chu Xia stood still, and he said, "I'll go to this class, you stay here and calm down."
After saying that, he picked up two comic books and left.
When I got to the next classroom, I stood on the podium and said, "We're going to pass the comic book around in this class. Students who understand it are welcome to come up and explain it to everyone..."
***
Chuxia leaned against the wall, took a deep breath, closed her eyes and relaxed for a while.
Then she sat down at her desk and stared blankly for a while.
With a blank look in his eyes and slightly pursed lips, he sat there in a daze for half the class.
Then Chuxia turned her head and looked at the gate outside, changed her posture and continued to daydream.
After being in a daze for a while, Li Xisheng appeared in the gate.
Seeing Li Xisheng coming in, Chu Xia's eyes focused and had a clear focus.
Chuxia hesitated for a while, holding her breath, then took a deep breath and stood up.
When they reached the office door, she did not let Li Xisheng go directly into the classroom next door. Instead, she waved at him and called him to the office.
Seeing Chu Xia waving, Li Xisheng naturally came over.
He lowered his head and followed Chu Xia into the office. He stood beside the desk and continued to lower his head.
Chuxia looked at him and saw that he had washed his head and face, but had not changed his clothes that were stained with ink.
Guessing that he didn't have clean clothes to change at home, Chu Xia didn't ask.
She took a deep breath, looked at Li Xisheng and asked, "What happened just now?"
Li Xisheng lowered his head deeply and said after a moment: "Nothing happened."
Chu Xia still looked at him, "Tell me it's okay."
Li Xisheng stood beside the desk, his fingers clenched tightly together.
He didn't say anything, but after a moment he started crying again, sniffing his nose as he cried.
After crying for a while, he said in a hoarse voice with grievance: "He used my ink, and I didn't say anything at first, but he was too wasteful... That bottle of ink was bought for me by my father who exchanged grain for money at the grain station... I asked him to return it to me, but he didn't... I asked him a few more times and he got anxious, so he splashed the ink on my face, and then hit my head with the bottle... Then... Then he called a few others to push me to the ground and beat me... I didn't dare to fight back, so I could only hold my head and let them beat me... Teacher Tang, I really didn't provoke them..."
Seeing Li Xisheng saying these words with tears in his eyes, Chuxia also clenched her fingers together.
Of course, she did not act impulsively again. She lowered her brows and calmed down for a moment. Then, she spoke in a slightly hoarse voice, "I'm sorry, Xisheng, I dare not stand up and seek justice for you... I can't ask him to apologize to you, nor can I ask him to compensate you for the ink and clothes..."
Li Xisheng looked much better after he told his grievances.
He raised his hand to wipe away his tears and said with a slightly nasal tone: "Teacher Tang, you don't have to worry about me. I'm fine. I'm used to these things. Thank you for caring about me."
Chuxia raised her eyes and looked at him for a while, but said nothing more.
Then she opened the drawer in front of her, took out a box of unopened ink, put it in front of Li Xisheng and said, "Teacher, here is some ink, you can use it first."
Li Xisheng looked at the brand new packaging box, then looked at Chuxia, and his eyes suddenly filled with tears again.
But instead of reaching out to take the ink, he took a step back, lowered his head and said, "Teacher Tang, I can't take your things. I'll go back to the classroom first."
After saying that, he didn't give Chu Xia a chance to speak and just turned and left.
He just turned around and took two steps when he saw Lin Xiaohan standing at the office door. So he lowered his head and called out, "Teacher Lin."
Lin Xiaohan came into the office and asked him to leave.
Li Xisheng quickly walked out of the office door and disappeared outside.
As Chu Xia watched Li Xisheng leave, she naturally saw Lin Xiaohan coming in.
But she didn't look at Lin Xiaohan for long. She reached out and took the ink on the table and put it back in the drawer.
Lin Xiaohan looked at Chuxia for a while and said nothing.
He glanced at the time on the horse-head clock and turned and went out again.
***
Li Xisheng didn't want the ink, and Chuxia didn't force it on him.
She didn't hold Lin Xiaohan back too much and quickly adjusted herself to continue the class.
However, her mood was still affected.
Because she was in no mood, after school in the evening, after she finished grading homework in the office and was almost done, she no longer took the initiative to stick to Lin Xiaohan, but packed her schoolbag and left by herself.
Lin Xiaohan just went out to use the bathroom, and when he came back he found Chuxia was gone.
Her desk was tidy, obviously she had just got off work.
It was getting a little dark outside.
Lin Xiaohan then tidied up his desk, picked up his schoolbag and went back to the educated youth site.
He was still thinking as he locked the door and turned to leave.
These days, Chuxia would ask him to go back to the educated youth site with her after get off work every day. She would hang around him every day and talk to him about some boring topics. Today, he could finally take a break.
Being alone is the most relaxing and comfortable thing for him.
As a result, he had just walked halfway leisurely when he suddenly felt a sense of loneliness in his heart.
It was a bad feeling because he had never felt anything like it before.
He has always been a person who enjoys being alone and hates being in a crowd.
Of course, he didn't let this feeling affect him too much.
He quickly adjusted his mood and continued to enjoy the time alone without being disturbed.
Walk the remaining half of the journey back to the educated youth point.
Lin Xiaohan thought Chuxia had returned first, but when he looked around the educated youth site, he saw that only Han Ting and his ten companions were playing in the boys' dormitory. There was no one in the kitchen or the girls' dormitory.
He didn't see Chuxia on the way back.
Lin Xiaohan thought for a while, thinking that Chu Xia probably needed some space to be alone to quietly digest the negative emotions in her heart, so he didn't think about it anymore.
He cooked, ate and fed the chickens normally.
When feeding the chickens, I mixed too many wild vegetables in, and thought it would be a pity to throw them away, so I fed them to the early summer chickens.
While feeding them, he said, "You are lucky today, as I am kind to you."
It was already dark after feeding the chickens, and early summer still hadn't returned.
Lin Xiaohan washed his hands and went to the dormitory to rest. Amid the noise of other people, he seemed a little uneasy and glanced at Wang Xiangqian's alarm clock from time to time.
When Lin Xiaohan saw the time on the alarm clock was eight forty, he could no longer rest.
He picked up his schoolbag and left the educated youth center, and first looked around the area around the educated youth center.
Not finding it near the educated youth site, he went to look for it further away.
Listening to the chirping of insects and frogs under the moonlight, the more I looked for her, the more annoyed I became. I held my breath and gritted my teeth and thought - she is not going back to sleep so late at night and is looking for trouble outside. I must beat her up if I find her.
He didn't know how long he had been searching.
After walking around twice more, I finally saw her sitting alone by the small pond full of lotus leaves where I had stayed in early summer.
He noticed this place when he returned to the educated youth point from school, but Chuxia was not here at that time.
She had obviously been around somewhere else and then came here.
After seeing the beginning of summer, my irritable mood unconsciously calmed down.
Lin Xiaohan stood there, looking at Chuxia's back from a short distance, hesitating between leaving and not leaving.
After a moment, he walked forward and stood behind Chu Xia, clearing his throat.
Chu Xia heard the voice and turned around. Seeing it was him, she was stunned and asked, "Why are you here?"
Lin Xiaohan said, "I was passing by and saw the lotus pond and the moonlight here. It looked like a nice view, so I planned to come over to admire the lotus. I didn't expect you to be sitting here. What a coincidence, isn't it?"
Chuxia did not doubt the truthfulness of his words.
She looked at the lotus pond in front of her. At this season, the lotus flowers had already grown buds, and two of them had even blossomed into pink flowers. Under the moonlight, they looked particularly elegant.
The scenery was quite beautiful, but she hadn't noticed it just now.
After looking at the lotus flowers, Chuxia turned to look at Lin Xiaohan, who had already sat down next to her.
Thinking that he wanted to enjoy the scenery quietly, Chuxia did not say anything and enjoyed the moonlight over the lotus pond with him.
Lin Xiaohan looked at the lotus flowers for a while and then stopped looking at them.
He turned his head to look at Chuxia, and looked at Chuxia for a while in the moonlight.
Then he suddenly said in a low voice: "You don't need to feel guilty or uneasy about Li Xisheng's matter. I made the decision and handled it. It has nothing to do with you. Just leave it to me. I am cold-blooded and heartless. I have no humanity and I don't feel guilty."
“…”
Hearing his words, Chu Xia turned and looked at him.
She didn't expect Lin Xiaohan to comfort her, so she was stunned for a while.
Regaining her composure, she looked at Lin Xiaohan and asked, "Do you think there is something wrong with my class stance?"
Lin Xiaohan looked at her and said, "Let's not talk about this, okay?"
Chu Xia took a deep breath, retracted her gaze and said, "Okay."
It’s really not something good to talk about, so let’s not bring it up.
Let’s not talk about this.
Lin Xiaohan immediately changed the subject and asked Chu Xia: "Are you hungry?"
Chu Xia shook her head at him, "I ate too much at noon, I'm not hungry."
It’s been such a long time, I’d be surprised if I’m not hungry.
Lin Xiaohan reached directly into his schoolbag and called Chuxia: "Put your hand out."
Chuxia didn't know what he was going to do, but she still stretched out her hand obediently.
Then Lin Xiaohan took out several things from her schoolbag and put them all in her hands.
Lin Xiaohan finished playing, and Chuxia looked at it carefully in the moonlight.
The things he took out were all valuable stuff, including crispy rice crackers, red shrimp cakes, and milk biscuits.
The most outrageous thing is that there is a piece of chocolate wrapped in aluminum foil.
These things feel hot in my hands.
Chu Xia slowly turned her head to look at Lin Xiaohan, and asked with a tense expression and breath: "Are you going to drug me to death?"
Lin Xiaohan: “…”
He looked at Chu Xia indifferently and said, "Everything has a shelf life. Rather than waiting for it to expire and give away the cats, sheep, pigs and dogs in the village, it's better to give away the goods to you."
Chu Xia: “…”
She looked at Lin Xiaohan and blinked, then said after a moment: "Then... I'm not welcome?"
Lin Xiaohan: "You're welcome, eat. Just cook for me every day from now on."
Chu Xia: “…”
I knew he wouldn't be well-intentioned.
She had some concerns at first, but after hearing this, she had no concerns at all.
I didn’t feel hungry in early summer before I saw the food, but now that I see it, I feel really hungry.
So she didn't hesitate any longer, opened the package of the Rice Cake, picked up the Rice Cake and took a bite.
After eating half a piece of crispy rice cracker, Chuxia suddenly remembered something.
She looked at Lin Xiaohan and asked him with a puzzled look: "By the way, don't you not eat sweets? Why did you bring so many sweets to the countryside?"
Lin Xiaohan said: "My family prepared it for me."
Chu Xia looked at him puzzledly and took another bite of the Rice Cake.
She chewed her Rice Krispies treats and thought - family? His stepmother?
Chu Xia was about to ask more, but before she could finish her words, Lin Xiaohan suddenly said, "The scenery here is really nice, suitable for relaxing and cultivating your sentiments. Do you want to listen to some music?"
Chu Xia's attention was diverted, and she looked at Lin Xiaohan and asked again: "Did you bring the radio?"
Lin Xiaohan took out a harmonica case from his schoolbag, opened the case and took out the harmonica, saying, "There's no radio. What do you want to listen to? I'll play it for you."
Chu Xia was slightly surprised, "Can you do this?"
Lin Xiaohan said in a very normal tone: "What's so difficult about this?"
All right. Chu Xia thought for a moment and said, "Then let's play something cheerful."
Lin Xiaohan thought about it, then put the harmonica to his lips and played a cheerful tune.
I recognized it as soon as I heard the first sentence in early summer. It was the tune of "Happy Holidays".
Although her singing was not very good, she still liked listening to songs. So she listened to Lin Xiaohan's music while eating the food he gave her and nodding her head to the rhythm with a smile in her eyes.
The rhythm made my mood more cheerful.
In addition to shaking her head, Chu Xia also sang along unconsciously in her heart:
The bird leads the way
The wind blows towards us
We are like spring
In the garden, on the grass
Bright red scarf
Beautiful clothes
Like many flowers blooming
Jump, jump, jump
Jump, jump, jump
Dear uncles and aunts
Let's celebrate this happy festival together...①
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