"Xiaomei, come here to your aunt." The young girl squatted down and greeted Xiaomei in a familiar manner.
Xiaomei looked hesitant. Lu Yao
was not in a hurry, squatting where he was, looking at Xiaomei with a smile.
At this time, Xiaomei's head teacher came out of the school gate, holding a mobile phone, looked up and saw Xiaomei and a young woman in a stalemate, and walked over to ask: "Ms. Lu Yao?" Lu Yao
stood up and nodded.
The head teacher looked at Lu Yao, said a few more words to the person on the other end of the phone, and then looked at Lu Yao with a smile after hanging up the phone: "Are you Xiaomei's aunt?"
Lu Yao nodded.
The head teacher squatted down and pointed at Lu Yao to introduce Xiaomei.
Xiaomei's wariness gradually faded, and she walked slowly to Lu Yao, "Hello, auntie."
The little girl felt a little aggrieved and helpless when she met a stranger who came to pick her up without her parents notifying her. But the child was also very good at observing people's expressions. When she found out that the stranger was really her relative, she endured the unfamiliar and fearful emotions and took the initiative to greet him.
Lu Yao saw all this, and such children actually made parents feel at ease.
Sometimes it is precisely this overly sensible and tolerant character that is so reassuring that the needs of her growing up are ignored.
Lu Yao took Xiaomei's hand and said goodbye to the head teacher.
Xiaomei was very quiet along the way.
Lu Yao looked around and saw the vendor at the intersection ahead. He pulled Xiao Mei over and said, "This butterfly hairpin is so cute. Do you want to buy it?"
Xiao Mei's eyes lingered on the hairpin for a moment, then she looked up at Lu Yao and shook her head.
Lu Yao squatted down next to her and said, "But I like it very much. Can you help me pick one?"
Xiao Mei blinked, stood in front of the wooden shelf and looked at it carefully for a while, then pointed to a butterfly with blue wings in the middle.
Lu Yao asked the vendor to take it down and handed it to Xiao Mei, "Can you help your aunt put it on?"
Xiao Mei didn't say anything, but took it and carefully put it on Lu Yao.
Lu Yao looked at the screen of his mobile phone and said with a smile, "My little niece has good taste. I like it very much."
Xiao Mei's eyes sparkled and she pursed her lips in happiness.
The next second, the aunt took a pink and purple butterfly hairpin from the wooden rack, "My little niece picked such a beautiful hairpin for me, and the aunt also wants to give you a hairpin as a gift. Does this one look good?"
Xiaomei lowered her eyelashes and nodded shyly.
Lu Yao put the pink and purple butterfly hairpin on Xiaomei, "It's very beautiful."
On the way back, Lu Yao bought taiyaki and small cakes, and also brought cakes for Xiaomei's grandpa and grandma.
When they got home, there was still a little taiyaki crumbs on the corners of Xiaomei's mouth. Lu Yao
reached out to help her wipe it clean, and said goodbye to her at the door of the house.
Xiaomei was reluctant, "Aunt, don't you live in my house?" Lu Yao
pointed to the door number next to him, "Aunt lives next door to yours, if you have something, just come and knock on the door."
Xiaomei let go.
After returning home, Xiaomei put the cake on the table and said that her aunt bought it for her. Grandpa and grandma looked as if they were used to it and did not react when they saw the hairpin on Xiaomei
's hair. Xiaomei was certain that her aunt was indeed her aunt.
That afternoon, Jiajia came to Xiaomei's house to play with Xiaomei as usual. Grandma brought a cake and gave the big one to Jiajia and the small one to Xiaomei.
Xiaomei and her aunt had eaten Taiyaki and small cakes outside, so she did not want to eat cakes at all. She saw Jiajia grabbing a big piece of cake and stuffing it into her mouth, and she did not feel anything. Jiajia
played for a while and then went back. Grandma called for dinner, and Xiaomei obediently got up to eat.
From that day on, her aunt would pick up Xiaomei from the childcare center every afternoon.
At the age of six, Xiaomei started attending primary school. Every day after school, her aunt would pick her up.
Her aunt was a gentle and patient person. After school, she would often take Xiaomei out to eat and drink, and would listen carefully to what Xiaomei said about what happened at school.
The time she spent with her aunt was always relaxed and happy.
A few years passed, and Xiaomei went to middle school.
She started boarding in middle school, and she would go home at least once a week.
Xiaomei knocked on Lu Yao's door and stood by the door with reluctance in her eyes: "Aunt, I have to go to school." Lu Yao
touched Xiaomei's forehead and took out a black doll from behind him, "I'll give you a little doll. His name is Alfred. If you encounter any problems at school, you can discuss it with him."
Xiaomei took the little dragon doll and took out a box from behind her with a smile on her face: "This is my farewell gift to my aunt."
Lu Yao was a little surprised: "This is the first time a cram school student has given me a gift. Can I open it?" Lu
Yao said the word "cram school student" vaguely. Xiaomei didn't hear it clearly, nor did she distinguish it carefully. She smiled and nodded: "I tried to make it with my superpowers. Don't dislike it, aunt."
Xiaomei's superpower is that she can manipulate metal at will to deform, melt, or suspend it.
After developing her abilities over the past few years, she can now manipulate metals with great precision.
This year, her parents gave her a thin pure gold necklace as a birthday gift.
Xiaomei secretly cut off a large section of it, and used the money she had saved for many years to buy a gram of super-precious metal, which she melted into gold water to make this delicate lotus earring.
Lu Yao's eyes lit up: "Did you really make this? This is so cute."
The delicate lotus is used as the base, and a thin chain is hanging from the slender branches. The sunlight refracts and creates shimmering light.
Xiaomei pursed her lips shyly, "As long as my aunt likes it."
She did not tell her where the material for the earring came from. As long as my aunt likes it, everything is worth it.
The earring that my aunt always wears on her left ear is really eye-catching. I can't tell what it is made of, but it looks expensive and rare.
It is really difficult to make a texture that matches it.
She thought about it for a long time before she came up with this idea.
The gold chain is actually nothing. What is rare is the one gram of super-new metal, which has been refined by her superpowers and blended perfectly with gold and water.
After saying goodbye to my aunt, Xiaomei prepared to go to school.
Lu Yao hesitated for a moment and called her: "Xiao Mei, Aunt is preparing to move."
Xiao Mei was stunned.
Lu Yao clasped his hands together and said solemnly: "Due to work needs, Aunt is moving to another city. I think I should tell you formally."
Xiao Mei: "Aunt will never come back in the future?"
Lu Yao thought for a while and shook his head: "We will see each other again, but probably in a few years."
Xiao Mei let out a long breath, "That's good. Aunt, I'm going to school."
Lu Yao nodded: "When you are troubled, just discuss it with Alfred. He is also a very good teacher."
Xiao Mei's first cram school ended.
Back to the cram school, Xiao Mei's consciousness merged with the memory of the cram school. Lu Yao
stood up and poured her a cup of warm water, "Come down for a while."
Xiaomei looked up, her eyes were stung by the fragmented light, she slowed down and opened her eyes, saw the earrings on the shop owner's right ear, and was a little surprised: "Are you really my aunt?" Lu Yao
sat down opposite her: "How do you feel?"
Xiaomei recalled for a while, smiled and nodded: "Very good."
She also reacted that the shop owner could not really be her aunt.
But the gift she gave to the shop owner, the little black dragon doll the shop owner gave her, all existed in reality.
Does this mean that those delicacies, toys, and the childhood she spent with the shop owner were not just a dream?
Lu Yao asked: "I should have confirmed it again, but I felt that I should believe you. Did you meet him again when you were in college?"
Xiaomei nodded: "He took the initiative to pursue me. But those sweet words and gifts that made me excited seemed to be covered with a layer of false veil and could no longer touch my heart."
Lu Yao nodded with satisfaction: "It seems that you don't need a second tutoring session. Congratulations on your successful graduation."
Xiaomei couldn't help but stand up and hug Lu Yao, "Thank you, auntie."
The tutoring program at the Childhood Tutoring Center was completely different from what Xiaomei had expected. Even though she had heard some of it from Zheng Siyao, it was far less shocking than the actual tutoring experience.
During the tutoring period, the owner did not instill any values into her, nor did she preach any great principles. Xiaomei felt that she had only lived with her aunt for a few years.
When her aunt left, she began to face the world alone. The world around her was both strange and extremely familiar.
It was strange because she had to face the world alone, and it was familiar because her aunt seemed to have taught her how to get along with the world invisibly.
When she was a child, those trivial moments that were ignored, those emotional needs that were not met, and those sources of inferiority later were all smoothed out by her aunt without a word.
Later, when she encountered those clumsy tricks to chase people, those wholesale sweet traps, they were all like farces and made people lose interest.
Lu Yao hugged her back, "I like earrings too."
Xiaomei couldn't help but said, "I thought they would disappear."
Lu Yao smiled but said nothing.
Like a dream, not a dream, like reality and like fantasy, this is probably the most attractive and imaginative aspect of childhood cram schools, and it can also maximize the role of cram schools.
If cram schools are just a fantasy, for cram school students, it is not much different from watching a movie or undergoing a psychological treatment.
As long as you believe in the uncertain childhood cram schools, they are real experiences.
Xiaomei came out holding a little black dragon doll and a graduation badge, and joined Zheng Siyao and the experimental subject in their casual chat.
An Yan turned his head to look at the cram school room.
Xiaomei noticed and smiled, "The owner has finished two cram schools in a row and is very tired. He is going to rest."
An Yan touched Erxin's smooth and warm belly without saying a word.
The experimenter beside him said, "It's so interesting. I also want to spend my childhood with the owner."
An Yan lowered his eyebrows and his mind was floating.
The weather was getting colder. Bai Jing was busy recently and hadn't been to the shopping street for half a month.
He parked the car and got out. He saw the new sign next to the blind box store. It turned out to be a cram school.
Bai Yi got out of the passenger seat, bent down to wipe off the dust on his small leather boots, and then stood up and looked around: "There is a psychological counseling room in this area. If it wasn't for the contact of the main family, I really couldn't believe it."
Bai Yi is from the side branch of the Bai family. He is one year younger than Bai Jing and also calls Bai Jing cousin.
If you need someone from a long way, the Bai family will send the best.
However, among the current generation of the Bai family, few have studied psychology, and most of the children in the family have chosen the path of clinical medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.
Suddenly they needed to find a psychology expert who was of the right age, so they had to choose someone from the side branches.
Bai Jing initially chose his cousin Bai Yi and Zhong Qiu Sheng.
Zhong was of a different surname, and since he married a girl from the Bai family, he was also included in the selection.
But Zhong Qiu Sheng refused as soon as he received the call, saying that he had connections and didn't care about the Bai family's connections.
This was a more euphemistic way of saying it, but in fact he was just dissatisfied with the path of the shopping street.
Bai Yi readily accepted the arrangement of his family, so he appeared here.
Bai Jing was upset by Zhong Qiu Sheng and cursed him for being an idiot. Seeing the obedient Bai Yi, he did not hide anything: "If there were suitable people in our family, we would not choose you and Zhong Qiu Sheng. That idiot is ignorant and cannot bear such an opportunity."
Bai Yi was surprised. Bai Jing said this, which meant that this trip was indeed unusual.
Bai Jing said: "The owner is a kind person. You don't have to be too reserved, but you must not get carried away."
With this reminder, Bai Yi became more curious about the legendary owner and secretly confirmed his guess.
This job may seem insignificant on the surface, but it may have a lot of background in secret.
Bai Yi also knew something about the jokes that happened among the younger generation of the Ji family some time ago.
The most bizarre thing is the story about Ji Zhixin.
A man who had been paralyzed for five years, with no cure from gods or ghosts, had his legs healed in Yaoguang City.
That man returned to his Tianji family, slapped everyone in the face, and returned to Yaoguang City alone.
There were all kinds of rumors, but Ji Zhixin did not come out to clarify.
This made people's hearts itch even more.
Bai Yi thought to himself, maybe Ji Zhixin works here.
Bai Yi thought to himself and laughed. When he looked up, he saw Ji Zhixin walking out of a door beside the main road. He turned his head to see them and said hello.
Bai Jing walked over: "We are here to find the owner."
Ji Zhixin glanced at Bai Yi and pointed to the opposite side: "She is in the cram school. I'll take you there."
Bai Jing noticed that his eyes kept glancing at Bai Yi intentionally or unintentionally, and took the initiative to say: "The owner contacted me. The store is looking for a new employee. Bring her over for a try." Ji Zhixin
thought of what happened when he came to the shopping street, and couldn't help but think of Ji Zhixun, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips.
Bai Yi's scalp was a little numb. It was really the eldest master of the Ji family, but why did his expression feel like a sneer?
Ji Zhixin's senses were sharp. "I was just thinking about those idiots in my family. I'm not laughing at you."
Bai Yi laughed dryly: "..."
There was no way to reply to this.
Ji Zhixin brought Bai Jing and Bai Yi to the Childhood Tutoring Center. Hearing that Lu Yao was still resting, the three of them sat down and waited.
Bai Yi found something strange when she walked into the tutoring center. Looking outside the door, she saw tall buildings and a constant stream of people.
It was completely different from the barren mountains and countryside just now.
Bai Yi pointed outside and asked Xu Xiaoxiao: "Excuse me, where is this outside?"
Xu Xiaoxiao looked at her strangely, "Sanhua City."
Sanhua City?
A place name she had never heard of before.
Bai Yi wanted to observe carefully for a while, but when she heard Bai Jing calling her, she turned around and walked behind the shelf.
In the glass teahouse, a young girl sat next to Bai Jing, who looked younger than Bai Yi.
Bai Yi walked over and asked, "Shopkeeper?" Lu Yao
nodded, "Are you applying for a tutor?"
Bai Yi said honestly, "My cousin said you are hiring people here, and require a basic knowledge of psychology." Lu Yao nodded
, "You should have seen it when you came here just now. We are far away from the city, and the working environment is not good. You should think about it first. If you are willing to learn more, I will take you to experience the work content."
Bai Yi looked at Bai Jing, who had his eyelashes drooped and did not give any hints.
Bai Yi asked, "I want to know about salary and vacation first."
Lu Yao: "Normal salary, work six days a week and rest one day, and there is overtime pay for the extra day."
The shops on the shopping street rarely close, and are basically open all year round. The clerks can only take a compensatory vacation, and this is basically the treatment.
Regardless of whether it is a scene or not, it is better than Bai Yi expected. She couldn't help asking again: "What's the situation outside the door? We just came in, and it didn't seem like that." Lu Yao
: "This question is related to the content of the work."
Bai Jing coughed lightly.
Bai Yi understood: "I want to know the content of the work." Lu
Yao stood up and took Bai Yi into the cram school.
About an hour later, Bai Yi and the owner came out of the cram school together.
Bai Yi took the initiative to say, "Cousin, I signed a contract with the store owner."
After the test, Bai Yi's physical condition was good, and she was not burdened by the short-term time travel. She also had professional training in psychology and a certain degree of empathy. Her work ability must continue to be cultivated. Lu Yao was already very satisfied and directly signed an employment contract and a confidentiality agreement with her.
Bai Jing breathed a sigh of relief.
The task of recruiting new employees was half completed. Since Bai Jing had no more suitable people, Lu Yao prepared to recruit someone in Sanhua City.
The next day, Lu Yao came to the Super Energy Research Institute early in the morning to pick up Jiao Jiao to go to the cram school for the second cram school.
The receptionist of the Super Energy Research Institute took Lu Yao's business card and looked at it for a while, then looked up with a little surprise in her eyes: "Ms. Lu, I'll take you to the third floor."
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