At noon, not long after lunch, Zhang Li, who had helped her mother clean up the kitchen and the living room, quickly returned to her room, packed up the books and clothes she brought back from school, and prepared to leave home and return to the rental house where she had been working hard for more than a month.

Today is the third day of National Day and also the last day of Zhang Li’s holiday.

To be honest, are you happy during the holiday? Zhang Li thinks she should be happy, but this National Day holiday makes her feel that even if she has a holiday, it is not that good. It is not as comfortable as going to school to study.

"How long are you going to dawdle in your room?" Zhang's hand movements slowed down a little, and Zhang's mother urged him from outside the room, "You can't get anything done all day long! Can you hurry up?!"

"Hurry up and finish your parent-teacher conference. I have to come back and continue to take care of household chores! I haven't seen much improvement in your grades yet, but there are a lot more things to do. Can you let me worry less?"

Listening to her mother's impatient urging outside the room, Zhang Li gritted her teeth and her little face turned even paler.

Her hands moved faster, and soon, Zhang Li carried a large bag full of things on her back. Under her mother's impatient gaze, she lowered her head and walked out of the house together.

It is October now and the weather has not yet cooled down significantly. So even though it is much cooler now than in the summer, Zhang Li and her mother still sweated a lot on the way to the town to take the urban-rural bus.

"What a sin I have committed!"

After walking for a while, Zhang's mother wiped the sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand. After complaining, she looked at her daughter who was walking a step behind her and remained silent. Suddenly, she became angry again, "I didn't see you eat less at noon, and you're still walking so slowly!"

"Other people eat a lot, so they either have great strength or good brains. What about you? Your strength doesn't mean you can help with farm work, and your brains don't mean you can get into any undergraduate school!"

Maybe she was used to it or what, but Zhang Li said nothing. She just followed her mother silently, walking forward with her head down.

"What do you mean by this? You didn't say a word. Do you have any problem with me?! I tell you, even if you have a problem with me, you have to endure it. If your father and I hadn't spent almost 20,000 yuan, you wouldn't be at home right now. You should be in Beijing, in Magic City, or in Flower City, working as a waiter!"

"You owe me and your dad this!"

In this way, from home to town, a distance of about one kilometer, all the way, Zhang's mother kept scolding Zhang Li, as if only in this way could she eliminate her fatigue on the road, and her voice was so loud that it attracted many people's curious gazes.

Soon, the two arrived at the boarding place and boarded the urban-rural bus. After getting on the bus, Zhang's mother, who had been nagging all the way, also shut up, which made Zhang Li, who had been enduring all the way, feel somewhat relieved.

Xiangshan Town is located in the northwest of Ruxu County, about 30 kilometers away from Ruxu County. If you take the urban and rural bus, considering that you have to stop and go to pick up passengers along the way, it will take at least 40 minutes to reach the city.

Fortunately, Zhang Li and her daughter had good luck today. Just a few minutes after they got on the bus, the urban-rural bus they were riding departed, and there were not many passengers getting on and off the bus along the way, so Zhang Li and her daughter arrived in Ruxu County very quickly.

Ruxu No. 2 Middle School is in the north of the city, and the station from Xiangshan Town to Ruxu County is at the old station at the former South Gate, which is several kilometers away from Ruxu No. 2 Middle School.

If she took a taxi, the fare would be about 6 or 7 yuan, but Zhang Li, who has always been frugal and usually doesn't want to eat good meals, was obviously reluctant to spend that money.

Therefore, before, Zhang Li would not go home if she could avoid it. Even if she went home, she would just walk to the old Nanmen bus station and then take the bus home.

That obviously won't work today.

Zhang Li considered that even if she was not tired, her mother would have to go home later to work, so she decided to take a taxi to save her mother some energy.

Just when Zhang Li was about to wave to stop a taxi, she didn't expect that her mother, who had been silent all the way, suddenly slapped her hand away, waved her hand, and asked the taxi that was about to stop on the roadside to leave quickly.

"You're going to die!" Zhang's mother scolded her bewildered daughter, "Your father works so hard outside to earn money for your schooling, and you can't even walk such a short distance?! Look how spoiled you are!"

After saying that, Zhang's mother took the lead and walked towards the north. "Next time if you spend money recklessly, I will smash your paws!"

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The car that took Zhou Yu was driving very fast and smoothly, not to mention it was on the highway, so at noon, the black car with a Zhejiang license plate was already parked steadily in front of the gate of Ruxu No. 2 Middle School.

After thanking the driver and taking the "local specialties" that the driver brought down, Zhou Yu walked directly towards Ruxu No. 2 Middle School.

"Teacher Zhou, you're back to school so early?"

When passing by the security room, the security guard who had stopped Zhou Yu when he first reported to No. 2 Middle School took the initiative to say hello when he saw Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu smiled and nodded, "There will be a parent-teacher meeting later, so we have to come here early."

"Oh, Teacher Zhou, you are so responsible!" the security guard complimented. "I have been at No. 2 Middle School for such a long time, but I have never seen a teacher who would hold a parents' meeting soon after the start of the school year. I need to learn more from you, Teacher Zhou, in this regard."

"Students, we can't just leave them in school and not care about them, right? We need to communicate more with their parents and discuss how to improve their grades together."

The security guard enthusiastically discussed with Zhou Yu how to guide students. It was obvious that the security guard had been working for so long and had been deeply influenced by the school. Now he wanted to try the feeling of being a teacher.

If it were any other time, Zhou Yu would definitely be happy to chat with the security guard.

But he was very busy now and hadn't eaten yet. After quickly saying a few words, he picked up his things and hurried back to the dormitory.

At this point, not to mention that the cafeteria is closed on holidays, even if it is open, it is already past mealtime.

So after putting his things away, Zhou Yu just took out the biscuits and other food he had bought before from the cupboard to fill his stomach, boiled some water and made a cup of tea. After resting for a while and drinking some water, he took out his clothes for a change, went to the bathroom, prepared to take a shower, and then went to the classroom to prepare for today's parent-teacher meeting.