The parents' meeting soon came to an end. Seeing that it was already past four in the afternoon, Zhou Yu was ready to end the first parent-teacher meeting he had held today. "Let's stop here today. My number is clear to all parents." When Zhou Yu wrote his number on the blackboard, the parents had already saved it immediately. "If you have any questions about your children's education in the future, please feel free to call me to discuss."

Having said that, Zhou Yu signaled to everyone that this parent-teacher meeting was over and everyone could leave directly.

At the moment Zhou Yu finished his reminder, many parents immediately surrounded Zhou Yu, intending to chat a few more words with this young-looking but quite capable teacher, in the hope of increasing the importance of their children in the teacher's heart and getting Teacher Zhou to pay more attention to their children.

But at the same time, many parents were ready to leave the classroom as soon as possible. Many parents who came to the parent-teacher meeting were not from Ruxu County. Many of them came from various towns around Ruxu County. They were in a hurry to leave so as not to miss the last bus.

If they miss the last urban-rural bus, they will have to spend dozens of yuan more on taxi fares to return to their familiar, somewhat old but extremely friendly hometown.

Zhang's mother was also one of the group of people behind.

Although she also wanted to imitate the group of people surrounding Teacher Zhou and compliment Teacher Zhou in exchange for Teacher Zhou's attention to the child, she was naturally subconsciously a little timid towards people of these identities, and she couldn't really let herself chat about the child's affairs like those people did as if nothing had happened.

not to mention......

The last minibus to Huixiangshan Town leaves at 5:30, and I still have to walk to the old Nanmen bus station. If I leave later, I may not be able to catch the bus, so I have to leave quickly.

If it's late, you'll have to spend dozens of dollars to take a taxi. Don't you feel bad about throwing money into the water?

Having made up her mind, Zhang's mother stood up from her seat and prepared to leave through the back door. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu, who was surrounded by the crowd, noticed Zhang's mother at a glance and immediately said, "Mother Zhang Li, could you please wait for a moment? I have something to discuss with you privately. It will be quick and won't take up much of your time."

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"Dear parents, I am very happy that you are so enthusiastic to discuss your children's learning problems with me! But the parent-teacher meeting is over, and I have something else to do now, so if you have any questions later, please feel free to discuss them with me privately!"

Zhou Yu quickly got rid of the crowd and came to Zhang's mother, who had returned to her seat and looked a little hesitant.

With Zhou Yu's special mention, Zhang's mother naturally didn't dare to leave without caring about anything. So, even though she felt bad about the dozens of dollars she was about to spend on the taxi fare, Zhang's mother still sat in her seat, waiting anxiously for Zhou Yu to come and communicate with her.

Seeing that Zhou Yu really had something to do, the others said hello to him and left, preparing to go home.

Zhou Yu smiled and waved to the parents. After all the parents left, he turned around and looked at Zhang's mother who had stood up nervously. "Zhang Li's mother, don't be nervous. Sit down first."

After Zhang's mother sat back down, Zhou Yu spoke again, "Zhang Li's mother, I left you alone for no other reason than to discuss some issues concerning Zhang Li."

Hearing Zhou Yu say this, Zhang's mother suddenly became excited and spit at Zhou Yu, "Teacher Zhou, I knew it! It must be that damn girl who didn't study well in school, right?! Teacher Zhou, this damn girl, she doesn't sympathize with us at all, she..."

In her excitement, Zhang's mother's already unproficient Mandarin was completely distorted. She spoke the dialect of the western townships of Ruxu County, which Zhou Yu could not quite understand. This gave Zhou Yu a headache.

But Zhou Yu could still vaguely make out that some of Zhang's mother's words were cursing her own daughter, which made Zhou Yu, who had originally had a smiling face, frown slightly.

The performance of Zhang Li's mother opposite him also made Zhou Yu basically understand the source of Zhang Li's appearance when she first entered Class 27 and the sudden outbreak a few days ago.

After complaining about her daughter for a long time, when she saw Zhou Yu in front of her with an unhappy look on his face, Zhang's mother suddenly realized that the person in front of her was her daughter's class teacher and not Aunt Zhao Sanpo and Aunt Zhang, who were on good terms with her in the village and also liked to gossip about others behind their backs. Her face suddenly froze and she was speechless.

Zhang's mother suddenly became quiet, which made the classroom suddenly extremely quiet and made Zhang's mother fall into embarrassment.

After being silent for about half a minute, Zhou Yu saw that Zhang's mother had no intention of speaking again, so he started again, "Mother Zhang Li, your daughter is not a bad student in school. On the contrary, I think she is very good."

After saying this, Zhou Yu paused for a few seconds. When he realized that Zhang's mother was just hesitant to speak and had no intention of interrupting him, he continued, "I saw Zhang Li's grades before she repeated her studies. She was two points short of a third-tier university. Her luck was a little off. Even if she had been a little more careful, she could have gotten two more points and gotten into a third-tier university, even if it was only a private university."

Hearing Zhou Yu say this, Zhang's mother, who had originally quieted down, interrupted Zhou Yu again, "Oh, Teacher Zhou, it's more than that! Even if she passes the three-year college entrance examination, we can't afford it! The tuition fee is 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a year, how can she go to school?! You don't know, our family depends entirely on my husband working outside to earn this little money to support her schooling..."

Zhou Yu, who was interrupted again, was very angry and speechless.

At the same time, he also clearly understood why Zhang Li was so timid. Having such a strong, ignorant and uneducated mother in a relatively poor family was a disaster for Zhang Li.

"Can you please be quiet for a moment and listen to me first?" Zhou Yu interrupted Zhang's mother helplessly. After she calmed down again, Zhou Yu continued.

"I don't know your family's situation. Every family may have its own problems. But since you and your husband have decided to send Zhang Li to our Ruxu No. 2 Middle School to repeat her studies, we as teachers, including you and your husband as parents, must be responsible for her and try our best to make her successful and get a good score in next year's college entrance examination. Only in this way can we live up to your and your husband's expectations of this child. Am I right?"

Seeing that Zhang's mother had an expression of noncommittal, Zhou Yu stared at her seriously and said word by word, "However, now due to you or some other reasons, Zhang Li's current situation is a bit troublesome."

"She puts too much pressure on herself, far more than her peers can bear. Do you understand what I mean?"