After Niu Dehua's family finished breakfast, it was only a little after seven o'clock, which was still early. So after breakfast, Niu Dehua returned to his room at the persuasion of his father and mother. He did not continue studying, but set an alarm and planned to take a one-hour nap.

After cleaning the table and washing all the pots and pans used by the family of three in the morning, Niu's mother returned to the room, took out three blue and black 10-yuan bills from her wallet and stuffed them into her trouser pockets, then walked out the door, preparing to go to the nearby vegetable market to buy some food for lunch.

"Let's weigh some ribs to nourish Dehua. He's getting thinner again. He needs more rib soup to replenish his nutrition! What else should we buy?"

After changing her shoes at the entrance, Niu's mother walked out the door while muttering to herself, "Forget it, let's see if there are any cucumbers. If there are, buy two cucumbers and mix them together! And a gourd to stir-fry for Dehua? I remember he was clamoring to eat this a few days ago! And some water spinach, and green leafy vegetables are indispensable, so that the nutrition can be more complete..."

As the security door closed tightly, Niu's mother's voice was completely blocked by the door and disappeared without a trace, along with her figure.

Seeing his wife going to buy groceries and his son going back to his room to take a nap, the huge living room suddenly became empty. When he was the only one left, Father Niu suddenly felt like he was getting nervous again.

Lao Niu is like this, whenever he encounters something, he will feel nervous. First his mouth will be dry, then his heart will beat violently, followed by a strong urge to poop, and finally he will feel nauseous and want to vomit.

However, after drinking water, defecating, and vomiting everything, the old cow will probably recover some of his original state.

So after his wife left home, Father Niu hurried to the bathroom with his pants pulled up, ready to solve the personal physiological problems caused by the tension of attending his son's parent-teacher meeting.

It's just that this time of year is at the tail end of the hot summer, so even though it is now around seven o'clock in the morning and the temperature is lower than in the day, it is still relatively high compared to other seasons.

And Niu Dehua's family is not a luxurious wealthy family. Even the bathroom is more than 20 square meters, and they are equipped with a TV, air conditioner and so on. Niu's father and mother worked hard all their lives, but all they have saved is this old and shabby house of more than 80 square meters that can shelter the whole family from wind and rain, and a seemingly not much savings that can allow their son Niu Dehua to complete the major events in his life with great success.

Niu Dehua's family of three can only share a bathroom of about two square meters to solve their daily personal physiological problems. And because the bathroom shared by the family is only about two square meters, there is no air conditioning, and even the most simple exhaust fan.

So before entering the bathroom which was gradually becoming stuffy, Father Niu resisted the urge to defecate and took off his short-sleeved white shirt which looked like it was not something from street vendor with determination. After carefully laying the white shirt flat on the sofa, he walked into the bathroom with his legs together and wearing a white vest.

When Niu's father walked out of the bathroom again, it was more than twenty minutes later.

Someone once said that the advent of mobile phones has greatly prolonged the time it takes to go to the toilet, because mobile phones have successfully made good use of this "garbage time" when going to the toilet. However, because of mobile phones, the number of patients in the anorectal departments of major hospitals has also increased day by day.

So someone once said that when a person forgets to bring his/her mobile phone when going to the toilet, his/her time in the toilet will be greatly shortened, because in order to enjoy the wonderful world in the mobile phone, he/she will quickly finish his/her work in a very short time, and then go to find his/her own little world.

But it was obvious that Niu's father did not forget to bring his cell phone, so he did not come out of the bathroom until Niu's mother came back from buying groceries.

Seeing the tightly closed bathroom door, Niu's mother naturally knew that there must be someone inside. Looking at the tightly closed door of the second bedroom, Niu's mother naturally ruled out her son Niu Dehua at once.

So after putting the dishes in her hands in the kitchen, Mother Niu walked to the bathroom door and knocked a few times, "Are you the older one or the younger one? Hurry up and pay attention to the time. It's already past eight o'clock, and the parent-teacher meeting starts at half past nine. You can't go on time, can you?! The teacher will be so upset when he sees us, and will complain in his heart that we are too arrogant and want to be the first to appear on stage!"

The knock on the door by Niu's mother immediately brought Niu's father back to his senses from the colorful world of his mobile phone. He glanced at the time and found that it was already eight o'clock instead of seven. He immediately said "Oh no" in his heart and shouted to Niu's mother who was just one door away, "Okay, okay, isn't this diarrhea?! It will come out soon!"

Without even bothering to wipe the beads of sweat that were about to drip down from his forehead, Father Niu wiped it a few times with paper, then flushed the water, opened the window, hurriedly opened the bathroom door, and walked out.

"Wash your hands, wash your hands! Why don't you wash your hands again!" Mother Niu didn't hear the voice she wanted to hear, and immediately reminded him with a dark face. When she saw that her husband's forehead was covered with beads of sweat as big as soybeans, she was immediately shocked, "My God, how long have you been in there? Why do you feel like you just got out of the water?"

After hearing what his wife said, Niu's father quickly turned back to the bathroom and turned on the faucet in the sink. After washing his face several times, Niu's father wiped his face with a towel and walked out of the bathroom.

"It didn't take long, maybe just ten minutes!"

Father Niu lied without blushing or beating his heart. At this moment, his wife returned home and he had someone to accompany him again. In addition, he had just solved the problem, which made things much smoother. Now Father Niu spoke more fluently and even thought about changing the subject. "By the way, let's find a chance to renovate it later. Not to mention anything else, this bathroom should be renovated. There is not even an exhaust fan. It's okay in winter, but it's always a pain in the summer. Once the door is closed, it's so hot inside!"

"Pretend, pretend, why are you pretending? It's free to put it on again! Hurry up, take off this vest and put on this one!"

Mother Niu refuted Father Niu, and then handed over another white vest she had just taken, urging Father Niu to put it on, "Our family just spent a lot of money on Dehua's re-enrollment this year! It looks like Dehua will have to spend money again when he goes to college next year! After four years, the tuition and living expenses will cost less than 50,000 or 60,000 yuan each?!"

"Add to that the expenses after his graduation, and all kinds of other expenses, not to mention what if Dehua finds a girlfriend. Will she be willing to live in the same room with the two of us old people? We have to save more money to give the child a bigger down payment?! So, stop thinking about that as soon as possible!"

Seeing that Niu's mother was rather unkind, Niu's father put on a vest on his head while complaining, "Didn't I tell you to fix the bathroom first? It doesn't cost much to install an exhaust fan!"

"Don't even think about it!" Niu's mother refused firmly again, "Also, let me remind you, it's already 8:20. If you keep quiet, I think Mr. Zhou's parent-teacher meeting will be almost over. Do you still want to go? If you don't go, I'll go!"

"Go! Who said I won't go!" With the threat from Niu's mother, Niu's father didn't dare to talk back to her. Even the movement of changing clothes became much faster. After a while, after changing all his clothes, Niu's father was ready to go out.

"Just take a taxi. Don't save the money. It will be embarrassing if you are late! If you give Teacher Zhou a good impression, it will be our Niu Dehua who will suffer!" Looking at Niu's father leaving, Niu's mother did not forget to remind him.

Father Niu didn't say anything, but just waved to Mother Niu to indicate that he understood. Then he hurried downstairs and prepared to go to the roadside outside the community to take a taxi and drive towards the No. 2 Middle School.

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While Mr. and Mrs. Niu were hurriedly packing up at home, parents of students from Ruxu No. 2 Middle School had already arrived.

Because they are highly valued by school leaders and teachers of other classes, in a sense, Zhou Yu's Class 3 (26) and Class 3 (27) have become the benchmark for the graduating classes of senior high school. So when Zhou Yu decided to hold a parent-teacher meeting this weekend, most of the head teachers of other classes who got the news also chose to hold parent-teacher meetings at the same time.

Therefore, in order to make it easier for parents to find the class quickly, school leaders specially made a signpost for this parent-teacher meeting.

Of course, to a large extent, these road signs are purely for the parents of students in Teacher Zhou's two classes. After all, the students of other classes are all in the auxiliary teaching building that belongs exclusively to the senior classes. The most those parents can do is go to the three-story auxiliary teaching building and spend some time looking for the class where their children are.

But it is different for Teacher Zhou Yuzhou’s Senior 3 (26) and Senior 3 (27) classes. These two classes are both in the main teaching building. If a parent is not careful and goes to the wrong building, a lot of time may be wasted just to find the classroom.

The school leaders had fully considered this point, and learned that Teacher Zhou had also held a parent-teacher meeting at this time last year, which had caused many parents to go through a lot of unnecessary trouble. So they rushed to make a guide sign before the parent-teacher meeting began.

Following the instructions given by the school for this parents’ meeting, the parents of Class 27 of Senior 3 walked to the main teaching building with curiosity, anticipation, or excitement, and prepared to climb the stairs to the top floor of the main teaching building to go to the classroom where their children have lived and studied for nearly two months.

When they found that their destinations were the same, the parents immediately understood that these parents, like him/her, were parents of students in Mr. Zhou’s class of Senior 3 (27).

As a result, these parents immediately put away the complacency and pride in their hearts, smiled kindly, and started chatting with other parents around them who were also climbing to the top floor.

'Hey, parent, is your child also in Teacher Zhou's class?'

"Yeah, you too? Isn't that a coincidence?!"

'Haha, yes, what a coincidence! By the way, what's your child's name? He should have done well in the mock exam, right?'

'Oh my god, my child almost failed! He only ranked 33rd in the exam this time. I am so worried!'

'Oh, 33rd place is still a worry?! This result is sure to get into a top university! My child was ranked 40th this time and I laughed to death! Hey, after hearing what you said and seeing how calm you are, I realized that I am still a little superficial.'

'I think you don't have to! Although your child and my child are seven places apart, the score difference is not that big! And regardless of other things, I have inquired and found that even if our children's grades do not improve at all, they can still go to a good first-class university with their current grades! Not to mention that there is still so much time left, the children still have a lot of room for improvement, right? '

'Haha, yes, yes, yes! That's what I meant! I was obsessed! By the way, where are you working? How about we find a place to talk after the parents' meeting?'

'......'

......

'Hello, may I ask if you are also here to attend the parents' meeting for Senior 3 (27) class?'

'Hello, hello. Yes, I am here to attend the parents' meeting for Senior 3 (27) class. It seems that your child is also in Senior 3 (27) class?'

'Yes, your child is?'

'Oh, my child is Sun Mengling!'

'Oh, Sun Mengling is your child! My child is Cheng Sha! I have heard of you for a long time!'

'I've heard a lot about you! Oh, what a coincidence! My child and your child are deskmates! My child often said at home that Cheng Sha often helped her answer questions she didn't know how to answer. With the help of your child, our Sun Mengling's grades have improved a lot!'

'Haha, this is what she should do, what she should do! I used to tell my daughter that she should help her classmates and not just think about her own progress. She should also help her classmates to the best of her ability! '

"You have such a high level of thinking! No wonder your daughter is so outstanding, it turns out that you are the one who taught her by example!"

"Haha, it's over, it's over..."

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Similar conversations took place between many parents, so much so that after climbing just a few hundred steps, these parents who came to attend the parent-teacher meeting quickly became familiar with each other. Many of them had already figured out each other's occupations and workplaces, and began to think about whether they could gain some benefits from cooperating with each other.

Therefore, with various purposes in mind, these parents who had already found their children’s seats according to the list in the classroom of Senior 3 (27) began to chat happily after sitting down, which also made the atmosphere in the classroom of Senior 3 (27) even more lively.

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