Jiang Lin left the car to Su Yuhe and walked back.
Su Yuhe returned to the office and poured herself a cup of hot water. After a few sips, she felt much more energetic and sat down to look through the fifth-grade arithmetic textbook.
Zhou Ping had seen Su Yuhe sleeping on the man's legs before, and he couldn't help but come over and say to Su Yuhe, "Teacher Su, there are teachers' dormitories here. You can go over and rest."
Su Yuhe smiled politely: "Thank you, but Principal Lu has already told me, but I didn't prepare mats and blankets in advance. I will bring them tomorrow."
"Yeah," Zhou Ping continued, "If you have any problems with arithmetic in first grade, you can ask me. I also teach first grade arithmetic. By the way, Teacher Wang also teaches the fifth grade class, right? If you can't take it, I can go."
Zhou Ping has been teaching for many years and has taught grades one to five.
Before Su Yuhe could say anything, a female teacher came in yawning as if she had just woken up from her lunch break. After hearing what Zhou Ping said, she exclaimed, "Teacher Zhou, you're so considerate. Last time I was sick, I asked you to cover a class, but you weren't happy about it."
Zhou Ping didn't feel the slightest bit embarrassed by being interrupted. He smiled apologetically and said, "Didn't it clash with my class last time?"
Another female teacher chimed in: "Come on, Teacher Jiang, can't you see? Teacher Su is young and beautiful, and Teacher Zhou is single. She should be more attentive to her."
Several teachers joined in the laughter.
Some of those teachers are married with children and like to match people up.
Su Yuhe cleared her throat and smiled: "Seniors, please stop comparing me to Teacher Zhou. This is not a joke. I'm going to be a mother. When the baby is born, I'll treat you to a wedding banquet."
The teachers immediately fell silent.
Who would have thought that Su Yuhe was married?
Is she still pregnant?
Maybe it was blocked by the autumn clothes, or maybe it was not that old, so no one noticed it.
Su Yuhe took the initiative to speak up, which indeed saved a lot of embarrassment.
Su Yuhe noticed that the two female teachers looked at her with much kinder eyes.
Could those two female teachers be Zhou Ping’s admirers?
It's not impossible.
There is no such thing as the one who is close to the water gets the moon first now.
Regardless of gender, they are all relatively reserved and introverted.
It is normal to have a crush on someone for several years without telling them.
When Su Yuhe was pursuing Jiang Lin, if she hadn't made it clear, Jiang Lin might not have known about it because of his personality.
Jiang Dehua was the first to react and smiled awkwardly: "I didn't realize that Teacher Su was already married. I'm so sorry. Teacher Su, your partner should be a very good person, right?"
The other teachers followed suit: "Of course, Teacher Su looks like someone who has been well-fed..."
Lu Lang entered the office only after ringing the bell.
When the teachers heard the bell, they took the books out on the pretext of something.
Lu Lang came in and saw Su Yuhe reading a book. He asked, "How is it going? Can you attend the fifth grade class?"
"I think it's okay, but in the first class, I plan not to cover too much content. I want to build a close relationship with the students first and get to know each other. The fifth graders are all older kids, not as easy to please as the first graders."
"Just watch it."
…
Fifth grade students are indeed difficult to coax. The youngest among them is twelve years old and the oldest is fourteen.
They are all at an age when they are particularly opinionated.
Moreover, they know better than students in lower grades that they were born in the earth and will live in the earth in the future.
I don't think reading is useful.
You have to go to the county town to attend junior high school, which costs a lot of money.
Therefore, many students basically do not go to junior high school. There are very few people going to junior high school in the commune, and there is almost no pressure to go to higher education.
After the fifth grade, I went home to work.
They probably went for a stroll nearby at noon. Su Yuhe introduced herself, called out the names, and recognized the servants, originally wanting to get closer to them.
Those students thought Su Yuhe was about to prepare for class, and those whose names were called seemed to relax, no longer paying attention to others, and began to daydream.
A third were dozing off.
One third were talking.
The rest were doing all sorts of things. The few who attended the lecture didn't say much, but looked at Su Yuhe with eyes full of thirst for knowledge.
Su Yuhe looked a little helpless, so she just said nothing and sat on the stool.
Some clever students saw that Su Yuhe was silent and thought that the new teacher was angry, so they pulled those who were talking and woke up those who were sleeping on the desks.
Soon, the talking in the classroom died down and those who were sleeping woke up.
More than forty pairs of eyes looked at Su Yuhe helplessly and blankly.
There was a female student in the front row who was very close to Su Yuhe. She called out "Teacher Su" in a low voice.
Su Yuhe looked up from her textbook and then glanced at her watch. "The class has only been going on for ten minutes. It's not time to end yet. You can do whatever you want."
How could the students dare to say anything? Su Yuhe didn't say anything, so they could only lower their heads and pretend to read.
No one was sleepy while talking.
When the bell rang, Su Yuhe stood up and said the get out of class was over, then prepared to leave the classroom with her textbook.
The students exploded: "Is the teacher angry?"
"Yuan Wei, you just spoke too loudly and made the teacher angry."
"Liu Xiaojuan, you just can't stand me. Lai Xueming and the others are still sleeping, why don't you say anything..."
…
After class, Su Yuhe went back to the office without saying a word. Other teachers had to assign homework or keep the class after class, so they were a few minutes late.
Su Yuhe was the first one to come back.
There were only Lu Lang and two unfamiliar teachers in the office.
Lu Lang introduced her: "This is the new teacher Su. These two only have classes in the afternoon today, so you didn't see them this morning."
Su Yuhe acknowledged the person with a smile, put down her textbook, and prepared to go home.
Lu Lang called her and waved her over to his desk, as if he had something to say to her.
Su Yuhe walked over: "Principal Lu."
Lu Lang smiled kindly: "Teacher Su, are you feeling uncomfortable in this class? I see that you look a little unhappy."
Su Yuhe pursed her lips, thought about it, and said to Lu Lang:
"Most fifth-grade students don't seem to have much desire to study. I've looked at their grades, and they're not very good. Furthermore, the number of students who actually listen in class can be counted on one hand."
Lu Lang listened carefully, and seeing that Su Yuhe seemed to be hesitant to speak, he gave Su Yuhe an encouraging look, indicating that she should continue.
Su Yuhe smiled awkwardly: "I actually know why they are like this. Their parents are all workers in the commune. It costs money to go to junior high school. Most families think that studying is unnecessary, and in the end they all have to go back home to work in the fields.
Children have been indoctrinated with this kind of thinking for so long that by fifth grade they think of studying as a task, and forget about it. They don't have the awareness or ability to pursue further studies anyway."
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