Feng Mingshu acted swiftly and decisively, temporarily suppressing the disadvantage of having a youthful appearance.
With Principal Yao and the town mayor nearby, the classroom fell silent as everyone stared intently at Feng Mingshu, eager to see how this young teacher would teach.
Feng Mingshu had thought about it at noon, so she didn't hesitate. She picked up the chalk and wrote the Chinese lyrics of "Jasmine Flower" on the left side of the blackboard, and the corresponding English lyrics on the right side.
"Jasmine Flower" is known as the second national anthem and wouldn't touch on any issues, so Feng Mingshu chose this song.
A commotion arose again below, with a student shouting, "Teacher, are you going to teach us to sing?"
Feng Mingshu turned around and smiled, "Today I'm just singing the English version of Jasmine Flower, but if you want to learn it from me, you'll need to spend some time..."
But the students were too restless to listen to what she was going to say next, and they all shouted for her to sing, which Principal Yao couldn't calm down.
Feng Mingshu agreed, smiling as she raised her hand. The audience fell silent, and she began to sing: "So beautiful the jasmine flower, no other flower can compare with it..."
The melodious and unique singing voice floated in the classroom, immersing all the students and even affecting the classrooms next door.
The teacher simply paused the lesson and said to the students, "The new teacher next door will also be your English teacher. You'll have the chance to hear her sing in the future. Now, focus on my math lesson."
Immediately, a student raised their hand and said, "Teacher Ding, how about we reschedule this class? Let's change it to English and go next door to listen to the new teacher sing."
The suggestion was approved by all the students. Teacher Ding was a kind teacher, and he smiled and said, "I have no objection, but I'm afraid the new teacher will find you noisy and won't want to be there."
The class monitor said, "Let's sneak over quietly and try not to make any noise that might disturb the new teacher's singing."
The students nodded in unison and went to the classroom next door, craning their necks to listen to the singing inside.
After Feng Mingshu finished singing, she noticed that a whole class of students were already standing outside the window. She smiled and said to Principal Yao, "Principal Yao, we need to resolve the issue of the large classroom as soon as possible."
Principal Yao nodded with a smile: "Once the approval is granted, a large classroom can be built in just a few days."
After saying that, he left, because the new teacher's unique teaching method had completely aroused the students' enthusiasm for learning, and there was no need for him to stay and supervise anymore.
After the principal left, Feng Mingshu discussed with the students in his class about letting the students from Class 2 outside come in to listen to the lesson.
Li Jianguo shouted, "Teacher Feng, if you sing Jasmine Flower for us again, we'll let Class Two come in."
All the students agreed, including the students from Class Two outside the window.
Feng Mingshu smiled and nodded: "I'll sing you another song, but it's not Jasmine Flower, it's the theme song from 'Visitors on the Ice Mountain'—'Why Are the Flowers So Red'."
“Why the Flowers are so Red…”
The song was even more melodious and beautiful, and the female teacher on stage was so beautiful that the students who had already seen the movie almost imagined her as the female lead.
Looking at her again, she was already surrounded by an aura.
Therefore, when Feng Mingshu wrote down the twenty-six letters of the English alphabet and taught them the pronunciation one by one, all the students followed along attentively.
The tone of voice is a bit strange.
Feng Mingshu was very patient and corrected them one by one.
My voice was a little hoarse after just one class.
Even after class, the students lingered, talking to her and offering her water bottles.
Feng Mingshu picked up his military water bottle and said with a smile, "I have water. Everyone, take a rest. I will teach you again tomorrow morning."
"Teacher, can you sing us a song during class?" Li Jianguo asked loudly.
Feng Mingshu pretended to ponder and said, "That depends on how well you learn. If you learn well, the teacher will sing for you."
Upon hearing this, the students all promised that they would definitely learn well.
Only after the bell rang for the next class did Feng Mingshu finally escape from the enthusiastic students.
"Ms. Feng, with you around, I might as well change my music class to an English class."
The music teacher, a young woman, jokingly remarked upon seeing Feng Mingshu.
Feng Mingshu pointed to her throat: "That would kill me! I was even thinking of pushing my English class out of school."
“No one can take your class. We used to learn Russian. Suddenly switching to English is going to be a hassle,” the music teacher complained.
Feng Mingshu just smiled and didn't respond.
The music teacher realized she had said the wrong thing and quickly changed the subject: "Your voice is so beautiful, have you never thought about joining a performing arts troupe before?"
Before her rebirth, Feng Mingshu had never thought about it, but after her rebirth, she really did. However, given her political background at the time, she had to worry about failing the political review if she wanted to marry a soldier, let alone enlist directly.
The cultural troupe is part of the military; joining the troupe means wearing a military uniform.
These thoughts flashed through her mind, and she smiled: "The performing arts troupe is full of talented people, so I won't embarrass myself by showing off. It's fine as it is now."
“That’s right. You married Commander Zhou. Even if you were originally in the cultural troupe, you had to retire and come with him. That’s the fate between us colleagues.” The music teacher then took her arm and smiled. “If I want to discuss music with you in the future, don’t refuse.”
"It would be my honor," Feng Mingshu said with a smile.
The other teachers were also easy to get along with, and since she was the youngest among the faculty and staff, everyone took good care of her.
Perhaps, this is also because her courses don't compete with others.
After attending another long class, Feng Mingshu finished her course and went home.
That evening, as the children left school, the news that a new English teacher had arrived at the middle school—who was beautiful and had a wonderful singing voice—spread throughout the entire island.
One of the students was from the family of the head of the political department. When the head of the department heard that the new teacher was singing an English song, he immediately became suspicious.
After clarifying that the songs were all classic Chinese songs, sung only in English, the director relaxed and then instructed his child: "From now on, you should study English well with this teacher, but remember the songs she sings and tell me about them every day after school."
His child pouted and said, "I'm not going to tell you about our teacher, Ms. Feng."
The director was so angry he laughed: "You're siding with outsiders? Let me tell you, even if you don't tell me, I can find out from someone else."
"Then go ask someone else, I'm not telling you!"
Feng Mingshu was unaware that she had gained a loyal fan. Not long after she returned home, Yan Jiayi came to visit.
"Mingshu, congratulations on getting the teaching job. If I had known there was an opening at the school, I wouldn't have competed for the broadcaster position. It would have been so much better if I had gone to the school with you as a teacher, and we could have commuted to and from get off work together," Yan Jiayi said with a regretful expression.
Feng Mingshu didn't know if she was being sincere or not, and just smiled and said, "Being a broadcaster is good. Being a teacher is hard on your voice and you have to worry about everything. Students are not easy to manage."
"That's true, being a teacher isn't easy. By the way, Mingshu, how much is your monthly salary?" Yan Jiayi asked.
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