Chapter 120 Mom, I pick up trash to support you 22

Since seeing "The Dancing Elephant", Fei Shuyun and the other two have been feeling a little regretful.

Especially Fei Shuyun.

Before she noticed the author's name, she liked the story of "The Wishing Mirror" very much.

It can be said that the popularity of the newspaper "Fairy Tale Monthly" in the first class is inseparable from its promotion.

The only thing that can comfort them is that they are classmates with Jiang Fanyue. They know that they are wrong, and they can find ways to get Jiang Fanyue's forgiveness in the future, or even turn enemies into friends with Jiang Fanyue.

But who knew...

just as they had this idea, they heard that Jiang Fanyue was going to become a city kid and transfer to another school! ? The No. 1

Middle School in the city is not as remote and backward as Jixiang Middle School.

Its educational resources are among the best in the country.

Somehow, Fei Shuyun and the other two suddenly remembered the last sentence Jiang Fanyue said to them on the first day of school this semester.

- "I will study hard, stand out, do my best, live a wonderful life, and leave you far behind. This is my biggest revenge on you." The people who

originally had the worst life in the class began to be on par with them one day, or even surpassed them, emitting a dazzling light...

and they, however, stayed where they were forever.

This sense of gap clearly emerged in the hearts of Fei Shuyun and the other two.

At this moment, Fei Shuyun and the other two hoped that Jiang Fanyue would stand up and criticize all of them harshly like on the first day of school.

But Jiang Fanyue did nothing.

She walked into the classroom, put on her schoolbag, took the math paper with a score of 115, and was about to leave.

From beginning to end, she didn't even give a glance to other people.

Yao Rong stood outside the door waiting for her.

"Jiang Fanyue--"

Fei Shuyun finally couldn't help it and called her name.

Jiang Fanyue ignored it.

"Jiang Fanyue, wait, I have something to say to you--"

Fei Shuyun gritted his teeth, and under the attention of many people, he spoke again and directly stated his purpose.

Jiang Fanyue stopped and looked at Fei Shuyun across the aisle.

The combination of apple face and short hair is always very friendly, and Jiang Fanyue gives people the same feeling.

But her eyes are too calm.

As calm as a handful of new snow under the eaves, and like the surface of the water without wind, without any ripples.

She didn't blame Fei Shuyun, Yao Liangcai, and Zhou Feng, nor did she feel resentful about her own experience - because she would not waste too much time and emotion on these people.

Fei Shuyun shuddered at her gaze and subconsciously took a half step back. It was not until her body lightly hit the desk that she came back to her senses and spoke in an anxious tone.

"Jiang Fanyue, I know you hate us and think we have done many things that are not good for you..."

"You have been in the class for so long, you should know that I like your novels very much. From your novels, I really got to know you for the first time."

Jiang Fanyue's tone was calm and almost cold: "You should have guessed that I was the author of "Wishing Mirror" a long time ago."

"Let me think, it should be last month, you suddenly stopped talking about newspapers in class, and secretly followed me and imitated me with Yao Liangcai and Zhou Feng."

Yao Liangcai and Zhou Feng's faces turned red, but they didn't know how to refute.

Because what Jiang Fanyue said was true.

The other classmates in the class were even more interested.

No wonder Fei Shuyun and the other two have been acting strangely in the past month, and they always gather together to whisper.

They were still wondering when the relationship between these three people became so good.

Fei Shuyun pursed her lips: "Yes, I suspected that you were the author of "Wishing Mirror" at that time, but I didn't dare to believe it, so I have been observing you secretly. And in the process of observing you, I gradually admired you."

"You are transferring to another school next semester. If you are still dissatisfied with me, just say it out, and don't leave any grudge in your heart."

Yao Liangcai scratched his hair and said: "When we were in the village, you asked me to apologize to you, and I did apologize later, but I was particularly unwilling to accept it."

"But now, I am willing to apologize to you sincerely."

Zhou Feng sighed: "Anyway, if you feel unsatisfied, you can scold me again or call me a dwarf."

There was a lot of noise here, and students and teachers from other classes were also attracted over, lying outside the doors and windows to eat melons.

After hearing what the three said, everyone was shocked: There are people in this world who would take the initiative to ask for scolding?

However, what shocked everyone even more was Jiang Fanyue's reaction.

She did not take the opportunity to vent her pent-up emotions.

She just stared at Fei Shuyun and the other two with the same eyes as before.

That transparent and clear eyes easily cut through their pretend words and saw through their true thoughts.

"Actually, I know what you are thinking."

"When you found out that the little transparent person who was bullied and isolated by you was actually the fairy tale author you all liked, you were shocked, regretful, and felt a little guilty from the bottom of your hearts."

"This kind of guilt must be very rare in your life experience."

"In order to calm down this emotion as soon as possible, you decided to apologize to me and hope that I would criticize you--" "

When I criticize you and accept your apology, you don't have to endure the condemnation and torment of your conscience, and you can even tell everyone: you have reconciled with me. It seems that all evil deeds can be wiped out by such a light apology."

Jiang Fanyue still agreed very much with what Fei Shuyun and the other two said just now.

She will be transferring to another school next semester, so if she has anything to say, it would be best to say it all in one go today.

"In my opinion, only two or three points of your apology are genuine, and the rest are just for show."

"In fact, you really isolated me and hurt me. It's only natural for you to say sorry to me, and it's also only natural for me not to accept your apology. After all, there is no such thing in this world that an apology must be accepted."

"Besides, you don't realize what your problem is--"

Jiang Fanyue turned and stared at Yao Liangcai: "In addition to publicizing my affairs behind my back, you also publicized Erniu's affairs. Then dare to ask, do you feel sorry for Erniu now and want to sincerely apologize to her?"

Yao Liangcai's face changed drastically.

"It seems not. It turns out that your conscience is different for different people."

Jiang Fanyue's laughter was thorny.

She turned to look at Erniu who had stood beside Yao Rong for some time, and her voice softened again: "Erniu, you see, I said they were paper tigers. They only dare to bully those weaker than themselves."

"It's not that they don't have empathy and guilt, nor that they don't have manners and grace, but they only show it when they meet someone stronger than themselves."

"What's the saying -"

"Everyone is equal above me."

Obviously, there were nearly a hundred people watching inside and outside the classroom.

But when Jiang Fanyue finished speaking, the whole place was silent.

Zhou Feng and the other two turned pale and blue, as if someone had grabbed their throats out of thin air, and they couldn't say a word to refute.

Because what Jiang Fanyue just said really hit the dark corners of their hearts.

Even they themselves could not fully express this idea, but Jiang Fanyue saw it so clearly.

Seeing their reactions, Jiang Fanyue felt quite bored. She carried her bag and walked briskly to the other side of Yao Rong, holding Yao Rong's hand: "Mom, Erniu, let's go home."

Long after Jiang Fanyue left, the crowd gradually began to whisper.

Then it became more and more intense.

Yao Liangcai only felt that the whispers of the people around him were all laughing at him.

He was so angry that he kicked his foot on the chair, raised his right hand, and pointed his index finger at everyone present.

"You! You! And you!"

"What are you laughing at? Do you think Jiang Fanyue only scolded the three of us?"

"Everyone in the class has laughed at and isolated Jiang Fanyue to some extent."

Many people around froze.

Many of them did not take the initiative to participate in the bullying of Jiang Fanyue.

But in order to "fit in", "not be isolated", and "have a common topic", when others laughed at and isolated Jiang Fanyue, they would choose to join the group.

It turned into a collective bullying of an individual.

Not to mention the students, even the teacher -

the math teacher who knew all this but did nothing, also showed a complex expression of shame.

She pushed her glasses and quietly got out of the crowd, but saw Xu Kangtai's figure leaving the crowd and striding towards the school gate.

***

Jixiang Middle School only had one employee in charge of cleaning. After sweeping the snow in the morning, he did not continue to clean in the afternoon.

Snowflakes fell all afternoon and piled up again.

Yao Rong stepped on the clean new snow and took Jiang Fanyue's cold purple hand with her warm hands, letting her absorb her body temperature.

Erniu was born with a high body temperature. Although she was wearing less than Jiang Fanyue, she did not feel cold at all.

She ran and jumped, laughing beside Yao Rong and Jiang Fanyue: "Yueyue, you were so awesome just now. Look at those people, they couldn't say a word. Oh, when can I be as awesome as you?"

Yao Rong smiled and said to Erniu: "You can do it too. In the future, if Yueyue and you don't study together, you have to protect yourself and don't let yourself be wronged or hurt again."

Erniu nodded seriously: "Aunt Rong, don't worry, Yueyue and I have said before that although others can protect us, it is impossible for them to always be with us."

"In the past few months, Yueyue has been taking care of me. I will protect myself in the future."

Having said this, Erniu was still in a low mood.

During this time, she and Yueyue went to and from school together every day. They shared all the fun things and talked about all the troubles.

In her opinion, Yueyue was already her best friend.

But when Yueyue went to No. 1 Middle School in the city, she would definitely meet more and better friends...

She was happy for her friend, but she couldn't help feeling a little sad.

Jiang Fanyue took out a piece of chocolate from her pocket, broke it into pieces and gave her half: "Have some to sweeten your mouth."

Erniu put the chocolate in her mouth.

The sweetness spread from the tip of her tongue.

Jiang Fanyue swallowed the other half of the chocolate, her eyes curved: "Erniu, when I transfer to another school, you have to make more friends here, okay?"

"Ah?" Erniu was stunned.

Jiang Fanyue said, "You are such a good person, more people should like you."

Erniu was no longer sad, her cheeks were red, and the birthmark on her cheek did not damage her beauty: "Thank you, Yueyue."

Jiang Fanyue said, "Thank me for what, I just told you the truth. How about this, we can make an agreement, work hard together, strive for excellent grades in the high school entrance examination, and continue to be classmates in the best high school in the city."

Erniu's eyes lit up instantly, and she nodded twice vigorously. She was no longer sad at all.

Yao Rong stood by, smiling at the corners of her lips, watching them hook with their little fingers.

When they were about to reach the school gate, Erniu remembered something and asked Yao Rong curiously, "Aunt Rong, how did you convince the principal of the No. 1 Middle School?"

"It's easy to convince the principal of the No. 1 Middle School." Yao Rong smiled, "As a principal, of course I hope that my school can have more outstanding students."

"The editor-in-chief of the publishing house knows the principal of the No. 1 Middle School. I asked him to ask. The principal of the No. 1 Middle School said that as long as Yueyue's grades meet the standards and all procedures comply with the rules and regulations, he will definitely welcome Yueyue to transfer."

Jiang Fanyue nodded, and soon a new doubt arose: "What about buying a house in the city? Why haven't I heard you talk about it before?"

Buying a house in the city is no small matter.

Logically, if my mother buys a house, she will definitely know about it.

Could it be that she just bought it today?

"You are talking about this." Yao Rong blinked and said righteously, "Because I haven't bought it yet."

"Anyway, in order to make it convenient for you to go to school, I will definitely buy a house near No. 1 Middle School during this period. It won't hurt to tell you some time in advance."

Erniu was dumbfounded, feeling that the image of Aunt Rong in her mind had undergone a new change.

Jiang Fanyue couldn't help laughing.

She said, how come she didn't hear anything at all.

It turned out that her mother told a little lie to help her back.

At this moment, hurried footsteps came from behind.

Yao Rong turned around, narrowing her eyes slightly: "Teacher Xu."

Xu Kangtai was holding a briefcase in his hand, with a complicated expression.

It was a pity that he walked too fast, and a thin layer of mist covered his glasses, making it difficult to see his eyes behind the glasses.

He seemed not to hear Yao Rong's voice, and his eyes were fixed on Jiang Fanyue.

Jiang Fanyue held Yao Rong's hand and looked back at Xu Kangtai quietly: "Teacher Xu, do you have something to talk to me about?"

Xu Kangtai was speechless and didn't know where to start.

Fortunately, Yao Rong broke the silence: "When Yueyue said those words just now, Teacher Xu was listening not far away, right?"

"...Yes, I heard it all." "

Has Teacher Xu read the article "The Little Elephant Who Loves to Dance"? "

...Yes, I have read it."

"I don't know what specific conflicts have occurred between Teacher Xu and Yueyue. Yueyue respects you as a teacher and has never said bad things about you behind your back. I respect her opinion and didn't intend to question Teacher Xu, but Teacher Xu took the initiative to catch up with me. I want to ask, does Teacher Xu have anything else to say now?"

Yao Rong's emotions were very calm, and even her tone was flat and without any accusations.

But it was precisely this calmness that made Xu Kangtai feel embarrassed and ashamed.

But before he decided to catch up, he had already guessed that a similar conversation would take place.

Xu Kangtai closed his eyes for a moment, then he took off his glasses that were still covered with mist, wiped them, put them back on, and looked at Jiang Fanyue.

"Fei Shuyun suspected that you were the author of "Wishing Mirror" a month ago."

"But I had already noticed your name when I was working on "Grandpa Big Tree."

Xu Kangtai took a deep breath and smiled bitterly: "I have submitted many manuscripts to "Changjin Weekly", but every time, without exception, they were rejected."

"So I can't, or should I say I don't want to believe that the author Jiang Fanyue is my student Jiang Fanyue."

"Until today, I can no longer deceive myself."

The words of the math teacher and the Chinese teacher of the next class were like a magic mirror, revealing his ugly thoughts clearly.

The last words that Yiyi said to the old elephant king in the book penetrated the world in the book and the real world, and pierced his heart, forcing him to face and admit that

he really did something wrong.

If he could be less self-righteous, if he could be less arbitrary, if he could seriously read the students' weekly diaries and encourage and enlighten them, he could proudly say to everyone in the future: The author named Jiang Fanyue was my student, and I was her junior high school Chinese teacher.

But he was self-righteous, arbitrary, and stingy with even a little time.

"My daughter doesn't look like a student taught by Teacher Xu, but those three students do." Yao Rong was talking about Fei Shuyun and the other two.

Xu Kangtai's expression froze.

"I'm not chasing you to seek your forgiveness. As you said, forgiveness is up to you, and what I have to do is to say sorry to you as a Chinese teacher and tell you in person-" "

You are a very talented student. My bookish and brainless education method is restricting and killing your talent."

The long wind rose from afar, blowing through the simple teaching building and the bustling school gate.

The sky, which had originally cleared, was once again covered with snowflakes, which fell on Jiang Fanyue's eyelashes and melted into a touch of water color.

"I've never forgotten that class."

"People's emotions are very strange. The people who bullied me were classmates, but the harm they caused me was not even as great as the words the teacher said in class."

"Now that I think about it, maybe it's because I regarded the teacher as an authority and someone I could turn to for help, but I didn't know that I chose the wrong person and trusted the wrong person." "

Some time ago, I asked my mother, if the teacher can't recognize his own mistakes, then how can I make the teacher recognize it? My mother said that I have to be particularly good. As long as I am good enough, other people's denial will become extremely ridiculous."

Jiang Fanyue held Yao Rong in one hand and Erniu in the other, and walked directly out of the school gate.

The wind brought her last words.

"Jixiang Town is a well-known poor town in the country. Education is really important to improve this situation."

"If Teacher Xu has realized his mistake, then I just hope that similar mistakes will not happen again."

Xu Kangtai didn't know how he got back to the office.

The students had almost all left.

The teachers, on the other hand, were still there.

The weather was too cold and the office door was half-closed, so the people inside didn't notice Xu Kangtai coming back.

"Teacher Xu doesn't know that his students are so amazing."

"How could he not know? I told him." The math teacher shook his head.

"I heard from the students in class one what happened. Originally, our principal was going to be promoted to work in the Education Bureau, and he wanted Teacher Xu to take over the position of principal, but now it seems that the matter has become too serious, and Teacher Xu is worried... Uh, Teacher Xu?"

Xu Kangtai walked into the office and quietly tidied up the things on the desk.

The young teacher who was just chatting with the math teacher quietly slipped away.

The math teacher sat in her seat, took a sip of warm water, and sighed silently: "Old Xu, tell me, have we been teachers here for too long, so we are a little numb... We are the teachers, but I feel that the students taught me a very profound lesson today."

After waiting for a long time, the math teacher did not wait for Xu Kangtai's answer.

She shook her head and was about to get up and leave.

"You are absolutely right." Xu Kangtai finally said.

Over the weekend, teachers of all subjects finished marking the test papers.

The total score of seven subjects is 660. Jiang Fanyue ranked first in the school with a score of 622, directly surpassing the second place by several points.

It's a pity that although this paper is a city-wide unified examination, it has not been ranked in the city. The first-grade teachers don't know how Jiang Fanyue's score can rank in the city.

However, in addition to being happy, the first-year teachers were also a little worried.

The seedlings were good seedlings, but when the next semester started, the students would go to the No. 1 Middle School in the city.

The principal specially talked to Xu Kangtai. They were just chatting at first. When the tea was getting cold, the principal started to get to the point: "I will go to the Education Bureau in a while. My position should be replaced by other young backbone teachers."

"Students from Jixiang Middle School rarely insist on going to high school after graduation. Neither you nor I can change this situation. Maybe some fresh blood can really bring about good changes."

***

There are only ten days left before the Chinese New Year.

Zhao Zong was waiting at the city bus station early. From a distance, he saw a familiar figure and waved excitedly to Yao Rong and the others.

Yao Rong walked over with Jiang Fanyue and Ruirui's father.

When they met, Zhao Zong waved and said, "Get in the car."

He drove the tricycle and took Yao Rong and the others straight to the car shop.

Some time ago, Yao Rong told Zhao Zong to look around to see if there was anyone selling a small truck in the city. Zhao Zong got one through his friends.

Ruirui's father was the driver and was responsible for inspecting the goods.

He drove it himself and nodded to Yao Rong, indicating that there was no problem with the car.

Yao Rong then looked at Zhao Zong.

Zhao Zong walked forward with a smile and bargained with the seller. After a long while, he walked back to Yao Rong and whispered, "Sister Yao, the price is 8,600 yuan. If we bargain again, we should be able to reduce it by another 200 or 300 yuan."

Yao Rong thought about it, but did not lower the price any further. Instead, she walked to the seller and said, "I will give you 500 yuan as a deposit first. You leave the car to me. I will pay you the balance in a few days. Do you think this is okay?"

She was straightforward enough, so the seller naturally said, "Okay, then I will wait for you for a week."

After the deal was settled, Yao Rong took out 500 yuan and handed it to the seller, and asked Ruirui's father to stay here first.

Zhao Zong drove Yao Rong and Jiang Fanyue to look at houses near the No. 1 Middle School in the city, and introduced the specific situation to Yao Rong and Jiang Fanyue.

"Sister Yao, my dad helped me find this house."

"The seller's son works in the south, and has been planning to take the two elderly people over. The two elderly people want to be reunited with their son and daughter-in-law, but they don't want to live with them."

"So they want to sell this house, and use the proceeds and savings to buy a house near their son's home to live in."

"It's a bit urgent, but the seller said that if you can pay the full amount in one go, the price can be more favorable."

Yao Rong nodded and asked, "It's a two-bedroom and one-living room house, right?"

Zhao Zong was very dedicated in this matter and found out every detail.

"Yes, the orientation and other things are also very good, and it is only 300 meters away from the No. 1 Middle School in the city. You can reach the school by crossing the road and turning a corner."

"The two old people originally wanted to use it as a wedding house for their son, so the house was decorated very well. If they buy it, they can move in after a little cleaning, and it will not delay Yueyue from coming to the city to study next year."

The situation was exactly as Zhao Zong introduced. Both the orientation and the geographical location were in line with Yao Rong's wishes.

The price was a little more expensive than expected, but it was also a normal price.

Yao Rong calculated and also paid a deposit first to sign the agreement, and then paid all the balance a week later.

After doing all this, Yao Rong and the other two hurried to the bank while the bank was still open.