After Zong Shao went downstairs, Lin Wei hurriedly picked up the alarm clock on the bedside and manually adjusted the alarm time.
Lin Wei bought the alarm clock when she first joined the Shicheng Cotton Mill. Although she took over her mother-in-law's shift and went to the warehouse, she only had to arrive at work at 7 am, but she would wake up several times at night to put the children to bed. Sometimes, when the children cried, it might take half an hour or an hour to coax them into crying.
If she couldn't sleep well at night, she certainly couldn't get up in the morning. Many times her mother got up to wake her up, and she didn't even have time to comb her hair. She just quickly changed her clothes, brushed her teeth and washed her face, then rode her bike out the door, and finally got to the office on time.
After a few times, Lin Wei thought this wasn't working, so she called Zong Shao and asked him to buy an alarm clock and send it back.
The reason why she didn't buy them herself was because she had just taken over and the industrial coupons issued were very limited. If Zong Shao wanted to send the industrial coupons back, he had to find someone to exchange them. Therefore, many things at that time were bought and sent back by him.
Of course, this money did not go into his personal account, but was deducted from the family public funds sent back home. Otherwise, he would not have been able to save so much private money in eight years, let alone four years.
The effect of setting the alarm clock is immediate. Since getting the alarm clock, Lin Wei has never arrived at work on time in the morning. She will at least arrive... two minutes early!
Therefore, although she was not sure when the work could be arranged and whether the alarm clock would be useful before joining the army, Lin Wei still brought it with her.
In fact, it is mainly because the alarm clock is small and easy to carry. In addition, you need industrial coupons to buy it, and the price is not cheap, so it is not cost-effective to resell it.
If it wasn't so far away and the things she could bring were limited, Lin Wei would have wanted to move her entire home here.
Although the alarm clock had been unused for a while after being brought to the island, it had come in handy again since Lin Wei went to substitute teach at the elementary school. When Zong Shao was around, it was difficult for her to wake up naturally after six o'clock.
But Lin Wei was woken up by Mingming today.
Because she was too sleepy, Lin Wei planned to go to school on time, so she set the alarm for 6:30. She would spend ten minutes brushing her teeth and washing her face, ten minutes urging the two children to brush their teeth and wash their faces, and another ten minutes to go to school - just right. As for breakfast, it won't be too late to get it in the cafeteria after she shows up in class.
But she forgot to count two children.
In order to get them up in the morning, Lin Wei would let them go to bed around 8:00 pm but before 9:00 pm, and then wake them up on time at 6:10 am the next morning.
Ruirui is a sleepyhead and always stays in bed for a while after being woken up every day. But Mingming is very energetic and basically wakes up before six o'clock. Then he will play by himself for a while and wait for Lin Wei to call him.
But today he lay in bed, looking left and right, waiting and waiting, but his brother was sleeping soundly and couldn't be woken up, and his mother was nowhere to be seen.
I was so bored that I got up from the bed and went next door to call my mother to wake up.
So, Lin Wei was woken up by Mingming playing with her nose.
It was really a joke. Mingming pressed the tip of Lin Wei's nose with his finger to make a pig nose for her, and then pinched her nose to make it difficult for her to breathe.
Therefore, when Lin Wei opened her eyes and saw Mingming for the first time, there were only three words in her mind - naughty child.
But the naughty child himself did not think he was naughty. When he saw his mother wake up, he held his face with his hands and asked for credit: "Mom, I woke you up."
Lin Wei's face was wooden: “…” I saw it, and I really want to beat you up.
But Lin Wei didn't hit him in the end. She just fought back by pinching Mingming's nose. After he opened his mouth, she let go and gave him a pig nose. She asked, "Does it hurt?"
"It's not uncomfortable." Mingming raised his head and giggled. When he saw Lin Wei retract her hand, he put her face close to him and asked for more, as if she was playing with him.
Lin Wei sighed and got up.
…
Because she had a short nap, Lin Wei's dark circles were not as heavy when she went out, but her eyelids were a little swollen.
When she entered the school, she ran into Huang Aiyun. She noticed Lin Wei's eyes and asked, "Did you not sleep well last night?"
It's more than just not sleeping well.
Lin Wei's cheeks were slightly hot, and she said vaguely: "I didn't sleep well."
Hearing the conversation between the two, Mingming looked up and emphasized: "Mom was so lazy today. I was the one who woke her up this morning."
Huang Aiyun smiled when she heard this, touched Mingming's head and asked, "Mingming, you are so amazing! You even knew to wake up your mother?"
He clearly thought he was very capable and puffed out his chest with pride, but he said in false modesty, "I'm not that capable."
Huang Aiyun was so amused that she tried to hold back her laughter and said to Lin Wei, "This child is really lovable."
"He is just a funny guy." Lin Wei said helplessly.
Because Mingming woke her up early, Lin Wei went out earlier than expected. When she arrived at school, it was not yet time for morning reading, so she went to the office first, put down the homework she had brought back for correction yesterday, took her lunch box and went to the cafeteria to get food.
The cafeteria is in the row of red brick houses in front of the office. It is said that this was originally a classroom. Later, as the number of students increased, it became inconvenient for children who lived far away to commute every day, so Principal Feng applied to convert this row of classrooms into dormitories.
The dormitories were all equipped with bunk beds, and dozens of children could sleep in one classroom. The conditions were certainly not good, but it was better than walking several miles to and from school every day.
With the addition of boarding students, problems also arose. Although children aged six or seven are basically able to take care of themselves, they cannot sleep without an adult watching over them at night, so the position of a life teacher was added.
Then there is the issue of food. Firstly, state-owned restaurants cannot provide big pot meals for so many children. Secondly, with one more hand, the cost of meals will definitely increase. These children are from poor families and cannot afford that money.
In order to reduce the cost of meals, Principal Feng decided to hire someone to cook for him, so he cleared out a dormitory, partitioned off a small room to serve as a kitchen, and put a table outside to serve meals. There is no dining table, so the children go back to the classroom to eat after getting their meals.
But Mingming and Ruirui both ate in the office with Lin Wei. After all, they were just attending the class for free and were not considered serious students, and they did not have their own desks.
The school does not provide desks, so the children use desks they bring from home. Even though Ruirui is not old enough to go to school, Lin Wei didn't rush to make desks for them. Now they have to use other people's desks to attend classes.
At the beginning, when their desks were being rubbed, it was a bit strange for the other students in the class to see the two of them. But after a few days, they were no longer surprised.
Children aged seven or eight do not have the patience to coax other children, so when they rub against the desk, the desk owner may not necessarily talk to them.
In addition, Ruirui listens to the class attentively, and although Mingming is not so attentive, he will just sit there and daydream at most and will not make any noise to disturb others, so they will not affect the normal children's listening to the class.
It doesn't matter if they attend classes for free, but it will be disturbing if they are eating delicious breakfast next to the students while they are reciting the text.
Therefore, when the school bell rang, Lin Wei did not take the two children who had not finished eating to the morning reading class, but told them: "Don't run around after breakfast. I will come back to find you after I am done with my work."
Mingming, who was eating buns, heard this and asked in surprise: "Mom, aren't you taking us to class?"
"I'll take you there after you finish eating." Lin Wei said.
Mingming immediately pointed to the lunch box: "I still have a lot to eat!" He slowed down his chewing and swallowing, and said slowly, "Mom, you should go to class quickly. Don't worry about us~"
Lin Wei couldn't help but twitch the corners of her mouth. She said, "Don't run around," and then took her textbook and lesson plan and left.
There is no need to give lectures during morning reading. You just need to sit in the classroom to maintain discipline and occasionally check students' recitation, so it is relatively easy. Lin Wei is used to taking this time to prepare for the next lesson, so that she can spare more time to spend with her family in the evening.
But Lin Wei was not very focused in preparing for today's lesson. She couldn't help but think of her two children. She was worried that they would run away and that they would make trouble in the office.
Halfway through the morning reading session, Lin Wei looked at the time and estimated that the two children had finished their breakfast. She stood up and walked to the class monitor, asked her to maintain discipline, and then left the classroom.
When I got to the office, I found that Ruirui had finished eating, but Mingming still had half a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun left.
Lin Wei, who knew her son's eating speed very well, was stunned and asked, "Why are you so slow today?"
Mingming was eating at 0.1 times the normal speed, chewing the remaining bun skin in his mouth, looking up and saying slowly: "I eat so slowly."
虽然林薇是亲妈，但听着明明这欠揍的慢速发声，实在控制不住手痒，伸手弹了下他脑门说：“好好说话。”
Mingming covered his forehead: "I~just~was~..."
Lin Wei made a circle with her thumb and middle finger, brought them to her mouth and blew on them, then looked at Mingming with a threatening look.
Seeing that his mother was getting serious, Mingming immediately calmed down and said, "...speak nicely." He then finished the sentence very persistently.
Lin Wei withdrew her hand and didn't beat around the bush with him: "How long will it take you to finish your meal?"
Mingming rolled his eyes and asked tentatively, "Eat until lunch?"
"Why didn't you say you would eat until tomorrow?" Lin Wei asked unhappily.
Mingming counted on his fingers: "I eat breakfast until noon, lunch until night, dinner..." He looked up and said, "I have to sleep at night!"
The little brain is quite smart.
Lin Wei tapped the table with her fingers and said, "After this class, I want to see your clean plate, otherwise you don't have to eat lunch or dinner. I will make you starve until tomorrow. Do you hear me?"
Mingming's plan failed, he hung his head and said, "I heard it!"
Lin Wei assigned Ruirui a task: "Ruirui, watch over your brother and make him eat his breakfast quickly. Don't run around or play around while eating. Got it?"
Ruirui immediately agreed: "No problem!"
After taking care of the two children, Lin Wei went to the front.
As soon as Lin Wei reached the row where the second graders sat, Zhao Yanhua, who was standing outside talking to a teacher from another class, called out to her: "Are you going to see the kids?"
Lin Wei said helplessly: "Yes, my big kid just doesn't want to attend the class, so he wants to spend the whole morning eating breakfast."
"He's still young," Zhao Yanhua smiled, "and I don't think you need to keep an eye on him so closely. He won't get lost if he plays outside the classroom."
Lin Wei was also thinking about this, but Mingming's personality always made her feel uneasy.
He is carefree and has no sense of propriety when it comes to playing. As long as it is fun, he will go anywhere and play any game.
Before joining the army, there was one time when a few older children in the cotton mill's staff quarters wanted to play vaulting horse, but no one wanted to be the horse, so they tricked him into being the horse, saying that he would be allowed to jump after playing two rounds. He thought it was fun and agreed.
Fortunately, Lin Wei's mother had prepared lunch and saw them when she called them home. She grabbed the older child before he jumped. Otherwise, with his small body, he would have been lucky to have flat fallen on his face. In serious cases, he might have suffered broken bones.
As for running with friends to play in a house that was not built well and was full of rusty nails or sharp objects, or leaving the family compound and not coming back until dark, these things didn't happen often, but they were not uncommon either.
Therefore, after arriving on the island, Lin Wei kept Mingming under strict control, allowing him to play under her nose and never letting him run away. Even when she was sitting at home and the two children were playing on the beach outside the yard, she would repeatedly remind Ruirui to keep an eye on her brother.
There's no way to be strict with this kid; this kid is too noisy.
But seeing how Mingming was trying so hard to avoid attending classes so that he could play freely, Lin Wei felt a little soft-hearted. After consideration, Lin Wei decided to give two more classes free time in the future.
But this news cannot be announced today, otherwise Mingming will definitely think that his little plan worked... Although his little plan did play a small role, if Mingming knew about this, with his cunningness, he will definitely do the same thing again in the future.
Alas, it seems that when children are too smart, mothers will also have troubles.
Lin Wei thought in a Versailles way.
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