Chapter 276 Silly Potato
In fact, communication with children is much smoother if there are no parents present.
But this is a habit she developed after suffering losses.
At that time, she had just started teaching. There was a naughty child in her class, so she took him to the office and gave him a lecture. Afterwards, the child wanted to jump off the building, saying that Gu Jiayue insulted her.
Although the matter was resolved smoothly in the end, it left an indelible impression on Gu Jiayue.
Afterwards, many senior teachers told her that it was just a job and there was no need to be serious about it. She should just be a Buddhist teacher and be nice to everyone.
She tried, but whenever the children looked at him with innocent eyes, her conscience still ached.
So later on, when she disciplined her children, she would record the conversation and have the children's parents be present.
Even if they cannot be present, we will use video to educate the children in front of their parents.
Gu Jiayue helped the man up and gently brushed the dust off his body.
"Tell me, Master, why do you do this?"
Zhang Dapiao still kept his head down and said nothing.
Gu Jiayue pulled him in front of her, holding his slightly cold little hand with one hand and gently stroking his head with the other. "Are you afraid that if you don't finish your homework, the teacher will be angry and you will be punished?"
Zhang Dapiao nodded imperceptibly.
Gu Jiayue continued to guide him patiently. "Why haven't you been studying hard recently? Is there a lot of work waiting for you at home?"
Zhang Dapiao shook his head.
Before he went to school, because he was the youngest son in the family, his family members favored him more and rarely asked him to work except during the busy farming season.
Later, when he started studying, he was no longer allowed to do anything. The most common thing his parents said to him every day was, "Just study hard."
But reading is not something that everyone can do.
It doesn’t look like farming at all, you’ll learn it once you see it.
The Master said that if one reads a book a hundred times, its meaning will become clear, but he could not understand what the author wanted to express even after reading it a thousand times.
"What's the reason? Is it because you were playing so much that you forgot to do your homework?"
Zhang Dapiao's head almost dropped to the ground, but he still nodded gently.
He only feels happy when he is having fun. Studying is really painful.
People subconsciously avoid things that will make them painful, so he unconsciously played like crazy and never forgot to do his homework.
He even laughed at his cousins when they were doing their homework, saying that they were idiots who only knew how to study every day.
Once the crux of the problem is found, the problem can be easily solved.
Gu Jiayue didn't seem angry at all, and remained as gentle as ever. "It's a child's nature to like playing, and there's nothing wrong with that. But your father is right. The opportunity to study is hard-earned, and we must cherish it. If we learn one more word now, maybe we can earn an extra penny when we grow up."
"Have you ever been to the county town? Do you know how much those sandbag workers earn a day? Ten cents. But if you can write, you don't have to carry sandbags. You can sit on a chair nearby with a pen and record how many sandbags others have carried. You can earn twenty cents a day. If you learn better, you can work as an accountant in a restaurant or a landlord's house, and then your wages will be calculated on a monthly basis."
For such children, we cannot talk about profound principles, we can only explain them in a simple way.
Zhang Dapiao did take these words to heart.
He thought about it, if there were two jobs in front of him now, one was to carry sandbags and the other was to keep clerical records, but because he was not literate, he could only carry sandbags, would he regret not studying hard before?
He fell into deep thought.
Gu Jiayue did not disturb him, but waited quietly for him to think it through.
After a while, Zhang Dapiao raised his head and looked at Gu Jiayue for the first time. "Master, I know I was wrong."
Gu Jiayue was very relieved. "If you know, you should still be a good child. But if you make a mistake, we still have to punish you. Do you accept it?"
Zhang Dapiao nodded firmly. "Master, please punish me."
Gu Jiayue thought for a moment. "You've already fallen behind a lot in your studies. From today on, don't go out and play. You should catch up on your studies to the same level as Li Sandan's current level before the tenth day of the lunar month. Can you do that?"
"able!"
"Okay, now it's your turn to lie. Before the tenth day of the lunar month, copy the sentence 'A man without faith is not worthy of trust. A large cart without a yoke, a small cart without a shaft, how can they move?' and hand it to me one hundred times. Can you do it?"
A hundred times? That's too much, right? He still has homework to catch up on.
He was a little hesitant.
But when he saw Gu Jiayue's encouraging eyes, he nodded vigorously. "Yes!"
Gu Jiayue was even more relieved. See, the children weren't bad, they were just too young to control their behavior. There were many adults who couldn't control their desires either.
So we should be more tolerant of children. As long as they are willing to correct themselves, they are good children who can be educated.
Of course, as for those children who refuse to change despite repeated teaching, just forget it and don't make things difficult for yourself.
"Okay, get out."
After Zhang Dapiao left, Gu Jiayue looked at Zhang Laoer and his wife again. "Uncle Zhang, this isn't the way to educate children. Don't hit them with such a thick stick in the future."
Zhang Laoer's face flushed. "Okay, I'll listen to Jiayue." Being lectured by a junior, he didn't feel dissatisfied, but just a little embarrassed.
Seeing that Zhang Laoer was listening, Gu Jiayue breathed a sigh of relief. "Well, from now on, don't push the child too hard. Let him relax a little."
"Okay, okay, we'll listen to Jiayue. We won't mention those things again in the future." They only realized today that those words seemed to have really put a lot of pressure on their son.
He was only six years old, how could he understand what it meant to bring honor to the family? What did it mean to bring glory to the ancestors?
Gu Jiayue picked up the homework beside her, stood up and was about to leave.
I happened to meet Grandma Zhang who came in carrying a plate.
Grandma Zhang was stunned. "Jiayue, are you leaving now? Come and try the sweet potato dumplings that grandma made."
Looking at the round, small potatoes on the plate, Gu Jiayue couldn't help but burp.
Burp...a smell of potatoes.
"Grandma, I'm not hungry. You guys eat. I have to go to the next house." At this rate, how many days will it take her to finish visiting each home?
But how could the hospitable Grandma Zhang let Gu Jiayue leave her house with an empty mouth? "If you're not hungry, then take it and eat it on the way. I'll leave the plate at your house. I'll get it when I'm free."
Just like that, Gu Jiayue walked out of Zhang's house carrying a plate of sweet potatoes.
Hua Chao poked a potato with a bamboo stick and looked at it from left to right. "Miss, why is this potato called a silly potato?"
Before Gu Jiayue could answer, Hua Chao opened his mouth and took a bite.
Then he jumped up because of the burn and couldn't spit out the potato in his mouth.
Looking at Hua Chao who was jumping up and down, Gu Jiayue felt that she didn't need to explain what a silly potato was, right?
[Hanbao means stupid, and Hanbao potato is like the Harguo in the mountain city.]
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