Chapter 50 Chapter 50 Slide

In the afternoon, the commune sent people to the kindergarten to deliver woven bamboo beds and chairs.

When Meng Yufei heard the news, she took the money and went over to avoid having people from the commune come over to settle the bill.

When she arrived, the beds and chairs had already been put into the small class classroom. Mrs. Zhang touched the edge of the bed and nodded, saying, "The craftsmanship of the bamboo weaver is really good. The weaving is really solid, and the surface is also processed very smoothly. It doesn't hurt to touch it at all."

Accountant Qi, who came over to deliver the goods, smiled and said, "This was made by the best craftsman in our commune. He makes all the furniture in our commune. The quality of his products is guaranteed."

Yin Guixiang hurriedly put her little daughter in a child chair. The railings around the chair just touched the child's chest, preventing her from falling while leaving enough space for her to turn around.

As soon as the little girl sat on the chair, she swayed her body happily, and the chair under her stood firmly in place. Yin Guixiang nodded and said, "The quality is really good, and the legs of this chair are very stable."

Mrs. Zhang also put Tong Caifeng's little daughter on the child chair next to her. The child looked around curiously with her big eyes.

Yin Guixiang looked at the two children happily looking around in the chairs, and suddenly remembered to ask: "Sister-in-law, what is the name of Tong Caifeng's child?"

Mrs. Zhang shook her head and said, "She left the child there and left without saying anything."

Yin Guixiang said, "Then ask her next time. I heard from the elders at home that you should call her name more often when the child is young, otherwise the child will lose his soul and become stupid."

Mrs. Zhang said, "There is such a saying, but we really have to ask, otherwise we won't know how to address her. We can't just keep calling Tong Caifeng's daughter. I'm too lazy to even say her name."

As the two were talking, Director Tian saw Meng Yufei coming over and said hurriedly, "Xiao Meng, you're here. Take a look at this crib and child chair. They're just perfect."

Meng Yufei walked over to take a look, and praised with satisfaction: "Master Qi, you took the trouble to do better than what I said the other day."

She looked at Accountant Qi and asked, "Didn't Master Qi come with us?"

Accountant Qi said, "This morning the commune took on another job in town, and they need it urgently. Uncle Wu was busy working in the afternoon, so they asked us to deliver it to you. If you are not satisfied with anything, I will take it back and make changes."

Meng Yufei said, "I think it's pretty good." Then she turned to Director Tian and said, "Director, what do you think? Is there anything else that needs to be improved?"

Director Tian said, "I think it's very good too. There's nothing to change. Let's just use it right away." He pointed at the two children sitting in the child chairs.

Meng Yufei said, "Okay, since there is no problem, let's settle the bill. I also brought the money with me, so you don't have to make another trip."

Accountant Qi patted his head and smiled, "Director Meng is very thoughtful."

After settling the bill with the commune and sending the people away, Meng Yufei said, "Director Tian, ​​the salary packages for the kindergarten teachers and staff have already been determined by the Personnel Department last week. Tomorrow is the day when the Logistics Department will pay the salaries. You can come together to collect them."

Director Tian nodded and said, "Okay, I'll talk to them later."

Mrs. Zhang, who was standing next to her, was surprised to hear that they would be paid tomorrow and said, "We can get paid at the beginning of this month!"

Meng Yufei said: "Government units usually pay the monthly salary at the beginning of the month. We don't have overtime or performance bonuses, so we receive a fixed salary every month. If there are special circumstances and the salary is deducted, it is usually deducted from the next month."

Mrs. Zhang nodded and said, "So that's how it is. We are so lucky that we can get paid right after we start working."

Yin Guixiang smiled and said, "Yes, now that I know I'm going to get paid, I feel different. I'm very happy."

A few people were talking here, and Wei Shufang was telling stories to the children over there. She held the picture book in her hands and read with her head down. Maybe it was because her voice was hoarse, or maybe it was because her tone of voice was dull, few children were willing to listen.

Some of the children sitting below were in a daze, some were talking, and some were making a fuss and crying. It was a mess. Several children kept leaving their seats and wanted to run outside, but when they saw so many people standing at the door, they didn't find a chance and ran back.

In the face of these situations, Wei Shufang just lowered her head and read without even raising her eyelids.

Dean Tian frowned and couldn't help but walk over and say, "Teacher Wei, don't just focus on studying, take a look at the children. What a mess they are in."

When Wei Shufang heard the voice of Director Tian, ​​she raised her head and said with a distressed look: "Director, these children don't listen to me at all. As soon as I put them on the stool, they run away. I am the only one taking care of them. I can't control them even if I want to!"

Yin Guixiang frowned slightly and took two steps forward, "Teacher Wei, what you said is not right. What do you mean you are the only one taking care of them? It was you who assigned us the tasks yesterday. Sister Zhang and I came half an hour early and took the children to the classroom to look after them when the parents dropped them off. We left half an hour later and waited to send the children to their parents after school."

At this point, she looked at the head teacher Tian and said, "It's nothing. We are here to take care of the children. It doesn't matter if we come early and leave late every day. Teacher Wei also said that children in the small class don't need to take any classes. Two cultural classes a day are enough, one forty minutes in the morning and one forty minutes in the afternoon. She is responsible for the cultural classes, and the rest of the time is free activities, which are managed by me and Mrs. Zhang."

After hearing this, Director Tian turned to Wei Shufang and asked, "Teacher Wei, is that so?"

Wei Shufang looked a little embarrassed and said, "This... the children are young, and they can't understand what I teach them."

Principal Tian said in a serious tone: "Teacher Wei, since you are a teacher, you must take teaching seriously. The children's young age is not an excuse for you to be perfunctory. I know you have never been a teacher and you may not know how to be a teacher. So you should start learning now. I will also sit in on two classes every day. If you have any questions, just ask me directly."

Wei Shufang's face froze, and she said reluctantly, "Okay, I understand."

I secretly complained in my heart, why does Principal Tian have to be so serious when there is nothing to do? What is there to teach children of this age? It's really annoying.

Meng Yufei watched silently without saying anything, said hello and left the small class. When she passed the large class, she looked inside through the window. The children were in class. Tang Jiayi stood in front of the blackboard, pointing to a poem written on it and reading it with everyone.

"The sun sets over the mountains,"

"The sun is setting on the mountain."

"The Yellow River flows into the sea."

"The Yellow River flows into the Sea."

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Tang Jiayi read once, and the children sitting on small stools followed her in unison, and the loud children's voices echoed in their ears.

Meng Yufei saw the back of Xia Qinqin's head, shaking her head and reciting poems with everyone, her high ponytail swaying along with it.

Sitting on Xia Qinqin's left was Fangfang. The two little sisters held hands and recited poems. A strange little boy sat next to them. Xia Qinqin's braids hit his face from time to time, but the little boy didn't care. He just put his hands to cover his face to prevent being hit by the braid again.

Meng Yufei stood at the window for a while, listened to the children reciting a poem with a smile, and then left the kindergarten and returned to the office.

When Xiao Zhang saw Meng Yufei coming back, he asked, "Sister Meng, didn't you go see Qinqin?"

Meng Yufei said: "I stood at the door of the classroom and watched for a while. The teacher was teaching the children to recite poems. I saw Qinqin was very happy learning, so I didn't disturb her and went back first."

Xiao Zhang said: "It seems that Qinqin can adapt to the environment very well. This is good. I don't have to worry about her getting used to it no matter where we go in the future."

Meng Yufei sat on the chair and said with a smile: "A mother worries when her child travels a thousand miles. No matter how far she goes, I can't rest assured whether she can get used to it or not."

Xiao Zhang shrugged and said, "That's not necessarily true. Not all parents are like you."

Meng Yufei remembered that Xiao Zhang had said before that the situation at her home was a bit complicated and she didn't want to go home. Now it seemed that he was thinking about home again.

Although she was somewhat curious about what happened in her family, she guessed that Xiao Zhang probably didn't want to talk about it, so she never asked. Seeing that she looked a little down, she changed the subject and said, "By the way, I just went to the kindergarten to inform them and asked them to come over tomorrow to collect their wages. Let's check the pay slips again."

Xiao Zhang nodded and said, "Okay."

After Tang Jiayi taught the children to recite the poem several times, she said, "Okay, that's all for today. Class is over. You can go out to the yard and play."

"good!"

Hearing that they could go out and play, the children happily responded and ran to the yard in twos and threes. Tang Jiayi followed behind and reminded them, "Everyone, slow down. Don't run. Be careful not to fall."

Xia Qinqin took Fangfang's hand and said, "Sister Fangfang, let's go play on the slide."

Fangfang nodded and said, "Yeah, okay."

Yang Yongming hurriedly followed behind and said, "I want to play on the slide, too."

Xia Qinqin said: "Then you can go and queue with us."

The three of them trotted all the way to the slide. There were already many children gathered there. Zhou Wen Qian organized the children to line up and come over to play one by one.

Although Zhou Wen Qian looks weak, she has a cold and indifferent temperament. The children are very well-behaved in front of her and line up obediently following her instructions.

Xia Qinqin pulled Fangfang and Yang Yongming over to line up. The slide was very low, and a child would go up and slide down in a few seconds, and the next child would run over to play.

Soon it was Xia Qinqin's turn. She walked over happily and said, "Teacher Zhou, I want to play on the slide too."

Zhou Wenqian smiled at her and pointed to the wooden stairs behind the slide and said, "Climb up and sit on it."

Xia Qinqin climbed up nimbly and sat on the top of the slide. Zhou Wenqian pushed her gently from behind and said, "Let's slide down."

"Ah~ Hahaha, this is so fun!" Xia Qinqin said happily. After sliding down, she ran to the back to queue up. She wanted to play more!

Xia Qinqin had been skating for four or five times but still wasn't satisfied. Fangfang and Yang Yongming also queued up for four or five times behind her. Seeing that Xia Qinqin was still queuing up to play, Yang Yongming said, "Qinqin, let's not play this anymore, okay?"

Xia Qinqin asked in confusion: "Why? This is so interesting."

Yang Yongming touched his butt and said, "My butt hurts..."

Yang Yongming was still wearing open-crotch pants, and after sliding down the slide several times, his buttocks were rubbed red.

Xia Qinqin said, "Okay, let's go play on the wooden horse." She turned around and asked Fangfang, "Sister Fangfang, do you want to join us?"

Fangfang nodded, "Okay, let's go play on the wooden horse."

The carousel was not far from the slide. There were two carousels there. Tang Jiayi was watching on the side. Two children were sitting on them playing. There were two or three more children lined up behind them. Xia Qinqin and the others walked over and lined up obediently at the back.

After a while, Tang Jiayi said to the two children on the wooden horse, "Okay, time is up, let's get off and let the other children play."

The little girl on the horse got off obediently, but the little boy next to her held on tightly to the horse and refused to get off. "No! I want to play more!"

Tang Jiayi advised: "Han Jianbao, you have already played once more, and there are so many children waiting in line behind you. Can you get off first and wait until they have finished playing before you play?"

Han Jianbao was unwilling, and he lay on the wooden horse and shook his head, saying, "No! This wooden horse is mine, I don't want to let them play with it."

Tang Jiayi frowned and said, "Who said this wooden horse is yours? This is the wooden horse in the kindergarten. All the children play with it together. It's not just for you. You've already played with it. Be obedient and come down and let other children play with it."

Han Jianbao pointed to the wooden horse next to him and said, "There's another one, let them play with that one."

Tang Jiayi said in a serious tone: "Han Jianbao, listen to the teacher and come down obediently!"

Han Jianbao turned his head away while holding the wooden horse, pretending not to hear anything and unwilling to get down.

Tang Jiayi's face darkened, and she walked forward and wanted to pick Han Jianbao up. But as soon as she touched him, Han Jianbao burst into tears, "Ahhhhhhhh! I don't want to go down! I won't go down! My mom is the teacher here... this is for me to play with!"

Wei Shufang was absent-mindedly telling stories to the children in the small classroom when she suddenly heard her son Jianbao crying outside. She hurriedly got up and walked to the door, looking into the yard, and sure enough, she saw her son sitting on a wooden horse and crying loudly.

"Jianbao, what's wrong with you? Who bullied you?" Wei Shufang hurried to the yard, hugged her son and asked concernedly.

Han Jianbao felt safe when he saw his mother coming over. He cried even louder and pointed at Tang Jiayi while crying, "She wouldn't let me play on the wooden horse and insisted on pulling me off."

Wei Shufang looked at Tang Jiayi with dissatisfaction and said in a reproachful tone: "Teacher Tang, this wooden horse is the public property of the kindergarten, right? Any child can play with it. We don't need your permission, right?"

Tang Jiayi explained, "Teacher Wei, it's not that you can't let your Jianbao play, it's that he has been playing for a long time, and the children behind him are waiting in line."

Wei Shufang still refused to give in. While coaxing her son, she continued to complain: "Can't you just talk to him nicely? Do you have to make the child cry?"

Tang Jiayi said helplessly: "I just wanted to hold him down, but who knew he started crying as soon as he touched him."

Wei Shufang said, "You must have hurt my Jianbao! Children are ignorant, and as a teacher you should have talked to him properly, why did you hit him right away?"

Tang Jiayi retorted: "Who do you think did it?"

Wei Shufang said shamelessly: "Why would the child cry if you didn't do anything?"

"I can prove that Teacher Tang didn't do anything." Zhou Wenqian suddenly said, "I just saw it from the side. Teacher Tang talked to Jianbao in a gentle voice for a long time, but he didn't want to get down. Teacher Tang had no choice but to carry him down."

Wei Shufang looked at Zhou Wenqian and frowned, "You are a teacher in the same class as her, so of course you will speak up for her."

Zhou Wenqian said, "Mr. Wei, may I ask why you are questioning Mr. Tang? If you are a teacher, you are the teacher of the small class, and we are the teachers of the large class. The affairs of the large class are not within your scope of responsibility."

"As for Han Jianbao's mother, Teacher Tang has already explained it to you, and I have also testified. If you still don't believe it, just go and find Director Tian to resolve it."

Wei Shufang choked and argued, "Humph, everyone knows that Director Tian favors you. She will only speak for you if you tell her."

Zhou Wenqian said with a smile, "It's fine if you don't believe us, but even Director Tian doesn't believe us. So what do you want to do? Why don't you ask the division commander to judge the case and ask the military supervision committee to investigate and find out why your son is crying?"

Wei Shufang asked, "You...what do you mean?"

Zhou Wenqian said, "I'm trying to find a solution for you. Do you want to keep quarreling here? If you want to quarrel, please bring Jianbao down with you. The kids in our class still want to play on the merry-go-round."

Wei Shufang said angrily, "You...you..." She glared at Zhou Wenqian fiercely and said through gritted teeth, "Teacher Zhou, you are really good at talking."

Zhou Wenqian said indifferently, "Is that so? You are quite talkative. You are here alone to refute both me and Teacher Tang."

Wei Shufang picked up her son and glanced coldly at Zhou Wenqian and Tang Jiayi. "Hmph, let's just consider today's incident as our own misfortune. We'll settle it with you next time." Then she hugged Han Jianbao and was about to leave.

Zhou Wenqian stepped forward to block her path and asked, "Teacher Wei, where do you want to take Jianbao? The class is still in session. If you want to take the child away, tell our teacher first. Also, you are the teacher of the small class, and the small class is still in session. Teacher Wei, are you not going to class?"

Wei Shufang said: "Didn't you see how my child was crying? I took him home and tried to comfort him, but it didn't work. How could you be so inhumane?"

Zhou Wen Qian looked at Han Jianbao, who had stopped crying a long time ago in Wei Shufang's arms. He had been howling with his mouth open without shedding a tear, and now he was watching their quarrel with a curious look on his face.

Tang Jiayi said, "What Teacher Zhou said just now makes sense. If you want to take him back, you have to report to us. Also, it's working hours now. If you want to go home, you have to ask for leave from Director Tian."

Wei Shufang said, "Tang Jiayi, Zhou Wenqian, you two are really trying to make things difficult for me today, right?"

Zhou Wenqian ignored her and said to Han Jianbao in her arms, "Han Jianbao, do you want to go home or stay and play on the slide with the other kids?"

Han Jianbao looked at the slide next to him and said, "I want to play on the slide."

Zhou Wenqian said: "Then you have to line up obediently, understand?"

Han Jianbao nodded and said, "Yes, I understand."

Zhou Wenqian looked at Wei Shufang and said, "Teacher Wei, the child wants to continue playing here. Please respect the child's wishes."

Wei Shufang: "..." She glared at her son in her arms, "What's so fun about this? Let's go home."

Han Jianbao was unwilling and struggled to get down, pointing at the slide and said, "No! I don't want to go home. I want to play on the slide. There's no slide at home!" Then he started howling again.

Tang Jiayi said, "Teacher Wei, please let the child play. He is crying."

Wei Shufang was helpless, put down the child in her arms, and said angrily: "I don't care about you anymore, I still have to go to class, you just have fun here."

As he said this, he turned around and walked towards the small class classroom. As he walked, he thought to himself: There is no point in staying in this crappy kindergarten. I still have to find a way to change places.

Xia Qinqin looked at Wei Shufang's back, touched her head, and heard someone talking in her heart again. She wanted to go back and tell her mother.

"Qinqin, it's almost our turn to ride the merry-go-round. Why are you daydreaming?" Fangfang said, pulling Xia Qinqin.

Xia Qinqin came back to her senses and remembered what her mother had told her not to tell this secret to anyone else!

"I'm looking at that auntie. Let's go line up to ride the merry-go-round." Xia Qinqin held Fangfang's hand, and Fangfang nodded and said, "Okay."

Meng Yufei and Xiao Zhang sorted out the tickets for the family members for this month. Xiao Zhang went to the Publicity Department and asked them to use the loudspeaker to inform everyone to come to the Finance Department to collect the tickets in the next two days.

"Oh, it's only the 3rd of this month and you can get your ticket."

"Originally it should have been the monthly leader, but the previous finance officer was not good enough, so it was always delayed for a long time."

"I just received last month's ticket a few days ago and haven't used it much yet, but now I need to get another one."

"Why, you're not happy about receiving the ticket?"

"Of course I am happy. I am not used to it all of a sudden. I used to be very stingy with the tickets because I was afraid that the money I got next month would not be enough. Now I can spend lavishly for a while."

…

As soon as she gets off work, Meng Yufei goes to the kindergarten to pick up her daughter.

Xia Qinqin was carrying a small schoolbag, staring at the entrance of the kindergarten. When she saw a familiar figure, her eyes lit up and she waved her hands vigorously.

Meng Yufei also saw her daughter waving at her. Her eyes softened and she smiled and waved to Xia Qinqin, indicating that she saw her too.

Xia Qinqin turned around happily and said, "Teacher Zhou, my mother is here to pick me up."

Zhou Wenqian looked towards the door and saw Meng Yufei standing there. She said to Xia Qinqin, "Then you go back first. Be careful on the way. See you tomorrow."

Xia Qinqin smiled and said, "See you tomorrow, Teacher Zhou."

Xia Qinqin trotted out of the courtyard with happy steps and said crisply, "Mom, you are here to pick me up. I missed you so much."

Meng Yufei held her daughter's hand and said with a smile: "Mom misses you too, let's go home."

"Yeah, let's go home."

After getting dinner in the cafeteria, the mother and daughter walked slowly back home. Xia Qinqin looked around and whispered to Meng Yufei, "Mom, I have something to tell you."

Meng Yufei lowered her head and asked, "What's the matter?"

Xia Qinqin said: "It's a secret between us. I heard someone talking in my heart again today."

Meng Yufei paused, squatted down and asked, "Who did you hear talking?"

Xia Qinqin said: "It was Han Jianbao's mother, Teacher Wei from the junior class, who said that."

Meng Yufei asked hurriedly: "What did she say to you?"

Xia Qinqin said: "She said the kindergarten is a shabby place and she wants to move to another place."

Meng Yufei pondered. It sounded like these words had nothing to do with Xia Qinqin. They sounded more like Wei Shufang's own thoughts, completely from her own perspective.

Meng Yufei asked again: "Qinqin, tell your mother slowly where she said these words and what happened before she said these words?"

Xia Qinqin told Meng Yufei what happened in the kindergarten that afternoon, from Han Jianbao sitting on the wooden horse and refusing to get off, to Wei Shufang coming over and arguing with Tang Jiayi and Zhou Wenqian, and then to her turning around and leaving in anger.

Xia Qinqin had a good memory and was eloquent. Although her thoughts sometimes wandered, she still described in detail what happened in the afternoon to Meng Yufei.

After hearing this, Meng Yufei felt a little suspicious. Qinqin really had nothing to do with this matter. Last time, Tong Caifeng at least glanced at her, but this time, Wei Shufang really had no connection with Qinqin at all.

Could it be that what Qinqin said was true? Could she really - hear other people's thoughts?

Thinking of this possibility, Meng Yufei felt it was too bizarre.

Xia Qinqin tilted her head and looked at Meng Yufei, whose eyes were blank. She pulled her hand and asked curiously, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"

Meng Yufei came back to her senses, looked at her daughter and said seriously: "Qinqin, do you remember what your mother told you last time? You can hear what others say in their hearts. Don't tell others!"

Xia Qinqin nodded and said, "Yeah, I know, this is our little secret."

Meng Yufei touched her daughter's head and said, "Well, be good, let's go home and have dinner."

"Okay~"

The mother and daughter walked home hand in hand.

Xia Junshan did not work overtime today and came back early. The family of three finished dinner before the sun set. Xia Junshan suggested, "We ate a little too much tonight. How about we go for a walk by the beach?"

Meng Yufei nodded and said, "Okay, I haven't been out for a walk for a few days."

When Xia Qinqin heard that she was going out, she took the small schoolbag on the sofa, put it on her shoulder and said, "Let's go out."

Xia Junshan said: "Qinqin, we are going for a walk, so we don't need to carry school bags, okay?"

Xia Qinqin grabbed the two shoulder straps tightly with both hands and shook her head, "No, I want to take it with me. This is my small bag for going out."

Xia Junshan smiled and said, "Okay, then carry it on your back."

After leaving the family compound, the family of three walked along the path by the sea. When they reached a small dirt slope, there were yellow, blue and white flowers blooming on the side of the road. Xia Qinqin looked up and asked, "Mom, can I pick some flowers?"

Meng Yufei nodded and said, "Go ahead, be careful."

Xia Qinqin happily ran over and squatted down to pick the flowers. Xia Junshan followed her and scanned the grass. When he didn't find anything dangerous, he stood behind his daughter with confidence and watched her carefully choose which flowers to pick one by one.

Meng Yufei walked up to Xia Junshan and whispered, "Qinqin said today that she heard someone talking in her heart again."

Xia Junshan's eyes narrowed, and he tilted his head slightly to ask, "Who is it this time?"

Meng Yufei told him what happened in the afternoon. After listening, Xia Junshan was silent for two seconds and said, "This Wei Shufang, like Qi Huiying, Wang Zhiyi, and Tong Caifeng mentioned last time, is unfriendly to Qinqin, or to us."

"That's true." Meng Yufei nodded and put forward her own guess: "But what happened this time has absolutely nothing to do with Qinqin. Do you think that Qinqin can really...really hear other people's thoughts?"

Xia Junshan pursed his lips, still not believing it: "Although the world is so big that there are all kinds of strange things, this is too bizarre..."

Meng Yufei said: "This is all my guess. Whether Qinqin is overthinking or she can really hear it, let's not reveal this matter to anyone and help her keep this secret, okay?"

If this matter is Xia Qinqin's own problem, and she can't listen to other people's voices, then it is very likely... that she will have mental problems as the doctor said...

In this day and age, if a person has mental problems, not to mention whether there is a doctor who can cure him, people around him will inevitably point fingers at him. Meng Yufei absolutely does not want her daughter to be regarded as a lunatic by others.

If Xia Qinqin could really hear other people's thoughts, this unreasonable thing would not be a good thing for Qinqin once it was leaked. Her ability could be used by others, or in other words, by certain forces.

So, no matter what, Meng Yufei didn't want anyone else to know about this. If it wasn't because she knew that she couldn't keep this secret from Xia Junshan and needed Xia Junshan's help to keep it secret, Meng Yufei wouldn't even let Xia Junshan know.

Xia Junshan naturally understood the interests involved. He met Meng Yufei's eyes, was silent for a few seconds, and nodded: "I know, this matter will not be known to anyone."