Getting something for nothing is a common topic in their office recently, but when they were asked about it out of the blue, their brains didn't catch up.
She choked, looking at the two men, Dadan and Erdan, who seemed to have suddenly become a team, and then at her son, who seemed to be taciturn, she was furious. "Don't you understand? They're just getting paid for nothing!"
As for the big sarcastic remark, she pretended not to hear it. Could he still follow up with questions?
"Is that so?" Erdan nodded, looking relieved. "Auntie, then we're not ungrateful. I paid for the fare, and they put in the effort, so we all did our job well."
The woman's face froze.
She forgot about the fare again.
The woman and child pulled her and whispered to her to stop talking.
Su Qinghu finally understood what was going on. Dadan's words could have choked the parents, but Erdan spoke up. Once he spoke, the parents could use his words as a pretext to avoid the tense exchange of attacks on their intelligence.
This kid... wants to save face for his subordinates, right?
She sighed.
Forget it, I won’t attack for now.
Several parents now felt that the other parent had gone too far, and that he was preventing them from performing well even though they were in the right.
"Teacher Zhou, I can't control other people. I just want to make a firm decision on one thing: our child's grades," said Cheng Hua's parent. "He's just been promoted to a new class, and his homework is already like that. It's really worrying. In two years, these children will be going to junior high school. What if he can't go to a good junior high school because of poor grades..."
"My son is still telling me that he will never leave his boss. If I say one bad word, he has ten bad words waiting for me."
"We haven't done anything bad," Cheng Hua said to his mother. Then he stood up and said to Zhou Jiaqiu, "Teacher Zhou, don't you always say that we are the successors of socialism? Well, we want to do some of the work of successors from now on."
He is in the same class as Erdan, but is three years older than Erdan. He is a child of normal age who did not start school early.
"Gao Haisheng said that by introducing jobs to people, we are reducing social instability. And when we make money, he will take us to the police station, and then let his uncle take us to visit the elderly." The ten-year-old boy's eyes were bright. "We are not going to visit ordinary elderly people to pay our respects, but to visit veterans!"
Zhou Jiaqiu was obviously shocked. He opened his mouth several times but couldn't say anything.
Being able to be their teacher and teach such students, she feels that she has made a contribution to society in her life.
Several parents were obviously stunned and couldn't help but look at Erdan, the dark-skinned but clever child.
What they are concerned about is food and clothing. Are children so young already thinking about how to contribute to society?
Compared to them, they... they seem inferior to the children...
Erdan was staring at them, scratching his head, grinning, and forcing a calm smile.
It's really embarrassing. He was trying to trick them into making money for him. Then, he didn't know what happened, but it turned out like this...
He glanced at his brother.
Dadan looked at Erdan with his mouth slightly open, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Before Su Qinghu, they didn't have a good life. Even the money hidden in their home would be dug out. Later, they accidentally helped an old soldier with limited mobility. After spending some time with him, the old soldier opened an empty passbook specifically for them to use.
It was also at that time that they had a safe place to store the little money they earned from selling small items at the Great Wall and showing clothes and cars to people in Houhai.
Later, when Su Qinghu came, the man took out all the money and gave it to them. He didn't have much money saved to begin with, and he thought he was giving it to him, but Su Qinghu refused to take it. So he took it back, put it in a small iron box, and placed it in the shadow at the foot of the bed.
Two days a week, they would go to his place after lunch, help with whatever they could, and buy some things that didn't require tickets and send them to him.
Su Qinghu was stunned for a moment, suddenly feeling a little ashamed. She had previously said that she would go with the two children to the old squad leader to pay her respects to him. But a month or two had passed, and she hadn't been there once, while the two children were still the same as before...
Zhou Jiaqiu took two deep breaths, suppressed the feeling of pride rising in his heart, and looked at the parents, "What do you think?"
Several parents swallowed their throats and looked at their children. They were definitely proud, but it was not a good thing to continue like this.
It's fine for children to spend their own money, but what about their safety? What about their studies? What should we do?
After a pause, a parent who looked noticeably more respectable sighed and said to Zhou Jiaqiu, "The school teaches our children very well, and we support their self-reliance and respect for the elderly. However, the children are still young, and there's no guarantee that they'll only meet good people. I'm really worried about their safety."
The child's eyes were bright and full of hope, like a thriving sapling. She didn't want to stop the child's upward growth momentum.
"And the children's grades..."
She has these two issues, and if they can be resolved, she will feel at ease and she would be very willing for her children to do these things.
"What about you?" After listening to her, Zhou Jiaqiu asked the other parents who were silent.
Cheng Hua's parent: "I'm the same as this parent. As long as the problem of safety and study is solved, I don't care what he does. The money he earns is not needed at home. If he wants to use it to help veterans, then let him help. His grandfather was a soldier when he was young."
All the parents nodded, except the woman who was scolded by Dadan.
So everyone looked at her again. Seeing that she didn't speak for a long time, her son couldn't stand it anymore and ran out wiping his tears.
The woman was startled and stood up to chase after him.
Erdan frowned and yelled at him, "Mao Xian, if you dare to run away, we will never take you with us again!"
The child who was called "wool" by him stopped, wiped his tears and said nothing.
Woman: "Why are you so anxious? I haven't told you not to play with them yet."
She could see clearly now that the other parents, except Su Qinghu, were all dressed quite simply. But from the way they spoke and acted, she could tell that their families were better off than hers, so it wouldn't be a disadvantage for their children to play with them.
"Listen to what your teacher says first. The problem is solved. If you want to play with them, then go ahead." The woman said in a tone and looked at the teacher.
Maoxian stopped crying and looked at his mother with tearful eyes. Before he could wipe away his tears, he grinned and started laughing.
The children looked at each other in surprise. If their families agreed, they wouldn’t have to be so sneaky!
Zhou Jiaqiu: "Don't worry about your child finding a job. I will be with them on weekends and holidays. Even if I don't have time, there will be other teachers to follow."
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