Zhou Xiaoyun’s Happy Life

Chapter 28 Special Winter Vacation Homework

 Teacher Fang entered the classroom, first told a few words about paying attention to safety during the winter vacation, and then assigned an unexpected winter vacation homework.

“Students, I am going to tell you something very important. You must listen carefully.”

 The students pricked up their ears when they heard something important.

 Fang Wenchao was very satisfied with the students’ performance and continued:

"Our school has never had a fence, which is very detrimental to our school management. Some students will sneak out to play hooky during recess, and some will go to the nearby crop fields to play. Our school's principal Qiao decided to provide Our school has been approved by the county education department, but some of it needs to be solved by our school itself. The school is our common home, and we should also make some contribution to this. So, this winter vacation, we have arranged for everyone to go home and collect pebbles and bricks to hand over to school after the new year..."

This homework was so new to me that the class suddenly exploded, and the children were whispering to each other.

Xingwang Primary School has a dozen classes with 400 to 500 students, and together with the teachers’ dormitories, there are four rows of tile-roofed houses.

Except for the teacher's dormitory, which has a wall outside, the rest of the classrooms are all leading to the outside. There are many naughty boys who often go out to play for a long time after class and never come back. Dabao is one of them.

 No way, it’s too convenient to skip class.

Principal Qiao made countless trips to the county education bureau before finally approving it.

However, the director said that due to limited funds, the bureau could only solve part of the problem, and the school had to find a way to solve another part on its own. Principal Qiao was so worried that he had a lot of gray hair.

 Such a small school charges so little tuition every semester, except for books, which is only enough for office expenses to buy some chalk. How can it get the money to build a wall?

Principal Qiao wanted to eat day and night but could not eat or sleep well. Finally, he came up with this idea. Parents cannot be asked to raise funds. Who is willing to contribute the money? But it shouldn’t be too much to encourage your children to hand over some bricks!

No, Principal Qiao convened a meeting of all teachers early in the morning to announce the matter. He especially emphasized the need to pay attention to the rhetoric and make sure students understand that this is a good thing to do for the school and themselves, so as to avoid parents coming to the school to raise objections.

Fang Wenchao spent a lot of time explaining the rationale and the benefits of building a fence to the students. I don’t know if this bunch of seven or eight-year-old first-grade children can understand.

 Amidst the discussion among students, Fang Wenchao announced that students can go home, which means that the winter vacation has officially begun.

 The children became excited and excited when they heard it was time to leave, and ran out in a swarm.

Fang Wenchao specifically asked Zhou Xiaoyun to stay and clean the classroom. Wang Jingjing saw Zhou Xiaoyun cleaning and took the initiative to stay and help. Fat Niu and Xiao Bu Dian refused to leave.

Zhou Zhihai and Feng Tiezhu were just joining in the fun, failing more than succeeding. After sweeping the floor for a while, they picked up the broom and ran around. Don't expect these two people to do anything.

 A few girls put the stools on the table and soon swept the floor clean.

 The personalities of several people can be seen from the work they do. Zhou Xiaoyun does things in an orderly manner. He first puts the benches away, then sprinkles some water, and finally sweeps the floor. He does things quickly and well.

Wang Jingjing likes to be clever and a little lazy. Instead of moving the bench, she sweeps the gaps with a broom. After sweeping, it is inevitable that there will be some places that have not been swept clean.

Fat girl is an impatient person. She swept the first and least clean place and then went back to sweep again.

The little one swept step by step honestly and calmly, and the slower speed was much cleaner than Wang Jingjing and Fat Niu.

Wu Mei didn’t go home directly to find Zhou Xiaoyun. When she saw them sweeping the floor, she came over to help arrange the tables and chairs. After all the cleaning was done, Zhou Xiaoyun said to them: "You guys go back first, I'll call Teacher Fang to come over and lock the door."

 Everyone else left, but Wu Mei insisted on staying and waiting for Zhou Xiaoyun. Zhou Xiaoyun had no choice but to ask Wu Mei to wait for her outside the classroom.

Zhou Xiaoyun arrived at Fang Wenchao's dormitory and told Fang Wenchao that the classroom had been cleaned.

Fang Wenchao responded and was about to lock the door. Suddenly he remembered something and said to Zhou Xiaoyun: "The winter vacation lasts about a month. Don't forget to practice the harmonica at home. The instrument will become rusty if you leave it behind. You must practice it every day. Only when I’m young, I’ll leave my harmonica with you for a month. Just bring it to me when school starts.”

Zhou Xiaoyun was worried about whether to return the harmonica to Fang Wenchao during the vacation. He felt relieved when Fang Wenchao said this.

Although Zhou Xiaoyun started learning to play the harmonica for one reason or another at first, over the past few days, she has really started to like playing the harmonica. Practicing with his family behind his back every day was so enjoyable, and Zhou Xiaoyun, who had made great progress, also gained great confidence in himself.

 At the moment, Zhou Xiaoyun expressed his great gratitude to Fang Wenchao. You must meet a famous teacher in life!

When Fang Wenchao gave him a simplified version of the music score, Zhou Xiaoyun, who had been calm and childlike since his rebirth, was moved to tears: "Teacher Fang, thank you. You are so kind to me. I really don't know how to repay you." That’s good…”

Fang Wenchao didn't expect Zhou Xiaoyun to shed tears and was a little confused. He coaxed Zhou Xiaoyun a few words: "Don't cry, Zhou Xiaoyun, this is just a piece of cake for me. The most important thing is that you are practicing very hard." Many people cannot persist in boring exercises. I have noticed your efforts. You are a good student and I am very optimistic about you. I believe that as long as you continue to practice like this, you will become a good student in the future. musician."

Zhou Xiaoyun felt a little embarrassed as she wiped away her tears. Thinking that she was becoming more and more like a child, why did she cry like this?

　　After bidding farewell to Teacher Fang, Zhou Xiaoyun went to find Wu Mei, who had been waiting for him for a long time.

Wu Mei’s family and Zhou Xiaoyun’s family were not together, so they reluctantly took another road halfway. Before leaving, she repeatedly asked Zhou Xiaoyun to go to her house during the winter vacation. Zhou Xiaoyun agreed without saying anything, and then left happily.

 (End of this chapter)