Lovers (novella) Zhang Baotong 2017.8.6

After a few months of separation, Lin Yuqing seems to have a strange feeling with me, and he is always lukewarm and ignorant of me, which makes me very distressed, but I don't know what the reason is. One day, I don't know who put a fat green leaf worm in her stationery box. When she was in class, as soon as she opened the stationery box, she saw a large, thick green leaf worm inside, and she was so frightened that her soul was gone, and she screamed, and then her body was shaking. The male classmate next to him hurriedly picked up the worm with his hand and threw it outside the classroom.

She was originally a member of the study committee and a little assistant to the homeroom teacher, but she was frightened and wronged like this, and it seriously affected the classroom discipline, and the teacher naturally wanted to track it down. Therefore, after school in the afternoon, the teacher left all the students behind and asked everyone to report and expose them. I don't know who told Lin Yuqing that it was a prank I did. So, she reported to the teacher that I had done something bad. The teacher called me into the office and asked me about it. I said that I didn't put the bugs, because I didn't even dare to pick them up with my hands. So, the teacher called Lin Yuqing to confront me. She said that I put the worms, and some classmates saw them with their own eyes. I cried and said that I really didn't put that bug, and I wouldn't do such a thing if I was killed. Mr. Zhang thought that I was very honest, never lied, and could not misbehave, so he believed my words. But she couldn't let Lin Yuqing feel aggrieved, so she said to the two of us, you all go home first, and I will investigate this matter well and deal with it seriously.

Although it was later found out that this matter was done by that damn Wang Baosheng, Lin Yuqing and I haven't spoken for a long time. That day, my mother asked me to go to the grain store to buy 20 catties of rice. On the way to the grain store, we bumped into each other, and when she came up to me, I was about to greet her, but she bowed her head and hurried past me. Looking at her straight and straight back, I felt very uncomfortable.

How many times have I wanted to say to her, how the hell have I offended you, why have you ignored me? I don't like to talk by nature, and I'm not good at expressing myself, especially with girls. At that time, the classmates in the class were very feudal, boys generally did not talk to girls, and there were three or eight lines between the two sides, and if a boy whispered to a girl, everyone would say that they were whispering. Lin Yuqing is not only the girl I like, but also several male classmates who like her openly or secretly, even our class president. Once, a male classmate wanted to give her a pencil sharpener. I didn't buy the pencil sharpener on Miluo Street, because there was no such elaborate pencil sharpener on Miluo Street, and if I'm not mistaken, I should have bought it from Shanghai. However, he didn't dare to give it to her openly, but secretly stuffed the pencil sharpener into her stationery box, just like the troublemaker Wang Baosheng put the green leaf worm in her stationery box.

Of course, she doesn't know who put it, if it's an ordinary female classmate, whether she can understand the meaning or not, even if it's just a small bargain, she won't give the pencil sharpener to the teacher. However, she told the teacher about it. The teacher took out the pencil sharpener for the students to claim. If this kind of thing is known, it will be as embarrassing as being a thief, so the pencil sharpener has never been claimed. However, I knew very well in my heart that it was released by the classmate named Xiao Mingwei, because his family was from Shanghai, and his father happened to come back from a business trip in Shanghai. But I can't say that.

My mother was flattered to the fact that the honorable Commissioner's wife came to visit our house, because the Commissioner's wife never visited anyone's house, especially the poor worker's house like us. My mother said Sister-in-law Lin, the sun came out of the west today. The Commissioner's wife was at a loss for a moment, so she asked how the sun could come out of the west. My mother said that you have never visited other people's houses, why did you think of coming to my door today? The director's wife sighed and said that the little ancestor of my family was really angry, and as soon as he got out of school, he would hold a book and read it at home, and he would not go out of the door, and he would not go out to play with other children. Others came to visit us, and before she could say a few words, she was noisy, and began to sweep the floor with a broom, which was not an obvious intention to drive people away. As a result, Sister-in-law Guo and Sister-in-law Feng, who have been sisters with me for more than ten years, will no longer enter my house.

As soon as I heard it, I was talking about Lin Yuqing, because I played in the compound of the family area all day long, and her house and mine were only 180 meters apart, but I had never seen her play with her classmates.

My mother said to the director's wife, your child loves to learn, and there is no one in my family who loves to learn. The commissioner's wife said that boys' families should not be too civilized, and they will be bullied when they grow up. My mother said that I didn't expect him to have any success, and I would be relieved that I would have a job when I grew up and take care of himself.

At this time, I came out of the back room, and my mother asked me to say hello to the Commissioner's wife. I bowed to the director's wife and said "Mother Lin is good." The commissioner's wife said, good boy, know how to be polite. I think other mothers just know how to educate, no wonder they can educate a smart and lovely girl like Lin Yuqing. And for the sake of her daughter's study, she would rather offend her good friends than complain and blame her daughter, if I dare to express any displeasure to the adults who come to my house, my mother will beat me with a bamboo stick, and I have to apologize to others. Don't look at my mother's small feet, it's very heavy to beat people. My brother suffered from a severe nervous breakdown and always wet the bed at night, but my mother still picked up a broom and hit him on the head and face, not caring that he was already a junior high school student and couldn't just hit him. My sister is a girl, and she has to do a lot of work every day, and she is treated as a baby in other people's homes, but my mother still beats her when she should be beaten, without scruples. No way, my mother is uneducated, beating and scolding people is her education method.

That afternoon, in PE class, we all had a long jump in the sandpit, and the female classmates sat under the trees to cool off when it was too hot. Lin Yuqing also sat under the tree to enjoy the shade, but she was still reading a book in her hand. I wondered what it was about books that fascinated her so much, because I had never read or read big books full of words, because my mother wouldn't even want to buy me a pen, let alone a book. I walked back and forth in front of her two or three times, but I didn't see the name of the book. So, I had the courage to stop in front of her, and said, "What kind of book are you reading, lend me to read it."

She looked up and showed me the book. I saw that it was "The Tempest". I immediately shook my head and said, "It's boring, because I only like to read books about war, books about wind and rain, what to see, and if you have that skill, you might as well go to the pond to dig some water chestnuts, pick up some snails, pick up some soft ground, or dig some wild vegetables." However, I still admire her from the bottom of my heart, because this kind of book is read by adults, and it is really not easy for her to read such thick books at such a young age.

I said you're amazing, growing up to be a writer. She said I just wanted to be a writer. This is my ideal and dream. I said you're really ambitious. She asked me if you don't have ambition or ideals? I shook my head, I heard many of my classmates say that they want to grow up to drive planes, trains, or cars, or even become engineers or scientists. However, I never thought about what I wanted to do when I grew up. Because I'm still young, and I'm still far from growing up, so I don't need to think about it for so long. However, when she asked, I had no choice but to answer, otherwise she would think that I was a person with no ideals and no ambitions. I thought about it for a moment and said I wanted to be a teacher. Because among the people I know, the one I respect and admire the most is the teacher.

She nodded meaningfully at me and said, "Very well, it is very honorable to be a people's teacher." Since then, I have begun to have my own ideal, that is, to be a people's teacher.