Chapter 41: The Old Chicken Soup

It is clearly written in the timetable that the last class in the afternoon ends at six o'clock, and the evening remedial class begins at half past seven, both in the middle and high school classes.

It's half past six, who else will stay at school? Yao Yi turned his head to look at the front door of the classroom, and saw a boy wearing a school uniform with a schoolbag on his back, and after bending down to pick up the English book that had fallen to the ground, the boy immediately took a step back, but Yao Yi still caught the panicked and ashamed look on his face.

Yao Yi felt a little familiar, so he walked off the podium curiously.

When I left the classroom, I saw the boy standing by the door, pressing the English book of one yuan and three books against the wall in his left hand, and holding a ballpoint pen of five cents in his right hand to record the words written by Yao Yi on the blackboard.

After taking notes, the boy put down the pen and paper, turned around and lowered his head to Yao Yi, and whispered like a gnat: "Teacher, I only stand outside and listen, is it okay?"

Seeing the boy's face again, Yao Yi finally remembered that this was the boy he saw at the corner of the corridor before following Yu Yongmei into the classroom.

At that time, Yao Yi thought that it was a naughty student who often skipped class, so Yu Yongmei would ignore it, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"Why are you standing outside listening?" Yao Yi pointed to the security door, "If you want to listen, you can sit in the classroom and listen, isn't the classroom door open for students?"

The boy raised his head, lowered his head quickly, and said embarrassedly, "I didn't pay the tuition fee." ”

I see.

Looking at his faded and patched school uniform, looking at the worn-out cartoon schoolbag behind him, and looking at the cheap English book and ballpoint pen in his hand, all show the fact that his family conditions are not very good.

Therefore, when it was time for class, he did not enter the classroom because he did not pay the tuition fee and was not allowed to enter the classroom.

Since the industrialization of education, the door of the classroom is no longer open for students, but for money, which is a sad and helpless fact.

But the little boy in front of him is unwilling to give up, maybe he believes that knowledge changes fate, maybe he really loves learning, even if he can't pay the tuition fee and is turned away, he still endures the strange eyes of others and stands by the door eavesdropping.

No wonder, no wonder he ran up to the third floor when Yao Yi beckoned to him in the afternoon, maybe that was the only way he could think of to save a trace of self-esteem.

Thinking of what Yu Yongmei said, "Principal Li said leave him alone", Yao Yi was silent.

Principal Li was not wrong in what he did, at least he did not evict the students who did not pay.

The truth is a bit cold-blooded, but the truth is that Shangyang English is a commercial institution that teaches in exchange for tuition, not a charity that gives unconditional alms.

It is not difficult to put an extra desk and chair in the classroom, but Principal Li cannot let a student who has not paid the tuition fee sit in the classroom like other students, because it is unfair to the paying customers, which will cause disgust and resistance from parents, and will make it more difficult to do business.

After all, not everyone has compassion, and not everyone wants to see the weak enjoy the same treatment as themselves without paying the price, even if they know that the weak are not able to pay.

"It's okay, if you want to hear it, let's go in and sit down. Yao Yi sighed, saw that the boy was motionless, and said again, "It's not class time, I'm staying in the classroom after school to talk about some content I want to talk about, and it has nothing to do with Teacher Yu and Principal Li. ”

After his eyes touched the notes in the English book, the boy no longer hesitated, thanked him sincerely, and followed Yao Yi into the classroom.

Seeing the boy enter the door, the watermelon head waved at him: "Hello~~~"

"Do you know?" asked Yao Yi.

"Liang Fulin used to make up lessons with me. Watermelon Head patted the table on his right, "He used to sit here." ”

Yao Yi knew that the child took his self-esteem very seriously and didn't want to talk about it anymore, so he quickly changed the topic: "His name is Liang Fulin, and he hasn't asked you what your name is?"

"Teacher, my name is Song Ci, not Song Ci in "The Great Song Ti Criminal Officer", but Song Ci of Tang poems and Song Ci. The watermelon head put away his tears and burst into laughter, "Teacher, what about you?"

Tsk, "Da Song Ti Criminal Officer", a classic reasoning suspense drama starring He Bing, Guo Da, Luo Haiqiong and other powerful factions, the average ratings once exceeded "News Network", Yao Yi was a must-see in every episode back then, but now I can't remember the plot, if it wasn't for the watermelon head mention, I can't remember such a classic.

I have to brush up on "The Criminal Officer of the Great Song Dynasty" again, Yao Yi secretly wrote down this matter, nodded to Liang Fulin and Song Ci and said: "My surname is Yao, Yao Xu, uh, Yao Ming's Yao." Okay, let's move on, what we just said er is called a word suffix, what is a word suffix? This term may be a little jerky for you, but it is easy to understand as long as you put it another way. ”

After speaking, Yao Yi picked up the chalk and wrote a line of Chinese characters on the blackboard: type, pick, hang, find, push, fall, lift, drag, sweep, lift, connect, fold, copy......

Song Ci was enlightened, and the boy named Liang Fulin looked puzzled, not understanding why the English teacher had written so many Chinese characters on the blackboard.

"See what?" Yao Yi pointed to the blackboard, saw Song Ci raise his right hand, and said with a smile, "Don't raise your hand, just say it." ”

These words are next to the handle. "Song Ci is much more active than before," Mr. Yao, you want to say that the suffix of a word is like the radical of a Chinese character, right?"

"That's right. Yao Qi gave a thumbs up, "Chinese characters are composed of radicals, left and right, upper and lower radicals, English words are composed of prefixes, roots and suffixes, the so-called prefix root suffix, in fact, is the radical, the difference is that the structure of English words is simpler. ”

"You see, how many structures are there in Chinese characters? up-down, left-right, up-middle-bottom, left-center-right, single-character characters, combined characters, all-encircled, semi-encircled, interspersed, ping-glyphs, eight types! ”

"In contrast, don't you think that the structure of English words is particularly simple? If you don't believe me, think about it, in addition to the eight basic strokes, how many radicals do Chinese characters have? Can you count them? And English words? Therefore, many foreigners learn Chinese, and they can't learn it painfully, because Chinese is much more difficult than English. ”

"You can even learn such a difficult Chinese well, how can you not learn English well?"

A bowl of old chicken soup is just right to pour into the hearts of junior high school students in 09, Liang Fulin and Song Ci heard the English teacher throw out such a "disrespectful" view of English for the first time, but they felt that Mr. Yao said it was very reasonable, and suddenly their hearts were full of fighting spirit, and their eyes lit up.