Chapter 33: Crowding Out
Luo Ning was suddenly under a lot of pressure, and she didn't buy the organ for herself. She didn't know how to answer, so she had to salute Principal Li with a smile, and then ran off the stage in a hurry.
Zhong Yue watched Luo Ning accept the award, not to mention how uncomfortable it was. She secretly made up her mind that she must surpass Luo Ning this semester and prove her strength as a study committee!
After the presentation of the certificates and prizes, the Dean of Academic Affairs announced that all the award-winning students would join the flag-raising team this year. This is a very high honor, and now, even the squad leader Su Bei and the squadron leader Qin Xueting have a sideways look at Luo Ning.
Su Bei and Qin Xueting have been serving as squad leaders and squadron leaders since the first grade. The two compete not only in their studies, but also in other aspects, such as: joining the flag-raising team, the school-wide health inspection team, etc., and even who is more popular in the class and who has more friends. The two of them have always only regarded each other as competitors, and the others cannot join their competition even if they have good grades.
Unexpectedly, this time, Luo Ning attracted their attention. The two looked at each other silently, and a wordless tacit understanding was immediately established in their hearts.
Luo Ning, who was immersed in joy, could not have imagined that he had become a thorn in the side of the four people!
At the end of the week, all classes are fully booked and classes officially start. Luo Ning only signed up for vocal lessons and piano lessons this time, and arranged classes on Saturday afternoon, all of which were Wu Qingqing's classes.
On Saturday morning, English classes were arranged, and she taught Luo Fan and Bai Haohan. She bought basic elementary textbooks at Xinhua Bookstore, which originally had a supporting workbook, but Luo Ning didn't buy it. She didn't like the mute way of learning English and decided to design her own fun classes.
At the end of February, Shu Yutong brought the classmate Mo Xinyu who played in the band she said, and Shu Yutong had already told him the conditions, and he was willing to be a full-time teacher. After signing the contract, Jiang Hejun took Mo Xinyu to start preparations for opening a guitar class. It was the second weekend of March when everything was ready to officially start.
The guitar class was full of six classes, so the class schedule was adjusted, and the leftmost classroom was set as a guitar classroom, and Mo Xinyu's classes were all taken here. Luo Ning also signed up with interest.
Ms. Cao's classes were all moved to Sundays, so all the time and classrooms were used. The adjustment of the class schedule caused some inconvenience to the students, but fortunately the problems were solved.
The addition of Mo Xinyu also solves a big problem, that is, teaching materials. The vocal music, recorder, trumpet, and piano textbooks and scores used before were all bought by Wu Qingqing and Shu Yutong from the provincial capital, and because of the high price, they only bought two copies, and then Wu Qingqing copied them in the school and distributed them to the students.
Mo Xinyu has been in the provincial capital for many years and knows where to buy better teaching materials and sheet music, and the price is not expensive. So the matter was left to him. When the students received the original textbooks and sheet music, they were very happy, and the parents' evaluation of the Qingyou music class was also higher.
In the busy interval, Luo Ning found that his uncle Luo Zhenjie seemed to have not been home for a long time. Grandma told her that her uncle had found a job in the county seat and worked as a receptionist at the front desk of a hotel with a salary of 30 yuan a month. Luo Ning wasn't sure if Uncle had really changed, and wasn't sure how long he would last, but at least he started to act. That's a good thing, right?
Luo Ning also noticed some changes in the class, but she was busy with her own things every day: going to class, doing homework, going home to give English lessons to Luo Fan and Bai Haohan, and music classes on weekends. All her thoughts were on these things, and she didn't feel anything unusual about the atmosphere in the class at all.
After school that afternoon, Luo Ning went to the carport to ride home, but saw that the tire on the rear wheel of his bicycle was deflated, and he didn't know when it broke. She pushed her bicycle out of the school gate, completely oblivious to the fact that several girls were gloating at her embarrassed appearance outside the school gate.
"Hmph, look at how she goes back today!" The tall girl is Wang Juan, she is the oldest and tallest girl in the first class of the fourth grade, and she is also the eldest sister in the class. The few around her were her followers.
One of the attendants sneered: "Her home is so far away, I heard that it takes forty minutes to ride a bicycle, if she walks home, won't she break her leg?"
"Isn't it? She deserves to break her leg, who made her dare to compare herself with the squad leader? What is she? Isn't she just lucky, and she did well in the exam twice?"
Wang Juan chewed bubble gum in her mouth, skillfully blew out a bubble, and then said lightly: "This time I just gave her a warning first." If she doesn't know how to advance or retreat, there is still her good-looking!"
Luo Ning walked for more than ten minutes before she walked to the bicycle repair stall and handed the bicycle to the repairer, who sat on the small bench and waited.
"Luo Ning!" someone called her.
Luo Ning looked back and saw that it was her good friend Song Lin, "Song Lin, why are you here?" Luo Ning greeted Song Lin happily.
Song Lin said worriedly, "I came specifically to find you." I know you're going to come here to fix your car. ”
Luo Ning was surprised and said, "How do you know that my car is broken?"
"You still don't know what's going on?" Song Lin said anxiously, "The classmates in the class haven't talked to you much lately, don't you feel it?"
Luo Ning was slightly stunned: "Is there one? I don't think so!"
Song Lin was speechless: "It's so obvious, you don't feel it, are you really concentrating on studying?"
Luo Ning replied as a matter of course: "Yes! Song Lin, tell me what is going on? Is my bicycle broken by someone?"
"Since you joined the flag-raising squad at the beginning of the school year, the squad leader and the squadron leader have begun to look at you unpleasantly. They privately tell all the girls that they want to break up with you, and whoever is with you is a friend is their enemy and will be ostracized by everyone. Everyone did not dare to disobey, and the better ones remained neutral. People like Wang Juan and Liu Yiran will directly help them squeeze you out. But you didn't even notice it? They thought you were arrogant and didn't care, so today Wang Juan led someone to pop your car tire. I've seen them do it with my own eyes. I didn't dare tell you at school, so I'll wait for you here. After Song Lin finished speaking, she asked Luo Ning worriedly, "Luo Ning, what are you going to do? You have to be careful during this time!"
Luo Ning didn't expect things to be like this, she asked suspiciously: "Why did the squad leader and squadron leader exclude me? ”
"Isn't it just that you joined the flag-raising team? The two of them have always looked down on each other, and have always only regarded each other as competitors. Who knew that you were actually selected for the flag-raising team, and the two of them regarded you as an opponent and teamed up to suppress you. Song Lin explained.
Is it so boring and naïve?Luo Ning thought helplessly. However, seeing Song Lin's worried and anxious look, she specially ran to remind herself, and she was very moved: "Thank you, Song Lin." You really deserve to be my best friend! Don't worry, I know now, and I have a solution. Don't worry, go home!"