In April, two major events happened at the Chinese and Western Girls' School, both of which were related to Mr. Gao Yi, a new chemistry teacher this semester.

First of all, Mr. Gao Yi had collected soil samples from the entire school at the beginning of the school year, and promised that if anyone could bring him the soil that met the requirements, he would not hesitate to give him a prize of 100 yuan. However, two months have passed, and there is not even a trace of news about this bonus, whether there is or not, and who the lucky winner is.

Just when everyone thought that this thunderous and rainy thing was going to end so silently, on April 17th, a girl named Zheng Su in the eighth grade received the bonus. She won the award because there was a drop of oil on the upper of a pair of shoes she turned in as soil samples, in which Mr. Gao Yi found what he was looking for.

It is said that the reason why she handed them over was because the dirt she had collected was thrown out as garbage by the servants when she slept at night, only to discover it the next day when she arrived at the school gate in a horse-drawn carriage. Since Mr. Gao Yi clearly said that he didn't want the dirt in the school, it would definitely not work to dig a little mud nearby. So, the eldest lady was so anxious that she cried in the car. Fortunately, a grandmother who was with her at this time was in a hurry, thinking that the mud on the soles of her shoes should be considered the mud in the house, and as long as she scraped it off, she should be able to make a difference. It's just that the amount of mud on the soles is too little, so the whole pair of shoes will be handed over together to fill the number, and I didn't expect it to be crooked in the end.

However, while everyone was envious and jealous of the original owner of the shoes, the legend of the shoes was not over, and five days later, another prize of one hundred oceans was distributed to the girl—a new kind of Mr. Gao Yi needed to find in this shoe.

Envy and jealousy soon slipped into jealousy and hatred, crying milk dolls, blind cats met dead mice, anyway, all kinds of gossip that girls of this age could imagine were detained on the name Zheng Su. This is not because of the two bonuses, but because Mr. Gao Yi is not only a heartthrob in school, but has recently caused a wave of excitement throughout Shanghai, and every victory he and his team will be reported in every detail and with relish, regardless of whether it is Chinese or foreign newspapers. For such a star, girls will categorically not allow him to be monopolized by a certain person.

Fortunately, just when this matter was about to brew and develop into some kind of accident, another big event happened-

The school decided to organize all the senior students to go to the ball game! It is important to know that the game is held at the racecourse affiliated with the Horse Racing Association, and Chinese people have never been allowed to enter the racecourse except for the grooms. I heard that this time, Principal Lian Jisheng personally wrote a letter to the chairman of the Jockey Club, and the students of the Chinese and Western Girls' School were allowed to enter.

This time, there are 31 senior girls above the sixth grade who are eligible to watch the competition.

On April 26th, Sunday, the service was over, and at about ten o'clock, some of them were wandering on the lawn of the school, and on the balcony of the dormitory building behind them, they were envious of the fourth- and fifth-grade sisters with red eyes, while the younger girls did not have so many feelings, at most they regretted that they had missed a chance to go out to play.

"Look, that's Zheng Su." Song Ailin pointed to a girl who looked a little thin and showed it to Dai Qian beside her. The girl was alone, wandering alone.

Daisy nodded, but didn't answer. She looked a little listless, after all, she had encountered enough troubles in the past two months. Let's not talk about the problems at home, she was going to talk to Zhu Jinfeng a few late nights at school, but she didn't expect that after the other party said goodbye to Zhu Jiajiao's hometown that day, she went directly to Zhujiajiao's hometown to get married, and she never went back to school at all. So that she can't even find a bosom friend who can confide in her heart and seek some comfort. On the contrary, Song Ailin saw her increasingly depressed appearance, seemed to be interested in her, and took the initiative to make friends with her.

"Zheng Su's father is just a sitting office in the Jiangnan Shipyard, how can the family afford a carriage, I have seen her come by Oriental car several times, and then get off at the gate of our church, and then walk to the school gate."

"Then the bonus of 200 yuan is just right! It can be seen that there are days in the dark, and we don't need this money, no matter how hard we try, we can't get it. Daisy's tone lately has become more and more like her mother, who eats fasting and recites Buddha.

"How did you come up with this, I mean children nowadays are really bad, and if they don't like it, they will arrange people casually, how can we have such a ......?"

Just when Song Ailin sighed that people's hearts were not ancient, Lou Qiaoyun suddenly ran out of the teaching building, and shouted urgently from afar: "It's about to be pulled out!" What are you doing here? Hurry up and pack up and get ready to hit the road! ”

"What a road! It's not the western heavens. ”

"It's only a few o'clock, and the game won't start until the second half of the year, so it's early!"

"I haven't eaten lunch yet!"

The crowd on the lawn responded.

"What kind of lunch to eat, we just went to the roof of the building to take a look, it's terrible, the opposite side of the racecourse is surrounded by a sea of people, the whole Shanghai beach has run over, and then you can't squeeze in to Chenguang!"

"It's not like you can go! You have to say something from the principal, so you might as well go to the principal's office and report it! ”

"Oh, I was ordered by the headmaster to inform you! Just now, Principal Jisheng went up to the roof of the building to see it, and said that he wanted us to leave quickly. ”

"You didn't say it earlier, what about lunch?"

"Let's go to the housemaster to get the keys, bring all the snacks, the rest of the things will be prepared in the school, let's go to the racecourse lawn for a picnic!"

"Wow......"

The girls were instantly struck by happiness, and they screamed happily one by one. However, there are also people who say:

"Lou Qiaoyun! You are really, others entrust you to do things to the imperial uncle, don't talk about important things, you only know what to say! It was Song Ailin who spoke.

At this time, the door of the teaching building opened again, and the management of the school walked out of it, and the principal Lian Jisheng waved his hand at them a few times, which meant that they should move as soon as possible. So, everyone ran happily like a deer, and even Daisy was driven by them to regain some of her former glory.

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There was a commotion in front of the porch of the Chinese and Western girls' school, some carriages were turning around, some were still loading, and some were still in the upper class. Although there is only a mud city river between the racecourse and the school, it is still too far to walk, and the crowds around the racecourse are complicated, so it is not very safe for girls.

These carriages are pre-booked by the families of students who have them, and each one seats five students and one supervising teacher. However, the specific carriage that will sit on those people and which teacher will supervise it has not yet had time to arrange because of the temporary change of itinerary.

Dai Qian and there were already four people in the carriage, Dai Qian herself, Song Ailin, Lou Qiaoyun plus a ninth-grade student named Qin Shuang, and she still had to wait for a girl and a guardian teacher.

"Oops, the owl is coming!" Lou Qiaoyun, who was looking out the window looking for a familiar girl and a teacher, suddenly screamed. If you had to rate one of the least popular guardian teachers, it would be the Warden Owl.

Song Ailin hurriedly rushed to the window to look, and sure enough, the two round lenses on the owl's face were facing this direction of him, as if he was about to walk over in the next moment.

She hurriedly searched around for a teacher who could be used to help her, "Miss McBride, come here!" She quickly found her target and beckoned.

Miss McBride was followed by a girl, it was Zheng Su who won the award, and she hesitated for a moment before walking over with Zheng Su.

"I have to take her with me, do you have any seats here?"

"Yes, yes, there are exactly four of us here." Without waiting for Song Ailin to speak, Lou Qiaoyun interjected.

"Okay, but, I have to say that she's coughing. She had already gotten into a car, but the girl on top had kicked her down, so if you mind, I'll take her to another car. When she spoke, Zheng Su next to her couldn't help it, covered her mouth and coughed quietly.

"No, we don't mind at all, please come up with her!" Song Ailin replied.

"I'm afraid coughing or something is just an excuse, and it's true that I can't get used to seeing people win awards." Lou Qiaoyun next to her said bluntly, but she said in Chinese, "I happen to have medicine for cough here, you hurry up and get in the car, eat a piece and keep it for you to stop coughing immediately." She said to Zheng Su.

After Miss McBride got into the car with Zheng Su, she was still angry, claiming that she must give those girls a good look. In this regard, Song Ailin believes that she will definitely be able to do it, after all, she is the niece of the principal, and those girls are waiting for bad luck. She turned her head to look at the girl named Zheng Su again, and saw that she looked calm and didn't seem to take this matter to heart. "Ahem," she coughed again.

"Well, eat a piece of candy! Cough stop right away. Lou Qiaoyun took out a few pieces of sugar wrapped in paper from his personal purse, and then hesitated for a while before handing the largest of them to Zheng Su.

"Isn't this pear paste candy?" Song Ailin said after smelling the smell.

"Yes and no, it is full of foreign medicine, it is very bright, I had a cough a few days ago, and I immediately stopped coughing after taking a piece. If it was the pear paste candy before, if you eat seven or eight pieces, it will be useless to eat it until your throat is tired to death. This piece needs an ocean! She shook her wrist triumphantly as she spoke.

When she said this, Zheng Su's outstretched hand retracted again, "Ahem, this is too expensive for me to eat." She refused.

"What is expensive, you will eat it if you want to eat it, if you don't eat it, I will be unhappy."

"Shall I eat those small pieces?"

"No, you can eat whatever you want. You get what you pay for, you always have a reason why you are expensive, and if you add less Chinese herbal medicine in the small one, the effect will be discounted. The first time you eat it, you have to eat large pieces, suppress the cough first, and then you can take the small ones to slowly recuperate. ”

Miss McBride heard them talking louder and louder, and thought they were arguing, but after asking them to make it clear, she encouraged Zheng Su to eat the candy. Zheng Su had no choice but to reluctantly take the candy and eat it.

Miraculously, before Zheng Su finished eating all the sugar in her hand, she suddenly found that she didn't seem to have coughed for a while, and she was hesitating whether to report the good news to everyone, or to observe for some more time. But suddenly Miss McBride screamed:

"Mr. Gao Yi's convoy!" She seemed to be more excited than the schoolgirls, and even Daisy, who had been in a fugue state before, was awakened by her screams.

At this time, the school's motorcade had just passed the Mud City Bridge and was about to turn onto the avenue leading to the racecourse. On the other side of the junction there was also a convoy, starting with the Scottish flag flying the Scottish club's carriage.