Chapter 21: The Old King at the Gate
"Oh! What a good boy. ”
The old man was smiling all over his face, wrinkled into a ball, and pulled up the summer and supper and dragged him to school.
Yexiao stretched out his thumb and looked like he had done it, but the next moment his smug expression was gone.
Different from the glossy outside, the inside of the gate is rusty and mottled, and the iron sheet is falling off one by one, like a centuries-old antique.
The old man brought the painting tools and vermilion paint to the two of them, and beckoned:
"Come on, come on, you help the old man and I finish the rest of the place! I'm getting tired of my old bones. ”
After saying that, he took out a wooden hammer out of nowhere and began to hit his somewhat bent back, with a pleasant expression.
An old man in his sixties and seventies painted two gates with the help of one person, which was indeed a bit of a struggle.
"We're not here to help with the paint!!" Nightnight put the paint aside, wanting to explain it to the old man again.
Summer picked up the brush and enjoyed it.
"Help him, it's not easy for an old man to brush such two big doors."
The tone of a good person in the summer made the supper even more angry, as if the whole world did not respect her elders.
"If I want to help you, I don't care."
I found two chairs for supper, first helped the old man to lie down, and then I lay on the chair leisurely and watched the summer paint the wall!
There are only two doors, and for a young man like Summer, who is strong and strong, it will be done quickly.
After brushing the wall, the supper immediately woke up the old man who was squinting and sleepy, put his hands together beside his mouth, formed the shape of a big trumpet, and shouted:
"Old man!! It's already done!! Can you take us to the teacher in charge of admissions now!! ”
The old man was startled, jumped up from the chair, buckled his ears, and signaled that the supper should not be so loud, he could hear it.
The pupils of the night snack suddenly lit up, and the old man hurriedly touched his bald head as if he had been caught by the horse's feet, and said as if he had suddenly realized: "Oh! You're here to study! ”
Jumping up from the chair is not at all an old man's skills, and his ears suddenly become normal, as if he is pretending to be deaf and dumb!
Yexiao made a judgment, but he couldn't get angry, so he had to laugh and say, "Yes, who should we go to?" ”
"You two come with me." The old man straightened up and beckoned for the two of them to follow.
Walk along the gray-changing school wall, walk through a cultural corridor, and come to the back door of a small three-story building.
The wall paint has completely lost its luster, and a large number of cracks have crawled all over the wall, this is an old house that has been around for some years.
Walking into the interior of the small building, the environment is unexpectedly okay, although the facilities are very old, but the clean ground and the flowers and plants everywhere show that someone is usually taking care of it.
"Why don't you see it so tall for a while, it's time to trim."
The old man passed by the potted plant and muttered to himself and took out a pair of scissors from the corner to prepare to prune the potted plant.
Yexiao hurriedly stopped and begged, "Old man, can you take us to the teacher who manages the enrollment first!! ”
"Yes, yes, look at my brain, I forgot about you." The old man patted the bare head, put down the scissors, and led the two up to the third floor.
In the corner room on the third floor, there were five empty tables, and the one by the window in the middle was clean, and the table was full of various forms and books.
The dust on the other tables was thick and apparently no one had used it for a long time.
The old man moved a chair and sat down at the clean table, took out a book from a drawer, and said to Summer and Supper:
"It's not the time for admissions, and the teachers in charge of this area have gone home to give birth, so I'll be in charge when I come."
Is the janitor still in charge of admissions?
Yexiao asked weakly, "What are you doing all the time?" ”
"My surname is Wang, and they usually call me Lao Wang at the door."
After speaking, the old man took out several armbands from the drawer, and introduced them while displaying:
"I have a lot of positions at Crimson Academy, part-time janitor, part-time cleaner, part-time admissions office, part-time maintenance clerk, and part-time gardener."
Yexiao was speechless, but Summer was full of amazement and praised: "It's amazing, you can still do so many things at such an age!" ”
The old man laughed twice, obviously full of pride, but said modestly: "Generally, age is experienced." ”
"What's wrong, it's obvious that the academy doesn't have the money to hire such a handyman." Night Supper pulled the corner of his summer clothes and muttered in a low voice: "It's all because you insist on coming to this broken academy, it's not formal at all." ”
"If it's not formal, can you enter the academy smoothly?" Summer also whispered back.
Night Supper glanced at Summer and said, "Crimson Academy has been getting worse and worse over the years, and it is very difficult to recruit students, even if it is a pig, they will welcome it!" ”
Sure enough, the old man was not embarrassed at all, opened the book, didn't ask his name, and directly began to fill it in.
"What level do you want to get into?"
The curriculum is divided into six levels, from the most basic teaching to the most advanced training, which is perfectly suitable for any stage of study.
"Now that I've learned, of course, I'm starting from the basics."
Summer still doesn't know the extent of each level, and the stupid want to learn from the basics, and was immediately trampled on by the night supper.
"What are you doing?" Summer puzzled.
"I told you not to talk, I'll deal with it." Yexiao complained: "Do you know how long you want to graduate from the basics?" Each level is only one school year, and you are willing to stay here for six years, but I don't! ”
In another six years, I will be a twenty-two big girl, where will the youth accompany you to waste.
After listening to the explanation of the supper, Summer immediately changed her words and said, "Then let's start directly from the sixth level, the sooner you graduate, the better." ”
Hearing Summer's reply, the old man looked a little embarrassed, the corners of his mouth pulled down, and he shook his head and said:
"It's not okay to start directly from the sixth level, the academy has a rule that the sixth level must go through all the courses, and now it's been two months since the school started, and you can only start from the fifth level at most."
"Then let's start at the fifth level!" Supper blocked Summer's mouth and hurried to answer.
The old man began to look through the roster, probably looking for a class with vacancies, and after a while, he said slowly:
"There are five classes of ABCDE, you ......"
Before he finished speaking, he replied decisively: "Class A, definitely Class A." ”
Even in the weakest Crimson Academy, Class A is also very strong, and the probability of Class A passing the assessment is close to 90%.
"I'm sorry, Class A is full." The old man is sorry.
"Class B will do the same." Late night snacks continue to be chosen.
"Class B is also full." The old man still said he was sorry.
"What about classes C and D? You're not going to say they're both full, are you? Nightnight was a little excited, frowning and expressing doubt.
The old man hesitated for a moment, nodded, and explained:
"The college will rearrange the classes according to the strength every year, and fill them up in the order of ABCDE according to the grades, and you can only go to class E if you come two months late."