Chapter 1 The Willow Tree in the Yard
This day was probably Hu Xiaona's happiest day, because her essay won the award, and on this day, the teacher read the first place in the township in front of the 31 students in the class. No. 1 in the town?! Hu Xiaona still can't believe it, is she so lucky to be so ordinary? Yes, she thinks it's all a matter of luck to win this essay.
Because in the class, she is very ordinary, obscure, she is not like others in groups of three or five, she is somewhat inferior in appearance, her grades are in the middle of the class, and the teacher has never praised her so exaggeratedly.
Exaggeration? Yes, the teacher exaggerated praise Hu Xiaona, the elderly teacher Xu, usually doesn't like to laugh, the dress of middle-aged women, sometimes the combination of red tops and green pants, if it is in the metropolis, it will definitely be laughed off, but it is really a trend in the countryside.
Sometimes individual students will quietly discuss: Why does Mr. Xu like red and green so much? Hu Xiaona never gossips, and occasionally hears other people's discussions, so she walks away as if she didn't hear them. Because she felt that she had to respect her teacher, although she sometimes didn't dare to say hello to her teacher, although the teacher didn't pay much attention to her.
However, today seems to be different, in addition to reading her award-winning essay, Ms. Xu has been praising her in a class, and the class has thunderous applause from time to time.
When Teacher Xu asked Hu Xiaona to come to the podium, she suddenly felt that her mind was blank, and the teacher's words echoed in her ears repeatedly: gold always shines. Are you sure? Can she really be extraordinary?
Finally waiting for the bell to ring after school, Hu Xiaona didn't know why the school's old bell that couldn't be older seemed to be much cuter today.
Hu Xiaona trotted all the way home, and before she got home, she shouted first: "Mom, I'm back!" Mom still counted her down as usual: before people arrived at home, she heard the sound first, and she was used to it.
She saw her father watering the willow trees in the yard, so she happily ran to her father and said, "Dad, I won the award for my essay, the first place in the township!" Dad listened, put down the kettle, and asked in disbelief, "Cortana, what you said is true?" ”
At this time, Mom heard coming out of the kitchen, Mom and Dad didn't believe it, and Cortana said that she didn't believe it was true either. Hearing Hu Xiaona say this, her parents believed it.
Mom said happily: "Cortana, have you given any prizes, this is the first in the town!" Before Hu Xiaona could answer, her father preemptively said: "It doesn't matter what the prize is, the important thing is that Xiao Na has the talent to write articles!" Cortana felt that was the highest praise she had heard today. Mom also said, "Yes, yes, Cortana is the smartest!" ”
For as long as I can remember, my parents have praised Hu Xiaoli whenever they meet, and the most praised thing about her is that she is very obedient. Hu Xiaoli is her sister, she has been the princess of their family since she was a child, and her sister who is like the stars holding the moon is the object of her admiration.
Hu Xiaona is a bit introverted and doesn't like to compete with her sister, which has been the case since she was a child.
When Hu Xiaona was still immersed in joy, her sister also came back from school, and her parents greeted her sister as usual and asked questions, at this time her father said: "Xiaoli, your sister won the first place in the township in her essay!" ”
Mom also smiled happily at this time, at this time Hu Xiaona unintentionally caught her sister's different eyes, and after many years, she finally knew that it was a jealous look.
Hu Xiaoli listened to her parents' words, and said to her with a smile: "Cortana, it's time for your parents to award you a gift, what do you want?" Hu Xiaona didn't hear that her sister was unhappy, she hadn't thought about asking her parents what reward they wanted, she just wanted to tell the whole family about this good news that was rare for her.
It's not so much that she hasn't thought about it, but that she doesn't have such logic in her head, her parents haven't rewarded her with anything since she was a child, and she can only blame herself for her mediocre grades, she hasn't gotten back a certificate of merit from the first grade to the fifth grade.
The walls of her sister Hu Xiaoli's house are plastered with the certificates of the three good students, which makes Hu Xiaona very envious, and Hu Xiaona subconsciously feels that her sister is very smart and she is very ordinary.
At this time, my parents listened to the eldest daughter's words and agreed to give the younger daughter a reward, but Hu Xiaona of Mu Ne couldn't remember what gift she wanted, and her parents said that they would talk about it when she thought about it.
During lunch, my parents put vegetables in my sister's bowl as usual, and suddenly my mother remembered something and began to put vegetables in Hu Xiaona's bowl, which made Hu Xiaona feel very happy.
She suddenly felt that parents all over the world liked smart children, and she secretly vowed in her heart to study hard in the future and compete like her sister.
When Hu Xiaona thought like this, the corners of her mouth unconsciously rose, in fact, Hu Xiaona didn't know that she looked good when she smiled.
After lunch, my sister went to take a lunch break as usual, her parents were busy with housework, and Hu Xiaona, who was not used to taking a lunch break, took a stool and sat in the yard.
She looked at the willow tree in the yard, and suddenly found that the willow tree had grown so tall, so she picked up the kettle on the ground and watered it, wanting to water the little tree a little more, so that it could grow up quickly.
When she took the water and was about to go to water the little tree, she saw Hu Xiaoli walking in her direction, so she asked, "Sister, why don't you take a lunch break?" Hu Xiaoli smiled and said, "Xiao Na, let me read your composition, and I will study it too!" ”
Hu Xiaona was very happy when she heard her sister's praise of her, so she said to her sister: "Okay, okay, I'll ask the teacher in the afternoon, at the teacher's place." ”
At this time, their parents also came to the courtyard and told the two sisters to go to their lunch break and not to be late for school. Hu Xiaona hurriedly picked up the kettle from the ground, watered the little tree, and prepared to go to the house.
When the father saw that the youngest daughter was so sensible, he praised it again, and said to the eldest daughter: "Xiaoli, you are okay and be diligent, water the trees at home," and before the father finished speaking, Hu Xiaoli went to the house without looking back.
Hu Xiaona didn't notice her sister's displeasure, so she said to her father, "My sister is also very diligent," and before she could finish speaking, she heard the sound of the door slamming shut.
Hu Xiaona is not used to taking a lunch break, walking around the house, yes, today she feels happier than she has ever been, she can't help but always look at the alarm clock on the table, I don't know why time flies so slowly?
Prepared at 2 p.m., the school is very close to home, and she usually goes to school 10 minutes early.
Today she suddenly wanted to go to school early, wanted to study hard, she had to ask the teacher about the essay to be published in the newspaper, I don't know if it was because she was too excited, she couldn't remember what she wrote at the time, only knew that the theme of the essay was to protect frogs.
Didn't my sister want to see her essay, she had to go to school early and ask the teacher. Thinking of this, she couldn't hold her breath, listening to the crisp sound of the alarm clock, she knew that it was only half past one, because she usually did everything very slowly, so the alarm clock was set much earlier, at this time she thought that the whole family was on a lunch break, so she gently closed the door and prepared to go to school.
What Hu Xiaona didn't know was that her sister Hu Xiaoli was standing in front of the window and looking at her.
Yes, Hu Xiaoli didn't fall asleep at noon, she never thought that her ordinary sister would be so lucky, her parents praised her so much, and stole her limelight, which made her feel very unhappy.
She asked Hu Xiaona the purpose of writing essays, not to learn from her sister, but to see what Hu Xiaona wrote, is her sister really as her parents said to have a talent for writing? This is impossible, Hu Xiaoli has thought she is the smartest person since she was a child.
Hu Xiaona didn't know her sister's thoughts, and went to school quickly, along the way, she felt that the sky was so blue, even the flowers and plants on the side of the road were so beautiful, listening to the cries of birds on the branches, she felt that it was the most beautiful sound in the world.
Unconsciously, she came to the school, as usual, she walked by the school's old bell, every time she walked by, she would think that the family of the person who rang the bell must be very bad, otherwise guarding this ancient bell every day, it would definitely not be much money a month.
When she came to her seat, Hu Xiaona found that in addition to her, there was another person in the classroom who had arrived early, that is, the most introverted boy in the classroom, perhaps because he didn't talk much, and no one in the class paid attention to him.
Only Hu Xiaona usually took the initiative to greet him when she had nothing to do, at first the boy named Wang Dong ignored Hu Xiaona, but after a long time, Wang Dong began to talk to Hu Xiaona, and Hu Xiaona usually encouraged Wang Dong to study hard.
Wang Dong felt very happy that Hu Xiaona won the award this time, because he had long regarded Hu Xiaona as a friend, and only Hu Xiaona was the friendliest to him among so many people in the class.
Hu Xiaona said morning to Wang Dong as usual, and Wang Dong said: "Hu Xiaona, congratulations, come on!" Hu Xiaona said happily: "Thank you, you have to come on!" Then I started to get ready to read.
In the primary school at that time, the boundary between boys and girls was very clear, and boys and girls would not directly call each other by name when they spoke, and they did not talk much, so Hu Xiaona and Wang Dong said hello when there were few people in the class, and occasionally encouraged each other.
Hearing Wang Dong congratulate her, Hu Xiaona felt very happy and hoped that Wang Dong would study hard. She didn't know that the reason why Wang Dong didn't want to study hard was not because he was stupid, but because Wang Dong didn't meet a good teacher when he was in the fourth grade.
When I was in the fourth grade, Hu Xiaona and Wang Dong were not in the same class, and I didn't know why Wang Dong was so inferior.
At that time, because Wang Dong did not complete his Chinese homework, the teacher in the fourth grade asked him to stand on the podium and stand for a class with a book, and Wang Dong was no longer interested in Chinese classes, and he could not score 60 points in every exam.
I don't know if I deliberately got such a score, but I can imagine the teacher's attitude towards him, he has never been asked in class, every time he moves up the class, only his position does not need to be adjusted, the last row, one person and one table.
In fact, many students in the class didn't know that Wang Dong was in the top five in the class in terms of academic performance when he was in the third grade, especially in mathematics, and fortunately, the fourth-grade teacher did not teach mathematics.
So how important it is for a competent teacher to be a good teacher, just like Teacher Xu, who is teaching them now, is definitely a competent and good teacher in Hu Xiaona's opinion, and has never beaten and scolded students.
Maybe out of face, Hu Xiaona didn't mention it to Wang Dong, she didn't meet a good teacher when she was in the third grade, and the first slap in her life was at that time......