Chapter 22: A Fork in the Road to Growth
When the parents came to the meeting the next day, the children who were relieved also came to the outside of the classroom.
"You say, what did the teacher call our parents for?" Yaya was obviously a little worried.
"What else can we do, we can't praise us after three years of dedicated study?" Saying that, Xiaoguang also stroked his hair with a narcissistic face.
"But he said he wouldn't teach us anymore...... Could it be that we didn't learn well enough to make him angry? Niu Niu said.
"If you're really curious, wouldn't you like to hear it?" Ah Chen clenched his fists with four fingers and pointed to the classroom door with his thumb.
"This, it's not good...... Ah Shun scratched his head, and Ah Chen pushed him on the shoulder: "It's okay, just listen, it's okay." ”
In this way, at Ah Chen's immoral suggestion, everyone put their ears to the door and began to eavesdrop on the sound of the door.
"Teacher Yu, you called us here, why exactly, just say it. Is it that my Niu Niu is causing trouble with you again, I'll go back and teach him a lesson! ”
Hearing this, Niu Niu, who was hiding outside the door, shook his body a few times, and said in a lost voice: "It's over, my father should go back and beat me!" As soon as he spoke, he was pressed down by others.
"Then I'll tell you the truth?" Yu Tongwen cleared his throat, and his face became more serious than ever, "Actually, I called everyone here today, and there is only one thing. If you calculate according to the standards outside, now these children are considered to have graduated from the small courtyard, and the next thing they face is to go on to higher education. But I know that some people in our village feel that going to school is a waste of time - no need to refute, I am not addressing anyone, I am just expounding an idea - if you want your children to continue studying, I will definitely try to help; If it is enough for me for my child to learn this, as long as he is not illiterate, I will not object. There is no need to have too much psychological pressure, after all, this is no better than the outside, and the teenage age should also provoke the beam. ”
As soon as Yu Tongwen's words came out, the classroom instantly fell silent. Although there were also people who made a decision as soon as he finished speaking, everyone tacitly responded with silence at this time. Infected by the atmosphere inside, the breathing of the children eavesdropping outside couldn't help but become lighter.
"Teacher," Yaya's father, Zhang Baixing, was the first to speak, "If you want your children to continue to go to school, do you want to send them out?" It can't be a middle court in the village, right? As he spoke, he looked at Chen Wentao, who was sitting in the back, "If it's sent outside, which town will you go to?" Far from it? How often do you come back? How much does it cost a year? ”
Seeing that Zhang Baixing finished speaking, Yu Tongwen patted his head, and his tone was a little annoyed: "Eh, look at my brain, I forgot to tell you, now the middle schools outside are divided according to the territorial scope, that is, the students in the small courtyard in the territory are automatically classified as the students of the corresponding middle college." And because our college was established by our village itself and is not recognized by the public, it ...... It stands to reason that we don't have automatic progression places. ”
"So in this way, our children don't necessarily have school, do they?" Xiaoguang's mother, Sun Mingli, asked in her high-pitched voice.
"Yes, it stands to reason that way. However, I am actively communicating with the outside colleges, and I think there will be a few places for us. And there will be additional places for each college......"
This sharp question and Yu Tongwen's positive answer made the children outside silent for a moment, as if they suddenly saw that the road to the outside world was blocked by a large stone falling from the sky in front of them, and there was not a single gap left.
"Do you want to go back to school?" Ah Chen asked in a low voice.
"Whether you want to go to school or not is not the main issue, being able to continue going to school means seeing the outside world. If this opportunity is missed, then this life will not be able to leave here. Ah Shun said.
"It would be great if I could continue to go to school, and I really like the feeling of going to school." That's what Yaya said.
Unexpectedly, Xiaoguang, who had been babbling, was unexpectedly silent this time, and when everyone's eyes looked at him, he came back to his senses and said in a serious tone that shouldn't belong to him: "Let this opportunity be given to you, I'm too old to continue going to school for a long time." ”
Niu Niu just shrunk his neck, and said very unconfidently: "If I want to continue up, I'm afraid my parents won't agree......"
"Everybody said it, what about you, Ah Chen?" Unexpectedly, Yaya's topic changed and turned back to Ah Chen.
"Me?" Ah Chen pointed to his nose, "I also want to go outside to have a look, but if I leave, who will take care of my grandparents." ”
"Just you? It's okay if you don't cause trouble to your grandparents. Hikaru made everyone laugh out loud when he quipped, but he immediately fell into a long silence.
Finally, the sound of the room broke their few faint balances. "That...... My Xiaoguang is already very old, and his father and I should have followed the adults to hunt and farm at his age, and my idea is that Xiaoguang's school should go here. Sun Mingli's words were euphemistic, but her position seemed to be very firm, and it seemed that she had already made a decision.
"I can't make a decision on this matter alone, can I discuss it with my daughter-in-law when I go home?" Ah Shun's father, Zhou Tailiang, asked. Yu Tongwen nodded hurriedly: "Of course you can." ”
"Hehe," followed by Niuniu's father, Liu Wangda, "If you can, it must be very good for the child to go outside to have a look." This sentence was beyond the expectations of Niu Niu, who was eavesdropping outside.
"My thoughts are similar to Lao Liu's, if there are extra places, I also want Yaya to go out and have a look. But Mr. Yu, don't have too much pressure, if there is still no chance, it will be their fate. ”
After everyone expressed their opinions, Chen Wentao, who had been silent, stood up from the end, walked to Yu Tongwen's side, and made a final summary: "Don't worry, I will do this with Teacher Yu with all my heart, and if you want your child to stay in the village, we support it; If we want our children to go out and see the world, we will also try to ask the school for a few more places. Okay, that's all for today's meeting, let's go back. ”
With Chen Wentao's words and Yu Tongwen's "slow walking", all the parents were also satisfied and walked in the direction of home. Of course, when I left, I didn't forget to take a few "little mice" eavesdropping at the door.
After everyone dispersed, and Ah Chen didn't know which parent to go home with, only Chen Wentao and Yu Tongwen were left here. Chen Wentao bowed deeply to Yu Tongwen and said, "Teacher Yu, Ah Chen must continue to go to school." ”