Chapter 24: The Meaning of Reading
The chilly autumn wind struck down with the autumn rain on her head and face, Qu Shaky's face was wet, I don't know if it was because of fear or something else, her legs trembled badly, and her mind was blank.
Mr. Xu stood in the rain with an umbrella, his face was pale, and his brows were furrowed. Probably there is nothing more infuriating than catching a student who violates the school rules with his own hands!
He looked at the stunned student in front of him, and said coolly: "Qu Shaosha, are you done with your business?" ”
Qu Shao's heart was cold, and his hands subconsciously protected the already empty schoolbag, and there was only one thought in his heart-
Finished!
She's really off cooking this time......
"It's really good to start a business in school, it's really you, Qu Sha Sha......" Teacher Xu let out a cold snort that didn't know whether it was mockery or anger, "It's really hard for you to do business, you have to climb over the wall to go to school every day, and you're not afraid of accidentally falling out?" Hey, I can't figure it out, Qu Shaosha, you're a student, if you don't put your mind on studying every day, you always have to get along with the school rules, tell me what you think? Well? Does breaking the school rules make you so happy?! ”
The rain was getting heavier, and the students in raincoats stood shivering in the rain. Teacher Xu sighed, and while he was angry, he also had a trace of unbearability, and tilted the umbrella towards her.
Qu Shao bit her lip without saying a word, she was caught red-handed, and she didn't even have to quibble. What do you think? What else could she think? She only knew that there was only one possibility that Teacher Xu would appear here, and that was that what she had been worrying about had finally happened - that bastard had really discovered her secret and reported her!
Qu Shaxiao's heart was burning with anger, and at this moment, he couldn't wait to be able to slash the despicable villain's Tianling Gai with one palm! The words that Xia Chengxi asked her in the self-study class that day flashed in her mind-
“…… Such a great opportunity, what would you do if it were you? ”
"Of course, I'm going to make a small report to the teacher right away, and then take the teacher to catch that kid right, such a good opportunity, why don't I take the opportunity to kill him?"
……
Qu shook and cried without tears, she thought sadly that she was probably the ultimate spokesperson for "good spirits who are not bad spirits......
Scolding is a physical job, and of course being scolded is also.
Qu Shaoyao stood in the rain and was scolded for 20 minutes, she thought that if the scolding had a rank, then Mr. Xu must be at the king level, because after twenty minutes, he didn't have a word the same.
About another century passed, and Mr. Xu probably finally scolded comfortably, sighed and said, "Qu Shaosha, you don't have to go to class today, come with me......" He said and turned around and left.
Qu shook his head and followed behind Teacher Xu, knowing that he was going to ask her to go to the office. The next step is to notify Director Duan to come up with a new round of bombardment criticism and education, and then call the parents to wait for the school's punishment notice......
At the very least, this is a major demerit...... Can't run away......
Qu Shao shook his mind that he also had a school-wide review of skipping class and running a marathon, and felt that he was on the verge of being expelled! But what she didn't expect was that Teacher Xu led her to make a sharp turn at the intersection of the teaching building and walked straight towards the school gate.
Qu Sha Sha: ???
Wait, what did he just say? I don't have to go to class today, so let's go with him...... Isn't this just going to fire her and then take her home to her mother?!
Qu shook for a moment, and it almost felt like the sky was about to fall...... She stopped, stood still and refused to go.
"Uh......h Mr. Xu, where are we going? ”
"No need to ask, you'll know when you go."
"But ......"
"Don't do it, keep up." Teacher Xu walked forward without looking back.
When the bell rang for the third morning reading, they had already walked to the school gate. Fortunately, Director Duan was not here today, and the students of the discipline team were just about to leave, when they saw Teacher Xu coming and greeted him politely, and at the same time looked at Qu Shao who was following behind him with strange eyes. Qu Shao didn't have the heart to care about them, seeing that Teacher Xu was about to raise her legs and step out of the school gate, she felt that she could still struggle.
"Teacher Xu, are we really going out?" She said with tears in her eyes, "But...... Morning reading class has begun! ”
"Morning reading class?" Teacher Xu threw over a sentence without being salty: "Do you have less warping in the morning reading class?" Come on! ”
Qu shakes: "Woo woo woo ......"
The autumn rain is as fine as silk, the mist is like a light veil, and the long street is full of people, which is the busiest time of the day. There is a long queue in front of the breakfast shop, the supermarket is crowded, and the shops along the street are opening one after another to welcome the new day. The traffic on the road is constantly shuttling, and the buses are slowly moving towards the stops, and people get on and off the buses, carrying umbrellas. Most of them walked in a hurry, with different expressions and a little tiredness in their eyes.
Qu Shao carried his schoolbag on his back, followed behind Mr. Xu, and wandered aimlessly on the street.
They walked through the noisy streets, rubbed shoulders with hurried pedestrians, and Ms. Xu even took her to the supermarket and saw the crowded vegetable market in the morning.
Qu Shao was in a nervous mood, crying and chirping all the way, and he had no intention of wandering around at all.
She didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in Teacher Xu's gourd, and she didn't know if she had been expelled from school...... The thought of this made her heart very sad! Although she has never liked to study very much, she felt very uncomfortable when she thought that she would never be able to go to school with Xia Chengxi and Jiang Jingcheng again in the future. And her mother...... What would be the reaction if you knew she had been expelled from school? She couldn't even think about it.
"Teacher Xu, am I ...... Have you been expelled from school? ”
Qu Shaoyao finally stopped when he turned onto the runway by the lake, and asked this sentence with a crying voice.
Teacher Xu turned his head, and there was a moment of surprise on his face. But his expression quickly returned to normal, and he sat down on a bench without rain.
"Qu Shaosha, can you tell the teacher, why you don't study hard at a young age, but you have to focus on making money?"
"I ......"
Of course, Qu Shao didn't tell the truth, her eyes rolled, and she simply tugged on Teacher Xu's sleeve pitifully and whimpered.
"Teacher Xu...... I know it's wrong! I really know it's wrong, can you please not fire me...... Will you give me another chance? I promise that I will study hard in the future and will not violate the school rules again...... Good no good? Can you give me another chance......"
She cried so loudly that many people on the track who were exercising in the morning came to see her. Teacher Xu was unusual, regardless of it, neither spoke nor stopped it, and let Qu sway and cry. He had to talk to her about this issue clearly and thoroughly today, and for this reason, he had made a lot of preparations in advance. Including passing by the fruit stall of Qu Shaoyao's house privately, "chatting" with Qu's mother, learning about the situation of Qu's family on the side of Hualing Lane, and learning about Qu Shaoyao's usual situation with his classmates, etc.
Therefore, he was ready, and this time he had to make Qu Shaoyao understand that this was no longer something she could dodge by pretending to be pitiful.
After a while, Qu Shao seemed to be tired of crying, or when she found that this trick didn't work for Teacher Xu, she finally stopped sobbing and pairing.
"Stop crying?" Teacher Xu asked.
Qu shook his eyes with a bag of tears, and reluctantly said with a pout: "No...... Don't cry anymore. ”
"Then let's talk about it, answer the teacher's question."
Qu Shaoyan finally understood that he could not avoid it, so he had to sigh and tell the truth of the matter. Mr. Xu was not surprised after hearing this, because he had already figured out the situation in each middle school.
"The teacher asked you a question, what do you think is the point of reading?"
"What is the point of reading, reading?" Qu shook and choked and retold it, a little dazed for a while. She couldn't figure out the significance of Mr. Xu's question. She's a scumbag, how should she answer this dangerous-sounding proposition?
"Hmm...... Yes, I think it's to get into college, right? My mom always uses this as an example, every day, she says......"
"What about being admitted to university? And for what? ”
"Going to university?"
This is a bit overclass, because Qu Shao Shake didn't think about this problem at all. She frowned and pondered for a while before replying: "I was admitted to the university, and I will graduate in the future, so that I can find a better job, and with a good job, I can make more and more money, and I don't have to suffer anymore......"
This answer shouldn't be wrong, Qu Shao thought, didn't everyone say that?
But Mr. Xu shook his head and showed a wry smile: "On the surface, the meaning of reading is indeed like this. But if you think about it, from a life perspective, is that really the whole answer? ”
Qu shook his head in confusion.
What is the perspective of life?
What's the answer?
Is there any other answer?
She listened to her mother talk about these words since she was a child, and her ears were calloused......
A light drizzle fell quietly on the water, and the entire lake was covered with a faint layer of mist. Neither of the two men on the bench spoke, and for a moment fell silent.
Qu Shaoyan couldn't figure it out, if it wasn't like that, then what was the real answer? Like the one she had pondered a thousand times, why did everyone have to read? Of course, people who have no worries about food and clothing can choose to study hard, but why can't families with poor living conditions and economic conditions choose to make money early and shoulder the burden of life?
"That's because a bad living situation is not an excuse for not studying well, nor is it a reason to give up your studies too early!"
Teacher Xu's slightly stern answer interrupted Qu Sha's thinking, and it turned out that unconsciously, she actually asked the doubts in her heart.
"But...... Mr. Xu, reading is not the only way out, is it? ”
"Of course, reading is not the only way out, but not reading will block many ways out." Teacher Xu's face was serious and serious, and he said word by word: "So do you understand?" Reading is actually to make people have more choices, just like the life we see along the way today, everyone's future has unlimited possibilities, you will grow up one day, you will stand at the crossroads of life to make choices. The teacher hopes that you will have the right to choose your life in the future, to choose a meaningful and time-bound job, instead of just being forced to make a living and reincarnate the hardships that you have endured in your previous life. This is the meaning of reading. ”
Qu shook his heart, raised his eyes for the first time, and looked at her homeroom teacher's face seriously.
It was so quiet that she could only hear the sound of rain dripping, and she found that Mr. Xu's perennial serious face was very different today, and the small eyes hidden behind the lenses seemed to be extraordinarily bright, flashing with a light that was difficult to ignore.